When you guys get a chance check out some of John Fannon's recent solo performances on my channel featuring both New England songs and some of his own new material!
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For some reason this song popped into my head today after not hearing it for probably 20 years...and here it is. Great song. Just paid 89 cents for it at Amazon. I love the internet.
I OWN THE CASSETTE. FOUND IT IN A TINY COUNTRY STORE IN NC BOUT 20 YEARS AGO. NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE A VID FOR IT 20 YEARS LATER. THANKS TO YOU YOUTUBERS!!!
A mainstay on WAAL, Binghamton, NY. I love this song. I was stationed at Camp Casey, 2nd ID, ROK, in the mid-80s. One of the nightclubs downrange played this constantly. I found it again on vinyl a little over a year ago.
@pulyapudoff Good to hear from you bro...I'm retired 2nd ID out of Ft Carson. 2ID recently reflagged up to Ft Lewis where I now live in WA. Like jonnykatt93 says...one of theeee greatest unheard of songs ever. TFTDouchbag is touched in the head, however. Peace brother...hoooaaahh...
I've got this on vinyl...yes..a record. They used to play this all the time on the radio when I was younger and always thought it was a good tune. I really never thought I'd see or hear it on here. Thanks endbox....
This song should have been a much bigger hit than a measly #40, this song is so much better than most of the pop songs that came out during this time period
@Doobie1975 Their first album was on a small label (Infinity Records) that went bankrupt just after it was released. They got no promotion, which was a shame. The album had several good tracks and might have gone Gold on a larger label.
listened to this in while growing up in California...riding the bus to the beach with friends...this song just popped into my head...youtube is great.
i also saw them at msg in 79 i remember entering the garden and hearing this song i instantly liked it and rushed down to my seat to see who they were i can honestly say that i listen to this album more than i listen to any kiss song now it brings back so many good memories thanks new england where ever you guys are
I haven't heard or thought about this song in probably 30 years. All of a sudden it pops into my mind. Pretty bizzare. I didn't even know who did it. Based on the date I must have been in 10th grade when this came out. Good video.
I had the same experience. Just popped into my head, while on computer, typed only lyrics I knew, & POW, there it was. Didn't know who did it either. I was deep in depression, going thru divorce, so music was not as keen in my brain back then.
I was at the "Dynasty" gig at MSG for KISS and New England too in 1979,it was my first concert and KISS were fantastic,N.E. held their own,but Gene and Co. rocked the house and they put on an event of a show.
I worked as an intern at Intermedia studio with these guys and Kiss and others. New England was a bunch of nice guys, real. Kiss was a pain in the ass
I am a big fan all the way back to 1979 when they opened for KISS in Baton Rouge..... I just purchased a live cd from them . good stuff! John Fannon is on facebook and he actually freinded me and sent me a message. I thought that was really cool ! Also Hirch Gardener responded to my message on his facebook page.... Great guys.... Hoping to see them live in concert again one day !
hey darrellamx616 i was at that same kiss concert at Madison Square Garden. It was 1979. The Dynasty tour. And yes, New England opened. Believe it or not, i bought the New England LP . I really can't remember if it was before I saw them or after but they did have maybe a good tune or two. I do know Paul Stanley had some involvement somehow . I was 13 years old. My first rock concert. Dad took me. It was also the first time I smelled weed. Somehow it smelled much sweeter back then.
When I was young the band rented a houes in the woods (Braintree Ma)and we would sit out there listening to them practice smoking pot.Hersh was a real nice guy,always had time to talk music with the locals. The first club I ever went to The Beachcomber Walliston beach (snuck in under age sorry Jimmy) to see our neighbors play it was the loudest concert Iv ever heard.Hersh had the biggest hair ever
Saw them both at MSG in NYC in '79. I thought that they were better than Kiss that night. The next day I bought their debut album and bought the CD when it became available. Quite a band!
@Tattooedbiker64 ,,,you too?,,cool. it was my second kiss show. the year before "the rockets" opened for kiss. yup. 8-1-79 was an awesome night. luckily i was on gene's corner about 4 rows back. don't ever wanna lose ya was just as good as the album.
Loved this album as a teenager. Having chatted with Hirsch, I can honestly say that he is a true gentleman in a world full of...well, not so gentlemanly men, and the whole band is a class act in a classless business. Have the other two albums that were released, also, and all of them were true musicianship through and through. I would love to see them reunite for a few shows; I'd travel anywhere I had to to see them.
I saw these guys open for Kiss in Toronto back in '79. The following week I purchased their debut album, "New England." Probably one of the most underrated bands, and John Fannon one of the most underrated songwriters and guitarists, professionally active during the late 70s.
I thought they were great! They backed up kiss at the providence civic center Aug. 1rst 1979. we even covered "don't even wonna lose ya" for a couple years after that. Really good live that night.
I can't remember the year, but I saw New England play in the Brockton High School auditorium. It was a pretty big deal at the time. I was a huge fan. This song brings it all back.
This brings back great memories. My first concert. New England opening for Kiss at Mid-South Coliseum July of '79. They should have made it big. 30 years later this music still rocks!!!
Neither was I aware that this tune had a vdeo. I came upon this one while reading up on producer Eddie Kramer, who worked with a one or two of these guys when they went on to form the band Alcratrazz.
Haven't heard this song in many years!!!I grew up in R.I. and always wondered why these guys didn't hit it big!!!!!!Thanks for posting this video.Brings my days of my youth right back to me!!!!!!!
Had they been properly promoted they would have become huge. With 3 groups hailing from Boston at the time ( Aerosmith, The Cars, and Boston ) I think a name change would have been a huge benefit. This album was one of my favorites , and it still sounds great 3 decades later
Never realized it but now in retrospect these guys were very close to New Wave. It's like they practically ushered in synth pop; just on the edge. The sound and particularly the vocals remind me ever so slightly but definitely of Split Enz. Funny, at the time I thought they were a lot more rock than this. Always loved this group, this song.
Saw them open for KISS on the Dynasty tour. They made me a fan instantly. Paul Stanley actually not only produced the album, but he sang backup vocals on this song in the studio.
KISS was the first big concert I went to but these guys came out first and devergined me to the hard rock scene. New England got me first then KISS. Oh well I still love KISS FOREVER :) seen KISS over ten times. I still have all my ticket stubs to prove it. K.R.A Keep Rock Alive.org rock on Ace and Peter...Gene and Paul Rock and Special thank to Tommy and Eric for being there.
I saw them at the CCCC backing up Kiss in Portland Me. 1979... my first concert... some stats: most $ ever made for the Cumberland County Civic Center...Most $ for a show at the CCCC ($10.50 ea)... Most people ever in the place (sitting on the cement stairs... you could not have got out if you wanted)... crowd was LOUDER than the band... and these guys got to back 'em up. Best part is... do they remember? I do.
@traftunes4eva Yeah and the crowd got New England back for an encore as I remember, the warmup band! I was front row. It was great being in the front row for a great show.
Talked to Paul Stanley (KISS) on a "meet and great" thing in Dallas, I guess in '92? He produced this album. I said, "What ever happend to New England?" He just looked at me, with a hush hush face and said, "I don't know what you are talking about." Since New England didn't make a lot of money for him...I guess he was embarrassed. I love old KISS, but I love this whole album. Still have it, and I am 44 years old.
@bittersylence1 I'm with you. I wore this album out. I saw them live in Tanglewood, Mass. They opened up for Charlie Daniels. Their sound was solid and clean. I didn't know that Paul Stanley was involved in them, but it makes sense now. They were a solid band when in 1979 when everyone was waiting for the next Boston album to hit the racks, Great band. I wonder where they are today ...
@bittersylence1 I have them all with this and Explorer Suite being my favs, but I love a lot of the songs. They paint a memory for me of the early 80's when I met my wife, was graduating high school and going into college...the wonderful years!...and I'm 46!
@bittersylence1 A case of self-centered assholed-dum? I saw New England when they sold out the old State Theater in Portland, Maine (okay maybe 800 people, but!) in the autumn of 1979. What a magical moment; I rode my bicycle from USM in Gorham and loved it and what an ass Paul is.
@bittersylence1 Hey! I saw these guys in Seattle (Paramount Theatre) in 1977/78. I won tickets, an album, and a New England tour jacket from Tower records. What a trip. I just happened to stumble upon this post. Brings back some great memories.
@bittersylence1 "Talked to Paul Stanley (KISS) on a "meet and great" thing in Dallas, I guess in '92? He produced this album. I said, "What ever happend to New England?" He just looked at me, with a hush hush face and said, "I don't know what you are talking about." "
Of course he's gonna look at you funny. If you told him it was the band he produced in 79 and was a guest band for some shows, then it would likely ring a bell.
The only time I heard this was American Top 40 when it debuted at no. 40.It was not a hit record in our region(west central Wisconsin) and it was hard to find,but luckily I recorded that AT40 show! I wore that cassette out.This song(and band) was definately a prelude to the 80s bighair bands
No offense intended, but I respectfully disagree with your info section. You refer to New England as "AOR mainstays." Actually, New England was the opposite of a mainstay -- this was their only radio hit, and it was a minor hit at that. After it fell off the charts in 1979, they never received significant AOR radio airplay ever again.
You also credit this song to Paul Stanley. Paul didn't write it -- John Fannon did (words & music). Paul did co-produced the album, however.
I remember learning this song in the first band(79) I played in, and fighting over who was going to sing it...lmao...guitarist at the time thought he should...sucked! Oh what fun!
What a flash back ! I remember that era very well. What hook me is the part before the solo. This atmospheric moment of keeboard. Great tune. Thank's for the post.
Met Paul Stanley...said "What ever happend to New England?" He just said "Who?" I said the band you produced. He said he didn't know what I was talking about. What a shame. Could have been a good band with backing from Kiss.
Yep, I remember this from Don Kirshner's show, or a similar show, and saw them open for KISS on the Dynasty Tour in Birmingham, AL. Still have that Dynasty Tour Program!
@darrellamx616 YES!!!! That's exactly where you were because I was @ the same MSG show. June '79. KISS with New England opening. Then in Sept. KISS came back and played Nassau Coliseum w/ Priest opening, I thought I died and went to rock and roll heaven that Summer!
New England had unimpeachable opening-act cred. (Sensitive-guy vibe was very much with the times. Our protagonist wants nothing more than his lover to get home OK.) In another era, ours of viral media perhaps, they might have gotten a slightly-longer ride.
Speaking of rides, the clouds coming across the mountains in this vids are the exact ones passing over the van holding Dirk Diggler, Reed Rothchild and Jack Horner, as Dirk and Reed pitched Jack the Brock Landers/Chest Rockwell shtick.
Beers, the question now becomes how did you greet their "THANK YEW! GOOD NIGHT!" at the end of their set: With a disposable lighter, or an extended middle finger?
Another track that was played on WDVE Pittsburgh PA, great tune, in the Starz, Angel, UFO colissium rock genre. Yeah it's too bad they didn't get a break, but that was the end of that era by 1979. A new wave of metal bands, Judas Priest, Diamond Head, Scorpions, Dio's Black Sabbath, Michael Schenker, Def Leppard and Motorhead were all about to explode.
2 members of New England (keyboardist Jimmy Waldo and bassist Gary Shea) would go on to form Alcatrazz with Yngvie Malmsteen.
New England was actually discovered in Boston by Kiss manager Bill Aucion and was co-produced by Paul Stanley and Mike Stone (Queen/Asia.) but after the 1980 merger of their label Infinity Records and MCA, they got lost in the shuffle.
this is a great, but sadly almost forgotten slice of 70s/80s melodic rock.
if you like Survivor or Journey, this is for you.
Paul Stanley from KISS produced this album. When I met him (Paul) in 1992 on a meet and greet...I asked him about "What ever happened to that band New England that you produced?" He just shrugged me off and said WHO? Knowing he understood my question. Shrugged me off then took a pic with me. Then with him, me and gene. What was up with that? Any bad blood there? Maybe a bad day for Paul!?!
This band had everything it needed to be hugely successful, but it just never happened. They fizzled out. That white Les Paul guitar in the video gives me a boner!
Majestic US metal from the late 79 - I first heard this track on the MCA compilation album 'Precious Metal' and bought the New England LP on the strength of it! Great debut album - good to drive to!
