The Jam - Going Underground TOTP

[admanphoto]

Always loved this band, apart from Foxton's stupid hairstyle. WTF was that all about?

[reaperon]

He'd had enough an this was him sayin " Fuck u im off " .. great track

[madasahammer1]

why does he have an apron on?

[AllOurYesterdaze]

Yes Paul is wearing an apron. Apparently it was a reference to "the Who Sell Out" front cover where Roger Daltrey is in a bath of baked beans. Paul felt that by appearing on TOTP he was selling out. The BBC didn't want to give any free advertisement so he's wearing it backwards, but you can still clearly see the logo on it!

[lyrandar01]

Is Weller playing a hofner?

[highlandwolf01]

the Jam were brilliant and still sound brilliant, much better than a lot of the stuff now..thanks for this

[MrClarky1961]

class still and am 48 now jam still class now

[MrAmacrae]

Kid Jenson.....I'm getting old !

[CBRSIXPACK]

Fookin Kid Jensen..................jeezus wept!

[Allthelovetoyou]

Roy! breakout the staypressed and the buttondown.What a great song this still! is,X.

[Allthelovetoyou]

Roy!!! breakout the stay-pressed and the button-downs,X.

[Allthelovetoyou]

Roy!!! breakout the stay-pressed and the button-downs,X.

[666rocko]

its 2010 iam 28 and this sounds amazing....

[hirodivision]

ポール・ウェラーのエプロン姿！！！

[jozsi1878]

this might sound a bit dumb, but is this live? it just sounds so much like the record...

[Wilipeidia]

@jozsi1878

it's TOTPs so they're probably lip singing

[fatriff]

@Wilipeidia Ofcourse it is!! listen to the original, it's exactly the same!

[SamEmdee987]

this is top of the pops, so its probably mimed

[prayerbone]

EPIC bass player !!!

[budakblue059]

@prayerbone that's bruce foxton mate.brilliant lad.better than king of the bass.good vocals too. i fancy him rather than paul weller.

[saulhughes]

"what;s the significance (if any) of the apron"

It's a PopArt gesture (Heinz > Warhol > Peter Blake)

[northernsoul1962]

@saulhughes

weller has always been strange great songwriter though he has forgotten it was THE JAM and the fans that made him and now foxton has stabbed RICK BUCKLER in the back with From the jam weller sucks wanker

[frazisbuff]

Dave Lee travis(top of the pops host) bet weller he wouldn't wear an apron on the recording of TOTP, weller won the bet!

[betahifidelity]

In answer to the posters question;None.

[gazwilwah]

Meant to say were bigger than U2 could ever wish to be. When a Jam single came out it was like christmas.

[gazwilwah]

The Jam were bigger than U2

[xhousebhoy]

the theme to my youth fuckin awesome

[budakblue059]

did i see weller wearing an apron?

[Pacquaio]

been decades since I saw this clip

what;s the significance (if any) of the apron

amazing stuff whatever

[skitch88]

wish they wouldn't lip-sync on TOTP...makes it all seem like a wank

[megree1]

The MODFATHER (with the lads) as a young man this is FANTATIC !!!

[keeleighbutton]

this is my ring tone and it has 2 b loud as fuk or it dont work ...i was about 10 wen this cum out finchleys skins

[TimmytheGeek2009]

me mum had an apron like that, she did. but she couldn't sing a lick, she couldn't.

[MattOGormanSmith]

she was probably wearing it the wrong way round

[efrem1]

Hey guys in the audience, this is the Jam. Jump up and down would ya!!!

[jw2327]

@efrem1 Wow! Yeah! they musta, I think, they musta used to play without sound. ""I'd be going nuts!!!""

[Gtaboy196]

i like this video but the actuarial song on because this song is the studio version not the live one :(

[ameswise]

Love the apron!! Town Called Malice is still my favorite, though!

[jonnyreyn]

The Jam ..... simply the best IMHO

[Bigryan8070]

ma dad was a mod an as sure as hell so am i ! ! !

