Actually I never really stopped listening to Billy Bragg, it's just the rotation that varies.
It's the lyrics mostly, and I am a bit partial to his lo-fi production too...makes feel like I could knock out a song like that, indeed one of my goals this year is to be able to belt out a decent version of "A New England" from his 1984 album Life's a riot with Spy vs Spy.
I've got lots of favorite Billy Bragg songs, but I like this one in part because of this lyric:
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish youd care
..that there's some good writing.
Anyway, if you care to listen here is his version (I'm not ready for any public performances just yet):
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