The Jam: Punk Icons | Full Documentary | John Robb | Pat Gilbert | Gary Mulholland

[@oreally8605]

13 year old Black kid on the south side of Chicago, listening to "BBC Rock hour" on the radio. Heard fresh the 1979 The Jam live at the Rainbow theater. "Alright you come to the last night at the Rainbow, let's make it a good one - for the Jam!!!!!" Screams John Weller. Musical inspiration for a lifetime. That kid is 56 now. He still is inspired. Yeah, The Police, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, The Specials, he dug them all, but the greatest band in the 70's to him? The Jam.

[@robertbeck1922]

We pretty much liked the Same bands here in L.A. early reggae police Marley Steel Pulse..Selecter we did the Reggae/Ska thing 15 years before most kids even heard of Bob Marley

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

0Really .... never judge a jam fan by the cover.😆

[@stevenkarras3490]

James Porter?!

[@guenther1]

20 year old blue collar white kid in Minneapolis in 1977. Drinking and drugging in punk clubs to numb the fear and pain of my life at the time. No direction known. An accidental mis-delivery of half dozen vinyl LPs arrived intended for my neighbor who had sent them home from his trip to europe. I kept them! I had no concious at the time. The Who, Clash, The Jam (In the City) and a few other gems. I was drawn into The Jam's music and lyrics. Lying on the floor at nights in my parents living room with headphones on reading the lyrics from the record sleeves until they were memorized. Something clicked. I purchased every Jam LP from that point forward. Recording them to cassette tape so I could listen in my car. The Jam has been a consistant soundtrack in my life. I eventually got myself into school, found a good career in science and now happily retired... and still listening. Thank you Paul, Bruce and Rick. And to my neighbor, sorry.

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

So returning them even belatedly was never an option for you? Or how about buying fresh copies of them with your great job and gifting them to your neighbor?

[@kevinmilligan317]

The Jam meant everything to us in the early 80s.

[@guitarman11000]

I saw The Jam in Oakland, California in the late 70's and they absolutely ripped my head off! At age 63, I am still a fan and listen to their music regularly.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Really in Oakland? Were they opening up for B.O.C ?

[@dirthgr]

@@JoeyArmstrong2800 I was there too...they were opening and closing for the JAM. It was a 4,000 person hall--Kaiser Convention Center...just a box They were all about being a part of the lineage of great English bands. But the Clash played at a theatre (Warfield?) in the city, SF...posher venue, a bigger draw in the states.

[@SimonRussell-ef3gv]

I saw them at Soho Market (by chance - was wandering around London)...before they made it

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

¡ Right On !

[@stringlarson1247]

About once a year I binge on them. Some tunes I can listen to over and over for days. Still think about the 1 time I saw them in Chicago just before they chucked it in. One of the very best shows ever.

[@JasonEwing-x1q]

Obsessed as a teenager in Scotland and always will be❤❤❤53 now and still a fan.

[@MarcelAspenite]

Use to save up my pocket money and get the bus into town (Dublin), buy their albums, race home on the bus and play them on my little record player in my bedroom for hours. Greatest three piece band of my generation! The Jam showed that you didn’t have to have ripped jeans and pins through your nose to captivate the youth movement 💪🏾

[@boxingjerapah]

The soundtrack of my youth. I never realised how lucky I was. They were untouchable and they split at exactly the right time.

[@zannigan222]

The bitterest pill is one of the best songs ever written. Rips your heart out, but never want to stop listening

[@CB-xr1eg]

Was that song even mentioned in this documentary? I don't recall hearing them mention it.

[@hughhull2646]

Always wondered what the inspiration for that song was ?

[@stringlarson1247]

Butterfly Collector and Riverbank as well

[@zannigan222]

Gets me EVERY time😢

[@emmaarmstong9763]

It's the Style council, not the Jam.

[@stephennoone3545]

In my opinion one of the best and biggest uk bands ever. A band for everyone. Long live The Jam 👍

[@SM-ri2df]

I SAW THEM IN 78 AT WINTERLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO, THEY OPENED FOR THE PATTI SMITH GROUP , WHAT A SHOW I WAS 18.

[@ChrisW444]

From start to finish they were just brilliant. Great musicians, great lyrics and great energy. All wrapped up into 5 solid years and in retrospect Weller was right to move on, hard as it was at the time for people, obvioulsy for Bruce and Rick. Loved the Style Council and Weller solo, in fact his last few solo albums could be classed as his best ones of all time.

