The Jam - Friday's (July 11, 1980)

[@jduff59]

Most of this audience hasn't a clue what greatness they're witnessing. One of the finest British bands and a killer trio live!

[@grez6330]

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

[@PAISLEYTIES1968]

Private hell on this is the best I’ve heard of the jam live on you tube .. unreal .. on fire

[@paulmac007]

Everything they stood for right there. Let’s not forget this is a live 3 piece and it’s amazing! Grew up with their lyrics, at 53, still means as much to me now as then.

[@ericambler486]

Snap!

[@mark6809mm]

Saw them for the first time in Nov 78. Changed my life!

[@iandainton2416]

It stays with you mate, nothing can take it away, way before his time,

[@mcgervey]

57 here and agreed 100%. Straight up fire live.

[@duffbaker9554]

The performance of 'Private Hell' outpunks the punks.That's some really sick stuff!

[@glenmorgan4597]

One of the best songs he ever wrote

[@gary2646]

am old enough and was lucky enough to see it, and many others, played live in the uk in the early eighties

[@mjruston1]

The guitar playing here is incredible. He’s not even looking at the fretboard most of the time. And singing too. 1979-81 was peak Jam and peak Weller.

[@spookerz35]

I think Foxton really drives Start, except for the solo of course. Reminds me so much of Taxman by the Beatles. Private Hell is more Weller, but Foxton is right there too. These guys were so full of energy.

[@Spectrescup]

​@@spookerz35Doing Private Hell, especially in this explosive version, is basically them saying fuck off to any hopes of breaking it in America. Brilliant.

[@outtathyme5679]

Foxton is a killer bass player

[@howardlyne2326]

You need to get out more mate

[@billytelfer3031]

@@howardlyne2326 you need to clear out your ears more

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

@@howardlyne2326 Opinions are highly--overrated, every arsehole has one; you're picking the wrong fight here, Howard.

[@dj-um7el]

Agreed

[@daryladerholdt1204]

​@@howardlyne2326hes really good especially that beatley riff in "what u get"

[@johnfrench9596]

One of the best live things I've seen by The Jam , especially Private Hell , storming .

[@Spectrescup]

What a guitarist he was. Wish people would acknowledge that genius is a spirit that visits for, at best, a few years, and not something you 'are'.

[@mjruston1]

That’s a great way to put it and you are right.

[@Totalimmortal93]

This is my go-to Private Hell listening, no other version compares, it's so much more intense and raw than the studio version, conveys the existential dread buildup of the song amazingly. They were on fire on this Friday's, the audience is blissfully unaware of what they were witnessing most likely lol.

[@michaelglenn367]

Why does this seem other worldly? I graduated HS in 1982 & there is something so special about that 1980, 81, 82 era...loved Friday's & seeing the live audience...it's a time capsule - before the world really started to change in 1984. The new wave/alternative group's on this show somehow convey a film noir feeling. There was nothing like the nightlife in the early 80's. Anyone who was there knows exactly what I'm saying.

[@mojoesixpack]

Agreed - what a special time. Hard to believe they are all old geezers now ... like the rest of us.

[@mjh5437]

@@mojoesixpack I`m the first one to tick that after 4 months....Just us two got old then eh? lolol

[@bathsheba56]

There was a period of disconnect between the UK and the States. When the UK had glam and pub rock, most listeners in the US were into southern rock. I grew up in rural Massachusetts and moved to one of the many sh*t-hole mill towns. I listen to what a lot of my friends listened to, but it didn't make sense, had nothing to do with my day-to-day gritty existence. When I found the left end of the dial--college radio--and started hearing bands like The Jam, Ramones, Sex Pistols, it was like, yes, this is the real thing! It was an awakening that I'll never forget!

[@Spectrescup]

I love that American expression 'left of the dial'.

[@markdodds6141]

I seem to remember someone on the show commenting after Private Hell that they didn't know three guys could make so much sound.

[@mjh5437]

They should have seen the Cream,their ears would have blown off lol

[@brandonkew9122]

Lucky enough to see The Jam twice in Toronto. Best band of the era, very tight trio. Weller is one of the top song writers of the last forty years.

[@brandonkew9122]

And thanks for posting!

[@anorakthing8968]

A magic moment. My introduction to The Jam live on TV on a Friday night in July 1980....my mind was suitably blown. Scraped up enough coins to buy "Setting Sons" the next day and so it begin a 35 modernist related universe that remains to this.

[@martinhayles1646]

nice story

[@Philmod68]

Yeah hear you! My brother and I watched this show and "Saturday Night Live" at this time...for the musical guests mainly. They were like the only shows that you could catch live performances of bands like The Jam or Clash at that time.

