The Jam - When You're Young

The Jam were an English mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were explicitly separated between the punk rock genre because of the rivalry between punk rockers and mods.

They had eighteen consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their breakup in 1982, including four number one hits. Two of these eighteen singles were only available in the UK as imports, and as of 2007 they remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK. The Jam released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit number one on the UK album charts. On splitting up all 18 singles were re-released and all reached at least the top 60.

The band drew upon a variety of stylistic influences over the course of their career, including 1960s beat music, soul, rhythm and blues and psychedelic rock, as well as 1970s punk rock and new wave. The trio was known for its melodic pop songs, its distinctly English flavour and its mod image. The band launched the career of Paul Weller, who went on to form The Style Council and later had a successful solo career. Weller wrote and sang most of The Jam's original compositions, and he played lead guitar, using a Rickenbacker. Bruce Foxton provided backing vocals and played unusually prominent basslines, which were the foundation of many of the band's songs; including the hits "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", "The Eton Rifles" and "Town Called Malice".

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[piramaniak]

I agree with TheNicholas0202, I'm 17 and I went to see Weller last year, my favorite band is the jam and to be honest almost all the new music is shite. The legacy of Weller, Lennon, Bowie, Bolan, Moriessey, Lydon, Plant etc will live on in the fans, I'm proud to be able to say that I am one of the few teenagers who can appreciate what REAL music is.

[Cigarcynic]

@johnmcnab Lucky you. But i think to many of us who've grown up in the nineties "going back" is something like a way of rebellion.. Not all of us want what we get(radio) so we have to work a little to get what we want and when one finds gems like this from the past, words can't describe it. The teenager is dead and long live the teenager - absurd?

[jaspurr77]

his lyrics were unbeatable then..,...took lennons social conscious anf filtered it through ray davies descriptive verse..very very fuckin good he was back then..and they looked like proper people sharp but real...makes me cry this

[doormonkey63]

2 dislikes whats it like never to have been young you very very sad people.I hear topping yourself is quite popular in winter.fuckin try it.

[andiar]

I hear 'that's entertainment' in this .. a good thing

[heckpet]

Yes, that was the time, I was young - and The Jam was one of my favorite bands (and still is) - I' m feeling somehow melancholic thinking back of those times - and I'm feeling lucky, looking at the shit music that's around this time in the age of the "pop Idol", being part of thgis generation. But it's not only The Jam, it's all about the numerous bands around those days, inspiring all of us (just look at the file "Urgh - A Music War" to see the power of those days).

Greetings from Germany!

[alexjohna1]

i remember playing this record on the old jukebox down the pub ..which was almost everyday at the time...although i am not a drinker it is where we and my young mod/modette mates hung out at the tim....fab tune then and fab tune now

[carefulcreevy]

I remember growing up in this era - I was a young mod, a young teenager growing up in a time that had nothing. It represented all that it was being young. Its my most poingnant Jam tune ever. I watched them at the Rainbow in 1981 with literal 'tears rolling down my face' when this played - the rage I felt and the fact he was the spokesman of our generation.

[JaguarPawww]

@JDeepers attention seeker, sit back down.

[JDeepers]

Im a teen and I love this stuff i pledged to be a mod I play guitar and this is REAL MUSIC

[ToastedWalnutt]

In the description you forgot to add Paul Weller is one hot mother fucker :)

[ToastedWalnutt]

@Unlimited517 PREACH! Thats what I think and say all the time!