I believe in life and I believe in love but the world I live in just tries to prove me wrong. One of the best songwriters Britain has ever produced in fine form.
So true! I think it is one of the best album's ever made to be honest. Ghosts is worth the price of the album alone. (not that anyone actually buys them anymore.)
There will come a time when Weller's lyrics are taught as essential literature. Have you read the lyrics to 'Tube Station? The first an greatest love of my life, my wife and daughters aside!!
well said ..never sold out. always moves forward and he could easily just roll out concerts doing his old Jam stuff and make millions but he doesnt . That makes his old songs even better when heard now live in my opinion.
In case you forgot who you are and why you're here: I was hoping we'd make real progress - But it seems we have lost the power Any tiny step of advancement Is like a raindrop falling into the ocean - We're running on the spot - always have - always will? We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled. Though we keep piling up the building blocks The structure never seems to get any higher Because we keep kicking out the foundations And stand useless while our lives fall down. I believe in life - and I believe in love But the world in which I live in - keeps trying to prove me wrong. Out in the pastures we call society You can't see further than the bottom of your glass Only young but easily shocked You get all violent when the boat gets rocked - Just like sheep - little lambs into the slaughter Don't fully grasp what exactly is wrong - Truth is you never cared - still - You get all violent when the boat gets rocked - Intelligence should be our first weapon And stop reveling in rejection And follow yourselves, not some ageing drain brain Whose quite content to go on feeding you garbage We're running on the spot - always have - always will? We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled. The WORDS of this man.......Shut up and Listen!
The Jam opened with this when I saw them at the Trenton War Memorial in May '82 . Nice to hear him revisit it as it holds up and sadly rings truer now than then.
a very underated Jam classic.... & yes it is always good to hear paul digging these up....he just seems more comfortable than ever rec all his music for what it is...a motorway of wELLER! keep the faith
But the accent? He can't do his own accent anymore. I don't mind his fake American accent but when he's singing a song like this, one originally recorded with his own speaking accent, the US yeehaws, as evidenced here, sound bloody ridiculous to me.
He definitely produced his best work with Rick and Bruce shame it ended when it did, the three of them created something really special. Of all the music I’ve collected over 40+ years if I could only keep 1 part it would be my Jam albums.
@@TheMusicalElitistYes it is my opinion and I’m entitled to it. As for living in the past I wish I could pal. The present is not much cop and the future looks even worse.
@@TheMusicalElitist It is my opinion and I’m entitled to it. As for living in the past I would if I could as the present isn’t much cop and the future looks bleak soy boy.
Always found the lyrics to Running On The Spot fantastically exciting. Twinned with the melody, the desperation in the lyric is spin tingling. I've got to say, this version is a little slow for my taste, and Start! Sounds half hearted also. But, what the hell?
Went to NYC in July 2013 to see him for this tour. Amazing concert, the Americans loved it. Still head and shoulders above most musicians today. Still can't get excited about Coldplay or U2, just find them so dour. Would have been so easy for PW to just go back to The Jam, tour every 5 years and and make loads of £. He hasn't and still strives to push and challenge himself. Interesting that Bono never had the talent or balls to go solo....
it's not that Bono lacks the balls to go solo; The Jam & U2 are apples & oranges different.....The Jam, unlike U2, were NOT schoolboy mates. PW split up the Jam at its peak for purely individual reasons - he needed to explore his own creative urges at The Jam's expense, and was afraid of The Jam never progressing. OTOH, U2 realized they were only as good as the sum of their parts - even Bono, he of the huge ego but a clear frontman.
Hi Robert, thanks for your reply. Firstly Steve Brooks the original Jam memeber, as they were a 'four piece' was PW's best school friend. The reason for splitting the Jam was only PW's decision, no one else. I can't think of many other groups that have done that at their peak? He was never afraid of the Jam progressing, he just wanted to try other things as you mentioned, he was only 24. Surely you must agree that U2 have been past their sell by date for quite some time? Can i reccomend you watch 'About The Young Idea' Jam documentary that came out last year, i think you would enjoy it... Thanks Jason.
I wish I went to this performance of his, I went to another one of the Kimmel appearances where he mostly played non-Jam stuff aside from Town Called Malice.
