Kirsty MacColl With Billy Bragg - A New England

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • The ultimate wet dream, Kirsty and Billy duet A New England.
    Recorded for a Nicky Campbell session in 1991 during Kirsty's infamous "stage fright" period.
    Enjoy
    Rest in peace to Kirsty MacColl, we still remember.
    www.justiceforkirsty.org

Komentáře • 182

  • @gareththompson5653
    @gareththompson5653 Před 2 lety +31

    Absolutely heartbroken when Kirsty died. It's something I'll probably never get over. I'll cry to this at least twice a month.

  • @britturk123
    @britturk123 Před 9 lety +75

    R.I.P Kirsty Macholl the girl with the folksy voice that blew us all away.

  • @alanwhite461
    @alanwhite461 Před 6 lety +28

    Better than all the versions they recorded. And MacColl one of the best singers of the last 30 years.

  • @kennethdubard9065
    @kennethdubard9065 Před 7 lety +17

    Loving Kirsty is like having a warm coat when everyone else's music is shivering in the cold.

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 Před 2 lety +7

    WE could have used Kirsty's voice and music in these dark dark days when it seems the earth is coming to an end. Food and fuel shortages, drought, famine, floods mud slides, volcanoes and the rain forests all but gone now. Global warming will probably kill off mankind anyway. The we may get a chance to hear this wonderful Croydon Lass. Missing you every day since you been gone girl........x

  • @Thinkbeforeyoureply
    @Thinkbeforeyoureply Před 12 lety +18

    Fucking brilliant! Kirsty McColl was the ultimate duetress. She had her own talent but somehow, when placed beside another voice, she really came into her own. There's few that have been like that and we lost someone with a rare and special talent the day she died.

  • @philveness8154
    @philveness8154 Před rokem +4

    Such a great protest singer but Billy writes a great love song here and oh Kristy and aBilly are so great.
    They shoulda done an album together

  • @micko6393
    @micko6393 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Timeless classic.

  • @Liamski06
    @Liamski06 Před 15 lety +7

    RIP Kirsty, our Beloved, our Never-forgotten.
    Keep singing.
    L.

  • @mrmogford3469
    @mrmogford3469 Před 5 lety +74

    I’ve heard people in the past arguing about which version of a New England is better : Bragg or MacColl...
    I always point everyone to this!
    From the acoustic guitar to the “switch over” you hear billy and Kirsty joking about! Simply brilliant and needs to be put on Spotify
    Also who are the 45 people who disliked this video, and what is wrong with them

    • @simonedwards5564
      @simonedwards5564 Před 3 lety +1

      Aaaaaaaaaaaah This is magic xxxxxxxxxxxxxx marvellous........just.......I can't stop the tears........ I visited SOHO square the other day....I couldn't believe it...they've got a chair there didicated to kirsty xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx this is MAGNIFICENT......huh....quick ..CHANGE PLACES..... BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @philveness8154
      @philveness8154 Před 11 měsíci

      Yes this song is the answer- the only thing better than either of them is both of them.
      Positively brilliant!

  • @FB-wp9of
    @FB-wp9of Před 11 lety +14

    What a tragic loss - still missed!

  • @RicTic66
    @RicTic66 Před 9 lety +37

    Thinking back to Monks Hill School Croydon, Kirsty was a beautiful human being, we chatted a few times and often smiled at each other... I wish I'd got to know her better x RIP hun x

  • @keithrobertson5110
    @keithrobertson5110 Před rokem +3

    R.I.P. KIRSTY❤.

  • @katybaggott9362
    @katybaggott9362 Před 9 lety +19

    So much love for Kirsty and Billy.

  • @FungusMossGnosis
    @FungusMossGnosis Před 14 lety +8

    I can't stop listening to this masterpiece, heaven help me....

  • @lovetostitch
    @lovetostitch Před 13 lety +5

    So nice to discover this version. It was so sad to lose Kirsty so soon--her music carries on. My daughter likes her as well. RIP, Kirsty.

  • @WeazelJaguar
    @WeazelJaguar Před 4 lety +2

    But you did, change the world!
    Thank you CFNY-FM 102.1 The Spirit of Radio for opening up the whole world to this great music!

  • @ykmsp
    @ykmsp Před 14 lety +3

    R.I.P Kristy, thank you for the music and your courageous display of parental love.
    - love from Singapore

  • @pamdoyle3459
    @pamdoyle3459 Před 4 lety +5

    What a combination. Superb and poignant because we no longer have the best female song writer and singer England has EVER produced. Love you Kirsty and Billy too.. up the revolution!

