@onlyjoetee If you had a brain in your head you would realize that tons of songs are ripped off from other songs. You seem either really young or incredibly naive. Either way you don't seem too terribly bright. :-) Stay in school kid.
@NigelDoes and you think thats ok,do you?to steal somebody else's work THIS blatantly?and im the muppet.Must be terrible to have you as a friend,would not be able to turn your back on you for a second!you would steal anything and think its ok!!This thread actually shows your character..
@NigelDoes you can tell a lot about a mans character from his attitude to things that are blatantly wrong.Donald Trump used to say,before i do business with a man,i go play golf with him,just to see his character,if he cheats,moves the ball etc.your character is plain to see...i pity anybody who has anything to do with you on any level at all!!!!
@NigelDoes if what is wrong,is right and justifiable to you,then what does that say about you???????you're probably the type who thinks Hitler was just "misunderstood"..right?....have a word with yourself..
@onlyjoetee hahahaha. Oh man I love how worked up you've become over this. :-) Nearly every rock song you have ever heard has been in some way ripped off from an earlier song. Are you truly thick enough to not realize this? The best question you can probably ask yourself is this.....why are you so angry? Is it your goal in life to stay angry about the fact that one of your countrymen shamelessly stole a guitar riff from from another one of your countrymen? :-)
@onlyjoetee Wow You really are a piece of work. There's an enormous human tragedy going on in Japan right now but you can't bother with that because Paul Weller is the devil.......Says a lot. Sadly.
@NigelDoes dont deflect,we're talking about YOU,YOUR character..ALL crime and dishonesty flourishes in this world because of people like YOU,do you realize that!!!you see wrong,and say OH its ok,thats what evryone does,thats just how it is etc.right?never mind Japan,start with the man in the mirror!!
@onlyjoetee lol You're killing me here! You know what you're right! I'm the antichrist for not thinking Paul Weller should be publicly hanged for ripping off Taxman. :-)Do you seriously have nothing else going on in your life to spend as much time as you obviously being angry over nicked guitar riffs? :-) Is that really the biggest issue in your insular, pathetic little world? Try getting out of the house bro. What time is it in the UK? Why are you even up? lol
@NigelDoes again,you're deflecting.This is the same pathetic rap that people like you always use,Oh there are bigger things to worry about etc.an entire ocean starts with one little drop.You think this wrong should be overlooked,its no big deal,its "only" a guitar riff etc.so what next?what do you overlook next?plagiarism today?what tomorrrow?rape?murder?what?check yourself sir!!!all it takes for ANY bad to flourish,is for goodmen to do/say nothing.Today a drop,2moro an ocean!Think,reflect!
@NigelDoes your son steals a sweet,you dont chastize him,oh its only a sweet,then he steals a wallet,then a car,then burglarizes a house,at what point do you chastize him?what point in that link would it NOT be ok!get it?
@Raggamechababy Well, a cover is a rip off, and even the Beatles did covers. This isn't a cover, but a 'take' on a Beatles number's catchy hook, I'd say. Just an opinion, somewhat biased by my love of the Jam.
@freddo27 Aye, that's fair enough. But I think what takes it into the realm of ripping off is that it's not a cover - with a cover you're acknowledging the origin of the tune by, well, playing the entirety of the tune. But by copying a very original groove and building a different tune out of it, you're benefitting from someone else's creativity - ie: ripping them off. Sorry, that sounds well preachy! BUT I do agree, the Jam are ace, and this is a tight performance. Actually, I take it all back.
OMG this is brilliant! Such a cheeky take on the Beatles - who else would have the nerve to do that and make it their own? Still sounds totally fresh today. And that SG thru the Marshalls......inspiring. :)
@bobyoung53 Man there is nothing more boorish than some never has been musician such as you rambling on about your crap experiences playing at Chuckie Cheese.
@bobyoung53 Thanx for the history lesson. I probably heard the blues live before you were on the planet. I meant tribute in a way you're over sized ego can't process.
Paul was influenced by Soul, The Who, Ray Davies, Beatles and early punk bands, just like virtually every band or artist thats been are influenced by someone previous.
Oasis, Blur, OCS and the Artic Monkeys were very influenced by The Jam and Paul Weller.
