This is fantastic! I bought the first LP the day it came out in the states, and I continued buying all of them the second they came out. I loved them all, but the first one that utterly connected with my soul was Setting Sons. It was so British, but still completely meaningful and touching for a teenager growing up in a small town in the U.S. Weller had absolutely captured his muse and was channeling it perfectly. The melodies, the lyrics, the song structures. I think it's a perfect album. All Mod Cons was probably the one that convinced me that he was a great songwriter. The first two had great songs on them, but this one was pointedly aimed in a certain direction and it worked. Watching this documentary is taking me back to my teenage years and reminding me how much their talents, their look, and their songs meant to me at the time. Thanks!
Fantastic little film! So many of the quotes made here by the blokes and girls could have come out of my mouth too. Saw them numerous times as a teenager in the 1970s. Sitting here now as an almost 50 year old bloke with a button down shirt on and a guitar next to me and that is all down to The Jam and The Beatles. Buying the book immediately. Greatest memories of the greatest band I have ever had the privilege to see play live.
This is a brillant documentary - I got into the Jam aged 16 with a taping of All Around the World from the BBC Top 20 on a Sunday eveing radio braodcast, in 1977. My older brother nicked David Watts/A bomb from Woollies when it came out in '78 - tut tut. I still have it :) At 17, I bought Strangetown - what a brillliant song - such an addictive bassline - I struggled with a psychotic illness over the next 4 years - Setting Sons,and Sound Affects were lifesavers and helped get me through it - My younger brother gave me 'When You're Young' and 'The Modern World' singles in picture sleeves for Christmas circa1980 - the best Christmas present I ever had!! Believe me! I also recorded The Jam - Live at the Rarnbow on 31/12/79 on Radio 2 onto casstte - I wore that tape out - and have since bought The Jam -- Live at the BBC which had this concert as a 3rd CD - it brought back such happy memories. I saw the Jam twice - at Carisle Market Hall on 4 July, 1981 (I still have my Ticket) - on the Summer fun in '81 tour, and then at Shepton Mallet in March, 1982 on The Gift Tour - I have seen 'From The Jam' twice since, and still play The Jam's music on a regular basis. Thank you for an informative, and well balanced documentary of The Jam - I shall play their music until the day I die, and will have Going Underground played at my funeral. Paul, Bruce and Rick - you are immortal and may you all rock wherever you are, and in whatever you do, for eternity. Many, many thanks :) :) :)
Yes loved The Jam from NYC here since first seeing them at CBGB's 2nd Ave theater w/Max Romeo and Tuff Darts on the This Is the Modern World tour. Life long fan since.
traveled from dublin to see the jam sculpture unveiling in woking some months back met some of these guys in the pub after and had a great nite listening to all their Jam stories...i have just read this book and it is excellent
A MUST for any Jam fans: either ones like me who lived through them in the 80's or folks who got after them later and missed out. The Jam were the last band I really religiously bought all new releases by and this book encapsulates the whole feeling for me all over again. Well done Stuart and Ian, cheers from America!
I was a coupla years too young to see the Jam but clearly recall In the City on TOTP in '77. They later became the defining soundtrack to my teens and well into my 20s. I bloody loved their music - still do now, even though I'm getting on a bit. It's a real testament to them that 30 yrs after that bitterest of splits they're still held in such high regard by those who were there at the time. Not many bands have fans for whom that sense of passion never wanes... Wasn't it such a fine time...!!!
Love the pure passion presented here. Was only going to watch a couple of minutes but ended up looking at the whole thing. But I've got to get up in the morning arrghhh!!!!
I was lucky enough to see them live both in the UK, and Europe. The whole band was accessable to the fans, be it wherever they played, John would get to recognize the regulars, say hello, spend a few moments with you, shoot the shit, it didnt matter, all of them were the same. I remember sitting in a bar (its been nearly XX years now), with Rick,Paul,Bruce and John, just listening, occasionally asking a question, they were part of a extended huge family, with a loyalty that hasnt waned.Thank You
as I was trying to be a "Mod" in N.J.,U.S.A., I was knocked out by All Mod Cons (found as an unsold import at least a year after it came out, in of all places, Sam Goody) Went on to search out all lps and import singles (Almost $4 a pop back then!) When they broke up,(a real heartbreaker) I switched to the American "collage radio" music scene... music that REALLY connects for life! Excellence! (REM, Replacements,Etc)
great band,great songs,split at the right time-out of all the ''punk'' bands that eploded in 77,with perhaps the exception of the clash-the jam were a very,very important band to a lot of people-i teach guitar,and i always try to get the kids i teach into some of their songs like thats entertainment and town called malice-cos theyre just as relevant today as the second they went onto the paper when weller wrote them-great little documentary this one-knew a lot of it already-thanks guys xx
Very interesting. The Jam were one of the best bands this country has ever produced....I saw The Strypes on Jools Holland and they reminded me of early Jam.
