Weller is extremely underrated / unknown in North America. He's a musical and lyrical genius. Saw live once, solo gig. It was a religious experience. Good on doing this.
Sound Affects is one of the greatest albums... ever. Their three album run of All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, and Sound Affects is brilliant. Pretty much anything from those albums is pure gold. Their last proper album, The Gift, is also worth checking out and paved the way for The Style Council (which I'm not a fan of). (Wish this was only Jam songs... but that's MY preference... lol) I was such a huge fan of The Jam and got a chance to meet them at Tower Records in LA where they were kind enough to sign my albums... I remember hearing Green Day for the first time and thinking "There's NO DOUBT where they got their sound from!" They were obviously influenced by The Jam. Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Paul Weller are the cream of the crop for British solo artists... Thanks, as always, for your thoughtful reactions.
@@ReactionsToTheClassics His output and quality is indeed extraordinary as you say. I watched and listened to this guys....loved it...and your reactions. Weller's three different stages all top quality eh. Been a fan since '78 when Tubestation came out. Missed 77! He's very similar to Mc Cartney with the three stages....ie..The Beatles....Wings...and solo.
Absolutely one of my favorite bands. Some my favorite songs, Beat Surrender, Eton Rifles, Mr. Clean,Butterfly Collector, Down in the Tube station, pretty Green, Start, Davis Watts, To Be someone , Strange Town, Monday. I did see them once in late May of 1981 in a way oversold club on an extremely hot night . I’m surprised the venue didn’t get in trouble for that one. I also still have a cassette, have since burned to cd , of their March 1978 concert at the Paradise in Boston. It was broadcast on Local station WBCN. Should try to upload it to UA-cam one of these days. Great review!
I own every album by The Jam on vinyl. Great band. My favorite album is The setting sons. Songs like Thick as thieves, Little boy soldiers, Smithers-Jones, Boy about town, The modern world, Pretty green, and of course the four songs that Peter chose and That's entertainment to name some songs I remember, but the songs one could pick are so many . You mentioned The Supremes You can't hurry love. Weller was a fan of songs like that (in line with the Mod thing). On the Jam records amidst Weller's songs you can find covers of Heat Wave and In the midnight hour.
"Town called Malice" was a double A side single with the other song being "Prescious", and was only the second time both tracks played on the same episode of the TV show " Top of the Pops" first time was the Beatles.
I'm not familiar with this artist but decided to watch the full video and comment here. The facts you share are cool. He is a celebrated artist in the U.K. Song 10 is a solid song with gruff type vocals like you said. Song 9 is a smooth song like you said. I like the melody. It has a dreamy sound.Nice lyrics. I agree it's easy on the ears. Song 8 has a bluesy guitar and atmosphere. Song 7 does sound like a bit of Folk, a nice ballad. Song 6 is an uptempo tune that moves along well. Interesting lyrics. I agree it has energy and a vibe. Song 5 has a cool guitar intro. A smooth song with nice melody. Song 4 is a rocking song with solid percussion and guitar and cool lyrics. Song 3 is uptempo and straightforward Rock style. Song 2 is fast and rocking. Cool bass and drums. Shawn, you said your Dad was a milkman. I have memories back in the 1960's when we used to be excited when the milkman delivered milk bottles to our house. That was important work back then. Life was different decades ago. Song 1 is an interesting uptempo song musically with sound effects and storyteller lyrics. The observations by you guys are fun to listen to. Shawn and Trey, you both chose mostly different favorites. There are a lot of good songs on this top ten. My favorites are Above The Clouds, The Butterfly Collector, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight.
Appreciate you checking out the whole thing, Weller is a very talented guy, too bad we never really discovered him in the States! Ya with the milkman so many jobs have disappeared over the decades, life was simpler and dare I sound like the old guy and say better most of the time back in the day.
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Shawn, I agree with you. Certain jobs then are not available now. Yes, life was different and simple and better most of the time like you said. I remember in the 1960's we used to see a man pushing a wooden cart down the street carrying fruits and vegetables to sell right from the cart. We don't see that any more.
Really enjoyed that. Watched the full video on Vimeo - I'd have a different top 10 from all 2 bands and solo but then so would every other Weller fan :) Nice to hear Above The Clouds. Looking forward to Sound Affects - for me the best lp by The Jam. Enjoyed your Ride review the other day - I would have chosen Vapour Trail as the first track from the first LP though as its the best one ;) All the best Mikey.
