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This is an example of how to wear your influences on your sleeve, without being a complete plagiarist! Like many of the songs on “Sound Affects”, The Jam were obviously very heavily influenced by The Beatles’ LP “Revolver” at this time (the closing bass flutter on “Going Underground” is a subtle nod to McCartney’s final note on “And Your Bird Can Sing”, for example). The bassline on this track takes the guitar riff from “Taxman” and turns it into something new. Paul Weller is in touch (as always) with his feelings about loneliness and with the difficulties of breaking down barriers to achieve a real personal communication with someone else. The result is 2 minutes and several seconds of pure pop brilliance. The B-side, “Liza Radley” is obviously their interpretation of “Eleanor Rigby”, and it’s just as good, in its own special way.
PS, hats off to whoever actually mastered The Jam’s 7” singles onto vinyl - they were always cut very loud and deep, and they boomed out from your turntable in a way that CDs just…don’t do.
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  • The Jam Story
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  • HarryFearless

    COOL x

    Sunday evening

  • SHED82

    who the feck are the beatles??

    February 2012

  • DeadlockVictim

    "Let me tell y-"... oh wait

    February 2012

  • mrsongbird

    Strong Beatles influence here I think !!!

    February 2012

  • Fonzythedog

    CUZ I'M THE TAXMAN!

    January 2012

  • ToTheWelshPoint

    It's better than Taxman, but I can't understand why GH didn't sue PW over this ?

    January 2012

  • ericstoner

    Taxmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! [2]

    October 2011

  • Krmgtsm7

    Tune!!

    September 2011

  • ViniciusStilt

    Taxmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

    August 2011

  • prominence_la

    @da_booka - Improper grammar. "How's he (or she) going to play" is the proper term. But I mean sick, as in infected with awesomeness.

    August 2011

  • johnnyroenyc

    Oh, Let's Jam ; D

    August 2011

  • annieskinannie

    magic ;)

    August 2011

  • okcesar

    Suena divertido, pero no es tan contundente como el clásico Taxman de Beatles.

    August 2011

  • Da_booka

    @ prominence_la If your bassist is sick, how're they going to play....

    July 2011

  • prominence_la

    Might I add, this is so fun on drums. Now, if I just had a sick bassist to play with, we'd be a killer combo...

    July 2011

  • RAGGLEMAN

    My feeing is that if you're going to pay hommage to the Beatles, you're better off taking inspiration from Taxman rather than other well known tracks (like Oasis did for much of their career). This is brilliant.....and so is Taxman!!

    July 2011

  • bitelino

    yeeeeeeeahhhhh I'm the taxman (x2)

    May 2011

  • davidcapper

    yeeeeeeeahhhhh I'm the taxman

    April 2011

  • HunsworthBantam

    one of my all time fave songs

    March 2011

  • rockapalooza09

    who cares if it sounds like taxman it's a 'homage'...heck chuck berry re-wrote the same song over and over LOL....love this track!

    March 2011
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