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Absolutely, one of the greatest song writers ever

@@Chris-zh1ff If your keyboard was a tad more accurate, you may have a case to answer. This ( at is time ) one of the greatest tracks ever written.

Greatest band ever, for me! The Jam till I die

I mean the quality and caliber of songwritng and musicianship at what 18/19? Writing those tunes?!! Nothing short of amazing. Been a fan since I discovered 'Snap' around '86.

I will never understand comments like this. A thing is lovely or it is not... it's age is irrelevant. The Sistine chapel was painted in 1508 by Michelangelo.... does that "hold up?" If anything, a song like that, or a painting like the other do not stand up, they are beacons of just how far we have fallen because they should be illuminating how awful what passes as "music" and "art" is today. They represent ideals we should aspire to... and to say they "hold up" to the garbage of today is beyond insulting. You should have asked "Why has this gone from our lives?" The reason is the powers in control don't want beauty or God's truth. They want you in a pile of filth, eating bugs.

Congratulation for good taste

Sheldon Harris I'm 54 and I'm still listening from Essex , great memories flood back from the 70,s &80,s people, parties, Lambretta's

Love The Jam still at 62 and still have a scooter:)

I’m 55, from Suffolk, England. A biker all my life, rode a scooter once and crashed it (weird thing to ride 😂) Love the Jam!

The love of good music never dulls with age. I remember loving this as a 13 year old and now also 52 and always draws me back when its you tube wormhole time looking for music i love...... my dad was an original 60's Mod with a scooter but for me it was and is always bikes ;)

Hello, I am a 59 year old American woman. The Jam and others of our generation changed my worldview for the good. The world is precarious, but we have values and ethics -- and wherewithal. Keep on, and love from New Orleans, LA.

I’m a 45 y/o living in Arizona. Could you all please elaborate on how the Jam transformed the way you viewed society/changed your worldview for the good because it’s hard to find good in the world right now.

Good, just good

The jam sang about being alive in the UK at that time rather than drippy love songs. They remain relevant.@@toiletpaper5770

God bless you mate

Yet not even a single, but more a Japanese export.

@@Kristo1992-yq2gi It describes , exactly how Britain was for people like me, as a teenager, in the late 70s

One of them imo

Going underground is mine. Margaret Thatcher, Loadsamoney, 1987 poll tax riots. Horrible chintzy fashion of debauched money printing trough dwellers.

@@Kristo1992-yq2gi The Jam song. That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good Chess game 4 Portsmouth C team or maybe even Portsmouth B team. That I've played in. & That I've 1. 4 explample. I was playing Chess 4 Portsmouth C team v Cosham in a Cole Cup game. When my side. Was a player short. I was playing on board 5. & I was 4 pawns down v my opponent. & I still 1 the game & the Chess match v Cosham 4-1. My captain IE Brian was so in shock when I had 1 my Chess game. Being 4 pawns down v a much better player than me. That he promoted me 2. Board 1. In the Portsmouth Cole Cup Chess final in the year in question. & I 1 that Chess game 2. Unfortunately we lost the match. On board count. That's Entertainment also reminds me of a fantastic. Human League gig that I've been lucky enough 2 have seen. 21 times in total now so far. Later this year it will be 22 times in total. I've been lucky enough 2 have a great signed photo of my life time special hero IE Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ (of The Human League) who I've met 7 times in total now 4a good chat with them. . Little does my life time special hero IE Queen Joanne Catherall ❤️ know it. But she is also largely responsible 4 the best night ever of my life. Even if the free unexpected journey home from Brighton Railway station 2 Portsmouth on the night in question.(After I'd had done a true Pikey from Dad's Army IE I had 4got 2 have my meds with me. & Missed the last Southern Railway company 🚆 service from Brighton 2 Portsmouth on the night in question.&2 every 1 who gets 2 read this story of mine. It true.

Hard working and tough bastards... that what anyone from derbyshire and above are..... the South know nothing about it working class

This song can also paint a picture of working class life in somewhere like NYC or Chicago

As a working class Brit it sums up our life perfectly.

It's a fair summing up of the Times then

That was our life, still is !!

A fave line...So little but Says so much....

It is pretty awesome to me too.

