I'm Japanese, but I love the UK. The reason is that there are so many great rock bands! We are no match for your country. Britain is rock to me! My dream is to eat fish and chips with British rock musicians!🎸🎼🎹🎺🎷😂
I'd just add to what was said. Foxton and Buckler were the tightest kick arse backline ever. The Jam were three individuals. Without Weller's songs and presence wouldn't exist. BUT they did. And without Bruce and Rick would be a very different entity. It just seemed to coalesce. These people saved my life as a teenager. I was slipping down the drain. And these words and music quite literally saved my life. Without them I'd almost certainly be dead by now. That attitude ! and belief. Evident in every note or hit. I recall an NME interview where Weller said something along lines of 'we all have to take responsibility and whatever you do you do it as well as you can'. I've always lived by that maxim. I saw them live a few times and it was always an almost religious experience. These 3 people gave me a belief system, they instilled discipline, gave me an anchor to something. This is no exaggeration. They really were that important. Listen to everything and look at everything. Quite astonishing really that a 'pop group' could have such a profound affect on someone's life. But my word they did. Thank you. I'm still alive. C
I'm in my 60's. I have seen hundreds of concerts. I clearly remember and frequently testify that The Jam were the tightest band I ever saw. Period. They were three individuals, but they were one band, one sound coming from that stage. I know the minute whenI turned my back to the stage to walk up an aisle and I felt the music coming from a place above the stage. I had to turn around to see if there wasn't something besides a band playing behind me, if the band hadn't risen above the stage. I stopped in the aisle and watched, and didn't move until "In The Crowd" wrapped. What a band...
Amazing mate, hope your ok, I know ever single lyric of every jam song , absolutely amazing band. When I was 18 I was obsessed with the jam, I’m now 60 and they are still my favourite band of all time!
Horribly underappreciated here in the U.S. except for a few rare people with a sense of superior discernment of which I am grateful to count myself as one.
+sid snot - L.A. got The Jam in a big way. They played to 7,000 people over 3 nights in 1982. About a hundred scooters outside the venue (Perkins Palace) as well. I saw them 6 times.
Strange Town 0:32 Carnation 4:22 Town Called Malice 7:40 Happy Together 11:02 Boy About Town 14:12 Ghosts 16:32 5 O'clock Hero 18:55 That’s Entertainment 21:49 Tales From The Riverbank 25:12 Precious 28:35 Running On The Spot 32:38 Move On Up 36:13 In The Crowd 39:07 Private Hell 42:10 Pretty Green 46:30 Trans Global Express 49:34 The Gift 53:03 Circus 1:01:17 Pity Poor Alfie 1:03:32 Fever 1:06:19 Funeral Pyre 1:07:20 Butterfly Collector 1:14:36 When You’re Young 1:17:44
Also 'The Modern World' & 'News of the World' so many good songs not in this set. Brilliant band live though, saw them 3 times in London back in the day. Still have all of their stuff on vinyl. Wish I had a time machine👍
I was at this concert, as you can see it was amazing .. it was my first ever concert unforgetable .. me and my mate followed the coach back to the Holiday inn on his vespa , all decked out in our desert boots , staypress boating blazers and parka,s.. They must has noticed us following cause when they got of the coach Paul turned and shouted alright lads and waved.. I can still see it now 😊
It is just plain ridiculous what this trio can do... when people talk of the "best" and things like, "the best rock bassist" ...John Entwistle comes to mind, but Foxton was his equal entirely as a melodic bassist, and sang better to boot... and the same with Weller, strum for strum could play and sing like Townsend, and had just as keen a pop song mind.... And there are many good drummers, but who can drive the Weller song structures like Buckler, the rollercoaster of parts and crescendos. This stuff is just crazy. The songs are crazy good... On record they are tops, and live even better, although a different animal... the sign of a real band. Obviously, reminds me of the Who, but like an alternate universe Who with a different style of pop, born of a different era and generation and creative aesthetic. Nuts... one of the great Greats, the all timers.
Mort Business I love the jam too for all sorts of reasons, if you watch the Who in 2000 Albert hall, where Weller does a brief guest spot , the extras show Paul asking for an easier guitar part, Townsend solos and virtuosity ( as indeed Entwhistles) are mind boggling in comparison, but horses for courses, they were certainly the best of the new wave era.
grow up man, people are intitiled to their thought, opinions. I've been to approx 20 gigs of the jam, 76 -82. Have you, cos your comment reminds me of spoilt 12 year old
Mort. As much as I love The Jam and Bruce (Bruce being an early influence) he's no Entwistle. Also if you wanna see a ridiculous amount of musicianship from a trio check out Rush, the music may not be to your taste, but it's phenomenal!
Bruce Foxton an Rick Butler are the most underrated rhythm section in rock history. Amazing band and Paul Weller is amazing. Have loved this band since the 1970's.
Quite the unit, quite the team that were too busy to rest of the laurels. Strong social messages with style and punch that are relevant 40 + years on rather than self serving fantasy and self indulgence. Can't think of many New wave acts that were so focused and skilled as The Jam.
What a great way to kick off 2023! Still fresh forty years later. Bruce Foxton is one those unique bass players who makes you want to take up the instrument.
Bruce Foxton did more for Bass playing than just about anyone else.Most of the energy , aggression and musicality was all down to him. Excellent Bass player with superb harmony vocals backing up Weller.
