A 21 YEAR OLD WRITING LYRICS LIKE THAT IN THATCHER'S ENGLAND 🇬🇧 I SAW THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE & IT SHAPED ME FROM 15 TO 59 .I WON'T COMPROMISE MY INTEGRITY & HAVE BEEN ANTI ESTABLISHMENT THANKS TO THE LEARNING CURVE IN PAUL'S SINCERE OBSERVATIONS & INSIGHTS .HE REALLY HAD GRITTY TOPIC'S TO WRITE & DELIVER WITH SUCH 'VERVE' .....💪 BOY ABOUT TOWN.....LITTLE BOY SOLDIERS.....WASTELAND.... BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR......IN THE CROWD.....SCRAPEAWAY.......BRICKS & MORTAR......I NEED YOU.....SLOW DOWN.....TUBE STATION....... LIZA RADLEY.......LIFE FROM A WINDOW.......ETON RIFLES ........ PRECIOUS…TO BE SOMEONE...👍 THANKS PAUL FOR THE SONGS OF MY YOUTH I AM STRONGER & WISER 👍🇬🇧💖
Their thinking on this LP was pre Thatcher, she was barely in Government at the point of release, the full evil came later, but from their earliest songs they'd been looking for answers
The song was written whilst the Labour government was still in power.. All the punk and early post punk stuff was written during Labours last socialist government..
@@johneeeemarry34 you sure about that, I lived through this and had friends at University who knew Paul in Woking, Surrey, his 1st two albums lacked political direction but he'd found it in All Mod Cons which showed he was ahead of the curve
Broke my effin heart and killed my soul when they split up! 7 times in concert and tbh don't think I've ever forgiven Paul. Those lyrics he penned in jam days time after time will never be forgotten, tried so hard to dig the council thing but the jam live and it's raw energy and fans who knew every single lyric of every album track and b sides of hits would never be repeated. Paul. Bruce and Rick thanks for that magic era!
I read a story from a young American black kid from the new Orleans area and he stumbled onto a live broadcast of the Jam when they performed in the states and he said he had never really listened to any English music but he was blown away and was up dancing and Hooked on the sound of the Jam, he's a hard-core jam fan still to this day.
Back in the eighties I worked for Philips as a field service engineer. I went to a house in Surrey to repair a dishwasher. Had a shock when Bruce Foxden opened the door. What a nice fella he even made me coffee. I told him I was mortified when the Jam broke up. I don't think he was all that impressed when it happened either.
Hey Gerard, it was a Saturday tea time circa 6pm (Saturday 15th September 1979) ...I only remember because I literally had to beg my parents to let me watch this (I'd become obsessed with The Jam) whilst they had to give The Generation Game and/or New Faces a miss. Thankfully they let me, seminal performance
I stand corrected...I could have sworn it was a Friday. But yes...what a performance. And like yourself...totally obsessed by The Jam then....and loved them ever since. (They even inspired me to play guitar...and love playing their songs in my band today)
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh Life is timeless, days are long when you're young You used to fall in love with everyone Any guitar and any bass drum Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young Life is new and there's things to be done You can't wait to be grown up Acceptance into the capital world You pull on some weed, then you pull on someone when you're young But you find out life isn't like that It's so hard to comprehend Why you set up your dreams to have them smashed in the end But you don't mind you've got time on your side And they're never gonna make you stand in line You're just waiting for the right time Whoa-oh, whoa-oh You're fearless and brave, you can't be stopped when you're young You swear you're never-ever gonna work for someone No corporations for the new-age sons Tears of rage roll down your face But still you say it's fun And you find out life isn't like that It's so hard to understand Why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam It's got you in its grip before you're born It's done with the use of a dice and a board They let you think you're king but you're really a pawn Whoa-oh, whoa-oa Whoa-oh You're fearless and brave, you can't be stopped when you're young You used to fall in love with everyone Any guitar and any bass drum Whoa-oh, whoa-oh (going home, going home) Whoa-oh, whoa-oh (going home, going home) Whoa-oh, whoa-oh (going home, going home) Whoa-oh, whoa-oh (going home, going home) Whoa-oh, whoa-oh (going home, going home) Whoa-oh, whoa-oh...
