They smelt of pubs,

Carstairs said:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdl8hE07sYE[/youtube]

Any guitar, and any bass drum....
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great bump for a friday night

watch the pure magic of the jam LIVE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJkgJ0Pnq-Y[/youtube]<br /><br />-- Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:57 pm --<br /><br />[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wM3vAHoVWg[/youtube]

Found myself in a strange town
Though I've only been here for three weeks now
I've got blisters on my feet
Trying find a friend in Oxford Street
I bought an A to Z guide book
Trying to find the clubs and YMCAs
But when you ask in a strange town
They say don't know, don't care
And I've got to go, mate

They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me 'cause they don't know
Am I really a spaceman from those UFOs

You've got to move in a straight line
You've got to walk and talk in four four time
You can't be weird in a strange town
You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners

You've got to wear the right clothes
Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
You can't be nice in a strange town
'Cause we don't know, don't care
And we got to go, man

Rush my money to the record shops
I stop off in a back street
Buy myself a snort
We got our own manifesto
Be kind to queers
And I'm so glad the revolution's here
It's nice and warm now!

I've finished with clubs where the music's loud
'Cause I don't see a face in a single crowd
There's no one there
I look in the mirror
But I can't be seen
Just a thin, clean layer of Mister Sheen
Looking back at me
Oh, oh

Found myself in a strange town
Though I've only been here for three weeks now
I've got blisters on my feet
Trying find a friend in Oxford Street

I bought an A to Z guide book
Trying to find the clubs and YMCAs
When you ask in a strange town
They say don't know, don't care
And I've got to go, mate

They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me 'cause they don't know
Am I really a spaceman from those UFOs

Strange town

Break it up
Baby don't shake it up
Break it up
 
That's it now. I'll have Jam songs in my head all night.
Not such a bad thing though ;-)
 
I'm going to get slated for this, I know...BUT Paul Weller wrote his best stuff when in The Style Council. Yep, I said it! I have the first original vinyls (there were many reincarnations...don't know if he was short of money at this time) and there were some great songs on them. Very stripped back but great tunes. For example, Headstart to Happiness, My Ever Changing Moods, Down at the Seine, Man of Great Promise etc. etc. Check out on You Tube if you don't know these songs...I think you'll be surprised.
 
Carstairs said:
He wrote some cracking songs during the Style Council days, but not his best ones.
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Down to personal taste I guess, but for me his latter solo stuff just doesn't do it. Great guitarist though (very underated IMHO)...as opposed to a certain famous City supporter (Hmmmm!)
 
ancoats said:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9WX5bgPjFU[/youtube]
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Brilliant Video ...

My first record i ever bought was Funeral Pyre,my first gig was The jam in 82 at the apollo ,wagged school to go piccadilly records on a friday morn to get my ticket £4.50 + 50p booking ,cantstill remember walking down the stairs at piccadilly records,the buzz of just about to buy my ticket lol

Anybody who grew up around the time of the jam has got to read this book as you will easily relate to it ,great read.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Modfather-My-Life-Paul-Weller/dp/0099476592" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Modfather-My-Li ... 0099476592</a>
 
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