@@jamesnoble2753 Your so right and without Foxy their would have been no Jam, the best punk era bass player without a doubt, such a shame they all fell out :(
JAMES NOBLE Your so right about Bruce, a superb bass player who’s snarling, growly bass sound was such a huge part of the Jam. ‘Down At The Tube Station’, ‘Going Undergrond’ ‘Beat Surrender’ and many more wouldn’t have been the same without Bruce’s bass parts. Same goes for Rick Buckler, a very underrated drummer!
Not only that he is my favourite bass player all categories but also that the bass is so prominent and melodic in almost all the Jam songs. Much more prominent than in the Who’s songs for ex. The intro to Pretty green is amazing to just mention one. And it is as if the guitar, drums and the bass take up equally much place and space and that the bass is so far much more than just keeping the pace and a complement to the guitar. Brilliance
Man what an intense show. That Weller intensity, elsewhere someone says he’s just spitting out the words. Utter conviction. You won’t see that today. at shows
think i was 16 and this was a bit of a diissapointment to me, not musically wise, that was out of this world, just the set list, i was still hard core punk and the Jam had moved on, still got to pogo and upset a few mods, so all in all a great night :)
Wow, what a weird and wonderful feeling for you; literally seeing your past self and all your dreams and life ahead of you......These were great great times; no special effects or even a backdrop; no auto tune , no bloody mobiles (I don’t know why people pay a fortune to see gigs today when they stand there hardly moving because they’re too busy filming to really enjoy and be in the moment)... Just three mega talented young men playing and singing their hearts out... Hope you’ve achieved some of your dreams - never give up on them.. 🖤
In my opinion, The Jam was easily Paul Weller’s best period of Music. I can’t believe these Guys split so early. What a waste. You watch a great concert like this and realize how brilliant they were.
It wasn't a waste at all. The Jam were brilliant but the songs Weller would go on to write would never have sounded right with them. People need to grow up and accept that as a rock band The Jam had a particular sound and theme. Could you imagine Long Hot Summer, Headstart For Happiness, Speak Like a Child, Shout To The Top, Wanted, The Paris Match, etc. with The Jam? It would have been shit. Just like Down In The Tube Station at Midnight or Precious or The Eton Rifles would have been shit with The Style Council.
Saw the JAm at BIngley Hallsetting sons, 1978...is this that gig do we know....I would also say having seen the police more recently on their get back together, as Well as Rush, they are not the only ones who can make three people punch above their weight.
Let me join the chorus: Bruce is absolutely brilliant. Swagger, mad skills, killer vocals, and footwork to boot. It's enough to make one forgive him the haircut.
Back in the mid 80s, in my rusty Mk II Escort, the cassette version of the compilation album Snap managed to get jammed(!) in the cassette player. No amount of prodding and poking with a screwdriver would shift it, so short of taking apart cassette player was going to get it out, and I wasn't about to do that because I knew it would never work again. I used to give 3 mates a lift into town every morning, and drove em nuts with the same music EVERY SINGLE DAY, monday to friday. 2 of those guys, it turns out as I met up with them 40 years later had become serious Jam/Weller fanatics. Eventually, the tape snapped and after a few weeks of just the radio playing, I took the player apart, got the tape out. Prised open the casing, rejoined with sellotape and it's still in existence today, allbeit in a TDK D 90 shell.
I was there for this Outstanding concert as a young 16yr old Mad mod back in 1982, There was Twelve of us from Worcestershire that all piled into a Minibus for a concert that i will never forget, Fantastic Vocals from Paul" and Bruce" and Mind blowing work on the drums from Rick, Still have all my Huge Vinyl collection and have met Paul and Rick several times over the years, Pleasure to be part of our growing up music culture that will never fade away,. 💯👌
What great memories. They came to Connecticut and I was teaching 150 miles away. Made it for the show, drove back, getting in around 3, then up and ready to go at 6:00. Don't think I could do it now, but damn, what a great show and a great band. Thanks for the smiles.
Damn, I wish I'd seen this band play live. As a bass player I'm super impressed with Foxton -- he really fills a lot of space with his playing and vocals. Fantastic band.
Bruce Foxton was still playing, I saw him in Leamington Spa in 2019 just before the lockdown. For an old man he's still got it , he and his backing group were amazing.
I'm a Bass player and a lifelong JAM fan. Bruce Foxton is one of my all-time bass heroes. I love the way he launches into "Town Called Malice" with such frantic nervous energy that he realises he's actually going too fast and has to pull back the tempo before Rick and Paul join in! ;-)
The thing you notice here is the huge influence The Jam had on so many of the contemporary guitar bands. But this gig takes the breath away with its ferocious speed and energy. stunning.
that kind of bands where the lyrics alone without any song ,are pure poetry. Even when english is not your native tongue,like me.And miss the gigs with that openers/presenters ,a lost custom.Thanks
My God, when 'Move on up' starts they are enormous. Foxton is locked into Buckler's drumming to create a force of nature and then there is the incomparable song writing and delivery of Weller. How pale the 80s were without groups of this stature.
Saw these guys on my 19th bday in San Francisco (1981), standing on the armrests of the front row seats of the Warfield theatre looking Weller in the eye the whole time. It was life changing.
