The Jam
- Heston
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The Jam
If the Clash had never existed I think I'd be on a Jam board. What's with "Modern World" getting dissed all the time? Just had it on, a quality album.
Tonight At Noon
I Need You
Standards
Better than the debut.
Tonight At Noon
I Need You
Standards
Better than the debut.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
- Heston
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Re: The Jam
I always suspected this was an American board.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Re: The Jam
Modern World is ok but not as good as In The City. I think it got dissed because it was clearly an early breakaway from 'Punk' plus a number of the songs sound the same.Heston wrote:If the Clash had never existed I think I'd be on a Jam board. What's with "Modern World" getting dissed all the time? Just had it on, a quality album.
Tonight At Noon
I Need You
Standards
Better than the debut.
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Re: The Jam
We call our Burton suit-wearing, dead ferret-haired mod Americana revivalists "Jelly" in this country.
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Re: The Jam
Don't tell them you're sane and The Combine inspired by One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. It's not a bad album but it lacks some of the attack of their first.Heston wrote:If the Clash had never existed I think I'd be on a Jam board. What's with "Modern World" getting dissed all the time? Just had it on, a quality album.
Tonight At Noon
I Need You
Standards
Better than the debut.
A Jam board if there was no Clash, well I'm on a Pistols, Buzzcocks, Damned, already so probably not. Jam fans are a bit too single minded for me. Little Englanders.
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Fake country fake mods.Rat Patrol wrote:We call our Burton suit-wearing, dead ferret-haired mod Americana revivalists "Jelly" in this country.
No R 'N' B no mods = America wins.
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Curfews have been curbing
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Re: The Jam
5 songs I love off the debut:
Art School
Away from the Numbers
I've Changed My Address
In the City
Sounds from the Streets
Paul Weller is one fantastic songwriter. I don't think they ever had a bad album, or a Combat Rock, if you will.
Art School
Away from the Numbers
I've Changed My Address
In the City
Sounds from the Streets
Paul Weller is one fantastic songwriter. I don't think they ever had a bad album, or a Combat Rock, if you will.
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Re: The Jam
Chuck Mangione wrote:5 songs I love off the debut:
Art School
Away from the Numbers
I've Changed My Address
In the City
Sounds from the Streets
Paul Weller is one fantastic songwriter. I don't think they ever had a bad album, or a GEER, if you will.Hoyston wrote:
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Re: The Jam
There, now we can all agree.Chuck Mangione wrote:I don't think they ever had a bad album, or a Cut the Crap, if you will.
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Re: The Jam
The Clash all bases are covered. No one goes home empty handed.Chuck Mangione wrote:There, now we can all agree.Chuck Mangione wrote:I don't think they ever had a bad album, or a Cut the Crap, if you will.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
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Re: The Jam
101Walterton wrote:Modern World is ok but not as good as In The City. I think it got dissed because it was clearly an early breakaway from 'Punk' plus a number of the songs sound the same.Heston wrote:If the Clash had never existed I think I'd be on a Jam board. What's with "Modern World" getting dissed all the time? Just had it on, a quality album.
Tonight At Noon
I Need You
Standards
Better than the debut.
That's the way I feel about the album. The only tracks I like are :
Life from a Window
I Need You
Midnight Hour
I love all the other Jam albums, but Modern World I only listned to once or twice. In the 80's I put the songs I liked on cassette with the debut album to fill out the tape.
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Re: The Jam
I would swap the clumsy Wilson Picket cover for Standards and maybe add London Traffic, although not a great track it has that frenetic energy of the first album.daredevil wrote:101Walterton wrote:Modern World is ok but not as good as In The City. I think it got dissed because it was clearly an early breakaway from 'Punk' plus a number of the songs sound the same.Heston wrote:If the Clash had never existed I think I'd be on a Jam board. What's with "Modern World" getting dissed all the time? Just had it on, a quality album.
Tonight At Noon
I Need You
Standards
Better than the debut.
That's the way I feel about the album. The only tracks I like are :
Life from a Window
I Need You
Midnight Hour
I love all the other Jam albums, but Modern World I only listned to once or twice. In the 80's I put the songs I liked on cassette with the debut album to fill out the tape.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
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No fuchsias for you.
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Re: The Jam
I like Modern World as well. I actually think its at least on par with In the City.Heston wrote:If the Clash had never existed I think I'd be on a Jam board. What's with "Modern World" getting dissed all the time? Just had it on, a quality album.
Tonight At Noon
I Need You
Standards
Better than the debut.
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- Heston
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Re: The Jam
Here's a brief appraisal of my opinions on the songs. I'd go back and give it another try mate.daredevil wrote:That's the way I feel about the album. The only tracks I like are :
Life from a Window
I Need You
Midnight Hour
I love all the other Jam albums, but Modern World I only listned to once or twice. In the 80's I put the songs I liked on cassette with the debut album to fill out the tape.
"The Modern World" Great
"London Traffic" Poor, even by Bruce's standards.
"Standards" Good
"Life from a Window" Great
"The Combine" Good track
"Don't Tell Them You're Sane" (Bruce Foxton) Okay
"In the Street Today" (Paul Weller, Dave Waller) Good
"London Girl" Okay
"I Need You (For Someone)" Excellent
"Here Comes the Weekend" Okay
"Tonight at Noon" Excellent
"In the Midnight Hour" Below-par cover
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Re: The Jam
I only have the songs on the boxset in a different order and gave them a listen.Heston wrote:Here's a brief appraisal of my opinions on the songs. I'd go back and give it another try mate.daredevil wrote:That's the way I feel about the album. The only tracks I like are :
Life from a Window
I Need You
Midnight Hour
I love all the other Jam albums, but Modern World I only listned to once or twice. In the 80's I put the songs I liked on cassette with the debut album to fill out the tape.
"The Modern World" Great
"London Traffic" Poor, even by Bruce's standards.
"Standards" Good
"Life from a Window" Great
"The Combine" Good track
"Don't Tell Them You're Sane" (Bruce Foxton) Okay
"In the Street Today" (Paul Weller, Dave Waller) Good
"London Girl" Okay
"I Need You (For Someone)" Excellent
"Here Comes the Weekend" Okay
"Tonight at Noon" Excellent
"In the Midnight Hour" Below-par cover
Along with the tracks I already mentioned, I'll add Tonight at Noon,The Combine and Standards as some pretty good songs.
If Standards had a faster tempo it could've been one of the best Jam songs back in the day.