Is it me or is Bruce Foxton literally one of the most creative bass players ever? Unbelievable bass line in this

@mallatratt36

2 жыл бұрын

B foxton is an unbelievable bass player trouble is like most bass players and drummers thay never get the recognition like lead guitar players and vocalists

@gentillygirl545

2 жыл бұрын

It's not you. He is brilliant.

@Fabformcatering

Жыл бұрын

Yes….yes he is.

@SoulGlow65

Жыл бұрын

Badass!

@musicl0ver543

Жыл бұрын

Bruce is my favourite bassist. He added a lot to the jam, especially when they were 3 piece

There will never be another band like the The Jam

He's in full Marriott mode here with his chops and shapes. Magic

Weller never got that the jam were a chemistry..... Buckler's drumming and foxtons bass playing and harmonies brought out the best of the songs..

@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx

8 ай бұрын

True. Weller's songs were, and are, pretty simple.

Cool paint job on Mr Weller's Rickenbacker. Such an awesome tune.

Who remembers the smell of the record cover on this single when it was brand new it was a really strong and was the first time I'd ever noticed it on a nnew record.

Absolute classic. Fucking brilliant band, one of the greatest of all time.

@oldmanc2

7 жыл бұрын

NQAT. God I miss bands like this. My kids are listening to shite these days from bands who can't play instruments and can't sing

@knowone860

5 жыл бұрын

Language Timothy!

I'm from Peru and it's really weird in a funny, unpleasant way that this band along with the Buzzcocks and the Stone Roses are not well known over this side of the Atlantic ocean. I only discovered this band 6 years ago and it became my favourite ever!

Tune from back in the better days of life and music 🎶 🙌 ❤

Never heard this version before but like it, especially the vocal.

@granto6738

3 жыл бұрын

It was 4 swop shop r sumit on a Saturday I thinking 🤔

The greatest band in the fuckin world never a truer word said

I like the roughness in this performance. Such a tune.

@sevendaggers4678

8 жыл бұрын

+Azif Yudkno greeeeaaaat tune - some kind of white funk ... ???

@Urlocallordandsavior

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they lip-sung?

@TheMusicalElitist

7 ай бұрын

It's mimed.

@TheMusicalElitist

7 ай бұрын

What's "lip-sung"? @@Urlocallordandsavior

12 months later, and the news of the split was out. Saw them at wembley arena , dec 1st.big country support.

@jasonelliott7977

Ай бұрын

If Big Country supported them, I’m sure they was a great show.

@mjscott65

Ай бұрын

@@jasonelliott7977 yep. We didnt know it was big country as they hadnt released anything..but the guutar sound was very much stuart adamson.

I remember recording this on my sisters radio cassette player one sunday afternoon when broadcast. Sweet Soul Music on this session is a killer track.

Lyrics In echoed steps I walked across an empty dream I looked across this world, there was no one to be seen This empty feeling turned and quietly walked away I saw no warmth in life, no love was in my eyes I stared a century thinking this will never change As I hesitated, time rushed onwards without me Too scared to break the spell, too small to take a fall But the absolute luck is, love is in our hearts! I lost some hours thinking of it I need the strength to go and get what I want I lost a lifetime thinking of it An' I lost an era daydreaming like I do I stared a century thinking this will never change As I hesitated, time rushed onwards without me Too scared to break the spell, too small to take a fall But the absolute luck is, love is in our hearts! In echoed steps you walk across an empty dream But look around this world, there's millions to be seen Come see the tyrants panic, see their crumbling empires fall Then tell 'em we don't fight for fools 'cause love is in our hearts! I lost some hours thinking of it I need the strength to go and get what I want I lost a lifetime thinking of it An' I lost an era daydreaming like I do You can lose some hours thinking of it You need the strength to go and get what you want You can lose a lifetime thinking of it And lose an era daydreaming like I do

Foxton’s bass is on another level

Intense song!

Now that’s what you call a fucking band. Can just get up there with their stuff and play. Love it.

It's a live studio recording for Radio 1's "Studio B15" from October 1981. The full version is available on the album "The Jam at the BBC".

@69Phuket

6 жыл бұрын

Sparks? I think their early stuff is a drug... I can't find a detox!

@jonathanhadley2555

4 жыл бұрын

And what a drug;-)

@vegardgundersen8465

Жыл бұрын

It is obviously a live recording, and a great one. But they are lip syncing on this footage. The drummer is playing eights in the verse while sixteenths are being heard.

Utter brilliance PAUL RICK AND BRUCE

Artists weren't allowed to just mime to a recording because of Musician's Union rules. The BBC wouldn't want to have the group play live in a TV studio because the engineering was expensive and the artist might not like that either because the sound might not meet their approval. Live when broadcast would be even more expensive, and risky. So the artist would record a fresh version of their work in a sound studio. In this case Radio 1 'Studio B15', October 1981; where the quality of the recording could be ensured. In this case, horns were added. Then the group was booked to play Swap Shop and the group mimed to the available recording. That satisfied the MU because musicians had been paid to play. Nobody minded about the absence of the horn section but someone thought the group should have some amps and plug in. Of note is Weller's use of the Whamm Rickenbacker. It had originally been a jetglow 330 (notice the instrument's head is black) and it's neck had been broken. After the neck was re-set, Paul said it it didn't play that well and the Lichtenstein drawing was hand painted. It wasn't a factory finish. So the Whamm instrument was relegated to TV work like this.

thank you very much! i went to check on my demos/alternates albums, didnt checked the BBC one. cheers!

