The Jam - That's Entertainment

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
  • Listen to more from The Jam here: lnk.to/BXlLE
    Learn more about The Jam’s legendary 1977 debut album deal with Polydor: www.udiscoverm...
    Experience The Jam on CD & Vinyl LP: lnk.to/_QFvl
    Follow The Jam & Paul Weller
    / thejamfans
    / paulwellerofficial
    / paulwellerhq
    / paulwellerhq
    www.paulweller.com
    Music video by The Jam performing That's Entertainment. (C) 1981 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
  • ВидеоклипыВидеоклипы

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @oreally8605
    @oreally8605 5 лет назад +4325

    13 year old black kid in Chicago listening to the Jam. Now im 54, and I love it still..

    • @draganadc
      @draganadc 5 лет назад +138

      Congratulation for good taste

    • @colinsvid
      @colinsvid 4 года назад +116

      Sheldon Harris I'm 54 and I'm still listening from Essex , great memories flood back from the 70,s &80,s people, parties, Lambretta's

    • @alicegibson63
      @alicegibson63 4 года назад +107

      Love The Jam still at 62 and still have a scooter:)

    • @monstermarkone
      @monstermarkone 4 года назад +71

      I’m 55, from Suffolk, England. A biker all my life, rode a scooter once and crashed it (weird thing to ride 😂) Love the Jam!

    • @Bigyin600
      @Bigyin600 4 года назад +50

      The love of good music never dulls with age. I remember loving this as a 13 year old and now also 52 and always draws me back when its you tube wormhole time looking for music i love...... my dad was an original 60's Mod with a scooter but for me it was and is always bikes ;)

  • @Smartass_Jedi
    @Smartass_Jedi 5 месяцев назад +165

    1980: masterpiece
    2024: masterpiece
    These guys had a bunch of em

    • @TheOtherKine
      @TheOtherKine 4 месяца назад +5

      Greatest band ever, for me! The Jam till I die

    • @duckbrew
      @duckbrew 3 месяца назад +3

      I mean the quality and caliber of songwritng and musicianship at what 18/19? Writing those tunes?!! Nothing short of amazing. Been a fan since I discovered 'Snap' around '86.

    • @littlenicola6726
      @littlenicola6726 11 дней назад

      In​@@TheOtherKineI've seen the jam,d really amazing tribute act 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @suze5359
    @suze5359 4 месяца назад +113

    One of the greatest songs ever written

    • @Chris-zh1ff
      @Chris-zh1ff 3 месяца назад

      Yuor sad

    • @markpav9906
      @markpav9906 3 месяца назад

      4shore

    • @JTH-bl7cj
      @JTH-bl7cj 3 месяца назад +3

      Absolutely, one of the greatest song writers ever

    • @thinkbig3384
      @thinkbig3384 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Chris-zh1ff If your keyboard was a tad more accurate, you may have a case to answer. This ( at is time ) one of the greatest tracks ever written.

    • @benjaminhuston1390
      @benjaminhuston1390 22 дня назад

      Definitely up there...and the opening!

  • @petermcclenaghan5735
    @petermcclenaghan5735 6 месяцев назад +124

    this song stands up brilliantly in 2024 - fantastic boys

    • @56squadron
      @56squadron 3 месяца назад +1

      I will never understand comments like this. A thing is lovely or it is not... it's age is irrelevant. The Sistine chapel was painted in 1508 by Michelangelo.... does that "hold up?" If anything, a song like that, or a painting like the other do not stand up, they are beacons of just how far we have fallen because they should be illuminating how awful what passes as "music" and "art" is today. They represent ideals we should aspire to... and to say they "hold up" to the garbage of today is beyond insulting. You should have asked "Why has this gone from our lives?" The reason is the powers in control don't want beauty or God's truth. They want you in a pile of filth, eating bugs.

  • @markbraid1985
    @markbraid1985 4 года назад +1452

    "Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight, two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude" is my favourite line from any song ever

  • @davidsouthwick6802
    @davidsouthwick6802 2 года назад +187

    Hi All. I'm a 62 year old white South African, & The Jam transformed the way I viewed society for the better as a young man. Our world now appears more precarious than ever, but I hope love wins the day. God Bless you all

    • @gentillygirl545
      @gentillygirl545 8 месяцев назад +11

      Hello, I am a 59 year old American woman. The Jam and others of our generation changed my worldview for the good. The world is precarious, but we have values and ethics -- and wherewithal. Keep on, and love from New Orleans, LA.

    • @toiletpaper5770
      @toiletpaper5770 8 месяцев назад +7

      I’m a 45 y/o living in Arizona. Could you all please elaborate on how the Jam transformed the way you viewed society/changed your worldview for the good because it’s hard to find good in the world right now.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 8 месяцев назад +5

      Good, just good

    • @mariusgrose3256
      @mariusgrose3256 6 месяцев назад

      The jam sang about being alive in the UK at that time rather than drippy love songs. They remain relevant.@@toiletpaper5770

    • @NicholasWright-e4j
      @NicholasWright-e4j 2 месяца назад +1

      God bless you mate

  • @oldskoolpaul89
    @oldskoolpaul89 2 месяца назад +41

    Two lovers kissing among the scream of midnight. Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude. Best line ever ..The Jam

    • @pitchforkcustom
      @pitchforkcustom Месяц назад +1

      too many syllables 😊

    • @JohnDuffy-bq8wg
      @JohnDuffy-bq8wg Месяц назад +2

      Oh baby dreaming of Monday when I see you again, was a pretty meaningful lyric to a teenager with a school crush, oh happy days

    • @KevinMims-he7wv
      @KevinMims-he7wv Месяц назад +1

      Favorite line of the whole song

  • @SAseeker101
    @SAseeker101 8 месяцев назад +77

    Weller is England`s modern day Byron. Captured the mood of the country beautifully and fantastic music.

