That's Entertainment

Album: Beat Surrender (1981)
Charted: 21
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  • A police car and a screaming siren
    A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete
    A baby wailing and stray dog howling
    The screech of brakes and lamp light blinking

    That's entertainment, that's entertainment

    A smash of glass and the rumble of boots
    An electric train and a ripped up phone booth
    Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat
    Lights going out and a kick in the balls

    I tell ya that's entertainment, that's entertainment

    Days of speed and slow time Monday's
    Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday
    Watching the news and not eating your tea
    A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls

    I say that's entertainment, that's entertainment

    Waking up at six AM on a cool warm morning
    Opening the windows and breathing in petrol
    An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard
    Watching the tele and thinking about your holidays

    That's entertainment, that's entertainment

    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la

    Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes
    Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume
    A hot summer's day and sticky black tarmac
    Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away

    That's entertainment, that's entertainment

    Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight
    Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude
    Getting a cab and travelling on buses
    Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs

    I tell ya that's entertainment, that's entertainment

    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la

    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la

    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la
    La la la la la la Writer/s: Paul John Weller
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 10

  • Kirsty Duggins from London, EnglandAgreeing with Andy’s message to Kwami.
    I would say that (in the UK) The Jam were arguably bigger than The Clash. I am a big fan of both bands.
    The Jam are certainly not forgotten here.
  • Andy from Leeds, UkThis is in reply to Kwami, The Jam remain a band of some standing here in the UK, far bigger and further reaching than The Clash to be fair.
    They’re a long way from being forgotten!!!!
  • Al Jones from LondonThis song is used in The Gentleman with Matthew McConaughey.
  • Kwami from Washington Dc, Dc"Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away." I always loved that line. Great song by a great, and completely forgotten, band. What a shame, they could've been as big as the Clash with better management and support from their label.
  • Chris from Leeds, United KingdomThe story goes that Paul Weller wrote this drunk after coming home from the pub. It originally had an extra verse, but it got cut at recording.

    At the time Parolophone's German branch decided to release the record in Germany, but the UK company declined. Such was the fervour of the Jam's fans they bought the imported version in such numbers is reached #21 in the charts. This happened again with another Jam song "Just Who is The 5'o Clock Hero"
  • Jeff from Liverpool, Englandthis song was never going to be released in the uk, but a mix up at german record label metronome meant that it was released in the uk but only on their record label although it did reach uk#21
  • Michael from Indianapolis, InThis song was used in the movie "Stranger than Fiction". When Will Ferrell's character Harold Crick was on a bus near the end.
  • Ben from London, EnglandThis song shows exactly what it was like growing up in the 70s (and now) in a housing estate.
  • Jack from Belfast, IrelandI was told he wrote it after he got home from the oub and was a bit drunk and he wrote it in ten minutes.
  • Erik from Catonsville, MdGreat song. Paul Weller wrote this while riding a bus through the city at night.
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