As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, May 23, 2014

#58 Levi Stubbs' Tears -- Billy Bragg (1986)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdJ8OGYtzM

Another WHFS favorite from the 1980s, this one from British punk/folk singer/songwriter/activist Billy Bragg (who, unlike many UK performers, definitely does NOT lose his accent when singing). I suppose the redemptive part of this song is the power of music to get people through tough times, but be warned that it’s considerably bleaker than, say, “Rock And Roll Lullabye”.
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