I remember seeing him on telly when I was 12. He got me into music (I'm now 27). Finally saw him a few weeks back, was worth the wait :) Genius a true national treasure
LOVE this. I remember seeing this brilliant performance on the telly when I was a kid and it stayed with me - I love his guitar playing, it is so natural...
I watched a documentary on SBS around 1991 about a bloke named Billy Bragg the next day I went to a Record shop in Prahran and asked if they had anything by this musician, My question was answered and I left with a copy of "A New England " thank you record shop man, thank you SBS, thank you Billy Bragg I am richer for having heard you.
@whitbyjet65 I don't always agree with his politics but I know one thing, he knows how to write songs that touch people and there aren't many that can do that.
that guitar kicked in, then the vocals, he is like creating a song with each string, a whole orchestra is in his voice, and listening to the overwhelming power of what is at least 7 different bands is like standing on a beach staring at a wave that instead of crushing you, makes you one with it, its like becoming one with pure sound, echoing through the world. my god this is better than love.
@revolution606 Apart fom the fact he toured with them in the 80s, is friends with Morrissey and had Johnny Marr played lead guitar on a recording of Billy's A lover Sings, as well as playing on Sexuality. Also Billy has covered Jeane, Back to the Old House and Never had no-one ever. Apart from that you're right. The Smiths and Billy Bragg have no connection at all. n00b.
READING MOST OF YOUR COMMENTS.... BILLY WOULD SMASH YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH HIS GUITAR AND YOU PPL THAT CONSISTENTLY RE WRITE THE LYRICS DOWN.... WE FUKN HEARD IT IN THE SONG AND hernhillrebel YOUR OBVIOUSLY GAY NOT THAT THERES ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR BUM ROMPY SONGS
@symogums Of course he would smash me over the head because socialism is predicated on violence.
To have change they believe you need violence. They don't do discussion because they don't believe in free speech, except if you agree with them of course. I didn't have space to include it in my list, but Divine's Top of The Pop's appearance, with the classic "You Think You're A Man", has all the elements of a 1980's TOTP appearance you could hope for. Oh, how I miss those days.
@hernhillrebel As opposed to the oh so free world in which capitalism rules where we can freely imprison individuals without cause to save ourselves.
Socialism isnt about violence and authoritarianism. Humanity is about Violence and authoritarianism, we are doomed whether We see the world through a blue tint or a red one uless we can put aside this ideolgical stubborness and stop being so bloody arrogant about our own failings.
True Communism is beautiful but impossible because of human nature.
savechristianityinuk? what a curious name, what Christianity is it you want to save given that the Church of England and Scotland is headed by the Queen, is it the Christianity of the Royal Family a bunch of lazy tax dodging parasitical scroungers? Or maybe a bigot like Ian Paisley who stirred up sectarian hatred or the Catholic Church that facilitated child abuse?
This is so dated,drab and dreadful. What a fool. To have lived through a wonderful era of music and fashion such as the 80's and produced an unglamorous dirge like this. Awful voice, horrible tinny sounding guitar; No synthesisers, no make up and boring clothes. Apparently no audience either.
@hernhillrebel How incredibly vacuous you sound! Nostalgia for the 1980's is the privilege of the affluent, stupid or those fortunate enough not to have lived through them, I hope for your sake it's the latter. Here's a thought for you; Certain 'Pop stars' on the 'tele' may have worn make-up, but down on the streets in Thatcher's Britain you'd have been torn limb from limb for it. They were violent and hateful times and good riddance to them. Finally; Bragg is nobody's fool, least of all yours.
@APublicDomain Ibelieve you are wrong. The 80's were "violent and hateful" times compared to the 1950's, but they were nowhere near as bad as today. I wore pixie boots and make up in the 80's and never had any problems. The decline of society is due to the rise of welfarism and break down of the traditional family. Communists dislike the family as it is a self sustaining unit, independent from the state. If you destroy families you create dependent weak people who can be easily controlled.
@hernhillrebel Hello there. You raise 2 good points with regards dysfunctional society, but it's far too complex an issue to draw any sweeping conclusions yet. As for "Communists dislike family" etc; it's one of those ridiculously bigoted and unsupportable comments that holds no place in rational discussion, you'd be well advised to reevaluate it. Personally, I'm not aware of any family that's "independent from the state". I know many however who, pay in to, and believe in it. Both left & right.
@TheKingsEvil Hilarious that wasn't it... I had to read it 3 times to check he'd actually written it. Has to be one of the all tome greats of youtubism idiocy.
@APublicDomain .It's not bad but the best I ever saw was a guy named "White with Guns" (I had lots o "FUN" messin with him, ha ha!) Anyway, He told me it wasn't Europeans that destroyed South American society, it was the Spanish! ..... Q, Why did god invent Wr? A. To teach Americans geography! (Thats not a blanket joke,it's a crude generalization. I know many Americans that know how to use an Atlas!) Cheers!
@TheKingsEvil Indeed. In China they had the one child policy, Yes that's a family, but it would mean that eventually a generation woud grow up with no cousins.
@TheKingsEvil .I+ Billion and counting. Thank Dog one country is doing sumpfink about global population. How mangey people can this planet sustain? What does the USA owe China? 30 trillion$? What for? To buy cheap chinese goods that break the second time you use them (if your lucky) and leaving US workers out of work. How ironic?
