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On Riff Raff, the fledgling Bragg band:
In June (1979) they hopped up another rung on the
legitimacy ladder, when Chiswick put out their first
single. In fact, they put out three separate singles on
the same day as a conceptual set called Suburban
Rock'n'Roll: Riff Raff's Cosmonaut EP (containing "I wanna
be a cosmonaut", "Romford girls", "What's the latest" and
"Sweet as pie"), The Jook EP by The Jook (they were
fancifully tipped as the new Slade) and the Make a Record
EP by The Drug Addix (notable for being Kirsty MacColl's
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Pictures of Chairman Mao | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards performed by Billy Bragg

The Great Leap Forward was the ideal behind Chairman Mao's policies.That was to weed out all the inferior people amongst the rural poor and institute a "one child per family" rule.
Though Mao was seen as a hero to his people the reality was rather different when the Freedom of Information Act revealed the real truth.That Mao was the biggest mass murderer in history with over 150 MILLION dead.
1000s had been used for forced labor on his Irrigation ditches which ended up not working yet at the same time he was a cult on the American college circuits where his Little Black Book was supposedly full of "advice" which was pounced on by hippies

from Red to Blue | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song From Red To Blue performed by Billy Bragg

Odd, that here in America that red and blue have opposite political meanings, then in most (if not all) of the english speaking world. We can't do anything right. We drive on the wrong side of the road, call crisps chips and chips french fries (or god forbid freedom fries, YUCK!), bastarize rugby and call it football and then call football soccer, and not to mention we write long ass compound sentences...like this.

from Red to Blue | Reviewer: matt brown
    ------ About the song From Red To Blue performed by Billy Bragg

Odd, that here in America that red and blue have opposite political meanings, then in most (if not all) of the english speaking world. We can't do anything right. We drive on the wrong side of the road, call crisps chips and chips french fries (or god forbid freedom fries, YUCK!), bastarize rugby and call it football and then call football soccer, and not to mention we write long ass compound sentences...like this.

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    ------ About the song Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards performed by Billy Bragg

i love this song. it's so comically true. eg, "in a perfect world we'd all sing in-tune. but this is reality so get some room." or "so join the struggle while you may, the Revolution is just a T-shirt away"
i first heard this song on a television show with dawn french and catherine tate in it, called "wild west". now that i've thoughroughly read the lyrics i can't say that i understand why they had it on there because it doesn't really relate that much to the show. but i like it all the same [=

Re: Levi Stubbs' Tears | Reviewer: Sprandore Geford
    ------ About the song Levi Stubbs' Tears performed by Billy Bragg

This is a very nice poem, very visual and well written. The one correction is the missing 'e' in Barrett.

keep the hope | Reviewer: Lorelei
    ------ About the song The World Turned Upside Down performed by Billy Bragg

I love the lyrics to this - the song is written by Leon Rosselson, who has many good songs. Billy's honest rendition is perfect; it fills me with fierce indignation, and feeds my determination to resist the greed of the powerful and corrupt.

Unforgettable Song | Reviewer: AJ
    ------ About the song Everywhere performed by Billy Bragg

One of the most beautiful, powerful... haunting songs I've ever heard. A true listening experience on CD, but even more hard-hitting when Bragg does it live. Saw him sing it in Atlanta and it was one of those rare moments when you can hear a pin drop in a crowd of 3500 people.

Billy Bragg - the only Englishman I would dine with! | Reviewer: Mitch
    ------ About the song Valentine's Day Is Over performed by Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg - the only Englishman I would dine with! So true!
You are a pack of stupid hooligans and he is the voice of reason! Oi never did much cop although the business had two decent songs.

Great words and another great song!

Great Leap, Billy! | Reviewer: Simon Berry
    ------ About the song Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards performed by Billy Bragg

Just about the funniest and most self refferential piece from the un-crowned commisar of proletarian folk rock. This is proof positive that catchy doesn't have to mean mindless. References to the Kennedy dynasty, nuclear arms and political activism versus apathy all wrapped up in an increasingly up tempo, toe tapping tune - and it works in spades!
Beam me up, Billy!

Quick Mountain bed review | Reviewer: MonkeyPox
    ------ About the song Remember The Mountain Bed performed by Billy Bragg

One of the most honest and real, lost love songs ever writen. Woody Guthrie at his finest. Jeff Tweedy really shines on this one too.


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