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Ok.......my entry.

 

Sending out a message to the world with the first global satellite link, as war rages in Vietnam.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EykGRC_anM&feature=related

 

This song should be Number 1.

 

A fantastic song, music, message, group, venue, production, everything in fact. Such a simple message yet all encompassing and fitting to almost any situation from weddings and birthdays to christenings and wakes. Absolute genius and although we all accept The Beatles as the best band EVER, I don;t think we can really appreciate what impact they had on the World, the whole wide world. I think that they were sent here.

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Definitely a classic but my favourite Jam song changes by the week. Have you got "Extras"? Some great acoustic and demos on there.

 

Not surprised though for me Paul Weller did some very good stuff with The Style Council and as a solo artist. That said The Jam were superb, "Dreams of Children" was probably over shadowed by being on the same single as "Going Underground" which in my memory at least was played much more even though it was supposed to be a Double A-side I believe.

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Not surprised though for me Paul Weller did some very good stuff with The Style Council and as a solo artist. That said The Jam were superb, "Dreams of Children" was probably over shadowed by being on the same single as "Going Underground" which in my memory at least was played much more even though it was supposed to be a Double A-side I believe.

 

 

couldn't agree more. Dreams of children is one of the best of their many wonderful moments. Odd really that of couple of their biggest hits were rather ordinary. Always thought Eton Rifles wasn't great, but that, for instance "Thick as Thieves" was a far better track.

 

Not important really though, to have bands that t good and also that popular is a rare thing.

ASs for a best Jam track, rather obvious, but "down in the Tube station" has to have it.

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couldn't agree more. Dreams of children is one of the best of their many wonderful moments. Odd really that of couple of their biggest hits were rather ordinary. Always thought Eton Rifles wasn't great, but that, for instance "Thick as Thieves" was a far better track.

 

Not important really though, to have bands that t good and also that popular is a rare thing.

ASs for a best Jam track, rather obvious, but "down in the Tube station" has to have it.

 

I've been a big Jam fan ever since the release of their album Sound Effects. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too aggresive, too angry. It was on Sound effect where Paul Wellers presence became more apparent. thats Entertainment was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on the basic pleasures enjoyed by a benevolent society. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding four albums. just listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Weller, Foxton and butler. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Monday, a massively underrated song. In this song, Weller addresses the problems of longing, wistfulness and yearning in a reafirming way, Monday is the most moving pop song of the 1970's. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock.

Wellers solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like Above the Clouds and Brand New Start. But I also think Weller works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. i've just put on You Do Something to me, a personal favourite of mine, a moving song about unrequited love and passion..

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I've been a big Jam fan ever since the release of their album Sound Effects. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too aggresive, too angry. It was on Sound effect where Paul Wellers presence became more apparent. thats Entertainment was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on the basic pleasures enjoyed by a benevolent society. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding four albums. just listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Weller, Foxton and butler. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Monday, a massively underrated song. In this song, Weller addresses the problems of longing, wistfulness and yearning in a reafirming way, Monday is the most moving pop song of the 1970's. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock.

Wellers solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like Above the Clouds and Brand New Start. But I also think Weller works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. i've just put on You Do Something to me, a personal favourite of mine, a moving song about unrequited love and passion..

 

Actually I said this !

 

Not surprised though for me Paul Weller did some very good stuff with The Style Council and as a solo artist. That said The Jam were superb, "Dreams of Children" was probably over shadowed by being on the same single as "Going Underground" which in my memory at least was played much more even though it was supposed to be a Double A-side I believe.

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Do you like The Stone Roses? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, like Mersey Paradise, but when their self titled debut album came out in 89, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. Brown has been compared to Elvis Constello but I think Ian has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour. In 95, the Roses released The Second Coming their most follow up album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is Love Spreads a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, One thing I particularly liked about Love Spreads were the lyrics "The Messiah is my sister", which sound really innocuous when you hear them on the radio but in fact you're questioning thousands of years of Christianity by saying that. It's a casually controversial statement to make in a pop song and also a personal statement about the band itself.

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Do you like The Stone Roses? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, like Mersey Paradise, but when their self titled debut album came out in 89, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. Brown has been compared to Elvis Constello but I think Ian has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour. In 95, the Roses released The Second Coming their most follow up album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is Love Spreads a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, One thing I particularly liked about Love Spreads were the lyrics "The Messiah is my sister", which sound really innocuous when you hear them on the radio but in fact you're questioning thousands of years of Christianity by saying that. It's a casually controversial statement to make in a pop song and also a personal statement about the band itself.

 

Personally I can't say I've really ever got into The Stone Roses, the 80's was a great era though in particular the early 80's and even now most of my music listening is to groups like The Jam, The Ska bands, The Clash, Undertones etc;

That said it's intersting to have threads like these as you end up listening to stuff that you generally don't which is no bad thing of course.

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Do you like The Stone Roses? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, like Mersey Paradise, but when their self titled debut album came out in 89, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. Brown has been compared to Elvis Constello but I think Ian has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour. In 95, the Roses released The Second Coming their most follow up album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is Love Spreads a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, One thing I particularly liked about Love Spreads were the lyrics "The Messiah is my sister", which sound really innocuous when you hear them on the radio but in fact you're questioning thousands of years of Christianity by saying that. It's a casually controversial statement to make in a pop song and also a personal statement about the band itself.

 

This is my favourite Stone Roses track, from Second Coming.

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Personally I can't say I've really ever got into The Stone Roses, the 80's was a great era though in particular the early 80's and even now most of my music listening is to groups like The Jam, The Ska bands, The Clash, Undertones etc;

That said it's intersting to have threads like these as you end up listening to stuff that you generally don't which is no bad thing of course.

 

What about New Order? It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but Blue Monday is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, Blue Monday is someone's experience. An experience, that in part, symbolizes the lengths humans will go to when freedom is threatened by fascism or dictatorship Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. Since it's often impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message, crucial really. And it's beautifully stated in this song.

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What about New Order? It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but Blue Monday is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, Blue Monday is someone's experience. An experience, that in part, symbolizes the lengths humans will go to when freedom is threatened by fascism or dictatorship Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. Since it's often impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message, crucial really. And it's beautifully stated in this song.

 

Has to be True Faith for me. New Order were a superb reincarnation of the excellent Joy Division following the death of Ian Curtis.

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Has to be True Faith for me. New Order were a superb reincarnation of the excellent Joy Division following the death of Ian Curtis.

 

Indeed, its only after disaster can we be resurected New Order are a fitting tribute to the late Ian Curtis. Have you seen Control? The story of curtis's life. Its only really after watching control that i understood the deeper termoil in his fragile mental state and the true meaning of the lyrics to Love Will tear us apart. It is engraved on his gravestone and it is about his wife deborah curtis. in which he had a hard time being faithful and really just had a hard time dealing with life and sort of a chaotic mental exsistance. very poetic ..and I believe it to be possibly early signs of his increasingly suicidal mentality.

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