Awesome choice of an artist to review! Weller’s is sadly under-recognized in the US. I’ve been a huge Weller fan since early ‘82. One of my favorite shows was seeing The Jam on one of their final concerts at Wembley Arena in December ‘82 while studying in London for a semester. Your guest had Good choices of tunes to play. I would have replaced ‘You’re the Best Thing’ with Speak Like a Child, It Just Came to pieces in my Hands, or Long Hot Summer. The Jam’s output is especially impressive when you realize he was only 18 when their first album came out in 1977. From the early stuff, I’ve always liked ‘In The City’, ‘All Around the World’ and especially ‘Life from a Window’ (which to me sounds like The Who circa 1966). But my favorite era of the Jam is All Mod Cons and Setting Sons, plus singles like ‘Tales from the Riverbank’. I’m not sure what was meant 5hat Elton Rifles was their only song with a video. The Jam actually have lots of videos for their songs and I have a dvd full of them. Anyway, The Jam And Wellers solo career are amazing. The Style Council have plenty of good moments, especially on their first 3 releases (1983-1985), then they kinda lost me. Great show!
Love the chat guys and interesting selection, would have chosen some others I think, but plenty of classics there. Shame all the solo was from the 90s as there is loads more brilliant songs right up to this year, my fav solo album is 2008’s “22Dreams”, I could list so many classic solo songs over the years , floorboards up, woo se mama , it’s written in the stars and a 100 others. Style council favs include Long hot summer , Ever changing moods, very deep sea and I haven’t even touched on The Jam !! So many classic tracks but you can not do a Jam list without Going Underground ! Appreciate the background chat, probably most info known by UK fans but good for those not so familiar. Thanks guys
@peterblythe1 cheers Peter, and yeah I found it fascinating to see two obviously knowledgable music fans having no idea who Paul Weller is and “discovering” such a music giant , look forward to the sounds affects reaction,,,,, and I too was lucky enough to see The Jam.
Thanks Jamie really appreciate your kind words and you watching. We have already filmed the Sound Affects so it will be up soon! Also we have learned on this journey with this channel that time and again the UK is ahead of this US in both quality and taste when it comes to music, Weller is just yet another example!
D.C.Lee. .. real name Diane Sealy, hence D.C.Lee. became Paul's 1st wife ( she's hot ). The Butterfly collected released as a B side to strange town, but has now been classes as a double A side single...haunting melody.
Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton both played 'Rickenbacker' guitars in the early days .. an instrument known for its bright punchy sound, hence the early Jam sound (The Beatles used Rickenbackers too in their early recordings). Bruce was originally a lead guitar player before transferring to Bass. So his basswork is not 'run of the mill'.... and The Jam's singles did not appear on the first couple of albums..... albums were albums and singles were singles. Mick Talbot of the Style Council also came from a 'Mod ' band called 'The Merton Parkas". And yes 'The Small Faces' are brilliant and massively underrated.
Sunday diner was a big family tradition back in the day, usually Roast Beef or Chicken, it would have been the highlight of the week. The Co-op is a supermarket, not quite Walmart, following the co-operative model, I.e. its owned by the customers.
You should listen to the album In The City, the Jam's first album. You should also research the Mod movement, the UK's and now the world's pre-eminent youth culture. (Though many of its adherents are not very youthful anymore).
Good selection, though I wish for more solo works, especially the "Heavy Soul" album, which I love, it has a great sound, and guitar tone, and very good songs, check it out if you like. And how can you leave out his biggest hit, "That's Entertainment"?! Anyway he is one of my favorite artist, and I'm happy that you reacted to his stuff!
The number of children in the UK and Europe conceived to "You Do Something To Me" is only rivaled by the number of children conceived listening to "More Than This" by Roxy Music.
You've got to listen to 2 classic British 90s albums definitely maybe oasis its their debut and is brilliant and my favourite record of the 90s urban hymns-the verve i think you'd really like the lyrics on both records
Its a terrible travesty that "THE JAM" never made it big in the USA.They would of been huge as the music was cutting and acerbic.It spoke of life in a turbelent period in the UK and resonated with a whole generation.
You guys are now fully primed to be Jam fans , hope you do AllModCons & SettingSons. Interesting you mention Nick Drake , Weller used to mention him regularly in interviews. I can:t pick a Weller top 10 , too much gold.
We say it on the video and it is in the description. Copyright does not allow you to play the music so there is a link to another site that we pay for that you can watch the whole thing. Don't know how much simpler we can make it
Julie Burchill was a brilliant young journalist at the NME…but she should became a believer in her own publicity and then became a really pain in the arse.
How come you haven’t done a video to Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols? Arguably one of the most important and influential albums of all time.
