Reading festival 1978 - The Jam

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  • The Jam.in front of a crowd of 15000...Paul Weller was not happy with the sound and trashed some equipment onstage ultimately with Weller declaring that '..someone had stitched them up' (Friday August 25th 1978)

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  • @beetleything4u
    @beetleything4u 12 років тому +13

    back when music was FUCKING real - and we mean it!! ha ha Brilliant!
    Weller's better when he's a bit wound up :)

  • @fluffyglobz
    @fluffyglobz 13 років тому +4

    in 1977 the jam changed my life...for the better...! this is the modern world...!!!

  • @jocelyndiaz8233
    @jocelyndiaz8233 4 роки тому +3

    How i wished i was born in UK to have withnessed this. Am only 5 years his junior. This band was the best! So intense performance👍🏼Mr. Weller is the most committed songwriter & musician!

  • @LouRoff1
    @LouRoff1 12 років тому +10

    The Jam at there best xx

  • @stringcus
    @stringcus 3 роки тому +3

    Some can walk and chew gum. Weller can play guitar, sing AND CHEW GUM! I was at this festival, happy days.

  • @albiklausner5398
    @albiklausner5398 5 років тому +9

    5 dislikes??? Beiber fans!!😆😆

  • @TheGrandmasterMan
    @TheGrandmasterMan 7 років тому +17

    You can see it in Wellers face and hear it in the quality of his song writing, those inventive songs don't write themselves - 110% commitment.....without it, in anything, you'll never be nothin'.

    • @simflan3013
      @simflan3013 6 років тому +2

      100% ...can't get anymore!

  • @mjcook62
    @mjcook62 7 років тому +22

    This ain't pop baby - this stuff was for real. Every now and then a little dip into nostalgia makes me realise what a privilege it was to have seen these lads perform live several times. Awesome days

    • @chokkan7
      @chokkan7 2 роки тому +1

      I'm envious...I'd have killed for the chance to see them live back in the day...

  • @SunnBurn
    @SunnBurn 13 років тому +5

    The Jam live. If only that energy had been properly harnessed, the world's energy needs would have been met for decades.
    Exceptional posting. Thanks for making this available.

  • @mikeconvery694
    @mikeconvery694 8 років тому +5

    I was there. The barriers collapsed and I ended up sat on the stage at the end when Pursey was brought on in tears. Great weekend.

  • @AnalogOpher
    @AnalogOpher 8 років тому +7

    Love it when The Jam go mid tempo. Brings out the best in them, like in The Butterfly Collector.

  • @grock9263
    @grock9263 6 років тому +4

    All Mod Cons was my first album ,,,not 1978 but Christmas 1980 ,,,still my favorite Jam album

  • @TCB-hz8ew
    @TCB-hz8ew 10 років тому +6

    Fuck he's only 19 here... No kiddo, he was always special.

  • @duffymoony
    @duffymoony 8 років тому +9

    Fk me, a year ago since I last saw this, best band I have ever seen live. Seen The Clash through to Floyd, but this was different...can't explain, you had to witness it.

  • @Chrisamusic1
    @Chrisamusic1 4 роки тому +3

    Sod the Who, The Beatles, Stones etc, The Jam Are the best English band ever.

  • @joseaquino8773
    @joseaquino8773 8 років тому +8

    This is pure gold, they sound so good!

  • @eyemoeba
    @eyemoeba 2 роки тому +1

    00:00 In The City
    02:10 Mr Clean
    05:14 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street

  • @1961dexter
    @1961dexter 9 років тому +20

    I still have Rick's tie from that night!! :-)

    • @BillyJango
      @BillyJango 8 років тому

      +Gary Bartram Cool !

    • @Fezzer5050
      @Fezzer5050 6 років тому +1

      What's the story behind that then??

    • @herringgoering6428
      @herringgoering6428 5 років тому

      Hope you didn't have to bum him for the tie pet,either that a cock sandwich

    • @showbizismylife
      @showbizismylife 5 років тому +6

      What are you prattling on about, Herman? Living out your own fantasies, perhaps?

  • @sarahcain9577
    @sarahcain9577 6 років тому +3

    Damn that man. My love-hate relationship continues. All three are so brilliant.

  • @stevenbosz6856
    @stevenbosz6856 9 років тому +4

    love u all my old mates great days

  • @trmcd7881
    @trmcd7881 Місяць тому

    I like how Bruce moves like a South Park character.

  • @timkeen619
    @timkeen619 5 років тому +6

    And now they've gone and spoiled everything, Now their no longer as thick as thieves 🙄

    • @mattyg499
      @mattyg499 3 роки тому

      Beat surrender....

  • @johnnyriggs1024
    @johnnyriggs1024 9 років тому +13

    Wow! I was 16 when they played this gig. Trapped in a tiny town in the U.S. I would have killed to have seen them live at this point. Amazing.

    • @johnbarrick80
      @johnbarrick80 6 років тому +1

      I was 17, but totally share the situation and sentiment, Johnny.

    • @gasgiant7122
      @gasgiant7122 5 років тому +4

      I live in England & was 17 when I seen them in Deeside 1979 they were brilliant.

    • @InFamousProductions
      @InFamousProductions 2 роки тому

      I was 14, in a tiny town, and didn't know about them util the mid 80's.

  • @nospammuppet7017
    @nospammuppet7017 4 роки тому +2

    Billy whizz really helped at the time ;-)

  • @vhliv
    @vhliv 12 років тому +2

    I was there and it was clear Weller was unhappy, but I suspect I wasn't the only kid there who was thrilled to see a mod styled guitarist brutalize his Rickenbacker what ever the cause.. The whole afternoon/evening is a fond memory.

  • @Mod-rw9cw
    @Mod-rw9cw 5 років тому +3

    The best band in the fucking world I said it then and still say it now 41 years later nobody can or will get any where near them .

    • @mattyg499
      @mattyg499 3 роки тому +1

      When they broke up I remember they had 13 songs in the UK charts.A record.More than the Beatles.This is just from memory so....

  • @modmutha
    @modmutha 12 років тому +3

    Fantastic! Saw them 3 times and consider myself lucky to have had that priveledge. Their raw energy is brilliantly captured in this footage. Thanks for posting x

  • @chrisst8922
    @chrisst8922 5 років тому +3

    Reading Festival used to be IT. Forget Glastonbury, that year they probably still had Poco or someone. If I remember rightly this was the Friday night and they also had Sham 69.
    Now it would be someone standing behind a record deck and a couple of girls dancing. All sponsored by an insurance company or something about water.
    I think that Weller's using the old bit of driftwood.

  • @DrummerRidley101
    @DrummerRidley101 12 років тому +2

    My dad was here and he told me about how they trashed the place to get from one stage to the other to see the jam

  • @TheTradeworld
    @TheTradeworld 12 років тому +2

    I saw "From the Jam" play at Reading earlier this month. Foxton recalled that 1978 was the last time he was in Reading and had fond memories.

  • @dazmalski
    @dazmalski 13 років тому +2

    Powerful stuff.
    Awesome Jam footage
    You have a goldmine here.

  • @MUFCrich59
    @MUFCrich59 11 років тому +4

    i wuz there, from 78 every year till 85 saw some awesome bands, this year was the first year new wave punky stuff like sham 69 played, just a small riot with all the east end skins, i love rock but the jam were brilliant,

    • @clivemortimore8203
      @clivemortimore8203 6 років тому

      I was in the middle of that ruck, me another squaddie back to back.

  • @sfjnet
    @sfjnet 11 років тому +2

    You're right!! And, not being disrespectful, but in the close up shots doesn't Weller bear a surprising resemblence to Rodney from Only Fools and Horses??

  • @jonwilliams4899
    @jonwilliams4899 16 днів тому

    I was there !!! Last chance to see them before I joined the army !! What a weekend !!!

  • @ramonaHQ
    @ramonaHQ 12 років тому +1

    Brilliant

  • @stevebowness9435
    @stevebowness9435 3 роки тому +1

    Superb set taken from Reading Festival 1978 they were top of the bill on the Friday night I was there, Scrumpi Cidar Red Wine and Spliffs! What more does a man need!!😃😄❤💯

  • @thewestieschicago
    @thewestieschicago 11 років тому +2

    All mod cons and no fat or bi-products added . Long live The Jam !

  • @salvadory1103
    @salvadory1103 13 років тому +2

    great footage thanks - wonderful to see this !

  • @christians.8739
    @christians.8739 5 років тому +1

    I was there, not too far from the front. If memory serves me correctly Weller was having problem with the sound, still a great time. I was fortunate to see him a few years ago, I was at the canal festival down near Paddington and he was playing Father, pram pushing 😀 I asked him if I could have a pic taken with him, he obliged without hesitation, great guy.

  • @anarchovegan9738
    @anarchovegan9738 8 років тому +5

    WHEN MUSIC WAS TRULY GREAT AND READING FESTIVAL WAS NOT A CORPORATE SELL OUT

    • @revol148
      @revol148 7 років тому +1

      not like in your day eh Grandad ? I bet you left the front door unlocked when you went to the festival...

    • @choiceyboyz6699
      @choiceyboyz6699 6 років тому

      Says generation offended x

    • @Spectrescup
      @Spectrescup 3 роки тому

      @@revol148 check out the Thatcherite gloating yet again.

  • @ronsterronster2408
    @ronsterronster2408 4 роки тому +2

    The greatest live band ever .

  • @monabri6500
    @monabri6500 8 років тому +4

    Saw the Jam in 1978 (?) at Saddleworth Festival. You know, Saddleworth - it's almost as famous as Woodstock (not). The Jam were playing in a big tent - not even a marquee! I was dragged along by my mates.

    • @neilwilliams8741
      @neilwilliams8741 8 років тому +2

      deeside leisure centre 79 army leave friday nite then off to wigan casino all niter... those were the days speed keeping us going and women... i got an army pension so carnt say what regiment haha

    • @c.s.4428
      @c.s.4428 5 років тому

      How did you like The Jam's set, considering you were dragged there?