Video is very reminiscent of what Deep Purple and YES were doing at the same time. One of my favorites while cruising with the under-dash Pioneer KEX-20 (lol).
don't ever wanna lose ya, don't ever wanna lose ya
WerewolfMaiden 4 days ago
When you guys get a chance check out some of John Fannon's recent solo performances on my channel featuring both New England songs and some of his own new material!
bballrf 1 week ago
a little Rock Trivia for you ... What band did Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea help to SUccessfully launch into the Stratosphere AFTER New Engand?
GuitaristPAX 1 week ago
I loved this song in 79 and now,awesome!
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jityr2 1 month ago
Hi,
see not the 8:36 min version of this song & i think it is forbidden for germany ... mad ...
udor1962 1 month ago
3:10 closeup of keyboards and keyboard dude----NOT ONE cable plugged into the keyboard---not even an AC cord. LOL.
PS: This is an ARP Quadra synthesizer.
jazmanjef 1 month ago
For some reason this song popped into my head today after not hearing it for probably 20 years...and here it is. Great song. Just paid 89 cents for it at Amazon. I love the internet.
johnmoats 1 month ago 2
hey ed. remember this song. providence here we come . can you say case?
istaph 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Haven't heard this in soooo long! Great song!
boycemusic 2 months ago
Have all their CD's... their ballads are so good... THis is the one of the worst songs they did. Encourage all to get the CDS
TFTDougrich 3 months ago
Great name for a band New England.
LordHannigan 3 months ago
I OWN THE CASSETTE. FOUND IT IN A TINY COUNTRY STORE IN NC BOUT 20 YEARS AGO. NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE A VID FOR IT 20 YEARS LATER. THANKS TO YOU YOUTUBERS!!!
pursuee1 4 months ago
A mainstay on WAAL, Binghamton, NY. I love this song. I was stationed at Camp Casey, 2nd ID, ROK, in the mid-80s. One of the nightclubs downrange played this constantly. I found it again on vinyl a little over a year ago.
pulyapudoff 4 months ago
@pulyapudoff Good to hear from you bro...I'm retired 2nd ID out of Ft Carson. 2ID recently reflagged up to Ft Lewis where I now live in WA. Like jonnykatt93 says...one of theeee greatest unheard of songs ever. TFTDouchbag is touched in the head, however. Peace brother...hoooaaahh...
mundrubjet 2 months ago
I saw them open for Kiss in Cleveland, this chorus has never left my memory.
Perpetualmusik 5 months ago
I still have this album. I saw them open for KISS at The Richfield Coliseum ! About 1980, I wore the vinyl out! LOL!!!
daviep79 5 months ago
Awesome classic!!
swordkata 5 months ago
first song I ever danced to with my girlfriend.We are now married 30 years
gmoney1814 6 months ago
Buen sonido para el año Buenísimo...!!!
ceternyum 6 months ago
try 8 track ! the entrire album is ahead of it's time - jim w
kapakola 6 months ago
I've got this on vinyl...yes..a record. They used to play this all the time on the radio when I was younger and always thought it was a good tune. I really never thought I'd see or hear it on here. Thanks endbox....
madj723 6 months ago
This song should have been a much bigger hit than a measly #40, this song is so much better than most of the pop songs that came out during this time period
Doobie1975 7 months ago
@Doobie1975 Their first album was on a small label (Infinity Records) that went bankrupt just after it was released. They got no promotion, which was a shame. The album had several good tracks and might have gone Gold on a larger label.
steve355 6 months ago 2
listened to this in while growing up in California...riding the bus to the beach with friends...this song just popped into my head...youtube is great.
DEEHARDONE 7 months ago
i also saw them at msg in 79 i remember entering the garden and hearing this song i instantly liked it and rushed down to my seat to see who they were i can honestly say that i listen to this album more than i listen to any kiss song now it brings back so many good memories thanks new england where ever you guys are
askmeifigiveafuk 7 months ago
Always did like this tune!!!
slagdraggin1313 7 months ago
Saw them with Little Johnny Cougar and April Wine I think. Fun times.
santafecard 7 months ago
this is one of the catchiest unknown songs of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jonnykatt93 8 months ago 12
@jonnykatt93 agree, if the same tune was cut by a group such as fleetwood mac it would be a radio staple to this day....
znogypogy 6 days ago
NE hit #40 in Billboard, 6-16-79. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
I was at that concert too!!!!!!!! Providence Civic Center 1979, first concert.
hborges2000 8 months ago
I saw them open for KISS at Madison Square Garden July, 1979. This was the Dynasty Tour and it was my first concert.