I totally agree, Mark Braid!

Yeah it's a very powerful line

it's cringe to be honest

You should be proud. God bless you.

Luv that mate x

AND a bit of Carrol Thompson and some ska too 😊

National boxing titles listening to the modfather what could be better 👍🏻

Great music and great era wish could go back to 80s

You're not wrong!

Shit lyrics re the ‘tranquility of solitude’ but slipped off the pen, is pure genius x

Should definitely of been a number 1 hit 4 The Jam. Epy when Paul Weller was drunk when he wrote this Ace track

Paul Weller should definitely get a knighthood by the Queen. 4 his great music. The Jam song ie That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good Chess match 4 Portsmouth B side that I have played in. & A very good Human League gig that I have seen. 20 times & counting I've seen The Human League play live.

@@pauleyles9536 can’t get a knighthood from her now

The bass and percussion are perfect for this song.. Not sure who's idea it was but they nailed it

That's Entertainment by The Jam. Is very very addictive. It's that good. Eply when Paul Weller was drunk when he wrote it. Should definitely of been a massive number 1 hit single 4 The Jam.

Can't wait to get back to those days 🙏🙏

@@julieclark8976 They are open !

1 of the great great songs weller wrote amongst many many others he wrote while being the frontman of the best band that ever existed. Kudos to the holy trinity of paul, bruce, rick,

Cheeky key in the toilets

That perfectly sums up the experience of generations of music fans when they hear an old favourite, regardless of the group, composer, genre, etc. :)

in the 70´s ?

@@hjibakkkihjibakkki6408...in the 70s and 80s, yes.

You should come to woking it's very glamourous

They shouldve been a bigger band in the states

excellent description

You would like the Style Council.

@@s1050 you are spot on i do like a bit of Style Council.

Paul weller was heavily 8nfluenced by black music

hey stop the racism. im not black and i listen to funk, soul and even blues for a pinch of extra good measure. good music matters

If you like soul and funk, try Weller's new album 'On Sunset' - c40 years on and the man's still got it!

Your right there.

Agreed. So timely again in the age of COVID

Load of old tosh

Virtualy every jam song wrote by weller is a timeless classic. This masterpiece is a prime example.

@@alicegibson63 abc

The Jam - That's Entertainment 0952am 5.7.23 whisky is for sipping... if you want the full effect. and the drink of choice for those who kick folk in the balls or are kicked in the balls...

@@talorcmacallan4268 The Jam - That's Entertainment 2122PM 7.7.23 as we say in england... pity you didnt comprehend your family tree all that well... your Ecosse resides in Manchester as opposed to the outer Hebrides... you hope... i see yer wandering round trynna curtail easy living and manners.

@@talorcmacallan4268 Comments on ‘The Jam - That's Entertainment’ 7.7.23 2124pm as my old acquaintances are happy to dish the dirt i will say jonny rep? excellent footballer... beats calling myself jonny krull - also another excellent footballer.. or jonny cruyff - another excellent footballer... i would no doubt end up, after all that, with the moniker: dino zoff!!! refer to ari haaan...

The best line EVER!

For sure , just getting worse

born 58 nobody likes my comments ever. there always favo songs just like this glorious one . no neg comments

Kiwi Nz

heres one u mite like Shark attack great kiwi band

Love Joe Strummer and the Clash, but The Jam really resonated with me. 40 years later, and still puts a big ass smile on my face!!

Paul Weller should definitely get a well deserved knighthood 4 his great music. That's Entertainment is a fantastic track

The Jam track IE That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good Chess game 4 Portsmouth v Cosham. That I played in. In the Portsmouth Cole Cup Chess tournament. I was playing on. Board 6. I was 4 Pawns down v my opponent & I still 1 my Chess match. The Jam track IE That's Entertainment also reminds me of a very good Human League gig that I've been lucky enough 2 have seen.21 times in total now & later this year it will be 22 times. Paul Weller should definitely get a knighthood

Me too - 60 yrs young next month

Jam fans ❤❤

there with you! 61 in december I'm pretty much "last man standing" of our "group" I miss the 80's

you youngsters....

