The Jam
Decided to have a look for a thread on The Jam and it couldn't find any! So what do you guys think of The Jam?
If you haven't heard of them here is some info The Jam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Here are a few of their better known tracks |
I grew up listening to the Jam and loved them back in the early 1980s and their three best albums were All Mod Cons, Setting Sons and Sound Affects and most of their tracks had some real attitude and always interesting lyrics, but then around the mid 1980s I completely went off them and have never liked them since. I think the problem is, that I find Paul Wellers vocals a huge turn-off and I find a lot of their lyrics focusing on political and social commentary in the UK at that time very dated now. They were a band of their era and that`s about it really. I think Roxy Music were far better and timeless than the Jam could ever be:p:
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i got their entire discography based on this thread
i have a comp (Gold) and like it a lot, sorta reminds me of a Who/Kinks updated |
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@Il Duce, in reference to your tube station experience on the other thread, this is probably one of the the Jams best and most iconic songs.
The Jam , Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - YouTube |
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They're brilliant, listened a lot to them 2-3 years ago. In the City and All Mod Cons are my favourite albums.
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Setting Sons> All Mod Cons> Sound Affects> In the City> This is the Modern World> The Gift |
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and yeah, i know that song pretty well |
A college classmate introduced me to the Jam and I have been an enthusiast ever since. I love the passion of their songs and much of their politics and attitude resonates with me. Musically I especially like their hard-edged power-pop of their post-All Mod Cons recordings, including their exploration of soul and softer pop genres in their last songs. Bruce Foxton was a very imaginative and aggressive bassist and filled out the Jam's sound; he effectively covered their lack of a 2nd guitarist. On a similar topic, Paul Weller was and is a decent rhythm guitarist, but he lacked the chops of a good lead guitarist and the Jam's sound was hamstrung as a trio ("Private Hell" is a good example of this), despite Foxton's consistently strong bass play. This demonstrates also why I like the Jam's latter-period songs that incorporate additional musicians and instruments (much of The Gift, especially "Town Called Malice" and "Ghosts", "Beat Surrender", "Great Depression", "The Bitterest Pill").
One more comment--the contributions of Bruce Foxton and probably drummer Rick Buckler to Paul Weller's songs have been underestimated and I believe they should have been given songwriting credits for much of Weller's music. |
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