music --- news --- culture --- debate

Monday, August 15, 2011

Song In My Head

It's "Little Time Bomb" by Billy Bragg.

Wait, that's not on YouTube. It must not exist. Insane.

So now it's gonna be "Greetings to the New Brunette" also by Billy Bragg.

Billy Bragg never got the appreciation in this country he deserved -- he's a phenomenal singer/songwriter. His chord structures are clever and fun and his lyrics are smart. He probably never caught on because he's so English. His accent is the most obvious bit of Englishness, but so is the perspective of his lyrics. Regardless, I've always been a big fan -- and became an even bigger fan when he played a song for my wife and me at a New Year's Eve show many years ago.

No comments:

Post a Comment