Touch my heart and feel winter Hold my hand and we are doomed forever , if you gave me a fresh carnation ,. And he was in his early twenties when he wrote that it's fuckin unbelievable really
Awesome band live, incredible records. We just couldn't believe anything could be so good at the time and we weren't wrong. They made it the luckiest time in the whole of history to have been a teenager.
Proud to say I was there , this was my very first live gig at age 15 I am always grateful I got to see them live but regret It was only once A happy and special memory from a very tough adolescence As is said , youth Is wasted on the young
This was without the shadow of a doubt one of the best bands we ever produced. One of my all time favourites along with The Stranglers. We will never see or hear their like again.Fantastic live performance here.Best three piece ever.
An unbelievable gig! The Jam was a superb live act. This gig shows others how it should be done; a real benchmark. Was - and always will be - a huge Jam fan, just a shame I was just too young at the time to go to see them live. Thank God that this video exists to give me an idea of what it would have been like.
What a band, as a teenager I was mad into them wearing all the mod stuff boating blazer, bowling shoes , parka union jack on the back with the jam through it getting chased of punks what great memories going to the local youth discos asking for the jam to be played great times ,
You are so right. Bruce Foxton ma5ched Paul in energy and vocal on every song. Love this concert so much. Wish they would do a reunion tour. I'm old and would love it.
The Best...this was a soundtrack of my teenage years in the late 70's and into the 80's, cruising my Vespa with my scooter pals listening to The Jam. So damn great, it sucks getting older but I would NEVER trade those days for anything in the world, it was magical, stylish and fckn cool to experience while it happened.
Megan, I just read your comment and wish I had a time machine to take you back, they were fantastic. I discovered them around 1977 when they were just up and coming. I saw them three times in London where I lived. Would have been more but I joined the military at 16 so was away a lot. The soundtrack to my youth though, still love the music and have all their vinyl. Check out the Stranglers too👍
Come on, When your young is the greatest Jam song, isn't it?, the best song Paul Weller has ever written, that song is just, just genius, so so fucking good.
Nobody could touch the jam live .bristling with energy and power they had it all.leeds and my fave jam live gig bingley hall Staffordshire .no band had a more profound effect on me and millions of working class boys and girls than the jam.weller wrote about the here and now .till my dying day I will be eternally grateful to Paul Bruce and Rick for the literally thousands of hours of music listening pleasure .quite simply the greatest band in the f ing world the jam.🎤🎸🎸🥁🛵😎
I was 16 in Canada in ~1980 when I saw them the first time ..then again during their last tour of The Gift ... really great memories. Afterwards I followed Pauls amazing new chapters , TSC and finally an amazing solo career.
I went to this concert, best Jam concert ever, saw them many times, at the end of the concert, as we were at the front, I found PaulWelles’s plectrum, treasure.
Absolutely phenomenal. What a fantastic find. The Jam have been part of my life ever since I saw them do All Around The World on Top of the Pops…that was 45 freaking years ago… That’s Entertainment is taken to a whole other level. Thank you for posting this.
The greatest. Saw them Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th April at Newcastle City Hall. Loads of money in my pocket after Grittar won the Grand National. 18 on the Friday. My world was an oyster… When you’re young😢
01. Strange Town 02. Carnation 03. Town Called Malice 04. Happy Together 05. Boy About Town 06. Ghosts 07. 5`o Clock Hero 08. That’s Entertainment 09. Tales From The Riverbank 10. Precious 11. Running On The Spot 12. Move On Up 13. In The Crowd 14. Private Hell 15. Pretty Green 16. Trans Global Express 17. The Gift 18. Circus 19. Pity Poor Alfie 20. Fever 21. Funeral Pyre 22. Butterfly Collector 23. When You’re Young
www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-jam/1982/bingley-hall-birmingham-england-5bc4e3f0.html SO MANY HITS, sSO LITTLE TIME Metrobilbao. They played much different sets at different concerts in '82 !
Very few musicians give me goosebumps when I here the first chord….John Weller was correct “ best band in the fucking world” oh and the white short sleeve Lonsdale sweatshirt was the coolest look ever which is why I immediately went out and bought one !
This is amazing. I grew up in Alabama but there was a neighborhood kid a couple years older who turned me on to all the British punk bands when I was about 13. So glad this exists since I never had a prayer of seeing them live.
"True it's a dream mixed in nostalgia, but it's a dream that I'll always hang to that I'll always run to won't you join me by the riverbank". - This is pure poetry.
Must be the last year they were together. They sound great live, thanks! I was so into The Jam even though I lived in the US. I would buy their stuff and listen to it a lot and really rocking out to their last album (Happy Together driving on the fast road alone, lol). Then, I remember The Specials (another favorite) and them breaking up around the same time and I was like, WTF. Luckily for me, I still had bands like Elvis Costello, Talk Talk (for a little while), and others. Elvis C was one of my last concerts I saw before Covid hit in 2019!
When The Jam came to Leeds and got in some bother with some rubby players weller was arrested and me and a couple of my mates painted WELLER IS INNOCENT on the steps of Leeds town hall....Weller mentioned me in his book
That's the incident that inspired some of the lyrics in Eton rifles.......All that rugby puts hairs on your chest What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
@Charles J. Their lyrics(across all their songs) are very British and capture perfectly what it was like growing up in the UK in the late 70's and early 80's.
