The Jam - Beat Surrender

[bodiegod]

I love the bird's jumper. I remember them well.

[cuntbollockswank]

Paul Weller could never be fucking arsed with all the miming bullshit that Top of the Pops insisted on back then. He just took the fucking piss from start to finish, gotta love that about him.

[AngieEnz84]

It's flat out impossible to sit still during this song.

[changingman2001]

it was, "bullfrogs are bullfrogs"...believe it or not

[wotabass]

wot the heck was the bassman singing the weller double, that was a first ever I've seen.



[gorgatron888]

Buckler look pissed hahaha

[Themalcoolm]

R.I.P. The jam :(

[salleygloverxx]

Xmass time again

[angel6ification]

absolutely classic jam song and 1 of the best

[drawlbag]

Right. They music's mimed, it's TOTP. They'd already announced the band split-up. Paul's up top at back wearing his Style Council-esque jumper. This is the Jam's best song. It seems like an awkward band re-union. I communicate via short sentences. Come on and suck cumber.

[MrDannybeast]

Whos that woman?

[linusvanpelter]

@MrDannybeast She's a backup singer, and not a very good one.

[gavkasso]

@linusvanpelter tracie young, signed to weller's respond label, had minor hit in 'the house that jack built'?

[glerchblobs]

weller already in council mode here...

[Joe90andabit]

have you ever seen anyone miming with less enthusiasm?

[scanners31]

But if they never split then there would be no Style Council!!

[BLOODCLART1000]

TOP TUNE VEVO SUCKS LIKE EA GAMES TOSSERS

[assassinsarecool1]

Paul Looks awlkward without a guitar

[youarethedancingquee]

is there any way to watch it without the huge vevo banner ad right under it the whole way through?!?

[RussellEstrellita]

kick ass

[vicsmith5000]

Think Bruce and Rick should have put as little effort into this as Paul...they must have been well pissed off about the split. Shame cos it was a classic 45

[njg4570]

Still hate Weller for breaking up The Jam.......

[SWEETSIXTEEN77]

Paul Weller the best !!!

[1paulsym]

best of british

[Modster67]

You can tell that Weller couldn't be bothered anymore. He wanted out asap by then. The fact that he wasn't carrying or playing his trademark Rickenbacker was his way of telling us what the future would look like. I was 15 years old when this was #1 and I was gutted, but he's gone on to do so many quality songs since. And he's still doing it. Well done, brother.

[Wickedashtray]

@Modster67 wish I could agree. While I enjoyed a handful of his songs in his other projects he seemed to have lost some of the vitality that he had when he was with The Jam.

[killineybaystarlight]

@Wickedashtray think you will find he writes or collaborates on lots of current music, just a guess, and yes he was awesome with The Jam :)

[jdig1984]

paul looks like liam gallagher here

[istprain]

@jdig1984 does he f--k

[jameyinegypt]

I was thinking that as well! lol

[LaurelVentura]

Tracie doesn't get a single close-up. Boooooo!

[marokokisetter]

and what the hell is weller singing at 0:32 ? obviously censored from the and bullshit is bullshit haha!

[43egglane]

@marokokisetter He sings "Bullfrogs are bullfrogs".

[winknspin]

@marokokisetter They are all lip syncing the whole song. My guess is that he forgot to pretend to sing the right lyrics at that moment. I don't blame him, lip syncing is kinda lame.

[winknspin]

They are all lip syncing the whole song. My guess is that he forgot to pretend to sing the right lyrics at that moment. I don't blame him, lip syncing is kinda lame.

[TheRyanTurner]

@winknspin yeah, and weller hated lip syncing so he deliberately does it shit!

[dodgydave1313]

@marokokisetter it sounds like bullfrogs are bullfrogs ;-0

[marokokisetter]

i just saw this on vh1 classic's 120 minutes last night, funny how bruce foxton is pretending to sing weller's backup vocals!

[KillzStudios]

I love this band. Paul Weller is bloody awesome.

[MrWints70]

brilliant. it makes me wanna part and eat cunt!

[Rochmuk]

GREAT SONG!

[n4j0]

They pronounce the 'b' because it scans better than if they didn't pronounce it... Simples...

[antoniosoul]

Cool song but I've always wondered why they pronounce the "b" in succumb

[Urko2005]

@antoniosoul your hearing things

[modsheff1]

will VEVO please fuck off

[ziggerzag101]

The complete music of The Jam should be made part of the National Curriculum in all English schools!

[psycoticbastard]

JAM stands for just amazing music ;)

[joeychips]

I am in love with that chick dancing!

[scotsmaninusa]

@joeychips that's 'Tracie Young' she was managed by wellers mum.she's also the singer on 'speak like a child' from the jam.

watch?v=-eCOZ2pJRzo

[bitterclinger100]

@scotsmaninusa Always thought that was Dee C. singing on that track.

[plonkerfest]

i reckon theyre not miming.... HAHAHA

[cjl71rm]

takes me back to school discos, early 80's great music great memories

[ringrj]

Arise Sir Paul the Great

Pity we Aussies will fix you Poms up in the Ashes

[markleeds1967]

@ringrj thats a joke lol

[Blighty4eva]

@ringrj You where saying? England rules!

[ringrj]

@Blighty4eva Well done to England and the Balmy Army,all i can say is Warnie and McGrath ,please come back!!!!

And then we will see how good you guys really are

[Blighty4eva]

@ringrj m8 i dont care much for cricket, its just good to see when my country wins. Good luck in future games though m8.

[ziggerzag101]

@ringrj I think you may find that's the BARMY ARMY

[SuperAntisocialite]

Now that is entertainment!

[sonystevo]

BULLFROGS!!!!!

