billy bragg: "she came along to me"

woody guthrie lyrics to billy bragg via wilco's mermaid avenue. recorded in madison 2003 at the media reform conference.

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Music

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• woody
• guthrie
• billy
• bragg
• came
• along
• mermaid
• avenue
• media
• reform
• madison
• 2003

[hefferwiezen]

It is because Bragg is a 'leftist' as you appropriate the label, that his music is as fine as you acknowledge it is. The point is; his passion is protest. It is not a shame he is a 'leftist', its a blessing. You'll find very few singers/artists, very few indeed, have right wing politics. Its the only thing we can really thank capitalism for.

Keep on telling it like it is Billy.

[joroline64]

he is playing a song written when the nazis were taking over europe and the US wasnt in yet. the best verse goes:

all creeds and kinds and colors of us are blending. till i suppose 10 million years from now we'll all be just alike. same color, same size. working together.  and maybe we'll have all if the fascists out of the way by then. maybe so.

whats the problem unless your a nazi.

[rugshort]

@shaunone Why would I take advice from a person I loathe?

[shaunone]

@rugshort I'm with RobbyEL -go see him live before you make judgements.

[rugshort]

@shaunone I love Mermaid Ave. It happens to be some of my fav music ever. I'm really looking forward to the forthcoming boxset. One flippant comment and some complete stranger tries to insult me. If your ass was any closer I'd kick it.

[shaunone]

@rugshort this is long shot - but perhaps you do?

[rugshort]

@shaunone Who gives a fuck...

[shaunone]

@rugshort trust me on one thing-when the dust settles on the 20th century your name will be not there. His will.

[RobbyEL]

I love the comment that he's a terrible guitar player. Go see him live when it's just him and a guitar. He's brilliant. I believe this video was recorded at a point when he was still just working through the writing process for Mermaid Avenue. He's still going through the writing process. This man makes me proud to be English in the way Burns should make someone proud to be Scottish.

[rugshort]

Cripes he's a terrible guitar player.

[gori1084]

And you keep discussing and quarrell and discuss. I wish the lyrics of this song were in Japanese or maybe latin so you'd all relax and enjoy the beauty of this music without all this misplaced talking!