Billy Bragg performs A New England on Later... with Jools Holland. Watch more Later... with Jools Holland on BBC iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer. Follow @BBCLater on Twitter or @laterwithjoolsholland on Facebook.
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@rubypepper27008 ай бұрын
It's a great song. I love that Billy includes the extra verse that he wrote for Kirsty on her version.
@obelix7035 ай бұрын
I was so excited when I heard the extra verse. I’m sure Billy’s performed it like that before, but it was the first time I got to hear it from his mouth.
@pixelfrenzy5 ай бұрын
Yes! @@obelix703
@rubypepper27005 ай бұрын
@@obelix703 Billy has performed the extra verse live ever since Kirsty's death. He will say, "This is for Kirsty MacColl!' and everyone cheers. It's a wonderful tribute.
@geetee445925 күн бұрын
I love seeing Billy - still sounding great performing his classic songs. But wish time was frozen in the 80s so me and my best mate (a big Billy fan - sadly no longer with us) could be there at the Thebarton Theatre singing along with those brilliant tunes. Rest in peace my mate Dave. And Rest in Peace the wonderful Kirsty. xx
@stevecharles31078 ай бұрын
Wow. What a tune. That lyric "I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It's wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care" 😢
@RaySpainPlayer6 ай бұрын
Yep, my favourite line.
@jerrysmith23606 ай бұрын
That’s my favourite line of all his songs, ( although some others run it close), sheer poetry.
@fionamckelvie15265 ай бұрын
I have the tea towel!
@tubbs_chubbs7 ай бұрын
"when at last it didn't ring / I knew it wasn't you" ❤
@iainruxton68116 ай бұрын
It's weird seeing Billy sing this on his own... For decades, I've been used to seeing him sing it at the end of a gig whilst being one of a thousand fans shouting along! Always the best community...
@richarddiver15626 ай бұрын
Billy was the gig I ever attended as a young teen and he sang this. So many years later and I was so glad to have caught this performance. A song that I’ll never tire off made all the more special by Kirsty’s cover.
@cathywilliams74018 ай бұрын
Love Billy Bragg & this song is a classic. Lovely man 💜
@judithhill418516 күн бұрын
I am in tears, hearing him including Kirsty's verse. The world is not fair.
@stewartregan29008 ай бұрын
Love this! Reminds me of university days 1982 - 1986
@Mycloudacoustic5 ай бұрын
Some songs are melody over meaning. This is pure poetry to music. Timeless. Loved then when it was knew. Love it now. ❤
@mickleyden92408 ай бұрын
As a fellow guitarist, respect for basing any song around the F barre.
@malaikamillions8 ай бұрын
Billy Bragg RULES !
@jimmaloney37387 ай бұрын
Fantastic lyrics. Great song
@alansmart55607 ай бұрын
What a artist I love this with the added verse absolutely quality
@mikeydread627 ай бұрын
Written for/with Kirsty MacColl, RIP, who has a hit with it
@CaptJJames15 күн бұрын
Still amazing 🔥🔥🔥
@andyrees328 ай бұрын
Brilliant, looking forward to seeing him in Cardiff on Friday.
@valeriebailey17420 күн бұрын
Excellent ❤
@brianfarrelly32597 ай бұрын
Billy Bragg for President.
@user-sv4so1tf5q6 ай бұрын
Perfect imperfection.
@ryanturner95092 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@krishermstad8 ай бұрын
The Kirsty Maccoll version, specifically the remix, might be my favorite song ever. It sounds like Billy mixed back in elements of Kirstys version in to this. Beautiful
@Barry101er8 ай бұрын
Yes, a new verse at the end??
@relwalretep8 ай бұрын
AIUI, Bragg wrote the extra verse for MacColl to record.
@darronbennett76448 ай бұрын
He actually wrote it 😊
@tommos16Ай бұрын
Beyond belief good. Untouchable
@jockeyladjockeylad84924 ай бұрын
British, bittersweet, working class longing set out as poetry - not a dry eye in the house. Then you add in the song's entire back story - & you think you're heart might actually break. God bless Billy Bragg.
@karlscher51705 сағат бұрын
You got duped by a conman
@davidattwell25748 ай бұрын
Lovely guitar 🎸 playing ❤🎶🎶🎶
@blazepond55188 ай бұрын
absolute classic
@RustGeezer4 ай бұрын
I think I sang this in the shower every single day of my 20s and 30s.
@paddyddrunkpoet79678 ай бұрын
Excellent
@Ocodango8 ай бұрын
The Bard of Essex
@martinlawrence84276 ай бұрын
Awesome as always!
@wesselgroenewegen597 ай бұрын
Thank you Billy!
@AdeRhodesGuitarLessons7 ай бұрын
Great version
@--pbrstreetgang--5 ай бұрын
Ahhh Kirsty! Miss her so much.
@johnnorton19487 ай бұрын
God Bless Billy Bragg.
@zeitgeist69875 ай бұрын
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.
@ohboy77908 ай бұрын
👏nice
@edsimnett5 ай бұрын
Love the Beatles reference at the end...
@Captain_RhodesАй бұрын
nice guitar player
@stoatystoat1743 ай бұрын
👏👏👏
@joseantoniomartinez13428 ай бұрын
😎
@lucyandthecalm6 ай бұрын
@mustafa1name6 ай бұрын
E ain't flippin silly, e's blinking Barking Billy. Not mowfin bleedin platitudes, it's flossofee wiv attichewed
@Leo_Gamer-bu3hu8 ай бұрын
He stole x flow
@Lucas-vj8rr8 ай бұрын
We have a new Holland with victory PVV HAPPY days!!
