Chart sales based on pre-orders by shops, and this one had a free live EP bundled with it, which probably helped. Not knocking it - went up to WH Smiths at lunchtime (from school) to listen to the chart run-down and when this was announced as the first straight-in at Number One since Slade, we were in tears. Incredible moment.
That potent riff---I'm not surprised at all, as soon as people heard it they must have been, "The fucking Jam---and they sound better than ever! I gotta have it!!!" I'm a classical buff, orchestral through and through, but this era, and bands this good are so rare, and their affect cuts through my strict taste and makes me acknowledge how damn awesome The Jam were/are. There are at least 5 of their songs that were awesome to me; I sometimes binge on this, Sex Pistols and maybe X-Ray Spex and Pink Floyd, quite eclectic...then I have to cool down for at least a day before I get back into the orchestra.
I remember dancing to this song at my school disco! I had a massive crush on Paul Weller ❤ I'm 56 years old and still listening to this amazing tune in 2023. So grateful to have been a teen in the 80's. 😍🙏
Being a 2000's baby, I never really had much exposure to this sort of music. Then I randomly heard it in an advert one day, and was INSTANTLY hooked - I HAD to know more about this band! And through my exploration of theirs, and Paul's other work, it opened the door to the absolute wonderland that is music of the 60s/70s/80s. Thank you, the Jam! ❤❤
You're in for a real treat. Enjoy your journey. I was fortunate enough to see them live in what I believe was their only U.S. tour. Be sure to listen to some early Who singles (I Can't Explain, Anyway Anyhow, Anywhere, and Substitute) if you like this style.
They had huge hits in the late 70s early 80s look up all the hits from the Jam i was lucky to be a Mod in the late 70s and early 80s still a Mod but they were my best times of my life late 70s early 80s the music scene was fantastic then on a par with the 60s.
I got the train after school from papatoetoe into auckland city to marbecks and tucked a shiny 45 under my arm . Got the train home . Listened to this with headphones whilst mum and dad was watching telly . Got pretty fkn excited . It still does the trick 41 years later . Don't get me started bout singles for individual release. The world has changed . I'll get over it one day . Some people .
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
the pace, power and tempo of the riffs and drums coupled with the contemporary anger portrayed by Wellers singing is so fucking powerful. Revolutionary music that has stood the test of time and will live forever.
Every generation has its spokesman. Someone who can sit behind a million pairs of eyes and told them what they saw. Paul Weller was the spokesman of my generation.
For those who remember cassette tapes I used to hang around with my brother and he would always play The Jam on cassette tapes in his car and I became enthralled with The Jam. He passed away this week. I've been listening to lots of The Jam. Brings back great memories of my brother.
I never heard of them or Paul Weller. Doesn’t sound like punk to me. But during those years there was a lot of great music. Not saying Weller is not talented.
I've met Paul for a Q&A in my college before hearing about his life story and how he's mostly a self taught drummer. He's such a lovely human and you can literally hear him talk for hours on end about his experiences both in life and his life in the band dude is an icon and a major influence on my drumming
Still so relevant! Found my love for this type of music during lockdown. 22 years old and never knew of the likes of The Jam till then. So glad I found this!
Paul Weller is such a talented musician and writer. He started off with a punk rock band and then transitioned to a soul band in the 80`s, and then became a bluesy/folk pop styled writer for the rest of his career. That`s quite impressive.
To me Weller’s direction on The Jam is the perfect example about how the music scene in Britain went from Clash and Buzzcocks-style punk (see In The City & This is the Modern World) to ambitious post-punk (Setting Sons, Sound Affects) to New Wave (also Sound Affects & The Gift). As an American I am both so glad I was able to discover a band that never became big in the US thanks to the internet but also extremely frustrated they never broke into the rock scene here.
I still find it incredible that people have a go at the jam! Especially paul, when in truth he is right up there with the best of them. Brilliant songwriter.
@@zodrob7 Children nowadays are so self-absorbed they can't imagine people who came before them appreciating anything. "Underrated" translated means "Me and my fellow 12 y.o.s just discovered this, no-one else could have *possibly* liked this."
