Mr. Love And Justice: Deluxe Edition - Billy Bragg

Don't Try This At Home - Billy Bragg

Many years ago when I was at university I would happily spend my days with other likeminded people marching the street holding up banner shouting "Thatcher out!, Thatcher out!". Alternatively we were standing on street corners holding a bucket collecting money for the striking miners. To unwind after a hard day trying to change the world we might well go to see some live music at some local student venue and more often than not there would be Billy Bragg doing another miner's strike benefit gig. With songs such as 'The Milkman Of Human Kindness', A New England', and 'To Have and ...

Don't Try This At Home - Billy Bragg

Many years ago when I was at university I would happily spend my days with other likeminded people marching the street holding up banner shouting "Thatcher out!, Thatcher out!". Alternatively we were standing on street corners holding a bucket collecting money for the striking miners. To unwind after a hard day trying to change the world we might well go to see some live music at some local student venue and more often than not there would be Billy Bragg doing another miner's strike benefit gig. With songs such as 'The Milkman Of Human Kindness', A New England', and 'To Have and ...

Don't Try This At Home - Billy Bragg

makes an appearance on "You woke up my neighbourhood", which is almost a country song, with its fiddle. My very favourite song (and I think my favourite Bragg song ever) is "Cindy of a thousand lives", it's just perfect - Johnny Marr's guitar and Kirsty McColl's wonderfully haunting backing vocals play their part, but Bragg's vocals are equally persuasive. Although Bragg seems to be thought of as a political songwriter, a minority of the songs on his albums are in fact 'political'. Here, you've got the uptempo "North Sea Bubble" (closing line "War! What is it good for? It's good for ...

Don't Try This At Home - Billy Bragg

makes an appearance on "You woke up my neighbourhood", which is almost a country song, with its fiddle. My very favourite song (and I think my favourite Bragg song ever) is "Cindy of a thousand lives", it's just perfect - Johnny Marr's guitar and Kirsty McColl's wonderfully haunting backing vocals play their part, but Bragg's vocals are equally persuasive. Although Bragg seems to be thought of as a political songwriter, a minority of the songs on his albums are in fact 'political'. Here, you've got the uptempo "North Sea Bubble" (closing line "War! What is it good for? It's good for ...

Back To Basics - Billy Bragg

This is the first time i have heard anything by Billy Bragg and i love it. I ve just borrowed it off my dad with average expectations but this definately exceeds them. Simply one man and his guitar, this album has twenty one tracks of great guitar melody with great vocals over the top. The songs range from love to war and each one has great lyrics. It has the first three releases, "Life s a riot with spy VS. spy", "Brewing up with Billy Bragg" and the EP "Between the wars" so it is definately good value. All the tracks flow together well and make a great album. The booklet contains all of the lyrics for every song along with a couple photos ...

Back To Basics - Billy Bragg

This is the first time i have heard anything by Billy Bragg and i love it. I ve just borrowed it off my dad with average expectations but this definately exceeds them. Simply one man and his guitar, this album has twenty one tracks of great guitar melody with great vocals over the top. The songs range from love to war and each one has great lyrics. It has the first three releases, "Life s a riot with spy VS. spy", "Brewing up with Billy Bragg" and the EP "Between the wars" so it is definately good value. All the tracks flow together well and make a great album. The booklet contains all of the lyrics for every song along with a couple photos ...