  • @toolatehello3345
    @toolatehello3345 Год назад +125

    For me this was the Jam's best song.

    • @Kristo1992-yq2gi
      @Kristo1992-yq2gi Год назад +3

      Yet not even a single, but more a Japanese export.

    • @toolatehello3345
      @toolatehello3345 Год назад +10

      @@Kristo1992-yq2gi It describes , exactly how Britain was for people like me, as a teenager, in the late 70s

    • @robertstanley7314
      @robertstanley7314 6 месяцев назад +3

      One of them imo

    • @AndyJarman
      @AndyJarman 5 месяцев назад +2

      Going underground is mine.
      Margaret Thatcher, Loadsamoney, 1987 poll tax riots. Horrible chintzy fashion of debauched money printing trough dwellers.

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Kristo1992-yq2gi The Jam song. That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good Chess game 4 Portsmouth C team or maybe even Portsmouth B team. That I've played in. & That I've 1. 4 explample. I was playing Chess 4 Portsmouth C team v Cosham in a Cole Cup game. When my side. Was a player short. I was playing on board 5. & I was 4 pawns down v my opponent. & I still 1 the game & the Chess match v Cosham 4-1. My captain IE Brian was so in shock when I had 1 my Chess game. Being 4 pawns down v a much better player than me. That he promoted me 2. Board 1. In the Portsmouth Cole Cup Chess final in the year in question. & I 1 that Chess game 2. Unfortunately we lost the match. On board count. That's Entertainment also reminds me of a fantastic. Human League gig that I've been lucky enough 2 have seen. 21 times in total now so far. Later this year it will be 22 times in total. I've been lucky enough 2 have a great signed photo of my life time special hero IE Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ (of The Human League) who I've met 7 times in total now 4a good chat with them. . Little does my life time special hero IE Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ know it. But she is also largely responsible 4 the best night ever of my life. Even if the free unexpected journey home from Brighton Railway station 2 Portsmouth on the night in question.(After I'd had done a true Pikey from Dad's Army IE I had 4got 2 have my meds with me. & Missed the last Southern Railway company 🚆 service from Brighton 2 Portsmouth on the night in question.&2 every 1 who gets 2 read this story of mine. It true.

  • @SerialGothQueens
    @SerialGothQueens 3 года назад +1039

    Even as an American, I always connected with this song. Growing up in a working class family, in a working class neighborhood in Queens, NY, surrounded by dead end streets, train tracks, abandoned houses, auto garages and factories, this song described exactly where I came from, and what life was like.
    Some feelings and experiences are truly universal, and Weller perfectly captured some of those in this incredible song.

  • @angelalalley7593
    @angelalalley7593 Месяц назад +15

    The guitar is the drums, the drums are the bass, and the bass is lead guitar

  • @joemorgan636
    @joemorgan636 11 месяцев назад +120

    As a young black kid, I remember Jam all 80s music reminds me when I was boxing winning National boxing titles of England for my age from 14 years old upwards just cleaned up mate thanks to my dad. Remember all these records came on the radio in the gym while I was training hard for my fights. Brilliant father never would off won those major honours without him and music RIP Dad and Mum

    • @gkmmlc
      @gkmmlc 11 месяцев назад +3

      You should be proud. God bless you.

    • @DavidNeedle
      @DavidNeedle 10 месяцев назад +2

      Luv that mate x

    • @simonwoodruff5235
      @simonwoodruff5235 9 месяцев назад +2

      AND a bit of Carrol Thompson and some ska too 😊

    • @chloesmith9624
      @chloesmith9624 8 месяцев назад +1

      National boxing titles listening to the modfather what could be better 👍🏻

    • @TerenceDrew-p7o
      @TerenceDrew-p7o 8 месяцев назад +1

      Great music and great era wish could go back to 80s

  • @driscollmichaelmd
    @driscollmichaelmd 3 года назад +478

    Stood in the pub on Friday afternoon at the bar... This starts to play through the speakers and suddenly everything is OK for a short while.

    • @julieclark8976
      @julieclark8976 3 года назад +10

      Can't wait to get back to those days 🙏🙏

    • @westboundbadger
      @westboundbadger 3 года назад +1

      @@julieclark8976 They are open !

    • @colingeddes2172
      @colingeddes2172 3 года назад +4

      1 of the great great songs weller wrote amongst many many others he wrote while being the frontman of the best band that ever existed. Kudos to the holy trinity of paul, bruce, rick,

    • @anthonytaylor4473
      @anthonytaylor4473 3 года назад +4

      Cheeky key in the toilets

    • @briandesormeau2643
      @briandesormeau2643 3 года назад +5

      That perfectly sums up the experience of generations of music fans when they hear an old favourite, regardless of the group, composer, genre, etc. :)

  • @BlackAlbino2000
    @BlackAlbino2000 2 месяца назад +19

    My father’s favorite British song ever , now it’s mine

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 27 дней назад

      Paul Weller & me. Have got a few things in common with each other (apart from being human & British & male & the fact that our 1st name is Paul. & That is this. Even if our anishals r reversed. They still stand 4 something in a game of Chess. Strange that. But it's true.

