Billy Bragg - Live concert in DDR and documentary

A concert from DDR on national television.
Followed by a documentary from British TV
Filmed in 1986.
I upload this just in case it has been "lost in translation" from DDR to BRD...
Songs played at the liveconsert:
- Lovers town revisited
- Levi Stubbs tears
- The world turned upside down
- It says here
- Island of no return
A short interview
- Which side are you on (quite punky...)
- Love gets dangerous
- Richard
- To have and to have not
- A New England
More songs in the documentary part 2 not listed here.
Enjoy!
PS. I do not have any rights to this or make any profit on this, I just post this to spread good music and a historical moment!
If you see an ad before the film it's not my settings i have the setting to no ads, its the owners of the music that enables the ads. Sorry but i cant do anything about that!

[@dirklorenz7976]

I came from the GDR and I am happy to listen to Billy Brag. He stands for the progressive part of mankind.

[@Onionbaron]

Watching this again... Amazing one man army... A voice, a guitar and ton's of energy fired by ideology... Where do we find that now??? Reclaim our lame society!!!

[@Onionbaron]

I dream of it, but i dont think it will be so... Sadly!...

[@Onionbaron]

@Larry Larry I've really got a concern about Ozone, and I'm a bit spooked about the Twilight zone, and the stuff you are so mesmerized about sounds really scary... Better to go to some real concerts when the pandemic takes a nap! Cheers

[@randyrandelman1878]

late enough that it's got all his best songs early enough that he's still got that energy and rage

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

He still has it!

[@rossabel199]

This concert was incredible and is one of my most formative moments in music.

[@adamb.2964]

I had no idea this existed. Mid August 1986. East German tour of Berlin (x3), Halle, Dresden, Magdeburg and Leipzig with Newtown Neurotics and Attila The Stockbroker. Wish someone posted the other two acts' performance as well. And for all the hateful comments below, haters will be haters. They can spit poison as much as they want, but they won't take away love for this amazing artist. Billy Bragg forever!

[@brand_holt]

Adam Biscuits, you can hear the EP that includes Atilla and the Neurotics here: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHOXmmqYlq6nd7M

[@brand_holt]

Adam Biscuits, The Redskins were there too. They can be heared on the EP or seen here (it isn't the same gig but I think it must be the same tour): m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5jTi4ljjpJjn9E

[@berlinwhite]

@@brand_holt Don´t think the Redskins ever played the G.D.R. (aka East Germany).

[@brand_holt]

@@berlinwhite You might be right, I'm trying to think back over 30 years and might have gotten one EP mixed up with another. I wish I knew where all that old vinyl was.

[@berlinwhite]

@@brand_holt Their album was called "Neither Washington nor Moscow". No way would they have been allowed to play that in the G.D.R. ;) I happen to have been Jörg "George" Wolter´s (Billy´s, Attilas and the Neurotic´s guide/interpreter) assistant/understudy at some of those gigs.

[@gonzoengineering4894]

Thank you so much for uploading this treasure

[@Onionbaron]

Sharing is caring, glad you liked it! 🤗

[@blixaaa]

I watched this great concert in Berlin Parkaue Lichtenberg. Was so amazing...thanks for uploading!!!

[@johnniebee4328]

I wonder sometimes if the crowd realized at the time or perhaps shortly after that they were witnessing one of the greatest live performances ever

[@berlinwhite]

We were. ;)

[@ketch_up]

@@berlinwhite you were there? Amazing. Crowd seems quiet? Is that just the recording?

[@berlinwhite]

@@ketch_up Long time ago, so cannot really remember. What I do remember though that it was absolutely pissing down during the gig.

[@ketch_up]

@@berlinwhite wow, well the rain doesn't seem to be dampening the mood! (I think it just seems quiet because of how it was recorded, which is also why the audio is so good).

[@JaffaGaffa]

Or that... they witness a leftist from the west... singing about stuff in contrast towards the west

[@saxonost7]

"Gerade aus und unkompromisiert". Gefaellt mir so immer noch.

[@tinghitiano]

thank you for uploading this great document.

[@rochesterjohnny7555]

SOME TIMES I WANT TO STOP AND THINK BUT MOST TIMES I HAVE TO RUN AWAY

[@MsSoulProvider]

What a true gem! Remembering Billy Bragg saying you can't punish the small man on the street just for living in a country with false politics, he has the right to hear good music like any other person in the world. Not many thought this way: Big Country, Cool and the gang..

[@sonnykim83]

This is a great documentary movie! Thank U very much for your uploading it!

[@chrisinfidel]

One man Clash, legend!

[@bottler23]

Thank you very much for uploading.

[@SmithersJones87]

thanks for uploading this. Bragg's energy is infectious as ever :)

[@johnniebee4328]

Best version of Lover's Town Revisited, he was so much better when he was young

[@leecoulbeck1216]

Excellent. Great job. This must stay up forever!

[@sonnykim83]

Hi, Billy, Nice to watch you playing and singing at last! Now what I think is Japan needs a singer like you now!

