They had The Jam and Joy Division in one show. What a legendary moment in rock music.

@roguesheep1747

Жыл бұрын

I blame X factor and wokeness

One of the best Bands ever!!!!

I remember back in about 1980, we were in a nightclub and this girl though I was in the Army. She asked me what regiment I was in and I said "Eaton Rifles". She believed me.

@CGD777

4 жыл бұрын

Lol..nice one.

@ironcereal3092

4 жыл бұрын

Cool man, I would tell that story to anyone any chance I get... Classic story. WOW

@mickmcgowan7756

4 жыл бұрын

Eton rifles

@fasthracing

3 жыл бұрын

Eton old chap Eton.

@Courtneyshole1965

3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

It's 'The ETON Rifles'. What a song! What a performance!

the Jam were brilliant, their music will live forever among lads who have mod and punk in them

My older brother turned me onto the Jam in 1977 when I was 15 and I was hooked. I kind of felt like an isolated fan in America since most people I knew never heard of the Jam and they never made commercially here. Glad I saw them in 1982 in New York before they broke up.

Brilliant live TV performance from one of my fave bands of all time. Why can't today's music be like this?

@cahillgreg

2 жыл бұрын

my grandad says exactly the same and we just can't talk to him - bless, simple times

@jonathanhadley2555

2 жыл бұрын

I think that its all safe & corporate:-(

@oldmanc2

2 жыл бұрын

Because these days they don't learn how to play instruments and they can't sing.

one of the best the jam songs, just brilliant.

Why on earth would someone click "dislike" for a MASTERPIECE like this?

@jonathanhadley2555

4 жыл бұрын

No taste

@mbogucci1

5 ай бұрын

Strange as it may sounds, not everyone has the exact same taste in music. Just sayin'

@SoulStylistJukeBox

5 ай бұрын

@@mbogucci1 You Sir, are a genius. Thanks for the input.

@mbogucci1

5 ай бұрын

@@SoulStylistJukeBox Yeah, it's a gift.

@neilevans4352

3 ай бұрын

a tory voter?

Energy personified. Great music.

I was recording this on my mum's cassette player as the show went out on TV!

1977-1980 golden age of pop music. Never to be seen again.

"What chance have you got against a tie and a crest" songs with meaning these - under-rated.

In my opinion one of the most relevant songs ever. Something a lot of the current wave of bands should aspire to become.

Good night in that night. The Jam at their peak. Brilliant, brilliant band.

Best jam song absolutely fantastic 👍

One of my fave Jam tracks. Absolutely brilliant!

Rick Buckler is pure class.

this is great band and song hello from croatia

He was an English poet really, his song will always be looked upon as history

The jam had it all,won't see they're likes again

This is one of the best performances by any band I've seen on YT.

@OldMod67

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this and the ABC TV show in the USA, great storming version of Private Hell

A band who proudly wore their influences on their sleeves as well as an inspiring and magnificent one.

Those were the days!

bruce is such a solid bassist, bloody awesome.

Paul Weller sounds like he has something to say! Very underrated guitarist and singer. Brilliant stuff.

@gogoyubari366

2 жыл бұрын

What makes you believe he's underrated? Please explain.

@stevenweasel2678

Жыл бұрын

HE WAS NEVER UNDERATED

@luizbraga1000

Жыл бұрын

@@gogoyubari366 I´m from brazil and almost no one here knows this band.

@barrygreenstein8383

Жыл бұрын

Underrated. No sir. He is well respected and The Jam received great reviews when their albums were released. I was 14 years old in 1977.

soundtrack of my youth

@Geoffthebull haha every time this played in the car my dad would shout at passers by " the eating of trifle" cheers you've brought back a very happy memory mr bull

God we need this music now.

@Summerdontknowme

4 жыл бұрын

Hasn’t got better mate

@japan32japan

3 жыл бұрын

@@Summerdontknowme still not better guys :(

@jonathanhadley2555

2 жыл бұрын

I think that its all safe & corporate now:-(

@TheMusicalElitist

7 ай бұрын

@@jonathanhadley2555 It really isn't. You're just too old.

@basketburger

5 ай бұрын

Yep 👍

Paul weller top man the jam is one top band

Hopefully it'll be at least 24 years and I'll still be listening to them! So far it's been 5 days, but it's the best 5 days of music I've ever listened to! =)

Excellent - thanks for posting.

best evar group

Great bassline!

Best band ever,bar none. Shut it,listen,learn and enjoy.