  • @neverforever4787
    @neverforever4787 3 года назад +173

    As an American who's never visited the UK this song paints such a vivid and realistic picture of working class life in England, just beautiful lyrics

    • @oasis4life014
      @oasis4life014 Год назад

      Hard working and tough bastards... that what anyone from derbyshire and above are..... the South know nothing about it working class

    • @TimmyTickle
      @TimmyTickle Год назад +7

      This song can also paint a picture of working class life in somewhere like NYC or Chicago

    • @kedy9469
      @kedy9469 11 месяцев назад +17

      As a working class Brit it sums up our life perfectly.

    • @mikeymjh
      @mikeymjh 8 месяцев назад +5

      It's a fair summing up of the Times then

    • @issyjas3309
      @issyjas3309 5 месяцев назад +6

      That was our life, still is !!

  • @davewilson9738
    @davewilson9738 Год назад +136

    Woke up this morning over 40 years later and realised nothings changed, now that's entertainment.
    Still such a strong song.

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP Год назад

      The Jam - That's Entertainment 0952am 5.7.23 whisky is for sipping... if you want the full effect. and the drink of choice for those who kick folk in the balls or are kicked in the balls...

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP Год назад

      @@talorcmacallan4268 The Jam - That's Entertainment 2122PM 7.7.23 as we say in england... pity you didnt comprehend your family tree all that well... your Ecosse resides in Manchester as opposed to the outer Hebrides... you hope... i see yer wandering round trynna curtail easy living and manners.

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP Год назад

      @@talorcmacallan4268 Comments on ‘The Jam - That's Entertainment’ 7.7.23 2124pm as my old acquaintances are happy to dish the dirt i will say jonny rep? excellent footballer... beats calling myself jonny krull - also another excellent footballer.. or jonny cruyff - another excellent footballer... i would no doubt end up, after all that, with the moniker: dino zoff!!! refer to ari haaan...

    • @cherylluzinski2439
      @cherylluzinski2439 9 месяцев назад

      The best line EVER!

    • @MarkMeade-e1y
      @MarkMeade-e1y 8 месяцев назад +2

      For sure , just getting worse

  • @kieranbrennanmusic9261
    @kieranbrennanmusic9261 3 месяца назад +19

    What a bass player

    • @angelalalley7593
      @angelalalley7593 Месяц назад

      Very talented musician overall!

    • @calvinlomax9546
      @calvinlomax9546 21 день назад

      A lot of his bass lines are in a 3 piece band nowhere to hide, Eton rifles being one of the best

  • @julie5668
    @julie5668 4 года назад +395

    The Jam, The Specials, Squeeze, and Madness - such great bands.

    • @ctboy1989
      @ctboy1989 4 года назад +19

      All 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English too!! Only the best country for bands

    • @thescottishcrusader2781
      @thescottishcrusader2781 4 года назад +26

      The Clash and the police too 😎😎😎

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 4 года назад +5

      U can also add my all time heroes ie. The Human League 2 that list.

    • @MrStrocube
      @MrStrocube 4 года назад +3

      Julie Van Berkel
      Agreed! BTW, I’m a 61-year-old Colombian dude from Southern California.
      Cheers!

    • @andrewmatthews6861
      @andrewmatthews6861 4 года назад +5

      Great days wish we could go back 😢😢😢

  • @AmperRamone
    @AmperRamone 5 месяцев назад +35

    I am spanish 49 years old I know the lirycs of many The Jam songs and have the full collection of official studio tracks in vinil, bought in Carnaby St back in 1990

  • @asboukcomfortable1670
    @asboukcomfortable1670 2 месяца назад +13

    Hackney E5 London gal here, Paul paints a working class world ! Bruce best bass Boss besides Bootsy Coll UK 🇬🇧

  • @aidancorish284
    @aidancorish284 5 месяцев назад +20

    Born in 1960, grew up in Dublin, lived in London, NY since 1982. An era defining song.

    • @markpav9906
      @markpav9906 4 месяца назад +1

      born 58 nobody likes my comments ever. there always favo songs just like this glorious one . no neg comments

    • @markpav9906
      @markpav9906 4 месяца назад

      Kiwi Nz

    • @markpav9906
      @markpav9906 4 месяца назад

      heres one u mite like Shark attack great kiwi band

    • @michaelbonora9095
      @michaelbonora9095 4 месяца назад

      Love Joe Strummer and the Clash, but The Jam really resonated with me. 40 years later, and still puts a big ass smile on my face!!

  • @MarkMeade-e1y
    @MarkMeade-e1y Месяц назад +4

    That was our entertainment, he wrote it down to a tee .
    A working class kids life , fond memories 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵

  • @gary6514
    @gary6514 3 года назад +54

    Paul Weller....the Shakespeare of my generation.

    • @dTNT24
      @dTNT24 3 года назад +5

      I adore Paul Weller, but either that's a huge exaggeration, or our generations are truly fucked up, man.

    • @faeembrugh
      @faeembrugh 3 года назад +2

      He was. The 1980s working class British generation that is.

    • @docsavage8640
      @docsavage8640 3 года назад +1

      That's idiotic

  • @roxannepearls901
    @roxannepearls901 2 года назад +1

    BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT!!! Brilliant!!!

    • @Paul_John_Weller
      @Paul_John_Weller Год назад +1

      Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.

