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Jah Lush

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I wouldn't say I was a fan. I have a few of his records. The Jam were very much of their time but he wrote some 'classic' material with them at a very young age. I didn't like the Style Council at all and his solo stuff is hit and miss. I can take him or leave him but you've got to admire his longevity in the music business. If he's getting accolades and awards now it's probably because he's been around so long.

Though I've never been over keen on his singing voice. He's a fine musician without being spectacular or show offy and a good songwriter who's learnt his craft over the 40 years he's been working. He's written some great songs and some not so good too. His shows still sell out and he still shifts plenty of units. I suppose you could say he's a bit of a geezer but saying he's a icon is a bit of a stretch and I hate all that Modfather bollocks.

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Robert Poste's Child

Robert Poste's Child

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Parkdrive Wrote:

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> > > Is there a smugger man on the planet than

> > 'Jools'

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> > Simon Cowell

> > Jeremy Clarkson

> > Yanis Varoufakis

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> Piers Morgan


David Cameron

Tony Blair

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The Jam were massive for teenagers in the punk/post punk period although slighty sneered at by the older in the punk generation, personally, I liked them but not as much as some people who where (and some still are, fanatics); I have several mates who say that the Jam are the best band ever!


P{ost the Jam, all pretty shite - his blue eyed soul style council stuff utter shite; and his 'ive discovered Neal Young' rockier stuff OKish, nut overared.


As a person, apparently a humourless arseh*le and it comes over in interviews too.


But, the Jam stuff deserves recognition, they were massive (UK only 1978-81(?))

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Jam were ace, I missed them as I grew up as I was too in to punk and new wave - but when I got into them retrospectively, after they'd split I thought they were red-hot. Was gutted to have not been 'on it' at the time.

Fantastic songs, well delivered, great poetry IMO.

Style Council - maybe one or two songs.

Solo - not bovered.

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???? Wrote:

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> The Jam were massive for teenagers in the

> punk/post punk period although slighty sneered at

> by the older in the punk generation, personally, I

> liked them but not as much as some people who

> where (and some still are, fanatics); I have

> several mates who say that the Jam are the best

> band ever!

>

> P{ost the Jam, all pretty shite - his blue eyed

> soul style council stuff utter shite; and his 'ive

> discovered Neal Young' rockier stuff OKish, nut

> overared.

>

> As a person, apparently a humourless arseh*le and

> it comes over in interviews too.

>

> But, the Jam stuff deserves recognition, they were

> massive (UK only 1978-81(?))


Met him once in an art gallery. Humourless arsehole sums him up nicely.


Quite like the Jam. Not so keen on SC. Quite like the Wild Wood solo album.

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Was never a fan of the Jam, despite many mates at the time being well into them

Unusually, but not uniquely, I quite like a lot of the Style Council stuff

Solo ? Liked the Uh Huh Oh Yeah single early on and then loathed pretty much everything bar his most recent albums which are at least interesting


Never liked him in interviews ? he appears to have softened ever so slightly of late and realised how uptight he has always been. But it?s only marginal


As for all the other men being named as self-satisifed on the thread:


a) Again?

b) Why do it in this thread?

c) People you don?t like not same as self-satisfied and smug ? I would go farther and say many of those named are riddled with lack of security hence the need for public approval

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Smug was applied to Jools not PW. I happen to like the way the Mod God carries himself. He might be surly but he doesn't suffer fools nor is he in rampant ego territory...he's just a bit frosty.


It's cool to say you like the Jam. Saying you like Style Council is not cool. But part of the reason for starting this thread was pre-Dulwich Hamlet FC reappraisal. Some of the SC stuff is great and has aged really well.

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???? Wrote:

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> As a person, apparently a humourless arseh*le and

> it comes over in interviews too.


My other half had some music biz dealings with him and his father back in the 80s. The whole family were humourless arseh*les apparently.

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