THE JAM - In The City (1977 UK T.O.T.P. TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~

[@oolongoolong789]

Still as fresh as it was in 1977. Classic song.

[@TOMSTAN100]

strange how no one has mentioned Bruce Foxton, What an amazing Bass player, just as much of an icon as Weller

[@tightslover62]

all jam fans know what a bass player bruce is and also what a drummer Rick is its not all about nPaul

[@drummerboytom9806]

Paul was the best songwriter in The Jam but the third-best musician. Never had him down as a Guitar Hero

[@stuartharrison165]

He was an excellent bass player but average-at-best songwriter

[@Dashynene]

You just did and that stranger

[@Dashynene]

@@drummerboytom9806 sex It’s told that pistols stole this riff and made mayb something better ? Or worse ahaha holidays in the sun

[@sunlion8866]

The song's descending opening riff played on a Rickenbacker bass, the ringing Rickenbacker lead, and Foxton and Weller trading off vocals breathlessly... does anyone do it better?

[@fracro327]

Spring of 1980, a buddy of mine shows up at the apartment with this song and Joe Jackson's, "I'm the Man". To say it refocused my musical taste overnight, is a huge understatement. two and a half minutes of pure greatness.

[@chrisblack4977]

Must of been a breath of fresh air for young TOTP viewers seeing the Punk/New Wave bands coming through in 1977 as most of the year it was MOR Rock and more so American R'n'B, Soul Ballads and Disco as it seemed the Top 30/40 was commercial soul station.

[@lauranewberry6520]

Rick buckler brilliant drummer

[@queen123452]

@Kevin McCormack big L, F in chat

[@nachovski]

@WingsandBeer damm what u saying bro hahahaha

[@TheMusicalElitist]

@@wingsandbeer4208and you are?

[@atlasking6110]

Foxton absolutely KILLING it here!

[@boxingjerapah]

The Jam are like James Dean. Intense and then it was over. As a result, their flame lives forever! It never went out.

[@Colin-ro6lh]

😂😂😂

[@modsnsods7329]

They lasted 10 years 1972 ..to 1982

[@murdothescottie]

I grew up listening to The Jam. Loved the music and had a serious crush on Paul Weller. He's now a man, his music has changed, I have loved all his music, Style Council and his solo stuff. Favourite Jam song....funny enough In the City or the Bitterest Pill, Style Council It didn't matter or You're the Best Thing.........solo Above the Clouds

[@digiface]

It didnt matter .. huh proper had to be there in the 80's choice!

[@markdoughty8780]

Timeless, brilliant and still relevant...

[@遠藤トシアキ]

カッコいいなぁ、カッコいいよ。この三人。最高じゃん。

[@ridgebackdk]

still have the single ..i got it when i was about 6....

[@unclemort1960]

i bought the album a few days later and saw `em play later that year

[@williamchapin1483]

I heard ‘Art School’ the first time and knew that there was something new in rock. And I wanted to be part of that.

[@gdosic]

Rick rules!! That is the Jam!! With 2 Rickenbacker axes!! HIGH QUALITY!!

[@stuartharrison165]

And stacked Voxes for Paul

[@pstrokeslibsarctic]

This was like less than 10 years away from Beatles’ career peak

[@Brannington]

it was about 11 years after the beatles career peak in my opinion, anything released after revolver is too esoteric and excessive for my taste. dont get me wrong theres still nuggets of gold to be found in the beatles later discography but this is just a matter of opinion

[@timewarp2881]

@@Brannington u calling hey jude esoteric

[@TheMusicalElitist]

@@Brannington You’re a cretin.

[@PaulRodriguez9]

Oh stop. Brian isn't wrong. And neither is the o.p. Beatles peak was '67-'69. This song came out around '77. But had written and played couples years before. Around this time was Ramones, Sex Pistols and Clash were gaining popularity. Just enjoy the music the message.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

@Paul Rodriguez Groups hyped as much as the Beatles are bound to have idiotic fans (I like the Beatles, don't get me wrong). Don't forget, you don't earn any money from claiming that your group's superior to another. Just ignore them.

[@MrTelloff]

Class....brilliant....powerful ......

[@buffscrag71]

Interestingly this is a slightly different version, recorded in the BBC studios pre-show. As I recall this was a requirement of the Musicians Union and only certain bands were required to do it, chosen randomly, to 'prove' that they had actually performed on their own single.

[@electricleg207]

Thats right the songs had to be recorded pre-show but many groups/singers discreetly swoped the tapes.

[@jp95js]

The Jam were about the best of the english bands from that era and they never wore torn clothes, nor put safety pins in their ears nor died their hair purple. They were not Punk. I liked them back then.

[@markgreaves5881]

the specials to me are my total youth and i thank you

[@psanchez97]

0:53 best part

[@fredwaller3234]

The greatest band in the fuckin world rip John Weller never a truer word said

[@dragonslayers118]

I watched this episode on T.V,and I like the Jam and i'm only 15!!! LOL

[@MichaelSalmons64]

look at lil paul weller fucking killing it. best band in their time imho

[@halenbud]

Excellent!

[@GravityBoy72]

Great tune. What happened to the "young ideas" from 44 years ago? I look around and it's still down in the tube station at midnight.

[@bourbonbigshot]

I forgot just how much of the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Who were absorbed by the Jam.

[@stuartharrison165]

And it's pretty clear how many people absorbed The Jam ,I was devastated when he broke them up, but I also knew no-one else would have had the guts or integrity. Look at The Flash's last year.

[@dw69ful]

Good Comment...Didnt think of that !! So really I should suggest that " Holidays in the Sun" sounds a bit like " In the City" !! Thanks for Replying.

[@TheSunnyGirl83]

Aha, das ist Paul Weller... Gleich an der unglaublich geilen Stimme erkannt.

[@bim-ska-la-bim4433]

Damn they're good...wish they got more play in the states...about all i knew was Town Called Malice and That's Entertainment...

[@Rafyc2000]

The jam brilliant!

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

Hello 'Rude Boy' Tim, I haven't forgotten you. Boom Boom, get it?

[@houstonveer]

A band that looked like a band. Ripped jeans and text are fine, but suits convey attitude as well.

[@yakacm]

1970's curly guitar leads. What were they all about, I managed to find one a few years back and understood immediately why they died out, if you move more than a few feet away from your amp the springiness pulls them out. Great track BTW saw The Jam many a time when I was a young'un.

[@J8D2]

I still use one and its a pain in the arse it tangles all of the fucking time.

[@Kelly14UK]

+T Scott Yeah a good solid straightline bit of cable is seriously common sense haha

[@J8D2]

Kelly14UK yep haha, had one, twatted it. Time to invest in a new one.

[@Kelly14UK]

They sell at £25 in some shops now, but they look solid. See through red or green and you see the cable in there. I had instant faith in them on sight.*****

[@bryanstancil2216]

i have one that i still use today. it's about 40ft coiled, which ends up being about 20ft. still plenty of length for me.and personally i think they sound better....but that's just my opinion.

[@johnmarlonscott6693]

Rick buckler, seriously cool in this 😎

[@unclemort1960]

@MrRETEROROB it good to hear a `stateside` jam fan `cos they never made it big in the US but as weller said `neither did the small faces or egg and chips`

[@MrRETEROROB]

@jordidwdw These days I live in Irvona, Pennsylvania ( I'm sure you've heard of it ha-ha) . Back in high school I lived in Arlington, Virginia , near DC. A few of my freinds were pretty big Jam fans as well.

[@wouldbeawesome]

thanks for this

[@club_rock]

THE JAM is ICONIC as Mini Cooper Range Rover and Jaguar XJ 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@soniabernardo5040]

Excelente amooo!!!

[@TheGlassman63]

At least a couple of the shop dummies in the audience appreciated what they were watching.

[@tonyquek1]

# 1 in the US singles chart..

[@simflan3013]

No it wasn't

[@MplsTodd]

In a perfect world, it would have been! My guess is number 1 in the US would have been Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet or Rich Girl by Hall & Oates (decent tunes, but not The Jam)

[@digiface]

@@MplsTodd nope, it was Stevie Wonder with Sir Duke

[@vat_egg]

Finally, some punk breaks into the top of the pops reruns on bbc4. This was on the same episode as the bay city rollers and some 70s woman doing a duet with a punch and judy puppet. About fucking time.

[@mark6809mm]

First new wave/punk band on TOTP!

[@tonym994]

in the CIty there's a thousand things I want to say to you.

