Artists - The Jam". Rolling Stone. 8 November 2001. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012 . Retrieved 7 November 2020. The sound of an Underground train at the beginning and end of the song was recorded at St John's Wood Station. [5] Cover art [ edit ] John marched down the corridor. He could hear the last train arriving. It pulled into the station and then he heard Colin’s tired monotone voice. Davie from Scotland, IrelandThe Jam and Paul Weller at their absolute best - Brilliantly raw sound especially Live - The best song of All Mod Cons LP by a mile !!! She'll be lining up the cutlery, you know she's expecting me, polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork

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Some of the other guys that worked in the station would put some energy into their voices or put on a funny voice. One of these days, Colin might move out of his chair. Although John couldn’t recall ever seeing Colin doing anything but sitting down every shift.

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Kwami from Washington Dc, DcAbsolutely great song, and agreed a great live one too. Highlight of "Live Jam" when whole crowd hums along after the chorus and then shouts "hoy!" Greg House from Princeton, NjCould have been used in the Australian skinhead film Romper Stomper. There is a scene where the skinheads beat up some Asians in the tube stop. You could be onto something, in the Seventies the tube closed much earlier but at midnight it would be around the time of the last train, hence more isolated. Then, when he finished work, he had to get home. It wasn’t too far — sometimes he took a taxi — but other times he walked and the streets were empty with strange shadows creeping across between the houses. Muz2549 from London A brilliant song, a forgotten classic, never get bored of singing along to it, songs like this had deep meaning and soul, that's what is missing today, glad I grew up in the jam, clash etc eraJohn gave them a curt nod and walked on. The two lads laughed loudly and broke into a rendition of a popular song.

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The word "midnight": What is midnight? Its the end of a day/ start of a new one. This may be a metaphor for the end of a life. Its midnight for a reason, I'm guessin that is it. You can tell me when it's over" - the tabloids rumor relationships are over before the couple announces it officially. I think this song more than any other shows off Weller's skill as a songwriter. The passage: 'And I said - "I've a little money and a take away curry, He carried on walking to the very end of the platform, past the two benches on the side. He stopped and looked behind him again. The lyrics after "It blended in with the weather" I have only just found out and this has impressed me even more than the words I already knew.Write down all the words and phrases in your vocabulary notebook. Look in your dictionary and find the meaning of each word. Write the definition next to each word. Zombie" is about the ethno-political conflict in Ireland. This is obvious if you know anything of the singer (Dolores O'Riordan)'s Irish heritage and understood the "1916" Easter Rising reference. I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example: