micklpkl
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Billy Bragg --- mixing pop & politics
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Oct 30 22:47 UTC 2002 |
Since I'm bouncy still about winning tickets to see Billy Bragg tonight
at Stubbs BBQ, I thought I'd pass on the lyrics to his
latest "broadside" --- this is one that Billy is encouraging people to
share, so go for it!
The Price Of Oil
Voices on the radio
Tell us that we're going to war
Those brave men and women in uniform
They want to know what they're fighting for
The generals want to hear the endgame
The allies want to prove the plan
But the oilmen in the White House
They just don't give a damn
Cause it's all about the price of oil
It's all about the price of oil
Don't give me no shit about blood, sweat, tears and toil
It's all about the price of oil
Now I ain't no fan of Saddam Hussein
Oh, please don't get me wrong
If it's freeing the Iraqi people you're after
Then why have we waited so long?
Why didn't we sort this out last time?
Was he less evil then than he is now?
The stock market holds the answer to
Why him, why here, why now?
Cause it's all about the price of oil
It's all about the price of oil
Don't give me no shit about blood, sweat, tears and toil
It's all about the price of oil
Saddam killed his own people
Just like General Pinochet
And once upon a time both these evil men were supported by the USA
Whisper even Bin Laden once drank from America's cup
Just like that election down in Florida
This shit doesn't all add up
It's all about the price of oil
It's all about the price of oil
Don't give me no shit about blood, sweat, tears and toil
It's all about the price of oil
Copyright Billy Bragg 2002
there's an mp3 of the song, in case you're curious, in many places on
the 'Net. Here's one URL ---
http://www.jungle.ca/ThePriceOfOil.mp3
(160Kbps ~ 5.61MB in size)
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mcnally
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Oct 30 23:26 UTC 2002 |
Billy Bragg can be entertaining as long as you don't take him too seriously.
When you're at the concert, I'd be interested in knowing whether the
guy at the soundboard is a gray-haired Englishman named Grant. Last time
I saw Bragg (at the Majestic, in Detroit, about five years ago on a
double bill with Robyn Hitchcock) his sound guy was one of the co-producers
of his album, Grant Showbiz of the Moodswings. He wasn't involved in the
last Moodswings project and I'm curious to know whether he's still working
with Bragg. When I talked to him in Detroit at that show he was very nice
and obviously very flattered that anyone in America knew who he was.
At any rate, I enjoyed his music and would like to learn what he's up to..
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