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Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

Billy Bragg (pt2)

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the second part of Colin Murray’s chat with Billy Bragg, the musician talks about how he found his voice, trying to see his lyrics through dry ice on Top of the Pops, adapting New England for Kirsty MacColl and getting instruments into prisons. Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Wednesday 10.30pm to 1am - or available whenever you want via the free BBC Sounds app.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Newscast is the unscripted chat behind the headlines.

0:05.6

It's informed that in Formal, we pick the day's top stories and we find experts who can

0:11.2

really dig into them.

0:12.4

We use our colleagues in the newsroom and our contacts.

0:15.2

Some people pick up the phone rather faster than others.

0:18.6

We sometimes literally run around the BBC building to grab the very best guests.

0:23.4

Join us for daily news chats.

0:25.6

To get you ready for today's conversations, newscast,

0:29.3

listen on BBC Sounds.

0:37.2

Just so you know, this podcast contains some strong language.

0:46.2

Welcome to the second salvo of my midnight meet with the incredible Billy Bragg.

0:52.4

If you haven't listened to the first episode, do you need to listen to the

0:55.5

probably not, but you probably should go back and listen to episode one which you can just

0:59.6

download in the same place as you got this.

1:01.6

But they agreed to come back for seconds and I'm so thankful that he did, you know,

1:06.2

to be fair.

1:07.4

If I had had a bit more front on me, I would have asked him back for part three, but I think

1:11.1

I'd already chance me on too much.

1:13.0

This first broadcast in January 2021 this year, this is the second app.

1:17.0

Part two of my midnight meet with Billy Bragg.

1:20.6

Of course, before we get going, just in case, a bit like, you know, on TV last time.

1:25.0

Let's just remind yourselves of part one.

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