This show, 'Fridays', tried to be ABC's answer to NBC's 'Saturday Night Live'. It wasn't, but I remember watching The Jam do this and burn it up. The show starred Michael Richards, later of Seinfeld and racism remarks.
@TheTrossi91 The Style Council were utter dross imo. The Jam would have been nothing without Bruce and Rick. Saw 'em live at the Manchester Apollo in 1977/78 on the All Mod Cons tour. Weller was a gent. We waited in the afternoon for them to arrive and he invited me and a pal to come in and listen to them warm up. He then offered us the tickets for the night time gig but we told him that we already had some. He autographed them for us tho.
Listen out for a rare mistake by Bruce as he's changing to the D riff at the begining, just as Weller sings "nor I to Know yours"....nice clip not seen before
Fridays had some great bands on.They would let the bands play 3 sometimes 4 songs.When it was cut to a hour show on repeats only showed 2 songs I remember seeing The Stray Cats on it live for the first time on it and I was hooked Rockabilly for life.(yeah I know it's the "oppisite" of these guys) but I like all GOOD music And The Clash & The Jam were THE BEST of the originals from the U.K.
Pedantry alert! George Harrison used his 1961 SG for the 'Revolver' album, and as noted above, this song pays a rather, um, literal homage to the album's opening track, which was composed and sung by Harrison. Ironically, perhaps, the dramatic solo ('referenced' here) was actually developed and played by McCartney (itself an homage to Jeff Beck's solo on the Yardbirds 'Shapes of things', released in the UK about 2 months before the Beatles started 'Revolver').
To me this will forever just remind me of the beatles song tax man, it sounds identical "apart from melody line" and "in my view" tax man is a better song
Great song & great decade .. A question to all you bass players out there : the bass sounds very sixties to me, is this because he's playing on a semi-acoustic ?
Yes. Sounds like flatwound strings to me as well. Also not forgetting the riff is very reminiscent of the first track of an album by a certain band from 1966! Very cool bass. And player. Love yer werk Brooce!!
great song..but Youtube - "FEELS A LONG JOURNEY - The MOD SQUAD" ...biggest song in Australia ..its the song which is changing peoples lives overnight!..take one listen-classic
great song..but Youtube -The MOD SQUAD- "FEELS A LONG JOURNEY" ...biggest song in Australia ..its the song which is changing peoples lives overnight!..take one listen-classic
Amazing clip - apparantly Weller wrote this about his own frustrations at trying to communicate (normally) with people, now he that was famous..also, reckon he's a closet Tony Iommi fan with that SG!!! LoL
@MrChubbleyWarner - mmm .. playing an SG does not necessarily mean you are are a fan of Mr Iommi - I think there is a world of difference in their styles - also the song is nothing at all about Pauls frustrations - its actually a song about James Bond.
@deanok1960 - I meant the Tony Iommi ref VERY 'tounge in cheek' - I would imagine PW hated Black Sabbath with a passion! - Also, where did you hear about the James Bond thing? I picked up my info from the Paolo Hewitt book 'Paul Weller - The Changing Man'
I heard the James Bond thing in an interview he did yonks ago - Paul is often quite oblique about the meaning of his song (sometimes I think he makes up different stories for fun) - I prefer the Ricky any day LOL
yeah, he don't look 'right' with the SG - plays it well enough though! - I suppose we'll have to leave the meaning of 'Start' open to interpretation...Cheers : )
Brilliant stuff, first time I ever saw The Jam was on this show ("Fridays") ABC TV Summer 1980! Weller's George Harrison '66 look is complete with the Gibson SG, though I too, at the time, was wondering "What no Rickenbacker?". But he played one on their next number on the show ("Private Hell").
anthonythirteen I think you'll find that the Beatles were very original in their music. The album which this song came from "Revolver" and Sgt Peppers are particularly regarded as pioneering.
Absolutely awesome - the Taxman thing is understandable.. its the "cycle" of music in action.......makes your backbone shudder and puts a smile on your face....
its been used by beck also for the new pollution i think - its simply a good piece of music that lends itself to other bands. never a rip off, these bands are to talented to rely on just ripping the beatles off
I think he picked the old cherry SG to go with the granny psychedelic shades - it was the guitar George Harrison played on Revolver and was filmed playing in the paperback writer / rain promo, which weller was well aware of - blimey try saying that after a few pints.