Just have never gotten to it. Maybe in 2021. I literally have taken about 5 days off all year from the channel so the schedule is always packed. Thanks
Weller is extremely underrated / unknown in North America. He's a musical and lyrical genius. Saw live once, solo gig. It was a religious experience. Good on doing this.
Thanks for the kind words and couldn't agree more. So many great artists that never hit it big in the States which is a shame.
Paul Weller, such a great musician, often overlooked. I just loved how he always changed. From The Jam, Style Council and later on.
So agree he is overlooked and largely unknown here in the States, such a shame!
Excellent list and review. Well done Peter, Trey and Shawn. Paul Weller and The JAM certainly deserve more attention outside the UK!
Totally agree they do. Thanks Fran!
Sound Affects is one of the greatest albums... ever. Their three album run of All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, and Sound Affects is brilliant. Pretty much anything from those albums is pure gold. Their last proper album, The Gift, is also worth checking out and paved the way for The Style Council (which I'm not a fan of). (Wish this was only Jam songs... but that's MY preference... lol) I was such a huge fan of The Jam and got a chance to meet them at Tower Records in LA where they were kind enough to sign my albums... I remember hearing Green Day for the first time and thinking "There's NO DOUBT where they got their sound from!" They were obviously influenced by The Jam.
Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Paul Weller are the cream of the crop for British solo artists...
Thanks, as always, for your thoughtful reactions.
Really appreciate the kind words and insight and ALWAYS good to hear artists were kind when you meet them! Thanks and stay safe!
I wish this was only solo songs, lol :) I think his solo career offers the best of his work
Paul won a MoBO award for his contribution to Soul.
He has had an influence and a presence on many songs.
For sure
Looking forward to listening to this guys. Dont know how i missed it. Good stuff.
Thanks! We have so much up really hard to find it all at this point. Weller is extraordinary!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics His output and quality is indeed extraordinary as you say. I watched and listened to this guys....loved it...and your reactions. Weller's three different stages all top quality eh. Been a fan since '78 when Tubestation came out. Missed 77! He's very similar to Mc Cartney with the three stages....ie..The Beatles....Wings...and solo.
I love that in the chapters section 'Eton Rifles' is actually named 'Eating Rifles' 🤣 great job guys
lol! They hear what they want to hear! Thanks!
I’m a massive weller fan and you 2 did a great review lads well done 👍👍👍
Really appreciate the kind words Trevor
Loving the content greetings from Manchester England
Really appreciate the kind words and Stay safe in these crazy times!
Absolutely one of my favorite bands. Some my favorite songs, Beat Surrender, Eton Rifles, Mr. Clean,Butterfly Collector, Down in the Tube station, pretty Green, Start, Davis Watts, To Be someone , Strange Town, Monday.
I did see them once in late May of 1981 in a way oversold club on an extremely hot night . I’m surprised the venue didn’t get in trouble for that one. I also still have a cassette, have since burned to cd , of their March 1978 concert at the Paradise in Boston. It was broadcast on Local station WBCN. Should try to upload it to UA-cam one of these days.
Great review!
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing Kevin and I remember those days of the smaller clubs being oversold!
Kevin - I'm with you, brother.
I own every album by The Jam on vinyl. Great band. My favorite album is The setting sons. Songs like Thick as thieves, Little boy soldiers, Smithers-Jones, Boy about town, The modern world, Pretty green, and of course the four songs that Peter chose and That's entertainment to name some songs I remember, but the songs one could pick are so many . You mentioned The Supremes You can't hurry love. Weller was a fan of songs like that (in line with the Mod thing). On the Jam records amidst Weller's songs you can find covers of Heat Wave and In the midnight hour.
Will have to check those out. Thanks for the insight and for watching Anna!
"Town called Malice" was a double A side single with the other song being "Prescious", and was only the second time both tracks played on the same episode of the TV show " Top of the Pops" first time was the Beatles.
Great fact thanks!
Props for keeping the full video free for the moment, though I understand if you have to eventually paywall stuff like that.
We will always keep it free we promise. Thanks!