Enjoyed the video here, thanks. Great idea the book. I have it. Wished I could've made a contribution to it as I was lucky enough to see them a couple of times (even though I live in Belfast!)
ive never known a band to UNITE a generation the way they did.We could ride on our scooters from Liverpool to scarboro,colwyn bay,brighton southend wallsall hull.You would always have the greatest of times and meet life long mates.wonder if the youth of today would be so mobile,or are the betting shops and annoying the neighbours easier to do.At least we didnt terrorise the streets.
Wow, am I that old now too??? I bought 'In the City' 45 in suburban Detroit in 1978 and I was hooked. Never got to see them, but The Jam had a tiny cult following in Detroit. A city with a great cool meter than Omaha or Manhattan.
To think, some people just do not get this ? How sorry for them do you feel. To be that unconnected to a band that connect your lives to music. Poor folk. The Jam, best fking band ion the world...
You can watch Weller play some Jam classics at his 2010 show at The Royal Albert Hall with Kelly Jones from The Stereophonics at www.classicgigs.com/gig/paul-weller/live-royal-albert-hall
46 and still a mod 31 years later. Weller moves music forward. A icon of britain we should cherish.
This is fantastic! I bought the first LP the day it came out in the states, and I continued buying all of them the second they came out. I loved them all, but the first one that utterly connected with my soul was Setting Sons. It was so British, but still completely meaningful and touching for a teenager growing up in a small town in the U.S.
Weller had absolutely captured his muse and was channeling it perfectly. The melodies, the lyrics, the song structures.
I think it's a perfect album.
All Mod Cons was probably the one that convinced me that he was a great songwriter. The first two had great songs on them, but this one was pointedly aimed in a certain direction and it worked.
Watching this documentary is taking me back to my teenage years and reminding me how much their talents, their look, and their songs meant to me at the time. Thanks!
Good to find out I'm not the only 50 year old who still wears shirts with button down collars.
Fantastic little film! So many of the quotes made here by the blokes and girls could have come out of my mouth too. Saw them numerous times as a teenager in the 1970s. Sitting here now as an almost 50 year old bloke with a button down shirt on and a guitar next to me and that is all down to The Jam and The Beatles. Buying the book immediately. Greatest memories of the greatest band I have ever had the privilege to see play live.
Seen the jam 5 times live in Glasgow and Loch Lomond and was very fortunate to meet them back stage at the Glasgow Apollo when I was just 17
if you don't get the 2nd album you simply aint a Jam fan!
This is a brillant documentary - I got into the Jam aged 16 with a taping of All Around the World from the BBC Top 20 on a Sunday eveing radio braodcast, in 1977. My older brother nicked David Watts/A bomb from Woollies when it came out in '78 - tut tut. I still have it :) At 17, I bought Strangetown - what a brillliant song - such an addictive bassline - I struggled with a psychotic illness over the next 4 years - Setting Sons,and Sound Affects were lifesavers and helped get me through it - My younger brother gave me 'When You're Young' and 'The Modern World' singles in picture sleeves for Christmas circa1980 - the best Christmas present I ever had!! Believe me! I also recorded The Jam - Live at the Rarnbow on 31/12/79 on Radio 2 onto casstte - I wore that tape out - and have since bought The Jam -- Live at the BBC which had this concert as a 3rd CD - it brought back such happy memories. I saw the Jam twice - at Carisle Market Hall on 4 July, 1981 (I still have my Ticket) - on the Summer fun in '81 tour, and then at Shepton Mallet in March, 1982 on The Gift Tour - I have seen 'From The Jam' twice since, and still play The Jam's music on a regular basis. Thank you for an informative, and well balanced documentary of The Jam - I shall play their music until the day I die, and will have Going Underground played at my funeral. Paul, Bruce and Rick - you are immortal and may you all rock wherever you are, and in whatever you do, for eternity. Many, many thanks :) :) :)
Yes loved The Jam from NYC here since first seeing them at CBGB's 2nd Ave theater w/Max Romeo and Tuff Darts on the This Is the Modern World tour. Life long fan since.
traveled from dublin to see the jam sculpture unveiling in woking some months back
met some of these guys in the pub after and had a great nite listening to all their Jam stories...i have just read this book and it is excellent
A MUST for any Jam fans: either ones like me who lived through them in the 80's or folks who got after them later and missed out. The Jam were the last band I really religiously bought all new releases by and this book encapsulates the whole feeling for me all over again. Well done Stuart and Ian, cheers from America!
