The Jam - Eton Rifles- Lyrics

[@Jack908r]

I grew up with the jam and this genre of music. Protest music. Smart, intelligent lyrics with great songwriting. How I miss it. Completely gone now. Nothing.

[@glenmorgan4597]

Now your talking 👌

[@condensedsleep3936]

The radio stations played it because they had to. I don't think they understood the lyrics.

[@thewomble1509]

@@condensedsleep3936 I'm sure the BBC controllers did.

[@Sam_Green____4114]

Yeah now we got Sam Smith wailing about Dildos and Gay sex and everyone clapping like seals and saying how great it is !

[@scottramsey867]

Composed at a time when bands were intelligent

[@denemessina8601]

Watching this today in 2024, the 4th of July and all I can think when I hear Weller's words is "How little things have changed".

[@outofthesinking]

To write those lyrics at such a young age was genius.

[@rockstar0414gta]

Hahaha

[@paulanthony5274]

I often think that of Noel gallagher. Whether people like Noel or not they can't deny how worldly wise he is even in his mid to late 20s. Paul is more political though Noel songs about life and how things are, still political but not directly if u catch my drift

[@outofthesinking]

@paulanthony5274 I love Noel Gallagher, fab songwriter, but I do think though that Paul Weller just pips him to the post lyrically. Weller wrote such clever, observational songs at a very young age, he was/is so aware of the world around him. As you say, Paul more political, can't knock Noel though, I just rate Paul a bit more.

[@Garrett1240]

@@paulanthony5274Noel Gallagher deserves no praise as a songwriter. He checks a box and it doesn’t take away from his riffs. That’s all.

[@claudgurr431]

If ever there should be a song of 2023 this is it!

[@kpec3]

They should have at least TRIED to play them over here. I liked them right off. Americans don't care about British-isms and dialect, we just want to rock out. Paul is the goat.

[@lauraswann5543]

MY favourite band when I was a teenager, I loved Paul Weller's lyrics. This has certainly stood the test of time, hasn't it? Relevant as ever, or even more so.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

I think that Paul Weller has always been sussed

[@chrishaws204]

I'd say less relevant. More needed but who's going to march now? Each generation of workers has less and less fighting spirit. I love this song, but we need more than words.

[@heather9329]

Unbelievable how working class people were duped into voting for this evil Tory government for thirteen years This song has come full circle

[@janmargetson7568]

The best band ever, never replace them.

[@glenmorgan4597]

Now your talking 👍

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

Weller said about Cameron, "does he think it's about his mates?" He fuckin' hates that Cameron is a fan.

[@johnbarry1965]

So do Morrissey and Marr!!!

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

@@johnbarry1965 Oh. Well, I admire the taste, can't comment on his politics, but I guess if they hate him it's for a reason.

[@Battismore-Blue]

Ah left wingers , don`t you just love `em

[@MoonchildMindaugas2]

@@Battismore-Blue I guess no, you don't. So keep your hugs to yourself, thanks

[@benmcmullen6569]

Paul Weller sent his kids to private school. I'm not sure exactly what that tells us, but it feels disappointing somehow

[@OldWolflad]

Mod in appearance but so 77 punk in attitude and musical style - love em so much

[@MrStary01]

11years old I got into The Jam. And Weller was only 21 !! Prophetic stuff!!

[@katoness]

Absolute genius lyrics, its staggering how old Weller was when he wrote this.

[@JimJordan85]

Very astue and knowing

[@jakmak1199]

It's just like one big club... and guess what .. you ain't in it. George Carling RIP.

[@kennylloyd7645]

George was, and still is a legend

[@davidbillyard6629]

I don’t want to be in their greedy club. F*ck’em.

[@harveysmith100]

Well done for including the pictures of all the Old Etonians. 7% of the British population are privately educated but they dominate politics, media and businesses. The 93% never stand a chance because the odds are stacked against them so heavily. People are brainwashed by newspapers that are owned by the 7% that only the 7% can lead them. Paul Weller was trying to teach people about these leaches way back in the eighties but nothing has changed, we have yet another Etonian in number 10. Why? Why do more prime ministers come from Etonian than all the state schools put together? This song came out just as I was starting my working life, I am now coming to the end of my working life and the Etonians and the rest of the 7% have had the easy privileged life while my 93% have struggled.