TheRedrobin62 9 months ago
@TheRedrobin62 How great was the KISS concert?
Doobie1975 6 months ago
I WAS AT THAT SHOW AUG 1ST MYSELF!!!
pkemmett8 9 months ago
Another one of my dads recommended bands.
dudefromtheearth 9 months ago
Todd Rundgren did a great job on their third LP "Wild Walking" in 1981. Had a great couple of tunes on that hard to find gem...
valiantharbinger 9 months ago
Great Group Three Pick-up Gibson Les Paul
Priceless
TL250Rider 10 months ago
I haven't heard or thought about this song in probably 30 years. All of a sudden it pops into my mind. Pretty bizzare. I didn't even know who did it. Based on the date I must have been in 10th grade when this came out. Good video.
Quantanthead 10 months ago
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choritzo1963 8 months ago
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I had the same experience. Just popped into my head, while on computer, typed only lyrics I knew, & POW, there it was. Didn't know who did it either. I was deep in depression, going thru divorce, so music was not as keen in my brain back then.
choritzo1963 8 months ago
bronz made a cover of this and if my memory don;t fail two of the guys went to play on alcatrazz...good tune!
jagkill 10 months ago
paul stanley is a moron if that story is true -- probably the best thing he ever touched !
akashaman 11 months ago
I was at the "Dynasty" gig at MSG for KISS and New England too in 1979,it was my first concert and KISS were fantastic,N.E. held their own,but Gene and Co. rocked the house and they put on an event of a show.
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Ahead of their time
MrStineford 11 months ago
Great album!! Never saw them live,but I sure wore out my LP!!!!
Mustang8358 11 months ago
I worked as an intern at Intermedia studio with these guys and Kiss and others. New England was a bunch of nice guys, real. Kiss was a pain in the ass
lickpicker1 1 year ago
An all time favorite. Glad to hear the boys are regrouping.
bigbigjoel 1 year ago
I am a big fan all the way back to 1979 when they opened for KISS in Baton Rouge..... I just purchased a live cd from them . good stuff! John Fannon is on facebook and he actually freinded me and sent me a message. I thought that was really cool ! Also Hirch Gardener responded to my message on his facebook page.... Great guys.... Hoping to see them live in concert again one day !
nairdouc 1 year ago
hey darrellamx616 i was at that same kiss concert at Madison Square Garden. It was 1979. The Dynasty tour. And yes, New England opened. Believe it or not, i bought the New England LP . I really can't remember if it was before I saw them or after but they did have maybe a good tune or two. I do know Paul Stanley had some involvement somehow . I was 13 years old. My first rock concert. Dad took me. It was also the first time I smelled weed. Somehow it smelled much sweeter back then.
Persichilli66 1 year ago
When I was young the band rented a houes in the woods (Braintree Ma)and we would sit out there listening to them practice smoking pot.Hersh was a real nice guy,always had time to talk music with the locals. The first club I ever went to The Beachcomber Walliston beach (snuck in under age sorry Jimmy) to see our neighbors play it was the loudest concert Iv ever heard.Hersh had the biggest hair ever
jmac5058 1 year ago
I saw them open for Kiss at the Providence Civic Center Aug 1,1979.It was my first concert.
Tattooedbiker64 1 year ago 5
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I was at the same show....Kiss put on a great performance.
Nee England just kinda disappeared afterwards. TOO BAD
ricobxr 9 months ago
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I saw them in '79 too with KIss !!!!
IIXCygnusXII 9 months ago
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manikpop 8 months ago
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Saw them both at MSG in NYC in '79. I thought that they were better than Kiss that night. The next day I bought their debut album and bought the CD when it became available. Quite a band!
manikpop 8 months ago
@Tattooedbiker64 ,,,you too?,,cool. it was my second kiss show. the year before "the rockets" opened for kiss. yup. 8-1-79 was an awesome night. luckily i was on gene's corner about 4 rows back. don't ever wanna lose ya was just as good as the album.
