Comments on: Billy Bragg – Mr. Love & Justice

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:12:32 +0000

And now I have to miss his gig in Glasgow on the weekend. It’s not been a good year for my relationship with someone who is really one of my musical heroes.

By: crash

crash — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:43:49 +0000

I finally got around to listening to this this morning and… well, I agree completely about ‘you make me brave’ but otherwise I found it utterly underwhelming. Interestingly, I also had a first lesson to a couple of early wannadies albums all of which sounded like half-forgotten tracks nudging you to remind you that you hadn’t listened to them for far too long. The billy stuff just didn’t, at all, it completely failed that (admittedly just made up but none the less valid for that) test. Shame. Shame.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:44:26 +0000

Not impressed with the record, FiL, or have I hurt your feelings with my review?

By: FiL

FiL — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:34:37 +0000

Sniff… Sniff… Sob… WAAAAHHH!!!

By: China

China — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:30:50 +0000

Well, that’s a waste of a record! Charging extra so you have to buy two records’ worth of material instead of charging regular price for one or the other. Phooey. If he recorded it solo anyway, may as well have kept it and saved the fee of a band!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:32:35 +0000

If you buy the special edition you do get a solo version of the album as a bonus. It’s a lot better than the band version, so if you’re going to buy it anyway it would be the one to get.

By: China

China — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:00:06 +0000

Oh goodness. After seeing him play a fantastic solo set last year I was really hoping this would be a solo record. You’re a constant bearer of bad news, Toad.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:51:38 +0000

Fucking smug bastard.

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:51:12 +0000

I’m not saying a thing…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:25:39 +0000

…and he was not impressed.