[@thomasshaveyaknackers5545]

More brainwashed than ever thanks to the BBC sun mail etc etc

[@vforvictor7575]

I never get tired of these lyrics

[@timholder6825]

"I'd prefer the plague to the Eton Rifles."

[@allhailthesnail]

Well, there it is... ICRC x

[@jonathanhadley2555]

FAUCI funded skynews australia

[@tomburns3113]

sadly.we ended up with both in the uk

[@reeceh8048]

Such a clever song!!!

[@MarkRigby-xj1fl]

❤❤AMEN THEM DIDN'T EVEN USE A PEN ¥=¥=)=>$€£ 😂

[@markeden3107]

Revolution boyz/girlz. For us working class nobodies!

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Clean living under difficult circumstances

[@charlesbull6188]

Foxtons bass just amazing

[@markgerrard383]

That unmistakable Rickenbacker tone...

[@therealdeal9600]

That punchy, raw solid bass sound , awesome!! Now that's a way to open a song!

[@numbnutone]

One of the greatest songs ever made.

[@arlenetaylor2888]

What a prophetic video! I love the short reggae dub riff halfway through this track (Jamaican genes). Today's news makes your video spot on. Well done!🙂

[@glenmorgan4597]

Look at that w**Ker Cameron

[@JimJordan85]

Thank you

[@mrmouse7642]

Song stands the test of time. Loved it when it was a hit when Thatcher came to power as it spoke the truth. Nothing changed as is shown by this video. Nothing has changed now. "Plus ca change, plus la meme chose". Keep going, Lads. Our day will come!

[@patricecharpentier1315]

I didn t understand the meaning of the song when I heard it for the first time. But I saw a good documentary about The Jam three or four years ago. And I realized that things are still the same even on France and maybe difficulties are more important now. I like this song because there s some kind of rage that must always must be present.

[@timbayliss4153]

Someone told me, and he was a Mod friend, that the song is about a small town, whom got challenged to a fight by a big town, and the small town knocked the stuffing out of them, and apparently they have a Rugby match every year to celebrate it.

[@thewomble1509]

@@timbayliss4153 Well, he told a load of bolox. It's primarily about the public school system (eton being pre eminent) that produces our "elders and betters". The lyric DOES reference a fight between local school kids and Eton pupils in which the working class lads came off worse but only as a device to hang the whole idea of the song on to.

[@angelariley4296]

I'm obsessed with this song at the moment.

[@phineascampbell3103]

I was obsessed with this song at some point in the past, too. Possibly more than once

[@OphelieFontaine]

I am obsessed with this song ever & FORever ❤

[@rjy8960]

I can't believe how fucking relevant this song is now in January 2019.

[@narjitmankoo8478]

Totally agree with you

[@lenvarley7973]

"Hello hooray, I'd prefer the plague to the Eton rifles." Timeless words and still relevant in 2024.

[@taichihead42]

I used to love the jam. Love from Ireland.

[@your-a-tubelies-fake-false8764]

what chance have you got against a tie and a crest,

[@merops]

Next time wheel out the guillotines, I hear they work well against the upper class

[@iainmair485]

And a straight nose.

[@zahkgames5812]

One of the best thing about this is that modern Conservatives have claimed it, regardless of what the Jam have to say about it.

[@paully1969]

This song is actually an anthem at Eton College ironically enough and in the British Services x

[@k-leb4671]

Of course they'd try to claim it.

[@Thefisherman27]

I wonder if his had he's 2 jabs.. ❤️🗽🇮🇸

[@JimJordan85]

6 now fella

[@Deano14397]

Loaded the guns and run off home for your tea.. David Cameron and Brexit..

[@lewisbracken5520]

? they held a referendum and we voted to leave. simple.

