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Pastor Volker Heide's avatar

They had good songs, like this one. But nothing like The Jam, who were stellar.

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Bernard O'Leary's avatar

I see it as a Joy Division/New Order thing. You can't really compare them; you can only marvel at the fact that the same minds created such wildly different music.

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Holly Rabalais's avatar

Two hours into a road trip, and we are sampling this album. Thanks for the info on it!

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AmyV's avatar

Vision Quest is one of my favourite 80’s movies! The story wasn’t the greatest but, hey, I was in high school and my expectations were low. It was really the soundtrack that hooked me. Lunatic fringe was was on my playlist back in the day. I will admit that if it comes on my pandora i will TURN IT UP!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I’ll turn up Lunatic Fringe every time too.

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Shaggy Snodgrass's avatar

The soundtrack was profoundly good- both as useful singles and as excellent "vibes" for the movie itself (which was meh, plot-wise). Journey's "Only The Young" still remains undefeated as a crushingly evocative sound-picture of the early-spring end of high school wrestling season, with winter fading and light creeping in again. It captures that atmosphere and feeling in a way beyond words.

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Stygi's avatar

Nice one 👏 I like it a lot!

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Shaggy Snodgrass's avatar

I'm sorry; I just gotta say it: "Shout To The Top" was only their 3rd-best song; outdistanced by "My Ever-Changing Moods" and, by far their best song, "You're The Best Thing". The feel on "Best Thing" tops any other attempt at re-engineering Marvin Gaye-style R&B ever, by a mile, and the hook is pure summery gold.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Can't argue any of that. Those are both fantastic tracks!

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Sarah Harkness's avatar

I live Paul Weller, I went to a Jam farewell tour concert in Shepton Mallet in 1982, and was sad that Going Underground was indeed going underground, but delighted by the direction he then went in. I love his soulful solo work, Wildwood, and You Do Something To Me. It certainly does

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Sarah Harkness's avatar

Actually, I don't live him!!!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I read it as "love." :)

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Rick Massimo's avatar

The older I get, the more I’m struck by how young Paul Weller was when he broke up The Jam. Also just the fact that that breakup was earth-shaking at the time and now it just feels like natural evolution.

Also, do bands even bother to break up anymore?

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Sometimes, but my guess is that most just kinda fade away.

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Rick Massimo's avatar

Or they just go on long breaks and possibly reunite. Like The Police, who never actually broke up in the 80s; they just didn’t play. (I think they’re broken up now.)

I once asked Glenn Tilbrook why Squeeze bothered breaking up instead of just doing what The Police did. He said “Yeah I don’t really know; it’s just kind of what you were supposed to do.”

But I can imagine Paul Weller had to slam the door shut otherwise no one would take him seriously.

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