Simeon Wootton .I think the Butterfly Collector is a gr8 B.side of this song. And I go around Portsmouth where I live doing my drum kit inpression 2this gr8 track among others.. And I have been lucky Enough to have met my favourite band ie The Human League. And I rate the Jam as my 2nd favourite band. And as 4 Paul Weller. I think that he should get a knighthood 4 his gr8 music. And I wunder if he plays chess in spare time that he get 2himself. from Paul
Together with Rick and Bruce they created a sound and power Weller has never really captured since. When you consider there was only three of them.....they sounded like an orchestra of fury....
If u know anything about weller he dont give a fuck about the past. He doesnt need buckler or foxton. Even tho he plays past song he makes them his own. People expect the jam when they go to see him but how disappointed they end up. Hes a solo artist now
Paul Weller is a genius, Rick Buckler and Bruce Foxton are good musicians only. You can't ever call Steve Craddock, Andy Crofts, Steve Pilgrim and the rest of the band 'generic musicians'. What a prat.
Foxton and more so Buckler were certainly no geniuses. Buckler had a very forgettable style, the fact he never moved on to any other bands proves that point. Foxton was and still is a very good bass player but no more than that. The actual genius moved on and is still creating great and notable music no matter what those still stuck in 1978 think
Punk was great in terms of bringing back electric guitars and kicking out the commercial disco scene but it never woke up my generation. Then along came The Jam and The Specials. The energy of punk but with a more serious edge and a powerful danger. They wrote about what was wrong in our society and what our generation was going through. To us it was great, but we didn't realise that our generations music was one of the greatest brief few years in British music history. How grateful I am now to have experienced those brief few years.
One of the best Jam tracks IMO, like a lot of others who've commented here. What I find a bit odd tho' is how many of you have moaned it's not the same as when the original Jam line up played it. Well no, course it's not cos that was then & this is a different time with different band members. I get what you're saying those of you that don't rate this version but it still does it for me.
It's like the song has been lobotomised, it still opens its eyes, still moves and still breathes just as before...but all the personality and soul has gone.
Owwwwwww. Never wise to do a Jam song without the rest of that amazing power trio. I wonder if Weller realizes, brilliant as he was at writing the songs, just how good the other two were at creating that sheer 'punch' the Jam had back in the day before Ed Sheeran, and snowflake shit took over music? I always get the impression, he resents that hard musical fact.
I wonder why it was slow, at points it speeds up, it's sung perfectly well, the solos and shouts etc are there. I remember hearing that he doesn't like to practise (with the band) too much, either it's there or it's not. Mystifying, he seemed happy to do it, even pleased.
@@chrisst8922 Yes. I noticed it was much slower than the original studio and live versions so I used a tap-tempo site to check - and yes, the band is all over the place, tempo-wise. Not tight at all.
So Weller can't perform live with the same intensity he did 30-35 years ago. What's the big deal? Just as an example, can any of you run as fast as you did back then?
Ahhhh, but unless you are deaf, it is quite clear this doesn't quite cut the mustard.......putting it mildly Go listen to ANY Jam live version of this same song on RU-vid of this song and blink in wonder as you realize the enormity of your error.
1989NickiD If you put Rick and Bruce up there on the stage with him, I’d put money on them setting the house ablaze. Like all the great groups, The Jam had a communal signature and a chemistry that isn’t easily reproduced. That’s why The Jam meant (and still mean) so much to people. I’ve seen many bands since I used to push my way to the front at Jam gigs, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody that produced what they did on a stage. Even the sound checks were volatile and incendiary.
@@tonebonetones I know exactly what The Jam were like live, I lived through it all. All I'm saying is, Weller's not 21 anymore. Even if the band reformed, they couldn't recreate what they did back in the day.
weller should stop trying to polish the old jam songs if he is going to use them on tour just strip them back to what the jam jam did and just play lead and use the bass and drums when you listen to this video is nothing like strange town that they played live weller is GOD but somebody has to stand up and tall him the truth and god is not always right and no matter how old you are you still need to listen to the people
HORRIBLE! I rather listen to the original promo video. Paul broke up The Jam, Bruce and Rick wanted to continue but Weller wanted to be the next Elvis, LOL!
It is his song and it isn't being performed by two bitter ex-colleagues. Still, Weller is laughing all the way to the bank when his PRS check comes in.
Bloody awful. Go look at the vintage footage, even the American Bandstand mime is better. It's 1970's Elvis versus 1950's Elvis. I wish Weller had kept his pledge to bury The Jam for good when they split. It's truly appalling. Look at all those old farts dancing to it. Women will probably toss their knickers next. Besides you can't play it on a gd Gibson, gotta be a Rickenbacker.
+Scott McWaters He always played a Gibson - check out the Rockpalast gig on Sky Arts or elsewhere. Les Paul Junior if I'm not mistaken. He's nearly 60 and any original Jam fans are pushing 50 at best. Like the person you love, they age but you still remember them in the first flush of fire and desire. He's earned the right to do the cocktail lounge version. Rather him do it than a tribute band or From The Jam ffs.
