LouieB Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 I am missing something that doesn't make this one of the stupidest ideas ever?This is totally crazy.... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobfrombob Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Besides the obvious (The Jam is reforming without Weller), the oddest thing to me about this is that Weller has only seen the other 2 once since 1982. When he says he's walking away, he walks away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 Yeah, he's not best impressed with the both of them... I read an interview with him recently, can't find where, and he completely laid into them for doing this too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 and he should ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 I see - I was just thinking off the top of my head. I don't think I have ever heard a song by The Jam.Maybe you have heard a Jam song and didn't know it. Their song "Start!" (the one that blatantly rips off the Beatles' "Taxman") is currently used in a car commercial. It has the line "and what you give is what you get." Also, their tune "Town Called Malice" was featured in the movie European Vacation. I love The Jam. They were my favorite band when I was 16. They helped me bridge the gap between Sex Pistols/Clash/Buzzcocks/punk stuff and Public Image Ltd/Cure/Wire/post-punk stuff. "Just Who is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" is one hell of a pop tune. This pseudo-reunion sounds like a bad, bad, bad idea... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Weller is busting a gonad laughing at this. Fucking shambles. Anyway, what are they gonna play? Smithers Jones and News Of The World? How is Weller letting them play his tunes? Fucking knobheads! The Jam were the greatest group I have ever encountered, EVER. Weller is the coolest mutha alive. Oh my jumping Jesus. The Bastard Jam are playing in Cork on the 4th June. I can foresee myself being there just to heckle them and getting myself arrested. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Maybe you have heard a Jam song and didn't know it. Their song "Start!" (the one that blatantly rips off the Beatles' "Taxman") is currently used in a car commercial. It has the line "and what you give is what you get." Also, their tune "Town Called Malice" was featured in the movie European Vacation. I love The Jam. They were my favorite band when I was 16. They helped me bridge the gap between Sex Pistols/Clash/Buzzcocks/punk stuff and Public Image Ltd/Cure/Wire/post-punk stuff. "Just Who is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" is one hell of a pop tune. This pseudo-reunion sounds like a bad, bad, bad idea... Hey, at least they didn't get Paul Rodgers to sing for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted May 5, 2007 Author Share Posted May 5, 2007 Oh my jumping Jesus. The Bastard Jam are playing in Cork on the 4th June. I can foresee myself being there just to heckle them and getting myself arrested. Do it! Do it! Do it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FaintingGoat Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 As questionable as this is, I'd still prefer to see Bruce and Rick than a Weller-less reformed Style Council. Sorry all you Mick Talbot fans. Although, I'd pay two bucks to see a reunited Merton Parkas! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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