Obituary: The Butterfly Collector

Original video located here. Accessed 21st February 2025

Song title: The Butterfly Collector

Artist: The Jam

Year: 1979

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Rick Buckler

Back to the Eighties: That's Entertainment

Original video located here. Accessed 11th December 2022

Song title: That's Entertainment

Artist: The Jam

Year: 1980

Why I like this song:

For the uninitiated, The Jam were part of the late-seventies British Punk rock scene. Therefore it's ironic that their best known song is something that doesn't sound at all punk.

But this is nothing less than striking: The acoustic guitar, the rumbling bass, the percussion that strikes so little that you notice it when it does and the lyrics dealing with observations about working class life.

Indeed, you could easily make the argument that this song has aged a lot better than the other songs of the era.