[hezzieng101]

mods aint around that much any more but there still there start with a vespa start your own

[ad841164]

I was a 15 year old Jam-obsessed Mod in 1980. I scoured the shops for a Heinz apron after seeing PW with one! Never did find one.

[conorsmells]

lol same 14 jam obsessed mod but never looked for that apron lol

[hezzieng101]

dont care what any1 says that band was zero with out that bass1man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wilipeidia]

thanks, i just wondered why he was wearing it

[Wilipeidia]

what is paul wearing, on tenth veiw i realised he's wearing a apron.

older fans who were around then please exsplain

[camonyouirons]

emibug - trust a septic to comment on Pauls working class, rough and tumble, real deal, punk rock/ mod teeth. Thats part of the look, and just as much a fashion accessory as anything else ; )

[sweetness2follow]

THE PERFECT POP SONG.

[youthfulpunk15]

wtf whers wellers rickenbacker but then again hes miming

[maxobill]

Paul Weller is a genius

[innit27]

Weller and Sting never did anything as good since they left their respective bands.

Ive sung this on karaoke, which is more than Weller will do these days.

[Hoddwadd]

Pipe down! Sting was always shit..

[daveybelluk]

you must live in a box apart from the style council(not all good yes)weller has had at least 10 albums in the uk charts, and at least 3 hitting the top spot.also he tours every year go to a weller gig you will not be dissapionted....

[crapple009]

I want Paul's beautiful Hofner Club 60 guitar!!!

[dpoid]

Man, this was 1 of the first singles i ever bought. was fantastic then and still is now. always brings back happy memories an makes me smile. rock on til i die !

[emibug1996]

Nice teeth, Paul Weller. On another note, I love this bassline and just this song in general. The Jam are kind of just too awesome for so many people to not know about them. I mean really!

[margatelover69]

babe

[pokerfolio]

Why is Paul wearing an apron???

[browny64]

taking the piss out of the BBC

[farmerdan1]

he wore it in defiance, it was advertising and the BBC wouldnt allow it, so he refused to perform unless he was allowed to wear it, eventualy they let him providing he wore it back to front

[AnAutumnsDay]

Fantastic stuff!!!

[scooterroy]

Erm only a lot. John Weller allegedly rippep them off. He is dead now. Bruce and Rick are top blokes doing thier own thing again , good it is too. On the Scooter scene

[catstarman1]

don't you mean paul weller?

[scooterroy]

No John, Pauls old man. He was The Jams manager and was in charge of who got what % in the contracts, guess who got the most. You could argue that Paul was the song writer but Bruce and Rick wrote too but their songs didn't seem to make it to vynil. Spooky!

[johlufc]

And,invariably,they were better songs,e.g "Smithers=Jones".

[kelikel2]

what happened to Bruce and the drummer? Did they all fall out?

[cattonlad]

never mind the video just listen

[ceridawn]

just popped his loaf in the oven has he!

[broxibear69]

terrible teeth

[ArthurGanate]

lol

even though they were mod gods incarnate they never managed to make bruce foxton get rid of that mullet of his...

[haveyouseenherlately]

OK, I love TOTP ... the colours invert to remind us that Weller's head has, in fact, lyrically exploded, and then they freeze it like five seconds BEFORE he says "my body froze" ... ah, technology. You were so expressive once.

[papermariob]

This is all we had before hi-tec computers

Dont forget this is almost 30 YEARS OLD

[haveyouseenherlately]

Goodness, and here I was thinking that this was just last week and that Britain had somehow forgotten how to navigate the time-space continuum.

[papermariob]

All I was saying is this was before the days of Main fraim computers that produced hi-tec graphics.

01:47 WAS special effects for 1980.

See if you can find the original video for "Money for nothing" (I dont think it is on you-tube) This was AWESOME graphics in 1985 ( now it is laughable)

Time and tide waits for no-man!