I'm watching this in the middle of Kansas in the USA in 2024. It's crazy. I had to drive to a music store with an import section to buy this music. I lived in California at the time. Now I can watch the old LIVE TV performances that were just TV at the time. Tea's Ok, I hate the royals, but the Music; 60's - 80's and into the 90's (at least). So many great sounds.
Wow! I'm a fifty year old fan of The Jam who has, at one time or another, owned every single seven inch (single) and twelve inch (LP) the band ever produced, but I have to say that THIS is the best live performance of one of my favourite songs of theirs that I have ever seen!
I remember listening to the gift album and snap in 83 while I was in children's home this band helped get me through some mad times and as for people comparing the jam to Jimmy Hendrix there 2 different sounds but to me the jam will always be the best band ever
Perhaps, but these guys would be in on the conversation, whatever you think of their lead singer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fymgd96lnBw.html
@MusicalElitist1 It's the cover of the Joy Division LP called Unknown Pleasures. Joy Division did 2 songs on the same show - Something Else on BBC2 I think. They were also awesome
PW in fact recorded nearly all of All Mod Cons with that Peavy amplifier (a transistor one) which eventually proved to be an integral part of the Jam's sound in the studio.
They broke up when I was 12, just before I discovered them. PW cames around every couple years and I've seen him 4 times, but his shows now just don't have the energy they had back then. I'll go again in a heartbeat, but he really seems to just be phoning in his shows anymore. 😔
I was 15 when they broke up. They played in Los Angeles that year but I missed it. I've seen Paul Weller since but he sucked solo. Not the Jam at all. The Jam, The Clash. The Replacements. My top 3 back then.
39 years ago but the years just melted away. I loved him then I love him now ....so ahead of his time. When you listen to the lyrics of the songs on Setting Sons now they are so much more relevant with life experiences!!!!
I still remember watching this on ''Something Else''15 years old, fresh then as of just now, the energy, is still right in your face, the music amongst bands like Blondie, all the 2-Tone bands, even Disco music, Boney M,The Pretenders,, UB40, Reggae a melting pot of just living for the moment, pure fun, I still remember, dumping Linda Carter for Debbie Harry and Madness, lmao!!! Tearing down my ''Wonder Woman'' poster, and putting Debbie Harry's poster in Linda's place, yep ''teenage dreams are hard to beat.....'' still inspiring today, loved getting called ''a bus stop Mod'' soon as some random passer by shouted that to me, I would start singing The Hollies ''Bus Stop'' at them, that shut them up,no case to answer lol!!!!!!!
61 years young, Blessed to have seen play 20+ times. Paul was the best Songwriter to come out of late 70's Britain. Every song we could relate to - he seemed so 'tuned in'. Ably backed by Bruce and Rick we use to how 'any guitar and any bass drum' could make so much noise and instilled so much life into us. The tunes remain timeless classics. Great to grow up with 🥁🎸👏🏻
Remember watching this aged 13 at my uncle's house. They also played Eton Rifles. Fantastic band. Managed to catch them for their farewell tour. No band will ever have the same emotional resonance to me as The Jam.
I saw the show too. If I remember correctly it was at about 18.30 till 19.00 on a Friday night on BBC2. I think too that the performance of The Eton Rifles might have been the first public airing of the song.
F,king superb, the energy , power, amazing still to this day. Just maybe... one day Paul will agree to a tour with bruce /Rick. From the jam are superb, so just pray one day, Paul will do a brief reformation ....
Glad I had this brilliance about when I was a kid, looking back its hard to believe fantastic stuff like this was on every radio blasting out, glad I was part of it, fantastic time to be turning into an adult
Watched this at 15 years old totally into the jam, done this and Eton rifles. Then had the added bonus of hearing joy division for the first momentous day.
So much from that era just hasn't stood the test of time and this stunning performance shows why. 99% of punk and related styles lacked the Jam's commitment, song writing verve, musical textures and powerhouse live presentation. To coin a well-worn cliche, "they meant it, maaaaaaaaaaaan"
+JohnnyFriendly....they weren't punks and Weller didn't see them as such. They were heavily influenced by Dr.Feelgood early on and I think you can see that in their stage presence. Certainly one of the best live bands ever! What a fucking waste binning it all completely !