@TheKingsEvil Waste your youth listening to Bragg's depressing nonsense? Re-live the youth you should have had and listen to these: 1 You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You. -Sonia 2 G.T.O. -Sinitta 3 Handful of Promises - Big Fun 4 Male stripper -Man To Man Meets Man Parish 5 Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Sam Fox 6 Toy Boy-Sintta 7 Searching- Hazel Dean 8 You think you're a man-Divine 9 Try-Bros 10You Spin Me Round Like a Record- Dead Or Alive
@hernhillrebel Why waste..etc..Depressing nonsense? Waste my time? Who do you think you are? The TRASH you reckon i ought to listen to is just that ..trash. "You spin me round like a record." Samantha Fox? etc etc. I was a youth in the 80's and I remember those bands/musicians worth remembering! I wouldn't insult my ear-drums by deliberately letting the trash you name infect them!
@TheKingsEvil It may take time for you to enjoy these songs, but when you let go of your prejudices the music will give you feelings of strength and positivity.
In contrast Bragg's music is all about making people feel agrieved and victimised by "capitalism." As a result they are unhappy even when things are going well.
There's a skill to writing a pop record, conveying a message simply and telling a story.
By the way the guitar break on GTO is one of pop's best moments.
@hernhillrebel britain in the 80s was a bti of both there was a change in fasion and in music but they were some of the most violent times britain has seen at home in the last century, thugs, football hooligans riots fighting drugs it was good for the ones who could feel good through money, music or fasion depends who you were where you lived but almost all the shit that whent wrong happend in the 80s but still good things happend halfe of the ira shit happend in the 80s
@hernhillrebel I can only assume you are a proper wind up merchant because you spout nothing but shite in an attempt to get a rise from people. In my case it works. No synthesisers, no make up just someone playing pure music without the fuss and shite. You'll be saying the Smiths were bollocks next.
We all see things differently ,.We all dont like the same music but thats what opinion is all about.Thanks for your opinion,it matters,,my opinion is this is lyrically excellent and performed or maybe a better word is expressed from the heart.
@rtoadietodd Well admit I don't like his songs, but I will attempt a complement by saying that at least I can hear the words, and the songs are not as dismal as today's appalling, meaningless dross. I can name some of his singles. Yes, at least I can get a grip of what he is about (ie. Socialism), enough to disagree.
@WarMachineNI He must have some sort of mental disconect. How can he go on about socialism and multi culturalism and then go an live in a huge house in one of the most British parts of the country. Think of the resources it must have taken to build that house. If every one lived his luxury lifestyle how many planets would we need to sustain us?
@hernhillrebel Why don't you ask those basterds that brought us the Global financial crisis? Billy may live in a big house but it was built way before he bought it.Re-USE, Reduce- RECYCLE! & The Milk he sings about comes in glass bottles..re-cycleable!
1990 I saw a documentary it was about this man. I was in high school made me feel I wasn't alone, thank you Billy and thank you wontoofreefore for puttin this one out there for some unsuspecting passer by.
@mrtictac94 It's a 'Gordon Smith'... Not sure if they're still going but they were a Manchester based company, around for a long time I know that much. Just basic affordable guitars but like you say, got a great tone.
@mrtictac94 Having looked again I'm not 100% now... It could also be an 'Arbiter' Les Paul Junior copy that he's taken the scratch blade off, It's hard to tell. The best thing to do is email him... I'm sure he'll be happy to tell you what guitars he used. I think his other main squeeze around that time was a 'Burns' semi acoustic and it's def' not that one. Drop him a line and tell him he's wonderful from me.
@APublicDomain It is lighter where the scratch plate should have been, but that could have just been a bit of damage from the way he plays, any idea what his email is?
watched him do this 2 hours ago in preston, seeing him for the first time in 20 years. billy bragg you are a leader of men and an inspiration to yet another generation.. beautiful
Heh heh Billy played this for me in Huddersfield for me birthday when i was foooked and cos i made a gay little sign that me mates ripped piss outta me for.....heh heh .... but fuck em Billy Bragg sang me favourite song for me on me Birthday......Fuckin hell.... Thankyou for everything Billy .
Religion and federal nationalism are the 2 most often used excuses in history for sending working class men to their deaths.You've got your xenophobic head up your retentive arse.
loaded champagne socialist backing socialist labour who sent our british soldiers to die in afghanistan. also the murder of innocent muslims. living off the royalties off poor kirsty mccoll. scumbag left wing super rich bastard who lives in dorset on the coast in a big massive house. two faced bastard.
Billy Bragg was the one who wrote 'A New England', so your suggestion that he's living off Kirsy Mccall's fame is fucking nonsense, and because he's made money from his career does that mean he can't support labour anymore?
loaded champagne socialist backing socialist labour who sent our british soldiers to die in afghanistan. also the murder of innocent muslims. living off the royalties off poor kirsty mccoll. scumbag left wing super rich bastard who lives in dorset on the coast in a big massive house. two faced bastard.
@savechristianityinuk ......he disowned tony blairs new labour and avidly campaigned AGAINST the war in iraq......kirst mccoll covered HIS record.......do you think all artists should perform for free.....do you work for free??....this is his living he should be payed.......just because he lives in a house in dorset does that make him super rich hes not a millionaire.....his records only sell in small amounts....he lives a comfortable life which he argues we should ALL have in a caring society
my folks used to play this all the time when I was a kid. when they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I told them "a punk milkman". I wonder why?
@Liamski06 unions are giving 1 in four british jobs away to immigrants.. google it dickhead, stabbing british workers in the back dickhead, i went to a chinese restaurant yesterday and all the staff are chinese.. i have no problem with that but go to an english restaurant AND THE UNIONS WANT 1 IN FOUR WORKING THERE TO BE OF 'ETHNIC ORIGIN' yet fuckall is said to the chinese you socialist DICKHEAD.
@savechristianityinuk You have already said that on another Billy Bragg video. GET A NEW ARGUMENT ! And stop leaving comments on here purely to aggravate people. I fully agree with the "oxygen thief" comment.
