The Jam : Classic or, wait for it................

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Agreed on the production of "Trans-Global Express," which is the song I would swap out for "Shopping." Not sure which other tracks I'd drop.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 30 July 2023 17:33 (nine months ago) link

I’d definitely drop “Circus” (which sounds more like a b-side than their actual b-sides, but at least points in an intriguing new direction), and “The Planner’s Dream Gone Wrong.” “Beat Surrender” couldn’t have been included, since it was recorded after The Gift was released, and after they’d announced their split. But Weller was obviously able to come up with better songs than “Planner’s,” so why didn’t he? (He said something in the liner notes to Dig The New Breed like “wanted The Gift to be our best ever, ended up just OK. Oh well!”)

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 30 July 2023 18:25 (nine months ago) link

I remember that quote, along with his amusement at writing "That's Entertainment" after coming home "pissed from the pub" and its being hailed as his best yet.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 30 July 2023 18:28 (nine months ago) link

Weller's voals are buried on "Trans-Global Express" but then again, So Is The Sun...

Mark G, Sunday, 30 July 2023 20:20 (nine months ago) link


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