The Jam - Man in the Corner Shop Live

Puts up the closed sign does the man in the corner shop
Serves his last then he says goodbye to him
He knows it is a hard life
But its nice to be your own boss really
Walks off home does the last customer
He is jealous of the man in the corner shop
He is sick of working at the factory
Says it must be nice to be your own boss (really)
Sells cigars to the boss from the factory
He is jealous is the man in the corner shop
He is sick of struggling so hard
Says it might be nice to own a factory
Go to church do the people from the area
All shapes and classes sit and pray together
For here they are all one
For God created all men equal

[@Nofashists]

Every time I think a band is the greatest, I go back to The Jam and they beat anything.

[@tommymac1062]

They broke my heart breaking up in their prime .

[@alancarney8901]

This song makes me cry...

[@easygoingbloke]

''For God created all Men equal'' brilliant line. He came up with so many in The Jam. Probably why they're still so missed and iconic.

[@iandainton2416]

Left us wanting more, best way to go!!

[@martinmcelligott7293]

My fav jam song. lyrics superb. True weller style. Takes me back when life was simplistic.

[@originaljamtracks]

Arguably one of the very best three-piece bands ever. Such a full live sound.

[@marklynch9527]

Original Jam Tracks no argument there

[@jackdempsey9644]

One of?

[@gentillygirl545]

Yes, but I am also partial to the Buzzcocks. 💕

[@michaeloberly6129]

I don't even think it's arguable.

[@chrismartinbyrne7563]

@@michaeloberly6129 No argument here either. Still sounds bloody brilliant.

[@peterkelsey5841]

Quite simply, doesn't get much better than this. Magnificent!

[@simonmartin3433]

Bang right mate.

[@kenchiodini]

Foxton's harmonies! the best. They did so much with 3 people. They never looked bad. They never looked bad.

[@mc77ification]

They were the Best! Paul Weller is a Genius!

[@litespeedga]

Perhaps my fav band of all time...amazing sound with only three!

[@Dominic-st4gb]

Yeah but did they ever look bad?

[@user-gw8xv6qg4v]

They had a great look. Minus Bruce's Mullet.

[@billymoffat4744]

@@Dominic-st4gb never in a million years

[@corinnehansen4316]

My god Weller is a genius.

[@bungalow563]

What a great song this is

[@melaniebushby209]

I love the jam best band ever

[@garywilliams6042]

melanie bushby I agree,no one came near them

[@andywellbelove513]

This is from a bbc tv show, filmed at Sheerwater Youth Club,Woking, about 81 I think, I was there✌🏻

[@fubzacola]

OH GOD THE BEST JAM SONG MADE....

[@nickprica3127]

my grandad ran a corner shop in the 60s 70s the shop was the hub of the community and many had to get food cigs and other things on tick till pay day this song always reminds me that my grandad strived for better but at the same time he was focused on the meaning of community and playing his role in it sad that it seems to have gone these days shame

[@chrisdodson8118]

Nice anecdote, cheers.

[@gentilem]

This is one of my favorite Jam songs, but I never heard a live version. Thank you for posting.

[@DB-sh4gh]

so much part of my youth... brilliant

[@MrStevemarc]

Classic JAM song ....

[@mc77ification]

What a great Band.

[@briankennedy7404]

The great man himself. Lay back and think of England.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

My favourite song of my whole life best band in the fuckin world🎤🎤🎤🎸🎸🎸

[@MrLyonroar]

Legends

[@tonysoprano2912]

Brilliant song best band ever imo 👌

[@scottrumsbymusic]

What a song, love The Jam . What an observant commentator was with his lyrics especially during The Jam years 🇬🇧👏🏻

[@davidwilliams776]

Thank You!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@duffbaker9554]

Weller's vocals in especially top-form here.

[@johnlhorsfield6430]

killer performance, Voxxxxx, For God created all men equal......some just sing, play and dress a lot better

[@ThePadlar]

Superb. Thanks for sharing such a great performance.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Takes me back, good times, as long as you could stand up for yourself.

[@rupertberr]

I do love this song!

[@beejdailey9824]

Paul Weller so bloody cool every step of his career

[@mc77ification]

Rickenbaker at it`s best!

[@chrismorrison2805]

NO ONE EVER WROTE THESE WORDS! NO ONE. Nobody except Paul Fucking Weller. Damn mediocrity, war, intolerance, cruelty, and meanness. DAMN YOU. God Bless the Jam forever!

[@davidwilliams776]

10/10 upload thanks 🍷

[@seanevans8364]

So good! Come on Paul...back together mate. One day it will be too late. If not for you then do it for us. You know it makes sense.

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

Sean Evans - Don't hold your breath mate. It would be amazing if they did get back together though. www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/848306/The-Jam-drummer-Rick-Buckler-Paul-Weller-Bruce-Foxton-The-Jam-reunion

[@Sxm_8]

Sean Evans It’s never gonna happen

[@tightslover62]

I cannot think of anything more sad

[@iandainton2416]

Seen the jam many times, Paul stay as you are, you know whats best

[@jeffstorey5208]

This is very English music 1966, the greatest year this country ever had

[@jonathansteadman7935]

This came out in 1980

[@mod69]

The jam meant it

[@granto6738]

Yes they did

[@steely666]

For God created all men equally.

[@SergeiDraka]

It's fine song.

[@LONEEAGLE_space_rock]

Best of British

[@DavidWilliams-dj5br]

First band i ever saw live

[@elainedeans8990]

Brilliant!,

[@tracyjordan6738]

listen to beatles revolver lp all adds up

[@philruane5910]

Imagine being 16 n watching these at liverpool royal court thtree month before they split since 1977

[@thomasaubin3952]

Saw them in 83 in Boston. Wall of sound!