[@Drumm3rB0y]

The opening line is so good it made its way into my insta bio

[@madophelia4322]

Love you Paul

[@MrRETEROROB]

my favorite band in high school. they never made it big here in the States alas.

[@stuartharrison165]

Same , just change it to Australia , although we had an intense mod scene in Adelaide by 79 . Can't imagine American mods .

[@longgonedaddyo]

Want any blues chaps? Oh, bit late for that! Excellent hi-charged effort.

[@markfletcher760]

The Jam's In The City was recorded first,the Sex Pistols recorded Holidays In The Sun afterwards,the Sex Pistols did steal the riff from this song for theirs !

[@mikebrown8577]

Riff? It's just a simple chord progression. These were kids playing simple songs. It's the same reason so many chuck Berry songs sound the same or Ramones songs sound the same. This song (which I think is very mediocre in any case) doesn't sound anything like Holidays in the Sun (which, IMO, is a great song) other than the intro bit. If you listen to music you'll here the same chord progressions, patterns, riffs, etc over and over.

[@stephenjwright3960]

Class!

[@marcovita7458]

Paul the best!!!!

[@julianaylor4351]

The Jam said they wouldn't appear on TOTP unless they could play live, if you look you'll see their plugged in and playing.😎

[@pj5517]

They're not, no guitar slide for a start.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Eeeerrr no they aren’t. This is mimed.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

And all the golden faces are all aged under 25;-)

[@missbleh101]

PAUL WELLER!!!

[@guitarslinger48]

@tarkusmjg I totally agree. I saw the Jam in the 70's several times. They were young, eager and angry. Weller's writing had a real edge to it considering he really was nothing more then a kid when he wrote most of it. I don't fault him for the direction change but it's not the Weller I grew up with and not the music that I so loved.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

And no one cares.

[@mapasinterativos2796]

Grato

[@alanpritchard1768]

Thanks I’m the one that as a hat

[@Ronno4691]

Saw this very performance on TOTP at the time! Eddie and The Hot Rods had been the first of the Punk Rock lot to appear on TOTP but they were pub rockers jumping on the bandwagon, The Jam were first!

[@jonblazeinc]

Hot rods were never punk, just first affiliated to appear on totp

[@ashyclaret]

The Jam were a Mod revival band.

[@TheDenman47]

Luv

[@DS-bi3fz]

Bass was the best part by far.

[@innaminute523]

About the young ideas

[@jonblazeinc]

apparently this is the first ever appearence on TOTP by a UK punk band! is this true? didnt stranglers perform 'go buddy go ' on there around the same time?

[@Ale-qr6ok]

Here Brazil

[@unclemort1960]

@dw69ful `city` was released long before `holidays` apparently sid viscious ( i love the pistols but i think sid was a total prat) said he was going to beat weller up for ripping of the song -not that sid wrote or played on any pistols stuff

[@philruane5575]

I bought the record the next day

[@shogdite1636]

No punk , No jam , fact !

[@Brannington]

Paul looks like he's fighting to play guitar and sing at the same time..

[@c.s.4428]

He's fighting against the world. That's why we loved The Jam so much.

[@infinitocachirulo7408]

Whether he plays the guitar well and sings at the same time is none of your business! IF U DO NOT LIKE IT, Go and listen to something else!

[@jamesy1955]

Trying for teenage angst by the looks of it. 😏

[@johndrysdale2147]

good old days

[@djtrendsetta5766]

I can't imagine how anyone in the crowd is just _standing around_ during such a frenetic, dynamite performance. Revoke those yobs' passes.

[@claudiochiesa8979]

lots of Hood memorys

[@珍宝イカ太郎]

Holidays In The Sun

[@Tracey..H]

Holidays in the sun. But the jam way better than those nasty pistols lol

[@mickmcgowan7756]

Holiday in the sun came after in the city tracey H

[@tatethompson1234]

He changed because there was no money in pop punk bands. They were a dime a dozen later on, he had to stay relevant with the times.

[@Drjackdempsey9644]

Is it his for real? Was that an alternate studio recording or was this really live? Many shows back in those times particularly in England were not actually performed live. If that was actually live, The Jam is the greatest 3 piece in history!!

[@pj5517]

Bands had to re-record tracks for TOTP at one stage. It's not live

[@johncourtnage]

The Jam are the greatest band in history.

