Billy Bragg - Between The Wars (1985) Germany

[bristolcityifcation]

INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES BRISTOL DOCKS UNION !!! my grandad went and stood toe to toe with his comrades in spain !! then fought the nazis in ww2 then came home raised a family and was a unoion man till the day he died not like the cunts now only on for lining there pockets !! the true socialists are looking down on you !! new labour i shit it torys with another name !! i will keeep the faith gramps thinking you gramps !!

[CobraEcosse1]

Stunning song with words that mean a great deal no matter your country or government.

Billy Bragg was one of the founders of the Red Wedge when Labour where still in the wilderness, Blair had absolute zero relevance when this was written and as as much to do with the politics of Blair and his cronies as Take That do.

Billy Bragg is a true socialist that spoke for the people and wrote songs about the people.

[fgehry]

1985 im rockpalast - gottverdammte scheisse!!!!

fuenfundzwanzig jahre ist das her - i saw this on tv then and there when i was just out of the army

a millioin thanks to the uploader!!!!

alex

[bmoregan]

I don't know 'cos I'm not German, but I imagine this song sounds different if you listen from the point-of-view of a German that experienced the 1920s/30s.

[haarp35117]

epic

[burlrug]

Sing it Billy!

[lukequixotesanjose]

Strange really... Thatchers politics was essentially society is based upon individualism and self responsibility, but the people she crushed and the communities she trampled on never asked for more than being individuals and being able to pay their way. The miners, the dockers, the steel workers, all of them were individuals who sought and lived by their own individual responsibility to themselves and their families.

[2bad4elmo]

Does everyone know what guitar he is using?

[bigfish0804]

Gibson Les Paul Junior Double Cut

[JoTheSnoop]

I think there would be many around the whole world having a party when Thatcher dies.

[glennmac88]

If only when Thatcher dies she could take her legacy with her. So many of us see and suffer that legacy each day, yet attribute it as the fault of other working class men and women around us.

[lillith886]

@glennmac88 you are so right. i see the roots of so much disharmony and poverty of hope in the thatcher years. well said my friend.

[Skipissatan]

Yorkshire aswell! We had 500+ mines, now we have 3, my grandad worked on the shipyards in Sunderland, now we don't have those either. I'm having my own party in a building named after John Boyd-Orr, the man that gave us school milk, the same milk thatcher stole!

[kropos]

Beautiful

[Thomcrib]

The Welsh wont be the only ones partying when Thatcher dies,we plan on having street party's in Durham too! seriesly,she is fucking despised up here.

[yadsik]

Newcastle will be joining the celebration too!

[haeste80]

dont forget all of scotland, we had the poll tax before you guys

[theonlytruepunk]

We,in the States will party too!!!!!!!!!!!

[RubySohoLove]

i may be a 16year old english girl but i have a feeling he was something special. oh to be at his shows!!

[lahore55]

always loved this song Billy. but sadly in the UK we have lost this "faith in our fellow man" in 2009. we have learnt nothing

[yorvik21]

you are losing faith my friend. support the cwu . 'Wer'e avin a party, when Thatcher dies.....Musical chairs, when Thatcher dies....it could go on that long . Bitch

[thegriggsy]

@lahore55 it is only lost if you yourself lose it, be the change you wish to see.

[Liam5LCM]

we are having a party, when thatcher dies

[armandin2048]

@Liam5LCM If we all live that long - it will probably need a stake through the heart (and anyway, wasn't she already embalmed sometime in the late 70's)?

[KaneistheWalrus]

Great song. Thanks for uploading :).

[fantombiker]

Not bad sound...fantastic song......"Bring me the draughtsman"