I grew up as a spotty Scottish teenager with this band and loved everything about them, the tunes, the look, the attitude, absolutely mint 😜😜 They were up there with The Specials and Madness, enough said 👌👌😜😜
What a show I’m only 9 years old born in 2014 my dad was born in 1974 and he grew up in the 80s rocked to indie in the 90s and he got me into this music and his mates me and my dad are like brothers if it wasn’t for me dad I wouldn’t be a mod or be here this music has been helping me through these last months my mum walked off stole all my dads money and now i’m flabbergasted but all these bands the jam small faces the BLUETONES ocean colour scene supergrass and many many more currently I’m just sitting in my garden deck chair and listen to this full blast what a band THE JAM FOREVER 🔵🔴⚪️
Wonderful band I felt the agression at the time and still do. bruce was underated because he didnt write songs but it has been shown over time that he was a great bassist and rick a great drummer.The basslines are amazing
I'm Japanese, but I love the UK.
The reason is that there are so many great rock bands! We are no match for your country. Britain is rock to me!
My dream is to eat fish and chips with British rock musicians!🎸🎼🎹🎺🎷😂
You might listen to
THE JAM
PAUL WELLER
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
THE CHARLATANS
THE VERVE
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I'd just add to what was said. Foxton and Buckler were the tightest kick arse backline ever. The Jam were three individuals. Without Weller's songs and presence wouldn't exist. BUT they did. And without Bruce and Rick would be a very different entity. It just seemed to coalesce. These people saved my life as a teenager. I was slipping down the drain. And these words and music quite literally saved my life. Without them I'd almost certainly be dead by now. That attitude ! and belief. Evident in every note or hit. I recall an NME interview where Weller said something along lines of 'we all have to take responsibility and whatever you do you do it as well as you can'. I've always lived by that maxim. I saw them live a few times and it was always an almost religious experience. These 3 people gave me a belief system, they instilled discipline, gave me an anchor to something. This is no exaggeration. They really were that important. Listen to everything and look at everything. Quite astonishing really that a 'pop group' could have such a profound affect on someone's life. But my word they did. Thank you. I'm still alive. C
ditto
Amen brother 👍🏼
I'm in my 60's. I have seen hundreds of concerts. I clearly remember and frequently testify that The Jam were the tightest band I ever saw. Period. They were three individuals, but they were one band, one sound coming from that stage. I know the minute whenI turned my back to the stage to walk up an aisle and I felt the music coming from a place above the stage. I had to turn around to see if there wasn't something besides a band playing behind me, if the band hadn't risen above the stage. I stopped in the aisle and watched, and didn't move until "In The Crowd" wrapped. What a band...
@@marciaschuck5 only Cream compare!
Amazing mate, hope your ok, I know ever single lyric of every jam song , absolutely amazing band.
When I was 18 I was obsessed with the jam, I’m now 60 and they are still my favourite band of all time!
The passion, the angst, the anger, the brilliance. Won’t ever be a band like them.
Horribly underappreciated here in the U.S. except for a few rare people with a sense of superior discernment of which I am grateful to count myself as one.
Absolutely correct. We used to cover a few of their tunes. Tight very tight!
Because nobody got them in the US
+sid snot - L.A. got The Jam in a big way. They played to 7,000 people over 3 nights in 1982. About a hundred scooters outside the venue (Perkins Palace) as well. I saw them 6 times.
They were maybe too british.
Some New Orleans punks drove to Austin to see them and Weller was stunned that they would drive that far...
Stopped by for a 3 minute nostalgia trip and ended up watching the lot! They pull me back every time!
Same here !
One of the very few bands I really regret not seeing live back in the day.
I lived in London from 1980 to 1996 and regret that I never saw The Jam (or Style Council) perform. What a shame!
Strange Town 0:32
Carnation 4:22
Town Called Malice 7:40
Happy Together 11:02
Boy About Town 14:12
Ghosts 16:32
5 O'clock Hero 18:55
That’s Entertainment 21:49
Tales From The Riverbank 25:12
Precious 28:35
Running On The Spot 32:38
Move On Up 36:13
In The Crowd 39:07
Private Hell 42:10
Pretty Green 46:30
Trans Global Express 49:34
The Gift 53:03
Circus 1:01:17
Pity Poor Alfie 1:03:32
Fever 1:06:19
Funeral Pyre 1:07:20
Butterfly Collector 1:14:36
When You’re Young 1:17:44
Cheers bro 👍🙌🙌🙌
@@GoodmansMixes
No worries mate
What about "In the City???
Shame about Down In The Tube Station At Midnight and Going Underground 😪
Also 'The Modern World' & 'News of the World' so many good songs not in this set. Brilliant band live though, saw them 3 times in London back in the day. Still have all of their stuff on vinyl. Wish I had a time machine👍
I was at this concert, as you can see it was amazing ..
it was my first ever concert unforgetable ..
me and my mate followed the coach back to the Holiday inn on his vespa , all decked out in our desert boots , staypress boating blazers and parka,s..
They must has noticed us following cause when they got of the coach Paul turned and shouted alright lads and waved..
I can still see it now 😊
Brilliant!!!🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
When was it - 1979?
Yeah, small venue but at least 100k people were there according to them - like every other gig, loads claiming they "were there".