[@mrbroadwaymodfather6828]

love to know what you think off them my brother was in that year we no longer talk life .

[@murraypassarieu9115]

They broke up in 82

[@thomasaubin3952]

Sorry Murray. It was at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on May 20, 1982, not 83. Thanks for the correction.

[@murraypassarieu9115]

Figured that's what you meant! You're lucky you got to see them, no matter the year!

[@thomasaubin3952]

www.mixcloud.com/theenthusiast/the-jam-live-in-boston-may-1982/ Above is a link to the soundtrack for that show. Enjoy!

[@alanarmer8069]

👍👍🎸🎸👍👍

[@SIRDKA]

What a band. As British as f**k.

[@anthonykerr311]

Sweet son sweet

[@siandoriancook6733]

fucking awsome this man is god .....

[@TheGeniegenius]

I love you like I love my kids. please do NOT reform tho cuz it could well ruin my life

[@Sxm_8]

stoke bloke Believe me he even said his kids would have to be starving before he would even consider it

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

@stoke bloke.why wouldn't you want the best band that ever existed to reform?

[@iandainton2416]

Let's live with the memories, forget tomorrow,

[@michaelplatter3281]

THE JAM are soooooo very british.

[@jonbecker4650]

And rightly so. They were brilliant because they were who they were.

[@philruane5575]

English poetry.

[@Archi-Bald]

People can point out musicians who “technically” are better than these 3, and there are much better singers than Weller that have been around but when this band played together there was an energy and passion that resonated with me as a kid. I liked other bands that tapped in to the anger of the young at the time but nobody was consistently pairing the energetic music with such socially aware lyrics like these were. By the time All Mod Cons came out these were already the best band in the world to me and they still are now. Lyrically, Weller is a genius, there’s been nobody like him for me, as a kid I thought the jam was fighting my battles for me, they hated and loved the same things I did, and now as I hurtle towards my 60’s and I put on my Jam LP’s I still think the same.

[@Lyndanet]

💞

[@leighbennett1961]

Shame Paul Weller had to kill the Jam. Could of took a break, and done his Style Council project, or incorporated those elements into the Jam. Their sound was evolving anyway so it could of worked with Rick and Bruce.

[@thefalsenumber9739]

But Rick Buckler hated the new musical direction …

[@philruane5910]

Two guitars n drums

[@melaniebushby209]

I really fancy Paul back then he was cute

[@Edward1312]

Like Weller's floppy hairstyle here.

[@lifespundit2767]

The red wall...

[@johangoddijn2679]

I have loved the Jam since I was 14 years old and this is one of the three best songs. But I can not understand Style Council nor Paul Wellers solo stuff. It really hurt my feelings for music.

[@litespeedga]

Agreed! I was lucky to see the jam May of 1981 in NYC...the jam material was his best! Style Council was over produced stuff.His solo stuff was better but not the level of the Jam!

[@VanessaPereira-nt3ih]

esta música é d+ cara! :D

[@granto6738]

16 people Dont like this ? Strange

[@jeanlucacquaviva6228]

ROCK IS ENGLAND CALCIO E POLITICA é italia con tutti i nostri ricordi 1977 1983

[@johndotcue]

How the fuck do guitarists like Weller sound like 2 guitarist in live shows lmao, is there a hidden guitarist behind him?

[@botonazul]

El Papu de los papus ♥

[@semolinapilchard9768]

oi oi

[@antifolkhero]

Great footage, but the fact that the sound is like a half second behind the footage drives me crazy.

[@petere7197]

Yeah. I think it is the actual track off Sound Affects that is overdubbed over live footage. Doesn't even have the sound of a live recording. It is a great song though!

[@neilwebster9410]

Loved the Jam but it was a time and a place gotta let it go

[@petere7197]

Great song! One of my Desert Island Discs. But this clip is just live video with overdubs added from the studio tapes, oder? Seems a bit of a con?

[@1KJO]

Did you ever see the Jam live? Have you ever seen Weller live? He is serious, was always serious, is real, and always was. No mod cons. . . .

[@petere7197]

@@1KJO My bad! I seem to have posted a comment on the wrong page. Actually, I had seen a 'rare' The Jam live video where the song appeared to have been overdubbed over the footage. My comment doesn't apply to this footage. Sorry!

[@Prince66Mia]

Who are the two that voted down?......Tories no doubt

[@richard9444]

Thatcher was brought up in a corner shop

[@billyseymour8218]

glen prince you don’t have to be a Labourite to love The Jam

[@alanallen8611]

Idiot

[@Prince66Mia]

@@alanallen8611 spanner

[@alanallen8611]

glen prince @ Thanks I prove my point. Only a tool does what you do

[@luluchuk120]

Ggg

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Why can't he write a good melody any more...?

[@callum9679]

love the energy and riffs of the jam but the communistic lyrics are too much sometimes

[@OthelloNGa]

They aren't communistic. They actually describe "the American dream". And there is too much God talk to be Communistic. Sounds like a typical working class song. They should have bigger over here that's for sure.

[@ChainNonSmoker]

It's just seeing world from workers everyday point of view. It's not communism It's reality, being a bit jealous to rich owners. But not many of them are that rich anyway.

[@Prellium]

It's more Socialism than Communism. Two different things.

[@dpk9993]

The song is about class jealousy. In the end, it doesn't matter because everyone is sick of "struggling so hard". Weller is neither the man in the corner shop or the factory worker and has an outside of view and is entitled to write this song which is a commentary about class jealousy. At the end of the week, everyone goes to church and prays to the same God and puts up with their own struggles. No one is any better off than anyone else is what Weller is saying. This song resonates alot with today's workers. Would you rather work for a large corporate entity or would you rather be an entrepreneur and be your own boss, really?

[@ThePadlar]

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