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3.0 out of 5 stars Billy Bragg: A Plumber?, 28 Aug 2003

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How disappointing that the official biography of such a lyrical songwriter should contain almost no references to the songs. Collins seemingly forgets to examine any of the songs in any kind of depth, doesn't give any insights into how when or why they were written and fails miserably to give reasons for songwriting. Reading this book Billy Bragg could easily have been a plumber, what Collins gives is a litany of Billy Braggs tour dates and album releases.
The reason I read a biography of a songwriter or poet is not so that I can learn where they played in the summer of 1984 but why they created, what makes them different from me or other people. Andrew Collins should have read another songwriters' biography before putting pen to paper, Joe Kleins "Woody Guthrie : A life" that not only told you When but How and Why

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5.0 out of 5 stars He's making the World safe for capitalism, dont'cha know?, 7 April 2003

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It's not what you'd expect. Billy Bragg, he's an out-and-out politico, who writes the odd love song here and there.

Let's face it, unless you know your Billy Bragg in depth, that's probably what you'd be thinking. And how wrong you'd be. Andrew Collins has written a superb book that really goes a long way to exploding the myth of Bragg. Using Bragg's own scrapbooks, and interviewing all the key people in the story, he's put together a highly detailed biography that doesn't flinch from showing his subject in an (occasionally) unsympathetic light. But what shines through is what an honourable and hardworking, unbelievably hardworking, if sometimes misguided, man Billy Bragg is. And he has some strange friends: I ask you - Boris Johnson???

OK, so some of the puns are somewhat laboured (boom boom), but it all adds to the tone of the book - it could all have been so dour.

And anyway, it's worth buying purely because Collins constantly calls Phil Jupitus "Porky". Hahahahahahahaha, no, seriously, if you liked anything about "indie" music from the last 70s onwards, you need this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A SUPERB BOOK, 15 Jun 1999

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Andrew Collins combines both personal insights and a fascinating history of Billy's career. Very easy to read and never dull, the book should be an inspiration to any aspiring singer-songwriter.

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