@savechristianityinuk Your kinda dead inside now....arnt you .....dont you remember how the music makes you feel .......you even a fan.........il hold ya hand for you while ya way.......king.......uuuppp..
@savechristianityinuk Ha, so very Christian...Ugly..well that really is a terrible sin but surely god's fault...Rich....oh my god...the Catholic Church & The Church of England got it all wrong. What a moron you are..
@KITCHENOFDISTINCTION god.. you are ugly as well .. you must be a socialist, why dont you shack up with billy liar blagg and live in his mansion in dorset.. its called hypocryte house.
@KITCHENOFDISTINCTION call me what you like, this bitch lives a champagne life and takes the piss when singing about the poor. lives off kirsty mccolls royalties and wont give a penny to anyone. tight fat nosed freak.
do you know him personally??, how would you define the term 'champagne life'...if you ignorantly presume that he sings songs on the tv,so he must live a selfish extravegant life then do me a favour.put some research into yr flimsy argument. Billy Bragg has devoted his whole life to his ideals and beliefs in a passionate and cerebral form of folk music that is way beyond yr limited outlook.....but then again i could be wrong,.. reading your comment as you've obviously 'known' him personally
brilliant song performed in such a cordial manner, this is close to perfection, so very authentic, one of my all time favorites.
and now imagine this same perfomance today, some 30 years onwards, in one of those talent programmes. simon cowell would probably do him down at the casting stage with devastating criticism. how wrong they all are...
billy bragg lives off a dead girls fame. the great kirsty mccoll. her family are skint and billy bragg lives in a big house on the dorset coast. says hes for the 'people' yet he gives nothing.he even wanted paying to do band aids 'do they know its christmas, the tight marxist scumbag !
@savechristianityinuk I've never been able to understand why people expect a socialist to be some sort of hermit...I believe in freedom and equality, and I don't think it clashes in any way with my natural desire to have a comfortable life...
@savechristianityinuk, I've gone back and read some of your other comments. Not only are you a fucking Douche Nozzle, you're also a fucking idiot. When has Billy ever claimed to be poor since he became a world famous performer? I hope he's wealthy and living like a king. He deserves it. I hope it eats you alive. He's been a performer since 1977, How is that living off Kirsty McColl? Billy's been a friend of the poor and the working man his entire life. And the Unions too which I'm sure you hate.
@TIMOTHYSAARINEN unions are giving 1 in four british jobs away to immigrants.. google it dickhead, stabbing british workers in the back dickhead, i went to a chinese restaurant yesterday and all the staff are chinese.. i have no problem with that but go to an english restaurant AND THE UNIONS WANT 1 IN FOUR WORKING THERE TO BE OF 'ETHNIC ORIGIN' yet fuckall is said to the chinese you socialist DICKHEAD.
If you're lonely, I will call - If you're poorly, I will send poetry I love you I am the milkman of human kindness I will leave an extra pint If you're sleeping, I will wait If your bed is wet, I will dry your tears I love you I am the milkman of human kindness I will leave an extra pint I just thought the lyric might say it all-really sweet, full of love and honesty.
I agree with dc2be this is a beautiful song about how if love or human kindness could be measured in pints then he'd leave an extra one for his love.That anyone saw this as sperm is kind of sad and whether Billy did of didn't allude to this at a gig in 1987 is probably more about youthful expression and well kind of taking the piss-being silly even. If you want to believe that then more power to you but you might be missing out on something in the process. Something raw and exquisite.
thanks razoodocks! Yes now you have told me it sounds a bit like a guy who tried to hit on me back in london last year and I could not make out a single word! Not even the "wozzuRname" I made him repeat thrice :D! I LIKE IT THO! it's sexy :)
Billy is clearly just another self loather, one of too many that have been systematically conditioned as a result of the subversive new world order that has taken behind the scenes control of all western governments.
@fightingthedefamers I have plenty of brain cells. I just don't waste them on paranoid conspiracy theorists. What do you even mean by a self-loather? What on earth does Billy Bragg have to do with lizard people taking over the world, the White House planning 9/11 or any other crazed fantasies you cling to to make yourself feel special? You are the one who needs to wake up - to the sound of the world laughing at you.
@fightingthedefamers wowaer, I am amazed at that response, I could either ask what basis you have for your beliefs or just call you a wanker, I am gonna go for the latter, you wanker
@savechristianityinuk i've seen you a lot on billy bragg vids. have you got nothing better to do than keep posting the same pathetic arguments on every single fucking video? also, you call yourself a christian? do you kiss your mother with that mouth. take your pathetic self to a justin bieber video or something... nobody likes you here
@savechristianityinuk ... who also happens to be a good musician, which is why i like his music. fat? more like anorexic. i'm a lanky shit. don't get sad because your nan gets bullied at bingo...
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Billy Bragg is a hypocrite. He is a Champaign Socialist; another person who likes to claim to be down with the Working Class, but if you saw the property he lives in, you would know he is all talk. Never judge people by what they say, but by their actions! If Billy cared about the Working Class native Britons, he would stand against jobs being sent overseas, and immigrants being brought here to compete with the Working Class Brits for jobs, housing, etc. Charity must always begin at home.
He is a
boy here.
MichaelNeighbour 1 day ago
Love it!! Changes everytime I hear him play it!!
johnZ095 1 month ago
Barking's finest.
