Around 1981/82 I went with my friends to Danceteria in NYC. At some point during the night we made our way to the roof of the building and all of a sudden some English guy with a guitar starts playing this amazing song, A New England. It was Billy Bragg whom none of us had ever heard of and we were blown away. He was incredible. I’ll never forget that night.
"I saw two shooting stars last night and wished on them but they were only satellites, it's wrong to wish on space hardware, I wish, I wish you cared" is possibly one of the greatest lyrics in a love song ever
this is literally the most amazing thing ever. they are my two favourite singers ever. i was raised listening to billy bragg, and i also love kate nash's music. this is like my life put into one.
First time I watched that .... & they both bossed it! Saw Billy in the 80’s on the Red Wedge tour. Some things never grow old ..... “I don’t want to change the world I’m just looking for a New England”. Don’t even get me started on politics. I’m up for feeding hungry children. But children - my friends- were hungry in the 80’s in the north east during the miners strike. Glad this song never loses it’s relevance.......
billy is simply brilliant and kate nash is good as well. anything billy does is amazing it does not matter if it's music or politics. I always love billy.
Great Duet and choice of song. I wish they sang the "Kirsty" verse at the end of A New England. My dreams were full of strange ideas My mind was set despite your fears But other things got in the way I never asked that boy to stay Once upon a time at home I sat beside the telephone Waiting for someone to pull me through When at last it didn't ring I knew it wasn't you
You can find more songs by Billy on my YT channel. Check it out. By the way, I think Billy should tour with a band a lot more often. Violin and trumpet harmonize wonderfully with his voice.
i fucking loved this version! i think kate's actually a good singer. maybe not in the classic term, but i love her tones! and a new england is just bloody fantastic. 5stars
This is great on a couple of different levels. I hadn't heard Kate Nash before this , but both Kate, and the girl in the song, seem the perfect match for Bill and the guy in The Saturday Boy, or Shirley. That's why I like this pairing up so much.
A previous commenter asked, perhaps rhetorically, what's better (than Billy Bragg and Kate Nash)? I responded, partly tongue-in-cheek, Billy Bragg and Kirsty MacColl, who sang the original version of "A new England". You can find a live performance of this song featuring Billy and Kirsty on TH-cam.
Majestic, One of a few songs about love and mind set, that if we were all honest, can be very hard, The chairman Frank Sinatra, said the best love songs make you feel it without telling you how to feel, Chow Bella!!!!!!
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A decade and a half of rewatching this. It’s my favourite version of New England. Incredible
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you have good unconventional taste in songs.but i guess u knew that already ...😂 3:28
Around 1981/82 I went with my friends to Danceteria in NYC. At some point during the night we made our way to the roof of the building and all of a sudden some English guy with a guitar starts playing this amazing song, A New England. It was Billy Bragg whom none of us had ever heard of and we were blown away. He was incredible. I’ll never forget that night.
Great times at a great era. Danceteria, Peppermint Lounge in NYC. Emerald City and City Gardens in Jersey great times.
82? lifes a riot was in 1983, and I'm fairly sure his autobiography says he hadn't been abroad before it was released.
2023, kate Nash is still incredible, underrated and under played, the cribs are the best live band still and Billy Bragg is still a legend 🤲
Amen brother.
"I saw two shooting stars last night and wished on them but they were only satellites, it's wrong to wish on space hardware, I wish, I wish you cared" is possibly one of the greatest lyrics in a love song ever
Grassy Gnoll it's space hardware not harder !?!/,?!!
I've always thought: "Waiting for someone to pull me through, when at last it didn't ring I knew it wasn't you" was so Zen as to be exquisite.
You can see when Kate sings this she almost gets a Glastonbury moment ie 😁- bless her.
@@neilandrews6169 Thanks, I just noticed (that's two years, so I'm getting better). And fixed.
SPOT ON, BEAUTIFULL IN ITS SIMPLICATY !
This duet has added such a new and deeper dimension to the song. Absolutely stunning.
this is literally the most amazing thing ever. they are my two favourite singers ever. i was raised listening to billy bragg, and i also love kate nash's music. this is like my life put into one.
Great song, Kate Nash's voice really adds something to it.
Definitely!
great collaboration - love how the female/male perspectives on ending bad relationships blend here. Well done.
2 Classic Songs. Billy is a legend to our generation.
First time I watched that .... & they both bossed it! Saw Billy in the 80’s on the Red Wedge tour. Some things never grow old ..... “I don’t want to change the world I’m just looking for a New England”. Don’t even get me started on politics. I’m up for feeding hungry children. But children - my friends- were hungry in the 80’s in the north east during the miners strike. Glad this song never loses it’s relevance.......
Wow, best performance of the 30 years I've loved this song. Didn't those decades go by quickly???⏳
Of course I think an original diet with Kirsty McColl would be best but I've yet to find it.
Hello from the future
That just gave me goosebumps..... Awesome!
I was 21 years when I wrote this song I'm 22 now but I wont be for long✌🏻 what a track
billy is simply brilliant and kate nash is good as well. anything billy does is amazing it does not matter if it's music or politics. I always love billy.
Is he daed yet ?
What an amazing match-up, Kate Nash and Billy Bragg, who would believe it?!
Great to see a younger generation share a billy brag masterpiece. I ffff luved it
Totally cool. Kate Nash puts a brilliant twist on a classic.
WOW. Amazing! I'd love to see this live anywhere!
Kate Nash - Billy Brag
Some things should never happen. That clearly wasn't one of them. Brilliant.
Pretty well done. An unusual combination, but it works. New England will never get old.
you'd think they would take the time or trouble to find a good harmony but noooooo
Nice word here a men from holland;)
Kirsty MacColl rest in peace.
