Stephen Jones' ( age 34) Top Ten Choice
from Northern Ireland

1
Man in the Corner Shop
 Always the socialist, this is Weller's statement on the class structures and strictures he has always resented. Still moves me to this day.
2
'A' Bomb in Wardour Street
 That thunderous drum intro, so beloved of my parents when I was a teenager!! Oh, and "a philistine nation of degradation". Yeah Paul, whatever!!!
3
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
 Many a teenage night we spent, after a few bottles of Woodpecker cider, raging against the injustice meted out to our hero by "those bloody skinheads"! They WERE skinheads, weren't they?!
4
Thick as Thieves
 A story of that special friendship we all had that ended when we grew up and drifted apart. We've all been there.
5
Ghosts
 The bass line, the brass section, Weller crooning. A man in full on reflective mode - literally
6
The Butterfly Collector
 The Jam never struck me as a group who would have encouraged the attention of groupies. Here's the evidence. "You must surely know the thrill between your legs has worn off". Ouch!
7
Town Called Malice
The rickenbacker took a back seat, but that bass is pure Motown. And I can still get up and dance to it when I've had a few
8
That's Entertainment
 It's not hard to tell he was pissed when he wrote it, is it? It's lyrical genius and it must have earned busking students an absolute fortune through the years!! The one song you'll always here in a subway on a Saturday afternoon.
9
When You're Young
 Play Very Loud. "Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young". He really was one of us, wasn't he?
10
Private Hell
If you're still unsure about this lesser known Jam gem listen to the live version on Dig the New Breed. It's hard to believe 3 men could make such a glorious racket. The amps must have been turned up to 11!

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The fan vote - The Jam's Top Ten
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Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
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Going Underground
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Town Called Malice
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The Eton Rifles
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In the City
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Strange Town
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Funeral Pyre
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Start
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Man in the Corner Shop
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That's Entertainment