mp3: The Jam – But I’m Different Now
Side 1, Track 3 of Sound Affects, the fifth album from The Jam, released in November 1980. On an album where there was a degree of experimentation, a single that totally ripped off a tune by the Beatles, and an acoustic number which very soon became one of the band’s signature tunes, there was still time for Paul, Bruce and Rick to turn the clock back, in more ways than one.
109 seconds of fast and furious guitars that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on debut album In The City, as well as being a tip of the hat to the mod movement with which many had long associated the band.
A vastly underappreciated song is my take on things.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
This is always a useful feature for when I have two minutes left on the end of a mixtape. Keep ’em coming, JC!
This is pretty, pretty good. (Title also works as a snarky description of Paul Weller’s career in imperial phase Jam 78-80 and his current incarnation as a Moody Blues tribute act. Or maybe I’m just jealous of his hairline).
That was my favorite Jam song for the longest time. Still in the top 3.
Weller knows how to properly finish a song and this is another example of a terrific ending from the many he wrote for The Jam.