@@dominiccrimmings6925 what the fuck are you on about
@@StephenCowley001 82 i reckon its the the gift trans global unity express tour at a guess
"Put your hands together for the best band in the fucking world...THE JAM!"
God Bless John Weller
It is just plain ridiculous what this trio can do... when people talk of the "best" and things like, "the best rock bassist" ...John Entwistle comes to mind, but Foxton was his equal entirely as a melodic bassist, and sang better to boot... and the same with Weller, strum for strum could play and sing like Townsend, and had just as keen a pop song mind.... And there are many good drummers, but who can drive the Weller song structures like Buckler, the rollercoaster of parts and crescendos. This stuff is just crazy. The songs are crazy good... On record they are tops, and live even better, although a different animal... the sign of a real band. Obviously, reminds me of the Who, but like an alternate universe Who with a different style of pop, born of a different era and generation and creative aesthetic. Nuts... one of the great Greats, the all timers.
Mort Business I love the jam too for all sorts of reasons, if you watch the Who in 2000 Albert hall, where Weller does a brief guest spot , the extras show Paul asking for an easier guitar part, Townsend solos and virtuosity ( as indeed Entwhistles) are mind boggling in comparison, but horses for courses, they were certainly the best of the new wave era.
they play together sometimes ;so sad about us; is on youtube
Fuck up.
grow up man, people are intitiled to their thought, opinions. I've been to approx 20 gigs of the jam, 76 -82. Have you, cos your comment reminds me of spoilt 12 year old
Mort. As much as I love The Jam and Bruce (Bruce being an early influence) he's no Entwistle. Also if you wanna see a ridiculous amount of musicianship from a trio check out Rush, the music may not be to your taste, but it's phenomenal!
Bruce Foxton an Rick Butler are the most underrated rhythm section in rock history. Amazing band and Paul Weller is amazing. Have loved this band since the 1970's.
Their not though revered by their peers
Underrated by whom?🤔
Buckler
Certainly not by me!!!
Quite the unit, quite the team that were too busy to rest of the laurels. Strong social messages with style and punch that are relevant 40 + years on rather than self serving fantasy and self indulgence. Can't think of many New wave acts that were so focused and skilled as The Jam.
What a great way to kick off 2023! Still fresh forty years later. Bruce Foxton is one those unique bass players who makes you want to take up the instrument.
Only basic player
This is how to play live nobody will ever be better than this.
To be someone who live, cannot beat it
They rocked the place when i saw them❤
True
Bruce Foxton did more for Bass playing than just about anyone else.Most of the energy , aggression and musicality was all down to him. Excellent Bass player with superb harmony vocals backing up Weller.
Not even close, James. John Entwistle was in another league. Bruce was good, but nothing more.
@@LaughingStock_ ...John Entwhistle never played bass for The Jam.I prefer Bruce Foxtons playing to Johns anyway.
@@jamesnoble2753 Your so right and without Foxy their would have been no Jam, the best punk era bass player without a doubt, such a shame they all fell out :(
JAMES NOBLE
Your so right about Bruce, a superb bass player who’s snarling, growly bass sound was such a huge part of the Jam. ‘Down At The Tube Station’, ‘Going Undergrond’ ‘Beat Surrender’ and many more wouldn’t have been the same without Bruce’s bass parts. Same goes for Rick Buckler, a very underrated drummer!
Not only that he is my favourite bass player all categories but also that the bass is so prominent and melodic in almost all the Jam songs. Much more prominent than in the Who’s songs for ex. The intro to Pretty green is amazing to just mention one. And it is as if the guitar, drums and the bass take up equally much place and space and that the bass is so far much more than just keeping the pace and a complement to the guitar. Brilliance
Somewhere in that crowd is a 13yr old me...my life literally changing forever right there.
and a 14yo me and ive just showed my 14 yo son this ..never equalled he can stick his grime up his arse lol
Man what an intense show. That Weller intensity, elsewhere someone says he’s just spitting out the words. Utter conviction. You won’t see that today. at shows
think i was 16 and this was a bit of a diissapointment to me, not musically wise, that was out of this world, just the set list, i was still hard core punk and the Jam had moved on, still got to pogo and upset a few mods, so all in all a great night :)
Wow, what a weird and wonderful feeling for you; literally seeing your past self and all your dreams and life ahead of you......These were great great times; no special effects or even a backdrop; no auto tune , no bloody mobiles (I don’t know why people pay a fortune to see gigs today when they stand there hardly moving because they’re too busy filming to really enjoy and be in the moment)... Just three mega talented young men playing and singing their hearts out...
Hope you’ve achieved some of your dreams - never give up on them.. 🖤
Colette Paré oh yes I have. Check out my band Hightown Pirates and see/hear for yourself ✊🏴☠️
In my opinion, The Jam was easily Paul Weller’s best period of Music. I can’t believe these Guys split so early. What a waste. You watch a great concert like this and realize how brilliant they were.
It wasn't a waste at all. The Jam were brilliant but the songs Weller would go on to write would never have sounded right with them. People need to grow up and accept that as a rock band The Jam had a particular sound and theme. Could you imagine Long Hot Summer, Headstart For Happiness, Speak Like a Child, Shout To The Top, Wanted, The Paris Match, etc. with The Jam? It would have been shit. Just like Down In The Tube Station at Midnight or Precious or The Eton Rifles would have been shit with The Style Council.
