The Jam

[Balti]

I saw the Jam a few times. I'm sure I saw the Jam with and Joy Division at the Finsbury Park Rainbow but maybe it were t' Buzzcocks. Or both. Happy Days.

As a songwriter I think Weller is right up there with Townsend.

Even towards the end they were still producing some good stuff like Funeral Pyre/ Town called Malice. Shame about that Beat Surrender rubbish though.

Such great lyrics.

Remember the Manchester show 'Something Else'?

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More:

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God they were fuckin' ace!

 

[mackenzie]

I'd hazard a guess that most of us on here who truly love The Jam are of a certain age. And that's the point.
They sang about the issues and concerns that our generation had at that time.

I guess you had to be there to fully understand what feelings are stirred when you hear them today.

However, I still say that if they were around today they would wipe the floor with most stuff in the charts today.

 

[Kaiser Soze]

 

[Ric]

I'd hazard a guess that most of us on here who truly love The Jam are of a certain age. And that's the point.
They sang about the issues and concerns that our generation had at that time.

I guess you had to be there to fully understand what feelings are stirred when you hear them today

Not sure I agree with that. I'm of a different generation, and they still hold the same resonance for me. Great bands are timeless.

 

[ancoats]

I'd hazard a guess that most of us on here who truly love The Jam are of a certain age. And that's the point.
They sang about the issues and concerns that our generation had at that time.

I guess you had to be there to fully understand what feelings are stirred when you hear them today

Not sure I agree with that. I'm of a different generation, and they still hold the same resonance for me. Great bands are timeless.

2nd that

the jam was my generation but also like the 60s bands like the beatles the who
and the 90s oasis

its just music for me
you can stick the style's of clothes or what hair cut to have

as weller once said ( i dont care how long your hair is how short it is this is music)

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[Glenda MCFC]

I'd hazard a guess that most of us on here who truly love The Jam are of a certain age. And that's the point.
They sang about the issues and concerns that our generation had at that time.

I guess you had to be there to fully understand what feelings are stirred when you hear them today

Not sure I agree with that. I'm of a different generation, and they still hold the same resonance for me. Great bands are timeless.

2nd that

the jam was my generation but also like the 60s bands like the beatles the who
and the 90s oasis

its just music for me
you can stick the style's of clothes or what hair cut to have

as weller once said ( i dont care how long your hair is how short it is this is music)

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it wasn't just music ... it was being a 14yr old listening to a guy who sang about all the tribulations of life, the facts of what was happening politically, on the streets, kids being beaten up, etc as they where in those days, because of the difference between mods and punk ... but the Jam were neither ...Weller is a class musician who told things as they were at that time ..

IMO music plays a part in everyones life as to what thay are going through at that particular time.. The Jam played a big part in my life (as did Northern Soul, as did Joy Division etc),

 

[mackenzie]

It's just that when I hear certain Jam songs I am there again back in that time.
Waiting for the new Jam single to be released,at the age of 15, was something you just can't understand completely if you weren't a fan at that very same time.

As much as I like and appreciate the works of The Beatles, I have always known that for my Aunt (born in 1949) it was a more genuine experience. She grew up with them and their music and that is how I feel about The Jam.

 

[Glenda MCFC]

Boy about town

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Liza Radley

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[maineman]

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[ancoats]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Zb6lP5veM class

the bass you got from bruce foxton WOW

 

[ancoats]

It's just that when I hear certain Jam songs I am there again back in that time.
Waiting for the new Jam single to be released,at the age of 15, was something you just can't understand completely if you weren't a fan at that very same time.

As much as I like and appreciate the works of The Beatles, I have always known that for my Aunt (born in 1949) it was a more genuine experience. She grew up with them and their music and that is how I feel about The Jam.

man am right with you

me and my brother would spend hours playing every new released single / albums
you would play them all night long with mum dad bang on the door / floor

even going to the underground market in town for bootlegs tapes
great times

just dont get that today

 

[ancoats]

try not to tap your feet to this


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[Banned Tosspot]

It's just that when I hear certain Jam songs I am there again back in that time.
Waiting for the new Jam single to be released,at the age of 15, was something you just can't understand completely if you weren't a fan at that very same time.