DeathByRickenbacker 1 month ago
I remember seeing him on telly when I was 12. He got me into music (I'm now 27). Finally saw him a few weeks back, was worth the wait :) Genius a true national treasure
jamiestillbelieves 2 months ago
LOVE this. I remember seeing this brilliant performance on the telly when I was a kid and it stayed with me - I love his guitar playing, it is so natural...
pumpkinseedage 3 months ago
Love this song makes my day!! And sets me in a good mood!! ^__^
thomasmariano1 3 months ago
simple and lovely
danjonesdj 3 months ago 3
I watched a documentary on SBS around 1991 about a bloke named Billy Bragg the next day I went to a Record shop in Prahran and asked if they had anything by this musician, My question was answered and I left with a copy of "A New England " thank you record shop man, thank you SBS, thank you Billy Bragg I am richer for having heard you.
bradgotch 5 months ago 6
I'll never tire of Billy Bragg. Some of the best love songs I ever heard, despite being better known for the political ones (which are great too).
alibenbow67 6 months ago 3
is this about donating sperm?
heightofearnestness 6 months ago
Saw Bill in London in the 80's....FANTASTIC TALENT! ROCK ON, BILLY!
glynna0071 6 months ago 3
Billy Billy Billy, you will always be the best musician song writer of all time. Keep them coming
VikingBLOOD82 7 months ago 2
It is evident that he truly believed in what he was singing-brilliant performance!
mcgovern12 7 months ago 2
full fat
miscpro 7 months ago
What a pile of shite!
whitbyjet65 7 months ago
@whitbyjet65 You are obviously a moron.
dirkbogarde44 7 months ago 5
@dirkbogarde44 No, I'm obviously someone who appreciates REAL musicians & someone who isn't sucked into Bragg's pseudo left wing bullshit.
whitbyjet65 7 months ago
@whitbyjet65 I don't always agree with his politics but I know one thing, he knows how to write songs that touch people and there aren't many that can do that.
dirkbogarde44 7 months ago 2
@dirkbogarde44 Well if you like his music that's fine but as for his politics, I think the man's a carpet bagger.
whitbyjet65 7 months ago
this billy bragg is a conservative mp isnt he? so behind all the left wing front he may be quite a sensible person. like the song, really super.
russianpostman 7 months ago
i feel 17 again
sarahkeedwell 8 months ago 2
If u like billy bragg i suggest you check out "zoo kid"...
bEnSlAtEr001 8 months ago
I typed "Billy the milk man" in google. Then i saw video suggestions. I clicked this one. Now, i fell in love with this song.
BillyTheMilkMan 8 months ago 22
that guitar kicked in, then the vocals, he is like creating a song with each string, a whole orchestra is in his voice, and listening to the overwhelming power of what is at least 7 different bands is like standing on a beach staring at a wave that instead of crushing you, makes you one with it, its like becoming one with pure sound, echoing through the world. my god this is better than love.
oddXmanXout 8 months ago
Bel Mooney wrote a something on Billy Bragg in the Daily Mail the other week, it was super.
afolksinger 8 months ago
Brillant great poet of our time, check my Makem songs out, cheers Ther Makem Folk Singer
TheMakemFolksinger 8 months ago
Bill, I love you x
helen4morrissey 8 months ago
This has got to be the best cover versions of Billy Bragg’s I have heard utterly brilliant a really great tribute to him I loved it.
roythefirst 9 months ago
@roythefirst - i do hope you're joking
josephintokyo 8 months ago
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@roythefirst - i do hope you're joking
josephintokyo 8 months ago
Billy Bragg fn rocks...this is my favorite song by him.
tmdecker6 9 months ago
why is the smiths on the side they have nothing to do with billy bragg
revolution606 10 months ago
@revolution606 Billy Bragg opened for The Smiths back in 1985
cheesebacca649 10 months ago
@revolution606 johnny marr has written alternative guitar lines for some billy bragg songs, and billy bragg covered never had no one ever..
TitchesYerhh 8 months ago
@revolution606 Apart fom the fact he toured with them in the 80s, is friends with Morrissey and had Johnny Marr played lead guitar on a recording of Billy's A lover Sings, as well as playing on Sexuality. Also Billy has covered Jeane, Back to the Old House and Never had no-one ever. Apart from that you're right. The Smiths and Billy Bragg have no connection at all. n00b.
jj72guy 7 months ago
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hogarony 10 months ago
A MOD WITH An open heart rock on billy!!!!!!
tigerpaint1964 11 months ago
He looks like a right pidgeon in this :) love it!
watchmywords 11 months ago
Just might have found a role model
cheezykneez 1 year ago
this is uncomfortably bad. yuck.
bertinotti 1 year ago
@bertinotti so's your face
wonderwall4355 1 year ago
Billy Bragg lives in a castle!! Billy Bragg!!
Viva la revolucion!
goodie73 1 year ago
@goodie73 An Englishmans home is his CASTLE you TWAT!!!
TheKingsEvil 1 year ago
READING MOST OF YOUR COMMENTS.... BILLY WOULD SMASH YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH HIS GUITAR AND YOU PPL THAT CONSISTENTLY RE WRITE THE LYRICS DOWN.... WE FUKN HEARD IT IN THE SONG AND hernhillrebel YOUR OBVIOUSLY GAY NOT THAT THERES ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR BUM ROMPY SONGS
symogums 1 year ago
@symogums Of course he would smash me over the head because socialism is predicated on violence.
To have change they believe you need violence. They don't do discussion because they don't believe in free speech, except if you agree with them of course. I didn't have space to include it in my list, but Divine's Top of The Pop's appearance, with the classic "You Think You're A Man", has all the elements of a 1980's TOTP appearance you could hope for. Oh, how I miss those days.
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel As opposed to the oh so free world in which capitalism rules where we can freely imprison individuals without cause to save ourselves.
