Billy Bragg doing Never Had No One Ever
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Emotional Guide Dog
Chairman Of The Bored
I prefer this version to the original to be honest. I think the original is rather boring as it happens.
I recently got hold of the album this version came from. The Smiths Is Dead -the Queen Is Dead with each track covered by a different band. This & the Divine Comedy's There Is A Light are works of genius while I'd quite happily stab Bis to death for what they did to Boy With The Thorne In His Side.
The funniest song on there is the Placebo version of Bigmouth Strikes Again in which they replace 'Walkman' with more modern references, namely ' Discman' & Mega Drive!
I recently got hold of the album this version came from. The Smiths Is Dead -the Queen Is Dead with each track covered by a different band. This & the Divine Comedy's There Is A Light are works of genius while I'd quite happily stab Bis to death for what they did to Boy With The Thorne In His Side.
The funniest song on there is the Placebo version of Bigmouth Strikes Again in which they replace 'Walkman' with more modern references, namely ' Discman' & Mega Drive!
Harsh Truth
Ever Felt Had?
Agreed.
Librarian On Fire
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I'm not one for Billy's politics. However he has written some of best love songs. "Must I Paint You A Picture" being one of them. I seldom call artists poets, unless they are, but Billy's love songs are as close to poetry as you'll get in music.
My favourite version of a Bragg song (co-written by Marr) is this one, which I may have posted before, by the disgustingly talented Daniel Earwicker. I'll never get tired of listening to this.
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Rowntree
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Agree, he's made a lot of shite but a lot of good stuff too if the shite doesn't put you off. I thought this was at least ten times worse than the original mind. I've heard people say they found this song boring before but never did myself.
Pokey
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Moz does this on Live at Earls Court.[/QUOTE]
I wonder if more dated songs will get a face lift ... "Hold on to your facebook friends"
Emotional Guide Dog
Chairman Of The Bored
Moz does this on Live at Earls Court.[/QUOTE]
Indeed he does. So in seven years we went from 'Discman' to 'iPod' I wonder what it'll be in another seven years.
Indeed he does. So in seven years we went from 'Discman' to 'iPod' I wonder what it'll be in another seven years.[/QUOTE]
"And my tele-kinetic-sono-phone started to melt"
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Fulham Road Lights
Ill-adjusted
Are you sure Marr co-wrote 'Greetings To The New Brunette'?
To anyone who liked this version of 'Never Had No One Ever', Billy Bragg has also done covers of 'Back To The Old House' and 'Jeane'.
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I have take the opposite position to most of the posts here, his politics are pretty sound but I can't stand his singing voice. In fact I was pretty disappointed to see how many people professed to dislike his politics, this presumably places them on the right of the political spectrum? How sad.
Emotional Guide Dog
Chairman Of The Bored
I can't remember if he co-wrote it or just played on it. Marr did co-write The Boy Done Good of Bragg's which is one of the great lost singles in my view.
I'd heard Billy's version of Jeane before I heard the original & he does it really well. Back To The Old House he does less well!
Although for the best Bragg/Marr collaboration try to find their version of 'A Lover Sings' Marr intersperses the riff from This Charming Man into it. It's a work of art. As is their version of Walk Away Renee.
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Emotional Guide Dog
Chairman Of The Bored
You'd have to go some to be on the left of Billy to be fair.
Walk away Renée? Was that the song that urged Italian pop Gods, Renee and Renato, to call it a day after their seminal, festive, Euro-pop masterpiece, 'Save your love'?
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beautiful indeed - just a shame it had to be ruined by some gormless cockney monologue!
actually, I do quite like a few of William's songs - here's his (official) top 10.
1. This tank park salute
2. The busy girl buys beauty
3. I am the milkman of human kindness
4. She's got a new spell (that's how I know)
5. St Swithin's Day
6. La la la la (means I love you)
7. And love gets dangerous
8. Between the wars
9. Cindy of a thousand lives
10. Moving the goalposts
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Emotional Guide Dog
Chairman Of The Bored
La la la la (means I love you) is actually called The Saturday Boy & yes it is indeed the mutt's nuts.
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