hayduke2
(Southampton, NY) | | Posted: May 19, 2013 - 13:08 | |
in nymag.com there's a great series of photos by Janette Beckman, which includes Paul Weller and Pete Townshend in London, 1980 "Paul Weller always loved Pete Townshend, who was like the first-coming of the mods. This was the first time they met. They're standing outside the The Marquee Club, where The Jam and The Who probably both played. The headline was 'The Punk and the Mod-father.' Old mod meets new mod." oh yeah, and a super shot of young Adam Ant!!! |
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oppositelock
(On the road) | | Posted: May 03, 2013 - 09:06 | |
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Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 05:42 | |
kcar wrote:Captures a time and place so well...no matter where you lived and when.
How the hell did Paul Weller go from this to Style Council?!?
I guess a lot of things changed for him in three years or so. |
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grant
| | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 05:38 | |
Fine British pop - definitely captures a time and place.
One of my favorite bands from this era that has stood the test of time.
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kcar
| | Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 23:47 | |
Captures a time and place so well...no matter where you lived and when.
How the hell did Paul Weller go from this to Style Council?!?
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drewd
| | Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 19:25 | |
gemtag wrote:This is a kick in the balls, in a good way....
There's a good way ? Certainly not on the receiving end of one .. That's NOT entertainment !!! |
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The_Enemy
(...is within) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 16:49 | |
I'm workin' late and Bill is rockin'. Needless to say, I'm not getting as much done as I'd like.  Aw, well... the economy is in the tank, anyway. |
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lily34
(GTFO) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 16:48 | |
obviously, as i've said, i love this tune. this recording of it seems muffled. maybe it's me. but, i agree - from the other album, it is a bit more there.
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 13:14 | |
Stingray wrote:Never liked them! Not even Town Called Malice ? Number one in the UK for a while. |
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DaidyBoy
(Bristol, UK) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 07:47 | |
Fabulous. When I had maroon hair and grey loafers. When I had hair.....
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Stingray
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yuel
(Taka-Tuka-Land) | | Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 05:47 | |
rotten wrote:Great song from the Jam, but the demo version from "Snap" is far superior to this version from "Sound Affects". imo definitly right! |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:05 | |
coloradojohn wrote:I will always feel thankful to Pete Townshend for reminding us in the late '70s and early '80s in our own already rather brain-dead and Profit-Driven media how we should be paying more and truly due attention to up and coming rockers The Jam and The Clash and all the stuff I was glad to get the scoop on and a tasty bite of then and really only still hear on RP anymore and thank God for that! As much as I always enjoyed Mr. Townshend's work, I didn't rely on him to tell me about the great changes and innovations in music from the mid-1970s forward, it was a good acknowledgement on his part, though. |
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | | Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 12:57 | |
I will always feel thankful to Pete Townshend for reminding us in the late '70s and early '80s in our own already rather brain-dead and Profit-Driven media how we should be paying more and truly due attention to up and coming rockers The Jam and The Clash and all the stuff I was glad to get the scoop on and a tasty bite of then and really only still hear on RP anymore and thank God for that!
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 18:14 | |
I love the cleansing anger of this song! A great anthem for the British 80's but also for today everywhere.
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rotten
| | Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 18:04 | |
Great song from the Jam, but the demo version from "Snap" is far superior to this version from "Sound Affects".
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aspicer
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 13:00 | |
A classic and always entertaining even after all these years!
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Purple_Turtle
(Hamburg, Germany) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 12:59 | |
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luvinlife
| | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 07:37 | |
YEAH - that's entertainment...
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gemtag
(Texas) | | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 13:16 | |
This is a kick in the balls, in a good way....
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Foot
(NorCal / Wine) | | Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 18:06 | |
Can't say it enough - the few, the proud, the godlike - 10++
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Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.) | | Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 17:58 | |
Yes, I believe this is a perfect 10!
Cheers
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peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 18:58 | |
Dakota wrote:I don't think this is the demo version, or at least there are various demo versions floating around. Demo version on Snap! (which I have) sounds better, in my opinion. It's simpler, more stripped down, without the synthesizer sounds overlayed.
Could be the basic vocals and acoustic guitar are from the demo. They may have added other tracks to the demo in the studio. |
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Foot
(NorCal / Wine) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 18:54 | |
Thank you RP - one of the best songs of all time - a rare 10+
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ericeobrien
| | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 20:07 | |
The fact that THIS entertainment has been free for a long time convinced me to make a donation. Thanks for the service—and for The Jam.
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hencini
| | Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 17:34 | |
peter_james_bond wrote:Trivia - What you are hearing is the demo version. They couldn't better the demo in the studio so the band simply used the demo on the album.  Did not know that, but it makes a ton of sense. Weller claims to have written this song in 15 minutes after coming home drunk one night. Easily one of their best. Billy Bragg does a nice cover as well. |
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Dakota
| | Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 16:48 | |
I don't think this is the demo version, or at least there are various demo versions floating around. Demo version on Snap! (which I have) sounds better, in my opinion. It's simpler, more stripped down, without the synthesizer sounds overlayed. peter_james_bond wrote:Trivia - What you are hearing is the demo version. They couldn't better the demo in the studio so the band simply used the demo on the album. |
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 16:48 | |
I went crazy and laid down the biggest single sum I ever threw on a counter for a mint copy of "In the City" vinyl. An excellent band.
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2011 - 07:15 | |
fredriley wrote:
That comment alone could be deconstructed in more ways than a pomegranate has pips. FYI, this "wimp-rock" band was as big as The Clash in the 80s, with Paul Weller seen in the same league as Joe Strummer, as working-class heroes who spoke of the time and spoke for many of those of us in the working class who were getting it up the @rse from the Thatcher counter-revolution. This song is evocative, and descriptive, of its time and is as much social document as song.
Paul Weller himself has gone a bit far up his own @arse for my liking as a solo artist, but that so often happens with young, angry artists who become famous and become themselves the establishment. Even Joe Strummer admitted that he "sold out". So it goes.
Alas, all too true. But, you know, you could make a good mix CD of all the songs, such as this one, that makes you want to go downtown and throw bricks through the windows of all the banks, stock market offices, and other lawyer emporiums. The Who's "Summertime Blues" off "Live at Leeds," for instance. And, of course, John Lennon's "Working Class Hero." Maybe it's the fact that we just got a memo that the budget for office supplies has been cut to zero, so we need to bring in pens and note paper from home, and all the while our lords and masters are going on a "planning retreat" that just happens to be taking place at a 4-star golf resort, or maybe it's the 6th day of 100-degree heat here in NC, but I'm looking a little more lovingly at those bricks this morning. |
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eruwenolorien
(SC) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2011 - 07:14 | |
Thanks to the Stranger than Fiction soundtrack for introducing me to this one. Good song.
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