[@neznezneznez]

Thank you so much! :-)

[@indifferents314]

Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve. And wearing badges is not enough in days like these.

[@TheHafrec]

I've been there! GOOSEBUMPS!!!

[@Onionbaron]

Glad you like it!

[@DaveBlackburnsMixTape]

What does it matter where he lives, unless you're telling me his a tax exile. Aren't Socialists allowed to own nice things? Which I think is what you're implying. He works hard for whatever he has in life, and much of that work is charitable fund raising for causes he believes in.

[@BAMMagazine]

this is just amazing!

[@briantheslug8386]

i don't think the rulers of the DDR were too happy with Billy Bragg for some reason

[@jameshesslerlikestalentand6155]

The guitar tone is just......Sexy

[@johnniebee4328]

sometimes it makes me stop and think, sometimes it makes me turn away

[@rochesterjohnny7555]

Best song ever that version of Lover's Town Revisited

[@Onionbaron]

@SmithersJones87 Glad you liked it!

[@Topshelfpete1]

Cheers whoever you are for sorting this out do you know where his southbank show from years ago is available?

[@dogzbollux2002]

1986 back when alpha particles still had neon nuclei

[@Topshelfpete1]

Cheers whoever you are for sorting this out do you know where his southbank show from years ago is available? just found it.

[@barbworlds]

Is there any footage of his show at Palast der Republik at Festival des Politischen Liedes in 1989? One of the most impressive shows I've ever seen in my life...!

[@bjornar84]

Great upload, Cheers! I am not sure the tracklisting is correct towards the end. Anyways, awesome upload

[@dersucapitanuzala]

Someone knows where can I found a live concert of Bragg singing THE HOME FRONT? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dersucapitanuzala]

@Pat Morac Me too! I would like to see a video of Billy Bragg singing it!

[@chupabaras3525]

as an old fan I, until now didn`t know he played over there ... very astonished (what did he think??!)

[@berlinwhite]

Played there 3 times iirc. Festival des Politischen Liedes in 1986 and 1989, Liedersommer der FDJ (plus tour through the GDR with the Newton Neurotics and Attila the Stockbroker) in 1986. Despite being a socialist he was rather critical of the SED dictatorship and the lack of freedom (of speech, travel etc.) in the GDR.

[@ganlesat]

DDR: come back !

[@Navickas198]

Richard - 22:10 Lover Sings - 42:23

[@chupabaras3525]

one thing I'd like to know: did he know what minngling with the GDR comprised? Or did he believe in "moving the youthh" ... As much as I (ever) love his music and lyrics I hope he hasn't mingled tooo much with them... Cheers

[@daed5469]

Billy Bragg is a genius. He's got softer as he's got older but is still the leader in Socialist musical comment. (only problem is he advocated Scottish Independence)

[@gustavhafen6100]

Geiler Auftritt in der größten DDR der Welt!! XD

[@Onionbaron]

How was it? Being there I mean?

[@berlinwhite]

Was ace.

[@Onionbaron]

NÄRPES?

[@chupabaras3525]

how could the crowd stand so stil even though he's more punk-rock than ever ... Thank god the people are more "free" than before now!!! l

[@Scalliescouser]

29:00 ist so schöne

[@guitarpop]

Songs work much better if you don't have melodic parts? OK Billy...

[@Zen-rw2fz]

kinda a disapointing to drum kit with no one on it

[@neridawalker6623]

So now Rich... I get why he is sick of me.

[@jardaklima3697]

Probably artictle is not correct"DDR"on the stage is written Hessen is the part of West Germany.

[@johnniebee4328]

The sign says summer fest FDJ - Freie Deutsche Jugend, definately in the DDR

[@guitarpop]

Wrong.

[@berlinwhite]

@@johnniebee4328 Liedersommer der FDJ ;)

[@Gitarkongen]

får d itj nå ber.....

[@tonivaripati5951]

the DDR Government were just as Conservative as the UK Government, big mistake when they allowed Billy Bragg to perform.

[@Onionbaron]

Did you see the performance?

[@benbensenuk]

"Adam Smith, you're boys will do more harm than a thousand Messerschmitts ...." On the perils of ultra-capitalism and the unbridled free market. Here's my tuppenceworth in a short song and video. Hope you like it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3nTgoqgYtp0d8U #helptherich #video4change

[@johnniebee4328]

DDR Germany best Germany

[@jardaklima3697]

Maybe Billy Bragg thought he was in the eastern Germany.But doubt that East Germany would not allowed gig.East Germany has very strict compared to Czechoslovakia where was quiet better.

[@bohij3030]

No this was actually in east germany

[@berlinwhite]

It was in East Berlin, I was there (assisting Billy´s interpreter Jörg "George" Wolter). Billy actually played in the GDR on a number of occasions. In summer of 1986 at Liedersommer der FDJ (that´s the gig in the video) and at Festival des Politischen Liedes in 1986 and 1989.

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

That's pure cold-war ignorance about what the DDR was like.

[@MarchToFreedom]

DDR = German Democratic Republic. Otherwise known as "Eastern germany".