Billy Bragg Live - Winter Of 88 Dominion Theatre

0:00 Lovers Town Revisited
2:10 The Only One
6:07 Must I Paint You A Picture?
12:14 A New England
15:42 Tender Comrade
18:21 Ideology
23:00 Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards

[@lorrainebowen]

WOW! That's me on piano and backing vocals. What an amazing opportunity touring with Billy! Every night hearing 'Shirley' etc... Then I went on to help out with his albums 'Don't Try this at Home'. He's a National Treasure, it was such a dream performing with him - such an inspiration! Total respect!

[@rynhis_07]

I found this video from the weird side interview

[@herbertrichard614]

That is such a wonderful thing for you to do. You sing beautifully. It is a delightful counterpoint to Billy.

[@lorrainebowen]

@@herbertrichard614 THANK YOU Herbert! I remember the tour with super fond memories!

[@JonBridges66]

Wow, that’s fantastic! Do you do BVs on Don’t Try This at Home?

[@lorrainebowen]

@@JonBridges66 Here yes, but on the record Carla Tivey sang the vocals! She was mega pregnant in 1988 so I got the chance to step into her shoes! Amazing!

[@JuliLa222]

Aw.. and me on cello.. bless us.. we were so young and raw.. lovely to see it x

[@eugene4086]

Your cello on this is one of my favourite things ever. ❤

[@JuliLa222]

Aw.. Thank you kindly 🙏

[@christiansporleder2031]

While I've met Billy recently, haven't listened to these songs in ages. Found myself here by accident, realising how well they hold up and your contribution is remarkable. lovely playing.

[@JuliLa222]

🙏

[@pabloruibal9300]

Beautiful song and cello part ever on my heart since then . Greetings from Spain

[@JM-ll5qr]

Tender Comrade Ex Serviceman here, Returned as well. Not gay. Standing in my kitchen balling my eyes out. This man's a true gem. Can't wait until my own kids, daughter and sons are old enough to explain the importance of such an amazing piece of work. Been a Billy Bragg fan for nearly 30 years and never heard that song. The Union makes us strong by the way.

[@splak_5624]

absolute legend, and his songs are as relevant now as they ever have been.

[@leecarlton6048]

Perhaps more

[@moblackledge]

Oh god. I’m home sick for the 80’s. This is GREAT.

[@Hegder]

Silence = Death t-shirt in 1988. Amazing.

[@natashacook8785]

Gosh he was lovely then - I was 17 in 1988. I tell my eighteen year old daughter he was our Ed Sheeran :)

[@neilconnolly485]

Ed Sheeran!!!!!

[@billpence5444]

@@neilconnolly485 lol i know

[@Geekman333]

Yeah. But with depth.

[@peadarfitzgeraldtrigwell8120]

Ed Sheeran not even on same planet

[@alantracy6757]

Bragg is much deeper and socialist than sheerans silly “love” songs

[@djsi38t]

Thank you to wunh 91.3 university of new hampshire for introducing me to this man and the great leap forwards back in 1988.Workers playtime album was in my collection the next day.I was fascinated by this strong english accent and tender heart felt words.When i hear this song 30 years later"the only one"how the memories fly me back to 20 years old.

[@johns3106]

Yep…similar story here. In the mid-‘80’s I was a student at Penn State (I was a BIG fan of The Clash and had grown up listening to my parent’s folk music) when I first heard Billy on campus radio WPSU. “Who is this guy that combines elements of punk with folk?!”, I wondered…I’ve been a fan ever since!

[@nanalovekidheart7419]

was in London at this time and a friend took me to see The Pogues live at a mosh pit concert and later that night i found out we coulda gone to see billy bragg and i just about lost my mind!!!

[@trevorlambert4226]

This era was Peak Bragg. He's had some good songs since then, but none of the albums since Workers Playtime had the same level of consistent quality.

[@gonzoengineering4894]

True but a bad Bragg song is still better than most

[@tb5535]

Frank Turner takes me back to Billy Bragg a little bit. That said, Billy's poetry got me through college from 87 to 91.

[@adamazzalino5247]

Turner is a weird libertarian tho

[@theghostofbrooklyn1670]

In a league of his own.

[@bryanlaughland3001]

Pretty much

[@BCDunedin]

Great gig to see. Still got ,my ticket stubb

[@Obstsalatissimo]

Wow , "tender comrade" is .....overwhelming

[@Kiwigd]

Saw him around this time in New Zealand.. so good, I’ve been a fan since I first heard him. Now I’m sharing his music with my own teenager who’s loving it too!!

[@stevep4887]

Lovely. Thanks for posting, I'll be watching this again

[@agressivemuffin]

The love I have for this man is real.

[@stewartsanders3045]

Amy Goddard well said billy is megggggga

[@troybrookes1220]

I saw him first in 1988. STILL the best gig I have ever been to. This is the reason why.

[@joejackson6453]

Thats like a fine wine ❤

[@johnnypojk]

That mime/dancer guy on "Waiting for the Great Leap forward", he's so good it makes me wanna cry. No, not wanna, I just do...

[@billholder1330]

I'd completely forgotten how good he was (/ is) - thanks for the reminder!

[@tonyjofenig6833]

IS

[@thomasdungl8493]

Thank you so much for sharing this great pearle of good old 80ies ...

[@stewartsanders5844]

this is so fkin amazing I've seen billy live he's fkin fab I've meet him in person in Ireland fk wat a genius he's are own Springsteen

[@theodorepowell1163]

Wonderful

[@andrews527]

Saw him in Boston that year with same lineup and Michelle Shocked. As David Letterman told him: "I'd give a month's pay to talk like you."

