Word: braggs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Invited by the Sandinista Minister of Culture, Bragg calls his visit down South "an incredible eye-opener." He was able to travel around a bit, visiting medical centers around the Honduran and Costa Rican borders, and speaking to Sandinistas as well as to ordinary people...
...however reassuring Bragg's politics, there's nevertheless something slightly nettlesome about being preached to. One fortunate side of Bragg is that he anticipates all of the complaints--even the ones about how chick it seems to have become for rock stars (Bono of U2, Jackson Browne, and so on) to go down to see what's really going on down there--and he's ready to deal forthrightly with the complaints...
...also admit that it's "quite right" for audience members to yell out about Northern Ireland; he readily acknowledges the colonial sins of his own motherland. And though he listens to all the hecklers, he doesn't let negative reactions deter his speechifying; Bragg seems to thrive on response of any and every sort. Ultimately, Bragg has a soapbox and he's going...
...Bragg even has one song called "Help Save The Youth of America," but the sheer wit of the lyrics lifts the patronizing air somewhat...
...Bragg has several messages--ranging from "Take responsibility for your nation's foreign policy," to "Every story has (at least) two sides," to his favorite: "and it's something that I've repeated around the world and it's remained the same, and that is: Buy My Records...