THE JAM "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT" AND "ETON RIFLES" . . . . ONLY A HANDFULL OF BANDS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ARTICULATE A UNIQUELY BRITISH PERSPECTIVE . . . . THE KINKS, COSTELLO, SQUEEZE AND THE JAM ARE MY TOP FOUR . . . . EACH ONE FOR TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASONS . . . . THESE THREE LADS FROM WOKING REALLY DISTILLED THE MOOD OF THE 'WORKING CLASS' IN THATCHER'S BRITAIN, NO SHIT !!!!

THE JAM, MORE THAN ANY OTHER 'POPULAR' ACT OF THEIR TIME, MANAGED TO GET SOCIAL COMMENTARY DOWN TO A PRECISE ART, INCISIVE, ACERBIC AND BITING LYRICS AIMED AT THE CHINLESS ELITE, THE RIGHT WING GOVERNMENT AND A SOCIAL FABRIC DECAYING AND UNRAVELING AT THE SEAMS . . . . SUBJECT MATTER SPECIFIC TO THE UK EXPERIENCE BUT A SENTIMENT THAT WAS UTTERLY UNIVERSAL, COMBINE ALL THOSE TRAITS WITH CONSISTENTLY INSPIRED SONGCRAFT, INTUITIVE, TIGHT AND FULLY MELDED PLAYING SKILLS, AND A REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENT LIVE SHOWS AND IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT THE JAM WENT ON TO THE SHORT BUT INTENSE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THEY MANAGED TO ACHIEVE . . . . ALL THEIR SHIT STILL MOVES ME TODAY, NOT ONE TUNE WOULD I EVER DESCRIBE AS CRAP, THIS IS STUFF THAT DOESN'T DATE, HOLDS ITS RELEVANCE AND INVOKES THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME . . . . WELLER, FOXTON AND BUCKLER . . . . WORKING FROM THE UNDERGROUND, KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING IN THE BELLY . . . .