Gemmel Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Pure brilliance. Different league to anything that todays singer/songwriters offer. I have done most of things in life I want, but would have sold my Granny to see the Jam live. What a pay day that would be for them, but Weller doesn't want it. Can't even think what I would pay for a ticket if they ever did. For the uneducated download "Setting Sons" The "Messi" of music
Joe Kirkup Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Have grown up with his music and it has always reflected perfectly my own life,times and tastes. Man is a genius.
revolution saint Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Love the Jam but Weller has had a few dodgy spells; Style Council for me was awful and despite his protestations a lot of his solo stuff has become predictable dad rock.
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Saw the Jam seven times. Every time was as good as you think it would have been mate. Weller does some Jam numbers on his solo tours these days - he did Art School and Strange Town when I saw him at the Tivoli in Brisbane in late 2010. I have a mate who is the 5th member of Coldplay (Jonnys Roadie) and he still gets star struck when he sees the Modfather.
scotty Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Saw them in London, when Setting Sons had just been released. I think it was at the Marquee, but could have been the Hundred Club. They were sensational.
Smirking_Saint Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Seen him 13 times live, sensational. His early solo stuff was excellent, Stanley road and heavy soul etc but he seems to be trying to reinvent himself right now and Im really not a fan of some of his new stuff
sandwichsaint Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Saw them twice in Canterbury, around 77-79, awesome live band and two great gigs. Their 'best' album is surely All Mod Cons (1978?)? One of those rare albums with just about every track a winner, can't think of a dud on there.
sadoldgit Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Owes a lot to the Who, Beatles, Small Faces, Kinks and later in his career he copied Stevie Windwood's vocal style. Check out the originals if you like that type of music. You have to laugh at the Modfather monkier - her certainly was no innovator.
Turkish Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 (edited) Owes a lot to the Who, Beatles, Small Faces, Kinks and later in his career he copied Stevie Windwood's vocal style. Check out the originals if you like that type of music. You have to laugh at the Modfather monkier - her certainly was no innovator. NME dubbed him that I believe as a lot of the Brit Pop and Indie bands of the early and mid nineties credited Welller with a big influence on their style of music. Like all great bands and songwriters no doubt Weller was influenced by bands that he listened too growing up, that's no bad thing. Name me one person who isn't influenced by others. He took took that and created one of the greatest bands in history with that influence and some brilliant lyrics. Edited 3 November, 2012 by Turkish
The Majestic Channon Posted 3 November, 2012 Posted 3 November, 2012 Pure brilliance. Different league to anything that todays singer/songwriters offer. I have done most of things in life I want, but would have sold my Granny to see the Jam live. What a pay day that would be for them, but Weller doesn't want it. Can't even think what I would pay for a ticket if they ever did. For the uneducated download "Setting Sons" The "Messi" of music was listening to setting sons yesterday funnily enough weller has always said he never gets nostalgic, the past is just that, shame though would love to see the original jam perform again
Lord Duckhunter Posted 4 November, 2012 Posted 4 November, 2012 (edited) I wasn't a fan of the Jam felt they were over rated. That said his solo stuff was top quality , some of the best stuff of the past 20 years and streets ahead of Oasis and others .Saw him live a few years back and was a great show. Not an innovator as someone said, but there aren't many who are. When it comes to making music from 30 onwards I can't think of many better. Townsend, Richards and jagger, Macca couldn't make music into their late 30's/40's like he has done. They just became touring juke boxes. He's clearly not the messi of music, but he is a Paul scholes or Kevin keegan Edited 4 November, 2012 by Lord Duckhunter
Dimond Geezer Posted 5 November, 2012 Posted 5 November, 2012 The Jam were probably my favourite band of my formative years, sadly though they broke up in '82 when I was 14 & I never got the chance to see them live. Tube Station is my favourite, it used to be my location on SWF, until I got tight and stopped paying my fiver.
Dimond Geezer Posted 5 November, 2012 Posted 5 November, 2012 It still is your location. How-do matey, oops, I notced that after I typed it , but because I've gone all Ebenezer Scrooge, I couldn't edit it. Wasn't D o'C a Jam fan too?
alpine_saint Posted 5 November, 2012 Posted 5 November, 2012 Some of The Jam tracks are classic (post-)punk anthems. The history of pop music would be much duller without them. But.... I couldnt sit and listen to a whole album, and simply do not rate Weller's solo stuff at all. I cannot stand the "David Bowie re-invention to desperately stay in the limelight" mentality he seems to suffer from.
Saint137 Posted 5 November, 2012 Posted 5 November, 2012 Just missed the chance to see the Jam live (bit too young at 12) but older cousins saw them and I had a good musical education as a result. To the point I remember exactly where I was when I heard they'd split - on the bus coming back from a school trip to the Natural History Museum. Our first Presley, Kennedy, or Beatles moment. Somehow I think I've managed to not see him live, might have seen the Wildwood tour but its a bit hazy...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 5 November, 2012 Posted 5 November, 2012 NME dubbed him that I believe as a lot of the Brit Pop and Indie bands of the early and mid nineties credited Welller with a big influence on their style of music. Like all great bands and songwriters no doubt Weller was influenced by bands that he listened too growing up, that's no bad thing. Name me one person who isn't influenced by others. He took took that and created one of the greatest bands in history with that influence and some brilliant lyrics. Exactly, no man is born in a vacuum. Of course they are going to be influenced by those before them. It's not as if the Beatles, kinks, small faces etc. weren't influenced by anyone at all? Weller is a legend.
BlagdonSaint Posted 6 November, 2012 Posted 6 November, 2012 Pure brilliance. Different league to anything that todays singer/songwriters offer. I have done most of things in life I want, but would have sold my Granny to see the Jam live. What a pay day that would be for them, but Weller doesn't want it. Can't even think what I would pay for a ticket if they ever did. For the uneducated download "Setting Sons" The "Messi" of music Saw them for 2 nights running at the Gaumont on this tour ( 1982? ) - right down the front. Remember a girl next to me who was probably all of 14 shouting " oy, gourgess" to Weller-only for a photographer in the orchestra pit to turn round in response thinking she was talking to to him. She then shouted " Not you, you fat c*nt ". Priceless.
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