The Jam - The Eton Rifles Album

Tracklist

1	Smithers-Jones Written-By – Bruce Foxton	2:59
2	The Eton Rifles Written-By – Paul Weller	3:58

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
POSP 83, 2059 176	The Jam	The Eton Rifles ‎(7", Single)	Polydor, Polydor	POSP 83, 2059 176	UK	1979
DPQ 6177	The Jam	The Eton Rifles ‎(7", Single, Pap)	Polydor	DPQ 6177	Japan	1979
2059 176	The Jam	Eton Rifles ‎(7")	Polydor	2059 176	Australia	1980
2059176	The Jam	The Eton Rifles / See Saw ‎(7")	Polydor	2059176	Italy	1979
POSP 83, 2059 176	The Jam	The Eton Rifles ‎(7", Single, RE)	Polydor, Polydor	POSP 83, 2059 176	UK	1980

Credits

• Arranged By – The Jam, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven
• Producer – Vic Coppersmith-Heaven

Notes

Promotion Copy Not For Sale

From Album PD-1-6249 "Setting Sons"

Front Wheel Music (BMI)
℗ 1979 Polydor Ltd. (U.K.)
Manufactured By Polydor Incorporated 810 Seventh Avenue / New York N.Y.10019

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): 79 NP 4745
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): 79 NP 4743

Short intro

Текст песни: Sup up your beer and collect your fags Theres a row going on down near Slough Get out your mat and pray to the West Ill get out mine and pray for RIFLES. LatinAutor, LatinAutor - UMPG, UMPG Publishing и другие авторские общества 5. The Eton Rifles was the only single to be released from the album Setting Sons by The Jam. Recorded at Townhouse studios and released on 26 October 1979, it became the band's first top ten hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. It is also the only official Jam single for which a video was not recorded. The song was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The Jam, and was backed by the B-side See-Saw. The Eton Rifles - From The Jam. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. The Eton Rifles - The Jam. Eton College is a famous English public school located in Berkshire, which is regarded as the epitome of Britain's privileged elite. Their cade read more. The Eton Rifles are a cadet corps of Eton College, and the song itself is about the rivalry between boys at Eton and the neighboring working class schoolboys. Paul Weller himself attended Sheerwater Comprehensive school, which was located quite close to Eton. The Jam was a PunkNew Wave band that came out of England in the late '70s. Weller recalled to Mojo magazine in 2015: We had a week off and I never even thought about going abroad for a holiday at that time. So I went down to my mum and dad's caravan in Selsey and it pissed with rain for the whole week, so I just ended up writing. And I wrote 'Eton Rifles. I thought it was a powerful statement. The Eton Rifles cemented The Jam as one of Britain's best post-punk bands, and their legacy continued well beyond the life of the group - they split in 1982, leaving Weller to form The Style Council, before going solo in 1991. The Eton Rifles made its way back into Weller's solo set in 2008, much to the delight of Jam fans. All that rugby puts hairs on your chest, What chance have you got against a tie and a crest But The Eton Rifles came back to haunt Weller in a way he didnt expect. In a Radio 4 programme in 2008, David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party and Old Etonian. The Eton Rifles' captured both Paul Weller's growing talent as a songwriter and the raw power of his band the Jam, and gave the group their first top 10 hit. At the vanguard of the 1977 British punk movement, before leading the. The Eton Rifles Lyrics. Sup up your beer and collect your fags There's a row going on down near Slough Get out your mat and pray to the West I'll get out mine and pray for myself. Thought you were smart when you took them on But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room All that rugby puts hairs on your chest What chance have you got against a tie and a crest Hello-hurray, what a nice day For the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles Hello-hurray, I hope rain stops play For the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles. Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse Tore down the House of Commons in you