![]() ![]() ![]() Who is shifting a considerable amount of units about the benefits of joining fellow workers in a union, exposing the hypocrisies of the tabloid press or the inefficacy of parliament these days?Īs time wore on, more and more of his songs were focused on the vagaries of human relationships, with less being directly about party politics and associated issues, but there is still a socialist, socially conscious heart to his music even today. However, none of these other chart-bothering acts were able to match Bragg for the clarity and starkness of his messages on songs like There Is Power In A Union, Days Like These, Help Save The Youth Of America and Ideology. However, the fact that those taglines for the Braggmeister are still fresh in the memory indicates the power of the written word when it comes to music, something this article can only vainly aspire towards.īragg was part of a cadre of left-leaning pop bands and singers around at the time, when the continued reign of Thatcher politicised a generation already warmed from the glowing embers of the DIY spirit of punk and its aftermath, and the likes of Rock Against Racism at the end of the previous decade.Īcts such as The Housemartins, Bronski Beat, Redskins, The Style Council and The Shamen were all drawing attention to political and socio-political issues in the early to mid-80’s, often bringing subjects such as gay rights, unemployment and social inequality into the charts and onto Top Of The Pops. As a side-note, I have just discovered that there was indeed a Sir William Bragg, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915, so perhaps that nickname was less silly than it first appeared. ![]()
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