Paul Weller on Later with Jools Holland
Two of the best concerts we’ve ever attended were put on by the phenomenal mod-punk band, The Jam. The first was in support of their fine album All Mod Cons in April 1979 at UCLA’s Royce Hall (unfortunately for Royce Hall), at which the crowd got so riled up by the band’s musical antics (the photo above gives a flavor) that they ripped the Hall’s bolted theater seats out of the floor and threw them up on stage to make more room for thrashing. The phenomenal setlist for Royce Hall can be viewed HERE. The second Jam concert was in 1982 at Perkins Palace in Pasadena on the band’s last tour behind their album The Gift (you can read a mod-scooter anecdote about the show HERE). We’ll write more later about The Jam. Unfortunately, the band broke up in December 1982. The upshot was that the end of The Jam resulted in the launching of Paul Weller’s band Style Council and his eventual solo career. While neither have moved us nearly as much as The Jam and its discography, Weller has borne up well over the years artistically. Proof of that can be seen from the videos below of Weller tonight on the Later with Jools Holland show. Weller and the boys (and girls) are out in support of his critically-lauded new album, Sonic Kicks. Check out his somewhat Springsteen-esque performances (but with added string section) below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJZIl7McOC8&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4RSgciEcKk&feature=channel&list=UL
Thanks for the setlist set-right. Good to hear from another soul who was at the Royce Hall show. While great, the subsequent LA shows couldn’t compare to the Royce Hall show.
“The phenomenal setlist for Royce Hall can be viewed HERE”
Hi … just stumbled upon this page after a Google search and I wanted to mention that the setlist on that thejamuk site is incomplete. It’s clearly taken from the tape of the gig (which I have in FLAC) but it ends a few songs early.
I went to the Royce Hall show and wrote the setlist down as follows:
1. To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have A Nice Time)
2. In The Street, Today
3. Billy Hunt
4. It’s Too Bad
5. Mr. Clean
6. The Butterfly Collector
7. Away From The Numbers
8. Strange Town
9. The Modern World
10. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
11. News Of The World
12. Here Comes The Weekend
13. ‘A’ Bomb In Wardour street
1st Encore:
14. The Place I Love
15. Standards
16. David Watts
2nd Encore:
17. Heatwave
18. Bricks And Mortar
19. (end of) Batman Theme
It wasn’t until I found the FLAC copy of the show on-line that I saw that “All Mod Cons” was actually first – I must have walked in a little late when they’d gone into “To Be Someone”.
If you look at the NY Palladium gig setlist from 1979 on that same thejamuk site you’ll see it matches mine pretty much identically. Seems a bit strange that a young band would do identical sets across a tour but there you have it …