R.I.P Rick Buckler (the jam)

manclad said:
How can you be a mod, and not like The Modfather ( along with Rick and Bruce)??
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It’s a strange one. I never “got” The Jam. Probably because this bloke at work who I didn’t like was mad on them. Just found them a bit too much sloganeering. And southern. Where as Buzzcocks spoke more to me. And were northern.
Yet I liked The Style Council for reasons I cant explain. Only bought a few singles but liked them - Weller solo, again, I never got it. Still don’t.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
It’s a strange one. I never “got” The Jam. Probably because this bloke at work who I didn’t like was mad on them. Just found them a bit too much sloganeering. And southern. Where as Buzzcocks spoke more to me. And were northern.
Yet I liked The Style Council for reasons I cant explained. Only bought a few singles but liked them - Weller solo, again, I never got it. Still don’t.
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Agree about TSC ,but to be fair Paul had another couple of great musicians in his ensemble ( Mick Talbot and Steve White) along with Tracey and D.C. Lee on various songs.
But I could never get into him on his own, Stanley Road etc. do nothing for me at all.
 
As a wide eyed 13 year old in 1978 i got a coach to Leicester to see The Jam at De Montford hall for what was my first proper gig.
The details are hazy but the one thing i will never forget was the energy that a 3 piece band could generate. It's a bit of a cliche but to say the sweat was dripping from the walls is an understatement.
I was hooked, and went on to become a regular gig-goer for the next, well, rest of my life.
As i'm writing, 'Start' has just come on the radio. Bucklers drumming is rolling round the kitchen and yes, i still have to air-drum to it.
So that's 47 years of listening to the Jam and being moved by the music, words and energy.
Cheers Rick.
 
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ancoats said:
down in the tube station at midnight live

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Brilliant! I was only around 8 or 9 when they spilt up so I wasn't there when they were at it. I was aware of quite a few of their tunes from radio etc, but when I was about 17 /18in the early 90s,someone borrowed me a tape of Snap. I was hooked! Loved em ever since.
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
Brilliant! I was only around 8 or 9 when they spilt up so I wasn't there when they were at it. I was aware of quite a few of their tunes from radio etc, but when I was about 17 /18in the early 90s,someone borrowed me a tape of Snap. I was hooked! Loved em ever since.
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I had Snap as an LP circa 1983, and then got
Compact Snap ( as a compact disc believe it or not) about 1990.
 
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stonerblue said:
As a wide eyed 13 year old in 1978 i got a coach to Leicester to see The Jam at De Montford hall for what was my first proper gig.
The details are hazy but the one thing i will never forget was the energy that a 3 piece band could generate. It's a bit of a cliche but to say the sweat was dripping from the walls is an understatement.
I was hooked, and went on to become a regular gig-goer for the next, well, rest of my life.
As i'm writing, 'Start' has just come on the radio. Bucklers drumming is rolling round the kitchen and yes, i still have to air-drum to it.
So that's 47 years of listening to the Jam and being moved by the music, words and energy.
Cheers Rick.
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You lacckky.. lacckky barrrsted! And I bet the ticket was about 8 quid in today's money. Great memories Stoner.
 
mackenzie said:
Yeah. Know what you mean :-(
The late 70s were a fantastic time to be a teenager though. Musically anyway. X
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The biggest youth movement in music was in the mid-1970s, The Youth in the UK sort of had enough of the glam rock and stadium bands and it went full cycle and back to pubs and clubs with residency for bands every week, Punk kicked it off then Mods and Ska scooter boys and London was the place to be playing, I think I could name 100s of bands all so tight playing live every night of the week,

But the jam stood out and the sound was spot on for a 3 piece band, I still see what Weller and the jam were all about and understood what the messages were all about, The truth is Nothing has ever changed in the UK, it may be 2025 but put a jam song on and you smell it, feel it, its right here on your doorstep in town's and City's

This song sort of speaks volumes about today's people and the meaning of an influencer and the generation we live in

The Jam - The Butterfly Collector + Lyrics​


 
ancoats said:
The biggest youth movement in music was in the mid-1970s, The Youth in the UK sort of had enough of the glam rock and stadium bands and it went full cycle and back to pubs and clubs with residency for bands every week, Punk kicked it off then Mods and Ska scooter boys and London was the place to be playing, I think I could name 100s of bands all so tight playing live every night of the week,

But the jam stood out and the sound was spot on for a 3 piece band, I still see what Weller and the jam were all about and understood what the messages were all about, The truth is Nothing has ever changed in the UK, it may be 2025 but put a jam song on and you smell it, feel it, its right here on your doorstep in town's and City's

This song sort of speaks volumes about today's people and the meaning of an influencer and the generation we live in

The Jam - The Butterfly Collector + Lyrics​


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Brilliantly put! ;-)
 
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