Pick ONE song by The Jam

[Biscuit Barrel]

That Entertainment.

 

[Keith the Kipper]

Man In The Corner Shop.
Could be virtually anyone they ever recorded - maybe not Batman Theme but even that makes me smile !

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Lizard Radley TB
Pretty Green PB
David Watts DB
Strange Town SH
The Planners Dream Goes Wrong MP
Smithers-Jones NJ
Saturdays Kids - Me and you

 

[fleet]

Down in the tube station at midnight

 

[Grassman]

Haven't read all the way through, but I'll just say it's an impossible ask. A different song for every occasion. The greatest band of all time. The first Jam song I heard was Strange Town (I was about 9 years old, it was early in the morning and I'd gone to work with my dad at the old fruit market and we'd popped in to the Market Diner for a milky coffee - it'd be called a latte these days!!) I fell in love. With the band, not the milky coffee.

'Fly' on their greatest piece of work, 'All Mod Cons' would be up there.

 

[Grassman]

THE CHORDS (UK)
Featuring Chris Hope

I hope against hope it's Chris Pope.

 

[Fulking Seagull]

Grassman, your hope is not in vain. I pasted it from 'Mark Wheatley <mark@rockandrollenterprises.com>' email. Members spelt wrong too!

 

[Hamilton]

Butterfly Collector

 

[Hamilton]

Tales From The Riverbank.

I went straight for Butterfly Collector, but Tales is brilliant and makes me want to change my mind. So does Funeral Pyre and Strange Town and... oh bugger.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

There's an interview with Bruce Foxton in this month's Viva Brighton magazine as well as an interview with Steve Foster by me...
http://www.vivabrighton.com

 

[loco61]

English Rose, Smithers Jones or ... Down in The Tube Station at Midnight

am going for Smithers Jones

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Good morning, Nathan Jones. How's the wife at home?

Is this the promotion you've been looking for?
Is this the promotion you've been looking for?

 

[Bob!]

An awesome collection and too many to choose from but I'm with Hans Kraay Fan Club.......English Rose.

From The Jam are worth a watch, had a few good nights at the Concorde...also they are playing in the Summer at:-

BRIGHTON’S 50 YEARS OF MOD CULTURE WEEKEND

SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST @ BRIGHTON CENTRE
FROM THE JAM
FEATURING ORIGINAL MEMEBERS BRUCE FOXTON AND RUSSELL HASTINGS
Performing all the JAM’S greatest hits
SECRET AFFAIR
Performing all the hits including ‘Time for action’ ‘ My world’ and many more
THE TRUTH
Featuring the original line up
THE CHORDS (UK)
Featuring Chris Hope

Plus DJ NIC DUNNAWAY PLAYING CLASSIC SCOOTER BOY SOUNDS
SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST ‘ BRIGHTON CENTRE
Tickets- Brighton centre box office 0844 847 1515 or at www.brightoncentre.co.uk

Well, those Bands cover about 5 years of Mod Culture.

Who have they got to represent anything that isn't late 70's/early 80's?

 

[WildWood]

As has been said already - too tough to call!! My current favourite is Running On The Spot:

http://youtu.be/RZfReolEXHU

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I'm thinking of doing a blog about The Jam and The Style Council soon.

Anyone do the double of watching Brighton stuff Norwich 3-0 in Jimmy Melia first game in charge, then went to the Brighton Centre later that evening for The Jam's final concert?

 

[Beach Hut]

Town Called Malice

 

[wigman]

Tube station.

 

[BN9 BHA]

'Shopping' is a great Jam song too.

You are slacking GR, I didn't expect this thread to get to #77 until you appeared
And where is [MENTION=15192]The Modfather[/MENTION]?

 

[Moshe Gariani]

And when I lie on my pillow at night
I dream I could fight like David Watts
Lead a school team to victory
Take my exams and pass the lot!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Seeing Weller literally spit out Away From The Numbers at The Centre a couple of times circa 1980 - 82 left a lasting impression on this late teens grease monkey