Added: Oct 14, 2008
From: iLuvCiconne16085868
Duration: 7:59
I was not even 21 yet when I first this catchy short single debut on the UK Top 20 back in 1985! Decades later I am now beyond 21 and am still in love with guitar riff and urgency of the drum!This is the super rare extended mix of the 3-min song - lasting up to 8 mins! Kirsty MacColl is known for her hit They Don't Know, which, also gave Tracey Ullman a hit in the US of A.Enjoy!!_________________________________A NEW ENGLANDperformed by KIRSTY MacCOLLI was 21 years when I wrote this songI'm 22 now but I won't be for longPeople ask me when will I grow up to understandWhy the girls I knew at school are already pushing pramsI loved you then as I love you stillThough I put you on a pedestal you put me on the pillI don't feel bad about letting you goI just feel sad about letting you knowI don't want to change the worldI'm not looking for a new EnglandAre you looking for another girl?I don't want to change the worldI'm not looking for a new EnglandAre you looking for another girl?I loved the words you wrote to meBut that was bloody yesterdayI can't survive on what you sendEvery time you need a friendI saw two shooting stars last nightI wished on them but they were only satellitesIt's wrong to wish on space hardwareI wish, I wish, I wish you'd careI don't want to change the worldI'm not looking for a new EnglandAre you looking for another girl?I don't want to change the worldI'm not looking for a new EnglandAre you looking for another girl?My dreams were full of strange ideasMy mind was set despite your fearsBut other things got in the wayI never asked that boy to stayOnce upon a time at homeI sat beside the telephoneWaiting for someone to pull me throughWhen at last it didn't ring I knew it wasn't youI don't want to change the worldI'm not looking for a new EnglandAre you looking for another girl?I don't want to change the worldI'm not looking for a new EnglandAre you looking for another?I don't want to change the worldI'm not looking for a new EnglandAre you looking for another girl?Looking for another girl?Looking for another girl?Looking for another girl?Girl?Girl?Girl?
Channel: Music
Tags: alive billy bragg club culture dead don't human jennifer kirsty know league maccoll or paul they tracey ullman young
Rating: 5.00 (30 ratings) Views: 17928' favoriteCount='41 Comments: 44
cattotti Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - I'm so glad I found this Kirsty McCall had one of the best voices of our time it was almost harmonic with itself Billy Bragg Kudos but Kirsty this is Beautiful RI.P.
su79nioj Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Actually, I heard it in Somerfield today! It's a huge improvement on that awful Billy Bragg version.
cjacja21 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Its brilliant, wish I could have my own copy of this song! It's great!
alexbericheath Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - You mean more overproduced for your ears to take in? Fair enough this is good, but Billy Bragg's version had so much character. They're both good.
su79nioj Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Yes, but it's sung by Billy Bragg. The man is an arse.
alexbericheath Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - How does that have anything to do with how good his version of the song was?
su79nioj Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - It defends the undefensable. Much like saying that the Adolf Hitler provided both roads and jobs for Germans.Or that public attitude towards Jonathan King or Gary Glitter's music shouldn't be affected by their criminality.
alexbericheath Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - I'm not quite sure you're actually making a valid point here.
su79nioj Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Well if you ask a stupid question...
astondbs9 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - mega
nuigchow Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - I was born in 1985, I'm 22 now but not for long... great song, so full of youthful optimism.
053bss Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Why is he? You've never met the bloke.
su79nioj Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Did you ever meet Hitler, Stalin or Khan?
053bss Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - ??? No, have you? Of course not. Move on.
su79nioj Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Talk about cognitive circular reasoning!I suppose you also believe that UK inflation is 3.8%, crime has reduced under the Labour government and islam is the religion of peace!
053bss Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Oh, get lost. This is a great version of a great song by two great musicians, one of which will be sadly missed. Lighten up and get a life.
thehip101 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - RIP Kirsty
starstar001 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - This is rare! Twentythree years elapse and I never knew this existed.
kangaroocomedy Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Please google;Justice for Kirsty CampaignThanks, pete
yogurttop1 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Wow not heard this version for a long time, my brother had the exact same copy. Excellent.
davalos8000 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - ooooooh Anyone know if this is on CD somewhere???? so good!!!
marulle90 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Yep, there is a best of Cd with her. SO many great songs!
colonialjill Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Another great Kirsty song.... her albums kept me company while wandering around foreign cities as an airline pilot. Always associate this one with Shanghai... RIP Kirsty
postie10111 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - Oh my! That makes me feel really old!! I bought this when it came out (the Billy Bragg original version anyhows) :)
tomaya64 Says:
Oct 14, 2008 - step four...i hear the song in the supermarkt!