Bought this as a single back in 1980. I thought it was amazing then; 40 years later, I still think it's amazing. Such a powerful sound. Great Rickenbacker guitar and bass tones. Weller belts out his lyrics with such passion and in his own inimitable way. The production has stood the test of time too. All in all, it's a fantastic song that has stood the test of time and is just as appropriate today as it was in Thatcher's Britain.
Paul Weller was a fantastic songwriter one of the best in my view went to see the Jam live in 1980 in Newcastle when i was 17 and a Mod with my girlfriend they simply blew me away they were brilliant.
alex's games and more I’m listening to it because it relates word-for-word to the position we, as a society, are in right now. Weller..poet, prophet, genius. I’m going to listen to nothing other than The Jam until we come out of lockdown.
Great song and even more meaningful lyrics. How did the talent and emotion from the rock bands of 60s, 70s and 80s deteriorate so badly in the XXI century? It is so sad.
Looking at album sales in America it looks like #LinkinPark's 2001 album #Hybridtheory was the last time a rock act was number 1 for the year. Since then it's all #rap & #TaylorSwift...
Agreed, 70s,80s,90s music creativity pushed the frontiers, our golden era of pure talent! I now live in the Country of Georgia and all you hear is Tv adverts, musicians in the streets and bars playing UKs 80s and 90s music!
I was 14 when this came out, (1980) i remember the excitement i felt when it went straight to #1, that hadnt happened in 7 years, different chart then. Great song and brilliant bass guitaring from Bruce Foxton 😊
This song meant a lot to people of my generation, absolute belter. With all the rubbish that’s going on this song makes me forget about everything and takes back to my teenage years.
Lol, was there no rubbish in your teen years? Why would this song mean so much to your generation? Probably the rubbish that was going on Ps, I know what you mean. Just taking the piss
Paul Weller rocking that Rickenbacker, Bruce Foxton tub-thumping that bass, and Rick Buckner extolling the fundamentals of drumming magnificently. Perfection distilled in three minutes precisely.
This entered the charts straight in at number one back in the spring of 1980, back when everyone used to know all songs in the top 40. Now nobody knows or cares.
It's worse. At that time at least the working classes had pop music to express themselves. Nowadays the Tory propaganda media has dumbed down society getting people to care about talentless trash like Kardashians or Beckhams selling their ugly kids into the celeb industry, so people want to make a living selling dumb interviews about their designer handbag they can't pronounce the name of, or bullying anybody not any use at being a slave to upper classes, bankers and corporations, while worshipping the royal family, while thinking suddenly as if by Magic Tories will start doing what's best for most British people or society if we leave the EU
The relevance of The Jam's lyrics and anger at what societies are becoming is unmistakable and remarkable. I was a young teen when i bought this single and played its arse off; thinking of revolution. now more than 5 decades later, we can look back with revulsion of what we have created... instead of revolution
"Going Underground" is a great song. I have to escape from the "Atomic Bomb". I also like 'Town Called Malice', 'Smither's-Jones' and 'When You're Young', Down in the Tube Station At Midnight'and more. They gave us a lot of great songs. THE JAM forever! Thank you!
They are mod, new wave, punk, power pop, post punk... they are everything, but NEVER UNDERRATED! They were the most popular band of the early 80s in the UK, 4 number 1s in 2 years!
44 years later Mr weller you are on the ball this is our world now
How sad but how utterly predictable that nothing's changed
I think that Weller has shied away from making political/social comments in his songs now:-(
Isn't he just correct
@@joannekenny7488Not really... The public doesn't get what it wants.
This single showed their popularity at the time. Straight to number 1 without being played on the radio. Pure class
Chart sales based on pre-orders by shops, and this one had a free live EP bundled with it, which probably helped. Not knocking it - went up to WH Smiths at lunchtime (from school) to listen to the chart run-down and when this was announced as the first straight-in at Number One since Slade, we were in tears. Incredible moment.
@@peterowen9183 a moment for sure - the beginning of the double 7 inchers😀
it was "just" not played at the bbc channels, but by other it did.