[@treborif]

I was playing bass in a 'punk' band in sydney, 1980 and the jam and the stranglers were my boys - proper musicians, excellent lyrics, fast and hard - now I'm old with swollen feet and arthritis and these lads are still on my turntable . . . and I'm still playing bass in a 'punk' band . .

[@waynesilverman3048]

Do u add chrous effect to your sound ,can imagine you play fender which is perfect I think for punk bass ,not just over Sid v trying to play it.

[@treborif]

@@waynesilverman3048 yes to chorus, fender bass and a love of hard and fast music ...

[@alberttoiletbrush871]

@@treborif neither The Jam nor Stranglers were punk bands and punk had died by 1980. The whole point of it sailed over your head. It had nothing to do with musicianship. It was about expressing anger after being sexually abused, failed by an education system and born into poverty

[@satansalley6526]

How embarrassing for you😉

[@simonchaddock3694]

Golden brown

[@filipporimondi7857]

The Jam composed and performed the soundtrack of my life. The Jam are the reason I started playing. The Jam are why I didn't get lost in my teenage years. The Jam are an inseparable part of my life..

[@CB-xr1eg]

Can you say The Jam?🤔

[@Cal-ge8vl]

THE JAM!!@@CB-xr1eg

[@Mike-ir9fx]

I actually grew up in London at the time and saw the jam many times and believe you me they mass appealed to most young works class people at the time! Especially the new mods and lots of young punks including me and all my punk mates. A truly great band❤️💯

[@cycologist7069]

They crossed lines for sure.

[@bugmanuk]

I got into them in 1998 in High School. I idolised them Immediately and still do. You never fall out of love with them.

[@lucasroche8639]

George Harrison said that Start was the best version of Taxman he'd ever heard. Great quote.

[@gpwnedable]

And I said that My Sweet Lord was the best version of He's So Fine that I ever heard.

[@tobypaterson4174]

The Modfather. What a talent- seen him live in Melbourne and he is the coolest artist I have ever seen. Loved him since the Jam early in the late 70s. 🫶Respect.

[@DazzleMonroe]

Steve Marriott wasn't in The Jam. 🤭

[@ritadamayanti2087]

Never cared too much what the critics say about bands of punk/mod/oi! /ska. I never had a problem with bands growing sounds. To me I enjoy the progressive progress of their music. Every song has it's gift of the listeners. And when you love your music you'll find yourself going back to those albums of yesteryear and find the relevance of what may be going on at that time of your life. So thank you to all the bands I grow up with and still growing. God Bless.

[@jeffreyg4626]

I'm in my 50's and there are many albums/CD's that I've outgrown and don't listen to much anymore. But I still love The Jam. Thank You Jam for existing. They made music I could love growing up in the States when I was 19. I didn't relate to the Journey, Micheal Jackson, REO, or Loverboy scene.

[@deanmatthews]

As a 16 year old kid I felt crushed when Weller split up what I thought was the best band in the world. I’m lucky I got to see them live. Still my favourite band ever and love seeing From The Jam playing live bringing back all those brilliant songs and memories of youth.

[@althepalno1164]

I saw them twice, the first time was at the cinema in Yarmouth (Norfolk, UK) before they became too popular for such a venue - and the second time at Wembley Arena right at the end. At that time I was a brickies labourer, and the formen on the site had me 'looking after' (keeping supplied with muck and bricks) a gang on about 5 or 6 apprentices who were of course all mid - late teens and I was mid - late 20's. We all got on really well, I think they thought of me as some kind of uncle - anyway they asked me to come to see the Jam at Wembley with them, and it was fantastic. The entire audience knew every word of every song and spent the whole concert on their feet singing along and waving their arms! I have never seen anything like it since. Cheers!

[@Cal-ge8vl]

Oasis had a similar effect, people just loved them, knew ever word etc. Now The Jam is a bigger deal and more influential, but it shows good songs and energy never die.@@althepalno1164

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

I cultivated a cool Skinhead image from late 1978. First became aware of the Jam when my brother bought "Down in the Tube station at midnight" . I became a big fan. Saw them in Concert in Newcastle in 1980. Absolutely brilliant. They had some great rock tunes, and some brilliant ballads, like "English Rose". Great days. I was gutted when Wellar broke the band up. I still wear the gear, and love to hear the old Jam hits.