  • @dizzybees
    @dizzybees Před 15 lety +4

    One of the few songs where the cover is equally as good as the original. Lovely to hear them singing together.

  • @MrP13r5
    @MrP13r5 Před 11 lety +9

    What a beautiful song

  • @trevorjackson27
    @trevorjackson27 Před 6 lety +11

    What an amazing version, so glad I found it

  • @oopopp
    @oopopp Před 5 lety +2

    I don't know how I got here... but I'm glad I did....

  • @emmooldmod
    @emmooldmod Před 16 lety +1

    brilliant two genuine artists, no glam or record company or judge telling them what to do, kirsty had a great voice.

  • @studioworksplc
    @studioworksplc Před 15 lety +3

    on of the greatest singers of all time what a loss rip kirsty x

  • @scotteckert3110
    @scotteckert3110 Před 9 lety +30

    who the fuck could not like this???????

  • @alainnkop8440
    @alainnkop8440 Před 11 lety +7

    lovely to hear this. i'm from the pogues/billy bragg division. thanks kirsty, what a talent. requiscat in pace

  • @willemekkelboom6422
    @willemekkelboom6422 Před 10 lety +3

    I love this song so much, and t still hurtsto accept that Kirsty isn't among us anymore.

  • @grahamj69
    @grahamj69 Před 8 lety +5

    Listening to this for the first time (and on headphones)..........great stereo mix, great guitar sounds and I love Billy's softer vocal complementing the natural power of Kirsty's. Fantasic version.......haha! just got to the solo bit whilst typing this :)

  • @patsyod
    @patsyod Před 13 lety +1

    How could we possibly look for another girl? Miss you baby

  • @heroicmedicine1
    @heroicmedicine1 Před 8 lety +21

    RIP Kirsty 15 years ago yesterday

    • @joshjackson4587
      @joshjackson4587 Před 8 lety

      mate all she did is cover people's songs

    • @gordonmathers6489
      @gordonmathers6489 Před 7 lety +4

      josh jackson nonsense! Kirsty songwriter before she was a performer. Wrote and recorded they don't know before Tracey ullman. I might be wrong but this may have been the only single that she never had a writing credit

  • @Liamski06
    @Liamski06 Před 15 lety +1

    So sad. So resonant. So forever. L.

  • @r55306
    @r55306 Před 16 lety +3

    This version is my favorite.Beautiful music.

  • @MrSqueezeCheese
    @MrSqueezeCheese Před 12 lety +7

    simply brilliant. bragg's such a great songwriter and kirsty's voice was so unique. i cant stop smiling at this version :)

    • @alanwhite461
      @alanwhite461 Před 6 lety +2

      This song is Bragg's magnum opus. MacColl was a brilliant singer full stop.

    • @kevarosenberg
      @kevarosenberg Před 3 lety +1

      I think They Don't Know is of the best English songwriting, Kirsty an amazing songsmith in her own right

    • @MrSqueezeCheese
      @MrSqueezeCheese Před 3 lety +2

      @@kevarosenberg she was great. And still saddens me that she is no longer here.

  • @barajohan5068
    @barajohan5068 Před 10 lety +9

    R.I.P Kirsty MacColl

  • @spankydaley
    @spankydaley Před 10 lety +2

    i haven't heard this for this for 20 years and brought tears to my eyes

  • @shuttlem
    @shuttlem Před 16 lety +3

    That was just beautiful, thankyou for puttin this up, loads an loads....

  • @jakelvis100
    @jakelvis100 Před 14 lety +1

    I never heard of her before, found by accident wow chip shop ,new enland man she's amazing you learn somethong new every day

  • @emmooldmod
    @emmooldmod Před 14 lety +1

    awesome kirtsy and mr bragg, what a tune !

  • @mfrenchcazenovia
    @mfrenchcazenovia Před 6 lety +2

    So bittersweet...

  • @leoniefrieda9609
    @leoniefrieda9609 Před 5 lety

    Fun and Joyous days filled with dreams and the courage to live the reality made life better than any dream. Keep Kind, Keep Singing and Smile. One smile creates another and calls the Divine Energy we have the power to bring forward. Billy and Kirsty offer us their best energy, it is there, in the vocals, the melody, and the lyrics are real as well as being the perfect way to show both the friendship and trust between Billy and Kirsty. Their energy is as alive today as it was then, and I am able to learn by this reminder, by learning I am able to bless our children and grandchildren. Today, we all need that Divine Energy more than ever. Billy honest and filled with passionate beliefs that he delivered most often with humour not anger. Kirsty, never missed a thing, sang it how she saw it, yet the intuitive vision held that essential fragility that makes us Human. Kirsty told truth and gave it her own irony and laughter, she told it how she saw it. Kindness, both of them had so much kindness in them, and their example gives the planet a chance. Those days seemed as .challenging as the difficulties we face today, revolt and anarchy only create more turmoil. Time to try another Way. I knew both of them before anyone asks. Neo Xitram. London. Today.

  • @TheNollaigo
    @TheNollaigo Před 6 lety +2

    wow blown away 1st time hearing both singing at the same time :)

  • @ctidcarl
    @ctidcarl Před 14 lety +8

    The most profound lyric EVER.....
    "I don't feel bad about letting you go
    I just feel sad about letting you know"
    That's the cut of most relationship break ups

  • @marydevenish782
    @marydevenish782 Před 11 lety +1

    Always miss you kirsty your music lives on!

  • @GrantPhilpots
    @GrantPhilpots Před 13 lety

    Still great all these years on. RIP Kirsty.

  • @philemonia
    @philemonia Před 14 lety

    i love this song and i love her voice. schade daß sie nicht mehr ist... aber vielleicht ja wirklich nur nicht mehr hier

  • @taxidriver2000
    @taxidriver2000 Před 15 lety

    I don´t want to change the world. Kirsty MacColl. RIP

  • @MrMikomi
    @MrMikomi Před 4 lety

    Never realised how good a song this was, nor how good KM's voice was.

  • @Marcus1050
    @Marcus1050 Před 12 lety +1

    Just brilliant...R.I.P.

  • @mrianmunro
    @mrianmunro Před 15 lety +1

    Thanks for uploading this, it's legendary.

  • @SraidMacSuibhne
    @SraidMacSuibhne Před 11 lety +1

    My favourite song, thanks for posting.

  • @timjoad
    @timjoad Před 10 lety +4

    I didn't know this version existed. Thanks for sharing.
    Incidentally, look up Billy's performance at Okemah, OK in 2012 (Woody Guthrie Centennial)....was there for that one, worth viewing!

  • @deaneireann4769
    @deaneireann4769 Před 9 lety +24

    Lilly Allen/Kate Nash all influenced by Kirsty,She was before her time in an old fashioned way...exceptional.

  • @johnlipinski2395
    @johnlipinski2395 Před rokem

    A great rendition of a great song

  • @eartheternal3565
    @eartheternal3565 Před 3 lety

    What a voice! Even better live!

  • @shayrlcpa
    @shayrlcpa Před 3 lety

    So beautiful.

  • @SuperDiddzz
    @SuperDiddzz Před 12 lety

    miss you and your blinding voice Kirsty.

  • @stevenlafuente1424
    @stevenlafuente1424 Před 2 lety +2

    hey there is only one version at the end of the day
    and That's Billy Bragg a true working class poet. Love your words and music Mr Bragg XX

  • @IAINoodle
    @IAINoodle Před 15 lety +1

    excellent version!

  • @modrules72
    @modrules72 Před 7 lety

    una versione meravigliosa, Kirsty aveva una voce magnifica quanto al vecchio Billy, beh per lui solo ed esclusivamente applausi

  • @natforeverxx
    @natforeverxx Před 12 lety

    i so miss kirsty god bless her x

  • @saintstreet6718
    @saintstreet6718 Před 6 lety +1

    this is amazing

  • @tom17177
    @tom17177 Před 11 lety +2

    Sublime

  • @DanPat121
    @DanPat121 Před 13 lety

    This just made my evening...thank you.

  • @dan32113
    @dan32113 Před 12 lety

    you"ll never be forgetten Kirsty..

  • @kkhera3730
    @kkhera3730 Před 6 lety

    Beautiful 👍🏽👏🏽❤️

  • @ctidcarl
    @ctidcarl Před 14 lety +2

    @mhlamb1
    Good call that!!
    I was ALWAYS unsure about Kirsty's extra verse, but the fact they sang it together show's that Billy obviously approves.....
    ...and it just works!!

  • @Alexander-np5nj
    @Alexander-np5nj Před 3 lety

    Best Version !!!

