Can’t believe he doesn’t have his own thread already! Anyway he is coming to Gothenburg this autumn so I am finally going to see him. Apparently he is touring this 14 CD boxset featuring over 300 songs, so might be a long night.
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/billy-bragg-the-roaring-forty-1983-2023/
Oh and I am turning 40 this year, so seems quite fitting.
Just an armful of bangers really.
Also the way he still gets it right up general wrong uns is continuously heartening.
love the first album, seems a generally very good egg unless I’ve missed something
‘A New England’ is a nice one to play on guitar if you’ve got a reverb pedal or something to make it sound like he made it sound
Drama to this.
It’s one of my very small repertoire, although need to get me a reverb pedal!
He’s about as a good an egg as can be.
Love him
He’s ace. Saw him play at my workplace a while ago and he did a re-worded version of Sexuality in support of trans rights.
Good album with Wilco
just had a search to find out what he played it on/through
really love that sound, him mostly alone with his brittle electric, like standing around brooding in some lonely bit of a working class town on a cold rainy day
I barely go on FB any more, but I used to really enjoy his posts on there. Loads of stuff about the history of his instruments etc.
that sounds cool! I’m not on FB anymore either, just had a google to find out
did you go by a specific tab to learn ‘A New England’? figure I could just figure it out by ear, but worth asking
Know it’s one of his most popular but can’t be understated what a track that is.
Great version of Power In The Union with Biggie Tembo at the end of this interview.
‘Don’t Try This At Home’ is still one of my favourite albums ever.
Anyone who’s a parent or lost one young - this just breaks your heart.
This was a double when it was released.
Side three of the four comprises of Sexuality, Mother of the Bride, Tank Park Salute and Dolphins. Much as I enjoyed Bragg’s output over the years, he’s never put 4 songs that worked together as well as these do.To be fair, few have though.
I just checked this album is 56 minutes long. Spy vs Spy 16 minutes. I never had that on vinyl. Must have been a lot of run out groove on there
