{"id":2445,"date":"2015-10-05T21:37:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T21:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2016-05-05T21:32:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T21:32:43","slug":"the-jam-about-the-young-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/film-video\/2015\/10\/the-jam-about-the-young-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jam: About the Young Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Directed by Bob Smeaton<\/p>\n

At times it\u2019s more like an infomercial than an actual documentary. \u00a0A big part of the focus of this film is the lasting influence the Jam had on their fans, but that comes at the expense of seeing more\u00a0things you might expect (and want) to see in a documentary about a band, such as stories about the recording sessions, gigs, tours etc.. However, there are some great audio and photographs of the Jam before they were THE JAM. It was made with cooperation from everyone in the band featuring interviews shot specifically for the film and yet you don\u2019t get to see the three of them together in the same room. Apparently, Weller isn\u2019t up for a reunion at any<\/em> level. \u00a0Surprisingly, Weller\u00a0does a good job of not appearing like a pompous ass, and also does well explaining his case for ending the Jam when he did. As a fan it\u2019s something you need to see and hear coming out of his mouth to be able to accept it finally. Closure helps, even all these years later.<\/p>\n

Big surprise… It turns out \u00a0there’s a companion CD under the same title. So this is looking more and more like \u00a0a Time-Life infomercial. \u00a0On the bright side, the upcoming Blue Ray disc is supposed to include a 22 track live video set from \u00a0a \u00a0Rockpalast show\u00a0in\u00a0Dortmund, Germany,\u00a0\u00a0recorded in\u00a01980. This was previously only available as bootleg, so there’s that at least.<\/p>\n

About the Young Idea<\/em> will definitely get you pumped to spin\u00a0 your Jam records again if they aren’t still in heavy rotation, but for the most part this film comes off more like a \u00a0VH1 retrospective with a nicer budget instead of a full-fledged documentary. It\u2019s a shame really, because it\u2019s not likely that a better one will ever be made. Although entertaining to watch, this documentary doesn’t live up to the passion the band inspired in the fans, and is ultimately disappointing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Directed by Bob Smeaton At times it\u2019s more like an infomercial than an actual documentary. \u00a0A big part of the focus of this film is the lasting influence the Jam had on their fans, but that comes at the expense of seeing more\u00a0things you might expect (and want) to see in a documentary about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,300],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-video","category-rock-and-roll-film-dvd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/jam-young-idea-post.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}