LEDCCFL 8 months ago
@Tattooedbiker64 ,,,do they even call it the civic center anymore?,,or is it some commercial name,,,,,,
LEDCCFL 8 months ago
@LEDCCFL It the Dunkin Donuts Center,The Dunk for short.
Tattooedbiker64 8 months ago in playlist Music
@Tattooedbiker64 was there too,my mom took me,wanted to be a rockstar ever scince that day! : )
evelskunny 6 months ago
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WoW me too, my 1st Live concert,opening for Kiss.
Mtl. Forum summer of 79
1515pier 2 months ago
@Tattooedbiker64 Right on my brother, I seen them the same year in Birmingham,AL.
bangtango7 1 month ago
I don't care what anybody says...this song is great!
xcelwelding 1 year ago
Loved this album as a teenager. Having chatted with Hirsch, I can honestly say that he is a true gentleman in a world full of...well, not so gentlemanly men, and the whole band is a class act in a classless business. Have the other two albums that were released, also, and all of them were true musicianship through and through. I would love to see them reunite for a few shows; I'd travel anywhere I had to to see them.
lawrenc1 1 year ago
He's singing about driving home in a downpour,yet it just looks cloudy in the vid,lol.
gh9448 1 year ago
I love these guys remeber this song my sophmore year in H.S. What a great time
leopardilures 1 year ago
Drummer is a firecracker, nice guitar solo. Great song all around.
fight2Bfree 1 year ago
follow @John_Fannon on twitter.. he just joined! and will be posting about upcoming performances!
NewEnglandFan100 1 year ago
Hey. I just saw John Fannon joined twitter. Follow him @john_fannon
NewEnglandFan100 1 year ago
yahoo - blondes
itspeaks037 1 year ago
i LOVE THIS SONG ALONG WITH FELLOW ROCKERS!!!!
mlavfv 1 year ago 2
this band were great , didnt hang around long enough though.
frjoro 1 year ago
wow...accidently stumbled on this...epic jam...i still have this on lp...blissful in everyway. thanks for posting :)
jimmythecreep 1 year ago
I saw these guys open for Kiss in Toronto back in '79. The following week I purchased their debut album, "New England." Probably one of the most underrated bands, and John Fannon one of the most underrated songwriters and guitarists, professionally active during the late 70s.
biltong123 1 year ago
Reminds me of the Baby's in that same time period.
BCK 1 year ago
Good Band Great Song Check out the Three Pick Up Gibson Les Paul
PRICELESS
I wish L.A. Radio would play this again.
TL250Rider 1 year ago
This band was awesome.....
danwesterberg 1 year ago
me too!
rokzombie3 1 year ago
This was played a lot in Seattle in the late 70's. Great song.
csuabo 1 year ago
I remember these guys.... I also remember that Paul produced them....Kind of an ELO thing but really good. Feel bad that they never made it....
enlowmation 1 year ago
I had fun working for them harish was so cool
TheThom01 1 year ago
I wanna see "Explorer Suite" uploaded too!
hiodori657 1 year ago
I thought they were great! They backed up kiss at the providence civic center Aug. 1rst 1979. we even covered "don't even wonna lose ya" for a couple years after that. Really good live that night.
LEDCCFL 1 year ago
To me, this is Rock n Roll. I still Crank this song everytime I get a Chance. New England were Great!
ggmathena1 1 year ago
I can't remember the year, but I saw New England play in the Brockton High School auditorium. It was a pretty big deal at the time. I was a huge fan. This song brings it all back.
yesanded 1 year ago
They were a great band
ricardovallej 1 year ago
Killer song! maybe a one hit wonder but its one helluva hit :)
freddettler 1 year ago
Great band! They need to reform and make new music.
exsgt33 1 year ago
Night Rock 106 - Litchfield
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This brings back great memories. My first concert. New England opening for Kiss at Mid-South Coliseum July of '79. They should have made it big. 30 years later this music still rocks!!!
feeneyjoe1 1 year ago
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feeneyjoe1 1 year ago
I found this LP yesterday at a flea market in Illinois for $2.50 and bought it. Very cool find!
padme1969 1 year ago
hirsh (the drummer) was my boss at daddy's junky music in boston for a few years :) I think he still works there
superwesman 1 year ago
Neither was I aware that this tune had a vdeo. I came upon this one while reading up on producer Eddie Kramer, who worked with a one or two of these guys when they went on to form the band Alcratrazz.
