| Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song really choked me up when someone on Radio Manchester played it last summer the morning after rioters had trashed the city centre. It was a wonderful expression of optimism against the odds, coming right in the middle of a string of bad news. Wonderful stuff, I'll never forget it. | |
| Billy Bragg – The Only One Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think the soap line probably refers to the very hard water you find in the South East of England (which is basically built on chalk deposits). Unless you fit a water softener, your soap won't lather and you'll get a layer of scum on your bathwater. It's one of the things you notice if you travel down there from the North of England, and knowing Billy it's probably a metaphor for a wider social chasm. | |
| Billy Bragg – It Says Here Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Written about 30 years ago and still spot-on - how depressing! "Have you ever wished that you were better informed?" was the slogan used to advertise The Times, desperate to reassure its readers of its ongoing credibility following its acquision by Murdoch. "This year's prince is born" - this dates it to the early Eighties when Diana was producing Wills and Harry. |
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