a songwriter achingly spiritual acoustic agnostic alternative anti-cuts anti-spiritual apocalypse apocalyptic folk arab spring award-winning b allad bankruptcy big society bob dylan influenced brecht influenced bruce springsteen-influenced climate change credit crunch dark david ackles influenced deep voice depressing don mclean influenced doomed romance dylanish elvis presley influenced erotic ff fok-rock folk rock folk-rock foreign policy frank sinatra influenced fugs influenced george w bush gordon brown gorgeous soul-rending voice great clive james lyric great lyricist great lyrics for a pop song greatest lyricist ever guantanamo bay harry chapin influenced homelessness irreligious johnny cash influenced kinks-influenced kris kristofferson influenced kurt weill influenced leonard cohen cover leonard cohen influenced leonard cohen masterpiece male vocalist meaning of life lyric meaningful lyric melancholic melancholy middle eastern situation modern protest momus influenced new labour nick currie influenced noam chomsky in lyrics occupy sx occupy wall street original original song perilous powers by noam chomsky pete atkin and clive james influenced pete atkin clive james song pete atkinclive james song pete townshend influenced phil ochs influenced political protest protest singer protest songs ralph mctell influenced randy newman influenced ray davies influenced religious glorification romantic balladeer sad singer songwriter singer-songwriter singer-songwriters singer/songwriter social conditions soft rock spiritual tony blair topical singer twisted uk tory government united kingdom cuts united kingdom protest vaguely obscene war on terror war-mongering writer of ballads