MockChop wrote:

I’d kill for a fucking rumour at least.

Get yourself over to mad, "Funboat" aka "shedboy__21" now using "deebuster" to back himself up as the latter got banned, is full of it, obviously FACTS as he's the font of all knowledge! The boy's a total fantasist, feel sorry for him to be honest!
 

Tek wrote:

With all due respect.

That's not an album review, that's a hatchet job.

And i say that as someone who is not a fan of Bragg as a person, his politics or this particular album for that matter (though he has written some great tracks imo).


 

Was well pished when writing that but stand by every word, I've never once called my slaverings a review, just write about how a feel about the album and artist, different strokes and all that bud
 

Album 571.
Billy Bragg.............................Talking With The Taxman About Poetry   (1986)







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Got to be honest, can't stand this fucker, divorcing the music from the artist is normally quite a task but I'm no' gonna even try with this charlatan, a voice like Foghorn Leghorn (younger people may have to google it) and a habit of stealing and recyling other artists material and pretending to be original, just about sums up this self satisfying chameleon.


Anyways, the album for me at least had 1 good track which was "Greetings To TheNew Brunette," the other tracks in my humbles smack of someone looking in from a distance and making out that this was their life, another sign of his "your all daft ,You wont even notice coz I'm making you think I'm for the people"

This album wont be coming anywhere near my postcode, so wonnt be going into my vinyl collection (in case nobody guessed|)


Edited because extremely drunk so tidied up a little, but still stand by what I wrote, can't stand the bloke or his music!
Please listen to his Bob Dylan rip off (without any shame)


Bits & Bobs:



Revelations;


The army made a man of me Billy Bragg, Acton, 1981 



    EVERY MORNING on my way to a casual job, Artexing a ceiling for a mate, I had to walk past the Army Recruiting Centre in Acton and it seemed to beckon me in. I knew my destiny lay through those doors. I was 23 years old, punk had been and gone and come to nothing. It was a great disappointment because I thought we were going to change the world: the Clash by playing songs and me by going to Clash gigs.The band I had been in for a couple of years had just broken up. We'd been based in Oundle, east Northamptonshire - not quite the headquarters of rock. You only needed short hair and straight trousers to be the Kings of Punk.

However, I'd been an important person to the youth of that town, so

arabchanter wrote:

“Oh Jeremy Corbyn, oh Jeremy Corbyn…”https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4lUq0H_cclUCUNTS!
 
 

two hours of writing and fucked it, try again tomorrow, FUCK. Out of practise
 

So what are we all thinking about this cunt Billy Bragg then?

If it's all right with Tek and abidy else I wouldn't mind getting back on the horse and having a go at it the morra night if that's ok?

Match ticket?
 

Glentoran and I'm guessing the bottom line is gazzette, so could it be a programme?

Album 573.
Megadeth.............................Peace Sells....But Who's Buying?   (1986)












By 1986 Megadeth singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine was on a roll. Fueled by inner rage and insecurity caused by his unceremonious ejection fron Metallica three years before, battling with heroin and booze, and driven by the critical reception of his first album, Mustaine had the world in front of him. He disappointed no one with the furious Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?, the logical extension of the speedy riffing, technical guitar mastery, and political commentary that had made his first album so promising. Play this and hear Mustaine at his gleefully devilish peak.

Werder Bremen, and a pennant?

PatReilly wrote:

Good to see you are posting more regularly A/C: are you 'working from home' now? Hope you are keeping well.

 

Hi Pat,  feeling a lot better thanks, still working but being a bit more selective in the work I 'm taking on.

On the posting side of things, I'm not as enthused with the latest albums as I was with the earlier stuff, probably because I'm an old fart, but hopefully things will perk up and we can unearth another few diamonds .
 

Album 570.

Nanci Griffith.........................The Last Of The True Believers   (1986)











This was an excruciating album to listen to, I don't mind a bit of country but with what sounded like helium induced vocals (it looks like she's had a smack in the pus wi' a frehin pan, her "Duke of Montrose" seems a wee bitty skwashed) and nasal utterings (maybe something to do with the afore mentioned frehin pan incident), makes for this listener at least, a quite uncomfortanle ride.


This was without doubt a drag from start to finish, but if mucho slide guitar with copious amounts of  banjo picking and a wailing/woe is me singer, then Nasal Nanci and this album is made for you, but if not don't give it the time of day.


This abum wont be going into my vinyl collection.




Bits & Bobs;

Born on the 6 July 1953, in Seguin, Texas, USA. This singer-songwriter brilliantly straddles the boundary between folk and country music, with occasional nods to the mainstream rock audience. Her mother was an amateur actress and her father a member of a barbershop quartet. They passed on their interest in performance to Nanci, and although she majored in education at the University of Texas, she eventually chose a career in music in 1977, by which time she had been performing in public for 10 years. In 1978 her first album, There’s A Light Beyond These Woods, was released by a local company, B.F. Deal Records. Recorded live in a studio in Austin, it featured mainly her own compositions, along with ‘Dollar Matinee’, written by her erstwhile husband Eric Taylor. The most notable song on the album was the title track, and as a souvenir of her folk act of the time, the album was adequate. In 1982, Poet In My Window was released by another local label, Featherbed Records; like its predecessor, this album was re-released in 1986 by nationally distrib

Album 569.
The The..............................Infected    (1986)












Listened to this a couple of times but feel I may have to revisit it at a later juncture, This is very politico in my humbles, and with Johnsons superb insightful and incisive wordsmithery hitting some home truths, it really isn't what I'm needing at the moment, with all that is going in around us just now I feel I can't give this album the justice it most probably deserves, and want to give a decent crack once we've gotten through these awful times.


I liked the "Soul Mining" album and put it into my collection, but I don't know if I would want to listen to this one so much, the album is certainly a great snapshot of the time, with some very poignant lyrics especially "Heartland" and "Sweet Bird of Truth."


I can't honestly say I enjoyed what I heard but thought provoking might cover my experience with this one,as said previously, I will revisit this album in the future (God willing) but for the moment this album wont be getting added to my collection.





Bits & Bobs;



Have already written about The The in post #1897 (if interested)




Prior to 'Infected' Matt Johnson sounded like a typical introverted bedroom artist; his lyrics never seemed to escape the confines of his own skull and his songs told stories of loneliness, solitude and frustration. The distinctly minimal musical backing he used to colour around these predominantly hushed and awkward vocals only served to further reinforce this impression. Fast forward to 1986 and something monumental has happened, with the release of 'Infected' Johnson changes tack entirely; here he sounds unrestrained, brimming with confidence and hungry to broaden his horizons. It’s as if he'd suddenly stumbled on not only his bus pass to travel around his native London but also his passport as his lyrical focus and

Join us for tonight's classic Scottish Cup final, as Rangers take on Dundee United in the 1994 Scottish Cup final.
William Hill Scottish Cup channel on you tube 19:45 also on their facebook page, seemingly as live.

Will hopefully be able to enjoy this 90 minutes more than when I was at the match, it will be the first time I've watched the whole game again, should be an interesting experience, I think I went through at least 2 packs o' Embassy Regal, no such comfort these days as gave up 16 years ago.

Anyways just incase anybody didn't know I thought I'd give it a bump