The Jam - Down At The Tubestation At Midnight Reaction
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2022
- In this video we're listening to The Jam. We liked the name of the band, and the song. Let's take a listen, and see what this is about. Enjoy!
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I can sing these lyrics in my sleep, they're hard wired from my teen years like a lot of us now in our late fifties.
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Fresh and new to us. I (Chris) was hardwired to Prince's lyrics, mostly. He influenced a lot of how I see the world. Except for all that Jehovah Witness stuff. Some people are always searching. I still loved his music, though.
I have every Jam lyric tattooed on my brain. Great band, brilliant live and sorely missed. Weller was, and is, a genius.
And me in my late 40’s.
The Jam were my first true love.
@@davidbeeson9408 and me too mate
@@simonholyoak8869 in fact, I’m gonna go & bang All Mod Cons on the record player right now. 🤣
'Cos they took the keys, and she'll think it's me' That line always gets to me.
This line reminds me of a particular scene in Clockwork Orange (Different circumstances, same menace) and it runs a chill down my spine.
Yup, just read your comment and got goosebumps. Every man's worst nightmare.
this song speaks for a generation of British working class growing up in the late 70s/early 80s. Truly iconic lyrics.
Why just "working class"? The lyric "polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork" doesn't sound especially working class to me. If anything, the story could easily be the account of a middle-class guy who is attacked by some working-class "thugs." It could be anyone from any "class." Anyone human.
One of the greatest bands to come from the shores of Britain.
Correction m8 - the best fucking band that perfectly encapsulated England back then !
Glad you liked it! The Jam were like a brief shooting star, lighting us up for a short time. The bass line on this song is particularly insane. The lead singer Paul Weller went on to form another successful band with a different sound called The Style Council; not sure if you heard of them in the US. After that, he formed a successful solo career and is still going strong today. Anyway, if you're looking for another one from The Jam, someone else here suggested A Town Called Malice, which might be an appropriate track for the times we live in.
Seen many groups over the years but the best group I've ever seen live is the JAM 1980 in DEESIDE NORTH WALES 🏴❤️
I was at that gig - 14 year old me! Missed the last train home and had to walk.
I saw them at at Deeside 2 years later (with The Alarm).
The lyrics are very 1970s London. Weller captures it brilliantly..."I fumble for change & pull out the Queen"...The album "All Mod Cons" is a "Brit-pop" masterpiece. If you were a teenager living in England in the late 70s / early 80s, you REALLY get it! - With respect, I really wouldn't expect Americans to understand it - Love The Jam.
we are Canadians and so far we are enjoying them
@@hanierfamily You'll love Going Underground.
The Jam was great and would suggest trying Going Underground or A Town Called Malice both are incredibly good.
Private Hell is a classic track to hear.The lyrics are about a woman in despair getting through the days assisted by valium.The record has a bass line that bounces and when done live was just Foxton at his best.Wellers guitar screeches of the womans pain of life.Its a masterpiece of observation just another record that most bands would of released as a single.
One of the best Jam tracks and know the lyric by heart
the best Jam track
@@gordonmathers3388 Absolutely 👍
Weller's lyrics on this track are amazingly good and capture the scene so well as the narrator is pounced on and mugged, even down to the 'awayday' posters that were all over the walls (somewhere under the graffiti). Back when this came out, being out on London's tube network late at night was a far more risky business than it is today and some of the stations were full of little offshoot tunnels and corridors where all sorts of undesirables could be waiting. Please try more of the Jam - I'd suggest 'That's Entertainment', 'Strange Town' or 'Going Underground', although frankly the list is endless.
Indeed the list is endless could add: Beat Surrender, Start,, All Around The World, The Modern World, David Watts, 'A' Bomb in Wandour Street, etc.
Absolutely, for me this song conjures the despair of late 70’s, early 80’s Thatcher’s Britain more than any other. It’s brilliant.
@@jonnytrueblue8407 at that time it was still Callaghan’s Britain.
I’m 35 and Irish and thanks to my dad have been listening to the Jam for 30 years. Thick as Thieves is another fantastically beautiful song
Its happened to me , but when you live in a bad area it comes with the turf. Better to pay up then a blade in your heart. Nobody batted an eyelid, I just went home a poorer, wiser man. Had I a pistol I would have killed them, then done life in prison for murder, what's the fucking point?
The bass line played by Bassist BRUCE FOXTON on this track is absolutely fantastic.
This takes me back to my school days!
Kick Ass.
This is the greatest song of the punk generation, and written by its greatest songwriter, Paul Weller. His songs are more like short stories of urban life. This tale, of an office worker murdered on the platform of an underground railway station at midnight by a bunch of neo- Nazis, is both tragic and poignant. That the thugs also took the victim's house keys and go after his wife is terrifying.
how would they know where he lived
@@paulhadfield7909 Took his housekeys and wallet.?
The Jam were a great band. They were mod revival/punk rock. The Who were the original Mods, so maybe they remind you of them?
It would’ve been good if you’d had a lyric video. The frontman, Paul Weller, is a poet. He tells a fantastic story in this song. My favourite by them. Glad you chose this one to get into them.
I’d recommend the song “Eton Rifles” by them to do next. Another very very good song.
New Faces I think have a better claim to the mod thing
yes thats true , but they were a good 30yrs before the Jam , the Jam were a revival band whereas the new faces were an original mod group
@@graemefarrow8 'NEW FACES' ? I hope you can correct me here, but I have never heard of a band called 'NEW FACES'? I have heard of a band called 'The Small Faces' (who were a R 'n' B band from the 1960's, adopted by the 'Mod Culture', who later became 'The Faces'! ) 'NEW FACES' was a 1970's TV show that showcased amateur talent ( a predecessor of Britain's Got Talent!) If I am wrong, I will hold my hands up and apologise! dx
i must stop drinking this export lager , no sir , you are right , i did confuse them with the small faces 👍
btw , forgot to mention , the New Faces were a scottish band formed in 1964 , had a couple of hits , nothing major tho 👍
My favourite song by my favourite group of all time. Nobody should be able to write lyrics this good at that age!
one of the best set of lyrics ever written
The Jam were a really great band who valued honesty and integrity in their existence as a group. Paul Weller the lead singer came from a working class family and it was Paul's father who encouraged him and managed the band. A very unusual situation indeed. Their songs were like battle cries or ripped from the headlines accounts of life in England at the time.
Whenever I hear this I can very nearly smell the tube again. Incredible song from and incredible band. Captures that late 70s era perfectly. Oh to go back.....
Trust me if u visit 🇬🇧 don't get caught in a tube station at midnight, this song is a warning!!!!!! ☺️Fucking love it to bits.
The rumbling at the start is the sound of a tube train rolling into a tube station. Very distinctive. There was a time where you DEFINITELY didn’t want be down in a tube station at midnight, very much like a NYC subway station I imagine.
Or a Toronto subway station...
Cool reaction. I bought all their albums on vinyl, and later a double cd with their songs.
Anyone who plays The Jam, is absolutely getting a subscribe from me. One of the greatest bands of all time.
It's fantastic to see people today still liking The Jam. This was 1978 & Paul Weller was just 20. He sums up late 70's Britain perfectly. It would have been a bigger UK hit if a DJ hadn't band it thinking it advocated violence, while it actually does exactly the opposite. Live The Jam were very well received in the US they just never sold enough records to build on that. But to us kids in the UK between 77-82 they were our band. In August 2022 I'm off to see an exhibition about them in Brighton the city where they played their last gig on 11th Dec 1982. Very cool that you listened to the album version of the, song not the single version which doesn't have the Tube train at the end.
I would have to say that Rush was pretty much Canada's band in the late 70's and early 80's. They had a profound influence on everyone after them.
I think you meant banned not band
watched them in Newcastle in 78 and that was just out great band live
The Jam were an amazing band and this song, along with Going Underground and That's Entertainment, is one of my favourites. Paul Weller is one of our best lyricists here in the UK. Glad you enjoyed it
We did both of those songs already
The plum he pulled out was the old tube station ticket colour.
always thought they were yellow, with the magnetic backing on them. 1970s bus machines issued pink ones for a while
My favourite song by my favourite band. Late 70s, early 80s saw many youth sub cultures in the UK, and also saw violence between those different groups. Tube station tells the story of such violence and is weller at his best. When I still hear it sung live it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
He mentions "plum" that was the nickname of the purple tube ticket, "had an Awayday" which was a promotional rail pass for many years....and "Wormwood Scrubs" is a UK prison
This is a poem. The fact that it is set to great music is a bonus.