Huge fan of the Jam and now Paul Weller the original Modfather, love this song, it's fast and catchy, classic...

What chance have we got against a tie and a crest!!!!

absolute classic. check out The butterfly collector bit of an unknown but amazing!

remember seeing these guys in Bournemouth - Bruce Foxton walked right past me while opening band was playing and I was was so stunned at how short he was.

god this takes me back.sends shivers up my spine..if only we could pause and return back and cherish the moment again

passion

temazo de the Jam

My dad loved the jam when he was a mod in the 80's And i like em aswell !

This is a must view for young musicians, catchy, lively,melodic, instruments, the right amount of time for a song, hopefully we can get better songs written for the future.

Left me standing like a guilty schoolboy

Bruce Foxton is one of the bass guitar's forgotten heroes.

@stevenweasel2678

Жыл бұрын

YEA ABSOLUTELY / WAS GOOD WITH S.L.F AS WELL

i loved the jam 30odd years ago and still do ..any older jam fans remember the butterfly collector hard 2 find good verssion i remember the ep

love this song, one of those songs of a generation back when i was a lad..spoke to every lad my age back then

This is via Radio X, an article on "The 50 Greatest Protest Songs" Speaking of the song Eaton Rifles by The Jam (1979) it states: "The trio’s second album had something of an anti-war theme, but Paul Weller’s lyric concerns a protest march for jobs in Slough that came into conflict with the local public school and its army cadets. When Old Etonian David Cameron claimed it was one of his favourite songs, Weller snorted: “It wasn't intended as a jolly drinking song for the cadet corps.” www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/music-changed-world-50-best-protest-songs/ Hope that helps.

@chrisst8922

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant that although he doesn't like the sound or image anymore Weller defends the message with passion undimmed by the passing of the years.

@matteomalvezzi475

3 жыл бұрын

Eton rifles is not on their 2nd album.

What a record. listening to this music really does make you think how shite music is in this day and age

@neonskyline1

6 жыл бұрын

So is everything else

@LuaNub

6 жыл бұрын

My god you're really close minded

@Shred_The_Weapon

4 жыл бұрын

The next generation really needs to remember that people can play their own instruments and do their own singing without the computer serving as anything other than the method of capturing what you can do yourself.

@mattinfullvision9598

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuaNub no you're just bloody stupid

memories memories..

This was one of my favorite bands back then. It brings back great memories. Brilliant!!!!

It's ETON rifles, not eAton ;-)...anyways, thanks for this song...love it!!!

Eton is a very famous school in England that allows the continuation of the old boy network to thrive and take the great unwashed into unwanted wars, hence rifles and a left wing band singing a political song about them. Eaton is merely an Americanism for dinner table, probably.

@PondRiversong

8 жыл бұрын

+MusicIsRubbish Amen, Brother. :) Keep the faith...

@TheGodParticle

8 жыл бұрын

Well said, just wish Paul would smile a bit more..

@GripweedThreepwood

8 жыл бұрын

+MusicIsRubbish it was a about a fight between the boys of eton school and london mods

@TheGlenmanusskinhead

8 жыл бұрын

+MusicIsRubbish veery well said :)

@thomaspatrickparker6648

8 жыл бұрын

"Eaton is merely an Americanism for dinner table, probably." Not quite, nice try though

Eton Rifles. Great song.

class music with a true meaning pul weller is a genius

"Eating trifle! Eating trifle!" LOL

@chrisst8922

3 жыл бұрын

That's a Suzy Quatro reference, She chose The Eton Rifles as a favourite on Tracks Of My Years and admitted that she assumed eating trifles was some English expression at first.

"This one's for David Cameron, how did he not understand this?!"

My next door neighbour told me about the jam today, I'd never heard of him and he was shocked as I played bass! He told me to look them up (as if I'd be impressed) but omg I'm hooked on them! Have to keep listening to them!

Astonishing performance, really just unreal

MODS!!

Change the spelling!

love the jam really raw and energetic performance here something else was a totally cool show .

this song changed a lot of minds, and made them legit here in usa. they are a force that cant be forgotten.

The Jam just cut through the competition like a knife through butter,,,,the attitude,the style and the anger,,he was right to end it all in 82 before it became a parody and his views and allegiances changed ….

@unclemort1960

9 жыл бұрын

Lee Williamson I don`t think the Wellster has become a dickhead but the music he does now is pretty crap.