[@Tigerofthenight]

Weller's vocal appears to be live. It sounds like a word was changed from "crap" to "creep" -' "And I know what you're thinking, you still think I'm a..."

[@TheTremendousWalrus]

It's the mod father Paul Weller ;)

[@Bigstrat2]

those harmonies are wayyyyy too good for punk lol

[@kelvinpeterson6169]

That's why he's the Mod father and not the punk father

[@jamesmorton4443]

I want tell you,

[@julianshepherd2038]

Punk is an attitude not a music. The Jam has the attitude, so did Ian duty and the blockheads

[@Bigstrat2]

@@julianshepherd2038 wrong...punk was a rebellion to polished music. everything perfect music...punk was people who couldnt play and couldnt sing... I lived the era.. did you ?

[@jduff59]

@@julianshepherd2038 before there were rules to follow in punk music

[@jacobslater6971]

@Marv Gordonski he changed his musical direction, and devloped as a result, but i think if you listen to some of his later stuff its evident that he does still have 'balls'. changin man for instance?

[@tarkusmjg]

This is when Weller had some balls in his songwriting. Before he turned into a Phil Collins-Motown wussy!

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Oh be quiet, you cretin.

[@stuartharrison165]

Attack those Rickenbackers !

[@Kelly14UK]

Someone HELP please. There was a studio live performance from The Jam and Weller really went for it in the outro, thrashing his chords out. Please tell me what the song was. Thanks.

[@electricleg207]

I remember seeing a live TV studio version of `Eton Rifles` but not sure what show it was.

[@mickmcgowan7756]

Yeh Eton rifles on the show something else

[@jordidwdw]

@MrRETEROROB were you from in the states then :)

[@cpdaddy7]

Tight

[@tarkusmjg]

@leachim04 Well said.

[@hyena131]

Decades later Weller still has the same hairstyle...and looks like a grandma.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

And yet still looks better than you.

[@hyena131]

@@TheMusicalElitist Ouch! That showed me:)

[@jonhadley-zx2iu]

All the golden faces are aged 25

[@margaretwilkinson2202]

Just made a comment on a noter song made a mess of it as this is done on an I pad was born on may25th 1958 as weller fans will know the same day as paul to top it my old man is 42 on Monday and pauls twins are one funny or what

[@richardhampson7845]

God

[@stuartliddle7228]

Bruce Foxton

[@salvadory1103]

you really expect 40- 50 something year old man to keep his "hard edge"- Weller would look pretty silly flailing about singing angry anthems in his middle age- thank god he never reformed the jam- their legacy will remain intact unlike the sex pistols whose senior citizen punk reunion- i prefer wellers solo career over old men trying to act relevant and angry

[@electricleg207]

I`m not really a fan of solo Weller ,but like you i`m glad The Jam did`nt reform, ditto The Clash. But if Wellers solo stuff had`nt sold would he be knocking out `City` , `Malice` etc.

[@Mario-tl7ff]

Solo Weller has some brilliant tracks.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

@@electricleg207 Sorry, can you learn to type?

[@journeybymoonlight3216]

Sex pistols did rip them off but I still love them.

[@thomasfilmer9717]

I was scrolling until I found someone comment on this 👍🏼

[@annescholey6546]

Watch that cable

[@ambertjeblue]

Pity it's so quiet !!

[@MarkBanks77]

Sounds like 'In the city' by The Who

[@tomholihan4850]

Great performance whether 'live' or 'lip-synched', but sounds an awful lot like the album version. Hit their marks if so, that's for sure.

[@johnathanclark79]

You know music videos are lip sync. Do you prefer subtitles or dub in anime?

[@tarkusmjg]

@Tamwoody65 No offence but, what language are you speaking? What you on about, what are you saying? What do you mean about my comment? if yes, than "The Jam" one of my fav bands of that musical era we're exciting and had a hard edge that Weller has lost. To me his solo music is abhorrent like P. Collins. How many Motown remakes do we really need to hear anymore???

[@pierrepucheu]

Nice Green Day song

[@TheXrink]

Same intro "Holidays in the sun" by Sex Pistols

[@dw69ful]

Anyone aggree the beginning of it and other instrumental bits of it sounds like The Sex Pistols...Holidays in the Sun.

[@mickmcgowan7756]

Yeh pistols ripped the jam off in the city came out first

[@Bigstrat2]

I wonder if Greenday has ever heard these guys ? lol