[@beetleything1864]

Great live performance Bruce is on fire 🔥. Great sound mix. They where on the top of their game here. 🙏🏻🇬🇧

[@Mod-rw9cw]

If I've said it once I've said it ten thousand times simply the best band in the fuckin world

[@steven2212]

Fridays was amazing. What a performance!

[@gregkuehle4722]

So true, they had a lot of super cutting-edge bands...check out The Cars doing Touch and Go from Fridays

[@AndrewKnight-us3lm]

Private Hell, one of there best live tracks, just brilliant!

[@sharrow2]

oh man this is one those golden nuggets you find from time to time.....Make sure you stay on for the second half.

[@vicsmith5000]

Paul playing it so cool...with a little effort they could have broken the States but he knew it was a cop out and wasn't prepared to play the corporate game. Never seen this hidden gem before...many thanks for posting !

[@eyemoeba]

i agree. it's integrity vs celebrity, and in america there is only one winner. their attitude and demeanour screams 'this is how it's done' even though i think they knew they were shooting themselves in the foot.

[@Asa93-u6c]

Absolutely love these live clips of the holy trinity circ 1980. Best band of their time and 40 odd years later their legacy still lives on.

[@TimBoykinGuitar]

Oh! I saw this when it aired. They were so good. We didn't know how good we had it!

[@kt9166]

The Jam never really made a big splash here in the Colonies---but their records were HUGE in Denver, at Wax Trax! The best band in the world at the best record store in the world!

[@chrismorrison2805]

JESUS LORD IN HEAVEN! This is SO fucking incomparable! They sound so good! The JAM are the greatest band of the 20th century. PERIOD.

[@iandainton2416]

Always will be!!

[@halenbud]

FUCKING BEST BAND EVER!

[@robertoconnor2020]

Watching in 24 , real eerie how bloody good these guys are

[@michaelculver1932]

This was my introduction to The Jam, I got Sound Affects shortly thereafter and it was (and still is) phenomenal. Friday's had a lot of good musical guests, this show was big to me as a 12 year-old boy.

[@nkmcfrln]

Friday's was my introduction to King Crimson and The Stray Cats. I had Sound Effects already and all of their albums, except the first two, which my friend had. Got to see all three bands. King Crimson twice for Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair. I saw The Jam in Toronto for Trans Global Express. Their final tour. Paul Weller was 23 yrs old when he retired The Jam. Six albums. Incredible. Friday's was a big deal to me and my friends, too.

[@Philmod68]

Yeah hear you! Me as well! My brother and I at this time watched "Fridays" and "Saturday Night Live" at this time....mainly for the musical guests. Those shows were like the only shows that had like the Clash or Jam on live....to check out at the time.

[@litespeedga]

A crime they were not more popular in the us.

[@stevebasadur1756]

Their loss. Morons. Doesn't lessen the greatness of the Jam in any way, shape, or form.

[@simfaithguitar1]

I saw this 1st run back then and had no clue what greatness I was witnessing. No kidding.

[@boxingjerapah]

Greatest band of all time, in their pomp. Peak of The Jam.

[@mark6809mm]

Incredible performance. Private Hell particularly visceral. The Rickenbacker sounds amazing. Foxton's and Buckler's rhythm section is bang on!

[@chrisst8922]

Weller use XITS.

[@steveundertoned9456]

Caught this powerful performance with friend Shannon Smith in the summer at the close of 8th grade in Cincinnati before we would part ways for different schools. The new wave was just coming on. (May have had All Mod Cons by then).Can't stress how galvanizing this sound was at the time, with the likes of Journey (for Christ's sake) the usual fare.

[@mc77ification]

Amazing Performance! What a great Band!

[@chrischristi1818]

The MODFATHER was cool AF !! Look at him sitting on the stage at the end ... don't know HOW he managed to sit with all that adrenaline flowing after SLAYING IT on National TV like that !

[@racingspoon]

Whoever tuned Weller’s guitar needs a knighthood.

[@mark6809mm]

It's the best sounding Weller guitar sound I know. Check out the Jam on the OGWT doing Billy Hunt and In the Streets today. Weller's guitar sound is nowhere as good!

[@stevechandler4607]

That would have been Dave Liddle

[@tyou167]

The greatest band of the late 70s and early 80s .

[@angelb.h.5517]

The Jam is a glorius.

[@gerardmccavana4905]

Brilliant live performances here

[@OldMod67]

Maybe the best live Private Hell and certainly one of the greatest Jam clips ever! That Complete Jam dvd some years back missed an opportunity to include some fantastic (and more scarce) films.

[@Girlygirlss.30]

not british but the british humans have the best music, thats amazing all of my favorite bands is brits and so much emotions ): its so good. Thank you for the music !

[@keithwellerlounge74]

Bloody yanks still haven't got a clue, one of the greatest bands ever and they take no notice.

