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Billy has released 11 solo studio albums, three albums of Woody Guthrie lyrics set to contemporary music by Billy and Wilco (the Mermaid Avenue albums) and one album with Joe Henry.
- Sexuality
- To Have and Have Not
- Levi Stubbs Tears
- Accident Waiting to Happen
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forward
- St Swithins Day
- The Saturday Boy
- A Lover Sings
- Tanks Park Salute
- New England
Beginning this Billy Bragg song is a song where the title very much speaks for itself. It must be said that during the 1980s global AIDS epidemic, life for a gay person was miserable in many ways. This anti-homophobia anthem from Bragg’s 1991 album Don’t Try This At Home was just the kind of righteous anger that was needed to combat the ignorant at...
This track taken from 1983’s Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spysees Bragg tackling the education system and the idea of what is considered by society to be the way that young people should aspire to be a success in life. Featuring lines such as “the system might fail you but don’t fail yourself,” Bragg puts across the idea that anyone can achieve what t...
Continuing with our top 10 Billy Bragg songs list we turn to a song that was inspired by Billy Bragg’s love of Motown and sixties R&B. The song is taken from his third album Talking with the Taxman About Poetryreleased in 1986. The song is without a doubt one of the saddest songs ever written. It’s about a woman who ran away as a teenager to marry ...
Also from Don’t Try This At Home, there are two versions of this song. The other version not featured here was performed with the band Red Star as the backing band. It was released on the compilation album from 1999 titled Reaching to the Converted.Both versions of the track are epic, with the lyrics being about being full of youth and enthusiasm, ...
Up next on this Billy Bragg songs list is a tune from 1988 which was released as a single before being included on Bragg’s fourth album released that same year titledWorkers Playtime.The song was written during a time of disillusionment after the 1987 British general election when Margaret Thatcher had won her second term as Prime Minister. Despite...
This track is taken from 1984’s Brewing Up With Billy Bragg.St Swithins Day is a Christian event that falls on the 15th of July. If it should rain on this day, it supposedly will continue to rain for the next forty days. Bragg does not hold this belief, nor is it the subject matter of the song. Instead, Bragg’s meaning of it is “a day that never co...
The Saturday Boy is another track from Brewing Up With Billy Bragg.Here we have a classic tale of unrequited young love. Bragg very much wears his heart on his sleeve here, explaining in very intimate detail about the time he has spent with a girl who was the object of his affection, and then how she ditches him in order to pursue what she sees as ...
As we close in on our number one spot we once again turn to the Brewing Up With Billy Bragg. As the title would suggest this is another romance-themed track. However, the tone of this one is not quite as overly sentimental, taking on a slightly darker vibe. The track’s prominent use of an organ gives it something of a retro feel, like something one...
Here we have a song from Don’t Try This At Homein which the lyrical content is not political or romantic but rather extremely personal, being a tribute to Bragg’s late father. With the haunting piano and very soft use of guitar, this extremely emotional ballad is one that is guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye of many listeners. Particularly hear...
At the number one spot on this top 10 Billy Bragg songs list is the great track “New England.” It is what is considered to be Billy Bragg’s signature song. The song combines Billy Bragg’s main lyrical concepts romanticism and politics. The song was released on the Life’s a Riotalbum. Updated May 22, 2023
Billy Bragg Lyrics, Songs, and Albums | Genius. AKA: Stephen W. Bragg and Stephen William Bragg. About Billy Bragg. Billy Brag born in 1957 in Essex, was since a young age very...
Billy Bragg - I Will Be Your Shield [Official Video] 'I Will Be Your Shield' is taken from the new studio album 'The Million Things That Never Happened', out now on CD and Digitally.
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Dec 3, 2021 · Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (Official Video) A heartfelt call to join the struggle for a better world - `You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers...
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Stephen William Bragg is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and political activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that...