I know!! 63 years old but still trying to grimly cling on to tummy and zero hair but making others laugh. Shit, I miss these days!

You were a very, very luck sonofagun. Where'd you see them?

You are.

All 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English too!! Only the best country for bands

The Clash and the police too 😎😎😎

U can also add my all time heroes ie. The Human League 2 that list.

Julie Van Berkel Agreed! BTW, I’m a 61-year-old Colombian dude from Southern California. Cheers!

Great days wish we could go back 😢😢😢

As a yoof... I considered the lyrics a little bleak and somewhat nonsensical.. as an old un, I realise how stupid I was as a yoof

Hopefully you are well in New Zealand in 2021. I am from Scotland. Keep Safe.

Never thought that New Zealand had poor areas, always looks so beautiful on the telly, living in East London, all I had for a view was the A13 and the Beckton Alps!

Grew up in Christchurch in the late 60’s. Hearing this in the 80’s took me right back to the freezing flats and the buses..

England life.

It shouldn't be as timeless as it is. The fact that even now life for the vast majority of the population is still as drab and unfulfilling is a bad sign.

your right they dont write them like this anymore, but there is an British band called The Enemy who have some good songs that have a jam feel to them

@@joeoreilly5931 thank you ,will listen 👍

God places souls where they need to be and when they need to be. That time and place will always be special, and it is quite possibly the most musically intense, prolific and diverse time ever. Even the powers that be could not stop it... and they wanted to. Punk screamed there are no rules... and the kids listened. Every avenue was explored, from burgeoning synths, to folk to ska to reggae... You could listen to Madness, UB40 and then Joy Division and it didn't seem out of place. It was all new and wonderful... and yes, we milked the hell out of it. When that scene faded at the end of the 80's corporate music took over and that was it. However there was a scene from about 1995 to about 2008 that was mainly from scandinavia, although similar bands could be found from all over the world, and they were kids who heard the above music when little and wanted to have their own bands. This music is less angry, but IMHO most of it is as good as anything from the period above... it's just that far far fewer people know about it.

@@56squadron I had forgotten about joy Division, I remember listening to them in the night clubs. As a young second wave mod (😂) I loved the sex pistols ,,spear of destiny , stray cats. You are so correct that the 80s music machine brought S/A/Waterman however they would not fully replace the two tone ,ska,mod ,punk,rocka /punka billy scene ,not in my soul anyway . Still riding my scooter now, with brilliant memories. Thank you for jogging my memory.

The Jam and The Smiths really summed it all up for me.

With you on that

I'm with you but ive played it 1001 times. I'm with you all the way.

Same with me. It's very very addictive. That's Entertainment. Should definitely got much better than nummer 21 in the charts.

Brilliant ​@@julieking9481

@ciao214ZI don’t get it whats bad abt being happy for my music taste

Good man, your dad.

Plenty of amazing stuff pre-1977.

Oh I think they tried very hard! They were from Weybridge or somewhere ghastly!

it can!!! And it does...

It does better than speak...it sings!

Hi from north tassie, I’ve literally just stumbled upon this song

So you were -33 years old fourty {um...forty} years ago? When I was - 33 I was all in to Jimmie Rodgers "The Singing Brakeman". Still listen to his stuff. Incredibly influential talent.

I'm an American born in 68', and if you were around and very much getting into music in 77/78' like I was you'd understand. It's similar to how the Ramones only had minimal popularity until ppl became nostalgic for them in the 90s. Also, during that whole time from say 1977 until 1987 ppl were kind of defined by what they were into, and the Mod Resurgence in the early 80s didn't last all that long, and was just a minor faction of the new wavers. That said, my bf was all into the Jam, and though more of a rocker I liked them too. I had the 1st two albums The Police put out, and they were about like The Jam in popularity until their 3rd with that stupid song Da do do do da da da, and then they were huge, and commercial. Joe Jackson I thought was way better than Elvis Costello, but got less notoriety. The long haired 70s into the new wave 80s AND having Disco and Punk to boot made that one weird but awesome period.

I was born 1970 in the U.S. and it seems like I first heard of Paul Weller with Style Council. I could be wrong with that, I was a kid, but I was a kid who was lucky enough to be around when KROQ was my local radio station. Through them, I learned what real music was, and to this day I'm still so thankful to have that influence. I still love all that 80's music so much, and no one will ever compare to the Brits for me! Maybe I was born in the wrong country lol.

