tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post1221647482936618091..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Come Unto Me, Billy BraggBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-60226083557359426732012-10-24T18:32:33.852+11:002012-10-24T18:32:33.852+11:00I agree totally (except for the nose bit, whatever...I agree totally (except for the nose bit, whatever that's about) and, in the interest of fairness and nostalgia, here is some of his work. Your comparison is most valid.<br /><br />The People's Poem by Rik<br /><br />What do you think you're doing, pig?<br />Do you really give a fig, pig?<br />And what's your favourite sort of gig, pig?<br />Barry Manilow<br />Or the black and white minstrel show?<br /><br />mr.simmonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-12672767298199599222012-10-24T12:43:59.854+11:002012-10-24T12:43:59.854+11:00Hey, Perfessor, you and the sweeties at the ABC mi...Hey, Perfessor, you and the sweeties at the ABC missed the twitter about 2/3 into Q&A. I can't recall the twitter, but it was sent by "suck_mike_hunt". Now, that's an oldie from dirty conversations! But the darlins' missed it. Shoulda got Whining Jon Faine onto it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-51455285630038824142012-10-23T15:54:22.639+11:002012-10-23T15:54:22.639+11:00I still like his music, and I used to love his nos...I still like his music, and I used to love his nose - but I always hated his politics. Just the mention of Billy Bragg still makes me think of Wik in The Young Ones.Philippa Martyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029636396625497458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-36387200090100386812012-10-23T15:26:48.295+11:002012-10-23T15:26:48.295+11:00Peter Garrett's "indigeneity" seems ...Peter Garrett's "indigeneity" seems OK- it refers to indigenice people. But his "artesian fisherman" of Africa (ABCTV Four Corners) is a bit harder to understand. Do those Africans catch fish underground, or do they handcraft their own fish?Leo Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-84603298951234032922012-10-23T15:23:26.557+11:002012-10-23T15:23:26.557+11:00Somehow Billy Brag managed to apear on my playlist...Somehow Billy Brag managed to apear on my playlist.<br />Briefly.............<br />I deleted him before I got soggy brain syndrome.Dakingisdeadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-37460394972756729002012-10-23T13:14:23.485+11:002012-10-23T13:14:23.485+11:00Yes it had the ring to it of someone's Grade 6...Yes it had the ring to it of someone's Grade 6 homework assignment, in particular the helpful bit letting us know about the Industrial Revolution "a period of significant social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom."<br /><br />Doesn't bode well for the rest of it, but, of course, any criticism of the book could only be coming from haters and would hardly need addressing. <br />mr.simmonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-60200165534030963292012-10-23T11:22:58.001+11:002012-10-23T11:22:58.001+11:00"...recently (Billy) has taken a stand agains..."...recently (Billy) has taken a stand against bankers' bonuses by refusing to pay taxes in protest."<br /><br />He refuses to pay taxes in protest. Don't you just love millionaire socialists. Always making sacrifices for their beliefs.<br /><br />Pedro of Adelaide Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-65437509570529134932012-10-23T11:11:42.943+11:002012-10-23T11:11:42.943+11:00Repetition of melodies and rhyme schemes and '...Repetition of melodies and rhyme schemes and 'borrowing' elements from older songs is at the core of folk music. Bob Dylan has done it a ton of times too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-47892274691343305432012-10-23T09:53:02.593+11:002012-10-23T09:53:02.593+11:00That blurb doesn't even flow properly. In two ...That blurb doesn't even flow properly. In two adjoining sentences she refers to aspects of "her reign"; they should be one sentence.<br /><br />"Her reign lasted longer than that of any other British monarch and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire."DaveAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-25478906607666621212012-10-23T09:08:24.790+11:002012-10-23T09:08:24.790+11:00If a recent edition of Viz comic is anything to go...If a recent edition of Viz comic is anything to go by, Billy is regarded as something of a figure of fun by younger Brits!Consuela Poteznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-57770271228335102482012-10-23T08:51:40.111+11:002012-10-23T08:51:40.111+11:00Don't watch Q&A Prof.
Too much trouble.
By...Don't watch Q&A Prof.<br />Too much trouble.<br />By the time I put some masking tape across the bottom of the screen to blank out the banal twatter comments, then tape up the rest of the screen so I don't have to watch rabid lefties in furious agreement with each other hat Tony is the problem, and press the mute button so I don't have to listen to same .....<br /><br />The Irish LionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-45667850433327308362012-10-23T08:16:11.859+11:002012-10-23T08:16:11.859+11:00For a definition of the word 'indegenaity'...For a definition of the word 'indegenaity' ( ©Peter Garrett ), see the Macquarie dictionary. No, not the current one silly, next month's edition.Steve of Cornubianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-1022681912162168912012-10-23T07:14:36.117+11:002012-10-23T07:14:36.117+11:00I didn't see Billy Bragg on Q and A, and while...I didn't see Billy Bragg on Q and A, and while I agree that he is politically and economically mis/uninformed, I do enjoy his line in plaintive songs of unrequited love, and will be contributing to the Bragg coffers to see him perform in Sydney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-8983569922635234812012-10-23T06:51:01.161+11:002012-10-23T06:51:01.161+11:00Gosh, Queen Vic was 'a powerful female figure&...Gosh, Queen Vic was 'a powerful female figure', Prof. Who knew? Julia B, you go girl. Go somewhere else, preferably.<br /><br />And 'Billy's a gentleman'. But of course. In the mind's eye, little girls do mould men nearer to the heart's desire, Prof. It starts young. Is that a normal girlhood, though, to have such boring, drippy fantasies? Mine were never like that. Perhaps they came from a darker and more windswept place.Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-64345883570331336622012-10-23T00:01:20.223+11:002012-10-23T00:01:20.223+11:00I wonder how Mr Bragg's hatred of exploitation...I wonder how Mr Bragg's hatred of exploitation leaves him the right to pinch the tune rhyme scheme and structure of Bob Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom" as that song he performed tonight obviously did?!JustFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768410686485562463noreply@blogger.com