The band drew upon a variety of stylistic influences over the course of their career, including 1960s beat music, soul, rhythm and blues and psychedelic rock, as well as 1970s punk and new wave. The trio was known for its melodic pop songs, its distinctly English flavour and its mod image. The band launched the career of Paul Weller, who went on to form The Style Council and later had a successful solo career. Weller wrote and sang most of The Jam’s original compositions, and he played lead guitar, using a Rickenbacker. Bruce Foxton provided backing vocals and prominent basslines, which were the foundation of many of the band’s songs, including the hits "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", "The Eton Rifles", "Going Underground" and "Town Called Malice".
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It
The Jam Lyrics
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我早习惯将所有害怕都当作游玩
以爱之名 我小小的河漫流两行伤痛
以爱之名 像流星坠落无怨尤的时刻
只为了快感的冲动 只为了本能的寂寞
来到了现在的人生 却是创造我的人生
爱情的瘫痪童年的毁坏那种更可叹
我早习惯将所有害怕用冷漠欺瞒
以爱之名 像雷霆闪过快下雨的天空
只为了快感的冲动
只为了本能的寂寞
来到了现在的人生
却是创造我的人生
不奢求快乐的感受
不奢求幸福的生活
我已经学会了笨拙
接受了所有爱的折磨
只属于快感的冲动
只属于本能的寂寞
战斗的对手我不恨
捍卫的并非爱的人
不奢求快乐的感受
不奢求幸福的生活
我已经学会了接受
等待着总有一天
赶走黑夜黎明到来的时候
The lyrics of the Jam's song "It" suggest the idea that everything in life seems to be driven by two forces - the desire for pleasure and the isolation of loneliness. The song encourages the notion that it doesn't matter which one of these forces is more overpowering, they both play a significant role in shaping one's existence. The opening line states that the intense shouting in the cold war is awe-inspiring. The singer of the song then goes on to say that they have accustomed themselves to treating all fears as a form of play. In the name of love, the singer has endured pain and hurt, and like a shooting star, they have fallen without any regret. They confess that their life is a result of their own creation, despite crippling childhood love and emotional turmoil.
The singer then declares that they have become accustomed to masking their fears with indifference. This time, in the name of love, they express that destiny decides the layout of every family's house, like thunderbolts in the sky on a rainy day. The song hints that the pleasures of life and the isolation of loneliness are innate and exists as two sides of the same coin. Happiness and joy are not always the end goal, instead the song suggests that accepting the torment of love and waiting will invariably lead to the dawn of a new day.
Line by Line Meaning
震耳的冷战激烈的叫骂哪种更可观
Which is more admirable: a loud, intense argument, or a bitter, silent cold war?
我早习惯将所有害怕都当作游玩
I'm used to treating all my fears as if they were just a game.
以爱之名 我小小的河漫流两行伤痛
In the name of love, my small river flows with two lines of pain.
以爱之名 像流星坠落无怨尤的时刻
In the name of love, like a shooting star falling without any resentment.
只为了快感的冲动 只为了本能的寂寞
Only for the pleasure of impulse, only for the instinctive loneliness.
来到了现在的人生 却是创造我的人生
I arrived at my present life, but it is the life that I created.
爱情的瘫痪童年的毁坏那种更可叹
Which is more pitiful: the paralysis of love or the destruction of childhood?
我早习惯将所有害怕用冷漠欺瞒
I'm used to hiding all my fears behind indifference.
以爱之名 是命运决定每个家的轮廓
In the name of love, fate determines the outline of every home.
以爱之名 像雷霆闪过快下雨的天空
In the name of love, like thunder flashing through a quickly raining sky.
只为了快感的冲动
Only for the pleasure of impulse.
只为了本能的寂寞
Only for the instinctive loneliness.
来到了现在的人生
Arrived at my present life.
却是创造我的人生
It's the life that I created.
不奢求快乐的感受
I don't expect to feel happy.
不奢求幸福的生活
I don't expect to have a happy life.
我已经学会了笨拙
I have already learned clumsiness.
接受了所有爱的折磨
I have accepted all the torture of love.
只属于快感的冲动
Only belongs to the pleasure of impulse.
只属于本能的寂寞
Only belongs to the instinctive loneliness.
战斗的对手我不恨
I don't hate my opponents in battle.
捍卫的并非爱的人
The one I'm defending may not be the one I love.
等待着总有一天
Waiting for the day to come.
赶走黑夜黎明到来的时候
Driving away the night, waiting for the dawn to arrive.
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@writingmetal
Every important event in the world happened either before or after the release of this hit.
@CyanWatercress4
except of course the release of this song
@baneblackguard584
@@CyanWatercress4 which just proves it's importance in history.
@TheBuffaloFlats
Chicken salad sandwich was made 68 years before drop of this song
@joeschembrie9450
Source?
@TheBuffaloFlats
@@joeschembrie9450 made it up
@wafflicious359
Can't believe this song is released after all the historical events
@arch4ngel
not to mention also being released around the same time as the Belgian techno anthem, Pump Up The Jam in 1989
@thecapricorn11
what historical events?
@marhadiasak
@@thecapricorn11watch Cunk on Earth.