The Red Flag

[De Leonist]

May The Red Flag forever fly.

[vicman]

1. One of the greatest...

songwriters ever.

[TBF]

2. Nice!

If you are on Facebook you can keep up with Billy Bragg there.

Latest status update:

Billy Bragg
6 hours ago
Spent the day in the studio yesterday with the Levellers, recording a new version of their song 'Hope Street' for release later this year on a collection of their greatest hits. Seemed an apt day to be singing "rain on me come pouring down"

[johnp3907]

3. This is my favorite version.

I got to meet Billy Bragg at a concert in Pittsburgh a few months ago and tell him we do have a REAL Football team here--the Riverhounds.

[proverbialwisdom]

4. This is fun. I like the poet's attitude, he can take criticism and so can I. Sorry re:self-delete.

BillyBraggVEVO (191,007 views)

Published on Jun 3, 2013
Handyman Blues is the new video taken from Billy Bragg's Top 20 UK Charting album 'Tooth & Nail'

Directed by Johnny Vegas, the video features Stewart Lee, Kevin Eldon, Phill Jupitus, Samuel West, Neil Morrissey, Ricky Grover, Ross Noble and Johnny Vegas.


'Handyman Blues' - Lyrics from Tooth & Nail

I'm never gonna be the handyman around the house my father was
So don't be asking me to hang a curtain rail for you, because
Screwdriver business just gets me confused
It takes me half an hour to change a fuse
And when I flicked the switch the lights all blew

I'm not your handyman

Don't be expecting me to put up shelves or build a garden shed
But I can write a song that tells the world how much I love you instead
I'm not any good at pottery so let's lose the 't' and just shift back the 'e'
And I'll find a way to make my poetry build a roof over our heads

I know it looks like I'm just reading the paper
But these ideas I'll turn to gold dust later
Cause I'm a writer not a decorator

I'm not your handyman

Songwriter: BRAGG, BILLY

More: http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/billy-bragg-handymans-blues

[socialist_n_TN]

5. Good place for this.......

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