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.
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
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.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
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.
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.
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.
1977 was all about silk jackets and hits.
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.
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.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft