Billy Bragg - Which Side Are You On (1985) Germany

[edwardwills]

NOT ON HIS SIDE, I NEED AMMO BEFORE THE COLLAPSE OF THE US!

[claredai]

what's Christopher Eccleston doing singing all political stuff?

[Salamwamat]

I'm with Scott Kevin Walker !!!!!

[anthonyrussell84]

@Salamwamat  well to be fair, fighting a losing battle like he is, I'm sure he'll be glad of the company in the political wilderness

[headcreeps13]

last year i was in rehab and he came there to talk to us and i got to jam with him for like 4 hours... it was fuckin awesome!

[KiwiGary2]

How does he get that cool sound?

[theRAFrule]

Who the hell is this prince phillip guy. Who ever he is,he's the twat not us

[gazrobbo53]

As relevant now as then-Wonder if the ddr is missed

[MrRedFredSaid]

Amen. There's no straddling the fence in times like these.

[eddneal]

cant be copied...hes just the best

[Penbguin]

In response to Prince Philip, "Lefties are mostly hypocritical middle class twats":

it is through personal experience that I can comment that most Tories are egotistical, self-obsessed wankers with an undeserved sense of self-righteousness. They think they're all that when all they can think of is who they can shit on in order to make a profit for themselves.

[2bad4elmo]

Does everyone know what guitar he use?

[GregNoblet]

Looks like a Gibson melody maker or les paul double cut, with the paint stripped off, single P-90 pickup

[T0NYBLA1R]

Hey HRHPrincePhilip, which side are you on? Not the side of the miners with Billy and I, thats for sure.

[HRHPrincePhilip1]

Billy is a very rich hypocritical wanker who preaches communism and mass immigration but moved away from multi culti hell in London to live in all white Dorset. His excuse, "I had to think about the kids". If you are going to sing shit songs about communism, please make sure your actions reflect the shite you talk. Lefties are mostly hypocritical middle class twats

[kaitc0metrue]

just because one person does it doesn't mean everyone does. and besides why did you even watch the video if you hate him so much you're the fucking twat

[MrRik2]

Have you actually looked at the stuff Billy has done? You're an idiot if you think all that is outweighed by where he chooses to live. Seems to me it's you that is the hypocrite.

[Jasonthegaiface]

Prince phillip you post this same crap on every billy bragg video!

[avinabacca]

@HRHPrincePhilip1 You know, you could almost certainly serve your country best by sticking your head in the gas oven. Just a thought....

[TALEofYEARS]

@HRHPrincePhilip1 not everything stays for ever in the same size... we will see what you make if 30 years passed by... billy did so much things nobody made in this time... and he gave a lot of hope and power to peaple... i think this is enough... and then other must take the "flag" and go on... everytime need new people... and billy take a really lot in his time... for me its okay that he goes older and live also like this

[sherstyukyulya]

Billy Bragg is the shit

[Mike6SC]

Just in case people don't know, "the shit" isn't an insult, it's praise, and I agree- Billy Bragg rocks.

[levdt]

The young Billy Bragg armed with his bass guitar was a thing of beauty and power - the way he snarls "FIGHT" towards the end of the song is something that has remained with me since the first time I heard it during the miners' strike of 1984-85.

[SimZeppelin]

Agree it is a thing of beauty but it aint a bass guitar :)

I'd say the most powerful moment is the Scab that says "Sod you Jack"

[levdt]

thanks for clearing up that misapprehension i have been under for the last 20 years! what kind of guitar is it? yes he certainly struck a chord 20 years ago - don't listen to him much anymore though i thought he did some good work getting woody guthrie's unreleased songs out. hopefully a new generation of songwriters will be inspired to produce something similar articulating more contemporary concerns.

[IntSchoolHistory]

An Arbiter Les Paul copy. Used to retail at about 50 quid.

[alphadork1]

@levdt That's not a bass guitar. It's just a guitar.

[Kerry74G]

@levdt

Thats not a Bass guitar by the way!

[PopInTheClouds]

@levdt Except it's not a bass guitar ;)

[123jonesie]

@levdt bass has 4 strings dumb shit

[levdt]

@123jonesie

well i wrote about 50 words which has been voted as top comment by 20 people - the fact that you can abusively dismiss me for a typo shows which side you are on.

[alejandro15187]

his face says more than music. powerful stuff

[jordans38]

thx,it's hard to find the version of billy bragg

[Braceylovesmoz]

great vid, thanks for posting! x