  • @watson162
    @watson162 12 років тому +1

    Great footage. Is it me or did they edit the close up shots of Weller from a different gig/night? Watch the mic stand change from a upright (straight) stand to a boom (angled) one.

  • @oreally8605
    @oreally8605 3 роки тому

    #1 In the city
    #2 Mr. Clean
    #3 A bomb on Waldorf street

  • @eduardorider7211
    @eduardorider7211 6 років тому +1

    I was there

  • @gerardritzer
    @gerardritzer 5 років тому +1

    the Jam super natural music

  • @did077
    @did077 10 років тому +1

    hi Muf59 i wos there too what a mess for 3 days patti smith ultravox statu quo and sham with a guy from Gong(steve hillage?) as a guest and jim pursey fall from the stage and 3 days of fight skins/punk/rockers haha big fun

    • @choiceyboyz6699
      @choiceyboyz6699 6 років тому +1

      And bikers on security with pick axe handles giving it large... different these days lol x

  • @waynereece4543
    @waynereece4543 3 місяці тому

    Fantastic

  • @ollieoneill5961
    @ollieoneill5961 3 роки тому +1

    Great post . 3 piece bands are the best

  • @cjshaw2503
    @cjshaw2503 4 місяці тому

    The Jam live, so perfectly imperfect! Wellers aggressive vocals and guitar sound, like a hybrid of Townshend and Wilko Johnson, combined with the incredible driving bass from Foxton underpinned by Rick Buckler's percussion. I didn't realise any of that musicality at the time, I just loved the excitement of seeing them create the best raw live music of their generation. A perfectly imperfect generation.

  • @furtles
    @furtles 12 років тому +1

    FIRE AND SKILL...AND MORE FIRE!
    GET IN!

  • @warrenermish1454
    @warrenermish1454 2 роки тому

    Unreal

  • @tpp5151
    @tpp5151 8 років тому +3

    The Jam always played harder, better than the Sex Pistols

    • @anarchovegan9738
      @anarchovegan9738 8 років тому

      THE fact that you would compare them to another band shows you just dint get it...

    • @showbizismylife
      @showbizismylife 5 років тому +2

      Apples and oranges. And Weller gave The Pistols credit for giving The Jam the impetus to become what they, er, became.

    • @matthewjdouglas6471
      @matthewjdouglas6471 3 роки тому

      @@anarchovegan9738 just let him have his own opinion. I'm sure you get that don't you. You sound ridiculous.

  • @Wictod
    @Wictod 11 років тому +1

    good spot watson..

  • @tenparkdrive
    @tenparkdrive 7 років тому +1

    I was there too :)

  • @vwflorida2053
    @vwflorida2053 5 років тому

    Plenty of blues taken prior to this, ..and why not ?

  • @HFamilyDad
    @HFamilyDad 4 роки тому

    The close ups of Weller are from a completely different gig? Weird!

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 11 років тому +1

    Pure energy!

  • @desert.mantis
    @desert.mantis 4 роки тому

    Killer version of Mister Clean

  • @tyronerodgers
    @tyronerodgers 11 років тому

    Yeh. He seems to have more energy going on with the upright mic shots too.

  • @TheMonkeyboots
    @TheMonkeyboots 11 років тому

    wow play along with this and its a semi tone up

  • @Mod-rw9cw
    @Mod-rw9cw 5 років тому

    Always wanted to be Weller from age of 12 coolest man on earth

  • @101066alex
    @101066alex 11 років тому

    love this,do you have the full concert,id like to buy a copy from you

  • @woodyguthrie4292
    @woodyguthrie4292 8 років тому +1

    I was there

    • @anarchovegan9738
      @anarchovegan9738 8 років тому

      respec. i was only 11 at that time but would so loved to have been there!

  • @LouRoff1
    @LouRoff1 12 років тому

    Maybe he was just pissed off LOL X

  • @LouRoff1
    @LouRoff1 12 років тому

    Our ever changin moods

  • @clivemortimore8203
    @clivemortimore8203 6 років тому

    I'm in there somewhere.

  • @markcrowson2765
    @markcrowson2765 4 роки тому

    I was there an innocent 16 year old !

  • @michaelohare6498
    @michaelohare6498 11 років тому

    boyle this has to be you.(78) not (82)

  • @paulgrahamedwardspencer5161
    @paulgrahamedwardspencer5161 6 років тому +1

    Plastic mod band

    • @heathsmith4414
      @heathsmith4414 5 років тому +3

      dICK

    • @chrisst8922
      @chrisst8922 5 років тому +1

      That spell checker...you meant Fantastic mod band.

    • @Mod-rw9cw
      @Mod-rw9cw 4 роки тому

      Paul graham edward Spencer you fucking clown they were the only mod band of their time that meant anything

    • @ianshaw2321
      @ianshaw2321 4 роки тому

      Billy Hunt (im being polite)

    • @mattyg499
      @mattyg499 3 роки тому

      @@ianshaw2321 haha first time in 40 years i made that connection lol