[@LunaDevaKitty]

@@lewisbracken5520 And then everyone stood down because they were too big of cowards to do anything about it. The brave thing to do would have been hold an actual election, not a referendum.

[@frazerduncan356]

You had a chance to overturn the referendum and bring in your socialist utopia under Old Jeremy Dustbin and you didn't take it. You shit your pants.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Frazer Duncan Voting in the UK as in most places is just a token gesture:-(

[@CycolacFan]

Should have made the vote compulsory, then no one could complain.

[@suealexander102]

I still have this classic on 7"

[@tomdodd3186]

It never ends... brilliant

[@phineascampbell3103]

Its 3.27 minutes long, it definitely ends!! Haha, I'm just being silly, ignore me!

[@ianjones4116]

So true Today as back then,,, "we were no match for there untamed wit" . Classic stuff.

[@jakmak1199]

What chance have you got against a tie and a crest.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

"How did Cameron not get this?!"

[@eekowarrior4409]

What a brilliant, brilliant video - sadly not seen till now. And sadly, it still goes on...

[@hugohackenbush1554]

I remember seeing them do this live. A fucking lifetime ago now. I've been to see From The Jam, they're a cracking live band but it ain't the same without Paul.

[@glenmorgan4597]

True, saw The Jam 4 times, wish i'd seen them more

[@jcwkia]

nothing has changed since this song was written. the rich get richer and the rest of us dont matter.

[@danmillward7969]

These sentiments don't stop being true just because the bands gone onto legend

[@wm5311]

Probably their best track 🧿 ✡ eton rifles

[@christophertaylor1882]

Currently learning some songs for a covers band who are slightly older than myself (80s born here). They listed this one, I may be a new convert!

[@franklinrwful]

Great song. Clegg and Cable didnt go to Eton though. Clegg went to Westminster school and Cable was a Grammar school boy.

[@markhavercroft7877]

Aye, my lad goes to Cable's old school and he's a working class lad...

[@markgerrard383]

Nor did William Hague... he was a grammar school lad

[@カトーンデス]

greatest good punk song‼️🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@idonthavealoginname]

Still relevant in 2024 as the day it was released.

[@JimJordan85]

@@idonthavealoginname Outrageous how it still speaks

[@jaynefoster1432]

Cameron liked this song; no idea it's a stand against the elite

[@danmillward7969]

What incredible lyrics

[@simonjlkoreshoff3426]

Stand together and fight

[@ranbirgill4718]

Loaded the guns and ran home for your tea says it all

[@JimJordan85]

It's a poignant line

[@MJeeEm-fg8md]

Hello hurray It's such a nice day for Eating trifles Eating trifles - The Jammy

[@danielowen2884]

Class song, great video

[@LeeGee]

'king love this one: video was spot on.

[@JimJordan85]

Cheers mate

[@johnappleby405]

Fave song of the seventies

[@JimJordan85]

It really hits home

[@davidroach8277]

Must be f*c*in solid these Eton Rifles...if that's what an expensive education does for you...I'm in.

[@robertbaylis9714]

Yes Paul summed it up pretty well !

[@darrylwiggins1156]

If this song doesn't scare the hell out of you seek help.

[@paulcoleman478]

The Jam.... SLF........ The Clash....... Omg (even tho you weren't supposed to, being into punk 😅😅 a secret bit of Black Sabbath that I over-heard from the heavy-mental Boyz who always seemed to play table-tennis inschool!) and even tho I'm soon to be 60 I still can't you a red pen cus only teachers can use red pens😅😅....... BRILLIAT music back in the day👍👍

[@danielw5850]

To be a pedant: Boris Johnson and Dave Cameron were Etonians, Osborne - St. Paul's, Clegg - Westminster and William Hague, the only one who went to the local Comp.

[@lisbezz4100]

JUST THE BEST

[@gakyle1]

Best Band In The Fucking World.