  • @Jack-lt7hi
    @Jack-lt7hi 2 года назад +18

    Reading through the comments I notice how many people love this song from all over the world. North America, South America, Germany, The U.K etc. Its a nice to think of all these people enjoying listening to this in their home towns

  • @bharatpatel7682
    @bharatpatel7682 25 дней назад +5

    Masterpiece, any year, every year

  • @chrisrosales4219
    @chrisrosales4219 4 года назад +341

    I love how he just keeps cramming more and more words into the same simple melody. Without raising his voice the intensity builds and builds. Absolutely brilliant. Give some love to that bass too.

    • @jamescarey6988
      @jamescarey6988 Год назад +14

      The bass and percussion are perfect for this song.. Not sure who's idea it was but they nailed it

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's Entertainment by The Jam. Is very very addictive. It's that good. Eply when Paul Weller was drunk when he wrote it. Should definitely of been a massive number 1 hit single 4 The Jam.

  • @timothygrayson
    @timothygrayson Год назад +16

    Amazing how many Americans can relate to the Jam. Great stuff. Welcome to good old English songwriting.

    • @Lazy_Sundae
      @Lazy_Sundae Год назад

      Pity they couldn't relate to them enough to buy their records.

    • @TimmyTickle
      @TimmyTickle Год назад +2

      @@Lazy_Sundae They probably couldn’t find any record shops that had them in stock at the time

    • @MrMrwaz
      @MrMrwaz 4 месяца назад

      ​@@Lazy_Sundae😂😂

  • @karenbittner6979
    @karenbittner6979 3 года назад +472

    This is one of the greatest and timeless songs of all time. Incredible lyrics and orchestrated beautifully. Magnificent!

    • @alicegibson63
      @alicegibson63 3 года назад +6

      Your right there.

    • @franklinmix2455
      @franklinmix2455 3 года назад +2

      Agreed. So timely again in the age of COVID

    • @mongo4511
      @mongo4511 2 года назад

      Load of old tosh

    • @colingeddes2172
      @colingeddes2172 2 года назад +3

      Virtualy every jam song wrote by weller is a timeless classic. This masterpiece is a prime example.

    • @leohufton4525
      @leohufton4525 2 года назад

      @@alicegibson63 abc

  • @trinihammer
    @trinihammer 4 года назад +181

    i'm a black guy and funk and soul is my music but this tune is just absolutely brilliant. the good old days late 70s and early 80s

    • @s1050
      @s1050 4 года назад +1

      You would like the Style Council.

    • @trinihammer
      @trinihammer 4 года назад +1

      @@s1050 you are spot on i do like a bit of Style Council.

    • @themaxwellnator
      @themaxwellnator 4 года назад +1

      Paul weller was heavily 8nfluenced by black music

    • @i.george2321
      @i.george2321 4 года назад +1

      hey stop the racism. im not black and i listen to funk, soul and even blues for a pinch of extra good measure. good music matters

    • @Rick35kt
      @Rick35kt 4 года назад +1

      If you like soul and funk, try Weller's new album 'On Sunset' - c40 years on and the man's still got it!

  • @jackgrover3788
    @jackgrover3788 Год назад +40

    So glad my dad put me on to everything from 1977-1990

    • @jackgrover3788
      @jackgrover3788 Год назад

      @ciao214ZI don’t get it whats bad abt being happy for my music taste

    • @bkipniss7451
      @bkipniss7451 5 месяцев назад

      Good man, your dad.

    • @Euadam
      @Euadam 5 месяцев назад

      Plenty of amazing stuff pre-1977.

    • @PixPix-zi6vi
      @PixPix-zi6vi Месяц назад

      @@jackgrover3788Excellent musical taste, your old man.

    • @Ritff666l-e9e
      @Ritff666l-e9e 8 часов назад

      Gawd Why is this top Comment

  • @carmie9400
    @carmie9400 4 дня назад +1

    Paul Weller is a genius - this song is timeless…

  • @gary6514
    @gary6514 4 года назад +562

    The lyrics of this song is absolute genius. Weller is one of the greatest ever songwriters. Even Lennon and McCartney would bow to this masterpiece.

    • @Propaganda80
      @Propaganda80 4 года назад +15

      Lennon and McCartney who?

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 4 года назад +8

      It's my favourite A side track by the Jam. And I feel that. That's Entertainment should definitely of been a number 1 hit single 4 the Jam. Epy when Paul Weller was drunk when he wrote it. That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good Chess match 4 Portsmouth B or C team that I have played in. And a good Human League gig that I've seen. Paul Weller should definitely get a knighthood

    • @williamharker5464
      @williamharker5464 4 года назад +4

      @@Propaganda80 Indeed.

    • @jaydee4697
      @jaydee4697 4 года назад +15

      The Beatles WISHED they wrote this.

    • @Beastgrows
      @Beastgrows 4 года назад +7

      The Beatles were commercial shite, it's The Stones, Jam, Clash and Stone Roses all day!

  • @pobletecodutti
    @pobletecodutti 2 года назад +381

    It's always struck me that Paul wrote this masterpiece in just 10 minutes. “Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude”, one of the greatest ever lines in music, must have just slipped off his pen. What a genius.

    • @chrisdodson8118
      @chrisdodson8118 2 года назад +11

      You're not wrong!

    • @tamarayoung9861
      @tamarayoung9861 2 года назад +11

      Shit lyrics re the ‘tranquility of solitude’ but slipped off the pen, is pure genius x

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 2 года назад +5

      Should definitely of been a number 1 hit 4 The Jam. Epy when Paul Weller was drunk when he wrote this Ace track

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 2 года назад +3

      Paul Weller should definitely get a knighthood by the Queen. 4 his great music. The Jam song ie That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good Chess match 4 Portsmouth B side that I have played in. & A very good Human League gig that I have seen. 20 times & counting I've seen The Human League play live.

    • @jack_kerins
      @jack_kerins 2 года назад +6

      @@pauleyles9536 can’t get a knighthood from her now

  • @chokehanson1830
    @chokehanson1830 2 месяца назад +8

    To my jaundiced & cynical ears this was, is & always will be one of the very best songs ever. An absolute classic.

  • @kateburke2620
    @kateburke2620 3 года назад +230

    The amazing thing about this song is how timeless this is. I grew up in the late 80s / early 90s in New Zealand in a poor area and this is exactly what life was like.

    • @alanfox691
      @alanfox691 3 года назад +9

      Hopefully you are well in
      New Zealand in 2021.
      I am from Scotland.
      Keep Safe.

    • @fortboy66
      @fortboy66 3 года назад +8

      Never thought that New Zealand had poor areas, always looks so beautiful on the telly, living in East London, all I had for a view was the A13 and the Beckton Alps!

    • @Colonel_Blimp
      @Colonel_Blimp 3 года назад +6

      Grew up in Christchurch in the late 60’s. Hearing this in the 80’s took me right back to the freezing flats and the buses..

    • @bobdobalina547
      @bobdobalina547 3 года назад +3

      England life.

    • @Snaily
      @Snaily 3 года назад +7

      It shouldn't be as timeless as it is. The fact that even now life for the vast majority of the population is still as drab and unfulfilling is a bad sign.

  • @guitarmatricide4834
    @guitarmatricide4834 2 года назад +200

    Why this band wasn’t big in The U.S., I’ll never know.
    I’m an American born in the mid-80s, and when I first discovered The Jam, I felt like someone hit me in the chest with a brick…
    Just an absolutely brilliant group. Paul Weller is right up there with Ray Davies as a simultaneously acclaimed yet underrated songwriter.

    • @cowboysfan782008
      @cowboysfan782008 Год назад +14

      I'm an American born in 68', and if you were around and very much getting into music in 77/78' like I was you'd understand. It's similar to how the Ramones only had minimal popularity until ppl became nostalgic for them in the 90s. Also, during that whole time from say 1977 until 1987 ppl were kind of defined by what they were into, and the Mod Resurgence in the early 80s didn't last all that long, and was just a minor faction of the new wavers. That said, my bf was all into the Jam, and though more of a rocker I liked them too. I had the 1st two albums The Police put out, and they were about like The Jam in popularity until their 3rd with that stupid song Da do do do da da da, and then they were huge, and commercial. Joe Jackson I thought was way better than Elvis Costello, but got less notoriety. The long haired 70s into the new wave 80s AND having Disco and Punk to boot made that one weird but awesome period.

    • @Erin-uz2gf
      @Erin-uz2gf Год назад +7

      I was born 1970 in the U.S. and it seems like I first heard of Paul Weller with Style Council. I could be wrong with that, I was a kid, but I was a kid who was lucky enough to be around when KROQ was my local radio station. Through them, I learned what real music was, and to this day I'm still so thankful to have that influence. I still love all that 80's music so much, and no one will ever compare to the Brits for me! Maybe I was born in the wrong country lol.

    • @lukemcevoy2385
      @lukemcevoy2385 Год назад

      ..or a kick in the balls.

    • @lamf4846
      @lamf4846 Год назад +13

      The Jam were very British. Mod culture was an English phenomenon.

    • @stevecarey2030
      @stevecarey2030 Год назад +8

      There was a fairly significant mod subculture in Southern California in the early 1980s so the Jam had a sizable following at the time. The movement only lasted a few years though. That said, the Jam were very British and didn't make much of an effort to make it big in the US. They were so huge in the UK they probably just weren't worried about it. You could say the same for Oasis. Huge in the UK, meh in the US.

  • @rimfirefarmer3267
    @rimfirefarmer3267 2 года назад +82

    Living in London in the 80's, my dad, by hook or crook, collected every record that The Jam ever produced. Fourty years later, I'm 17, spinning them on an old Dansette on a farm in southern Tasmania. If that vinyl could speak...

    • @lindylavers3306
      @lindylavers3306 2 года назад +1

      it can!!! And it does...

    • @chalkystring
      @chalkystring 2 года назад +1

      It does better than speak...it sings!

    • @Clyntonsshed
      @Clyntonsshed 2 года назад +1

      Hi from north tassie, I’ve literally just stumbled upon this song

    • @2000toddowen
      @2000toddowen 2 года назад +1

      So you were -33 years old fourty {um...forty} years ago?
      When I was - 33 I was all in to Jimmie Rodgers "The Singing Brakeman". Still listen to his stuff. Incredibly influential talent.

  • @richardabel2636
    @richardabel2636 Год назад +17

    this song got me to play guitar it will stay with me till i die .

  • @ptatpc7925
    @ptatpc7925 3 года назад +122

    He wrote this as a 21 year old. FFS. The best English poet since the war with words that engaged and resonated with a generation. 'Travelling on buses and reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs'. Genius

    • @BritishBloke66
      @BritishBloke66 2 года назад +1

      er...slap stick affairs :)

    • @c.w_
      @c.w_ 2 года назад +1

      Along with Sting

    • @Xune2000
      @Xune2000 Год назад

      Is it "slashed seat affairs" or "slapstick affairs"? Either way I don't understand the significance of the line, what does it mean?