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

@Stanly Stud Rather come from Newcastle then your backward little dead end town full of inbred dole wallers.

[@AMan-zt8tz]

Growing up in Dublin in the late 70s was very similar to growing up in England. Same music, same football teams. I'm 57 now and still adore them.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

The Jam, The Style Council, Paul Weller solo... For those of us who love it all, and are grateful Weller has stayed true to his music . . . and especially those who have been fortunate enough to be there for the entirety. Wow, what a journey. 'Well, let the boys all sing and let the boys all shout for tomorrow'

[@TenableVegan]

Weller peaked by the age of 21.. Style council sucked, Weller solo sucks. Eton Riffles never gets old.

[@philbutcher6959]

@@TenableVegan Aye. A great shame that he shifted to leftist politics and didn't continue with that traditionalist strain that Ray Davies had, too - Englishness was the path he should have stayed on. He wrote good music on his own, but the lyrics are lost in some vague bohemian nothing. The problem with the shift leftwards and beatnik is that any true foundation goes with it. There was so much in English culture for him to explore - maybe the new generation that casts off all this automation and left puritanism will find their way home.

[@garymilburn666]

@@philbutcher6959 you obviously didnt listen to the jam prop,they were left.never succombed to the racist english only model

[@philbutcher6959]

@@garymilburn666 Thanks for the advice.

[@usgradeabeef2782]

Weller lost me when he formed the swishy Style Council.

[@paulbillerey1594]

Thanks for posting this video documentary about the Jam my brother Alex introduced me to the Jam back in the late 1977. Me and my brothers Phil and Alex saw the Jam several times right too 1982. The best times were at the Rainbow in London 1979-80. One of best British Bands live. Nice One from Crystal Palace South London.

[@richardmansi9514]

The Jam, The Style Council, Paul Weller . For those of us who love it and are grateful Weller has stayed true to his music . . . and especially those who have been fortunate enough to be there for the entire journey. Gutted I never saw the Jam live but saw the SC many times, into tomorrow Paul

[@newforestpixie5297]

The Jam were Mod icons . The first photo of them I ever saw featured them all in black suits wearing those rectangle dark glasses - in front of some very old tall Black car. Extremely cool First time I heard them was Portsmouths Radio Victory playing In the City 🏴❤️🐢ps Row down near Slough 😁

[@jackthelad5366]

You came a bit late then pal deffo on the punk/new wave scene at the beginning, oh and that well known mod joe stummer😂 gave paul encouragement and advice on song writing

[@anthonymarchese526]

Big fan since 77!

[@NorthernCitrusParrot]

Their music was always punk in its delivery. Particularly live.

[@spm36]

@jack the lad still doesn't make em punk..association means nothing

[@jackthelad5366]

@@spm36 🥱

[@desert.mantis]

I Will always remember the first time I heard them perform a new song called Butterfly Collector...It turned out to be one of my fave Jam songs...I saw the Jam four times in the US...they were by far my fave band of the late 70s-early 80s!

[@TheStream]

So cool!

[@stringlarson1247]

Can just put that on repeat and fix any shite dau

[@mourad2229]

The Jam were simply an amazing English band. They were a blend of Punk, Mod Rock N Roll. Paul, Bruce & Rick took their influences of The Who, The Kinks, The Small Faces & contemporary Punk Rock made magic of their own. The Jam wrote about youthful angst, contempt of government malice, working class strife, threat of nuclear annihilation & trying to find love thru all of it. Paul Weller is such a thoughtful & meaningful writer. He had this urgency of living, breathing hope thru action. Bruce & Rick are a phenomenal rythem section. The Jam is important in the lexicon of Rock N Roll whether Mod or Punk!

[@ac9110]

They were incredible live. Super powerful for a 3 piece. Gorgeously constructed songs.

[@DavidHollandTheResultsGuy]

Life From a Window got me through back then - they never put a foot wrong - the anthem of our teens...

