"It drives me potty to be honest and I am sick of seeing it. It is big business at the moment and I find it really disappointing and I think all the time that is spent on bands reforming and nostalgia. What about the new bands, or young bands, coming in which don't get a look in? I don't know what the reason is. Why is it so prevalent? Is it because people stick to what they know or what they are comfortable or safe with? But I think I come from a time when all the artists I grew up with and I loved always used to try and push the boundaries and there doesn't seem so much of that really. It is the same sort of thing, and I find it disappointing."
That's Paul Weller on bands reforming past their prime. But here is a question: what's the difference between Weller playing Jam songs at his concert and reforming the Jam. Why shouldn't people want to see Weller and the boys play the Jams lustrous and large back catalog. How does it negate other bands or, for that matter,, Weller's solo career solely because it is vastly superior to Weller's solo career.
It is hard to know where to start with a Jam reunion but how about: All Mod Cons from beginning to end and then odds and sods from all the other albums. Till then, here is a Jam setlist from Ann Arbor, MI, May 25th, 1982 followed by Paul Weller performing "In The City", more recent vintage:
