Topic: two from the JAM
well, at least two members of the jam have the sense to reform.
They dont need paul weller, although would be good if he done at least one tour with Rick and Bruce.
Paul wleer if I remember rightly having seen him a few times is not that energetic on stage but bruce and rick are and in my eyes energetic on a stage sends the fans into a frenzy which = an excellent gig with great atmosphere.
I sent Bruce an e mail today complaining they were not playing in glasgow in May but he tells me they will be touring in the Autumn and they will play Glasgow. YIPEEEE, I say!!! I would have went to edinburgh to see them but it is a monday night and work stops me from that <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_mad.gif" border=0 alt="Mad">
But more good news is these two friends of over 30 years are writing new material and bringing out a new album.
So, they cannot call themselves the jam as Mr Weller might not take to kind to that since he was the main song writer, but the name " Two from the JAm" is good enough.
If any of you dont know who the Jam were then ye should get yerselves out and get a few cd's of them. All mod cons, setting sons, the gift, dig the new breed, in the city, modern world, snap!
this is the band that got paul weller going until he got too much of a dictator and decided to form a new band " the stlye council" just never had the same effect on me as the jam did, no wonder they never really made it as big as the jam, then he went solo and done very well and wrote some very fine tunes, but still, in my opinion, no tune he has wrote post jam has beaten the likes of " down the tube station at midnight" eton rifles" " going underground" little boy soldiers" " to be someone" " this is a modern world" " town called malice" " the bitterest pill" dreams of children, funeral pyre, smithers jones, david watts ( although a kinks song they done a superb cover) art school, the planners dream went wrong, and I could go on and on and on and on with their songs.
Do yourself a favour, if they play somewhere near you, get yer butt down to see them you will not be disapointed. With Rick being out of the scene for a while he will be bursting with energy and Bruce as I have seen him for the past 15 years playing with stiff little fingers, he still has that precence on stage that will make goosebumps pop upat the back of your neck,
ok, I tihnk I have bummed them up enough now, sorry, I am just so excited that I will hear all those jam songs getting played live again.
Oh yeah, and the guy that is taking paul wellers place is actually pretty good too, good voice for the songs and damn good on the guitar.
Ken
