Unbelievable to think that Paul and the boys wrote masterpiece albums like All Mod Cons, Setting Sons and Sound Affects in their late teens and early early 20’s.
Great to see the full version up here. One of Rick's finest filmed moments I think. What a class drummer. Who the hell voted it down ? Must be blind aswell as deaf.
I've seen many concert clips of The Jam recently and this one is a great highlight of Rick Buckler's drumming. Nice to see a different perspective of the tightest trio in music history.
Great show. Thanks for uploading. Awesome to see these rare live shows. If I coulda seen any band from history live it'd probably be these guys, despite tough competition.
In terms of British pop music, as important as The Beatles & Bowie. Weller was something else in his youth, I think he encapsulated "englishness" better than anyone and here they are, live, at their peak, and he was only 22.
@@versioncity1 It's hyperbolic. It's certainly reflective of your personal taste. I\Your claim is somewhat ambigous, but I sure most would read "important" as "impactful," "influencial," "defining," or other such synonyms, in terms of being the seed or leading of a musical movement, or a foundation origins for fashion or musical style or new cultural awareness, or some such, of even paving the way for a new generation of people to make a permanent shift in what would come, in some manner or another, over the coming decades. One would have to look at all aspects of both The Beatles and Bowie to analyze everything each had uniquely done relating to all those possible areas, then compare and contrast the influences and accomplishment, to derive some catagories or a list of sorts in order to determine some standard of just what that grandiose accolade of being "Important In Terms Of British Pop Music Means." As for me, being a) steeped in British Pop for over half a century, b) a bit of an amateur historian of Rock Music (a term I think is more accurate and viable here) development over that time, c) having been (and still am) a huge fan of all three as the time they each emerged and staked their claim in the music industry and the public eye, and d) having been a professional musician during the heyday of The Jam (as somewhat of a Mod Punk myself), I can safely and definitively say that not only were The Jam (or Weller personally) NOT comparable in wth least within ANY catagory imaginable to either The Beatles or Bowie, they were not even as "important" as other British bands who arose in the same time frame within the musical zeitgeist they occupied. Frankly, other than a smattering of 'rock journalist's' mentions of how The Jam might have been a wee different than many of the wave of other Brit bands in the mid-70's to 80's revitalisation of more direct Rock based highly on 60's British Invasion, and an occassional silly and unconvincing British journalistic musings along the lines of "Who are better? The Jam or The Clash?" (didn't we get enough of that foolishness a decade before in the "Beatles VS.The Stones" tropes???), there in no one anywhere who decribes The Jam as anything more than a Mod Revival band who had a string of popular singles in the UK, who could never translate their short-lived success to the world outside of The Isles, who disbanded at the height of their popularity, then faded away in a fond memory of a very short time in Rock Music history. The truth is this, while being passionate, exciting live performers (I saw them live, and close up at that) with cathy tunes and often socially substantive lyrics and quite entertaining, Weller and The Jam were a MOD REVIVAL BAND. Weller was calculated in this, and it is nothing special. They were unoriginal and incredible derivative. They appealed to many British youths who simply wanted their own chance at entering a time machine and going back 10 years to be at an early Who or Kinks show, they had missed because they were wearing nappies at the time. Don't get me wrong. I loved The Jam! I wore their records out. They embodied an urgency that was compelling! In those days I felt a kindred spirit to Weller, and admired their explosive. powerful delivery. I left their live perfomance drained yet energized! But frankly, so were MANY bands during that era Yet, to attempt to compare them in any way with The Beatles or Bowie is just... silly. There is no other word, really. Are you old enough to have seen The Jam "back in day"? If not, that is a shame. They were awesome But, honestly they weren't above many of the outstanding bands of that era.