You were always an Angel 🥰🙏🏻🕊
Brilliant, absolutely! Great duet,how can anyone not love this ,get some taste..
A real life love song 😞 fantastic duet!
There needs to be a studio version of this duet
I think my dad would have liked this as much as I do.
Kates voice complements Billys so well. This is poetry in motion.
complements.
It's the music of the working class, done well it will always work together
Wow. Great collaboration Billy Brag is great and so is Kate Nash.
Not sure how I hadn't seen this in the decade since it was uploaded, but glad I found it by chance today.
ahhhh I can't stop watching this!
I must listen to this atleast twice a week, pretty much my ultimate song 🦉👍🙏❤️
It sooo rocks'. In memory of 1995 and mad times ... Stay wild, babe. und definitiv, wenn
du in England bist schau vorbei !!!
Love this Video - like the lyrics they compliment each other so well and come over as authentically genuine!!!
Thanks for posting this, excellent
This is fabulous❤
I now absolutely love Kate Nash between this and GLOW. I've loved Billy Bragg since a child.
Billy Bragg, ladies and gentle man. Legend.
The dogs bollocks
Still love this version of both now
Both are such great artists
Hell yeah!
Absolutely outstanding performance
It was awful. Kirsty MacColl must be spinning in her grave.
@@Doppelfrog wasn't her song to start with.
@@spiderweenie No, but her version's still much better than this.
How can you not like this song? He's so fascinating. this Kate Nash is a great compliment.
Awe reminds me of Kirsty Maccoll.
The thing that passes between them at 2:37-2:47!
" I saw two shooting stars last night, I wished on them, but they were only satellites!"
yeah i bet billy showed her stars somewhere else ;)
Great Duet and choice of song. I wish they sang the "Kirsty" verse at the end of A New England.
My dreams were full of strange ideas
My mind was set despite your fears
But other things got in the way
I never asked that boy to stay
Once upon a time at home
I sat beside the telephone
Waiting for someone to pull me through
When at last it didn't ring I knew it wasn't you
what a brilliant duet,thankyou for uploading
Love this odd mix of songs and voices! Regarding the dislike of the accents by brits its kust stupid cause its thier greatest selling point 👌
that's my favourite part too
because she giggles abit there
and the music cuts out for a while
then comes back in again after;
it works well.
When I watch this I feel like I am in heaven.
bill played my local festival few years ago. Kate Nash is headline this year. cm'on bill get down to saarfend again!
amazing.....
Had Billy's first album on tape back in the day. What a class collaboration
awsome song. love this version
This is my favorite thing ever.
shes sooo cutte!!!!
Epic version and recording!
Oh my, both of them are even better live.
Fantastic!! Thanks for posting!!
Just seeing the title of this made me like Kate Nash..
I'ma watch it once it loads...
The irony is that I was looking for "A New England" when I found this.
Totally same
Dunno why but this moved me to tears
This is wonderful, how did i ever miss it :-(
Billy Bragg is amazinggg !!
She is awesome!
id love to see this live
wow this is just brilliant!
I was 21 when I wrote this song - now I'm 22 but I won't be for long. insanely deep lyric
Shrs brilliant as is billyvas aways
nice combination. two legends, well legends in my eyes
100 per cent !
You can find more songs by Billy on my YT channel. Check it out. By the way, I think Billy should tour with a band a lot more often. Violin and trumpet harmonize wonderfully with his voice.
best ever compilation of 2songs
i fucking loved this version!
i think kate's actually a good singer. maybe not in the classic term, but i love her tones!
and a new england is just bloody fantastic.
5stars
God I Love This SONG!!!
Wow... pleasant surprise. Billy & Kate's voices work so well together on the chorus.
this should be recorded and released, please.
This was wonderful, Billy and katey
I love you Billy.......
love them both
Love kate's face when she looks at him and smiles :)
...thats what singing live music does to you. It just makes you feel amazing
Big Love for this.
wow speachless!!! go on the billy and kate
Stupendous!
This is great on a couple of different levels. I hadn't heard Kate Nash before this , but both Kate, and the girl in the song, seem the perfect match for Bill and the guy in The Saturday Boy, or Shirley. That's why I like this pairing up so much.
and i think he misses Kirsty as much as i do
i like it.. sounds good and fresh... and im a fan of. rancid, the clash and SD
And kirsty almost certainly wouldn't have a problem with this collabiration.
wow love the accent both of them are great nice
i would definatly buy this if it were released as a single. Billy and kate are brilliant together!
completely agree...she is absolutely breathtaking, f**k she's gorgeous!!!
Seems like an odd combination, and I'm not usually that big a fan of either. However, this works well. Really well. Surprised. Thanks for uploading.
two very talented artists.....viva la revolution
I recon the two of them could sing most of Billy’s songs and it would be fantastic.
i just noticed i have to smile when SHE smiles too :o
Good singer songwriter
Sheer fucking Genius.
OMG this is fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
A previous commenter asked, perhaps rhetorically, what's better (than Billy Bragg and Kate Nash)? I responded, partly tongue-in-cheek, Billy Bragg and Kirsty MacColl, who sang the original version of "A new England". You can find a live performance of this song featuring Billy and Kirsty on TH-cam.
man Billy Bragg is always brilliant
Quem me dera cantar uma música com esta miuda, uma verdadeira doçura e o acento é de derreter.
Spectacular.
I Love this, Very Good!
Majestic, One of a few songs about love and mind set, that if we were all honest, can be very hard, The chairman Frank Sinatra, said the best love songs make you feel it without telling you how to feel, Chow Bella!!!!!!