  • @potrezeb1
    @potrezeb1 Před 11 lety +1

    play it again Bill and Kirsty of course

  • @seanshred666
    @seanshred666 Před 13 lety

    Love the subtle change in lyrics

  • @Dystopian_NZ
    @Dystopian_NZ Před rokem

    Brilliant!!

  • @stephenwelch757
    @stephenwelch757 Před 3 lety

    RIP to beautiful Kirsty. So very sad what happened to her. Saw the documentary other day ‘Who killed Kirsty McColl’ . May her family get justice.

  • @deeziloves
    @deeziloves Před 16 lety

    Amazing, made the hairs stand up at the back of my neck. Thanks for posting.

  • @littlebird1969
    @littlebird1969 Před 15 lety +1

    I dont want to change the world
    i'm not looking for another girl
    i'm just looking for a "NEW ENGLAND"
    I was 17 when i heard this song, i'm 39 now but wont be for long...

  • @Bruchag
    @Bruchag Před 12 lety

    Sheer undistilled brilliance...

  • @williefaeayr
    @williefaeayr Před 12 lety +2

    really good to hear this although i think i like both their own versions better. i loved Billys stuff in the 80s and Kirstys a wee bit later,if i had to pick a favourite it would be Levi Stubbs tears and Soho Square,there both very high up on ma lists .Cheers,X

  • @JoeyDMedford
    @JoeyDMedford Před 15 lety

    beautiful

  • @r55306
    @r55306 Před rokem

    I couldn't find it on Spotify:\ my favorite version!!!

  • @Liamski06
    @Liamski06 Před 14 lety

    Still love ya babes.
    all my Xmasessss

  • @MISSAMYRQ
    @MISSAMYRQ Před 12 lety

    R.I.P ,, Love You :*

  • @guyintven9480
    @guyintven9480 Před 3 lety +1

    She would have been 60 today❤️

  • @nevzter
    @nevzter Před 13 lety

    Brilliant.

  • @gordonmathers6489
    @gordonmathers6489 Před 7 lety +2

    Billy's vocals are softer than in his original version. Kirsty's vocals always great

    • @94matthen
      @94matthen Před 7 lety +1

      He's a few octaves higher, works better with Kirsty's I think.

  • @Geekman333
    @Geekman333 Před 13 lety

    Miss ya Kirsty xxx

  • @JimmyPeachSticks
    @JimmyPeachSticks Před 12 lety

    :( family friend both of them, rip kirsty x

  • @geetee4459
    @geetee4459 Před rokem

    If only there was a live concert performance of this by Billy & Kirsty - also Sexuality.

  • @amyelizabeth4912
    @amyelizabeth4912 Před 8 lety +3

    I dont care- I love it!

  • @dazrothwell2329
    @dazrothwell2329 Před 11 lety

    having moment babe with women in music who mean lot, miss you xxx

  • @Liamski06
    @Liamski06 Před 15 lety

    Our love.
    L and E

  • @pettycur
    @pettycur Před 9 měsíci

    Kirsty, oh Kirsty

  • @historicbloke
    @historicbloke Před 15 lety

    awesome

  • @stephenwelch757
    @stephenwelch757 Před 3 lety

    RÍP Kirsty!

  • @TheMimifur
    @TheMimifur Před 13 lety

    Yes, so miss you Kirsty, and it is really annoying when other people die and are hailed as gods.

  • @Gerrylambe
    @Gerrylambe Před 14 lety

    Probably the best song ever written
    Gerry Lambe

  • @bighendo7
    @bighendo7 Před rokem

    Tune

  • @Liamski06
    @Liamski06 Před 15 lety

    Just lookin' for another girl.
    For now and forever

    • @billyseymour8218
      @billyseymour8218 Před 3 lety

      You’ll look forever but you’ll not find another Kirsty 😢

  • @2nstra
    @2nstra Před 16 lety

    Wow Wow this is like ultra rare....incredible song and this duet
    is just sooooooooooo great
    thanks for posting !!!
    you have an mp3 from this one ???
    amazing song !

  • @AntuRubicon
    @AntuRubicon Před 6 lety

    ♡♡♡

  • @COCCmath
    @COCCmath Před 15 lety

    I'm with you, Shack.

  • @garyquartley5393
    @garyquartley5393 Před 11 lety +3

    His song, his right to sing it.Dylan is hardly Pavarotti; its the songs that count. You know, words, lyrics, stories