[@a_spiritual_revolution]

The biggest band of the time in my time. For three or four albums I was at our local record shop to buy it on the day of release. This was the kind of thing Jam fans did! I was only 18 when they broke up, but had seen them twice live, and then went to their final ever gig at The Brighton Centre. At the end, when Buckler throws his drumsticks into the crowd, one came flying towards where I was standing. I and several others jumped up to catch it, and I did, got my hand on it. But so did at least one other, and it slipped from my grasp. We all dived down to the ground, and there it was on the ground right next to me! I went to grab it, convinced it was mine, but my hand grasped at thin air and an empty space! Very close indeed! Previous to the gig I had queued up for ages to get the allotted maximum four tickets, five quid each. I kept two for me and my mate, and sold the other two on the night before the gig. I felt like a right bastard selling them at 20 quid each (money was tight, so this was an earner for me), but one lad snapped them off me sharpish. I know people were selling for 50 quid or more. Once inside, and at the big bar before the gig, a lad comes up to me thanking me profusely and bought me a beer. It turned out to be the chap I had sold the two tickets too. He probably still remembers me! It made me feel much better about my black market thievery! The gig was tremendous, and they really put a top performance on to bow out with. Needless to say, we were all gutted when the Mirror broke the news that The Jam were disbanding. Great to watch this documentary film.

[@roboi2241]

Weller's intellect and perception at such a young age around 1979/80 was astounding. He was about 20 at the time but his commentary on society and disdain for the general apathy inherent in British society touched a nerve in a way the Clash, Sham 69 etc for all their politicking, pontificating and grandiose appeals to mass identikit youth never could. Weller at that time seemed to be communicating directly to the young individual's core being rather than some preachy abstract idea of youth rebellion or political awareness. For me from 'Strange Town' to 'Start' was his peak, I think his creativity in that period was the peak of that era of the bands who emerged from 1976 and proper appreciation was probably undermined by the backward-looking emphasis on the mod revival association at that time.

[@mickydroyboy1542]

Great comments ,I still listen to setting sons regularly it’s social commentary is astounding considering wellers age .I don’t think he’s written anything better since ,one of my favourite albums of all time (apart from heatwave being shoe horned on it )a brilliant band from a great era in British music

[@ridgebackdk]

bought my first single as a 6 year old in 1977 .in the city which i still have ...had zero clue what the lyrics were about , that only came much later in life ... still a fan to this day ... nobody had the same energy . also realised how much bruce was to the jam ... good music is good music ... as much as i love other bands and other artists over the years .. for me nobody could give me that whatever it is they do ... not even weller in the other styles he went through ... they were unique with their own sound that never been captured since ..

[@Nortongroove]

Lived in a small Mississippi town mid 80’s. People were still spinning vinyl, I had a local DJ play ‘Transglobal Express’ at the only dance club in town. Made a flying leap up to the dance floor, all to myself, and just totally rocked out. That song remains relevant to today as well as being my favorite from the Jam.

[@racingspoon]

Trans-Global Express and Dream Time probably my two favourite Jam tracks. Don’t think I’ve ever met a Jam who feels likewise mind.

[@miker4926]

Always been a great Jam fan, right from my teens in the late seventies. Would never put the Jam in the 'Punk ' category though. Yes they became popular roughly the same time the punk era took off and there may have been a bit of overlap, but they had their own unique sound which was often referred to as mod revival at the time and still is.

[@johntardibuono625]

I love the Jam, Style Council and Weller solo, one of musics greatest songwriters and voices. A great band went out on top, so did the Police.

[@dedradelreyez158]

Love The Jam and Style Council but Weller Solo is hopeless, same level as Bowie's Tin Machine shite

[@jameswarhol442]

The Police sucked. Wire is perhaps the best band from that era and they're still cranking out good shit.

[@johntardibuono625]

@@jameswarhol442 Wire were a one album band, riding the PUNK wagon til the wheels came off, the Police did not suck. Pink Flag is an important work, inspired a bunch of 90's bands, but the musical talent , and song writing cannot hold a candle to the work the Police did in the 80's while Wired were disbanded.

[@jaguaron007]

Tsc made one album that is it’s in my top 10 from all my music taste “Confessions Of A Pop Group” great piano,great singers,great bass,great songs,great Art. I luv it!

[@johntardibuono625]

@@jaguaron007 I like "Confessions", but still feel "Internationalnists" is the strongest album. Every album has a gem or two, but the live Home and Abroad holds a special place for me since it was my first.