As a big Jam fan, I'll say it is great to see him performing Jam songs........ problem is, he can't sing them anymore with the same passion and energy as when he first recorded them. The voice is just not there. For that reason, a Jam reunion would just not work.
As someone who's seen the jam several times and heard both songs live.....I think these songs are the wrong way round tempo wise. I'd never seen these videos until just now. Cheers
I think the timbre of the voice sounds fine. My problem is the accent. I think his abandoning his own speaking accent when he sings was his biggest artistic mistake. The power of the brilliant All Mod Cons, Setting Sons and Sound Affects music and lyrics was given even more bite because of the honesty in the vocals. Now, I genuinely believe that he's so used to singing in his fake American drawl that he's actually incapable of singing in his proper accent anymore. When he does a Jam song now, it sounds like John flipping Wayne singing The Jam :)
@@blackmore4 no - all english artists decide to start singing white soul - costello, joe jackson, weller, bowie, marriott, - it's the progression from 'punk'
Honestly, I'm sort of partial to what you say. I mean I saw Weller in Hollywood back in 2008, and having not followed his career throughout the years. I heard a considerable difference in the way he now sings to the way he once did, but in all fairness, Morrissey doesn't sound the same either, albeit still familiar. I mean, what Jam/Weller fan wouldn't want to hear him say "It's not important foh' you to know moi naim" instead of "It's not impotunt for you to know my name." Ha. Ha.
I think his abandoning his own speaking accent when he sings was his biggest artistic mistake. The power of the brilliant All Mod Cons, Setting Sons and Sound Affects music and lyrics was given even more bite because of the honesty in the vocals. Now, I genuinely believe that he's so used to singing in his fake American drawl that he's actually incapable of singing in his proper accent anymore. When he does a Jam song now, it sounds like John flipping Wayne singing The Jam :)
In reply to all your comments I aint knocking Weller by any means as he is one of my hero's and always will be, my comment only meant that some of the old tunes sounded better back then and maybe some of them should be left there,Running on the Spot is one of my top 5 Jam songs. The idea here is to leave comments on what you think teckertime, having seen The Jam,Style Council, The Paul Weller Movement, Red Wedge tour and the Modfather , I aint living in the past just giving my input.
Saw The Jam live 3 times. In my view they peaked with 'Setting Sons' although 'The Gift' is better than 'Sound Affects'. Weller was right to finish it where he did in my view, that having been said, nothing he has written since The Jam has been quite as good, although still a darn sight better than most of the utter shite out there.
the problem is not the passion it's the belief, Weller's passion came from his frustration with the world and the truth is he stopped caring a long time ago or more to the point stopped looking for solutions. he never really got over the fact that he wasn't able to change the world and get rid of Maggie in the mid 80's. the positive s though are that he influenced so amy people who are making a difference now right across the spectrum from politics to music and everything in between
Running on the Sport was great as was Start but should be left back in the 80's. I don't really rate Weller's current band,, Stevie Craddock is a good as always but the rest don't sound so tight as Whitey, Minchella et al.
To be honest, this is an odd choice of songs, imho. I love "Start" but if PW is trying to reintroduce himself to the greater American publuc, there are much greater known songs in his catalog... Town Called Malice. That's Entertainment, Best Thing...
I love Weller, but listening to him now compared to the angst ridden young man he was is pretty sad. His songs were sung with full on emotion. Not now they're not.
Thomas Andersen Yes i have mate, and Daltrey is still class for his age. Considering the amount of abuse his vocal chords have taken for 50 years i would say he still holds his own.
i think it is sad how such a genius can demean himself like this. i love this mans music but weller always said america meant nothing to him . couldnt wait to bring the jam home. now he takes a second rate band there to play the greatest hits of the jam ...id love to ask him why if he was so crap he ever hired rick buckler? not to mention the stones influence ever present all the time for the fact that he never wanted to sound like them!
I didn't know Weller said this about America. We have always enjoyed and supported English bands! I still love England. I would never say this about them. They are our motherland. Some English people don't like the Queen either, but they always say, Long Live the Queen. Ironic isn't?
I love him but WHY CAN'T HE SING IN HIS OWN ENGLISH ACCENT ANYMORE?? His fake American is good but when he's singing a song which he originally recorded in his own speaking accent, the resulting yeehaws, as evidenced here, are bloody ridiculous.
