What Are you Listening to Right Now?

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BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agreed, great song, fantastic lyrics. I always liked the line "why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam".
Being in the US, it was an import single with an electric version of "Smithers-Jones" on the flip side, which I've always thought would have been the better version for the "Setting Sons" as opposed to the strings version from the LP.
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BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agree with every word of that, especially the rising guitar frets. The intertwined guitar work after the bridge is amazing.
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Sparky wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 7:28pm
BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agreed, great song, fantastic lyrics. I always liked the line "why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam".
Being in the US, it was an import single with an electric version of "Smithers-Jones" on the flip side, which I've always thought would have been the better version for the "Setting Sons" as opposed to the strings version from the LP.
Yep, I've always thought that about Smithers-Jones, swap the versions and Setting Sons would be a near perfect album.

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Heston wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 10:40pm
BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agree with every word of that, especially the rising guitar frets. The intertwined guitar work after the bridge is amazing.
The Jam are a band I go back to about once a year and completely binge their discography, always forget how good they were. Even This Is The Modern World has grown on me, Standards, In The Street Today and I Need You (For Someone) are quality tracks.

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BitterTom wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 5:00am
Heston wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 10:40pm
BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agree with every word of that, especially the rising guitar frets. The intertwined guitar work after the bridge is amazing.
The Jam are a band I go back to about once a year and completely binge their discography, always forget how good they were. Even This Is The Modern World has grown on me, Standards, In The Street Today and I Need You (For Someone) are quality tracks.
"I Need You (For Someone)" was their first US single. With "In The City" as the B-side.

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BitterTom wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 5:00am
Heston wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 10:40pm
BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agree with every word of that, especially the rising guitar frets. The intertwined guitar work after the bridge is amazing.
The Jam are a band I go back to about once a year and completely binge their discography, always forget how good they were. Even This Is The Modern World has grown on me, Standards, In The Street Today and I Need You (For Someone) are quality tracks.
"This Is The Modern World" was the first Jam album I ever heard and bought, although not their strongest, I loved it then and still do. My favorite though is still "Setting Sons", amazing album, never gets old listening to it.
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Sparky wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 9:18am
BitterTom wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 5:00am
Heston wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 10:40pm
BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agree with every word of that, especially the rising guitar frets. The intertwined guitar work after the bridge is amazing.
The Jam are a band I go back to about once a year and completely binge their discography, always forget how good they were. Even This Is The Modern World has grown on me, Standards, In The Street Today and I Need You (For Someone) are quality tracks.
"This Is The Modern World" was the first Jam album I ever heard and bought, although not their strongest, I loved it then and still do. My favorite though is still "Setting Sons", amazing album, never gets old listening to it.
Setting Sons and All Mod Cons are insanely good albums though I have to agree that Sons just edges into the lead for me. Private Hell, Thick as Thieves and Burning Sky are 3 of my favourites, not just within The Jam's catalogue, but of all time.

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Marky Dread wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 5:51am
BitterTom wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 5:00am
Heston wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 10:40pm
BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm
Heston wrote:
07 Oct 2021, 6:53pm
Two cracking tunes there Tom. I've been playing the fuck out of "When You're Young" lately, it's just one of those perfect songs. The Jam from mid 78 til mid 1980 went on a hell of a run.
Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agree with every word of that, especially the rising guitar frets. The intertwined guitar work after the bridge is amazing.
The Jam are a band I go back to about once a year and completely binge their discography, always forget how good they were. Even This Is The Modern World has grown on me, Standards, In The Street Today and I Need You (For Someone) are quality tracks.
"I Need You (For Someone)" was their first US single. With "In The City" as the B-side.

Odd choice for a debut single, especially as In The City actually featured though just on the B-side. The power and energy, not just of the music but lyrically too should have made it an easy decision which to lead the single.

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Threw on Setting Sons today, great fiery collection.
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BitterTom wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 10:19am
Marky Dread wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 5:51am
BitterTom wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 5:00am
Heston wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 10:40pm
BitterTom wrote:
09 Oct 2021, 3:30pm


Yeah it certainly is, that second pre chorus beginning with "it's got you in its grip before you're born," is musical perfection for me. Great harmony, love the chord progression and those rising guitar frets at the end... new trousers please.
Agree with every word of that, especially the rising guitar frets. The intertwined guitar work after the bridge is amazing.
The Jam are a band I go back to about once a year and completely binge their discography, always forget how good they were. Even This Is The Modern World has grown on me, Standards, In The Street Today and I Need You (For Someone) are quality tracks.
"I Need You (For Someone)" was their first US single. With "In The City" as the B-side.

Odd choice for a debut single, especially as In The City actually featured though just on the B-side. The power and energy, not just of the music but lyrically too should have made it an easy decision which to lead the single.
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Found an unopened copy of this at a used bookstore today for cheap and holy hell is this good stuff.

Edit: fuck it, I give up. It’s sideways now.
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Wolter wrote:
14 Oct 2021, 8:23pm
Found an unopened copy of this at a used bookstore today for cheap and holy hell is this good stuff.

Edit: fuck it, I give up. It’s sideways now.
For mysterious reasons, if you double-click on the image, it opens in a new window/tab with the correct orientation. I blame Inder. But that is a solid document of crucial post-war African-American music.
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Wolter wrote:
14 Oct 2021, 8:23pm
Found an unopened copy of this at a used bookstore today for cheap and holy hell is this good stuff.

Edit: fuck it, I give up. It’s sideways now.
Brilliant comp/box set Wolt. Nice find. :approve:
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This.
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The end of liberty


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Marky Dread wrote:
15 Oct 2021, 7:20am
This.
Oh that looks good.
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