@kevinboggan7 ай бұрын
HA
@scottking71275 ай бұрын
Love the tune but cmon Billy boi you've written way better since then.
@infoscholar52213 ай бұрын
Glad he learned to play without that fucking capo. Not the best theory man myself, always had to fake it when playing his stuff, I'm a Murkan tenor/alto, blues white boy, just turned 57, been torturing music from many different angles, for years.
@378957 ай бұрын
When will I grow up to be a ‘they’
@MichaelHoare-vr7mo2 ай бұрын
This song is an incisive semi protest song.
@jb94337 ай бұрын
Billy Prat
@sidallen2158 ай бұрын
I had no idea Corbin had no idea how to sing or play guitar
@Nina51447 ай бұрын
Billy who? I only came across this name after reading his comments on Phil Collins (yes THE Phil Collins). Brag apparently criticised Phil’s song ‘Another Day in Paradise’ (with him jumping on the bandwagon not wanting to be left out), insinuating that Phil had used the homelessness theme purely for his own record and needs. Sadly Mr Bragg was unaware of Phil’s constant generous contributions to homeless charities throughout the world. Some people give quietly and anonymously, others ‘Bragg’ about their causes.
@OnzeManInKazakhstan7 ай бұрын
You clearly have no idea what Billy Bragg stands for and the context in which to understand this song for example. Billy Bragg has been writing protest songs since before you were born. This song for example is actually about the (disasterous) New England policies of Margaret Thatcher, and a reference that the man in the street doesn't care or understand about those issues. Phill Collins wrote one (1) protest song, Billy Bragg dedicated his whole career to social injustice.
@noelmorris17877 ай бұрын
Yes. And you don't understand that Billy Ocean was so into rights for the people who live in the Sea that he called himself Billy Ocean. "When the going gets tough" indeed!
@pup10085 ай бұрын
He was such a nuisance politically.
@pup10085 ай бұрын
@@OnzeManInKazakhstan (Disastrous) policies of *Thatcher?* I'd have her back at the drop of a rocket propelled lead hat! She was the last leader with the balls to stand up to the actually *(Disastrous,)* deluded, pervasive & pernicious policies of the Left who's skeletal death hand has wrought so much havoc & misery to this once great land! People like you are going to have a *LOT* to answer for in coming years & we are going to get those answers! Btw, This is no "Class war" comment with me on the *Right* (in both senses.) I was actually very good friends with Bill's brother David, I went to school with him, so know all about the social dynamic Billy grew up in.
@ianliverpool66236 ай бұрын
Billy Bragg who says the word Fat is offensive.. he needs to stop eating Mushrooms
@karlscher51705 сағат бұрын
A creep hosted by a creep network
@simoncooper37 ай бұрын
Absolute dinosaur
@zoltan-zq3xe8 ай бұрын
Although a Morrissey fan I do think Billy is a good musician I cannot dislike his skill as a song writer and his book on skiffle is good, I just wish he would stop going on about socialism all the time.lol.
@adeofbass7 ай бұрын
Yeah all those people mixing politics and music. Shut up The Clash, Marley, Specials, Lennon, Public Enemy, RATM....etc etc... Buffoon.
@middleman91837 ай бұрын
Don't we all! 😂👍
@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx8 ай бұрын
Great song. Shame about Bragg's centrist politics. Not a peep from Billy supporting the Palestinians in Gaza...
@heythisisminenotyours8 ай бұрын
Fuck me imagine having to have a public opinion on every thing and being judged on not having on how tiresome.
@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx8 ай бұрын
@@Ziggy_Shakespeare Bragg has been an outspoken campaigner for the Labour party throughout his whole career. That means he cannot be a socialist. Israel has been slaughtering thousands of Palestinian children since the second week of October; it is the most pressing issue in British politics and the most controversial within the Labour party... yet he is still silent. The most logical conclusion is that he supports the Zionists and Keir Starmer, he sees that he is wildly out of touch with his own audience, and so he does not want to offend either camp. Shame on him.
@leannecampbell45518 ай бұрын
He doesn't want to upset his Zionistzzz pay masters!
@limbolink58798 ай бұрын
what are you talking about, he's tweeted several times and retweeted dozens of things in support of the Palestinians?
@AimeeBartle-jo9qv8 ай бұрын
what are you talking about? he has publicly expressed support for the palestinian people on his social media. all it takes is a scroll to find that out.
@harveythompson17568 ай бұрын
..never was impressed with this 'local pub act' made good.
@drbtx18 ай бұрын
Cool story. I imagine the feeling is mutual.
@stellajayne8 ай бұрын
You just haven't listened properly.
@harveythompson17568 ай бұрын
@@stellajayne How could you possibly know??
@stellajayne8 ай бұрын
@@harveythompson1756 Trust me, I just do.
@leannecampbell45518 ай бұрын
If you be a good boy, follow the establishments 'rules', don't mention Israeli genocide, become a Fabian member and still act like a rebellious Marxist Art student (without a cause), then you will be put and kept on a platform for as long as you want, even if you're less talented than Liam Gallagher...which is some achievement in itself!
@larrylegs60125 ай бұрын
I don't want to tell the truth but god this is utter shite
@pup10085 ай бұрын
Shame he was such a nuisance politically. If his brother Dave sees this, I hope you are keeping well.