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Musicbrainz DBBetter stop dreaming of the quiet life
'Cause it's the one we'll never know
And quit running for the runaway bus
'Cause those rosey days are few
And...stop apologising for the things you've never done
'Cause time is short and life is cruel
But it's up to us to change
This town called Malice
Rows and rows of disused milk floats
Stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives
Clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
It's enough to make you stop believing
When tears come fast and furious
In a town called Malice
Yeah
Struggle after struggle, year after year
The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice
I'm almost stone cold dead
In a town called Malice
Ooh, yeah
A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef
Gets dashed against the co-op
To either cut down on beer or the kids' new gear
It's a big decision in a town called Malice
Ooh, yeah
Ooh
The ghost of a steam train echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere
Just going 'round and 'round, oh
Playground kids and creaking swings
Lost laughter in the breeze
I could go on for hours and I probably will
But I'd sooner put some joy back in
This town called Malice, ooh
This town called Malice, yeah
This town called Malice
| DaidyBoy (Bristol, UK) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 06:45 gemtag wrote: Love this shite!!! If those guys on the cover aren't brits I don't know who is. I am, but I'm not on the cover. I love this shite, too!! |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 19:13 This came out last fall, and I pretty much devoured it sitting in airports while waiting for planes to come and go. Pick it up for all the great Jam info., and you'll also get more insight into The Style Council & Weller as a solo artist than you thought ever existed!  |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 18:24 And I thought they were a one-hit-wonder. Must have had my head in the sand. ncollingridge wrote: Another vote for this. Can't believe that such a significant (and musical!) band as the Jam is so under-recognised on my favourite radio station! |
| ncollingridge (Knebworth, UK) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 03:06 treatment_bound wrote: And they cranked out 6 great albums in 6 years, but for some reason, we're still stuck with only 4 songs to play from The Jam here at Radio Paradise. Can we please EXPAND THE PLAYLIST HERE FOR THE JAM? Another vote for this. Can't believe that such a significant (and musical!) band as the Jam is so under-recognised on my favourite radio station! |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 15:04 oppositelock wrote: I have all their albums and songs and this is my least favorite. Still not bad but there are so many more better songs from the Jam. C'mon... your least favorite? I agree Bill should mix it up a bit more, however this song swings!!!!!!!!!!  |
| motobecane | Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 15:04 oppositelock wrote: Rejected: The Jam - Absolute Beginners Rejected: The Jam - Beat Surrender Rejected: The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Rejected: The Jam - English Rose Rejected: The Jam - Ghosts Rejected: The Jam - Going Underground Rejected: The Jam - Little Boy Soldiers Rejected: The Jam - Private Hell (Live) Reviewing: The Jam - So Sad About Us Rejected: The Jam - Start! Rejected: The Jam - Start! Rejected: The Jam - Tales From The Riverbank Rejected: The Jam - That's Entertainment Rejected: The Jam - That's Entertainment (Live) Rejected: The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever H.. Rejected: The Jam - The Dreams Of Children Rejected: The Jam - The Eton Rifles Wow - that's just sad... We used to have a sticker on our turntable in an apt I shared "The Jam: The Only Band That Matters" |
| oppositelock (On the road) | Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 07:56 Rejected: The Jam - Absolute Beginners Rejected: The Jam - Beat Surrender Rejected: The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Rejected: The Jam - English Rose Rejected: The Jam - Ghosts Rejected: The Jam - Going Underground Rejected: The Jam - Little Boy Soldiers Rejected: The Jam - Private Hell (Live) Reviewing: The Jam - So Sad About Us Rejected: The Jam - Start! Rejected: The Jam - Start! Rejected: The Jam - Tales From The Riverbank Rejected: The Jam - That's Entertainment Rejected: The Jam - That's Entertainment (Live) Rejected: The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever H.. Rejected: The Jam - The Dreams Of Children Rejected: The Jam - The Eton Rifles |
| Dinges,_the_Dude (below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88') | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 04:11 Kick out the Style Bring back the Jam!! (funny just after Tears for Fears) |
| oppositelock (On the road) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 09:16 lemmoth wrote: 100% agreed - 4 songs from these guys is ridiculously low. I have all their albums and songs and this is my least favorite. Still not bad but there are so many more better songs from the Jam. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 12:25 treatment_bound wrote: And they cranked out 6 great albums in 6 years, but for some reason, we're still stuck with only 4 songs to play from The Jam here at Radio Paradise. Can we please EXPAND THE PLAYLIST HERE FOR THE JAM? 100% agreed - 4 songs from these guys is ridiculously low. |
| catnip (mostly wearing lard) | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 13:03 Two minutes and fifty-one seconds of utter genius, guaranteed to lift you from the bottom of the barrel to the top of the world. Is there anything more you can ask of a pop song? |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 19:14 Stranglersfan wrote: These guys never made a bad song. And they cranked out 6 great albums in 6 years, but for some reason, we're still stuck with only 4 songs to play from The Jam here at Radio Paradise. Can we please EXPAND THE PLAYLIST HERE FOR THE JAM? |
| Catecaneverall (Germany, Leipzig) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 06:28 this is the most fabulous scene in the whole movie!  juanos wrote: This is a great song that makes me remember Billy Elliot, it has a great scene where the kid is all annoyed and piss off with his old man and brother and shakes it off dancing with this song as a background. unbelievable! |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 19:11 These guys never made a bad song. |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 21:59 This is a great song that makes me remember Billy Elliot, it has a great scene where the kid is all annoyed and piss off with his old man and brother and shakes it off dancing with this song as a background. unbelievable! |
