Jam-Pretty Green

[Adisthelad]

Awesome, thanks for this :)

[haruspeggs]

epic

[MrTulip65]

great version

[TheJayTrain]

How in the fuck is that I love The Clash and The Stranglers so much and I've never heard of this band, these dudes are fucking awesome!

[MrTulip65]

@TheJayTrain I envy you - I remember how I felt when I first heard The Jam as a 12 yr old boy, and seeing them live at Reading University a year later, in February 1979...life changing moments.

[georgaalty]

Never heard that version... Bloody amazing.

[tigerpaint1964]

100/100

[MightySpoiler]

awesome

[charliechicpea]

i was 15 and it only seems like last week, i saw them doing this live at a gig in leice

[corraddo1]

i used to have that jacket!

[Valskerie67]

So awesomely timeless...  It's just so good.

[andyheed123]

is that a harrington that weller is wearing?

[Nigelxman1]

@andyheed123 Is that honestly your question after watching this? lol

[TCBandage]

That Foxton fellow on bass is real good.

[guitarkat99]

@TCBandage

Agreed. And Weller's Rickenbacker sounds amazing!

[CHARZONE101]

weller is the best

[StepmothersTeeth]

Show them Yanks whose Boss!

[oocksne]

weller is too awesome

[lunny5]

listen to mark ronsen version its so bad lol

[HeidiChiao]

Awesome. I had no idea this even existed. Thanks for posting!!!

[007Amer007]

Love this video clip ....

Thank you

[uglybus7]

i met paul in 1997,talked for nearly an hour!!! he was very fond of SOUND AFFECTS and said it was his fav jam album.He asked me what was mine? i replied SETTING SONS and he could see my point, i said well you wrote them so your the boss!!! great meeting and a lovely fella,i was in awe of him but he knew i was a clued up fan and had time to chat.

[bluenosepig]

By the gods they were good live - saw them 3 times and this brings it all back

[bluenosepig]

By the gods they were good live - saw them 3 times and this brings it all back

[moggyadoc]

weller sucks

[Musikovor]

Huge time of rock'n'roll

[lukaduke]

@Musikovor are you joking? this isnt rock 'n' roll... rock 'n' roll was the arch-enemy of mods... rock 'n' roll was like elvis and gene vincent and chuck berry

[Musikovor]

juste 1 mot "BIG" !

[cybrevid]

this is fantastic

[Wilthomer66]

Sh*t, I remember this like it was yesterday! Staying up late on a school night to watch them play this. They did an uninspired interview w/ the show's host Tom Synder after "Pretty Green" then closed the show w/ "Funeral Pyre" which was cut off as the credits ended!

[gstockton]

This version has a much different groove than the album version, and the first word in the lines of the verses he starts a half beat behind the first beat, and plays that riff with the Bass in the beginning. Quite interesting. I wonder how long this was from the recordings for the album.

[Wilthomer66]

I recall watching this live on TV in 1981. A friend told me that Weller is playing a riff from Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" on it!

[dacritter]

your friends an idiot

[Wilthomer66]

Play the record and see for yourself, an Weller fessed up to it as well, so who's the idiot?

[dacritter]

u heard it a million times you and your friend is still an idiot.When did he fess up in your dreams

[shelleys9I]

I recall Weller saying in an nme interview at the time that Sound affects would be a cross between Revolver and M. Jackson, so i guess you are right.

[friendsofnortonkarno]

i saw them in new york the day before this show, they talked about it during the jam gig.

[dofane]

Bruces hair does it 4 me ;-)

[Wilthomer66]

David Cassidy lives!

[theaweller]

paul is so sexy...i can`t help myself...

and his moves in the end of the video remind me of franz ferdinand :)

[thefairymodmother]

I would have to agree with you theaweller he is as hot as anything!

[TristanDesnos]

Yeah he kinda moves like a bird! hahaha! Bless him!

[gbthecoach]

Agree with Tommy the middle of the song is awsome. Heck its the Jam its all AWSOME......No matter what side your on all 3 of them RULE

[beatleandy1]

Class!

[tommyluvstraci]

Weller is God!

Cool one...best moment at 1:35.

Nice seeing him get his shwerve on at the end!

[pienliquor77]

Nice 1, cheers for sticking this on!

[slateberry]

Weller at his best ...angry young man like I was ! ..twas a while ago though

[RubyBlue12]

Is this from Sound Effects?

[ArabianFacebuster2]

oh yeah

[brittweller]

Good version. I love the intro.

[PeterPumpkinhead1]

Cool version the boys did here!

[jojoblow01]

great stuff ! looking and sounding great . shame the end gets clipped but always a thrill to see jam clips . nice one !

[jasoncsh35]

Cracking..haven't seen this one before Steve...cheers for sharing on..

[yosoyoli]

Do you have the interview portion? Would love to see that as well. Thanks for posting this.

[NormN354]

Sorry, I don't. In 1981 Video was a rich man's toy. I got to use my Dad's unit but had to scrounge for cash to buy tapes. A Video Cassette cost $25 each(that's like $60 today). Any taping had to be the bare essentials.

[yosoyoli]

The funny thing is that I was just looking at a book in the Virgin Store yesterday called Punk 365 to see if the The Jam were in it and they were and it was a photo of them being interviewed on the Tom Snyder show. So I was curious to see if it was on Youtube and here it is.

[jimzer]

@NormN354 thx for the vid m8. what do u mean by taping had to be the bare essentials ?

[SmithersJones87]

Is thta the ever-popular Fred Perry polo Weller's wearing there?

Love this tune. Lyrics ring dead true.