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK Год назад

      @@BritishBloke66 I hope you were kidding, if you were it was brilliant, if you weren't, it was hilarious.

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK Год назад +2

      @@Xune2000 It's "slashed seat affairs"

  • @karenlomax6773
    @karenlomax6773 Год назад +80

    60 years young & still gives me goosebumps when I listen to this tune. One of my favourites ❤

    • @bharatpatel7682
      @bharatpatel7682 Год назад +1

      Me too - 60 yrs young next month

    • @philruane5910
      @philruane5910 Год назад +2

      Jam fans ❤❤

    • @cyberteque
      @cyberteque Год назад +1

      there with you!
      61 in december
      I'm pretty much "last man standing" of our "group"
      I miss the 80's

    • @Sludge100001
      @Sludge100001 8 месяцев назад

      you youngsters....

    • @darrenberry2037
      @darrenberry2037 8 месяцев назад

      I know!! 63 years old but still trying to grimly cling on to tummy and zero hair but making others laugh. Shit, I miss these days!

  • @clivegoldhagen4600
    @clivegoldhagen4600 3 года назад +159

    The Jam. Without doubt one of the greatest bands Britain has ever produced. What fantastic memories. Maybe an old cliche but they don’t write songs like this anymore.

    • @joeoreilly5931
      @joeoreilly5931 2 года назад +1

      your right they dont write them like this anymore, but there is an British band called The Enemy who have some good songs that have a jam feel to them

    • @gow03333
      @gow03333 2 года назад

      @@joeoreilly5931 thank you ,will listen 👍

    • @56squadron
      @56squadron 2 года назад +2

      God places souls where they need to be and when they need to be. That time and place will always be special, and it is quite possibly the most musically intense, prolific and diverse time ever. Even the powers that be could not stop it... and they wanted to. Punk screamed there are no rules... and the kids listened. Every avenue was explored, from burgeoning synths, to folk to ska to reggae... You could listen to Madness, UB40 and then Joy Division and it didn't seem out of place. It was all new and wonderful... and yes, we milked the hell out of it.
      When that scene faded at the end of the 80's corporate music took over and that was it. However there was a scene from about 1995 to about 2008 that was mainly from scandinavia, although similar bands could be found from all over the world, and they were kids who heard the above music when little and wanted to have their own bands. This music is less angry, but IMHO most of it is as good as anything from the period above... it's just that far far fewer people know about it.

    • @gow03333
      @gow03333 2 года назад +1

      @@56squadron I had forgotten about joy Division, I remember listening to them in the night clubs.
      As a young second wave mod (😂)
      I loved the sex pistols ,,spear of destiny , stray cats.
      You are so correct that the 80s music machine brought S/A/Waterman however they would not fully replace the two tone ,ska,mod ,punk,rocka /punka billy scene ,not in my soul anyway .
      Still riding my scooter now, with brilliant memories.
      Thank you for jogging my memory.

  • @nickffolliottdarling
    @nickffolliottdarling Месяц назад +3

    Loved the jam
    .happy memories

  • @Mod-rw9cw
    @Mod-rw9cw 5 лет назад +136

    I've played this song about ten thousand times and still sounds brand new after 39 years

    • @marcalfredo9826
      @marcalfredo9826 2 года назад +2

      With you on that

    • @julieking9481
      @julieking9481 10 месяцев назад +3

      I'm with you but ive played it 1001 times. I'm with you all the way.

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 5 месяцев назад

      Same with me. It's very very addictive. That's Entertainment. Should definitely got much better than nummer 21 in the charts.

    • @JoeKinney-ht7el
      @JoeKinney-ht7el 5 месяцев назад

      Brilliant ​@@julieking9481

  • @mikeymjh
    @mikeymjh 5 месяцев назад +8

    A very fair assessment of our life in the Uk at that time,without a doubt.

  • @supernoodles91
    @supernoodles91 6 лет назад +46

    'two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude.....' What a line!!

  • @GaryHatter-x6i
    @GaryHatter-x6i 2 месяца назад +3

    I remember first hearing this song, it literally blew me away..

  • @doofus4648
    @doofus4648 3 года назад +57

    This song epitomised everything about being a teenager in the UK in the late seventies, an absolute classic.

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK 3 года назад +3

      The Jam and The Smiths really summed it all up for me.

  • @wobblertv8083
    @wobblertv8083 Год назад +50

    Some of the greatest lyrics ever written ..."Feeding ducks in the park ...and wishing you were far away " I feel so privileged I saw them live in 82

  • @CraigWilkinson-n1u
    @CraigWilkinson-n1u Год назад +10

    This song makes me wish I was back in the early eighties again the beauty of youth how fast it passed

  • @mariusgrose3256
    @mariusgrose3256 Месяц назад +2

    Any singer songwriter who can make 'two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude' fit seamlessly into a song gets my vote and unstinting admiration.

  • @paulburrows6617
    @paulburrows6617 3 года назад +11

    "LIGHTS GOING OUT AND A KICK IN THE BALLS......"

  • @jdcahill1926
    @jdcahill1926 Год назад +8

    Back to 1980- 15 years old playing pool and having a pint- great days🤣

  • @thursfield3107
    @thursfield3107 Год назад +5

    "watching the tele, thinking that's a holiday" superb

    • @TimmyTickle
      @TimmyTickle Год назад +3

      I thought the line was “watching the telly and thinking about your holidays”

  • @GazzaC64
    @GazzaC64 Год назад +3

    Best song ever!