@@peterowen9183it was hyped in by the record company buying their own records. However it stands the test of time.
That potent riff---I'm not surprised at all, as soon as people heard it they must have been, "The fucking Jam---and they sound better than ever! I gotta have it!!!" I'm a classical buff, orchestral through and through, but this era, and bands this good are so rare, and their affect cuts through my strict taste and makes me acknowledge how damn awesome The Jam were/are. There are at least 5 of their songs that were awesome to me; I sometimes binge on this, Sex Pistols and maybe X-Ray Spex and Pink Floyd, quite eclectic...then I have to cool down for at least a day before I get back into the orchestra.
I remember dancing to this song at my school disco! I had a massive crush on Paul Weller ❤ I'm 56 years old and still listening to this amazing tune in 2023. So grateful to have been a teen in the 80's. 😍🙏
You know it's a true masterpiece when its still relevant today
Will probably always be relevant, unfortunately. Legendary song.
I guess the birthday song is a masterpiece.
“I would ask you one simple question. There is no grey area. Are you for genocide or are you against it”
Paul Weller
We oldies love it
And they were so youn ft🎉
One of the greatest songs ever made 👍👍🎸🎸👍👍
It so surely is too a real gem great too.
As long as a working class exists this will always be relevant. Weller is truly one of the greatest lyricists to ever exist.
the switch from "the public gets what the public wants" to "the public wants what the public gets" is underrated genius
I read this comment as he sang the second line... that is "genius lyrics"
Well spotted
As is Weller!! Kx
Nothing about this band is "underrated".
Genius...yes... Underrated..No.
Genius songwriter WELLER :)
This was our anthem during the great miners strike of 84-5 never forgive never forget
We still Love the Miners.....❤
F#ck the tories
now they're anti coal altogether...
You should emigrate to China and work in a coal mine.
Forever union forever united
I bought the 45 with this song in 1980. I was a 14 years old and it shaped my future appreciation of music.
I'm 42 girl mod ,🇬🇧🤣🇬🇧
Still listening in October 2024. Just turned 66!! Saw jam at cbgb in 78. Sad that was a true story punk/mod forever john k
Still listening in 24 .68 now still rocking to the best British band ever
UK subs. Sham 69?????
Being a 2000's baby, I never really had much exposure to this sort of music. Then I randomly heard it in an advert one day, and was INSTANTLY hooked - I HAD to know more about this band! And through my exploration of theirs, and Paul's other work, it opened the door to the absolute wonderland that is music of the 60s/70s/80s.
Thank you, the Jam! ❤❤
Down in the tube station at midnight is one of my all time favourite songs
have you added midnight oil to your playlist?
You're in for a real treat. Enjoy your journey. I was fortunate enough to see them live in what I believe was their only U.S. tour. Be sure to listen to some early Who singles (I Can't Explain, Anyway Anyhow, Anywhere, and Substitute) if you like this style.
They had huge hits in the late 70s early 80s look up all the hits from the Jam i was lucky to be a Mod in the late 70s and early 80s still a Mod but they were my best times of my life late 70s early 80s the music scene was fantastic then on a par with the 60s.
Viva the Mods!
Im 60 this year and I've been underground since 1979. I never wanted what this society's got.
if you like this you my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
You should emigrate to North Korea.
I got the train after school from papatoetoe into auckland city to marbecks and tucked a shiny 45 under my arm . Got the train home . Listened to this with headphones whilst mum and dad was watching telly . Got pretty fkn excited . It still does the trick 41 years later . Don't get me started bout singles for individual release. The world has changed . I'll get over it one day . Some people .
This is so British I love it!
My husband had this going out of the church for his funeral
Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here
Genius.
What an exit ❤
''This boy shouts & this boy screams!''
Great sense of humour.
Some of the most fun I've ever had in my life with my dad was playing this at a high volume in the van when I was 10. Love you dad!
Same! Car rides to primary school at high speed brought me here.
Same bro my dad blasting it out the Jam then the Style Council
One that definitely benefits from maximum volume
oldays freakin better
most wholesome comment
Growing up in the 70s and80s this had to be one of the best tunes
The Jam is for life not just for Christmas 👍
Yeah.