As much as I like and appreciate the works of The Beatles, I have always known that for my Aunt (born in 1949) it was a more genuine experience. She grew up with them and their music and that is how I feel about The Jam.

man am right with you

me and my brother would spend hours playing every new released single / albums
you would play them all night long with mum dad bang on the door / floor

even going to the underground market in town for bootlegs tapes
great times

just dont get that today

You do get that today. Young people are as passionate about music as us oldies.

Remember when you were young and old people were saying the same as you? Remember saying to yourself that you would never get old and bitter? Well.....

Cardigan and slippers time! ;)

 

[ancoats]

It's just that when I hear certain Jam songs I am there again back in that time.
Waiting for the new Jam single to be released,at the age of 15, was something you just can't understand completely if you weren't a fan at that very same time.

As much as I like and appreciate the works of The Beatles, I have always known that for my Aunt (born in 1949) it was a more genuine experience. She grew up with them and their music and that is how I feel about The Jam.

man am right with you

me and my brother would spend hours playing every new released single / albums
you would play them all night long with mum dad bang on the door / floor

even going to the underground market in town for bootlegs tapes
great times

just dont get that today

You do get that today. Young people are as passionate about music as us oldies.

Remember when you were young and old people were saying the same as you? Remember saying to yourself that you would never get old and bitter? Well.....

Cardigan and slippers time! ;)

you could never in a million years see people dancing in a
Over 60’s Club to the jam well give another 10 years


i can see myself still dancing and jump out of my wheelchair

 

[mackenzie]

Never said kids weren't as passionate today. The varied Music threads on this very forum are testament to the fact that they are.

However, I do believe that to grow up with a band is an experience in itself. It is the soundtrack to your formative years and I doubt it can ever be replicated in quite the same way by what you listen to later.

I can listen to stuff now and think "That's really good" and I can certainly appreciate it. I can also listen to stuff from 30 years ago and think "God, that was so crap it was almost good."

The difference is that sometimes the crap edges over the here and now because of the memories.

The difference, for me, was that The Jam tick all the boxes. They were brilliant, part of my growing up and still as good as anything out there today that I have listened to.

 

[Banned Tosspot]

you could never in a million years see people dancing in a
Over 60’s Club to the jam well give another 10 years


i can see myself still dancing and jump out of my wheelchair

They are better than The Smiths if that helps ;)

 

[ancoats]

you could never in a million years see people dancing in a
Over 60’s Club to the jam well give another 10 years


i can see myself still dancing and jump out of my wheelchair

They are better than The Smiths if that helps ;)

NOOOOOOOO YOU HAVE DONE IT NOW
THE SMITHS

THE SHIT IS GOING TO HIT THE FANS

 

[barryo]

It's just that when I hear certain Jam songs I am there again back in that time.
Waiting for the new Jam single to be released,at the age of 15, was something you just can't understand completely if you weren't a fan at that very same time.

As much as I like and appreciate the works of The Beatles, I have always known that for my Aunt (born in 1949) it was a more genuine experience. She grew up with them and their music and that is how I feel about The Jam.

man am right with you

me and my brother would spend hours playing every new released single / albums
you would play them all night long with mum dad bang on the door / floor

even going to the underground market in town for bootlegs tapes
great times

just dont get that today

I remember my brother bringing in a radio to school on a tuesday so at dinner we could find out where Jam singles came in the charts.

 

[tonea2003]

It's just that when I hear certain Jam songs I am there again back in that time.
Waiting for the new Jam single to be released,at the age of 15, was something you just can't understand completely if you weren't a fan at that very same time.

As much as I like and appreciate the works of The Beatles, I have always known that for my Aunt (born in 1949) it was a more genuine experience. She grew up with them and their music and that is how I feel about The Jam.

man am right with you

me and my brother would spend hours playing every new released single / albums
you would play them all night long with mum dad bang on the door / floor

even going to the underground market in town for bootlegs tapes
great times

just dont get that today

I remember my brother bringing in a radio to school on a tuesday so at dinner we could find out where Jam singles came in the charts.

i remember being on a school holiday in ibiza and my mates and i phoning home to see if going underground went straight to no.1, which of course it did.

 

[legmister]

saw them 1977 blackburn kings hall, about 500 people, the support band was The Vapours who had a no 2 hit called I THINK IAM TURNING JAPENEESE which if my memory serves right was about the face you pull when your about to shoot ur load