  • @pathat3027
    @pathat3027 Год назад +4

    Paul weller 😊

  • @DMo1986
    @DMo1986 Год назад +4

    Nobody does it better 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @keithfarr4838
    @keithfarr4838 4 года назад +12

    Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude.
    What more is there to say.

  • @paulcrow3606
    @paulcrow3606 8 месяцев назад +2

    The man is a modern day prophet and ferking genius.

  • @zipit9165
    @zipit9165 Год назад +7

    what an amazing drum part

  • @rogeroliverbennett65
    @rogeroliverbennett65 2 года назад +85

    One of my favourite classic tracks by The Jam, which, for me, tells a tale of alienation, frustration, and despair: Gritty, powerful, and yet sensitive.

    • @inthepubagaineh6318
      @inthepubagaineh6318 Год назад +5

      As a yoof... I considered the lyrics a little bleak and somewhat nonsensical.. as an old un, I realise how stupid I was as a yoof

  • @brucecross1182
    @brucecross1182 6 лет назад +41

    I fucking love this. where did my youth go. I still feel the same when i hear this

    • @alicegibson63
      @alicegibson63 3 года назад

      Young as you feel.
      Named my scooter That's Entertainment

    • @harryhopkins790
      @harryhopkins790 3 года назад

      Yeah Bruce,eternal youth comes from the speakers.

  • @JamieLamb-ft6io
    @JamieLamb-ft6io Месяц назад +2

    The Tranquillity of Solitude ❤

  • @stephencollins7714
    @stephencollins7714 Год назад +31

    Some of the best storytelling ever, Paul Weller is a genius and the Jam were so cool without even trying. Always topical and reflecting the times perfectly. So much respect …

  • @nd-0810
    @nd-0810 3 года назад +47

    One of the best songs ever written.

  • @waynepinnock5874
    @waynepinnock5874 Год назад +5

    Despite his many influences Weller has a unique voice.

  • @grantbailey6748
    @grantbailey6748 Месяц назад +1

    53 Sydney Australia. Paul Wella. style council, the jam . English Indie.. nothing will ever come close to the raw power of self expression.. xxx 💗

  • @paulcornish6284
    @paulcornish6284 Год назад +6

    Never bettered for poetry , politics & passion

  • @leonardjohnny67
    @leonardjohnny67 3 года назад +6

    Undoubetedly one the greatest british pop songs of all time.

  • @exitcheese
    @exitcheese 2 года назад +10

    Those in the know just know when you're listening to perfection 👌🏾❤💯💫💫💫

  • @stevetaylor7206
    @stevetaylor7206 Месяц назад +3

    I was there. Hearing this in 1981 over the rooftops from someone playing it at 5.30 am before work. This entered the charts from Europe as an import proving how popular the Jam were.

    • @vdussaut9182
      @vdussaut9182 Месяц назад +1

      That’s a cool memory 🎶🩵

  • @mrpurser6378
    @mrpurser6378 9 лет назад +120

    The song of Britain.

    • @joseluis84230
      @joseluis84230 5 лет назад +5

      MrPurser, Not at all. I am not British and I feel identified, those sound effects and sound affects that are distilled in That's Entertainment are a reflection of any city. Totally yours is The English Rose, That's Entertainment is more international.

    • @IRVDawg
      @IRVDawg 5 лет назад +1

      We are the Mods

    • @littlenicola6726
      @littlenicola6726 5 лет назад

      @@IRVDawg it's way of life

    • @rossbeake5779
      @rossbeake5779 5 лет назад +2

      Should be the national anthem

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 4 года назад

      So true. If you grew up in a London suburb in the late70s/early80s this was your life in a song. XXX

  • @trevorsmith9261
    @trevorsmith9261 5 лет назад +35

    The best song Paul Weller ever wrote. “Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude”

    • @gilldanier4129
      @gilldanier4129 2 года назад

      Sticky black tarmac......Love it...poetry in how it is format

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 2 года назад

      Quite right about that comment m8. The Jam track ie. That's Entertainment. Is fantastic & should of been at least a. Top 5 hit 4 The Jam. The Jam track ie. That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good. Chess match 4 Portsmouth B team that I've played in. And a ace Human League gig that I've been 2c. 19 time's in total & it's going 2 b 20 times next week. Paul Weller is fantastic. Should get a knighthood 4 his great music.

  • @theotherpaulmitchell
    @theotherpaulmitchell Месяц назад +1

    All these years and this songs still hits as hard as it did in 1980.

  • @shinywarm6906
    @shinywarm6906 3 года назад +17

    "Feeding ducks in the park/And wishing you were far away" Too much of my life, right there....

  • @DD-it1th
    @DD-it1th Год назад +12

    I’ve come here because growing up, groups like The Specials & The Jam etc were my childhood. This is by far my favourite because we at school all knew the words. Brilliant memories of of an overcrowded minibus full of kids singing this at the top of our voices.

  • @benhughes3602
    @benhughes3602 4 года назад +9

    I think this is probably the best song lyrically ever written. Also love Morrissey's cover.

  • @towncastle2008
    @towncastle2008 Месяц назад +2

    Classic. Great song.

  • @timhall3575
    @timhall3575 4 года назад +4

    Arguably the greatest song ever written

  • @themarkmayes3411
    @themarkmayes3411 4 года назад +1234

    Why is no one talking about the amazing bass line

  • @andyg5346
    @andyg5346 8 лет назад +157

    if this is not on your play list then YOU have no play list

    • @inkoinfinity2
      @inkoinfinity2 8 лет назад

      I do have it on mine,how'd you know o.o

    • @Kwales66
      @Kwales66 8 лет назад

      Cheeky bitch. How did you know?