@unclemort1960

9 жыл бұрын

Marty Street Very true ,glad they`ll never reform, same with The Clash.

@marcarbour7778

8 жыл бұрын

+unclemort1960 never say never, you'd go if they did, I know I would.

@timcoleman452

8 жыл бұрын

Check out ' From the Jam' on youtube...you won't be disappointed :) :) Bruce on bass..saw em last year...brilliant!!

@jonathanhadley2555

4 жыл бұрын

Along with The Smiths they wont reform either

Paul Weller goes to bed every night knowing he will never top the jam,poor bloke

@cheshirehomebrew

9 жыл бұрын

Harry Fox or even he was the JAM?

@sambarnard4683

9 жыл бұрын

What a bell end

@Bigalrev

8 жыл бұрын

+T Hemphill more than you will ever do.

@tony671

8 жыл бұрын

FOR FUCK SAKE CAN NO ONE T AKE A JOKE!

@stevemcniel5513

8 жыл бұрын

do u think he gives a shit.

I was a teenager at the time,and remember it well. I loved all their stuff.

1978-Off the Setting Sons album-still in my album case downstairs.

Eaton? Why the fuck can't people spell common song titles?

@BrettAlexander

7 жыл бұрын

Terrible they didn't even research before posting.

@itwontcomeout5678

2 жыл бұрын

American lol

Weller is easily as good as McCartney and Bowie - but he is openly anti-establishment, and this makes a huge difference to the mainstream powers that be.

@neil222222

6 жыл бұрын

This is no doubt, a truth

@jonathanhadley2555

4 жыл бұрын

Weller cant be bought, he hasnt forgotten his roots And yes hes made money throu his own talent, but stayed in the U.K

i was 16 when the jam released this two years i left ireland and started a job in slough what a kicking we gave those those rockers

A great tune timeless keeps you young .

Eton*

Cameron was right to like this song. After all it did celebrate the fighting skills of the Etonians against a bunch of left wing unemployed layabouts.

@katoness

9 жыл бұрын

It was a right to work march by the working classes. 'WORKING'!!

@ColumRogers

8 жыл бұрын

A laughable comment on so many levels. Cameron's top notch education obviously didn't teach him what irony means. And what would lay-about, right wing slob from Eton know about fighting?

@alexjames5290

6 жыл бұрын

reading this comment made me depressed

very good, The Jam classic band

Great song 🎵ever ever 🎵

@SundaeRoast

Жыл бұрын

*Greatest

Hard to believe the bird announcing the song is nearly 50 by now,..hate getting older but listening to The Jam has been a tradition for me since In the City!!! One of the most exciting trios and the best Brit band from the times.Cheers Hello-Hurrah!!!!

@davidbillyard6629

Жыл бұрын

Getting old is preferable to dying young.

love the jam, good stuff

what a nice day, thanks a lot for up this vd. cheers and mate!!

what a great night I had just had the who the jam smallfaces then the last song time to dance from lazytown wow

I saw Paul Weller the night before last at Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, capacity 2000 and it wasn't full. He did Eton Rifles and the (small) crowd went off. I remember bouncing around my bedroom to this and at 40 I still had it! He did all the Jam classics -including Carnation (one of my favourites) and I didn't even have to push to get to the front of the stage.... brilliant :)

Great song...terrific rare clip!

Thanks a lot . that site is very nice.

Great song ever ever

@SundaeRoast

Жыл бұрын

*Greatest

La mejor banda de power-pop de la historia GRACIAS JAM

its 4am where i am i am pissed but the Jam brings back happy nights rock on tripelbean

They nailed it. Our world in one song. Way back when.

outstanding vid.......for us mortals here in southern california who were lucky to enjoy this music (and the entire mod scene) when it came out, this band changed everything and inspired whole groups and neighborhoods of kids in the beach cities and suburbs or orange county and los angeles. you would never know that now, and very few young people now even have any idea of this incredible band. ugh...middle age!!

This is '79 again,go on & and on. greatness

Me encanta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been a PW for many years this is a typical example of pure energy, good music combined with intelligent lyrics.

Favourite Jam song ever! :) It's so catchy.

Love you Danielle . xxx

this inspired to pick up my old rickenbacker. now restrung. it's the most beatuiful sounding guitar ever, thanks jam :D

We used to sing Knee to right ball knee to right ball 😜😜

This was the first Jam song my dad ever showed me.

The great band ever ever ever since

BEST BAND EVER FORMED

Couldn't put it better my self.

what an amazing performance ...