@@keithwellerlounge74 Yes and when Weller does some Jam songs nowadays they lack the passion and ferocity.
Weller now plays the same old jam songs.
bruce on bass...wow still brilliant to this day
best band in the world at that time
One of the best three piece bands ever
THE BEST BAND IN THE FUCKING WORLD
Saw the JAm at BIngley Hallsetting sons, 1978...is this that gig do we know....I would also say having seen the police more recently on their get back together, as Well as Rush, they are not the only ones who can make three people punch above their weight.
This isn't music it's a way of life
The voice of the angry young man in the late 70s and early 80s and still relevant today the music is timeless.
Biggest band in England when a was a teenager, Paul's dad was their manager, shits all over todays music.....
That was John Weller at the beginning introducing the band!
Let me join the chorus: Bruce is absolutely brilliant. Swagger, mad skills, killer vocals, and footwork to boot. It's enough to make one forgive him the haircut.
Back in the mid 80s, in my rusty Mk II Escort, the cassette version of the compilation album Snap managed to get jammed(!) in the cassette player. No amount of prodding and poking with a screwdriver would shift it, so short of taking apart cassette player was going to get it out, and I wasn't about to do that because I knew it would never work again. I used to give 3 mates a lift into town every morning, and drove em nuts with the same music EVERY SINGLE DAY, monday to friday. 2 of those guys, it turns out as I met up with them 40 years later had become serious Jam/Weller fanatics. Eventually, the tape snapped and after a few weeks of just the radio playing, I took the player apart, got the tape out. Prised open the casing, rejoined with sellotape and it's still in existence today, allbeit in a TDK D 90 shell.
I was there for this Outstanding concert as a young 16yr old Mad mod back in 1982, There was Twelve of us from Worcestershire that all piled into a Minibus for a concert that i will never forget, Fantastic Vocals from Paul" and Bruce" and Mind blowing work on the drums from Rick, Still have all my Huge Vinyl collection and have met Paul and Rick several times over the years, Pleasure to be part of our growing up music culture that will never fade away,. 💯👌
What great memories. They came to Connecticut and I was teaching 150 miles away. Made it for the show, drove back, getting in around 3, then up and ready to go at 6:00. Don't think I could do it now, but damn, what a great show and a great band. Thanks for the smiles.
Damn, I wish I'd seen this band play live. As a bass player I'm super impressed with Foxton -- he really fills a lot of space with his playing and vocals. Fantastic band.
Bruce Foxton was still playing, I saw him in Leamington Spa in 2019 just before the lockdown.
For an old man he's still got it , he and his backing group were amazing.
Bass drinker ffs
What a sound Everyone in the jam was busy, nowhere to hide,hard working band
One of the best song writers of his generation. Possibly the best 3 piece ever.
I'm a Bass player and a lifelong JAM fan. Bruce Foxton is one of my all-time bass heroes. I love the way he launches into "Town Called Malice" with such frantic nervous energy that he realises he's actually going too fast and has to pull back the tempo before Rick and Paul join in! ;-)
Noticed it too lol his tempo was MENTAL at first
Sad that they are not all on speaking terms now, such a great era in music.
Pretty much nobody could top these guys in 1982. They went out on such a high note its baffling.
What a band - 40 years on, wow, what a rhythm section - 3 guys, 3 chords and the truth
you got that quote from Adam Reader "Professor of Rock"
this band were insanely brilliant live
The thing you notice here is the huge influence The Jam had on so many of the contemporary guitar bands. But this gig takes the breath away with its ferocious speed and energy. stunning.
It's nice to the Bruce Foxton love in the comments section. He is by far the most underrated bassist in music to this day!
Absolutely true. Always one of my favourites to this day.
Probably underrated by joe public but many bass players have him in their sights ! That's what really counts 👍
They sound so... BRITISH!!!! The definition of the term! LOVE THEM!
that kind of bands where the lyrics alone without any song ,are pure poetry. Even when english is not your native tongue,like me.And miss the gigs with that openers/presenters ,a lost custom.Thanks
The best songs are always like poems put to music
Bruce Foxton is a beast here
joey Leverton great bass!
Great bassist
Rick Butler.....second only to Keith Moon as a drummer
@@paulwoods1795 it’s rick buckler 👍
@johnny rotten very talented Hello Johnny rotten do you have any rotten johnnys?
Down at the tubestation at midnight is still my alltime favourite song. Wish I could have seen them live.
Same here my friend
Good old scooter riding , gum chewing , sharp dressing , mod school flashback nostalgia.
My God, when 'Move on up' starts they are enormous. Foxton is locked into Buckler's drumming to create a force of nature and then there is the incomparable song writing and delivery of Weller. How pale the 80s were without groups of this stature.
Saw these guys on my 19th bday in San Francisco (1981), standing on the armrests of the front row seats of the Warfield theatre looking Weller in the eye the whole time. It was life changing.
Nothing in the world comes close to the talent of this band, pure class x
Touch my heart and feel winter Hold my hand and we are doomed forever , if you gave me a fresh carnation ,. And he was in his early twenties when he wrote that it's fuckin unbelievable really
Awesome band live, incredible records. We just couldn't believe anything could be so good at the time and we weren't wrong. They made it the luckiest time in the whole of history to have been a teenager.