@@StripperLicker Thanks for the essay! - fair points and I would agree with most of it in many ways. However I think you put them down slightly for the sake of your argument. You are also looking at them from a very definite generational perspective and while that maybe true for you i don't think it necessarily is for others. Like you I love all three mentioned, in a big way. I accept that certainly The jam were not as big impact, culturally and certainly not internationally as the other two, that goes without saying. However i do think they had, in some ways, an equal importance in terms of british Pop music which is how I phrased it originally, and for a purpose. Sure they were derivative in many ways, but most bands are, the beatles were highly derivative in their early years of american rock'n'roll, buddy holly, chuck berry etc. Bowie nicked stuff left right and centre in his early years until he finally found his path in the early 70's. Likewise I seem to remember Weller stating that In the City was him re-writing My Generation. However like the others he evolved out from that. Admittedly not as wide ranging musically, but then the Beatles had 3 great talents within the band and Bowie had the gift of being a very good 'director' and choosing his musicians/producers very well. (Eno, Ronson, Fripp, Visconti etc) Weller was more confined to his own singular talent and using that within the band, which he himself saw the limitations of and thus ended the band in it's prime to move in a new direction. So to get to the point..... lol. The reason I think they were as important, is they communicated the voice of urban/suburban youth in a way that hadn't been done before and it opened up a side of Britishness that hadn't really been heard before. Now sure, there are elements of the Kinks and the Who that you could easily say did that, but it was elements and quite different from the Jam, who dealt with that voice in the totality of their music. Also you could say punk did that. But that voice wasn't eloquent (apart from maybe the Clash) and I never really saw the jam as punk, which was mostly pretty shite. If you were there for those couple of years I'm sure it was great, but it hasn't stood the test of time. No-one, I think, has really ever summed up britishness as weller did, nor the time and place as well as he did. His ability to do that was that of a poet not just a lyricist in a band. So while the 'equal importance' might not be in obvious ways, in terms of British culture and British pop music I think it does stand with Bowie and the Beatles. That's entertainment is just as important and equal to A day in the life. And believe me I'm a f**king massive beatles and Bowie fan.
Saw these guys a year later in 1981 at The Concert Hall in Toronto, and then met them purely by accident after the show while Paul Weller and Rick Buckler were trying to buy pizza at a Mr. Submarine.
1.Boy About Town 2.Dream Time 3.David Watts 13:55 Going Underground 5.Private Hell 6.Set The House Ablaze 24:59 Little Boy Soldiers 27:56 Start 9.When You Are Young 10.Tube Station
Great rare show with cool version of Kinks David Watts and of course Little Boy Soldiers is always fantastic with timeless lyrics! Nice upload, thanks booboo!
@@Soup-Dragon1 That `angry young working class man 'sound would never have survived far into the 80's..nowhere to go after 6 albums . Steve White was a much better drumming choice to branch out into other styles with .
Great to see the lads havin a laugh an Weller in particular lookin as Cool as ya like - Without much further Ado - here's the Greatest Band in the fuc*in World The Jam .
Very nice upload. I still have no idea why Weller insisted on the David Watts cover when they had a stack of high quality material, but, nonetheless, this is a fine gig.
Rick Butler kicked some serious butt on his drums and delivered an amazing range of moods on them, especially from “Set the House Ablaze” to “Little Boy Soldier.” I honestly think Weller started off cockey but ironically he lost track somewhere mid set. Weller eventually landed back in the groove thanks to steady rhythms laid out by Foxton and Buckler.
he split up because he wanted the jam to be a young group he sang for the young people in society and he didn’t want it to seem like there was old people singing for them. He was young himself which was why he spilt the band up when he turned into an adult x
@@Crashed2023 he split up because he wanted the jam to be a young group he sang for the young people in society and he didn’t want it to seem like there was old people singing for them. He was young himself which was why he spilt the band up when he turned into an adult x
what a fucking stupid comment, greatest band ever -so much music, so much sound that the 3 of them could generate - but it was down to all 3 not just Weller
@@julieking9481 the holy trinity live in 1980 is as nostaligic magic as u can get. The jam the most important band of my youth. For someone who was 13 in 1980, the importance of the jam can never be understated. This is a great upload of them at their best.
Clueless interviewer announced Bruce on drums and Rick on bass. And needs to learn how to keep it short! Nobody cares about what he’s saying, least of all the guys.
Those WAY oversized mounted toms look really stupid….and his Paiste Rudes sound very 1 dimensional and very tinny….Too bad..GREAL band!…..I have met Weller twice..Chicago and Detroit….