To any of the bods on here cunting the jam live...look u donuts,if you wanted to see note for note boring shit in them days u should have gone to see duran duran. the jam were what it was all about live...aggression,passion,fuk ups,jumping about,outta tune sometimes,sweaty as fuck. No band can ever match a Jam gig, absolutely fucking electric. As for seeing some boring statues live replicating their studio sound perfectly , stick that right up ya fat arse.
And of that so called HUGE catalogue how many... other than to Weller obsessed beehive wigs like yourself, are remembered in Musical culture? Seriously? I Love the Jam but If you think Weller will outlive the Beatles and the Stones in ANY respect than God bless your little musical mid life crisis.
the jam where the beatles for my generation weller is our lennon beside the stones suck anyway and yes wellers songs will rightly take their place up with lennons as the two best british songwriters ever
Lol It Sounds So Much Like Taxman, This Could Not Be A Coincidence. Lol
KhaoticRecords 1 week ago
nothing sounds like an SG. Wonderful "crunchy" sound.
cell9song 6 months ago
Wondering if that hollowbody Bruce is playing is.. Epiphone or Gibson..? Lovely playing by both guys.
666eggsiseggs 6 months ago
@666eggsiseggs its an epiphone rivoli
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tcvicesquad 7 months ago
yeah paul's even playing the same cherry red gibson SG that george used on paperback writer! AWESOME!
kinglouiebee 7 months ago
"Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal"
-Pablo Picasso.
'nuff said.
thedizzies1 9 months ago
@thedizzies1 Bullshit.
sclapione 7 months ago
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vampyros1 7 months ago
is this a rip off ,of taxman,by the beatles
dinoblackgrape 9 months ago
Awesome stuff! Loving the Modfather John William Weller! What an absolute classic!
SuperStarlight777 10 months ago
foxton fucked the bass line at the beggining lol!!!!!!!!!
FablesJonny 10 months ago
"Fridays" was the poor man's SNL, but they were way ahead regarding the musical acts.
sugarjoe50 10 months ago
ich kannte nur start von den bb, das hier ist grossartig!!
zagatoF1 10 months ago
THIS SONG IS DIRECTLY RIPPED OFF FROM TAXMAN BY THE BEATLES!!!!!!!
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@onlyjoetee Thanks genius. And?????/
NigelDoes 10 months ago
@NigelDoes whatdyumeanand??obviously you had no idea?hahahaha fucking idiot..
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@onlyjoetee That's your reponse? How old are you?
NigelDoes 10 months ago
@onlyjoetee If you had a brain in your head you would realize that tons of songs are ripped off from other songs. You seem either really young or incredibly naive. Either way you don't seem too terribly bright. :-) Stay in school kid.
NigelDoes 10 months ago
@NigelDoes and that makes it ok does it?to rip off a song THIS blatantly?and you didnt even know till i told you..you fool..LOL
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@onlyjoetee I've know it since the song came out you muppet. What are you 12?
NigelDoes 10 months ago
@NigelDoes and you think thats ok,do you?to steal somebody else's work THIS blatantly?and im the muppet.Must be terrible to have you as a friend,would not be able to turn your back on you for a second!you would steal anything and think its ok!!This thread actually shows your character..
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@NigelDoes you can tell a lot about a mans character from his attitude to things that are blatantly wrong.Donald Trump used to say,before i do business with a man,i go play golf with him,just to see his character,if he cheats,moves the ball etc.your character is plain to see...i pity anybody who has anything to do with you on any level at all!!!!
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@NigelDoes if what is wrong,is right and justifiable to you,then what does that say about you???????you're probably the type who thinks Hitler was just "misunderstood"..right?....have a word with yourself..
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@onlyjoetee hahahaha. Oh man I love how worked up you've become over this. :-) Nearly every rock song you have ever heard has been in some way ripped off from an earlier song. Are you truly thick enough to not realize this? The best question you can probably ask yourself is this.....why are you so angry? Is it your goal in life to stay angry about the fact that one of your countrymen shamelessly stole a guitar riff from from another one of your countrymen? :-)
NigelDoes 10 months ago
@NigelDoes examine your own character,based on your reaction to this flagrant plagiarism very carefully......
