Oh how lucky we were to have the music we did back then.

Love Foxton's rock star poses mid-song. Great song.

Brilliant. So many great records in a short space of time. You had to be there to really know what a buzz those days were. 1977-1980.

One of the best bands ever,mate.They and The Clash-still untouchable.

a lottery winning ticket for anyone who can invent a machine to take me back to those days

His bass stands out on every Jam song. He is a terribly underrated bassist and one of my favourites as well. The Jam reuniting is actually at the top of my music wish list, but it will never happen and sadly, antifolkhero, the chances of them touring the US is less than 0.

Bruce is one of my bass heroes, brilliant player

The look , the beat & even the miming . Brilliant band

I love those boating blazers! All I wanted in 1980 was a boating blazer!

Best band of the early 80s. No question!

This song reminds me of a place I had the misfortune to live in - Darwen, Lancashire. Now that was one very Strange Town.

Absolutely Brilliant! Chew that gum Paul!

I can remember all the Jam T.O.T.P appearances, but to my recollection don't remember this one. I had the single in picture cover when it came out around the time I left school. Nice surprise, to see it though.

Best Jam 7". Dark and sinister, and then the chorus kicks in. Going for the Ska keyboards, and then the guitar (not the first bit - you know which bit I mean). BEST.

their masterpiece

Lyrics Found myself in a strange town Though I've only been here for three weeks now I've got blisters on my feet Trying find a friend in Oxford Street I bought an A to Z guide book Trying to find the clubs and YMCAs But when you ask in a strange town They say don't know, don't care And I've got to go, mate They worry themselves about feeling low They worry themselves about the dreadful snow They all ignore me 'cause they don't know I'm really a spaceman from those UFOs You've got to move in a straight line You've got to walk and talk in four four time You can't be weird in a strange town You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners You've got to wear the right clothes Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose You can't be nice in a strange town Cause we don't know, don't care And we got to go, man Rush my money to the record shops I stop off in a back street Buy myself a snort We got our own manifesto Be kind to queers And I'm so glad the revolution's here It's nice and warm now! I've finished with clubs where the music's loud Cause I don't see a face in a single crowd There's no one there I look in the mirror But I can't be seen Just a thin, clean layer of mister sheen Looking back at me Oh, oh Found myself in a strange town Though I've only been here for three weeks now I've got blisters on my feet Trying find a friend in Oxford Street I bought an A to Z guide book Trying to find the clubs and YMCAs They say don't know, don't care And I've got to go, mate They worry themselves about feeling low They worry themselves about the dreadful snow They all ignore me 'cause they don't know I'm really a spaceman from those UFOs Strange town Break it up Burn it down, shake it up Break it up

Buying a Jam album, was the nearest thing you got to buying a loaded gun !!!! Awesome....Those white boys had balls and soul......

Best lyrics....been a migrant worker many a time and always feel a Jam refugee until I show my footie tatt...

He's Tony Blackburn mate, a big Radio 1 DJ at the time and an absolute knobster to boot !

Me and Weller went down with Covid the same week god xx

Great song ever ever ever

OMG another fav Jam Tune xxxxx

I'm oh so glad the revlution's here!

Brilliant.

Paul Weller the man who didnt remember his 80s. the greatest ever for me. but not the next band he were playing with. the jam is the band

Love this MAN

Ahh the great 80's Dangerous decade to grow up in you stayed where you lived or risked getting a good kicking people were a bit tribal back the town V town battling school V school battling and not a hoodie in sight GOD I LOVED GROWING UP THEN rough and ready kids(a lot hard as fuck) but still had respect and manners

Strange town. Yes, I've been to lowestoft

You are right on mate!!!!

As I recall, Weller was a vocal opponent about the forced miming that bands had to do on these shows. Most musicians hated it (and still do - Imelda May thanking Graham Norton for letting her play live comes to mind), and intentionally flaunting the lip sync by playing instruments poorly, or upside down, (or Weller's chewing gum), was a kind of protest against having meet contractual obligations in such a degrading manner.

We are the intelligent people Who Are, maybe The Mods xx Or Maybe just ourselves xx And love The Jam xx

Classic.

love paul weller, shame the bbc made them mime,...and others, top talent paul...

How Poignant

You've got to wear the right clothes!

@kyleemma10 boating blazer had me the red and black one ,great memories!

Now I know where Liam Gal got his style of look

fuck i remember my pencil tie and sharp suit, reminds me so much of school love it

Weller xxxxxx Drum Rolllllll xxxxxxx

love the baseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I would love that but I doubt it. Im in London and they're unlikely to even play here. Sadly those times are gone.... =(

Cool as fuck.

Tony (Creepy) Blackburn 😱😱😱😱😱😱

Brilliant.That is all.

carnaby st blazers . i had grey n black one

YES...It was normal to do on TOTP

I hope they reunite and tour the US, but it seems like it won't happen.

@jibjibthemonkeyboy so was it the jam that the clash were singing about then,"turning rebellion into money" always thought it was record company types or mclaren well u learn something new everyday.

is good

thjey don't make them like this anymore

Strange Town but a seriously Strange Man doing the introduction.

underrated nar !!!!!were u going pal???

@59Dinosaurs its jsut a word there for saying what you want to say cant censore that i dont knwo what you on about exactly but still words are words there for hearing

Weller is speeding his little feet off...

quality

Still cool though...

Yeah, a knobster indeed but did a hell of a lot for charideee along with his syrup wearing twin, "Diddy" David of Hamilton. Strange Town, strange men and strange times!

Has this been sped up by 1.05?

Emmmmm.... he is hot!

sorry missed the N off between back and town shjould be then

Even if you were at school in the 70s?

Que hombre mas estiloso... como no amarlo si ademas es rockero? jeje

More chance of Hell freezing over mate ;-)

is this playback? seems like it to be.... i knos this was normal in tv-shows at this time. but the jam..... nevertheless, great song

Oh, they do look really similar yeah. Which interview is this may I ask?

I have never seen a crowd at TOTP look alive. They always look comatose and dead like zombies.

THE BLUE COLLARS - If you haven’t heard them listen ASAP! Next big English indie band, trust me.

Funny as fuck! Hats of to PAUL WELLER......dot kw fuck all about hi .....but I guess.... exploited is a word he is familiar with now

Their Rickenbackers were almost always colour coordinated- natural wood on this occasion.

Woking`s finest !

pity it's dubbed

gay