Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette - Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette

What this video is

Released October 1986 as the second single from Talking with the Taxman About Poetry — Billy Bragg's first UK Top 10 album — the video exists within the politically charged atmosphere of mid-Thatcher Britain. Bragg was simultaneously a key organiser within the Red Wedge musicians' alliance, touring alongside the Style Council and Jerry Dammers to mobilise youth support for the Labour Party ahead of the 1987 general…

Why it matters

A canonical artefact of mid-1980s British folk-punk and indie protest pop. The track exemplifies Bragg's third album's expanded sonic palette — produced by John Porter and Kenny Jones at Livingston Studios, London — while the promo video reflects the lo-fi, non-theatrical approach characteristic…