The Jam Split - Paul Weller Interview 1982

Complete footage of Paul Weller speaking on Nationwide.

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Music

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• bruce
• foxton
• rick
• buckler
• mods

[GallagherWellerBrown]

How fucking cool can you be?? Break up the biggest band in Britain, at the top of their game?? Fucking phenomenal, no-one else has had the balls to do that, before or since. Fair fucking play to him, he was 24, and he made a totally new career for himself. He's so fucking great, here. I fucking love him.

[sinner48]

the jam were one of the best bands going and still sound good to this day

[plane7]

The Jam are my NO.1 band,and always will be.The thing is they would still have probably put out A Solid Bond In Your Heart,Speak Like A Child,Long Hot Summer ect.Sometimes you just have to move on.I think Weller knows what he's doing and went with it.

[navillus15]

Thank God I saw this. I'm fucking skint this month, so I'll just contact Paul to help spread his huge, centralised wealth, instead of doing away with him...

[TheWhupper]

What you have to say is, we will always remember the Jam at their youthful best, not sliding into middle aged mediocrity, like the Stones, or Elvis. Thanks to Paul for having the balls to end it when he did.

[MYJETGLO]

I remember a lot of people being very bitter and upset about Weller breaking the Jam up. But looking back, he did make the right choice at the right time. I think it would have been a step too far for Weller to present the Style Council music under the Jam umbrella. I think he would have got a way with the first few singles as Jam singles but after that I don't think The Jam fans wouldn't have been able to relate to what he was doing and I think Weller must have known this.

[verbusen]

The stuff they were doing when they broke up was much different then only a few years before, I liked it the most. I'm not a Brit and am probably out of the loop on this but it seems like Weller had a falling out with the other two and it's very bitter.

It's a shame because I love the harmony of his voice with Foxton's. Oh well life goes on, just don't be so bitter Dude!

[PAULmodWELLERparka]

coooolest. speaks the fucking truth

[indydaisy1]

This England used to have guts drive wtf happened.

[waster1976]

@2bsom1 Listen to the interview he makes a comment about wealth being shared which i think is hypocritical, as for foxton and bucklers careers after its not relevant to my comment.

[2bsom1]

@waster1976 he wrote 95% of the songs,they had a good ride,no his fault theyve done fuck all since

[waster1976]

point was it was easy for him to break up the jam as he owned 95percent of the writing credits the other two didnt, i wonder if he would have done so had he not been financially secure.So much for his comment about sharing power and wealth.