Socialism isnt about violence and authoritarianism. Humanity is about Violence and authoritarianism, we are doomed whether We see the world through a blue tint or a red one uless we can put aside this ideolgical stubborness and stop being so bloody arrogant about our own failings.
True Communism is beautiful but impossible because of human nature.
OlliSharp900 1 year ago
hold my hand for me im waking up..
MrHicksmooth 1 year ago
What is this, an ode to socialism?
violetlightning 1 year ago
savechristianityinuk? what a curious name, what Christianity is it you want to save given that the Church of England and Scotland is headed by the Queen, is it the Christianity of the Royal Family a bunch of lazy tax dodging parasitical scroungers? Or maybe a bigot like Ian Paisley who stirred up sectarian hatred or the Catholic Church that facilitated child abuse?
cinnfaolaidh 1 year ago
This is so dated,drab and dreadful. What a fool. To have lived through a wonderful era of music and fashion such as the 80's and produced an unglamorous dirge like this. Awful voice, horrible tinny sounding guitar; No synthesisers, no make up and boring clothes. Apparently no audience either.
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel How incredibly vacuous you sound! Nostalgia for the 1980's is the privilege of the affluent, stupid or those fortunate enough not to have lived through them, I hope for your sake it's the latter. Here's a thought for you; Certain 'Pop stars' on the 'tele' may have worn make-up, but down on the streets in Thatcher's Britain you'd have been torn limb from limb for it. They were violent and hateful times and good riddance to them. Finally; Bragg is nobody's fool, least of all yours.
APublicDomain 1 year ago
@APublicDomain Ibelieve you are wrong. The 80's were "violent and hateful" times compared to the 1950's, but they were nowhere near as bad as today. I wore pixie boots and make up in the 80's and never had any problems. The decline of society is due to the rise of welfarism and break down of the traditional family. Communists dislike the family as it is a self sustaining unit, independent from the state. If you destroy families you create dependent weak people who can be easily controlled.
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel Hello there. You raise 2 good points with regards dysfunctional society, but it's far too complex an issue to draw any sweeping conclusions yet. As for "Communists dislike family" etc; it's one of those ridiculously bigoted and unsupportable comments that holds no place in rational discussion, you'd be well advised to reevaluate it. Personally, I'm not aware of any family that's "independent from the state". I know many however who, pay in to, and believe in it. Both left & right.
APublicDomain 1 year ago
@APublicDomain Yerr right. Commies hate Families. Thats why they have no children!
TheKingsEvil 1 year ago
@TheKingsEvil Hilarious that wasn't it... I had to read it 3 times to check he'd actually written it. Has to be one of the all tome greats of youtubism idiocy.
APublicDomain 1 year ago
@APublicDomain .It's not bad but the best I ever saw was a guy named "White with Guns" (I had lots o "FUN" messin with him, ha ha!) Anyway, He told me it wasn't Europeans that destroyed South American society, it was the Spanish! ..... Q, Why did god invent Wr? A. To teach Americans geography! (Thats not a blanket joke,it's a crude generalization. I know many Americans that know how to use an Atlas!) Cheers!
TheKingsEvil 1 year ago
@TheKingsEvil Indeed. In China they had the one child policy, Yes that's a family, but it would mean that eventually a generation woud grow up with no cousins.
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel NO Cousins? What pricks!
TheKingsEvil 1 year ago
@TheKingsEvil .I+ Billion and counting. Thank Dog one country is doing sumpfink about global population. How mangey people can this planet sustain? What does the USA owe China? 30 trillion$? What for? To buy cheap chinese goods that break the second time you use them (if your lucky) and leaving US workers out of work. How ironic?
TheKingsEvil 1 year ago
@TheKingsEvil Waste your youth listening to Bragg's depressing nonsense? Re-live the youth you should have had and listen to these: 1 You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You. -Sonia 2 G.T.O. -Sinitta 3 Handful of Promises - Big Fun 4 Male stripper -Man To Man Meets Man Parish 5 Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Sam Fox 6 Toy Boy-Sintta 7 Searching- Hazel Dean 8 You think you're a man-Divine 9 Try-Bros 10You Spin Me Round Like a Record- Dead Or Alive
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel Why waste..etc..Depressing nonsense? Waste my time? Who do you think you are? The TRASH you reckon i ought to listen to is just that ..trash. "You spin me round like a record." Samantha Fox? etc etc. I was a youth in the 80's and I remember those bands/musicians worth remembering! I wouldn't insult my ear-drums by deliberately letting the trash you name infect them!
TheKingsEvil 1 year ago
@TheKingsEvil It may take time for you to enjoy these songs, but when you let go of your prejudices the music will give you feelings of strength and positivity.
In contrast Bragg's music is all about making people feel agrieved and victimised by "capitalism." As a result they are unhappy even when things are going well.
There's a skill to writing a pop record, conveying a message simply and telling a story.
By the way the guitar break on GTO is one of pop's best moments.
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel
listen to employment by gang of four
bobby58585 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel britain in the 80s was a bti of both there was a change in fasion and in music but they were some of the most violent times britain has seen at home in the last century, thugs, football hooligans riots fighting drugs it was good for the ones who could feel good through money, music or fasion depends who you were where you lived but almost all the shit that whent wrong happend in the 80s but still good things happend halfe of the ira shit happend in the 80s
TheRaulip 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel I can only assume you are a proper wind up merchant because you spout nothing but shite in an attempt to get a rise from people. In my case it works. No synthesisers, no make up just someone playing pure music without the fuss and shite. You'll be saying the Smiths were bollocks next.
dkgsxr 1 year ago
We all see things differently ,.We all dont like the same music but thats what opinion is all about.Thanks for your opinion,it matters,,my opinion is this is lyrically excellent and performed or maybe a better word is expressed from the heart.
rtoadietodd 1 year ago
@rtoadietodd Well admit I don't like his songs, but I will attempt a complement by saying that at least I can hear the words, and the songs are not as dismal as today's appalling, meaningless dross. I can name some of his singles. Yes, at least I can get a grip of what he is about (ie. Socialism), enough to disagree.