[SEANBANOG4]

What's Fr. Dougal doing playin keyboards with the Jam?

[xplund]

I like how Weller would stand in the back and sing and put his band mates in the forefront.

[goby999]

@alansmart7 Good comment. Without looking at my CD's, I would guess that the Style Council's first "single" was Absolute Beginners. That would be my guess of when the "transformation" started.

[iw32]

1 person didn't succumb into the beat surrender.

[SuperAntisocialite]

@iw32 i think it's hilarious when people note how many people disliked stuff!! So funny. Come on boys come on girls how could they resist it i ask? Deaf? Bogan? Rockers???!!!

[100pru]

paul weller as&always will b better live,The Jam wer b4 ther time&split far too early,nothing of thers&Wellers other hits would sound out of place in 2010

[FORZAEE]

PAUL WELLER IS A CHAP

[msangh2003]

paul weller has never top the jam some good work later but never better than the jam plus never creative muscians

[scorpiosphinxrising]

bullfrogs are bullfrogs

lol bullshit

[CH3CH2OH4U]

He's nowhere the mike during the lip-sync, still... best version of the song on utube.

[bigbigsound]

@alansmart7 ttly lol

[swansjack08]

It's wierd seeing Paul Weller without a guitar.

[MrRedcap999]

@swansjack08 Just picked up on that. He looks uncomfortable...Take on board though he disbanded The Jam when he was 23....

[MsFanmail]

i prefer peter andre

[edn172]

@MsFanmail ... what?

[simfaithguitar1]

Looked like fun!

[dougsher]

I think they were from Woking not Reading....I also don't think Woking is in Berks, but then again I am in America so what do I know. Also, I have been to Reading and if you think Reading is posh then wow....I mean there are tons of working class people there, never been to Woking though.....great song, I love the Jam.

[thechangingman67]

@dougsher mate you know more than the other idiot But Woking is in Surrey but hey it no big deal BUT they not middle class pretending to be anything infact they stood out alone and didn't jump on any band wagon like a lot of the "punk" bands that were around in 76/77

[Feisty1967]

The trouble with the Jam is they are all middle-class boys from Reading, Berks who really want to come from East London. Berkshire is the heart of the middle-class, my brother joined the Army and moved down there, I then had to be a bridesmaid at his terribly posh wedding. I can't believe there are working-class people in Berkshire!

[thechangingman67]

@Feisty1967  what the fuck you talking about For starters The Jam where from Woking in Surrey which is an average place AND they were from working class back grounds Weller's dad was a brick layer who used to have to scratch about getting work to put food on the table I suggest you do your research before making comments Where you from ????

[elvisdog111111111111]

@Feisty1967 Well you have made my night I never realised The Jam were middle class and from Reading, although the idea Reading is posh is interesting. Why bother to post stuff if you are just making it up, although maybe you should carry on as the world needs more people like you to make the rest of us laugh.

[thechangingman67]

@elvisdog111111111111 well said mate I've already said my piece earlier Not had any comebacks yet though Strange that lol

[vorn29]

@Feisty1967 I agree that there are a lot of pretend eastenders out there but not the Jam. I followed them and they were not middle class pretenders like most of the fuckwit bands we see now who grew up under Blairs Thatcherite continuism. The changingman is spot on

[BaddestJournalism]

@vorn29 ha love the spirit

[clonesred]

@Feisty1967 "I know I come from Woking and you say I'm a fraud

But my heart's in the city, where it belongs"

if you know anything about The Jam , you'll know what song that lyric comes from

[henny320]

Can I just point out to all - the performance isn't live, it was pre-recorded before the show and it was played out when TOTP was live. This is how they used to do it in the 80s... You'll notice Bruce's bass isn't even plugged in and Buckler is playing air (not hitting the drums) when he does some rolls.... it is still a different music track from the album version though, although it's not live.

[pinkandjefflynne]

Packed the Jam in two albums too early...clever how he sings wit a chewing gum in his mouth. Do you think he ever gave the female singer (Tracy) oral or anal sex? Or crabs?

[craigguy71]

hes so fucking cool

[Diegobudeg8]

The Girl Dancing is sexy !!!

[Pacquaio]

@Diegobudeg8 I remember watching the original broadcast of this and being utterly entranced by Tracie's hip wiggle

excellent stuff

[BoogaPaul]

This song always makes me feel sad as it is the beginning of the end. :(

Bullfrogs are bullfrogs I remember that :P

[MyJeffreys]

well,just watched this for the first time since it was originally on tv,i remember watching it just having found out that THE JAM were splitting up and this was to be there last appearanceon telly...feel like a sad 16 year old again..lol...best group ever...

[saintssoccer]

Hey clown... the brass you hear is from the synth...

[jps5446]

Love the way there's trumpets in the song, yet no brass of any sort on the stage... did they even try and make it believable?

[rhysdad]

Paul looks bloody uncomfortable without a guitar in his hand....

[AyeWeCan]

he looks like he should be playing for Spurs

great song though

[tutieontoast]

This was the very last time 'The Jam' appeared on Top Of The Pops. This went straight in at No 1 and if you watch carefully Weller hated to mime often discarding the microphone . Also when he sings the part 'That Bullshit is still Bullshit - it just goes by different names' it was deemed to be too offensive to air on primetime BBC 1 - so watch closely as Paul has to say 'Bullfrogs are just Bullfrogs' they just go by different names ..yup ! I agree Paul ...X Factor - Bone Idol - realty tv sucks

[uhhuhohyeah1234]

and as it was in the beginning...so shall it be in the end..that bullshit is bullshit it just goes by different names.....fan bloody tastic...xxxxxxxxxxxxx