| Dymelo (Isla Margarita, Venezuela) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 07:35 Excelent, i saw them live at the tower theater in Phily. 1979 |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 09:41 Fantastic sound from another fantastic British group!!!  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 08:29 socalhol wrote: Have you even seen the movie?! It's about more than that..... Wikipedia says: Paul Weller (of The Jam) has said that it was written about his hometown Woking as a result of his teenage experiences there. The lyrics seem very appropriate for the town where Billy Elliot is growing up in the movie. When I was growing up in Luton (an unprepossessing satellite town of London) I related to this song easily enough, as it sounded like he was singing about Luton and Lutonians. It could be about any small town with small town mentality, whose inhabitants have the consciousness of lobotomised snails and whose get up and go has got up and gone. Excellent instrumental segue from Jet — Are You Gonna Be My Girl, the start of which is very Jam-esque. Nice on, Bill :) |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 11:11 Brilliant. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 22:50 drife wrote: There is a great use of this song for an angry dance scene in the movie Billy Elliot. They say you shouldn't pass judgement without seeing something but Billy Elliot? I'm pretty sure that movie is going to totally suck with the exception of the angry dance scene if you shut your eyes for it. |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 17:40 MannAudioltd wrote: this song is not about boy ballet dancers Have you even seen the movie?! It's about more than that..... Wikipedia says: Paul Weller (of The Jam) has said that it was written about his hometown Woking as a result of his teenage experiences there. The lyrics seem very appropriate for the town where Billy Elliot is growing up in the movie. |
| drife (Golden, CO) | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 17:35 There is a great use of this song for an angry dance scene in the movie Billy Elliot. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 13:45 sirdroseph wrote: This is terrible! It's not bad though. Are you sure about that?  |
| impediguy | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 15:06 We liked this song so much that my band decided to play it way back in 1983. It was a crowd pleaser that was fun to dance (a.k.a. thrash) to. I still remember the lyrics. |
| Easyrider | Posted: May 13, 2012 - 22:50 Top tune from a great band,thanks Bill😄 |
| tupicetti (In the middle of the desert, literally...!) | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 14:39 sirdroseph wrote: This is terrible! It's not bad though.  |
| bev (Reno, NV) | Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 11:44 SweTex wrote: Damn they were good.....  Oh yeah. They were my favorite band at a time when I needed intelligent — and often angry — alternative music that grooved. I always memorized all the lyrics and sang along at the top of my voice. The Jam were always a great band to crank up LOUD. |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 11:43 Love this shite!!! If those guys on the cover aren't brits I don't know who is. |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 11:41 7.5? Are you serious? 9-10 minimum |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 10:25 jt1 wrote: Cool song. I don't think I really appreciated the Jam back then...maybe I've finally started to grow up? I'm still trying to remember which Phil Collins song the intro reminds me of though!  Jeez; did you have to bring that guy up? I had almost exorcised him from my memory. Anyhow, I think it's his soulless cover of The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" that you're reminded of. |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 17:18 God, this song brings back some memories... Murray State, some of the best friends I ever had, love won and lost, and just by-God living the life. It seems a thousand years ago. Thanks for playing this, Bill. You know how to spin a tune, ol' buddy! |
| BBOGDA (Oswego) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 15:44 GREAT SONG - overplayed or not. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 15:42 Love this part in Billy Elliot! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:04 The Jam - Town Called Malice Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again Great pairing of two of the most influential groups led by two giants of rock and roll. |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:03 What a GREAT F'n SONG!!!! |
| alaken (Missoula, MT) | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 05:59 5:57 am The Jam - Town Called Malice 5:53 am Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl 5:50 am Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady Great bass-line centric set Bill! Thanks from an aspiring bassist.  |
| hencini | Posted: Nov 13, 2011 - 19:15 Great song. Love these guys. |
| jt1 | Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 04:40 Cool song. I don't think I really appreciated the Jam back then...maybe I've finally started to grow up? I'm still trying to remember which Phil Collins song the intro reminds me of though! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 07:36 This is terrible! It's not bad though. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 15:22 madebytim wrote: yeeeehhh yeeehhh yeeahharrrrgggghhhh... what HE said...  |
| madebytim (Denmark) | Posted: Sep 05, 2011 - 05:39 yeeeehhh yeeehhh yeeahharrrrgggghhhh... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 05:53 Tunyfish wrote: They got plenty of airplay on radio it was on the far left side. 92 on down Well, that's where the "new music" and/or college stations were - and it depended on where one lived. |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 15:02 Papernapkin wrote: Yeah, same old crap. Geez - YOU'RE still around? Just like the same old crap about which you bitch. *hugs you* I happen to like this song because I live in bumf*ck Nevada and I don't get much variety in music when I don't have computer-access. I'm jaded in SO many other areas, but not in music. Yet... |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 08:37 Proclivities wrote: The Jam didn't get much radio play in the US (outside of a handful of "new music" stations), back then or now. Yeah, that's very true. I mean I listened to "album rock" stations all the time and never heard any Jam on there. I only learned about them from reading about them in my College Newspaper back in the day and even then did not actually listen to them until much later. My loss, definitely. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 08:37 anabel wrote: overplayed. Yeah, same old crap. |
| anabel | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 08:36 overplayed. |
| Alexandra (Hopefully, departing the Gem City VERY soon) | Posted: Jun 01, 2011 - 04:41 This song will always kick ass, and I will never get sick of it!  |
| raerae333 (Jacksonville, FL) | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 19:01 fingerpin wrote: Neither was the movie. Seems only a few of us caught that |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: May 08, 2011 - 17:32 crockydile wrote: I find this song really annoying. 3—> 2. concur 4  2 |
| fingerpin (oHIo) | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 06:17 MannAudioltd wrote: this song is not about boy ballet dancers Neither was the movie. |
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