The Jam

by digby

I was having an interesting conversation the other day about music that got me looking over YouTubes of some of my favorite bands of yore. And, you my friends, are going to have to suffer (enjoy?) the fruits of my labors.

Here are two by one of my very favorite bands of all time, The Jam. I was traveling in Europe a lot in the late 70’s and early 80’s (don’t say it…) and this music was everywhere.

I felt like somebody had crawled inside my head and made music out of what was in there:

The videos are a time capsule, but the music holds up, I think. If you like this sort of thing…

Update: Completely coincidentally, I was searching out a Youtube of a modern modpop-power punk (whatever) band, The Kaiser Chiefs, to put up to show that while I’m a relic, I still sort of keep up with the somewhat ephemeral British rock scene, and I find that they headlined the Isle of Wight festival this very night.

They’re not The Jam, but this tune from a couple of years ago is actually a pretty good representation of the genre:

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