[@joysboy6588]

The Jam = the backdrop for the early Thacher years & for "Thacher's Kids", which I am one of. A truly great band that will forever be stuck in that moment of time. While she burns in hell, that band is forever in my/our heart & soul🇬🇧

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

My favourite English musician, love from a Scot. PM you are the master & you are loved. ♥

[@Aidan.G]

Bruce Foxton.. What a talent!! Incredible bass player!! Still kicking out these great tunes with his band 'From the jam' 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@Granby64]

Agreed, see them a few years ago and they were brilliant

[@Aaron.308]

He played with Stiff Little Fingers for 10 years or more after he left The Jam. Pretty good but he wasn’t Ali McMordie.

[@mbrady2329]

Bruce Foxton was one of the players who inspired me to take up the bass; the other was Jean-Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers.

[@dedradelreyez158]

If he was actually a great talent he wouldn't be in a band called From The Jam would he now?

[@mbrady2329]

@@dedradelreyez158 rubbish! His talent lies with his bass playing, rather than his songwriting.

[@galahad6001]

I grew up in the UK and emigrated Australia in 1980 at 16 the Jam where and always will be the sound of my generation.. and I just saw Wella at Sydney Opera house age 58 what a awesome..life 😅

[@johnjonesToffeeman]

As a teen in the 70s I was in a dreamworld listening to Tavares,BeeGees and motown..i hated it and didnt know what people were liking.I even tried Black Sabath,Billy Joel,Eagles,10cc but something was missing then WHAM the Jam arrived and I knew this is what I was waiting for then The amazing Stranglers.Thanks Paul

[@leokimvideo]

The Jam had their greatest songs right up the end of their time. Beat Surrender was such a good song

[@burninggiraffe6615]

They started off as a punk band though

[@onlyme219]

Totally agree, but in no way were they a punk band as far as sound

[@davidrussell9679]

​@burninggiraffe6615 😅😅and 🍒 is 😅an 65jm😊of 2 😅

[@davidrussell9679]

​@@onlyme219I will

[@thegoat11111]

@@onlyme219 The Jam were mods.

[@dvhughesdesign]

One of my favorite bands ever. Such a gritty, tight trio. But if you are in a dynamic power/punk/pop trio and suddenly a horn section and the dedicated, stereotypical exotic backing vocal section appears on your stage....... it's time to start making other plans.

[@DB-sh4gh]

"You're fearless and brave, you can't be stopped when you're young You swear you're never ever gonna work for someone".....oh to be 15 again.......

[@markmeade2937]

I was 10 years old when I brought there first album, never looked back since . Sadly never saw them live , my one regret, but saw From The Jam last year and it was like being a kid again ….. The Jam forever……

[@neilo2323]

The singer from From The Jam was a couple of years above me at school. That’s my claim to fame 😂

[@markmeade2937]

@@neilo2323 Don’t knock it matey 🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶👍

[@neilo2323]

@@markmeade2937 Not knocking anything. I love The Jam and good luck to Russel (even though I think he left the band).

[@markmeade2937]

@@neilo2323 I’m not sure what is happening with From The Jam , I hope Russel hasn’t left because he sounds so like Paul Weller . They where absolutely on top form at the 02 at Indigo on Dec 2021, had the time of my life . Honestly I felt like a school kid again .

[@simonprodhan5050]

great overview of a great band, as ever john robb makes some very sharp insights, the jam were just a great rock n roll band, some people obsess about categories etc but when all is said and done its just rock n roll, presley, vincent, the who, zeppelin, thin lizzy, the feelgoods, slade, the pistols, clash, the jam, all part of a great continuum, as an old punk i can certainly vouch for the jam's presence and importance in that early punk scene, all my old punk fanzines are full of them, excellent stuff

[@michaelcorkery3853]

It's news to me that The Jam were "punk" icons - Mod icons if anything, at least in their early days. Paul Weller said that "My Generation" by The Who was a great influence on him.

[@OldWolflad]

Well you need to wake up - they were part of the punk/new wave scene who happened to dress smart. The mod/ska thing came later.

[@newforestpixie5297]

I’m surprised they don’t mention his being influenced by Steve Marriott. When Paul was on Desert Island Discs about 15 years ago he was stuck on which of his 10 choices he could keep ( for the desert island) as he had tied Marriott with Nick Drake ( whom he said he’d only discovered in the later 80s ) as his favourites. She made him choose and he went with Steve Marriott . 👍ps Weller being the smart dresser vs Nick Drakes’ stoner / folkie /ramshackle appearance must’ve helped towards Paul’s’ final decision

[@michaelcorkery3853]

@@OldWolflad Wouldn't say they were part of the ska revival either

[@pauldoidge9300]

@@newforestpixie5297 Thought the same with regards to Marriot, town called malice vid is a carbon copy of Marriot, i have a photo somewhere of Marriot dressed exactly the same including the hair cut.

