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04-01-2004, 08:44 AM
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daydreams and fevers
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: The Mild Mild West (UK)
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Billy Bragg
Just wondered if there were any Billy Bragg fans around, what do you guys think of him?
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04-01-2004, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: tor. ON, CAN
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idont know much of his stuff, but ikeep on hearin about him. he's tourin rightnow and he constantly has stories about morrissey to tell durin his set. people who were in attendance always end up postin the stories on morrissey-solo.com- theyre often fun.
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04-01-2004, 08:05 PM
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what PLANET is this?
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lincoln Head City
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Always liked him.
I think those "Mermaid Avenue" things - where he completed some Woody Guthrie songs pass the line from Entertainment to Public Service.
His own songs ain't so shabby and I like the way he sings too!
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04-02-2004, 01:01 AM
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Sing Your Life
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: tor. ON, CAN
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oh, iknow some of that- the stuff he did with Wilco.
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04-02-2004, 01:06 AM
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England, Half-English by Billy Bragg
My mother was half English and I’m half English too
I’m a great big bundle of culture tied up in the red white and blue
I’m a fine example of your Essex man
And I’m well familiar with the Hindustan
Cos my neighbours are half English and I’m half English too
My breakfast was half English and so am I you know
I had a plate of Marmite soldiers washed down with a cappuccino
And I have a veggie curry about once a week
The next day I fry it up as bubble and squeak
Cos my appetites half English and I’m half English too
Dance with me to this very English melody
From morris dancing to Morrissey,
all that stuff came from across the sea
Britannia, she’s half English, she speaks Latin at home
St George was born in the Lebanon, how he got here I don’t know
And those three lions on your shirt,
They never sprang from England’s dirt
Them lions are half English and I’m half English too
Le-li Umma le-li-ya, le-li Umma le-li-ya,
Le-li Umma le-li-ya, bledi g’desh akh! le-li-ya
Oh my country, what a beautiful country you are
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04-02-2004, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Happy Valley
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Yeah, that Mermaid Avenue stuff is pretty good. That's actually all I've heard from Billy Bragg.
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04-02-2004, 10:04 AM
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daydreams and fevers
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: The Mild Mild West (UK)
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Hey Chris you should check out his Don't Try This At Home album, I think Johnny Marr worked on it. The Mermaid Avenue stuff is pretty cool, I really like a lot of his earlier stuff though where its just him and the guitar. He is one of those musicians who manages to be political without making a twat of himself.
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04-02-2004, 03:38 PM
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ireally should chek out bragg from what ive heard and what ive heard about him. hes on my to do list.
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04-02-2004, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisarclark
ireally should chek out bragg from what ive heard and what ive heard about him. hes on my to do list.
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Me too. Also heard him on an R.E.M. live recording. That's all I heard from him though. I've read about him - the Morrissey stuff, etc.
Definitely sounds like someone I would like. 
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