I think this is the best Jam concert I have ever heard. Quintessential Jam in top flight, pure class.
Proud to say I was there , this was my very first live gig at age 15 I am always grateful I got to see them live but regret It was only once
A happy and special memory from a very tough adolescence
As is said , youth Is wasted on the young
This was without the shadow of a doubt one of the best bands we ever produced. One of my all time favourites along with The Stranglers. We will never see or hear their like again.Fantastic live performance here.Best three piece ever.
An unbelievable gig! The Jam was a superb live act. This gig shows others how it should be done; a real benchmark.
Was - and always will be - a huge Jam fan, just a shame I was just too young at the time to go to see them live. Thank God that this video exists to give me an idea of what it would have been like.
Put this in a time capsule to remind future generations how fantastic music used to be.
And the kids then were amazing too.
The year after I saw them at the same venue, sadly no longer there.
An amazing night... loud, relevant, personal... Unbeatable.
What a band, as a teenager I was mad into them wearing all the mod stuff boating blazer, bowling shoes , parka union jack on the back with the jam through it getting chased of punks what great memories going to the local youth discos asking for the jam to be played great times ,
Perfect, their voices just blend to produce best band ever..no debate..I was there, god bless The Jam..addressed a generation
You are so right. Bruce Foxton ma5ched Paul in energy and vocal on every song. Love this concert so much. Wish they would do a reunion tour. I'm old and would love it.
Ghosts is absolutely brilliant in this vid.
A band who's legacy will go on the best 3 piece to ever walk a stage
You obviously never saw Motorhead
Best Band in the World!
The Best...this was a soundtrack of my teenage years in the late 70's and into the 80's, cruising my Vespa with my scooter pals listening to The Jam. So damn great, it sucks getting older but I would NEVER trade those days for anything in the world, it was magical, stylish and fckn cool to experience while it happened.
this makes up my teenage years now, i never meet anyone my age who listens to them as much as i do. i feel like i was born in the wrong era lol.
@@megan8617 I am so sorry that you missed it, trust me, it was amazing then, and we all new it...
Megan, I just read your comment and wish I had a time machine to take you back, they were fantastic. I discovered them around 1977 when they were just up and coming. I saw them three times in London where I lived. Would have been more but I joined the military at 16 so was away a lot. The soundtrack to my youth though, still love the music and have all their vinyl. Check out the Stranglers too👍
These guys were awesome. Foxton's punchy bass and backing vocals are exceptional.
Brilliant. Can't believe they stopped. Gutted still . Long live the jam
I know , wish they had done one more year 😢
Come on, When your young is the greatest Jam song, isn't it?, the best song Paul Weller has ever written, that song is just, just genius, so so fucking good.
I saw them in 82 Chicago. Incredible band
The clash was there too
Best English band of the 70’s! Shame they didn’t carry on for a few more years. ✌️😇
Brilliant! I am from Brum, but I saw them on this world tour in Toronto of all places. Love The Jam!
My favourite band of all time. Honestly.
have you ever heard of led zeppelin... B real.
Led Zep are great no question. But The Jam are also great no question. Goodcmusic is good music. No need to.compartmentalise. smile and enjoy
Nobody could touch the jam live .bristling with energy and power they had it all.leeds and my fave jam live gig bingley hall Staffordshire .no band had a more profound effect on me and millions of working class boys and girls than the jam.weller wrote about the here and now .till my dying day I will be eternally grateful to Paul Bruce and Rick for the literally thousands of hours of music listening pleasure .quite simply the greatest band in the f ing world the jam.🎤🎸🎸🥁🛵😎
Criminally underrated band, at least here in the USA.
brodel77 imagine if they were about today. Global.
I’m American, I love The Jam and so do all of my friends!
Paul Weller was, and is a cunt
@@michaelkennedy5126 Did he run over your dog or something?
@@michaelkennedy5126 FUCK YOU DICKHEAD
I was 16 in Canada in ~1980 when I saw them the first time ..then again during their last tour of The Gift ... really great memories. Afterwards I followed Pauls amazing new chapters , TSC and finally an amazing solo career.
I went to this concert, best Jam concert ever, saw them many times, at the end of the concert, as we were at the front, I found PaulWelles’s plectrum, treasure.
Absolutely phenomenal. What a fantastic find. The Jam have been part of my life ever since I saw them do All Around The World on Top of the Pops…that was 45 freaking years ago…
That’s Entertainment is taken to a whole other level.
Thank you for posting this.
Watching this in summer of 2020. What a band. What an energy. Jamtastic. Weller forever.
The greatest. Saw them Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th April at Newcastle City Hall. Loads of money in my pocket after Grittar won the Grand National. 18 on the Friday. My world was an oyster…
When you’re young😢
Oh, the memories! What a band to grow up with.
01. Strange Town
02. Carnation
03. Town Called Malice
04. Happy Together
05. Boy About Town
06. Ghosts
07. 5`o Clock Hero
08. That’s Entertainment
09. Tales From The Riverbank
10. Precious
11. Running On The Spot
12. Move On Up
13. In The Crowd
14. Private Hell
15. Pretty Green
16. Trans Global Express
17. The Gift
18. Circus
19. Pity Poor Alfie
20. Fever
21. Funeral Pyre
22. Butterfly Collector
23. When You’re Young
This was a later day Jam set for sure. SO MUCH ignored from their first 3 LP's :(
www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-jam/1982/bingley-hall-birmingham-england-5bc4e3f0.html
SO MANY HITS, sSO LITTLE TIME Metrobilbao. They played much different sets at different concerts in '82 !