[@garylovell6017]

@@OldWolflad Wrong the Jam were absolutely fuck all to do with Punk.

[@tracywilliamson4275]

As hard as it was to get The Jam's albums in the USA, I found them . Still have them. Love Paul Weller!

[@cycologist7069]

Interesting. Late 70s I never had any problems finding their albums. Guess it depended on where in the USA.

[@williamhanna6568]

We are the Mods ,what a time to be,what a look ,what a sound ,still remember standing with hundreds of mods at Belfast city hall every Saturday then running round the town ,then on the bank holidays in Bangor “ millions like us “ 👍🏻😀

[@andy8862]

Love to see music journalism actually floundering with this band

[@paulthomas3374]

First released in 2006 this potted history of the jam has stood the test of time well. There are a few errors in the dates but those can be forgiven. Worth watching if all you know about the jam is Town Called Malice ! I was lucky to see that jam 10 times between 1979 and 1982 and I can honestly say they were “the best band in the f*cking world” I ever saw !

[@Nyquest]

Is this one of those review DVD releases Chrome Dreams used to put out? I've seen About The Young Idea the official one with all 3 members, each to their own but not sure why you'd spend any time watching these featuring people who weren't actually involved.

[@dingushussey4100]

There are some whopper errors haha, such as Wild Wood being his first solo release, suppose that the kind of mistake you would expect from a bunch of old etonians hahaha.

[@rossturnbull8047]

well said Paul, thought I was the only Jam 'train spotter'!!

[@paulthomas3374]

@@rossturnbull8047 pass me my anorak!🤓

[@pjr5913]

Better than The Fall?

[@danielmartin7505]

Clash, Jam, Pogues--the trinity of British music for a bit. Glorious time!

[@johnthomas736]

One of my favorite bands🇬🇧 🌈 of all time📻 🎶 🌹 From the 🇺🇸

[@johneeeemarry34]

One of my least favourite use of emojis.

[@johnthomas736]

🤔

[@issyjas3309]

The Jam were as influential as the Specials, was a great period for music that spoke to disaffected youth.

[@pedromogga6928]

Err ... i think you will find that The Jam were like 100 times more influential than The Specials mate.

[@sigalfamily4771]

I'd always heard the Jam were "punks," but when I finally got hold of their records in 83 or so, it was really updated early Who/Kinks etc, as the documentary makes clear. That was fabulous music! But the Jam had a punk spirit for sure.

[@donnablackman3954]

Thanks for this ❤️ love the jam and style council ❤️ 80s were flowing with so much talent ♥️

[@chrisberryk3111]

I saw them 3 times and I was blown away each time. Rick Buckler taught me how to play the drums. He doesn’t know it of course. But cheers Rick 👍😉😄

[@TheStream]

So cool. Rock on!

[@TheSilvercue]

Great documentary…brought back lots of memories.

[@TheStream]

Thanks for watching!

[@bustertheboxer1343]

To fans of The Jam, Modern World ranks alongside their other LP's. Some brilliant songs on it and it was a time of progression.

[@freddiesmith7821]

They were a brilliant band! Call it what you want

[@horuslupercal9936]

One of the first UK punk bands I got into as a 14 year old American.

[@bestbass42]

They have never-ever been a Punk band.

[@djtrendsetta5766]

The entire unit was razor sharp but watching those live clips I really get a feel for the outright _symbiotic_ musical relationship between Weller and Foxton. Glad to hear they're mates again.

[@EM-yk1dw]

Paul Weller is a very gifted musician and was before his time. The songs he wrote 40 years ago are still prevalent today.

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

Not only prevalent... but relevant!

[@PaulanthonyBridge-kt4eg]

"That's entertainment" is brilliant.

[@taz205t16]

First band I saw live, Funeral Pyre tour if I remember right. Have an elder brother who got me into them and took me to a gig. The music of my youth, will always be As Thick as Thieves

[@MrSaltford]

The jam, was the bridge music need at that time, young people could walk over the bridge without fear of being labelled a Punk or Mod but was just THE JAM fans

[@princegroove]

The most stylish, authentic, and intelligent English band by far. I’ve been a dedicated fan since my childhood in the 80’s. 👍🏼

[@richardmansi9514]

1977 TOTP 12 years old amazing hearing in the city and my Jam time began

[@DonC70]

Superb docu, being born in 70 I grew up a Jam fiend and have stayed that way. Always thought Funeral Pyre was the end of them as that was Weller burning them up! Great times, style council took all of two tracks to inevitably get into!

[@bobmiller7502]

i remember thinking that J Robb was a knob back in the day, glad to see i am still right, the jam are just something special, blessed to be around in those times of angry change, all the light was on paul, bruce never got the credit he deserved i recon, a brilliant time to be a teen, a unique moment in time

[@ThePkb22]

I was at that final concert in Brighton, where I still live. It was one of those moments that always stays with you.

[@TheStream]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Crypto-Jas]

I saw them on the Funeral Pyre tour must have been about 1980-81 at the Portsmouth Guildhall…… I was absolutely mesmerised, after the gig they set up a long table and met the fans which stayed behind and signed my ticket. I wish I still had it ! I’m 58 now and still love to play Setting Sons, All Mod Cons etc and know almost all of the words and sing along and air guitar ……… I wish I could thank them personally for all the joy they brought into my life for so many years …….❤️

[@aisle_of_view]

Running on the Spot, Carnation, Beat Surrender, Private Hell, so many great songs.

[@franklampard6316]

The Jam were a very good band in the recording studio, but much like Bruce Springsteen, they were so much more when performing live. I still remember seeing them live at the Rainbow in London and they were simply the best live band of that era.

[@TheStream]

So cool!

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

They were an excellent band but they were no way the best live band around at the time lol.

[@carpediemus]

Weller and Foxtons tight vocal harmonies were fantastic

[@Cringyvideos_21234]

I made the mistake of going to see a new band in Hammond, Indiana. This was a very old school rock band crowd and many were drunk. The Jam opened and didn’t get through a song before someone started throwing bottles. The booing from the moment they started playing was intense. They left the stage. All but one of the other four bands scheduled dropped out. We had to wait another 2.5 hours to see the other band.

[@garse70]

Sound Affects 🙌

[@markjamesmeli2520]

SCREW THE CLASH!! THIS is the Jam. RIP Brother Scott (1958-2022) for turning me on to these guys!!

[@dluap569161]

Loved both the Jam and the Clash at the time and still do, although it's not the popular thing to do. They were both great bands and Paul Weller and Joe Strummer are among the best lyricists ever. Despite all the fake bravado at the time, they (Weller, Strummer, Jones etc.) actually had a lot of mutual respect.

[@predragcumic1149]

Somehow I missed them. I listened Police, Clash and others but not them. Style Council is one od my favourite bands. Now I am 54 and discovering The Jam. Thank you for this document

[@Quolion668]

Paul’s dad was a mate of Rick Parfitt’s dad so Rick helped The Jam a lot in the beginning and Paul’s very first live gig was Status Quo in the early 70’s

[@georgerichardson7728]

Saw the Jam 1981 in Glasgow, I have the tinnitus to prove it

[@combolife]

I never got to see The Jam live, but a few years ago I saw ‘From The Jam’ in Hong Kong, with Bruce (I read, that Rick has joined then recently). They were superb. The Jam will never reform, so this this the next best thing.

[@marineboy1964]

This was my band as a kid The first time I seen them live was 1978 when my punk sister took me to the odeon new street Birmingham for my 14th birthday present ,I still have the stub and the place was full of mods , and I am still a mod today , I have seen the jam quite a few times after that up until the last time was Bingley hall Birmingham on there last tour date 1982 and I openly admit I cried my eyes out , I was gutted we couldn't get tickets for Brighton which I think was there last one off concert after Bingley,,great day's and a couple of my favourite tunes are ,life from a window and butterfly collector

[@squirrel7t7]

Paul Weller is the modfather. Mods and Punks were completely different species

[@monham5041]

The Jam were a band not only because their leader, but because of the talents of all three members. I remember being dissapointed when they split up. Weller ditched his school mates. No wonder they don't talk to him.

[@spookybaba]

The record company : If you want to go any further, Paul, you'll have to ditch your mates. Weller : Ok, I'll sort it.

[@markclitheroe900]

​@@spookybaba I dont think that's how it happened

[@kevmac1230]

I used to carry a boom box blasting the Jam back in their hey day.Nobody knew who they were and they'd ask what I was listening to.The U.S. missed out on a great band.

