Singles bought when they came out | BILLY BRAGG - BETWEEN THE WARS

 Folks on Billy’s Facebook page were talking about how old this was and it is indeed THAT old (Forty years ago this week!)but how apposite and tortuously relevant today . . . . during the permanent state of war somewhere on the planet (everywhere?!)  . . . . . I got the picture sleeve

Just a small point but Steve Wright noting it took him at least three plays to understand Billy’s point here really let him down and I can recall being disappointed in him . . .sadly gone now and he was a unique DJ

Billy says : 

When I made my first appearance on Top of the Pops, the audience had been replaced for being too gloomy, so the people I played to were dancers.

Just before I performed, the Director told them to wave their hands in the air during the song, but after he left, I went to the edge of the stage and told them that I was playing this live, so please don’t do anything to distract me.

To their credit, they hardly moved