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The Jam
One of the best British bands ever imho
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Great band, though I was just a little too young to appreciate them first time around.
Just a pity they split in 82 and didn't carry on as I wasn't a big fan of the Style Council. |
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One of the best British bands ever imho
![]() Thoughts on them please ![]() ![]() going underground going straight to no1 was a shocker, that just didn't happen in them days, normally you went in at about 33 and steadily climbed. |
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Great band!!
Butterfly Collector (Live) David Watts (Live) Smithers Jones (audio + pics) Pity that Paul Weller went right down in my estimation with The Style Council. Tho' he apparently realises they were a bit shit himself now. |
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I went and saw them 3 times in '82. Also, saw their last but one ever concert They were brilliant.
Style Council was a bit lame but Weller found his mojo again. Love it. |
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Legends.
I saw 'From The Jam' last year at Ayr Racecourse. |
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Love The Jam. Favourite tracks for me are Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, The Eton Rifles, The Bitterest Pill (I've Ever Had To Swallow), English Rose and That's Entertainment.
I know most Jam fans hate Bitterest Pill, but to me it's rather a decent track. English Rose is beautiful and haunting. |
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Great band and Weller is an absolutely fantastic musician IMO.
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Great band, the OP is spot on.
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Setting Sons is their crowning glory imo. Absolute masterpiece. "Thick As Thieves" their greatest track.
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The Jam are the greatest
pure legends. |
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Excellent band.
Weller is vastly under-rated. |
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For any Jam fans there is a fantastic tribute band called Jam DRC that in mine and a lot of other fans opinion are THE best around. Go on myspacejamdrc to check them out.
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The OP said it all
![]() The Jam are one of the best ever British Bands !!! |
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The OP said it all really in my opinion - one of the best British bands ever! I've been a fan for the majority of my life despite the fact they disbanded 2 years before I was born. Quote:
...I know most Jam fans hate Bitterest Pill, but to me it's rather a decent track. English Rose is beautiful and haunting.
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Love The Jam...Beat Surrender is one of the few songs I can listen to on repeat for hours at a time
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...Beat Surrender is one of the few songs I can listen to on repeat for hours at a time
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One of my all-time favourite bands. I first got into them when they released Down In The Tube Station At Midnight around 1978 (yes, showing my age, lol) and absolutely worshipped them. I still have all their albums, on vinyl and cd and most of their singles on 7 inch. My favourite album of theirs is Sound Affects (I adore just about every track on it), followed closely by Setting Sons, but I love all their albums and all their singles, many of which weren't on any of their studio albums, of course.
I did love The Style Council and love much of Weller's solo stuff but there was just something about his stuff with The Jam that no one else can touch. I still find their music fresh and exciting. |
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not a bad 60's tribute band..... good? maybe, original? nope.
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not a bad 60's tribute band..... good? maybe, original? nope.
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I started listening to them on Spotify and I'm thinking of getting a compilation album for christmas. However there's about thirteen to choose from!
Can anyone recommend which one to get, or are they all more or less the same? |
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I started listening to them on Spotify and I'm thinking of getting a compilation album for christmas. However there's about thirteen to choose from!
Can anyone recommend which one to get, or are they all more or less the same? |
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Get the 2cd "Snap!" album. All the essentials are there.
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This takes me back to my youth what a brilliant band they
were who split up far to early.Though Paul Weller said they were a band for the young and decided 25 was the age to disband.My were they missed ![]() My fav songs are Eton rifles Down in the tube station at midnight Thats entertainment Butterfly collection English rose Private hell David watts Oh and far to many others to name! Buy Snap it's all on there.I actually liked The bitterest pill too and alot of the Style council stuff such as Shout to the top. |
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