..or a kick in the balls.

The Jam were very British. Mod culture was an English phenomenon.

There was a fairly significant mod subculture in Southern California in the early 1980s so the Jam had a sizable following at the time. The movement only lasted a few years though. That said, the Jam were very British and didn't make much of an effort to make it big in the US. They were so huge in the UK they probably just weren't worried about it. You could say the same for Oasis. Huge in the UK, meh in the US.

I adore Paul Weller, but either that's a huge exaggeration, or our generations are truly fucked up, man.

He was. The 1980s working class British generation that is.

That's idiotic

Lennon and McCartney who?

It's my favourite A side track by the Jam. And I feel that. That's Entertainment should definitely of been a number 1 hit single 4 the Jam. Epy when Paul Weller was drunk when he wrote it. That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good Chess match 4 Portsmouth B or C team that I have played in. And a good Human League gig that I've seen. Paul Weller should definitely get a knighthood

@@Propaganda80 Indeed.

The Beatles WISHED they wrote this.

The Beatles were commercial shite, it's The Stones, Jam, Clash and Stone Roses all day!

55 myself and smile to tune ,irish fan could be wrong so many song remind of era as kid in England ,as I got older down in tube station is as relevent now as then slainte be safe

er...slap stick affairs :)

Along with Sting

Is it "slashed seat affairs" or "slapstick affairs"? Either way I don't understand the significance of the line, what does it mean?

@@BritishBloke66 I hope you were kidding, if you were it was brilliant, if you weren't, it was hilarious.

@@Xune2000 It's "slashed seat affairs"

Young as you feel. Named my scooter That's Entertainment

Yeah Bruce,eternal youth comes from the speakers.

Because Foxton is always good, but only gets the attention of a bass guitarist and backing singer

Right??!!?!?!

I'm listening, not talking.

JFB 101 ok

JFB 101 u just did

Pity they couldn't relate to them enough to buy their records.

@@SundaeRoast They probably couldn’t find any record shops that had them in stock at the time

​@@SundaeRoast😂😂

You are a very aware person to have been touched by The Jam at age 12 and far from the source of their inspiration !

MONTANA!!! Love from Canada (ex- Brit)

Now what?...carry on.. yes slow af... Next:)

Slows af spazzy just saying..dis...Spazzy

Soryy means mongo means poosy

u pissed up mate @@rossmacnab2655

yeah your right if you don't get it don't ask. if u like the jam listen to the spitfires brilliant mod band.

Yeah its got to be way up there ,its kind of a summery of what we call LIFE ?

yeah people have no taste at all! This is an awesome track one of many from them,

Hutt the Jabba ...yep, but now it’s 5.6 million. Maybe there’s hope during Trumpian times after all.

Quite frankly I have to agree with you. I simply adore this great song. And not bad. Consider the fact that. Paul Weller was well and truly pissed . When he wrote That's Entertainment. And in 10 minutes And That's Entertainment by the Jam. Also reminds me of a Chess match for Portsmouth B or C team that I've played in. And a ACE Human League gig that I have been 2c .

Sticky black tarmac......Love it...poetry in how it is format

Quite right about that comment m8. The Jam track ie. That's Entertainment. Is fantastic & should of been at least a. Top 5 hit 4 The Jam. The Jam track ie. That's Entertainment. Reminds me of a good. Chess match 4 Portsmouth B team that I've played in. And a ace Human League gig that I've been 2c. 19 time's in total & it's going 2 b 20 times next week. Paul Weller is fantastic. Should get a knighthood 4 his great music.

MrPurser, Not at all. I am not British and I feel identified, those sound effects and sound affects that are distilled in That's Entertainment are a reflection of any city. Totally yours is The English Rose, That's Entertainment is more international.

We are the Mods

@@IRVDawg it's way of life

Should be the national anthem

So true. If you grew up in a London suburb in the late70s/early80s this was your life in a song. XXX

I thought the line was “watching the telly and thinking about your holidays”

2021

2022 and this music is alive