Guys you are making my day! We got a cell phone four years ago after our landline died. The Jam were indeed an exemplary band on all levels! All the albums are worthwhile as they maintain the punk rock energy throughout. Early Who/Kinks influences abound . Another group to research is the Small Faces. They started as mods then morphed into psychedelia keeping their down to earth Northern Soul modness intact. Compare Small Faces "Don't Burst My Bubble" to "The Gift", by The Jam from their last LP. Funny,The Jam stood least for Punk during the class of 77 heyday but remained truest to it over the long haul. Y'all have awesome taste. Umm,I see a "Virginia Plain" reaction vid now? I'm on it! Lovely channel,folks,best of luck!🕶️♥️👍🍩☕️
the brilliant Bruce foxton, master bass man.
You can't go wrong with 'The Jam' I remember seeing them in a circus tent just outside Paris in 1979.
The Jam in a circus? Well that's entertainment.
Great song. Paul Weller is a master at painting a picture with words.
I have the 7" vinyl sleeve of Down in the tube station at midnight signed by the original drummer of The Jam Rick Buckler!
a classic record.
a rare piece of music history.
C.P. 7/'22
I have a copy of All Mod Cons signed by all 3!
more Jam songs to check out Bitterest Pill , The Eton Rifles , That's Entertainment , Town Called Malice , Going Underground , Private Hell , Carnation , English Rose and a ton more
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My all time favourite song, Paul Weller was 18 when he wrote this. Check out When You're Young, Town Called Malice and Saturday's Kids 👍
Genius lyricist.
Let's get it right, Paul Weller's lyrics are poetry in their own right. They tell stories of living life in a not too great country. They still resonate today.
The distant echo -
Of faraway voices boarding faraway trains
To take them home to
The ones that they love and who love them forever
The glazed, dirty steps - repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
Cold and uninviting, partially naked
Except for toffee wrapers and this morning's papers
Mr. Jones got run down
Headlines of death and sorrow - they tell of tomorrow
Madmen on the rampage
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight.
I fumble for change - and pull out the Queen
Smiling, beguiling
I put in the money and pull out a plum
Behind me
Whispers in the shadows - gruff blazing voices
Hating, waiting
"Hey boy" they shout "have you got any money?"
And I said "I've a little money and a take away curry
I'm on my way home to my wife
She'll be lining up the cutlery
You know she's expecting me
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork"
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I first felt a fist, and then a kick
I could now smell their breath
They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs
And too many right wing meetings
My life swam around me
It took a look and drowned me in its own existence
The smell of brown leather
It blended in with the weather
It filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth
It blocked all my senses
Couldn't see, hear, speak any longer
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I said I was down in the tube station at midnight
The last thing that I saw
As I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter
And a British Rail poster read "Have an Awayday - a cheap holiday - Do it today!"
I glanced back on my life
And thought about my wife
Cause they took the keys - and she'll think it's me
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight
Thank you
Beautiful poetry.
Hi folks just stumbled across your channel , great band, great choice, hugely evocative song from my early teenage years as they were a local band to me (Guildford/Woking) along with The Vapors & The Stranglers , Paul Weller is a unique songwriter especially back then singing about the tedium/boredom of surburban life in a commuter town which a lot of people could identify with especially in the late 70s UK high unemployment, racism, strikes & inner city riots The Jam will always have a special place Cheers Jim, UK
Best band in the world. We are the MODS. Look forward to seeing more of your videos from an Englishman in Bangkok
I never see anyone reacting to the Jam. Thank you for this one!
The Jam, to lots of us growing up in late 70;s Britain, they were the best band ever, Saw them Live and they were magnificent. Have a listen to A Town called Malice, that also summed Britain up
We did that one
Please react to The Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator! Ta.
YES... Script of the Bridge!
OMG... Paul Weller is the Modfather!! Check out his work with The Jam, The Style Council and as a solo artist....
We'll have to check his other work out as well.
My favourite Jam song, reminds me of London in early '80s. Fantastic music scene, this song is the ballad of these times.
My favorite band for sure. Glad you two reacted to them
We're really enjoying them. We've got several of their songs on our channel, and some of Paul Weller's solo work, and with the Style Council.
@@hanierfamily awesome. Will definitely check out more videos on your channel
Saw them live about 12 times. Great energy live
Late 70s - every Christmas I got the new Jam album from my parents. Happy days.
The best lyrics written to any song ever. Absolute genius . Even better live !
Amazing lyrics but if I had to choose one song as having the best lyrics ever I think I would go for Dylan's Desolation Row.
getting beaten up, a regular occurrence in the 1970s/early 80s... Skinheads & Casuals mostly...the occasional Rockabilly ...a violent & very tribal time, particularly for Punks... great song❤
can't beat some Mod music from the Mod Father himself . you can't go wrong with any of The Jams songs . well worth checking out Paul Weller solo music too
Modfather? You've obviously never The Kinks! 🏴
Absolutely adored The Jam but never really got into the Style Council or his solo stuff.