Though funnily enough every year at Xmas I got the newest Jam album, Santa had good taste round our way
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
Now your talking sense and you got your brain most people have completely lost it.
Heidegger argues that our minds are constantly projected into the future, even looking back is done in order to influence our future decisions
70s and 80s rock hit different, Doesn't get any better than that
“You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust “
One of the greatest lines ever written
@@stuartmckern3434 Totally agree Stuart, every time I see a politician spouting off this little line pops in my head.
Cue Borrissey!....
Yes mate PW was telling us 40 years ago nothing changed. Vote weller
God bless the JAM
40 years young this year and still sounding magnificent. 1980 was one hell of a year for quality tunes
Yeah
1980 had Enola Gay by OMD, Fade to Grey by Visage, Whip it by Devo. Love will tear us apart by Joy Division. So many classics!
@@johnmccarthy4134 definitely John especially that fade to grey for me a early dance tune
But the Jam listening with my dad full blast
Fade to Grey is still one of my "on repeat" tunes.
@johnmcoh carthy4134 oh yes too.
No one can match this guy in his day, the voice, the look, the attitude, the music, the lyrics. He was at the top and this from a old 80s soul boy.
I love the Jam, it is very similar to Argentine rock. Thanks Brittain for being the cradle of great Rock
@@tuff9486 I second that
Great memories of my undergrad days at UofM
This song sums up this country at the minute
the pace, power and tempo of the riffs and drums coupled with the contemporary anger portrayed by Wellers singing is so fucking powerful. Revolutionary music that has stood the test of time and will live forever.
this says it all, I agree 100%
Bit technical
And all in 3 minutes as well, which is pretty much the perfect length for a to-the-point pop song.
aprc1977a Well said!
aprc1977a too fucking right mate
I get goose pumps ( little tears in my eyes) listening to this song ,just reminds of the great times gone by ....What a tune!
I just tried to dance and be as cool as Bruce Foxton. I fell over my cat and ended up on the floor but still singing this legendary song.
bitter sweet for me too -how time flies
Absolutely, takes me back to my teenage years dancing to the Jam at my school disco. Timeless classic. ❤
"And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants"
Still true in 2024. Fkn great song.
Never been more relevant in newer ages, brilliant lyrics, and oh so real. '' choose your leaders and place your trust.. ""
Well said.
Every generation has its spokesman. Someone who can sit behind a million pairs of eyes and told them what they saw. Paul Weller was the spokesman of my generation.
Yes. Joe Strummer and Pete Shelley for me as well.
We are the mods
“I would ask you one simple question. There is no grey area. Are you for genocide or are you against it”
Paul Weller
I remember listening to this song while walking around London late at night. Absolutely amazing.
Too scared to listen to 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight'? - Just kidding. I loved the Jam then and still do now.
For those who remember cassette tapes I used to hang around with my brother and he would always play The Jam on cassette tapes in his car and I became enthralled with The Jam. He passed away this week. I've been listening to lots of The Jam. Brings back great memories of my brother.
Im Sorry for your miss
@@Br1anwastaken Thanks Brian.
I hope you're doing well now
Peace be with you and him dude
The jam was the fist cassette I ever owned I was 8 years old and my mam got me it
“You made your bed you better lie in it” non apologetic I love it!
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
I’m 15 years old, my grandad showed me this band and ever since then I’ve been addicted to them! Paul is amazing with his lyrics. X
Without forgetting the awesome bass of Bruce Forxton
At least it aint the Beatles, no, just kidding :p
@@azevbn326 ofc ❤️
@@Urlocallordandsavior haha
Well done Grandad.
this is pure gold
and it's a shame not more people know this GEM
Some things are better to be hidden
I never heard of them or Paul Weller. Doesn’t sound like punk to me. But during those years there was a lot of great music. Not saying Weller is not talented.
Everyone over 35 knows this gem, it’s like one of the biggest songs of the 80s.
Exactly although I might say over 30 ... Tune
In the UK we do😊
True Gentleman singing rebellious songs. So rare and just great.
