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A track from The Beatles’ Revolver inspired a song that was much more successful. The two songs in question have some notable differences. The later tune knocked David Bowie off the top of the charts. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Handout
A famous track from The Beatles‘ Revolver inspired a No. 1 single from the 1980s. A writer of that hit said Paul McCartney would have sued if the songs were more similar. However, the songwriter in question stressed that his song was not a direct rip-off of The Beatles.
‘Taxman’ From The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ influenced The Jam’s ‘Start!’
During a 2012 interview with Music Radar, The Jam’s Bruce Foxton discussed the 11 songs that defined his band. One of them wacky the catchy pop tune “Start!” Foxton admitted the track was similar to The Beatles’ “Taxman.”
“We were listening a lot to The Beatles’ Revolver album,” he recalled.
A track from The Beatles’ Revolver inspired a song that was much more successful. The two songs in question have some notable differences. The later tune knocked David Bowie off the top of the charts. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Handout
A famous track from The Beatles‘ Revolver inspired a No. 1 single from the 1980s. A writer of that hit said Paul McCartney would have sued if the songs were more similar. However, the songwriter in question stressed that his song was not a direct rip-off of The Beatles.
‘Taxman’ From The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ influenced The Jam’s ‘Start!’
During a 2012 interview with Music Radar, The Jam’s Bruce Foxton discussed the 11 songs that defined his band. One of them wacky the catchy pop tune “Start!” Foxton admitted the track was similar to The Beatles’ “Taxman.”
“We were listening a lot to The Beatles’ Revolver album,” he recalled.
- 5/20/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"Don't have to explain myself to you / I don't give two f**ks about your review" said Paul Weller with The Jam on 'The Modern World' back in 1977, so I don't think he'll be all that bothered by what I say about his band or this documentary.
He doesn't have to worry either way. Screened in the city ahead of its broadcast on Sky Arts next week, The Jam: About The Young Idea is a fine documentary that can reel in movie fans who hadn't necessarily surrendered to the beat of Weller, Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler before.
Riding on the back of a new photo exhibition of the band, the film is directed with economy and style by Bob Smeaton, one of the men behind the remarkable Beatles Anthology series from the mid-1990s.
About The Young Idea mixes up archive live footage, new conversations with the band and...
He doesn't have to worry either way. Screened in the city ahead of its broadcast on Sky Arts next week, The Jam: About The Young Idea is a fine documentary that can reel in movie fans who hadn't necessarily surrendered to the beat of Weller, Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler before.
Riding on the back of a new photo exhibition of the band, the film is directed with economy and style by Bob Smeaton, one of the men behind the remarkable Beatles Anthology series from the mid-1990s.
About The Young Idea mixes up archive live footage, new conversations with the band and...
- 8/28/2015
- Digital Spy
On arriving at a party on New Year’s Eve 2010, it rapidly became apparent that I had been the only person not to receive the ‘fancy dress’ memo. I felt like the kid in school uniform on non-uniform day. None too pleasant. That was until my friend Jack handed me a lifeline – “Have you come as the lead singer of Hurts?”- my immediate response being “who?” – but a few taps on the iPhone, and lo, Google could declare that yes, I had, somewhat inadvertently, arrived as Theo Hutchcraft. Ignorance Is bliss.
So having used this well dressed fellow’s name to blag my way through what could have been an otherwise awkward evening, I felt obliged to download their debut album (legally) and give them a listen. And I am not ashamed to say, step aside Neil Tennant, Theo is my new electro-pop hero. Yes the album’s glossy.
So having used this well dressed fellow’s name to blag my way through what could have been an otherwise awkward evening, I felt obliged to download their debut album (legally) and give them a listen. And I am not ashamed to say, step aside Neil Tennant, Theo is my new electro-pop hero. Yes the album’s glossy.
- 11/11/2011
- by Adam Berry
- Obsessed with Film
The Jam Influential British mod-punk pack The Jam was founded in Surrey in the early '70s by Paul Weller (guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass), and Rick Buckler (drums). Guitarist Steve Brookes was in its freshman lineup. In 1977, the rising tide of punk buoyed Weller & Co. to U.K. pop stardom, leading to six full lengths and more than a dozen top-charting singles for The Jam. In '83, Weller moved on to The Style Council and then went solo for good in '89. Foxton joined Still Little Fingers from 1990 till the mid-aughts and continues to collaborate with Buckler. Rediscover 1977's galvanic "The Modern World," from their 2002 anniversary collection The Sound of The Jam (U.S.). Buy: Amazon.com Genre: Mod/Punk Artist: The Jam Song: The Modern World Album: The Sound of The Jam (U.S.) El Rego Afro-soul-funk muse Theophile Do Rego, a.k.a. El Rego, was...
- 5/28/2010
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
As a solo artist, Paul Weller has rarely gotten enough credit—at least in America—for the diversity and creativity of his output. Weller’s gotten wilder as he’s gotten older, taking more of an experimental approach than he ever did with mod-punk legends The Jam or slick soulsters The Style Council. Weller’s latest, Wake Up The Nation, is full of short songs suffused with a jittery vibe, and many of its 16 tracks sound like three or four songs crammed together. The record features Jam bassist Bruce Foxton on two tracks, and collaborations with My Bloody Valentine ...
- 5/11/2010
- avclub.com
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