[haveyouseenherlately]

Wow, that video is ... dire. But hilarious.

[papermariob]

Did you find it.. That was STATE OF THE ART technology in 1985.

It is all moving so fast.. In 15 Years time Television will be just like seeing with your own eyes in 20/20 vision .. You mark my words my friend. State of the art is 1080i HD Today . It will be 5OOOOOOOOO (5 Billion) Pixels By the year 2025 (This video From 1980 was recorded in 625 Line onto 2 inch Video-Tape)

[villavillaforever]

all the best comes from England !!

[trackerdog1969]

Paul Weller turned with age

[mcnallyfishburp]

haha class song !!! starting a new trend hienz tomarto soup pinny lol love it!!

[hoddlewaddle]

weller sold out

[jiggashere]

weller is cool as fuck. always has bin always will be.

[vespajedi]

Jam stage shoes, yeh i had em, also Jam Gibsons from Shellys of London. Bowling shoes from Melandies of Carnaby Street. Those were the days my friend........................­...................!!!

[wycliffe35]

Did anyone else have a pair of black shoes with a white stripe down the centre? memories. great video.

[modmayday1979]

come on mods 09

[SyndiCat1]

HerrHorst303 was shown up and smacked down by a well mannered, TOLERANT, 10 year old. Right-on, SamHarrison, you voice your opinion. That dude is a bitter old man who's wishing he was 10 again and is bitter that you are. Enjoy your youth, bud, Herr is just wishing he had "died before he got old'. Hey Herr, what do your teeth look like?

[loaxin]

you are a twat

[selbs18]

Tune!!!

[cell9song]

such a great, unique sound by The Jam. The awesome twangy sound put out by Rickenbacker guitars and bass has always been a favorite of mine. Just wish that Weller hadn't gone so far out to left field as time went on.

[HerrHorst303]

one of the best songs ever written in my opinion.

Weller is easily one of the best british songwriters ever, without a shadow of a doubt

fantastic band

[ClancyMod]

Secret Affair play The Camden Centre, Kings X, May 30th.

[Jumperkballs]

Buffalo Tom did an interesting version of this song.

[samharrison14]

London underground version is better

[jahpointcom]

no it aint. idiot

[samharrison14]

av u even heard it?

[jahpointcom]

yes. :)

[kahn200697]

are you fucking serious? you're a total retard and scum 1. their wouldnt be a shit parody if this great band didnt write the song :|

[HerrHorst303]

you're a fucking idiot.

go sit in a corner

[samharrison14]

shut up

[HerrHorst303]

no mate, you shut up, you're the one making stupid comments

[samharrison14]

what did i say?

[HerrHorst303]

"London underground version is better"

divvy

[samharrison14]

ok just forget it then this version is better u happy

[HerrHorst303]

say it like you mean it son!

[johnnybooda]

your obviously a complete idiot

[samharrison14]

yeah im 10 years old

[chris4026]

best uk no.1 of 1980

[whirlpoolzend]

An Anthem...

[mdl11225]

Nice walk down my High School memory lane.

Love Paul Weller & The Style Council

[wezatch]

Best song ever!!!

Best band ever!!!

[bobbydylanio]

what about The Smiths???

[Ordsall66]

Coolest number 1 ever?

[fuckwithfire1984]

Nice miming! XD

[RattusNorvegicus67]

he does not want what society wants ? EH. he was going underground? an we all believed him ?(bunch of fannys) still sounds good though. am still up 4 it. :)

[redcrown666]

london underground lol

[benjirichardshooper]

I just remembered how much I love the Jam

[Ginatheroma]

Fantastic band...

[MacTobey]

top class! pure quality!

[tommyluvstraci]

Weller is God!

[furzday]

so true my friend

[filmwire]

thats why this song will go 4 ever .

[megaforcemedia]

He also foresaw the apron fad that's about to start any day now.

[amemod]

i think it's in playback,isn't it?

[dockey1]

I think too ...

