A very young Billy! An anthem for all times. If I was going to have secular music at my funeral that would be resounding loudly in hope folk took it to their hearts. Not all boomers have given up the good fight!
He stood tall and he did sing his song loud and proud . A gift he gave to us when the new romantic scene was in fashion Billy Bragg still alone against all that nonsense😊 thank you😊😊
This one's truly lovely. Just jumped in because of your answer to "Rich men ...", right off my private Joe Strummer Birthday party yesterday and I must say it doesn't get better than this 🥰
Once you know the history from 2014 till today, you will know that the real victims are the ordinary people of Ukraine who have been sacrificed at the alter of US hegemony. The USA funded the coup, installed an unelected fascist government which then led to the Ukrainian army shelling the Donbas for 8 years killing 15,000 Ukrainian civilians. Ask yourself wether Putin was provoked or unprovoked. If his attack was unprovoked then the 15,000 dead civilians are just not relevant to the ongoing war. As things stand, the vast bulk of the Russian army sits in Russia awaiting the almost inevitable invasion of Ukraine by NATO forces, which, if Biden does decide to escalate the conflict, will mean the end for western civilization. Let's hope the USA back down, cos Russia is, and always will be an indestructible opponent in war....
Unless you are of an age to remember what TOTP was like in the early to mid 80s which I am you won't appreciate what a bold, brassy move this was. Playing live, playing a guitar and making a political statement. Over 40 years old but this still cuts through.
Still a bloody brilliant song in 2023 when we're still sadly "arming for peace". Cheers from Canada, Billy!
I also like Billy's cover version of the Benny Hill theme!
Cheers, Billy, from Aotearoa New Zealand! : )
This was his finest moment!
Hey Billy, we both got older now in 2023, and you are my companion / comrade since the 80's, greetings from Germany
A very young Billy! An anthem for all times. If I was going to have secular music at my funeral that would be resounding loudly in hope folk took it to their hearts. Not all boomers have given up the good fight!
He stood tall and he did sing his song loud and proud . A gift he gave to us when the new romantic scene was in fashion Billy Bragg still alone against all that nonsense😊 thank you😊😊
This song always gets me. An entire worldview summed up in one song and simultaneously so simple and so beautiful.
Du bist Inspiration ...und politische Richtung!
Liebe Grüße aus Berlin !❤🕊
Lord Bragg of Barking is still awesome all these years later
Much Love, Billy in my view is still the people's poet.
Billy you are a legend 👌💯
Beautiful and powerful, even more so in 2023
This song still tears me up. all these years later
Such an amazing Performance
. . . and introduced by none other than the one and only High Priest Of Jollification himself, Mr. Steve Wright, O.B.E.
@@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689 I KNOW!!!!!!! RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!
Legend
Great musician and the voice of reason and compassion both back then and still now
Pay no more than 99p! Part of a three track EP 1985. Love Uncle Bill
What a song.
This one's truly lovely. Just jumped in because of your answer to "Rich men ...", right off my private Joe Strummer Birthday party yesterday and I must say it doesn't get better than this 🥰
Love that Billy Bragg, just do . :)
Remarkable artist!
Nigh on 40 years on, as a ex miner this song still moves me. Should be the framework for any social contract between the people and those they elect.
This government had an idea, and parliment made it law... (just songs embedded in my head in a certain order)
Good ole Steve Wright, the High Priest Of Jollification himself!
Billy Balls Bragg x
For Ukraine, for the freedom fighters against fascism and autocrats everywhere. Superb performance, Billy, wonderful song. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Proxy wars LOL
For Ukraine you were just in the wrong place in the fight for global power. Last bit of land to Russia. Suck up the Nuclear shit you are going to get.
@@topkek9563 Ignorant scum said the same thing in '39.
Once you know the history from 2014 till today, you will know that the real victims are the ordinary people of Ukraine who have been sacrificed at the alter of US hegemony. The USA funded the coup, installed an unelected fascist government which then led to the Ukrainian army shelling the Donbas for 8 years killing 15,000 Ukrainian civilians. Ask yourself wether Putin was provoked or unprovoked. If his attack was unprovoked then the 15,000 dead civilians are just not relevant to the ongoing war. As things stand, the vast bulk of the Russian army sits in Russia awaiting the almost inevitable invasion of Ukraine by NATO forces, which, if Biden does decide to escalate the conflict, will mean the end for western civilization. Let's hope the USA back down, cos Russia is, and always will be an indestructible opponent in war....
Unless you are of an age to remember what TOTP was like in the early to mid 80s which I am you won't appreciate what a bold, brassy move this was. Playing live, playing a guitar and making a political statement. Over 40 years old but this still cuts through.
Never more appropriate
Never been truer
A wonderful sparse performance shows what's necessary....
Don't agree with most of your views but this song has stuck with this old squadie for years
All hail the misogynist
It's such a shame he's turned into such a bitter little misogynist 😮