Paul Weller is one of the all time great brit rockers
Ageless Anthem, Paul Weller at his best
This song will be remembered as a stand in the future
Jojolion ?????
@@dakedokyoumojojoni R.I.P going underground you will forever be remembered a born this way's og name
@@Nixnotmation Better than Born This Way ✊😔
I'm a supporter of the bike being GU while the rider is BTW
@@bennettmoseley2622 It wouldn’t be the first time a stand and its pilot/driver would have diff names
Love this song remember it hitting number one in 1980 was on my first lads holiday in sunny Saundersfoot happy days.
Weller a British icon .
Such brilliance...no need for more words...wish music now had such quality...
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
This song never ever gets old - always relevant. Such a talent.
I was sixteen when this came out, one good thing about growing older is that I can introduce all my favourite music to my kids and now my grandkids.
Damn
"You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns."
One of the best lines ever written by any song-writer, and still relevant today.
Especially with COVID, dialysis machines will definitely be replaced with rockets and guns soon, WW3 is upon us. The Jam predicted the future.
Fun fact: thid is a Song from manfred manns earth Band!
@@rocktheshock4705 MMEB covered this song! It´s by the Jam
@@COBGHDGG11162 I know, but the original is shit!
@@rocktheshock4705 can't be that shit if you're listening to it
What a song... the transitions are heavenly.
December 2024, still love this tune, it gives me a reason to be positive, I’m from the old school 🇬🇧♥♥♥👍
I've met Paul for a Q&A in my college before hearing about his life story and how he's mostly a self taught drummer. He's such a lovely human and you can literally hear him talk for hours on end about his experiences both in life and his life in the band dude is an icon and a major influence on my drumming
Paul? The name of the drummer in the band is Rick.
@@chrisparkin9947 yu
@@chrisparkin9947 Maybe Weller plays drums also?
Still so relevant! Found my love for this type of music during lockdown. 22 years old and never knew of the likes of The Jam till then. So glad I found this!
My dads entrence music to his funeral in 2022 always had a absolutely funny sense of humour rest east wee john tee always and forever ❤
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💯
Good choice 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Paul Weller is such a talented musician and writer. He started off with a punk rock band and then transitioned to a soul band in the 80`s, and then became a bluesy/folk pop styled writer for the rest of his career. That`s quite impressive.
To me Weller’s direction on The Jam is the perfect example about how the music scene in Britain went from Clash and Buzzcocks-style punk (see In The City & This is the Modern World) to ambitious post-punk (Setting Sons, Sound Affects) to New Wave (also Sound Affects & The Gift).
As an American I am both so glad I was able to discover a band that never became big in the US thanks to the internet but also extremely frustrated they never broke into the rock scene here.
And he's hugely underrated as well
He is rotten to his roots Myrddin. A total fucking sell out. He will be advertising Tampax next.
Ablion online es un mmorpg no lineal donde tu escribes tu propia historia
That's life. Angry youth followed by maturity and reflection. It's perfectly natural, but expressed immaculately 👍🤠
I still find it incredible that people have a go at the jam! Especially paul, when in truth he is right up there with the best of them. Brilliant songwriter.
41 years on still the best song ever.
@QT JD There's no other group which comes close to The Jam. Simply the best 👍
Nothing comes close!!!
@QT JD they literally were the best ever.
@@christophermorrison3667 when I see what the music is like now it's total crap
@@kunoellis8968 getting old you tell me ?
As relevant now as it was when it came out in 1980. A masterpiece!
This was the song I had at my husband's funeral 5 years ago he loved the Jam
Me and my grandad, nan love this band
We need more jojo references
Im Sorry for your miss
Paul tapped into the frustration and anger of his generation....a true classic.
Never a really happy bunny but this was class ! He wrote it they played it and what a fucking song it was! Tuneful bitter and meaningful ! Job done
Loved them for 46 years
The most fun song to play on bass ever! I just turned 20 but I'm absolutely obsessed with the jam, incredible band
Good one! I grew up listening to them and still love them.