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@onlyjoetee Wow You really are a piece of work. There's an enormous human tragedy going on in Japan right now but you can't bother with that because Paul Weller is the devil.......Says a lot. Sadly.
NigelDoes 10 months ago
@NigelDoes dont deflect,we're talking about YOU,YOUR character..ALL crime and dishonesty flourishes in this world because of people like YOU,do you realize that!!!you see wrong,and say OH its ok,thats what evryone does,thats just how it is etc.right?never mind Japan,start with the man in the mirror!!
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@onlyjoetee lol You're killing me here! You know what you're right! I'm the antichrist for not thinking Paul Weller should be publicly hanged for ripping off Taxman. :-)Do you seriously have nothing else going on in your life to spend as much time as you obviously being angry over nicked guitar riffs? :-) Is that really the biggest issue in your insular, pathetic little world? Try getting out of the house bro. What time is it in the UK? Why are you even up? lol
NigelDoes 10 months ago
@NigelDoes again,you're deflecting.This is the same pathetic rap that people like you always use,Oh there are bigger things to worry about etc.an entire ocean starts with one little drop.You think this wrong should be overlooked,its no big deal,its "only" a guitar riff etc.so what next?what do you overlook next?plagiarism today?what tomorrrow?rape?murder?what?check yourself sir!!!all it takes for ANY bad to flourish,is for goodmen to do/say nothing.Today a drop,2moro an ocean!Think,reflect!
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
@NigelDoes your son steals a sweet,you dont chastize him,oh its only a sweet,then he steals a wallet,then a car,then burglarizes a house,at what point do you chastize him?what point in that link would it NOT be ok!get it?
onlyjoetee 10 months ago
Easily the tightest outfit I have ever seen, in Peterborough, and only three of em. Amazing memories.
spectrum99122 11 months ago
Ain't that one of the best fackin bass lines ever??
freddo27 1 year ago
@freddo27 it is but it's Paul McCartney's! Weller just wanted to see what he could do with it! both brilliant songs anyway!
rcd1875 1 year ago
@rcd1875 He did well with it, I think. Bruce Foxton really nailed it. Which Beatles' number is that bassline from?
freddo27 1 year ago
@freddo27 Taxman, it's not quite as prominent as it is in Start though!
rcd1875 1 year ago
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It's a rip off.
Raggamechababy 1 year ago
@Raggamechababy Well, a cover is a rip off, and even the Beatles did covers. This isn't a cover, but a 'take' on a Beatles number's catchy hook, I'd say. Just an opinion, somewhat biased by my love of the Jam.
freddo27 1 year ago
@freddo27 Aye, that's fair enough. But I think what takes it into the realm of ripping off is that it's not a cover - with a cover you're acknowledging the origin of the tune by, well, playing the entirety of the tune. But by copying a very original groove and building a different tune out of it, you're benefitting from someone else's creativity - ie: ripping them off. Sorry, that sounds well preachy! BUT I do agree, the Jam are ace, and this is a tight performance. Actually, I take it all back.
Raggamechababy 1 year ago
OMG this is brilliant! Such a cheeky take on the Beatles - who else would have the nerve to do that and make it their own? Still sounds totally fresh today. And that SG thru the Marshalls......inspiring. :)
audiotrax2000 1 year ago
@bobyoung53 Well I was born in the 50s Bob so you ain't cool. Playing music is about fun not being a blowhard on youtube such as you are.
kurtizzyflush 1 year ago
@bobyoung53 Man there is nothing more boorish than some never has been musician such as you rambling on about your crap experiences playing at Chuckie Cheese.
kurtizzyflush 1 year ago
@bobyoung53 Thanx for the history lesson. I probably heard the blues live before you were on the planet. I meant tribute in a way you're over sized ego can't process.
kurtizzyflush 1 year ago
So Weller ripped this off - so what!
MissEgasMoniz 1 year ago
The Jam,was my life.
currypot1965 1 year ago
Bent forward like that, with the glasses on, Weller reminds me of the bloke from Talk Talk.
wellerslastloafers 1 year ago
Paul was influenced by Soul, The Who, Ray Davies, Beatles and early punk bands, just like virtually every band or artist thats been are influenced by someone previous.
Oasis, Blur, OCS and the Artic Monkeys were very influenced by The Jam and Paul Weller.
u414336 1 year ago 2
@bobyoung53 Blues musicians do the same lifting of riffs from one another. It's called a tribute Skeezix.
kurtizzyflush 1 year ago
This show, 'Fridays', tried to be ABC's answer to NBC's 'Saturday Night Live'. It wasn't, but I remember watching The Jam do this and burn it up. The show starred Michael Richards, later of Seinfeld and racism remarks.
maida1982a 1 year ago
damn, weller with an sg, neat
PBANDSNOW 1 year ago
Man ! That was shit hot ! Some tone PW was getting out that Gibson SG ! Great wee solo !! Cool !
auto4union 1 year ago
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provensi 1 year ago
why the fuck paul ,why....we could still be listening to tunes like this...............!
ferrers88 1 year ago
Sounds alot like Taxman by The Beatles off of Revolver. You can see how much The Beatles influenced these guys and many others.
HofnerBeatleBass 1 year ago
TAXMAN!!!!! I prefer this song though.
bluetones83 1 year ago
You can see how much influence they had on Oasis from this clip
DeepSpaceDesign 1 year ago
@DeepSpaceDesign well not this specific song cause this is exactly like taxman by the beatles
FredVegetable 1 year ago
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JennySussex 1 year ago
Jam gets my heart beating, been listening toJam/Style Council/Weller for 30 years - never gets stale! Still on the favourite list!
TheTrossi91 1 year ago
@TheTrossi91 The Style Council were utter dross imo. The Jam would have been nothing without Bruce and Rick. Saw 'em live at the Manchester Apollo in 1977/78 on the All Mod Cons tour. Weller was a gent. We waited in the afternoon for them to arrive and he invited me and a pal to come in and listen to them warm up. He then offered us the tickets for the night time gig but we told him that we already had some. He autographed them for us tho.
ellycat 1 year ago
Listen out for a rare mistake by Bruce as he's changing to the D riff at the begining, just as Weller sings "nor I to Know yours"....nice clip not seen before
hopperbass 1 year ago
great underrated cut - period!
pbuotte 1 year ago
Fridays had some great bands on.They would let the bands play 3 sometimes 4 songs.When it was cut to a hour show on repeats only showed 2 songs I remember seeing The Stray Cats on it live for the first time on it and I was hooked Rockabilly for life.(yeah I know it's the "oppisite" of these guys) but I like all GOOD music And The Clash & The Jam were THE BEST of the originals from the U.K.
teddyboyward 1 year ago
Check out The Moons (just click on our user name)
Paul played on their debut album 'Life on earth' out now
A new movement is coming!
TheMoonsOfficial 1 year ago
TAXMAN!
shareschannel 1 year ago
@shareschannel yea and no lawsuits a aha aahaa
PoireauMan68 1 year ago
Pedantry alert! George Harrison used his 1961 SG for the 'Revolver' album, and as noted above, this song pays a rather, um, literal homage to the album's opening track, which was composed and sung by Harrison. Ironically, perhaps, the dramatic solo ('referenced' here) was actually developed and played by McCartney (itself an homage to Jeff Beck's solo on the Yardbirds 'Shapes of things', released in the UK about 2 months before the Beatles started 'Revolver').
Love this song. A cracker!
londonemski 1 year ago 2
To me this will forever just remind me of the beatles song tax man, it sounds identical "apart from melody line" and "in my view" tax man is a better song
foosrockguitarriffs 1 year ago
Oh Yeah!!!
demento81 1 year ago
Great song & great decade .. A question to all you bass players out there : the bass sounds very sixties to me, is this because he's playing on a semi-acoustic ?
longshortman 1 year ago
Yes. Sounds like flatwound strings to me as well. Also not forgetting the riff is very reminiscent of the first track of an album by a certain band from 1966! Very cool bass. And player. Love yer werk Brooce!!