[26highstreet]

yea the apron fad was pretty good, i remember borrwing my nans pinny and going to the nightclub one night and as soon as i got in the place went dead silent

[orphangun]

Those were the days...

[vicsmith5000]

Slade and The Jam both went straight in at No.1 three times each. Both were on Polydor label (in the UK at least)too. This was a double A side with 'Dreams of Children'. When they did 'Malice' with 'Precious' on TOTP it was first time since the Beatles that a group played both sides of a No.1 on the same show.

[grahamtz098]

Weller.............LEGEND!!  THE MODFATHER

[hunterxxx11]

No, They Couldnt Play Live. Not enough technology. Srsly He Hated that. so when he played other songs, like a town called malice, in the middle he sung eton rifles instead. =D . he got revenge. >=-D

[balfnet]

If I remember rightly, TOTP wouldnt let them play live, so Weller basically said 'Bollocks, I'll chew gum to show that it's synced, did the same with Town Called Malice/Precious (Only double A side to play both on TOTP.

[almond002]

Is he chewing gum..towards the end of the clip?

Love the apron, Paul. Now go do the dishes.

[eydyabass]

the apron has to be a pop at the often mainstream content of TOTP - he had a tracks of my years on the ken bruce show on Radio 2 and picked the music they played in the asylum in one flew over the cukoos nest - and the played it! And he doesnt laugh much...

[hangin10]

Anyone know when this originally aired?

[buckerellavenue]

April 1980ish

[dobbo1959]

i went through the miners strike in 84-86 and when we went back to work this song was blasting out as we walk back through the gates defeated by the thatcher bitch but we held our heads high in respct of the issuse we deserved. money talks and she had it

[danatthesands]

Amazing band and awesome track - all you fans of THE JAM might be interested in seeing a LIVE web stream of the UK's best THE JAM tribute (THE JAM'D) View the stream from THE SANDS VENUE GAINSBOROUGH WEBSITE on 4th July @ 9pm should be brill!

[daveoc631]

this is a great song.

[jondon7]

Bruce Foxton's a nice guy who had his heart in the group and was devastated when it ended; and reformed them in 2007 without Weller.

Although, without Weller - no singer could really play with the same emotions and meaning as he inflects in his own words.

[012166777]

why is wearing a appron

[pdsaman]

I read back in 1980 (!) that he had just received it free after sending off coupons to Heinz!

[pdsaman]

(Addition to below) Because of this, he apparently just felt like wearing it!

[TheJamandExtras]

Its a tribute to The Who

They had heinz baked beans on the front of their who sell out album.

[ghdtreb]

good point

[bunerzissou]

man bruce foxton's hair is ridiculous.

[REBECCAAxo]

Love this song! Im only 14! :)♥

[eydyabass]

The apron (part of Masonic regalia) is part of a Masonic conspiracy tied up in the lyrics of this song also note his too short trousers another Masonic secret sign.- 'la la la la' refers to the holy grail - I'm writing a book about it. Dan Brown

[jerusalemlions]

hahaha

[lottietotty]

duroeno1 wins first prize for the funniest comment on youtube.

I love these guys but I will never forgive them for voting conservative in 1979

[eydyabass]

they didn't - Ploydor's PR told him to say something outrageous and 30 years later your still talking about it so I reckon he knew his onions.

[duroeno1]

Apparently, Paul Weller is wearing that apron because he had just finished cooking a shepherds pie, backstage, for Lionel Blair and Una Stubbs, whom he had met 3 weeks earlier, whilst filming an episode of Give Us A Clue.

The threesome went on to form an obscure side project called Fried Slice, but only ever managed to release one 7", entitled 'My Favourite Recipe is Leather'

Paul soon left the band to continue his commitments with The Jam.

Una and Lionel continued to be a pair of cunts.

[EggBagg26]

That is correct duroeno1.

Apparently Weller was offered a good position with Findus before signing with Polydor but he turned it down as he didn't think their Crispy Pancake range would take off.

[lottietotty]

To be honest I heard rumours that the reason Weller refused a deal with Findus was because he had a finger in Captain Birds Eye ;-)

[26highstreet]

yes i to also heard that rumour about paul weller cooking a shepards pie for lionel blair and una stubbs. apparently paul weller work as a vegetable surgeon and carried out the worlds first heart transplant on an artichoke.

A very intelligent man with many skills, did you no they got the name of the band the jam whilst eating jam butties outside the jam buttie mine with ken dodd and the diddymen

[bassthing76]

i think that's the firt comment that's ever made me really laugh .......thanks

[WhatevrUK]

there not snot nosed u cunt

[loucheslaw]

Weller looks a tad like tony from skins!

[REBECCAAxo]

You mean Tony looks like Weller. ;)

[ysssug]

the acts only mimed for top of the pops

[IndieRockMusicLover]

Is that live? It sounds ust like the original record!

[ArchangelDavide]

Glad to see someone corrected the chap about The Jam only having 2 No.1s...They were the first band to have 2 singles go straight to No.1, which not even the Beatles had acheived. Oh, and the reason The Clash never got to no.1 wasn't because they didn't do TOTP...they just didn't write songs as good as Weller's...

[luzhizui]

The reason the Clash never got to No.1 was, in part, 'cos they couldn't write lyrics as universal and timeless as these!

Plus the song is really musical.

Love tbe Clash too though!

[eugenecraddock]

The Jam popularity never cross the channel. I remember well to have seen Jam three time on stage in Paris and there was more english people (many mods) than french people in the audience. maybe they were too much english for french froggies.

[bootjangler]

Not sure about that. I think they were the first since Slade achieved the same thing.

[ArchangelDavide]

Sorry Bootjangler mate but lets not even try to compare Slade to The Jam! lol...Don't remember Slade going straight in at no.1 twice butr if anyone can confirm it I'll accept it begrudgingly...

'Cum on feel' the noize is just not in the same league as 'Going Underground' though is it? And they were scruffy fuckers with unnecessarily overgrown sideburns too! lol...

[bootjangler]

Oh I don't know. Slade were my choice in their day, but got too commercial and played up on Noddy's shouting. But if you listen closely there is great bass and guitar going on. Something I didn't realise at the time.

'How Does it Feel' is a master record and came much, much later than their chart success. How does it go? Slade, The Jam, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Oasis.....

[jamierourketen]

slade started out as a suedehead band in 69,they looked cool in ben shermans ,doc martins etc! they recorded a song called moonstomping!

[LukeStanton91]

Nice apron

[jonslick13]

This shit is great!!

[WolfStatic]

Wow the memories!

[whimsicalim]

Are they lip syncing?!

[jameswa1989]

unfortunately yes, in fact the guitars aren't plugged in and they're using rubber drums, as was the norm on totp.

[MetalGuruAR]

Actually, one of the "issues" existing at the time, between bands, was about "should we go to TOTP or not?" just because of this "lip-sync" thing. The Clash were adamant against it, and probably this fact had a lot to do with them never reaching #1 on the Brit charts, which Jam hit twice.

[richiemayne]

The Jam had 4.

But yeah I know what you mean.

[xXxsophie999xXx]

I was about 15 at the time this came out, straight to number 1 in the charts, reminds me of working in a hotel kitchen and this was played a lot on the radio, great times,great song.[sophies dad].

[marriottmad]

unbelievably awesome

[gibel333]

no shit they are lip synching its top of the pops. they make you.

[19ufo47]

Probably their best song.

[maverickrazor]

Don't know about that. Great song admittedly but have a listen to their whole back catalogue and the "B" sides to the best singles and you may change your mind. Have a listen to "In The City" and "All Mod Cons". Both albums precede "Going Underground".

[jehouse]

They're lip synching.

[SomethingRules]

Lip synching?! On TOTP?!

I refuse to believe it.