[@stewartsanders485]

David Andrews great comment im from UK we all talk like billy over here

[@ambientescape8350]

Me too. In Toronto. It was a great show.

[@saturdayboy4454]

this is great, thank you so much!!!!

[@davidhodgson3901]

I was at that tour - Newcastle gig. One of about 40 BB gigs I’ve been to. Back soon, hopefully.

[@saturdayboy4454]

thank you for posting!!!!!!

[@citydog]

Thanks so much for this.

[@apemantus67]

I saw Billy in the spring of 88 (New London). Awesome concert. I love seeing video from that era. Thank you.

[@stewartsanders3526]

beautiful

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

I love this so much! 💙

[@jennross6466]

Thank you for the list of songs.

[@jamesdeco1]

great post always admired billy bragg

[@domoreilly3451]

I saw that tour at Warwick Arts Centre. Great stuff, truly great stuff.

[@mariannestevens8766]

Yes, You are the only one, Billy

[@shawnm.domzalski3753]

Unless our Bill motivated you to actually spend an hour a week helping the weak, you didn't get the message. You've got time for Ted Lasso? You've got an hour to spare for the downtrodden. And, Lorraine -- you are a gift to the world. Delighted to hear your contributions.

[@craigfoulkes]

No idea who ted lasso is but your comment has pricked my conscious. I'm off to spend an hour making a difference. Thanks

[@markrayfield6519]

I think I was in the audience, I was a broke London student bedist wall plastered with talking to the taxman poster and I had the same haircut. Plenty to be ashamed of from that period BB not one of them though, I'm not interested how nice his house in Dorset is as long as he pays his taxes and keeps on keeping the bastards honest.

[@hennerzz3460]

@Sawyer Casey ..........cool............

[@boosh90]

@Billy Clark Not really related, but always nice to join in

[@grigorirazumovski1012]

Great man. The only one is a favorite of mine.

[@stewartsanders6470]

the second song is OMG beautiful ---"""---

[@thehistoryoftonightmusic8310]

awesome

[@STREATHAMHILL]

I was at this concert

[@johnny6054]

Love the "Kissed," lip stick mark 6:02

[@ianholmes3761]

An interesting intelligent singer songwriter.

[@bluechicken209]

oh my god he's so cute..

[@berndrohlfs7397]

Got some Billy Bragg on vinyl, ages ago... :-)

[@joefox2924]

Seen him twice in Glasgow

[@davidwilkinson3209]

i fink i might of seen a bb tour this year but i would like to see pre 90s

[@feriasferias]

billy god bragg

[@stewartsanders457]

Justin beiber billions of views my god what's up with people this is pure genius

[@jerma953]

i love him i think

[@jerma953]

yea

[@eugeneunger2473]

Love this. Hope you will return Audio Ammunition.

[@davesummers9722]

Eugene Unger h

[@stewartsanders9449]

billy the English Bruce Springsteen

[@piotrmaciejewski7434]

Bruce USA Billy :)

[@stewartsanders7087]

Piotr Maciejewski well said ✅

[@stewartsanders3045]

Stewart Sanders thank you

[@bryanlaughland3001]

@@stewartsanders7087 Very well said

[@johngonzalez624]

13:12 Dancing man!!!

[@rynhis_07]

8:43 omg it’s Lorraine Bowen omg

[@davidgould9009]

Would you like to live in a land where soap was lather? great lyric

[@MohammedSFicel-ho3bx]

✍️👍

[@quki3]

Sigh. 😍

[@darioadamic4115]

Is that a Life Sentence T-shirt (Chicago hardcore) that the percussionist is wearing? It surely looks like one!

[@juliusadams9517]

I was his body guard during a signing

[@cvg63]

23:30 Michael Franti!

[@johnnypojk]

Is that who the dancer is? He's so good!

[@stewartsanders9132]

The second song would make an angle weep ---""'----

[@herbertrichard614]

"There is nothing safe in watching TV." Good. TV costs $100/mo. in my city. That's okay because if I hear people talking I like having the choice of speaking back.

[@johnniebee4328]

and the ladies in the cloakroom take no notice of me

[@wefighttigers]

Left right breathe

[@graemebell1765]

Michael Franti at the end?

[@IndigoJo]

Who's that on the cello?

[@standenberg]

13:52 Morrissey (with his glasses on) ?? 🙄

[@DavidInSugarLand]

Nope

[@actionjaxon7570]

Wow. Morrissey is a scum bag

[@davidwilkinson3209]

sure it was 92

[@trevorlambert4226]

The lack of any material from Don't Try This at Home makes that highly unlikely.

[@raresaturn]

who's the clown? was he part of the show or just a punter?

[@peadarfitzgeraldtrigwell8120]

Superior to Springsteen and quantifiably meaningful, songs about society not trite crap about nothing .....

[@michaelstagg6571]

I love Bruce but Billy and his lyrics are beyond comparison. He affirms what it was to be 20 in 90

[@alantracy6757]

Superior to Springsteen erm no billy has about 4 great songs

[@mojohnnysteedland4149]

@@alantracy6757 different artists . Bragg streets ahead politically , I’d take Any song off his first two albums over born to run in the USA 🙄

[@johns3106]

I’m a fan of both….Springsteen has a LOT of songs about “real” things…especially his more recent stuff. Check out “Ghost of Tom Joad”!

[@lyndseykramer]

Cannot escape Capitalism when the adverts on here are for resistance supporters. like, buy your jacket here! Aargh!

[@googleisgay3289]

No skin in the game. Pretty much shit, but still my left blow is in the game . . . O wait!

[@petermorningsnow]

That's about it. He has a big bum. It takes more than good intentions and a big bloke at the door to get inside. I never wanted inside so I don't pretend to know what it takes. But he has a big bum. This is proved by TV.