Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)

Subject: Billy Bragg's birfday
From: The Shambles
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 05:19 PM

Billy Bragg was born this day (20 December) in Barking Essex in 1957.

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birfday
From: SussexCarole
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 06:15 PM

Good job he's not behind you!

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birfday
From: The Shambles
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 06:15 PM

Did you just agree with something I said?

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Big Mick
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 06:16 PM

Sorry, I meant to say Happy Birthday, Billy.

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 05:01 AM

He has writen some very fine songs.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 05:05 AM

Got this thing about the letter B though.... Billy Bragg from Barking now lives in Burton Bradstock, only a few miles from the village I grew up in.

LTS

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST,Penguin Egg
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 07:52 AM

He can't sing. Why doesn't he get someone else to sing his songs?

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST,Cats
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 09:13 AM

I have just finished his autobiography and it really is superb. Highly recommended. Happy Birthday Billy.

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 10:57 AM

Autobiography!!!!!!!!!! He's only a boy!

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST,younger than Billy B
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 11:05 AM

he'll be 50 a year and 1 day before me !!! ha !!! old grey haired lefty agitpunkfolk git !!!!!

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Scrump
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 11:12 AM

It seems that anyone famous can 'write' their autobiography these days, even if they've hardly lived (I put 'write' in quotes as I suspect many of these books are ghost-written). Currently in the UK shops are 'autobiographies' of such people as actress/pop singer Billie Piper, singer (?)/'celeb' Kerry Katona and comedian Peter Kay, none of whom is yet out of their 20s (AFAIK). No doubt their fans will lap them up though, or so the publishers hope.

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Geordie-Peorgie
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 02:04 PM

His real name's Stephen Bragg

Aah divvent knaah why he changed it te Billy - mebbe it sounded more working class hero than Stephen - Mebbe he wez just actin' the goat.

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 02:23 PM

Stephen William Bragg

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 02:52 PM

Happy Birthday Billy.

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 03:14 PM

Happy Birthday Billy.

Some of you have some major issues you need to deal with, relax over Christmas and try and de-stress

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 06:56 PM

Happy birthday, Uncle Bill!

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Scrump
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 06:26 AM

He can't sing. Why doesn't he get someone else to sing his songs?

Kirsty MacColl recorded "A New England". Any others?

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST,The Input
Date: 30 Apr 08 - 04:29 AM

Valentine's Day Is Over by June Tabor and The Oyster Band

Rumours Of War by June Tabor

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 30 Apr 08 - 04:48 AM

Norma Waterson: St Swithin's Day
Eliza Carthy: King James' Version
Everybody and their collective dogs: Between The Wars

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST,The Input
Date: 30 Apr 08 - 04:59 AM

I saw Billy Bragg duetting at Glastonbury years ago with Paul Brady. It was a great gig. He was supposed to have done the gig with Nanci Griffith but she cried off with a sore throat. I suspect she didn't really want to be 'outsung' by the Bragg! :-)

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST,Jonny Sunshine
Date: 30 Apr 08 - 06:26 PM

Eminently sensible article by Billy in the guardian today here

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: GUEST,ifor
Date: 01 May 08 - 12:39 AM

Between The Wars is such a fine song!!! Very moving.
IFOR

Subject: RE: Billy Bragg's birthday (20 December 1957)
From: Folk Form # 1
Date: 01 May 08 - 05:17 AM

As much as I aadmire Bragg's sentiments, I can't get worked up by English nationalism. All nationalism is by it's nature, exclusive, and by celebrating nationalism, gives an exagerated view of one's own difference from other people. We should be looking at things that unite us rather then seperate us. Why not a day celebrating rationality and reason. For this reason, I gave St George's Day a miss this year as I have done other years.

I realise the Scots have a strong feeling of identity; but is this a good thing? (I am half-Scots myself.)