[@mikemorris2201]

i remember watching this, I had just bought Sound Affects.

[@drfill6791]

Different tone on Wellers guitar never heard it like that before sounds pretty good

[@jahnbon]

Rick Buckler isn't breaking a sweat, let alone a beat. A study in cool, 101. Watching Weller playing an SG is almost as fun as watching him taking his time and playing carefully, settling into the groove after an early gaff. (It's American TV, after all!) Bruce always was, and remains, the best thing on stage with the Jam. This is what bands used to provide: a set of different personalities, instead of today's age of "everyone's a frontman" ethos. I want different characters to command my attention form moment to moment. Everyone in this band commands your attention as much as you will allow, and lets you to shift focus from one to the other as you choose. That's a BAND, y'all! "Private Hell" gives a taste of the Rickenbacker-era Jam, with Bruce's classic Sharkskin and white Bucks leaps, and Rick-rolling drums all around. Add in Paul's string-slashes, their on-point harmonies, and I think this is the best representation the USA could ever have been provided of this amazing band. Breathtaking. When The Clash appeared on this show, they were also at their best. It was a second-rate copycat show, but they had a great later-famous cast, and a long line of kickass bands each week. I was always out on Friday nights at CBGB or Max's Kansas City on Fridays in my teens, so I'm happy to finally catch up!!

[@pepelepeau]

Spot on brillant!

[@kalvino67]

A band at their peak!

[@waynewalker8227]

Have that!! My all time fave band till I die!!❤ X

[@garyfaulkner1480]

Agreed x

[@richardwilliamflores7104]

I watched this t.v. performance when it aired on ABC. I was 15 yrs old, a fan of The Jam. My first band Broken Glass would begin it's ascent that year. John Lennon was murdered, what they called New wave would still have it's momments until 1988. A new culture mileu would appear in 1990, & soon our lives would change as we didn't know. A fragmentation of unity would dissolve into despair, entrapment, languishing, loss of identity & self, held by our souls, spirit, fortitude, strength & sanity. Don't let others dictate your life to you. Always remember "who you are!!!"

[@wanderinggentile]

God, Fridays had the best musical guests. I saw this right before I turned 14...

[@mauricerevelle8451]

How good is that? This clip is new to me, never knew it existed..Private Hell is ‘Avin it.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Killer performance! Weller on SG for Start unusual!

[@sCulturefan]

It looks just like the SG George Harrison is playing in the Paperback Writer video!

[@brucef1299]

Thank you for posting this jem. Intentional misspelling for those of us that grew up in the US and acquired their Jam on Jem Import vinyl. Any live performances from the Setting Sons album content seem to be very rare on youtube and are welcome finds.

[@thejamrule]

Amazing performance. Like someone said Wellers guitar sounded superb

[@sethturner3436]

Unbelievable....so good!!

[@bradgodin146]

This fucking kicks ass. I saw it live on Fridays

[@archiet2205]

The Beatles influence is strong here

[@Compliment_Thief]

Ooh Pauls playing a Gibson!

[@crosslink1493]

I remember seeing this. They never got big with their British-themed songs, but I always thought they could have helped themselves gain a bigger American audience by playing more pop-oriented songs off the Setting Sons album like 'Thick as Thieves' or the 'Heatwave' cover on this TV program. I still have all the albums on vinyl.

[@GrandPunkTrainwreck]

I remember. I was so happy to see The Jam on Stateside TV. This was fiery magic, Loved every second. Thanks so much for uploading!!

[@natewall4500]

My favourite Weller haircut

[@alexbrown6624]

The Beatles on speed ? And that’s Entertainment !

[@RollrightKnights]

Magnificent 💥

[@garyfaulkner1480]

Bruce the bass beast..❤

[@mukkaspec3333]

Masterclass .

[@markeeledge7047]

Private Hell took the roof off.

[@gogoyubari366]

That bass!

[@ronbo11]

Flat out rockin' performance!

[@carljones1369]

Thank god I was alive to remember when rock existed.

[@potentialfrenzy96]

I love the energy, are there any bands these days that compare?

[@thurtletoncrackwinnet1779]

"The best band in the fucking world"

[@jamesian-allen8725]

The 70s uk/us punk/new wave movement was the last great musical explosion and i was there...and i knew then that something very special was going down. I have all the memorabilia/45s/lps from those years and it's all in pristine condition...it seemed every week new 45s and lps were released and i scooped up everything. Now i am sitting on a goldmine that is literally worth a fortune! Anyways...enough on that, The Jam were a band that completely stood out from the likes of the damned/pistols/clash/stranglers, etc...The Jam had something the other bands did not...class/musicality/and superb songwriting. The Clash were pretty spiffy as well...and i'll put Ultravox and XTC in there as well. Those of you that were there know what i'm talking about...those that weren't...i feel for you, lol.

[@loudenkliehr3633]

Vicious version of Private Hell.

[@greglyons2526]

Amazing

[@markbrueggenjohann703]

Truly the greatest band ever...period!

[@35sixer]

the modfather rules

[@timarnold1634]

Brilliant that.

[@drstevie]

Wow !! Fab !!

[@StevieRevbo]

am sure [now] they're not miming Start!, but Private Hell is magnificant from about 2:53 is where one songs becomes another

[@williamdekock540]

Are you seriously having a laugh???. The only time The Jam ever mimed to their songs was, appearing on ' Top Of The Pops ' and that was only decreed by the BBC themselves. BOTH of these tracks are being performed LIVE, without question!!, i've seen them in concert enough times to know that for certain. Grab yourself some live bootlegs with these songs on them and THEN dare to come back and tell me otherwise. It's well documented that The Jam hated miming with a vengeance and it's a glowing insult to their unbeaten credibility as THE most awesome live band in the UK, every tour selling out within seconds of being announced. Miming??. Yeah right!! Pfffft!!

[@StevieRevbo]

@@williamdekock540 blimey your cage is rattled! about something in 1980! no offence meant, but I'm hardly picking on you, and I dare to do whatever i like it's nothing to do with you who should not start telling me what to do!

[@eyemoeba]

@@StevieRevbo it's testament to how good they were and how good a job the sound engineers did on this show, but you can tell it's definitely live from the pretty glaring mistake bruce makes on his bass about twenty seconds in. oops.

[@virgilrytaar9083]

Here are the facts: the instruments are all pre-recorded, the vocals were sung live over that backing track, yes there are a couple of mistakes, left in not as you would guess for reasons of realism, they couldn't be bothered to do it again. Its still superb. A lot of shows did it this way at the time this show in particular always did it. Surprisingly in the UK 'whistle test' did it too, everyone thinks it was live but most of it wasn't

[@HFamilyDad]

Love the curtain, especially with Paul just sat there

[@Daniel_M_M]

Exelente The Jam. Saludos desde Peru!

[@tobysbreathisverybad]

Bruce’s voice is a bit too high in the mix but it completely works. Improves it even.

[@jocelyndiaz8233]

OMG..ThE JAM was really magnificent! Really fired up! Better than Beatles!!!No wonder fans could not get over the split up. I just knew about Paul Weller & style council thru the beautiful song" You're the Best Thing" which became popular here in the Phil.😊

[@corinnehansen4316]

Speedy speed days ;)

[@peterbirkett9537]

Class class class that's all I can say.

[@racingspoon]

Watching this guttural version of Private Hell alongside the orchestral arrangement Weller is doing live some 40 years later so goes to show what a supremely talented songwriter the man is.

[@Spectrescup]

*was

[@colingeddes2172]

The holy trinity at their very best. The jam at their peak 1980. Greatest ever band !!

[@chrisredwood1969]

I want Bruce's Bass

[@virgilrytaar9083]

I've got it!

[@spookerz35]

Which one? The Epiphone Rivoli or the Fender P-Bass? They're both great.

[@thomasbutcher3593]

Nice

[@peterspirer]

These guys sure know the Taxman riff.

[@VicFerrariJr]

You could tell around that time that Andy Gill was a big influence on Weller.

[@Spectrescup]

Really razor sharp from him here for sure.

[@ianaldus4981]

class !!!

[@markburns2545]

Was that the audience, shot, from bullseye....looks like a welcome to bullseye 🎯.....in ...one. 😂😂

[@30dizzy34]

Paul Weller can shred.

[@KevinMurrells]

I managed to see Bruce Foxton with stiff little fingers . I've also managed to see a jam tribute who were really good . Got the stage presence just like weller and Foxton.

[@floydlay9189]

Brilliant,,Think of Edward still at college?

[@craigtebeau3259]

my favorite version of Taxman. Great Lennon Glasses too Paul..... ha ha ha ha

[@dirtywaterdiver]

1st thing I thought too

[@granto6738]

The god old days , then he f it all up xx

[@markplumb3088]

Fuck off did he

[@paulalancornelius8671]

My Budgies like it.😂

[@TheZipper9999]

Wish they would have taken SNL off the air and still had FRIDAYS on.

[@mitchellmitchell99]

I wonder who Liam and Noel modelled their early look on . The Who,The Jam surprised they did not call themselves The Oasis

[@theolfella7745]

'oh bye the way lads....your're sacked.'

[@acbenepe]

In their wildest dreams Oassis wishes they were the Jam

[@marcbolan1818]

Never to return after this west coast gig and Paul hated it. What a period

[@galianaify]

private hell !

[@galianaify]

ça ne rigolait pas !