Hell of a band. Exciting live and great social commemtary.
Classic track. Always amazed me how it got realeased, considering the tubestation atmosphere at the beginning and the guy shouting “In hate bleeding ni**ers.” I met the tape op who recorded it who was kinda shocked it was audible! Amazing song with a very dark storyline.
The Jam were my very first true love. Know all there songs off by heart. 💘
Thank you for reacting to a classic Jam song, another band that mixed politics and music are one that you might have heard of before, since they did "make it big" in America called "The Clash"- a classic track is "London Calling"
Yes, we know that song. We knew very few others from the clash, though. Their hits, of course (Rock The Casbah, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, for sure) but not much more. At least none I can think of right now. If they have other songs that you think we'd enjoy, please let us know.
@@hanierfamily off the top of my head, here's some: Guns of Brixton, Rudie Can't Fail, Clampdown, Straight to Hell
@@hanierfamily " white riot " The Clash made me punk, give em enough rope.
One of the best bands that mixed politics and music never made it big in the UK or the USA. New Model Army, still going after 42 years(with band changes) last few albums have been bangers. I love the world or here comes the war songs from1989 and 1993 are worth checking out.
@@twatinahatsmith7428 I like bands that stay together. Good on them.
I have the 7" vinyl sleeve of Down in the tube station at midnight signed by the drummer Rick Buckler.
Classic record from 1978. - C
being a mod back then hanging around carnaby street was great but you had to be on your toes if need be....i remember the skinheads we used to see had 1 half of their faces tattooed and this was late 70's early 80's.....skinheads were glue sniffers and mods liked pills but both liked the jam....early jam was more punk, mix a mod and a punk and you get a scooter boy....dm's,flight jacket,fred perry.....from the jam is really popular and every concert the mosspit is still going strong
The amJam, the first band I saw live, circa 79
They split in December 1982 I had tickets to see them in 1981 I got tonsillitis and couldn’t go I was 15 at the time and was devastated I’m 57 now and still devastated
you really needed the video as the Jam were an impeccably dressed threesome of 'mod revival' from a brilliantly energetic driven time in UK music, far more than just Punk, I was 15 then I'm 59 now and it's aged far better than me, fantastically punchy fast paced songs about slow mundane normal lives, this was the last track on their late 1978 3rd album 'All Mod Cons'. _That's Entertainment_ is another great song worth a listen amongst dozens of others between '77 & '82. Looking at some of the early videos I'd say Oasis were influenced by the Jam which I'd never really noticed before.
Wow, a lot of comments. The Jam is hard-wired into my brain, and I've had them in my life since thirteen years of age when my older brother started to buy them. I'm fifty-four now, and that song still gave me the shivers. English Rose, Going Underground, Saturday Kid's and Eton Rifles are definitely worth listening to. Quadrophenia, a film somebody mentioned, is a 'must watch before dying' film. It's also full of modern legends when they were in their early twenties (Toya Willcox and Sting etc). Brilliant session. Loved it!
We did 'Eton Rifles'. That one has a lot of comments too. The Jam seems to be a heavy influence on a lot of our audience. We also did Saturdays Kids.
The Jam are my favourite band. Mr Clean is one of my fav songs.
I'm guessing that if there's one part that's unfamiliar to US listeners, it's reference to "Wormwood Scrubs", a notorious London jail. The Jam came from Woking, a concrete jungle tip with no redeeming features in South East England's commuter belt, and their songs reflected a troubled time for the UK, with constant social inequality, racial tensions and strikes. Not much has changed in 40 years, really. After the denmise of the Jam, Paul Weller formed the Style Council, whose lyrics could also be political or social commentary, but in a more refined, jazz-like manner.
Sorry Geoff, I didn't see your post so kind of makes mine pointless, kind regards Martin.
Woking does have the canal and the art decoish station was nice for a while, oddly I think one could make a case that Woking is worse today than then,.
Please appreciate that as an 18 year old in 1978 and around that time I was digging, the eagles, Stones, and many great west coast wonderful bands…then this came along with songs like Pretty Vacant from the Pistols and we were just blown out. It seems that a lot post punk/mod music that has been produced since that time DEFINATELY lean heavily on the influences of here early, raw unproductive/polished gems.
