Weller must have been channeling something here. Surprised no one has mentioned David Cameron and his mooted love of the Jam in connection with this record. They tend to mention Eton Rifles for obvious reasons, but this record seems much more apposite with mention of the 'crisis' and the rich looking cheerfully on. It's hard not to think of Osborne's grin and his perpetual ski-ing holidays. Probably an attempt to mimic the apocalyptic feel of London Calling, but it tops it because this record genuinely has a strange and spooky feeling to it. Agree with sivilla, if only they'd gone out on this instead of the insipid white soul stuff, their reputation would be much higher. It's like the funeral pyre is for punk idealism or leftism in pop or the group itself, since after this, the ambition of pop and what could be done with it was narrowed. In this, it's similar to Strange Town, another Jam high water-mark.
Weller must have been channeling something here. Surprised no one has mentioned David Cameron and his mooted love of the Jam in connection with this record. They tend to mention Eton Rifles for obvious reasons, but this record seems much more apposite with mention of the 'crisis' and the rich looking cheerfully on. It's hard not to think of Osborne's grin and his perpetual ski-ing holidays. Probably an attempt to mimic the apocalyptic feel of London Calling, but it tops it because this record genuinely has a strange and spooky feeling to it. Agree with sivilla, if only they'd gone out on this instead of the insipid white soul stuff, their reputation would be much higher. It's like the funeral pyre is for punk idealism or leftism in pop or the group itself, since after this, the ambition of pop and what could be done with it was narrowed. In this, it's similar to Strange Town, another Jam high water-mark.