Keepit up lad I'm 57 and still keep going underground, and walls come tumbling down Kee[pit real Bro .
Bruce influenced me to play bass back in the day.Sadly never like him.His lines,playing and backing vocals just incredible.
Absolutely outstanding track.
The lyrics are just as relevant today.
Paul Weller... one of the most underrated song writers of our time.
Who underrated him? When was he underrated? Don't write such nonsense.
@@zodrob7 he has not had the world recognition his talen deserves compared to other songwriters
Him and Ian Hunter
@@zodrob7 Children nowadays are so self-absorbed they can't imagine people who came before them appreciating anything.
"Underrated" translated means "Me and my fellow 12 y.o.s just discovered this, no-one else could have *possibly* liked this."
@@zodrob7 Pretty much everyone outside of the UK back in the day
And I suddenly feel 40yrs younger...
Me too
"You want more money, of course I don't mind" Weller is just god tier in word craft
Bought this as a single back in 1980. I thought it was amazing then; 40 years later, I still think it's amazing. Such a powerful sound. Great Rickenbacker guitar and bass tones. Weller belts out his lyrics with such passion and in his own inimitable way. The production has stood the test of time too. All in all, it's a fantastic song that has stood the test of time and is just as appropriate today as it was in Thatcher's Britain.
The best song of all time and it's only had 11million hits !!!!!!!
You should say the same thing to Van Morrison, apparently...
The classic Paul Weller song. 39 years later nothing betters it . My all time favourite. A real rallying call unlike the crap today.
Paul Weller was a fantastic songwriter one of the best in my view went to see the Jam live in 1980 in Newcastle when i was 17 and a Mod with my girlfriend they simply blew me away they were brilliant.
I have memories of my dad introducing me to this when I was 6. Great music
My first song of the new year and I couldn't be happier
alex's games and more I’m listening to it because it relates word-for-word to the position we, as a society, are in right now. Weller..poet, prophet, genius. I’m going to listen to nothing other than The Jam until we come out of lockdown.
Great song and even more meaningful lyrics. How did the talent and emotion from the rock bands of 60s, 70s and 80s deteriorate so badly in the XXI century? It is so sad.
It went underground.
Looking at album sales in America it looks like #LinkinPark's 2001 album #Hybridtheory was the last time a rock act was number 1 for the year. Since then it's all #rap & #TaylorSwift...
The guts..to..speak..his..truth!! No gimmicks!! No bullshit!!
This is the most politely rebellious song ever.
Not politely at allow straight for the throat trouble is no says wot they think
la-la-la
down in the tube station at midnight. listen to that
Tis the British way
@@Benophobia
except for Jan. 30, 1972
I wish today's music was half this good
Can't have that. All by design
@@Norrbottning It's not design. There'll never be another Elvis either. We were lucky to live in that era.
Agreed, 70s,80s,90s music creativity pushed the frontiers, our golden era of pure talent! I now live in the Country of Georgia and all you hear is Tv adverts, musicians in the streets and bars playing UKs 80s and 90s music!
@douglas2902 You are nominated for ''Comment of the Century!''
All safe & corporate!
Still in my top five of all-time best British groups - In no particular order as to avoid argument: The Who, Queen, Beatles, Stones and The Jam.
No Beatles?
@@outlawfett3530 can't you read????
@@stevelarge Jesus, I’m going weary now!😂😂
Small faces should replace the Stones in that list
Actually - if it is 'Stone Roses' then I am happy to leave it in the list but not if it is The Rolling Stones. Mick can't sing for toffee
Paul Weller and the Jam one of my favourites bands. One of my favourite songs
It’s 2021 and the lyrics are more relevant now than ever!
Timeless track absolutely superb one of the greatest songs ever
For 1979/80, read 2019; as apt today as it ever was, and you can actually hear the venom in Weller’s voice when he spits out those lyrics.
Now not 2019
How many years? Still I get goosebumps when I listen to this masterpiece. LEGENDS!
