Gilbert and George are taking the ssiP
Billy Bragg’s Take Down The Union Jack made number 22 in the UK pop charts this past week. I was listening via RealAudio (the BBC edited the word "piss" out of the song, which came on right after a much ruder and more explicit song; go figure). Gawd, the British charts are, well, they’re just like the US charts, I suppose. I never listen to that stuff either. Anyway, Billy had said he wanted to hit the top 20 so he could get on Top of the Pops on TV. He just missed the top 20, but he’s going to be on TOTP anyway, singing his anti-royalist song to the nation the day before the Queen’s 50th Jubilee. Congratulations, Billy! I look forward to getting my copies of the single from Rough Trade sometime this week.
Posted at 7:55 PM