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel he is not a sellout and acts himself
WarMachineNI 1 year ago
@WarMachineNI He must have some sort of mental disconect. How can he go on about socialism and multi culturalism and then go an live in a huge house in one of the most British parts of the country. Think of the resources it must have taken to build that house. If every one lived his luxury lifestyle how many planets would we need to sustain us?
hernhillrebel 1 year ago
@hernhillrebel Why don't you ask those basterds that brought us the Global financial crisis? Billy may live in a big house but it was built way before he bought it.Re-USE, Reduce- RECYCLE! & The Milk he sings about comes in glass bottles..re-cycleable!
TheKingsEvil 1 year ago
Billy Bragg is a living legend.
period
trufaithmax 1 year ago 64
@trufaithmax "the bard of barking"
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I hope someone murders his son
thepotatovagina 1 year ago
@thepotatovagina huh?
80smoviesguy 1 year ago
beaut
4ALEX4ALEX 1 year ago
1990 I saw a documentary it was about this man. I was in high school made me feel I wasn't alone, thank you Billy and thank you wontoofreefore for puttin this one out there for some unsuspecting passer by.
bradgotch 1 year ago
now this guy can play the G -TAR !!!
hottunes007 1 year ago
What guitar does he play, I love the tone? :)
mrtictac94 1 year ago
@mrtictac94 It's a 'Gordon Smith'... Not sure if they're still going but they were a Manchester based company, around for a long time I know that much. Just basic affordable guitars but like you say, got a great tone.
APublicDomain 1 year ago
@APublicDomain Thank you mate :) I'll have to do some research
mrtictac94 1 year ago
@mrtictac94 Having looked again I'm not 100% now... It could also be an 'Arbiter' Les Paul Junior copy that he's taken the scratch blade off, It's hard to tell. The best thing to do is email him... I'm sure he'll be happy to tell you what guitars he used. I think his other main squeeze around that time was a 'Burns' semi acoustic and it's def' not that one. Drop him a line and tell him he's wonderful from me.
APublicDomain 1 year ago
@APublicDomain It is lighter where the scratch plate should have been, but that could have just been a bit of damage from the way he plays, any idea what his email is?
mrtictac94 1 year ago
watched him do this 2 hours ago in preston, seeing him for the first time in 20 years. billy bragg you are a leader of men and an inspiration to yet another generation.. beautiful
toothfairy569 1 year ago 2
20 people have no taste.
freqeist 1 year ago
Stop talking to @savechristianityinuk. It's ruining the page of this lovely song
Annatheprincezz 1 year ago
Heh heh Billy played this for me in Huddersfield for me birthday when i was foooked and cos i made a gay little sign that me mates ripped piss outta me for.....heh heh .... but fuck em Billy Bragg sang me favourite song for me on me Birthday......Fuckin hell.... Thankyou for everything Billy .
voltini1982 1 year ago
Great musician. Saw him in 09 in Vicar Street, Dublin, put on a great show. One of the best live performers out there.
Kieran84ire 1 year ago
I've finally recorded my own version of this(its on myspace if ur interested)as Stacey Grove
headhoncho28 1 year ago
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GO AND SPEND SOME OF KIRSTY MACCOLLS ROYALTIES ON YOURSELF SOCIALIST SCUMBAG TRAITOR TO BRITISH WORKING CLASS. MINTED CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
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BILLY BRAGG SCUM UNION ARSE LICKER GIVING 1 IN FOUR JOBS TO IMMIGRANTS AND 60 PERCENT OF NEW HOUSES AROUND THE CAPITAL TO FOREIGNERS IS A TRAITOR.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk Ignorant ,disingenuous ,supine ,bottom feeding ,oxygen thief.
Religion and federal nationalism are the 2 most often used excuses in history for sending working class men to their deaths.You've got your xenophobic head up your retentive arse.
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loaded champagne socialist backing socialist labour who sent our british soldiers to die in afghanistan. also the murder of innocent muslims. living off the royalties off poor kirsty mccoll. scumbag left wing super rich bastard who lives in dorset on the coast in a big massive house. two faced bastard.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
I saw Billy at a gig in the states recently - he's still as brilliant a performer as ever! Keep it up Billy!
guacanoleable 1 year ago
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cant sing,
cant dance,
ugly as fuck,
pretend your skint when you are loaded,
two faced bastard,
living off kirsty mccolls fame while she is dead,
you're scum billy liar bragg. fucking scum.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk
Billy Bragg was the one who wrote 'A New England', so your suggestion that he's living off Kirsy Mccall's fame is fucking nonsense, and because he's made money from his career does that mean he can't support labour anymore?
skagandbone1 1 year ago
this billy liar bragg wanted a wage for doing live aid in 1985. bob geldof told him to do one then paula yates bit his nose.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
loaded champagne socialist backing socialist labour who sent our british soldiers to die in afghanistan. also the murder of innocent muslims. living off the royalties off poor kirsty mccoll. scumbag left wing super rich bastard who lives in dorset on the coast in a big massive house. two faced bastard.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk ......he disowned tony blairs new labour and avidly campaigned AGAINST the war in iraq......kirst mccoll covered HIS record.......do you think all artists should perform for free.....do you work for free??....this is his living he should be payed.......just because he lives in a house in dorset does that make him super rich hes not a millionaire.....his records only sell in small amounts....he lives a comfortable life which he argues we should ALL have in a caring society
johnnyjilted 1 year ago
What a prick with his big house in Dorset.
