Jools and Jim Lyrics

Lyric discussion by losttango 

Cover art for Jools and Jim lyrics by Pete Townshend

It's about Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons specifically - highly opinionated journalists for the New Musical Express at the time of writing. Needless to say both have since gone from being Year Zero punk rock absolutists to right wing blowhards writing for the most reactionary tabloids. (The name has been changed in a gratuitous reference to the Truffaut movie "Jules et Jim" and to rhyme better; apparently the song was originally called "Jools and Tone"). I have no idea how "Oklahoma" got in there - this was written fifteen years before the terrorist attack so it's not that.

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