Pleased you liked the song, It was an 1978 release on their second album All Mod cons and I was a young wet behind the ears London Cop at the time, the tube back then was a scary place in daylight but after dark it was totally terrifying.
Third album
you should have been in your teens in the late 1970s in the U.K. ..................it was so good for music ( as the country was going down hill fast ) art always flourishes under those circumstances
Then, what the hell is happening now?! 😄
Love The Jam
The Jam were pretty awesome. They never really caught on in North America. They were probably a little too British lyrically to have wide appeal. I didn't really discover them until the early 90's since they didn't really get any airplay in the US other than "A Town Called Malice"
To quote Paul Weller 'The Jam never made it in The USA ,but neither did The Small Faces or egg 'n ' chips.
This song evokes that feeling of being in the underground, or a subway, or a dodgy street late at night and running into a group of drunken thugs who'll happily mug you for a few quid or give you a kicking just for fun. The line:
"They smelt of pubs... And Wormwood Scrubs*... And too many right wing meetings..."
Conjures up the scene beautifully. The song also makes me think of the scene in 'An American Werewolf in London' where a late night commuter on the tube encounters the beast.
* Wormwood Scrubs is a famous prison in the heart of London. The name comes the the large common ground nearby.
Bruce's Bass playing is what made all of the Jams records elevate to the next level.....that's entertainment, Eton rifles, going underground.
crap, i worked as their tech VERY OVERATED BASS PLAYER AND SUPER ASSHOLE GUY, I ASKED MICK KARN/AND JACO PASTORIOUS ABOUT FOXTON???? , THEIR REPLYS WERE HES A PUB PLAYER ENOUGH SAID
Met the lads inabout '79: the bass player, Bruce Foxton, is a fantastic bloke. Weller - well, he's an artist.
The first thing you hear - aptly - is a London underground (tube) train entering a station............
great song
Love the way Mrs Hanier continues to smile throughout the unfolding tale of a violent mugging and the prospect of possible rape/murder of the victim's wife.
This is why we look at the lyrics more often now.
The Jam were awesome
Saw them live in Leeds twice. Brilliant gigs but at that time they hated each other. God bless you
When performing/miming to this song on national British TV show Top of the Pops, Paul Weller played an 'Eccleshall ' guitar.
The late Chris Eccleshall taught me guitar making & I continue to care for the guitars he built.
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First single I ever bought was The Jam. They have many great songs.
running on the spot, funeral pyre, happy together, just who is the 5 o'clock hero, art scool, slow down,i've changed my address, monday, man in the corner shop, set the house ablaze, dream time, carnation, the dreams of children, smithers jones, boy about town, thick as thieves, the butterfly collector, great depression, eton rifles, and many more great songs from this band, anyone playing the jam gets a sub from me!
You guys gotta give it up for Bruce Foxtons Bass playing.
How lucky are you 2 to be hearing this for the first time
By the way Wormwood scrubs is a prison in England .
It’s a classic and I know all the words ❤️
Us Brits were lucky to have been given Weller. Seen him live so many times in The Jam, TSC and Solo. Never disappoints.
His work is making us happy.
@@hanierfamily Have you listened to English Rose?
@@cheguevara4957 not yet, we will put it on the list
The Jam were especially known for their political awareness and anger!
We like that kind of content.
@@hanierfamily Here in the UK, many politicians from privileged backgrounds went to expensive private schools (though, perversely, we call them "Public schools") where they learnt to be in charge of the country and the military. One such school was Eton. One of my favourite songs by The Jam was "Eton Rifles" based on that school. Well worth a listen and one of my favourites.
The genius that’s Paul “The Modfather Weller. You should listen to Shout To The Top. Again Paul Weller reincarnated as The Style Council
Didn't they listen to the story ? 'Cos they took the keys and she'll think it's me' is chilling.
Angry young men making a social commentary by way of poetry set to a great beat. Brilliant!
This is not a song it's An ANTHEM. Can't believe cut off the song off half way through. Just play it all the way through and just appreciate what a class track this is.
Fantastic band.....
It's about football casuals(on an away day). he gets caught up with them on his way home.
classic
Watch it again with the lyrics. Especially the last bit.
"Reminds me of someone"?🤔This shit is and will be ,the best monologue ever!X👌🏴😎
The bass is awesome in this song
The Jam massive U.K. Band in the U.K.
#In The Tubestation.....
If you like this, maybe try Beat Surrender. That was the Jam;s farewell single =classic
Check out the Butterfly collector by the Jam
Nice choice 👍