1988acid 1 year ago
Twat who has got a massive house in Dorset.
1988acid 1 year ago
my folks used to play this all the time when I was a kid. when they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I told them "a punk milkman". I wonder why?
QwertyBstard 1 year ago
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rich socialist who bullshits people into believing hes poor.
writes songs like hes on his arse but hes a millionaire who got by out of kirsty mccolls talent. SCUMBAG. BILLY FUCKING LIAR.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk
Rich from writing songs... when he was poor?
QwertyBstard 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk Dickhead. Why don't you think for yourself for once?
Liamski06 1 year ago
@Liamski06 unions are giving 1 in four british jobs away to immigrants.. google it dickhead, stabbing british workers in the back dickhead, i went to a chinese restaurant yesterday and all the staff are chinese.. i have no problem with that but go to an english restaurant AND THE UNIONS WANT 1 IN FOUR WORKING THERE TO BE OF 'ETHNIC ORIGIN' yet fuckall is said to the chinese you socialist DICKHEAD.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk You have already said that on another Billy Bragg video. GET A NEW ARGUMENT ! And stop leaving comments on here purely to aggravate people. I fully agree with the "oxygen thief" comment.
Ceeleelove 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk Your kinda dead inside now....arnt you .....dont you remember how the music makes you feel .......you even a fan.........il hold ya hand for you while ya way.......king.......uuuppp..
voltini1982 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk Dond know why you have a user name savechristianityinuk and yet come out with very unchristian things
Parsfan1885 1 year ago
ugly rich socialist living on the coast in a mansion on kirsty mccolls royalties.
anti british scumbag.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk Ha, so very Christian...Ugly..well that really is a terrible sin but surely god's fault...Rich....oh my god...the Catholic Church & The Church of England got it all wrong. What a moron you are..
KITCHENOFDISTINCTION 1 year ago
@KITCHENOFDISTINCTION god.. you are ugly as well .. you must be a socialist, why dont you shack up with billy liar blagg and live in his mansion in dorset.. its called hypocryte house.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@KITCHENOFDISTINCTION call me what you like, this bitch lives a champagne life and takes the piss when singing about the poor. lives off kirsty mccolls royalties and wont give a penny to anyone. tight fat nosed freak.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
do you know him personally??, how would you define the term 'champagne life'...if you ignorantly presume that he sings songs on the tv,so he must live a selfish extravegant life then do me a favour.put some research into yr flimsy argument. Billy Bragg has devoted his whole life to his ideals and beliefs in a passionate and cerebral form of folk music that is way beyond yr limited outlook.....but then again i could be wrong,.. reading your comment as you've obviously 'known' him personally
johnnyjilted 1 year ago
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billy bragg got punched by bob geldof for wanting £5,000 expenses for live aid the socialist tight arsed bastard.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
The guitar sounds a little Ash - Shining Light. Fantastic song
BeadlesGhostClaw 1 year ago
awesome, watched this on whistle test, think the proclaimers were on same show, i loved this my sister loved them, what a cock she is
kayaksimon 1 year ago
think it was the proclaimers on the same show, i loved this, my sister loved the proclaimers, what a cock she is
kayaksimon 1 year ago
brilliant song performed in such a cordial manner, this is close to perfection, so very authentic, one of my all time favorites.
and now imagine this same perfomance today, some 30 years onwards, in one of those talent programmes. simon cowell would probably do him down at the casting stage with devastating criticism. how wrong they all are...
danieltoyotas 1 year ago
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billy bragg lives off a dead girls fame. the great kirsty mccoll. her family are skint and billy bragg lives in a big house on the dorset coast. says hes for the 'people' yet he gives nothing.he even wanted paying to do band aids 'do they know its christmas, the tight marxist scumbag !
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
Think I have the album on tape some where in the loft. I do not think we have a tape player any more
billslocal 1 year ago
mágico
netoretor 1 year ago
@netoretor socialist shitico
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
I just love the way he strums that guitar! He's got such a physical relationship with his instrument....it's great to see!
MrBradipo73 1 year ago
@MrBradipo73 he strums his guitar and smirks at the money hes got and supposed to be a socialist.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk I've never been able to understand why people expect a socialist to be some sort of hermit...I believe in freedom and equality, and I don't think it clashes in any way with my natural desire to have a comfortable life...
MrBradipo73 1 year ago 2
@savechristianityinuk, I've gone back and read some of your other comments. Not only are you a fucking Douche Nozzle, you're also a fucking idiot. When has Billy ever claimed to be poor since he became a world famous performer? I hope he's wealthy and living like a king. He deserves it. I hope it eats you alive. He's been a performer since 1977, How is that living off Kirsty McColl? Billy's been a friend of the poor and the working man his entire life. And the Unions too which I'm sure you hate.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 1 year ago
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@TIMOTHYSAARINEN unions are giving 1 in four british jobs away to immigrants.. google it dickhead, stabbing british workers in the back dickhead, i went to a chinese restaurant yesterday and all the staff are chinese.. i have no problem with that but go to an english restaurant AND THE UNIONS WANT 1 IN FOUR WORKING THERE TO BE OF 'ETHNIC ORIGIN' yet fuckall is said to the chinese you socialist DICKHEAD.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
cattycakes64 1 year ago 28
I agree with dc2be this is a beautiful song about how if love or human kindness could be measured in pints then he'd leave an extra one for his love.That anyone saw this as sperm is kind of sad and whether Billy did of didn't allude to this at a gig in 1987 is probably more about youthful expression and well kind of taking the piss-being silly even. If you want to believe that then more power to you but you might be missing out on something in the process. Something raw and exquisite.