I was a coupla years too young to see the Jam but clearly recall In the City on TOTP in '77. They later became the defining soundtrack to my teens and well into my 20s. I bloody loved their music - still do now, even though I'm getting on a bit. It's a real testament to them that 30 yrs after that bitterest of splits they're still held in such high regard by those who were there at the time. Not many bands have fans for whom that sense of passion never wanes...
Wasn't it such a fine time...!!!
Brilliant. Thanks. Reminds me how much I was inspired by The Jam (what a legacy).
Love the pure passion presented here. Was only going to watch a couple of minutes but ended up looking at the whole thing. But I've got to get up in the morning arrghhh!!!!
I was lucky enough to see them live both in the UK, and Europe. The whole band was accessable to the fans, be it wherever they played, John would get to recognize the regulars, say hello, spend a few moments with you, shoot the shit, it didnt matter, all of them were the same. I remember sitting in a bar (its been nearly XX years now), with Rick,Paul,Bruce and John, just listening, occasionally asking a question, they were part of a extended huge family, with a loyalty that hasnt waned.Thank You
My life for 5 yrs...Weller still a legend
as I was trying to be a "Mod" in N.J.,U.S.A., I was knocked out by All Mod Cons (found as an unsold import at least a year after it came out, in of all places, Sam Goody) Went on to search out all lps and import singles (Almost $4 a pop back then!)
When they broke up,(a real heartbreaker) I switched to the American "collage radio" music scene... music that REALLY connects for life! Excellence!
(REM, Replacements,Etc)
great band,great songs,split at the right time-out of all the ''punk'' bands that eploded in 77,with perhaps the exception of the clash-the jam were a very,very important band to a lot of people-i teach guitar,and i always try to get the kids i teach into some of their songs like thats entertainment and town called malice-cos theyre just as relevant today as the second they went onto the paper when weller wrote them-great little documentary this one-knew a lot of it already-thanks guys xx
Very interesting. The Jam were one of the best bands this country has ever produced....I saw The Strypes on Jools Holland and they reminded me of early Jam.
Enjoyed the video here, thanks. Great idea the book. I have it. Wished I could've made a contribution to it as I was lucky enough to see them a couple of times (even though I live in Belfast!)
I never get tired of Paul Weller.
I went to 3 or 4 nights at The Red Cow. Always got quite frantic
ive never known a band to UNITE a generation the way they did.We could ride on our scooters from Liverpool to scarboro,colwyn bay,brighton southend wallsall hull.You would always have the greatest of times and meet life long mates.wonder if the youth of today would be so mobile,or are the betting shops and annoying the neighbours easier to do.At least we didnt terrorise the streets.
Wow, am I that old now too??? I bought 'In the City' 45 in suburban Detroit in 1978 and I was hooked. Never got to see them, but The Jam had a tiny cult following in Detroit. A city with a great cool meter than Omaha or Manhattan.
To think, some people just do not get this ?
How sorry for them do you feel.
To be that unconnected to a band that connect your lives to music.
Poor folk.
The Jam, best fking band ion the world...
This was great. Enjoyed hearing Billy play too.
great documentary
fuck me- i got that exact Lowry picture on my wall downstairs that it shows after the interview with Paul Gallagher!
Many thanks Imani you're a gent. Feel free to testify to others.
Well said Rufus. I wish John had been around for an interview for the film.
Nice one ... good doc
THE BEST FUCKIN' BAND IN THE WORLD!!!
Good book, got my copy. Albeit on me Kindle. 😋
If you like The Jam, check out TED DUCHAMP - TIME BOMBS, think you'll enjoy it, cheers!
You can watch Weller play some Jam classics at his 2010 show at The Royal Albert Hall with Kelly Jones from The Stereophonics at
www.classicgigs.com/gig/paul-weller/live-royal-albert-hall
Big fan myself start to finish...but time to move on fellas
Great Vid
Paul Munson Why? I don't getcha.
"Snowball" would not be a great last name to have here in the States.