Gambrinus
(Either on the ice or in the bar) | | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 11:13 | |
Some songs just bring back a rush of positive memories from the soundtrack of your life. This is one for me.
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Geo_orc1
(Kaw! Country) | | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 11:12 | |
Somebody has to occupy the socialist-chic niche in the recording industry.
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Wizzuvvoz
(middle of the road in the groin of America) | | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 11:11 | |
O, O , I'm being oppressed! Eeek!
Now you see the violence inherent in the system!
Like the song
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Coppertop
(San Diego, CA) | | Posted: Apr 05, 2006 - 15:54 | |
NICKNAME wrote:EAT THE RICH !
ROLF !!
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steeler
(Riding The Bus to Canton) | | Posted: Apr 05, 2006 - 15:54 | |
Constantine wrote:Wow, Billy Bragg !
The Socialist Voice of Britain -
I last heard him play in Finsbury Park many years ago -
and unfortunately he is serious, and the socialists still use the same language they have always used - childish and whining....
Gee, and I was hearing hopeful. |
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ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle WA) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 23:08 | |
John Lennon mentioned Chairman Mao too...
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phineas
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Constantine wrote:Wow, Billy Bragg !
The Socialist Voice of Britain -
I last heard him play in Finsbury Park many years ago -
and unfortunately he is serious, and the socialists still use the same language they have always used - childish and whining....
And the capitalists still use the same methods: greedy and short-sighted. Go figger... |
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Mari
(Goolarabooloo) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 23:04 | |
... For You dundidit! ...  ... Enjoy! ... |
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lixy
(Sverige) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2006 - 04:30 | |
"Capitalism is the devil's wet dream"
Ani Difranco
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tony620d
(an office) | | Posted: Feb 20, 2006 - 12:36 | |
no matter what he sings about, they all sound the same.
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NICKNAME
(K-PAX) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2006 - 13:08 | |
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lixy
(Sverige) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2006 - 04:01 | |
This guy is suicidal; Every revolutionist knows we're on the edge of a cliff.  |
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Constantine
(London) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2006 - 14:25 | |
Wow, Billy Bragg !
The Socialist Voice of Britain -
I last heard him play in Finsbury Park many years ago -
and unfortunately he is serious, and the socialists still use the same language they have always used - childish and whining....
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srbarry
(Upstate NY) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2005 - 14:21 | |
Don't know this guy so I can't tell if this is serious or tongue in cheek.
If it's a parody of that almost extinct English socialisitic rot, then it's pretty funny.
If he's serious, then it's hilarious!
O, O , I'm being oppressed! Eeek!
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steeler
(Teetering on the abyss) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2005 - 14:14 | |
betterdaze wrote: God, I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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meadowwoods
(Madison, WI) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2005 - 14:13 | |
Tritter wrote:how 'bout Wilco and Billy Bragg?? That would be nice to hear here... try it?? Thanks!!  Yes, now wouldn't that be nice? |
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fureanbode
(hungary) | | Posted: Sep 12, 2005 - 14:06 | |
BjornPhrei wrote: This is a pretty good song, but there are others on this album I like better. "Valentine's Day Is Over" and "Life Among the Lions" come to mind...
Agreed. A lovely song this, but a wee bit vague lyrically. The two songs you mention are much stronger, and tackle big issues (domestic abuse, racism in the army) with many a wry insight. |
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mojoman
(Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | | Posted: Sep 12, 2005 - 14:04 | |
MattFromBath wrote:The revolution is just a T sheeert away!
I love the way he drops the t on that.
The irony being that China's "Great Leap Forward" in the 1960s resulted in the death of tens of thousands. |
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Zarba
(Atlanta, GA USA) | | Posted: Sep 12, 2005 - 14:01 | |
betterdaze wrote: God, I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What he/she said! |
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betterdaze
(still standing here) | | Posted: Sep 12, 2005 - 14:00 | |
God, I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BjornPhrei
(Michigan) | | Posted: Aug 13, 2005 - 21:08 | |
This is a pretty good song, but there are others on this album I like better. "Valentine's Day Is Over" and "Life Among the Lions" come to mind...
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Zarba
(Atlanta, GA USA) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2005 - 07:02 | |
phineas wrote:BillG: "Billy Bragg: The king of Maoist folk-rock."  Great description. Love Billy!
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veegez
(Minnesoter) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2005 - 06:27 | |
Rickvee wrote:Billy Bragg = worst musical artist this side of Yoko Ono
I believe you'll have the same success proving your proposed equation to a panel of mathematicians, as did Evel Knievel did his. Read here: The Onion |
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ChardRemains
(Pepperland) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2005 - 06:23 | |
Billy Bragg -- brilliant!
The guitar and piano remind me of Lennon's "oh Yoko."
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MattFromBath
| | Posted: Jun 01, 2005 - 03:56 | |
The revolution is just a T sheeert away!
I love the way he drops the t on that.
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betterdaze
(flying freely) | | Posted: May 17, 2005 - 12:09 | |
I was just listening to Billy on the way to work this morning. So glad to see this on here....social conscience, intelligence....and a beat you can dance to! :D/
Now to hear 'Must I Paint You a Picture' and 'California Stars' on the way home....
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ploafmaster
(Richmond, VA) | | Posted: May 17, 2005 - 12:02 | |
Nice, jolly music, nice, pointed lyrics.
Rock on, man.
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phineas
(just beachy) | | Posted: May 02, 2005 - 20:47 | |
BillG: "Billy Bragg: The king of Maoist folk-rock." |
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element1
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quite an original, this billy bragg.
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Tritter
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 07:26 | |
how 'bout Wilco and Billy Bragg?? That would be nice to hear here... try it?? Thanks!! |
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