[@Hollows1997]

Labour abandoned the very people this song was for. At least the Tories pretend to listen, even if they don’t follow through on anything they do. We need a party by the working class, for the working class, free from the university educated middle class who hijacked our party as a protest vehicle against their parents.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

New Labour/Tory Lite Mark2=Controlled Opposition

[@Nodoubtingthomas]

Great video. Can you update it for the current situation?? 😂

[@JimJordan85]

It would just be a Uni-Party being played like puppets by The WEF and the rest of the globalist entities

[@patrickmccarthy5462]

​@@JimJordan85 spoiled yourself there with the wef thing

[@czx68]

Fire and skill...!!

[@peterbalac1915]

The jam weren't really my thing back then, fast forward a few decades I love em especially this song, Paul Weller keeps reinventing himself great singer songwriter. It used to be about the beat now I pay more attention to the lyrics !!!

[@f.feher.7174]

Great tune

[@Mod-rw9cw]

Class 🇬🇧🎤🎸🥁🎸

[@1dorz]

Quality video. Nailed it

[@STEVEBINNION1]

Oh starmer you are eating us alive ...

[@Jade_holloway]

Good song and great video!

[@RayLRhodes]

Osbourne was at St.Paul's.

[@thetopcat8946]

Oh wow, how relevant!!

[@lauramacgillefhinnein5106]

love what you did there! ;)

[@beverlymitchell4641]

Wallace farnborough .brilliant tune. Lorrys

[@shanemurdock4732]

Told u guys about the Eton rifles years ago

[@izzy8823]

Perfectly written song..

[@beverlymitchell4641]

Tune wallace. Farnborough

[@MichaelBurland-c1j]

This is one English world leader who won't have been educated at Eton College. St Michael the First Prince of America..

[@euanbanner498]

Good job Bruce Foxton never wrote this song,as he sent his son to,you've guessed it.....Eton (you couldn't make it up)

[@thegourdkingpumpkin6666]

no better way to rub it in their face than to get your kids on the same level as theirs despite how hard they make it

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Euan Banner I think that everyone wants the best for their kids

[@KM-yf6qz]

Eating trifle, eating trifle

[@Wettonbunker]

Brilliant.

[@EJB2274]

Argh mate what a band, so ahead of their time clearly...

[@vmax4steve524]

yeah right! mid 60's Mod culture in the late 70's early 80's. What does 'ahead of their time' really mean ? is it because it's so good it must be modern, like the crap we're hearing now, sanctioned by Simon Cowell and his ilk. They were of their time, my time, your time, any time.

[@paulcolville5972]

@EJB2274 - Yes, prophetic then and relevant today.

[@crumpetface7430]

An extremist scrape.

[@wilmawilson4239]

Went to London with my mum when I was a 15 we seen Eton school boys in real life

[@isc1971]

Would luv them to put differences behind them and reform.....

[@stevefrank6085]

So there's goes the hope, then.

[@paully1969]

oh and at 1:23 they misspelt a word x

[@paulelliott6859]

I thought they meant an extremely peanuty dip

[@Broken-Silencer]

Like what you did there.

[@darrencastle3653]

Good old 7"

[@jamestower4473]

I don't think William Hague went to Eton.

[@2tone209]

NOICE

[@robertfeduke1592]

Britana should rule the world.

[@johnfortnum8391]

...and the plague is here, yet again.

[@badmattam]

Ex-PM David Cameron’s favourite song whilst at Eton apparently. Don’t think he realised it was an anti ( Eton) establishment song…maybe he did!

[@jhnbal]

A song for The Rangers Boys!!!

[@wanderingjew2347]

Can confirm all that rugby puts hair on your chest

[@daroniussubdeviant3869]

well that video editing was prophetic wasn't it?

[@lewisbracken5520]

why?

[@ianstobie]

Boris

[@trevm02]

How right they was, only one good Tory that’s a dead one

[@ianjones4116]

Hope Boris played this at his Party's. 😂👍😎

[@markeden3107]

The TRUTH.

[@philwilliams953]

And Cameron loved this?

[@WestWing99]

It's February 2024 and "Lord Cameron" is back to help destroy this country once again! 😮

[@JimJordan85]

It's unbelievable. Tony Blair is also a representative.

[@CristMFH1]

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