Great 😊Top of the Pops 👍💕

It just doesn't get any better, 2020 and knowing it just doesn't get ........any better

WHAM! 💥

Top tune from a top band😎🎸👍

I remember getting out of bed cos Saturday the boys were on swap shop ? .

Absolute tune

FAb!

I grew up in the early 80's and missed this entire thing. We lived in the NY area and I would watch the late night music shows before MTV... no sign of these guys. But I grabbed up any of the new bands I could get my hands on... Squeeze, Clash, Police, etc. --- I didn't discover these guys until I hit college.... I could have used them in my youth.

@granto6738

5 жыл бұрын

They were my life as a mod still have my Vespa and lambretta, they was the best band in England at the time , best wishes from the UK

@jonathanhadley2555

4 жыл бұрын

Times were & still are tough, but for me I liked & still do like P.W's political/social lyrics

@MackDonald

3 жыл бұрын

Back then only Town Called Malice got any play on MTV, and not a ton of it.

@stuartharrison165

3 жыл бұрын

Try finding this stuff if you lived in Australia, nothing released or on TV till about 1980, I just imported everything from 77 on.

@BGNOLA

Жыл бұрын

They used to play them on the college Station in New Orleans which is where I heard them; I bought Sound Affects on cassette in '81

Sweet

Yes it is well spotted! It's just there for something to look at really.

👍👍🎸🎸👍👍

Some talent weller no stopping him , neck and neck with Kevin Rolland ❤️👍

@Spectrescup

6 жыл бұрын

Maxwell Mccracken we just want to be your friend Rolland

that version of absolute sounds really nice. the guitars are very clean. i wonder what version is that

Paul Weller rules - then and now!

Love how Rick plays 8ths when the track is 16ths - classic British hit parade miming at its best..happy, happy days 😀👍🏻

@Fridgebandofficial

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for someone to point that out

@atakd

2 жыл бұрын

Haha. Even PW's chords don't correspond to the sound. Why BBC made them mime when they were so great live I don't know.

@TheMusicalElitist

7 ай бұрын

It's mimed.

@TheMusicalElitist

7 ай бұрын

It's to do with time constraints for the show. @@atakd

too much looool !!

Recorded same time as Tales from the Riverbank on Swap Shop?

Pretty much at this point in their career the Jam were the best band of all time - even with the horns playing flat on this track...

Then tell em we don't fight for fools....

Is that Terry from Minder on drums? 😉

@TheMusicalElitist

7 ай бұрын

No.

The sound does not correspond the image.

@80ssynthfan48

7 ай бұрын

It was recorded from radio.

The video is from Swap Shop 1981

@69Phuket

6 жыл бұрын

Why i woke up on Saturday to watch Swap Shop!!! ;_)

Are they lip syncing to a demo track? Where is the horn at?

@duffymoony

7 жыл бұрын

The sound is live, I know cos I recorded it when it aired, studio B15 with Richard Skinner officiating, the video is from another performance of the track, probably a euro mime for a clog or kraut top pop show, so two versions melded

@mcfairclough

7 жыл бұрын

It was a performance on Multi Coloured Swap Shop, Shaking Stevens was next .

@chrisst8922

4 жыл бұрын

@@mcfairclough Obviously you were on the edge of your seat for Shaky when this lot came on!

RICK BUTLER LOOKS LIKE DENNIS WATERMAN OUTA MINDER

Ужас. Эта песня вообще не поддаётся какому-либо переосмыслению. Она гениальна авторски.

Foxton should have left that Rick alone, lol

I adored The Jam, still do, but while Weller's work after the break-up contains some good songs, in my opinion, most of it is just derivative Soul meanderings with weak melodies.

That ain't live. Yeah the sound sounds live, but i'd wager it's a studio version made to sound live. for a few reasons..... firstly the drum kit isn't mic'd up. second, the vocal is far too consistent for the variation of PW's position. Where's the horn players? never mind lip or guitar sync. still a good recording though.

@rallyboy101

5 жыл бұрын

"The sound is live from Studio B15 on Radio 1 and the video is from BBC's Swap Shop with Noel Edmunds. " That explains a lot!

@markeeledge

5 жыл бұрын

@@rallyboy101 exactly.

@markboxall8417

4 жыл бұрын

@MusicalElitist1 oh no..... i'm goin to kill myself !!!! what a fuckin liberty....... shame on you the marmalade

@luiseduardogomezdearandaju723

3 жыл бұрын

You are 100% right. In a way, this WAS live, but it just wasn't live when they recorded the video to it.

@TheMusicalElitist

7 ай бұрын

No, it's mimed.

24 days after my birth