1959LTV 1 year ago 5
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great song..but Youtube - "FEELS A LONG JOURNEY - The MOD SQUAD" ...biggest song in Australia ..its the song which is changing peoples lives overnight!..take one listen-classic
SuzieQfan1 1 year ago
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great song..but Youtube -The MOD SQUAD- "FEELS A LONG JOURNEY" ...biggest song in Australia ..its the song which is changing peoples lives overnight!..take one listen-classic
sunnygirl1965 2 years ago
Amazing clip - apparantly Weller wrote this about his own frustrations at trying to communicate (normally) with people, now he that was famous..also, reckon he's a closet Tony Iommi fan with that SG!!! LoL
MrChubbleyWarner 2 years ago
@MrChubbleyWarner - mmm .. playing an SG does not necessarily mean you are are a fan of Mr Iommi - I think there is a world of difference in their styles - also the song is nothing at all about Pauls frustrations - its actually a song about James Bond.
deanok1960 2 years ago
@deanok1960 - I meant the Tony Iommi ref VERY 'tounge in cheek' - I would imagine PW hated Black Sabbath with a passion! - Also, where did you hear about the James Bond thing? I picked up my info from the Paolo Hewitt book 'Paul Weller - The Changing Man'
MrChubbleyWarner 2 years ago
I heard the James Bond thing in an interview he did yonks ago - Paul is often quite oblique about the meaning of his song (sometimes I think he makes up different stories for fun) - I prefer the Ricky any day LOL
deanok1960 2 years ago
yeah, he don't look 'right' with the SG - plays it well enough though! - I suppose we'll have to leave the meaning of 'Start' open to interpretation...Cheers : )
MrChubbleyWarner 2 years ago
very rare??? its the tube show they did... the last TV apperance ever by the jam...its on a dvd now........
markusreeves 2 years ago
markusreeves..its not the tube from dec 1982 its from 'Fridays live' a programe in the usa and its july 1980 when the single "Start" was released
aceface1969 2 years ago 3
yeah i kinda jumped the gun there... started my comm b4 id properly watched the clip DUH ... weller didnt have the glasses on during the tube set
markusreeves 2 years ago
..or play the '63 SG either....
markusreeves 2 years ago
@markusreeves yep.. you are wrong.. this is 1980 and defo not their last show from 1982.
fatriff 1 year ago
taxman
coolporsche1 2 years ago 2
Yes but not "sampled" as they are these days....God I sound like me Dad for christ sake.......;-)
Mattew1999 2 years ago
without doubt
Ry42Back 2 years ago
damn i want the 61 reissue
KRITSOYODA 2 years ago
check out tales of george if you like these guys you will not be dissapointed!
TheEezergeezer 2 years ago
love it....
janicepjam 2 years ago
My band used to play this one. It was one of our faves. Excellent band.
JRCrowley 2 years ago
Brilliant stuff, first time I ever saw The Jam was on this show ("Fridays") ABC TV Summer 1980! Weller's George Harrison '66 look is complete with the Gibson SG, though I too, at the time, was wondering "What no Rickenbacker?". But he played one on their next number on the show ("Private Hell").
Wilthomer66 2 years ago
didn't realise Weller played an SG back in The Jam days. thought that was just a solo career thing.
wibeseeker 2 years ago
where is the rick?
lyrandar01 2 years ago 2
You all should know that musical quality is ineffable.
Stringwave13 2 years ago
sounds like taxman at the start
DaveDaysJr 2 years ago
It is, They took the bass line and made a much better song out of it :P Sadly ruined by Pauls horrible guitar in this particular video.
TheModCon 2 years ago
No.They made a WORSE song
DaveDaysJr 2 years ago
Taxman sucks, Paul did a lot more with it.
TheModCon 2 years ago
well i appreciate your opinion lets just agree to disagree
DaveDaysJr 2 years ago
I'm cool with that
TheModCon 2 years ago
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uphoyaax 2 years ago
Nice SG.
nickbaldeagle01 2 years ago 3
I love this song! amazing delivery by your man Weller in the face of the slight detunage of his strings
00chillbreeze00 2 years ago
One of my favorite Jam songs. I've been a fan since the early 80s & The Jam is still the 1st CD I listen to in my car. Amazing!
fifidaniels 2 years ago 7
top track but i can understand in a weird way georgy harrisons problem!!!
craggymozzer 2 years ago
This was So unbelievably exciting to see as a 12 year old!
Way better than most American music.....
zsazsa3 2 years ago 3
anthonythirteen I think you'll find that the Beatles were very original in their music. The album which this song came from "Revolver" and Sgt Peppers are particularly regarded as pioneering.
06usastratdeluxe 2 years ago
And what You Give Is what You get!
Fryersmuck 2 years ago 3
Where did the Beatles get the Taxman riff from? All music is to a degree derivative. This is distinctively different from Taxman to be its own song.
anthonythirteen 2 years ago
gawd, i was there in the audience!!! how funny!!!! thankx for posting.
pseedie 2 years ago
It's Taxman. Does that matter? It's not like any other groupOasis has ever done that.
agramsci 2 years ago
Yeh but at least they changed the key. Still a great song, love it.
06usastratdeluxe 2 years ago 3
legal.
MarcelaLSD 2 years ago
It's hardly all that different from Taxman.
Superstarseven 2 years ago 3
That Gibson SG that Weller is using for this song, also reminds one of the Beatles (esp. Harrison) circa 1966.
skeletonkey6 2 years ago
UMMMM... 29 years ago! It just occurred to me!
thebooth 2 years ago
Taxman - only better. Killer bassline. Bruce Foxton is legend.
sabbra1 2 years ago 2
Totally different song. Listen to the making
Mask242 2 years ago
one of my all time favorites ... thanks for posting!
dixie212 2 years ago 2
tHE JaM....R.I.P...1977-1982..."and as i was standing by the edge, i could see the faces of those who led pissing thereselves laughing....!!!!
CappuccinoKid1914 2 years ago
cause tonight we burn responsibility in the fire.
lloyd525 2 years ago 2
Absolutely awesome - the Taxman thing is understandable.. its the "cycle" of music in action.......makes your backbone shudder and puts a smile on your face....
dazmalski 2 years ago
its been used by beck also for the new pollution i think - its simply a good piece of music that lends itself to other bands. never a rip off, these bands are to talented to rely on just ripping the beatles off
MYBLUES74 2 years ago
WTF? Where's the Rickenbacker?!! An SG? surely not!
TristanDesnos 2 years ago
dont thumbs down the bloke D:
different guitars for different sounds mate. obviously get ehat he wanted out of the ric which is a shame cause its a cracking guitar haha
lloyd525 2 years ago
I wasn't giving an opinion! The SG is cool too! I was just shoked! lol!
TristanDesnos 2 years ago
Thank you. And thank Michael Richards and his toy soldiers!
allanosterm 2 years ago
HardCoreSandy
Spot on; The Jam are great but this is a direct rip-off of Taxman (one of the Beatles least creditable songs).
PhilRebbeck 2 years ago
pretty cool song
other earlier versions are a little better.
redbugiii 2 years ago
this sounds like Taxman by The Beatles
HardCoreSandy 2 years ago
same baseline.
theold2007 2 years ago
Same bassline, guitar rhythm and almost identical guitar solo.
Superstarseven 2 years ago 2
If you listen good it is a different song.....
Mask242 2 years ago
what is WRONG with taking any piece and using it to make a point.
Glaeken1961 2 years ago
You also have to appreciate how hard it must have been for Bruce to sing with such a complex bass line!!
josh9wwfc 2 years ago
Good call!, I can play this, great fun! . . . but can I nowt do his vocals whilst playing!
PuffPastryHangman83 2 years ago
Thanks so much for this! We saw this episode when it originally aired. Seems just like yesterday.....
googiesmom 2 years ago
ils me manque
acerdiabolo 2 years ago
Obvious Taxman homage, but so what???!!! this is one of the most kick-ass songs of all time - not to mention that guit. solo.....
barrygoodz 2 years ago 3
this song is just a rip of taxman...
bratbastardhead 2 years ago
So what, it's a solid interpretation.
ajj4account 2 years ago 6
no chance, it plaegerism. They should come up with something at least half original.
bratbastardhead 2 years ago
It's better than Taxman.
dstpfw 2 years ago 4
Yes! FAr better!
biboca68 2 years ago
The man was a genius with the jam.
tigertaylor08 2 years ago
I miss the JAM
1960jack 2 years ago
WHO EVER TAUGHT HIM HOW TO PLAY?? he was genious.. weller's style .. its amazing..
jonnytheoasisfan 2 years ago
SECRET AFFAIR pIay their 30th anniversary show @ The Camden Centre, Kings Cross, Iondon, May 30th, 2009.
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tom69mod 2 years ago
it is better than taxman
what about lennons glasses?
paulinella 2 years ago
nice guitar play!
benzcraz 2 years ago
Paul looks like Damon Albarn here))
hedgeolly 2 years ago
no. damon albairn looks like paul weller did on american bandstand in 1980
juanypei 2 years ago
Great song
linkami 2 years ago
Secret Affair pIay their onIy Iondon show @ The Camden Centre, Kings X, May 30
tickets thru see tickets
twotonetonic 2 years ago
i like bruce's bass guitar.They got this from the beatles Taxman but this is better
TommyDartsFan 2 years ago
tighter than a camels ass in a sandstorm!
SEANBANOG4 2 years ago 3
i've never heard another band as tight as the jam, ever
fuckamericanidiot 2 years ago 2
This song is one of the coolest tunes. I have listened to it for over 25 years and still love it. I actually like it much better than Tax Man.
robert7777777 2 years ago
I think he picked the old cherry SG to go with the granny psychedelic shades - it was the guitar George Harrison played on Revolver and was filmed playing in the paperback writer / rain promo, which weller was well aware of - blimey try saying that after a few pints.
WilburyVision 2 years ago 2
lol genius comment.
JRGrange25 2 years ago
Sounds good but odd to see Weller playing a Gibson SG.
KnightOwl2006 2 years ago 4
True...but hey Townshend played Ricks and then moved to an SG as well...like father like son
henryhedgehog1 2 years ago 2
when i see Weller in this video it makes me think of OCS's Steve Cradock. Love this song
wolvesweller 2 years ago
This band were inspirational to a whole new generation of groups in the 1980's.
stevedonyoung 2 years ago 2
dont you lot bother reading previous comments ? will you all stop going on about taxman . let it go for wellers sake already !
jojoblow01 3 years ago
Bruce Foxton took 'taxman's' bass line and made it 100 times better!! ;)
so fuck them all!!!! :)
steelybass 2 years ago 2
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jojoblow01 2 years ago
blow up!
steelybass 2 years ago
psych out !
jojoblow01 2 years ago
boo!
fuckamericanidiot 2 years ago
the marshalls are props... peavy bandit like the tube video's... guitar sounds like a wasp.
rallyboy101 2 years ago
SUCH greatness.
kerrisavage 3 years ago
Excellent clip, mate. They were so tight live.
Ic1cle 3 years ago
spot on mate they were so tight
Rangersfan57 2 years ago
Anybody questioning The Jam needs their head looking at
MisspentYouth70 3 years ago 4
To any of the bods on here cunting the jam live...look u donuts,if you wanted to see note for note boring shit in them days u should have gone to see duran duran. the jam were what it was all about live...aggression,passion,fuk ups,jumping about,outta tune sometimes,sweaty as fuck. No band can ever match a Jam gig, absolutely fucking electric. As for seeing some boring statues live replicating their studio sound perfectly , stick that right up ya fat arse.
pienliquor77 3 years ago 4
Dogfather..
And of that so called HUGE catalogue how many... other than to Weller obsessed beehive wigs like yourself, are remembered in Musical culture? Seriously? I Love the Jam but If you think Weller will outlive the Beatles and the Stones in ANY respect than God bless your little musical mid life crisis.
uberlethergy 3 years ago 3
your as boring as rat shit ,go back to selling your big issue ,tramp
11thedogfather 3 years ago
the jam where the beatles for my generation weller is our lennon beside the stones suck anyway and yes wellers songs will rightly take their place up with lennons as the two best british songwriters ever
gordywilson 3 years ago 2
shame they copied 'taxman'
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