cattycakes64 1 year ago
@cattycakes64 Well said :) Mind you, they're probably just having a laugh, no need to take it too seriously ;)
Norvik1602 1 year ago
... with his favorite guitar!!!
dirk1606 1 year ago
this reminds me of baseball season in the 8th grade(89')
1thess523 1 year ago
I like that guitar
carlwinslow408 1 year ago
This guy's a genius....enough said
PAULFC93 1 year ago
pure, raw brilliance!!! Kate Nash, look and learn- you are not worthy love!!!
largeanthony69 1 year ago
@graverobber 35 and you sir are an ignorant and demeaning pillock, Israel is the terrorist.
jps5446 1 year ago
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is this the idoit that sand rachel whorie?
your singing sucks. and you are a terrorist sympathizer
graverobber35 1 year ago
@graverobber35
life is wasted on morons like you - freedom for all the oppressed peoples of this earth - fuck Israel
coldwarkid007 1 year ago
Billy is from Barking in east London, south Essex. So he's not really a cockney but an "Essex Boy".
Croagh 1 year ago 3
@zombiekicker Wasn't cockney supposed to be the dialect spoken by esatenders?
Do I got it all wrong? Why would they be pissed off for being compared to pepole form essex?
Please be patient with me.... just happen to love UK thoroughly , and doing my best to understand it better :D
doppiaics 1 year ago
He's amazing! He has a strong accent hasn't he? but I can't guess which accent it is since I am italian..can anybody elighten me ...please?
doppiaics 1 year ago
@doppiaics He's from Essex so it's a form of cockney.
razoodocks 1 year ago
@razoodocks
thanks razoodocks! Yes now you have told me it sounds a bit like a guy who tried to hit on me back in london last year and I could not make out a single word! Not even the "wozzuRname" I made him repeat thrice :D! I LIKE IT THO! it's sexy :)
doppiaics 1 year ago
its hard to believe this guy is Mexican
rodthepimp 1 year ago
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> its hard to believe this guy is Mexican
@rodthepimp yeah, but he grew up in Latvia: hence the crazy accent
adecentusername 1 year ago
I dig this guy!
robbanks1967 1 year ago
Billy Bragg is fucking awesome!!
randomfilmscrew 1 year ago
@randomfilmscrew
Oh yes, he is and always will be.
tyttis1972 1 year ago
Billy is clearly just another self loather, one of too many that have been systematically conditioned as a result of the subversive new world order that has taken behind the scenes control of all western governments.
fightingthedefamers 1 year ago
@fightingthedefamers What does that even mean? Satire?
tml4873 1 year ago
@tml4873
If you think thats satire then you surely need some neurological examination..
fightingthedefamers 1 year ago
@fightingthedefamers Well, the comment didn't make any sense, so if it wasn't satirical then you're just a nut job.
tml4873 1 year ago
@fightingthedefamers Shut up you idiot
razoodocks 1 year ago
@razoodocks
How many brain cells did you need to muster that comment?lol *sigh* this society has trully been corrupted to the core...
fightingthedefamers 1 year ago
@fightingthedefamers I have plenty of brain cells. I just don't waste them on paranoid conspiracy theorists. What do you even mean by a self-loather? What on earth does Billy Bragg have to do with lizard people taking over the world, the White House planning 9/11 or any other crazed fantasies you cling to to make yourself feel special? You are the one who needs to wake up - to the sound of the world laughing at you.
razoodocks 1 year ago
@fightingthedefamers wowaer, I am amazed at that response, I could either ask what basis you have for your beliefs or just call you a wanker, I am gonna go for the latter, you wanker
goldfishal 1 year ago
@fightingthedefamers WELL SAID ! billy fuckin LIAR ! socialist scum !
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
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cherrypopma1 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk Mate you've some beef with Mr Bragg....relax!!!
By the way all rockstars are all the same there are no good one's!!!
Oh and Bob Geldof is a multimillionaire...so he's the good guy!!! NOT
Got his career back on the back of LIVEAID!!!
cherrypopma1 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk i've seen you a lot on billy bragg vids. have you got nothing better to do than keep posting the same pathetic arguments on every single fucking video? also, you call yourself a christian? do you kiss your mother with that mouth. take your pathetic self to a justin bieber video or something... nobody likes you here
dezgog 1 year ago 23
@dezgog billy liar bragg lives off a dead womans fame.. this bastard is a champagne socialist just like socialist labour. end of fat boy.
savechristianityinuk 1 year ago
@savechristianityinuk ... who also happens to be a good musician, which is why i like his music. fat? more like anorexic. i'm a lanky shit. don't get sad because your nan gets bullied at bingo...
dezgog 1 year ago 2
This song is about first real love.
Like mine forbidden by my situation of life, but still a warm and precious memory.
tyttis1972 1 year ago 3
This song got me a boyfriend! It's pure love man! Billy Bragg! <3
RealMcK 1 year ago 7
Aw, this song always makes me smile.
hentaitrek 1 year ago
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Billy Bragg is a hypocrite. He is a Champaign Socialist; another person who likes to claim to be down with the Working Class, but if you saw the property he lives in, you would know he is all talk. Never judge people by what they say, but by their actions! If Billy cared about the Working Class native Britons, he would stand against jobs being sent overseas, and immigrants being brought here to compete with the Working Class Brits for jobs, housing, etc. Charity must always begin at home.
BEGOODTOYOURDOG1 1 year ago
@BEGOODTOYOURDOG1 shut up he makes me horny
killyrboyfriend 1 year ago
It could be a Gordon Smith
digitalisthedevil666 2 years ago