Show me anyone who's ever had a better set than that and I'll show my bare arse in (the recently saved) Beatties' front window.
Private Hell
A tune and a half!!!
cant you put timecodes in ffs?
A great gig from late in their career - 21st March 1982 to be precise.
+buffscrag71 Thanks mate ...was wondering !
+I'm a MOD Proud of it. Inspiration mate!
1982 at the Afon Lido, I was there. :)
Cardiff
Seems to be too many Liverpool fans there for Cardiff. Or Birmingham.
It's the simplistic musicality pushed out forcefully with attitude that makes em good for me 👍
Still one of the greatest Three piece bands every to strap on a Rickenbacker.
Gavin Hunter What about Rush! The best three piece in rock history.
How ironic that a guy with "Hendrix" in his name would say Rush is the greatest three piece. LOL
Peter Hendrix Uuuh ok LOL!!! Then again, to each his/her own I guess.
But they are not a three piece band, there two other musicians behind the band hidden in the darkness
@@johnbarton3252 backing musicians for the tour, not official band members.
Rick wrote a brilliant song in this set. A truly incredible band. So sad that they broke up.
Very few musicians give me goosebumps when I here the first chord….John Weller was correct “ best band in the fucking world” oh and the white short sleeve Lonsdale sweatshirt was the coolest look ever which is why I immediately went out and bought one !
one of the best bands amazing
So glad I found this. I was at this concert with my girlfriend. I don't think she was that into The Jam but I loved every minute of it!
This really needs a vinyl release!
The Jam,The Clash and The Ruts were the soundtrack to my life as a kid.
This is amazing. I grew up in Alabama but there was a neighborhood kid a couple years older who turned me on to all the British punk bands when I was about 13. So glad this exists since I never had a prayer of seeing them live.
You could power an entire country with the electricity the jam produced when playing live.
"True it's a dream mixed in nostalgia, but it's a dream that I'll always hang to that I'll always run to won't you join me by the riverbank". - This is pure poetry.
Their Dedication is in every Move they make . Amazing
😎👍
Must be the last year they were together. They sound great live, thanks! I was so into The Jam even though I lived in the US. I would buy their stuff and listen to it a lot and really rocking out to their last album (Happy Together driving on the fast road alone, lol). Then, I remember The Specials (another favorite) and them breaking up around the same time and I was like, WTF. Luckily for me, I still had bands like Elvis Costello, Talk Talk (for a little while), and others. Elvis C was one of my last concerts I saw before Covid hit in 2019!
When The Jam came to Leeds and got in some bother with some rubby players weller was arrested and me and a couple of my mates painted WELLER IS INNOCENT on the steps of Leeds town hall....Weller mentioned me in his book
I think I remember reading that on the back of dig the new breed (big brothers copy) when it came out.. I was 9!
yup. was the all blacks - they came to our school the day after!
That's the incident that inspired some of the lyrics in Eton rifles.......All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
@Charles J. Their lyrics(across all their songs) are very British and capture perfectly what it was like growing up in the UK in the late 70's and early 80's.
@Charles J. now that was a fantastic special band especially live.
Its amazing how good they are after all this time i'm lucky to remember it back in the day bruce really made it special with his talent
When You’re Young sounds very Clash now I hear it years on
Agreed! But their own spin on that sound still.
Its about time for a remaster of ths concert. the best british band of a generation needs to be treated with the respect they deserve
I grew up as a spotty Scottish teenager with this band and loved everything about them, the tunes, the look, the attitude, absolutely mint 😜😜 They were up there with The Specials and Madness, enough said 👌👌😜😜
What a show I’m only 9 years old born in 2014 my dad was born in 1974 and he grew up in the 80s rocked to indie in the 90s and he got me into this music and his mates me and my dad are like brothers if it wasn’t for me dad I wouldn’t be a mod or be here this music has been helping me through these last months my mum walked off stole all my dads money and now i’m flabbergasted but all these bands the jam small faces the BLUETONES ocean colour scene supergrass and many many more currently I’m just sitting in my garden deck chair and listen to this full blast what a band
THE JAM FOREVER 🔵🔴⚪️
Wonderful band I felt the agression at the time and still do. bruce was underated because he didnt write songs but it has been shown over time that he was a great bassist and rick a great drummer.The basslines are amazing
Best three piece band ever..the sound they produced was awesome..musically and lyrically top draw.. loved them...
Yes they are but you can't look past the police too, stuart copeland top 10 maybe top 5 drummers .
Brings tears to the eyes !!! Ordered Wellers bowling shoes from Shelley’s after watching this 😎!!!
Weller,Foxton and Buckler...simply Amazing!!!
Omg what memories I was lucky to see this band 16 times including very last concert and on the tube in newcastle cheers lads
SO MUCH POWER! JUST 3 GUYS! Grew up with them!
I always like how British crowds cheer in unison.........."Town called malice........Rayyyyyyyy"!