I was 14 when this came out, (1980) i remember the excitement i felt when it went straight to #1, that hadnt happened in 7 years, different chart then. Great song and brilliant bass guitaring from Bruce Foxton 😊
After hearing this song on the radio for many years just as background music, I finally LISTENED to the lyrics and everything changed.
This song meant a lot to people of my generation, absolute belter. With all the rubbish that’s going on this song makes me forget about everything and takes back to my teenage years.
Lol, was there no rubbish in your teen years? Why would this song mean so much to your generation? Probably the rubbish that was going on
Ps, I know what you mean. Just taking the piss
Paul Weller rocking that Rickenbacker, Bruce Foxton tub-thumping that bass, and Rick Buckner extolling the fundamentals of drumming magnificently. Perfection distilled in three minutes precisely.
This entered the charts straight in at number one back in the spring of 1980, back when everyone used to know all songs in the top 40. Now nobody knows or cares.
Aint that so
Check the top 40, there’s no use in knowing all those songs, they’re all rubbish
Best brilliant song England 🇬🇧👌🏻 Hi from a
Latvia 🇱🇻
"I turn on the news and my body froze; These braying sheep on my TV screen"
1980, and it's still true....
You turned on the TV, which means you *opened* it, and then your body froze.
*THIS MUST BE THE WORK OF AN ENEMY STAND!!!*
Y did they change the name to born this way?
It's worse. At that time at least the working classes had pop music to express themselves. Nowadays the Tory propaganda media has dumbed down society getting people to care about talentless trash like Kardashians or Beckhams selling their ugly kids into the celeb industry, so people want to make a living selling dumb interviews about their designer handbag they can't pronounce the name of, or bullying anybody not any use at being a slave to upper classes, bankers and corporations, while worshipping the royal family, while thinking suddenly as if by Magic Tories will start doing what's best for most British people or society if we leave the EU
what a load of bollockssssssssss @@paco4639
Too right
In Germany we always have this Greta-sheep with this climate bullshit on state television
It just makes sense. Great British music representing us Brits. Thank you
My youth, my history - classic.
Had this on permanent repeat on a pub jukebox, cost me a small fortune. 😂
It cannot be overstated how important this band was and still is.
The relevance of The Jam's lyrics and anger at what societies are becoming is unmistakable and remarkable. I was a young teen when i bought this single and played its arse off; thinking of revolution. now more than 5 decades later, we can look back with revulsion of what we have created... instead of revolution
The bassline is so rich in melody. songwriters love that in a bassist.
the bass player is bruce foxton and he is still in a band called from the jam check them out they are quite good
okAy
Royal Blood?
Foxton is the best bass ever
Good thing my dad was a bassist, I don't even know him personally lol
This is really, really appropriate just now.
"Going Underground" is a great song.
I have to escape from the "Atomic Bomb".
I also like 'Town Called Malice', 'Smither's-Jones' and 'When You're Young',
Down in the Tube Station At Midnight'and more.
They gave us a lot of great songs.
THE JAM forever! Thank you!
if you like this you my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
the Jam, the givers of pain and delight; pain in my fingers and delight in my ears
Weller"s lyrics captured the mood and edginess of the times quite brilliantly, superbly backed up by Foxton and Buckler.
What a band, seen them 4 times, you appreciate them more now than back in the day, remember the nostalgia of a great band, thanks guys
Absolutely flawless 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👏👏👏
That bass tone can crumble concrete. Amazing..
Yeah, and on Eaton Rifles it punches your brain around your skull.
Amazing playing and sound from Bruce.So good.
Most underrated post punk band one of the best. 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
They are mod, new wave, punk, power pop, post punk... they are everything, but NEVER UNDERRATED! They were the most popular band of the early 80s in the UK, 4 number 1s in 2 years!
Way ahead of its time .. song is full of meaning and very inspirational, indeed a masterpiece of all times 🇬🇧🇵🇰🇬🇧❤️👍
Always listened to this for the music and tune but it’s very political and deep
im 60 and my kids are into the jam way cool ive ordered jam t shirts for us all
My friend died in May and he had this as one of his funeral songs..great choice ❤
you friend had a keen sense of humour and impeccable taste in music
That´s called "Going in style......."
Legend