Of the true "punk" lot, it would be fair to say that ONLY The Clash were truly on par w/ the quality of The Jam....Both bands played punk early on, and were part of that 1976-77 West End & 100 Club scene, but NEITHER band was limited by it, or could be defined as ONLY a "punk band", thereby ended up using "punk" as a springboard to larger ideas(examining socio-political critique, socio-economic conditions and class, instead of simply professing empty, raw nihilism) and musical sophistication(greater songwriting craftsmanship, increased technical abilities, as well incorporating other musical and production styles).
The Jam can't be called a punk rock band no, so I completely agree with you. However they were very much in tune with the ideas of the original punk explosion: they were just better songwriters and musicians and lyricists than a lot of their contemporaries.
@@rael1999 They didn't identify as punks but Weller WAS very much influenced by punk as you will see in this vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--AkA5bzPBts.html And you can certainly hear, feel and see the influence from their first two albums and live clips of them from that period. After that they moved father and farther away from punk as they evolved.
Fucking awesome....best band Weller's been in for sure...shame after that fantastic legacy they left that Paul chose to distance himself from Rick and Bruce and they didn't remain good friends ! I never understood that, but I guess we're all put together differently ! To some people friendships are everything, to others they're just a hindrance that hold them back from moving on.
@@ECCENTRICERIC69 ...Lol what, just because Bowie did it everything's okay. How Bowie treated Ronson, giving him no credit for all the contributions he made to those classic early albums was nothing short of a disgrace. And announcing on stage it was going to be the Spiders last gig without telling them....real classy ! Bowie undoubtedly was brilliantly talented and invented himself many times, but how he treated the band that he rose to fame with was at the least pretty shabby !
@@rael1999 I loved the Spiders and particularly Ronno but Bowie like Weller needed chaos and reinvention to keep himself interested and moving forward. Bowie introduced Ronno to Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and many other influential figures including Mott the Hoople so ask yourself ... What did Ronno, Woody and Trevor Bolder achieve without Bowies genius? I could argue that Bowie took 3 dour northern rockers from Hull and gave them an experience of a life time touring America staying in luxury hotels with champagne, drugs and beautiful willing groupies.Most people don't get to experience that!! Similarly, what did the admittedly brilliant Bruce and Rick do without the genius Weller? Restoring antiques, playing in various Jam cover groups and taking over bass duties for The Vapours and SLF isn't the greatest of CV's for both of them but once again they had experiences of a lifetime riding the coat tails of one of the UK's greatest song writers!
@@ECCENTRICERIC69 ....Perhaps you need to read up a bit more on Ronson and what the people thought of him and his contribution to the Bowie period in the recording studio, especially people like Tony Visconti....Lol ...'3 dour northern rockers'....a classy comment from no doubt a sanctimonious southerner. Ask yourself what period 3 year period was Bowie's most successful , creative and productive ? As for Weller I'd like to bet you that Jam records are played more often these days than any other work he created. No doubt he was more prolific and consistently wrote great songs and his best body of work during that period Yeah he got to punting down an Oxford canal looking like a New Romantic, a far cry from his best years. As for you slagging peoples CV's off. I'm sure they more than stand up to your musical achievements lol ! Johnny Marr hasn't exactly set the world on fire since he left The Smiths but it doesn't make him any lest of a legendary guitarist whose held in high esteem by many of his fellow musicians.
Such a amazing group, 80s memories, shite goverment and ideas for the young ,but such good times for us music wise ,and the kids were together and not trying to stab each other in there crews .fight the system not each other
It's a Peavey Decade. It's secret amp of QOTSA Songs For The Deaf too. It's a Backstage model here but has same circuit as Bandit. He used it to record Setting Sons and Sound Affects. I think the heavier tone he got with it was his best sound in The Jam. Good video about it here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sirr8K3aVqI.html
Notice the Lichtenstein Whamm stickers on Paul's jetglow 330. After the neck was broken and reset he said it didn't play well. So the Lichtenstein artwork was painted on and the instrument reserved for TV work.
Love this song remember when I first heard it ...the audience could have been a bit more enthusiastic..if I'd have been there I'd jumping around all over the place...what a band broke my hart when they split up ...
