Priča Britanca Billy Childisha, koliko tužna je, toliko je i fascinantna. U svojim pričama, pesmama, poeziji, slikarstvu, otvoren i iskren koliko to forma dozvoljava, a i više od toga. Zlostavljan u detinjstvu, 15 godina života proveo je na socijalnoj pomoći. Bio je i velika ljubav čuvene umetnice Tracy Emin. Pravo čudo je kako uprkos svojoj disleksiji, uspeva da artikuliše svoja osećanja i stavove i da uvek bude na strani slabijih i nemoćnih. I biva nejasno da zemlja koja uz Sjedinjene Države drži pod kontrolom 85% svetskih banaka i investicionih fondova ne uspeva da ostvari iole ravnopravnije, konfornije i poštenije odnose. Da othrani svoju ne baš tako brojnu zajednicu. Bezbrojni su projekti i bendovi u kojima se ostvario Billy Childish, ili William Charlie Hamper, danas već na pragu 65e godine. Izvorni skiffle, beat, garažni punk rock, art brut, pa folk i slične forme dominiraju u njegovoj poetici. Nekad Holly Golightly, nekad njegova životna saputnica Julie Hemper, uvek je tu neka jaka ženska osoba na njegovoj strani. Childish nije tako popularan i poznat. Ipak cene ga i neke daleko popularne osobe i istance. Čak i pokojni Kurt Cobain nije bio imun na njegova ostvarenja. Jedna od najbolje čuvanih tajni britanskog popa, zaslužuje da se o njoj više raspravlja i piše. Davno, nastupao je i u malom gradu u kome živim preko 30 godina. Znao sam i tada za njega, ali tada nisam bio u mogućnosti da ga gledam. Čovek kome je Van Gogh uzor, objavio je do sada između 130 i 160 naslova, pa tako obimom pretekao i veličine poput Zappae, Dylana i Neila Younga. Teško se odlučiti za neki od njih, koliko liče toliko nose i neku posebnu notu. Često ponavlja fraze poput "fundamentalno" i "elementarno", njegov humor ne ide na prvu ruku i nije za ljude čije je shvatanje popa površno. U slobodno vreme praktikuje jogu i studira Vede. Ali to se teško oseti u tome što radi. Koliko god teži da se udalji od razmišljanja grupe, mase i svakog organizovanog oblika religije i udruživanja, pa i uprkos svom indivudualnom stavu, protivnik svakog obilika totalitarizma, po mom mišljenju Childish je duboko spirituralna ličnost. Ostaje još nešto vremena da i on to sam shvati. Život ga nije i ne miluje. Svako slobodno i dublje razmišljanje navodi nas na to da su nepravde tu da nas podsete na neka davna vremena kada je sve bilo još brutalnije i okrutnije. Ostaje nam nada da čovečanstvo ide u boljem pravcu, a apokalipsa dešava se svaki dan, što je očigledno i čuje se i u svakom Billyjevom uzviku. Sjajan lik, a i to njegovo inspirativno i kreativno okruženje plene pažnju.
Billy Childish - Jezebel (with Thee Milkshakes)
Billy Childish - Brand New Cadillac (with Thee Milkshakes)
Billy Childish - Billy B. Childish
Thee Headcoats - What You See Is What You Are
Billy Childish - Deep Down in My Heart
Holly Golightly - In Blood
Billy Childish - In The Land Of The Lusty Bees
Thee Mighty Caesars - You Make Me Die
Billy Childish - Old Horse Of The Nations Tea Party
Billy Childish - The Western Plains (Trad. Arranged Childish)
Thee Headcoats - The Day I Beat My Father Up
Billy Childish - I Don't Like The Man I Am
Billy Childish - That Strange Bravery
Wild Billy Childish And The Musicians Of The British Empire - Thatcher's Children
Wild Billy Childish And The Musicians Of The British Empire - He's Making A Tape
Thee Headcoats - Chatham Town Welcomes Desperate Men
Thee Headcoats - Ballad of the Fogbound Pinhead
Billy Childish - Whitstable
The Chatham Singers - Cowboys are Square - Live at Medway Little Theatre January 2023
The Buff Medways - Archive From 1959
The Buff Medways - Barbara Wire
The Buff Medways - (I'm a) Lie Detector
The Buff Medways - Have Mercy (Well Well)
Billy Childish - I Believe (Childish MCPS)
The Chatham Singers - The Son Of Art
The Chatham Singers - Why Did I Destroy Our Love
Wild Billy Childish - I Love That Girl Ammonia
Wild Billy Childish - The Ballad of Robert Walser
Wild Billy Childish - Dreggredation of Spartanists
Wild Billy Childish - Transcending Utter Dreggredation
Wild Billy Childish - The Broken and the Lost of the Old Long Bar
Wild Billy Childish - Traces of You
The Milkshakes - After Midnight
The Milkshakes - Shed Country
The Milkshakes - Soldiers of Love
The Milkshakes - Can't Seem to Love That Girl
The Milkshakes - Little Girl Be Good
The Milkshakes - Everywhere I Look
The Milkshakes - I Need Lovin'
The Milkshakes - Something Else
The Milkshakes - Don't Love Another
The Milkshakes - El Salvador
The Milkshakes - I Wanna Be Your Man
Thee Headcoats Sect - The Witch
Thee Headcoats Sect - I Got Love If You Want It
The Buffets - Punk Rock ist Nicht Tot
CTMF - The Second Generation Punks
CTMF - The Kids Are All Square
CTMF - Punk Rock Enough for Me
CTMF - SQ 1
CTMF - Under Blue Montana Skies
CTMF - I've Done Something Rotten
CTMF - The Darkness Was on Me
CTMF - Viva La Rock 'n' Roll
CTMF - You Can't Capture Time (Slight Return)
CTMF - The Train Kept a Rollin'
CTMF - Bob Dylan's Got a Lot to Answer For
CTMF - 100 Yards of Crash Barrier
The William Loveday Intention - I Wasn't Made For This World
The William Loveday Intention - You Who Have Always Held Me
The William Loveday Intention - Blind Willie McTell
The William Loveday Intention - Roll the Stone Back Across the Mouth of the Cave
The William Loveday Intention - The Bearded Lady Also Sells The Candy Floss
The William Loveday Intention - White Whale Blues
The William Loveday Intention - What Kind of Friend Were You?
The William Loveday Intention - They Wanted the Devil But I Sang of God
The William Loveday Intention - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
The William Loveday Intention - Joe Strummer's Grave
The William Loveday Intention - Righteous Lazarus 4 Days Dead (Reprise)
The William Loveday Intention - Desolation Row
The William Loveday Intention - I'm Sitting on Top of the World
The William Loveday Intention - He Calls That Religion
Vermin Poets - Vermin Poets
Wild Billy Childish And The Musicians Of The British Empire - Thatcher's children
Thee Mighty Caesars - Little By Little
Thee Mighty Caesars - (Miss America) Got to Get You Outside My Head
Thee Mighty Caesars - Come Into My Life
Thee Mighty Caesars - All Night Wonder
Harlan T. Bobo - My Life
Nervebreakers - Let's Fall Apart