[@davismirza3645]

One of the greatest songs ever written by a Brit mod-punk band - maybe 2024 they'll be inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame to reunite to play Town Called Malice: Better stop dreaming of the quiet life 'Cause it's the one we'll never know And quit running for that runaway bus 'Cause those rosy days are few And stop apologizing 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 The ghost of a steam train echoes down my track It's at the moment bound for nowhere just going round and round Playground kids and creaking swings Lost laughter in the breeze Could go on for hours and I probably will But I'd sooner put some joy back in this town called Malice, yeah ooh In this town called Malice, yeah In this town called Malice, ooh yeah

[@robertcassells9094]

Loved The Jam from the 1st time I heard them in 77, as did a lot of my friends and we were mostly punks. Even at the gigs that I went to in Scotland 1/3 audience were Punks the other 1/3 Mods and the rest were just normal guys who liked the band for what they were. Lots of people on here getting there knickers in a twist about them only being a Mod band , which is not true to lots of other people. One of the gigs I went to at the Caird Hall in Dundee, at the end of every song . The mods in the crowd, who as most likely just been to see Quadrophenia at the pictures, were shouting "we are the mods, we are the mods" after every song. Which was pissing Weller off big time. So In his very own words he shouted from the stage, " We Are Not a Mod Band " then smashed straight in to When You’re Young. What I got from that was he was not interested in all the tribal nonsense and being put in a box and for everyone to like what you like and be your own person.

[@bongofury333]

This bad MADE my teenage years thru my 20's. My soundtrack. Makes me smile even though my life is shit now.

[@Ftc.6]

Older brother had their records. Dig the New Breed is a smoking live album

[@punkpanther6310]

The Jam were not Punk Icons, they were Mods

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

That's obvious 😂😂

[@oliverpearson1577]

@@batch6792 It's not punk either. They never described themselves as punks, it seems to be a growing myth that they were.

[@dashmagic6211]

Took the words out of my mouth 😊

[@TheSilvercue]

Thir first album, there is not much MOD about it. You can wear what clothes you want. In The City is a basically a punk album. They changed, but if anyone thinks they sounds like classic MOD bands at that point they simply don’t understand music.

[@kellyfehr3719]

​@@TheSilvercuesex pistols used that progression on at least three songs. Holiday in the sun for example.

[@vv247]

Pauls solo career was some of the best music he ever did. He found himself. Great documentary, I still have all the vinyl from the first album through his solo career. I was 14 in 1977

[@vv247]

@@coolnamebro I see what you're saying and mostly agree. I think Wildwood was as good as anything he did in The Jam though, TSC had some great stuff too like my ever changing moods. He saw the end of The Jam for a reason though and needed to grow. I'll always be a massive Jam fan though, those records were incredible.

[@paulmaher2392]

My favourite band growing up, kids today have idea what real music is full stop.

[@lorrainebennett7528]

Loved Bruce Foxton's bass, amazing!

[@ivans8543]

"Down In The Tube Station" most nostalgic for me. Many many great songs though 😊

[@geoffpoole483]

Someone tell John Robb that it's possible to be working class and live in the suburbs.

[@davidmiller6504]

I am old enough to have caught the band live when they started getting noticed. Intoxicated by bands such as The Clash and Pistols at the time, The Jam, to me, always had an aura of integrity over the aforementioned contrived rock n roll revivalists. Weller's song writing not too shoddy either. I hate mod culture- I'm a biker rocker but I love The Jam to this day.

[@darylcumming7119]

A band of their time.

[@DrewDavid]

16 yr old Canadian, living' in T.O., 1980, discovering this band.... totally understand why America might not have gotten them.

[@WyeExplorer]

I was into rock back then but I remember two mates Colin and Dale always in the back of class playing jam on their walkman one headphone each. I enjoyed there music mind you and it still stands the test of time and brings theme memories of the Jam in school. Yeah, they made it into the classroom to.

[@tonykichenside8443]

One thing to say about the Jam ,Class

[@J.G.M.Jr.]

yeah, he really treated his mates with class...

[@russbarker2727]

I moved from Oxford to London in 1981. I had heard "Strange town" and wondered what the hell I was doing moving away from home. It was so true. But, I have to say that given the correct, management, Foxton and Buckler could, and are as successful...