I'm not familiar with this artist but decided to watch the full video and comment here. The facts you share are cool. He is a celebrated artist in the U.K. Song 10 is a solid song with gruff type vocals like you said. Song 9 is a smooth song like you said. I like the melody. It has a dreamy sound.Nice lyrics. I agree it's easy on the ears. Song 8 has a bluesy guitar and atmosphere. Song 7 does sound like a bit of Folk, a nice ballad. Song 6 is an uptempo tune that moves along well. Interesting lyrics. I agree it has energy and a vibe. Song 5 has a cool guitar intro. A smooth song with nice melody. Song 4 is a rocking song with solid percussion and guitar and cool lyrics. Song 3 is uptempo and straightforward Rock style. Song 2 is fast and rocking. Cool bass and drums. Shawn, you said your Dad was a milkman. I have memories back in the 1960's when we used to be excited when the milkman delivered milk bottles to our house. That was important work back then. Life was different decades ago. Song 1 is an interesting uptempo song musically with sound effects and storyteller lyrics. The observations by you guys are fun to listen to. Shawn and Trey, you both chose mostly different favorites. There are a lot of good songs on this top ten. My favorites are Above The Clouds, The Butterfly Collector, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight.
Appreciate you checking out the whole thing, Weller is a very talented guy, too bad we never really discovered him in the States! Ya with the milkman so many jobs have disappeared over the decades, life was simpler and dare I sound like the old guy and say better most of the time back in the day.
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Shawn, I agree with you. Certain jobs then are not available now. Yes, life was different and simple and better most of the time like you said. I remember in the 1960's we used to see a man pushing a wooden cart down the street carrying fruits and vegetables to sell right from the cart. We don't see that any more.
Really enjoyed that. Watched the full video on Vimeo - I'd have a different top 10 from all 2 bands and solo but then so would every other Weller fan :) Nice to hear Above The Clouds. Looking forward to Sound Affects - for me the best lp by The Jam. Enjoyed your Ride review the other day - I would have chosen Vapour Trail as the first track from the first LP though as its the best one ;) All the best Mikey.
Really appreciate you watching Mikey! Lots of great music out there and it is pretty obvious to us that the UK is quite ahead of the US!
Awesome choice of an artist to review! Weller’s is sadly under-recognized in the US. I’ve been a huge Weller fan since early ‘82. One of my favorite shows was seeing The Jam on one of their final concerts at Wembley Arena in December ‘82 while studying in London for a semester. Your guest had Good choices of tunes to play. I would have replaced ‘You’re the Best Thing’ with Speak Like a Child, It Just Came to pieces in my Hands, or Long Hot Summer. The Jam’s output is especially impressive when you realize he was only 18 when their first album came out in 1977. From the early stuff, I’ve always liked ‘In The City’, ‘All Around the World’ and especially ‘Life from a Window’ (which to me sounds like The Who circa 1966). But my favorite era of the Jam is All Mod Cons and Setting Sons, plus singles like ‘Tales from the Riverbank’. I’m not sure what was meant 5hat Elton Rifles was their only song with a video. The Jam actually have lots of videos for their songs and I have a dvd full of them. Anyway, The Jam And Wellers solo career are amazing. The Style Council have plenty of good moments, especially on their first 3 releases (1983-1985), then they kinda lost me.
Great show!
Really appreciate all the insight! As far as the video we said it was the only one without a vid. Thanks!
I agree, born in 65, in the UK and grown up with wellers lyrics and musicality, he is a genius
Tube station my favourite song ever 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for watching Trevor!
Great bass line , Foxton & Buckler always made great Jam songs greater
Just found this channel, it's brilliant!
Really appreciate the kind words!!!! Thanks for watching Solway Seagull!
Love the chat guys and interesting selection, would have chosen some others I think, but plenty of classics there. Shame all the solo was from the 90s as there is loads more brilliant songs right up to this year, my fav solo album is 2008’s “22Dreams”, I could list so many classic solo songs over the years , floorboards up, woo se mama , it’s written in the stars and a 100 others. Style council favs include Long hot summer , Ever changing moods, very deep sea and I haven’t even touched on The Jam !! So many classic tracks but you can not do a Jam list without Going Underground ! Appreciate the background chat, probably most info known by UK fans but good for those not so familiar. Thanks guys
@peterblythe1 cheers Peter, and yeah I found it fascinating to see two obviously knowledgable music fans having no idea who Paul Weller is and “discovering” such a music giant , look forward to the sounds affects reaction,,,,, and I too was lucky enough to see The Jam.
Thanks Jamie really appreciate your kind words and you watching. We have already filmed the Sound Affects so it will be up soon! Also we have learned on this journey with this channel that time and again the UK is ahead of this US in both quality and taste when it comes to music, Weller is just yet another example!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics cheers guys
D.C.Lee. .. real name Diane Sealy, hence D.C.Lee. became Paul's 1st wife ( she's hot ).
The Butterfly collected released as a B side to strange town, but has now been classes as a double A side single...haunting melody.
Thanks
Watch paul weller with noel Gallagher both just sit on stage playing guitar and singing brilliant together
Have actually seen it, greatness! Thanks Jane!
Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton both played 'Rickenbacker' guitars in the early days .. an instrument known for its bright punchy sound, hence the early Jam sound (The Beatles used Rickenbackers too in their early recordings). Bruce was originally a lead guitar player before transferring to Bass. So his basswork is not 'run of the mill'.... and The Jam's singles did not appear on the first couple of albums..... albums were albums and singles were singles.
Mick Talbot of the Style Council also came from a 'Mod ' band called 'The Merton Parkas".
And yes 'The Small Faces' are brilliant and massively underrated.
Thanks for all the insight and for watching Chris!
Sunday diner was a big family tradition back in the day, usually Roast Beef or Chicken, it would have been the highlight of the week.
The Co-op is a supermarket, not quite Walmart, following the co-operative model, I.e. its owned by the customers.
That would be great, thanks for the info!
His covers album, Studio150, is well worth checking out, if you want to hear his take on some classics! 😁
Really appreciate the suggestion and thanks for watching James!
You should listen to the album In The City, the Jam's first album.
You should also research the Mod movement, the UK's and now the world's pre-eminent youth culture. (Though many of its adherents are not very youthful anymore).
Need to check it out, we ran their 3 most famous
Glad to see butterfly collector is on there
Thanks for watching Robisalright!
Town Called Malice is musically an homage to Motown.
Yes
What a song man 👍👍👍
Thanks Trevor!
I realy recommend you to listen to his new album "On sunset", it's a great album!
We need to check it out. Thanks T A!
Good selection, though I wish for more solo works, especially the "Heavy Soul" album, which I love, it has a great sound, and guitar tone, and very good songs, check it out if you like. And how can you leave out his biggest hit, "That's Entertainment"?! Anyway he is one of my favorite artist, and I'm happy that you reacted to his stuff!
As Peter said we had already done that song so he switched it out. Thanks!
What jam album will you be reviewing?
Sound Affects and it will be up in a few weeks. Thanks Dean!
The number of children in the UK and Europe conceived to "You Do Something To Me" is only rivaled by the number of children conceived listening to "More Than This" by Roxy Music.
haha thanks Chris!
You should definitely listen to small faces
We will Thanks Dean!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics here are some songs id recommend itchycoo Park,all or nothing,tin soilder and lazy Sunday
You've got to listen to 2 classic British 90s albums definitely maybe oasis its their debut and is brilliant and my favourite record of the 90s urban hymns-the verve i think you'd really like the lyrics on both records
We need to check those out, we did Oasis 2nd offering but not the debut. Thanks Dean!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics also another one that id like to see you review would be the strokes iconic debut album is this it
Its a terrible travesty that "THE JAM" never made it big in the USA.They would of been huge as the music was cutting and acerbic.It spoke of life in a turbelent period in the UK and resonated with a whole generation.
I couldn't agree more Gary! They are greatness sure wished I would have known about them decades ago!
You guys are now fully primed to be Jam fans , hope you do AllModCons & SettingSons. Interesting you mention Nick Drake , Weller used to mention him regularly in interviews. I can:t pick a Weller top 10 , too much gold.
All Mod Cons full album reaction will be up next month! Thanks Stuart!
Weller was a big nick drake fan lads 👍👍👍
Nick Drake was great!
Please react to "running on the spot " , my favourite song from the Jam off their final album " The Gift ". Thanks
Really appreciate the suggestion and thanks for watching ad1537!
Give mods mayday 79 album. Secret affair are awesome. But nothing can beat the jam. 👍
Really appreciate the suggestion and thanks for watching Derek Pugh!
Nice but where is the music. I love Weller, the Jam and TSC.
We say it on the video and it is in the description. Copyright does not allow you to play the music so there is a link to another site that we pay for that you can watch the whole thing. Don't know how much simpler we can make it
Julie Burchill was a brilliant young journalist at the NME…but she should became a believer in her own publicity and then became a really pain in the arse.
haha it happens with success
Butterfly collector about prostitutes but what a song man 👍👍👍
haha agreed!
He’s from Woking not working 👍👍👍
haha amazing that in an hour and half straight of filming we slip up and say something wrong huh?
I believe Weller turned down an honour from the queen.
Always gotta respect a guy who is his own man! Thanks Richard!
Dc lee was his wife and so beautifull and what a voice she has 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Yes it is fanastic!
How come you haven’t done a video to Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols? Arguably one of the most important and influential albums of all time.
Just have never gotten to it. Maybe in 2021. I literally have taken about 5 days off all year from the channel so the schedule is always packed. Thanks