Always a joy. He's doing the new large Fopp in Tottenham Court Road soon. Unfortunately it's just a book signing rather than performing.
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| Author: | tim [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:02 pm ] |
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Billy Bragg appeared on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson the other week to plug his new book, The Progressive Patriot, and reworded Waiting For the Great Leap Forwards again... WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARDS It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline But on the Hugo Chavez highway filling up with gasoline Little Donald Rumsfield spies a rich lady who's crying Over luxury's disappointment, so he goes over and he's trying To sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her To prepare to be bombed back into the Stone Age In the former Soviet Union the citizens demand To know why they are still the target of Strategic Air Command And they shake their fists in anger and respectfully suggest We take the money from our missiles and spend them on our hospitals instead (yeah) The Cold War now is over but the stakes are getting higher I'm frightened of collateral damage and of friendly fire And I don't think we can defeat no Axis of Evil By putting 'smart bombs' in the hands of dumb people Mixing Pop and Politics they ask me what the use is I offer them my acupuncturist and massueuses While looking down the corridor Out to where my ego is waiting I'm looking for the New World Order (yeah) Jumble sales are organised, all my mates got fat Even after all this time you know you can still send me a fax You can be active with the activists or sleeping with the media While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Oh, one leap forward, two leaps back Will YouTube give MTV the sack? Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Well here comes the future and you can't run from it If you've got a website I want to be on it Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality not American Idol Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (yeah) So join the struggle while you may The Revolution's just an ethical haircut away When you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Words & Music : Billy Bragg |
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| Author: | Bovine Juice [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:26 pm ] |
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Always a joy. He's doing the new large Fopp in Tottenham Court Road soon. Unfortunately it's just a book signing rather than performing. |
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