    • @louisbaker7477
      @louisbaker7477 8 лет назад

      That's the truth!

    • @Marzy5821
      @Marzy5821 8 лет назад

      Precisely Andrew !

    • @1989NickyD
      @1989NickyD 8 лет назад +4

      If this and tube station are not on your playlist then, you have no playlist. Both are masterpieces ;)

  • @themask2609
    @themask2609 Год назад +6

    The GREATEST song of all time without a shadow of a doubt….

  • @vezmalik5042
    @vezmalik5042 3 года назад +8

    Paul Weller is a British icon.. right from the Jam to The Style Council and great solo hits.. great song writer and singer..we salute you sir .

  • @8MoonsOfJupiter
    @8MoonsOfJupiter 3 года назад +55

    Quite amazing how much emotional intensity Weller packs into that song - he's captured the entire life of a bored teenager in grimy, dead-end 1970's UK in 3m 32s; a masterpiece

  • @supermanman9520
    @supermanman9520 8 лет назад +73

    "two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude" probably the most poetic line in any song ever.......genius

    • @sioux101bela7
      @sioux101bela7 8 лет назад +2

      Oh my God I was just thinking that too. And the line before: "two lovers kissing masks a scream of midnight" - so hauntingly beautiful.

    • @supermanman9520
      @supermanman9520 8 лет назад +3

      ive always loved this song, one of their best

    • @supermanman9520
      @supermanman9520 8 лет назад +7

      Listen carefully, it's actually very well written

    • @Topesio66
      @Topesio66 8 лет назад +10

      The more I listen this song the more it's perfect. I love this song so much, the lyrics....amazing lyrics.

    • @cleawox
      @cleawox 7 лет назад

      I can't forget "sticky black tarmac" which ought to be forgettable.

  • @steviegwhizz345
    @steviegwhizz345 2 года назад +3

    "2 lovers missing the tranquility of solitude" - best lyric ever

  • @Seahawksnewera
    @Seahawksnewera 8 лет назад +133

    Still one of the best tracks ever.....

    • @lexij8069
      @lexij8069 8 лет назад +1

      +roy ashman you are not wrong !

    • @Seahawksnewera
      @Seahawksnewera 8 лет назад +3

      +SUE H Would love to see the band back on stage together....

    • @philphilly4777
      @philphilly4777 8 лет назад +3

      +roy ashman U know it !!....Just one of my tunes for how i live in my own Britain !!

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 8 лет назад +2

      1word Ace. From Paul Eyles from Portsmouth

    • @krayziebone8353
      @krayziebone8353 7 лет назад +2

      never would of guessed your name paul eyles from your username

  • @andrewherbert8332
    @andrewherbert8332 Год назад +4

    How true to life this track is

  • @klausbecker7
    @klausbecker7 10 месяцев назад +3

    When I hear the first notes of this song, I'm back in the cabin in the woods where we used to have parties in the early 1980s, no electricity, just a tape recorder with a battery and candles and wine and...first love.

  • @basketburger
    @basketburger Год назад +17

    One of their best songs 🔥🔥

    • @nathley
      @nathley Год назад +2

      True

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 Год назад

      The Butterfly Collecter & Smithers Jones & That's Entertainment r my top 3 tracks by The Jam. Paul Weller should definitely get a knighthood 4 his great music. He's even got something interesting in common with me. Apart from being Human, Male & his name is also Paul . & The thing that I have got in common with Paul Weller is. This. Even if u were 2 reverse our ianishals . They still stand 4 something in the game of Chess. Paul Weller. P.W stand 4 Pawn Weakness or reverse them 2. W.P. White Pawn. In my case. IE. PE . Can stand 4 Pawn exchange. Or reverse them 2 EP. Extra Pawn. Strange that. But it's true. & Another fact that most people who are Chess players don't know. But there really r 4 ex Portsmouth Bus routes on a Chessboard. IE The squares. A1, A2,B1 & B2.

  • @katoness
    @katoness 8 лет назад +84

    A kick in the balls......That's Entertainment!!

  • @haroldofcardboard
    @haroldofcardboard 3 года назад +3

    I watch this and just cry and cry my eyes out for a time gone by

  • @caram6061
    @caram6061 Год назад +4

    34 years old still one of the greatest bands ever

  • @venustus129
    @venustus129 3 года назад +19

    Masterpiece from one of Britain’s greatest bands of all time 👍

  • @westie9207
    @westie9207 2 года назад +6

    Wicked tune. I use to love the jam when I use to be a MOD in the 80s

  • @johnmascarenhas7339
    @johnmascarenhas7339 Год назад +1

    That's entertainment a hymn to humanity

  • @susanwoods7242
    @susanwoods7242 4 года назад +51

    Love Paul Weller his music the lot!! Don,'t make music like this anymore sadly at 62 I am so blessed to have lived in an era of great music like this!!!

    • @gergez65
      @gergez65 3 года назад +1

      55 myself and smile to tune ,irish fan could be wrong so many song remind of era as kid in England ,as I got older down in tube station is as relevent now as then slainte be safe

  • @RobSmith2016
    @RobSmith2016 9 лет назад +38

    Such a beautiful song.

  • @notlob23
    @notlob23 Год назад +13

    One of the most classic videos ever. A masterpiece.

  • @clivegray5324
    @clivegray5324 Год назад +2

    The jam. Just sound as fresh as ever