HiwattGuitarsDDR 1 year ago
OMG I didn't know there was a Fucking Video for this song! This brings back doing my girl in my 1970 VW Camper! The good old days! Rock On!
TheMadMarkShow 1 year ago
I remember these guys. I ALWAYS liked em.
EXCELLENT SONG, GREAT BAND !
regmoe 1 year ago
Had it on 8-track in my 66 Pontiac...Love it!!!
slagdraggin1313 1 year ago
@slagdraggin1313 You sure it was an 8-track? I don't think they made 8 track tapes in 1979??
455Transam 1 year ago
@455Transam Yep,They were still making them yet...But not for too long after though!!!
slagdraggin1313 1 year ago
@455Transam Oh yes, they still made 8 tracks in 1979. I had The Cars "Candy-O" on 8 track and Van Halen II on 8 track!
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numanoid17 1 year ago
Haven't heard this song in many years!!!I grew up in R.I. and always wondered why these guys didn't hit it big!!!!!!Thanks for posting this video.Brings my days of my youth right back to me!!!!!!!
WOLFHOUND323 1 year ago
@WOLFHOUND323 They didn't hit it big cuz they were one hit wonders.
455Transam 1 year ago
Saw them open for Gamma with Ronnie Montrose in 1980. Fantastic show all the way around!
beachwalker44 1 year ago
@beachwalker44 GAMMA......Now THAT was a GREAT band!!!!
455Transam 1 year ago
Had they been properly promoted they would have become huge. With 3 groups hailing from Boston at the time ( Aerosmith, The Cars, and Boston ) I think a name change would have been a huge benefit. This album was one of my favorites , and it still sounds great 3 decades later
caseygeo 1 year ago
@caseygeo I got the LP too....only good song on the Album.
455Transam 1 year ago
Never realized it but now in retrospect these guys were very close to New Wave. It's like they practically ushered in synth pop; just on the edge. The sound and particularly the vocals remind me ever so slightly but definitely of Split Enz. Funny, at the time I thought they were a lot more rock than this. Always loved this group, this song.
inflxshn 1 year ago
ok after viewing the vid the keyboard is an 80s one :) i love you guys anyway.. great music.. great vid!
MrMiister 1 year ago
Saw them open for KISS on the Dynasty tour. They made me a fan instantly. Paul Stanley actually not only produced the album, but he sang backup vocals on this song in the studio.
cjvideo22 1 year ago
KISS was the first big concert I went to but these guys came out first and devergined me to the hard rock scene. New England got me first then KISS. Oh well I still love KISS FOREVER :) seen KISS over ten times. I still have all my ticket stubs to prove it. K.R.A Keep Rock Alive.org rock on Ace and Peter...Gene and Paul Rock and Special thank to Tommy and Eric for being there.
blakdimon 1 year ago
i actually thought this was fake.. i always thought this kind of AOR was mid 80s
thanks for a great upload!
does anyone else have any recommendaions, or places i can find their tunes?
cheers
MrMiister 1 year ago
I saw them at the CCCC backing up Kiss in Portland Me. 1979... my first concert... some stats: most $ ever made for the Cumberland County Civic Center...Most $ for a show at the CCCC ($10.50 ea)... Most people ever in the place (sitting on the cement stairs... you could not have got out if you wanted)... crowd was LOUDER than the band... and these guys got to back 'em up. Best part is... do they remember? I do.
traftunes4eva 1 year ago
@traftunes4eva I was at that show! Great concert.
slbabb 1 year ago
@traftunes4eva Yeah and the crowd got New England back for an encore as I remember, the warmup band! I was front row. It was great being in the front row for a great show.
dwtime 9 months ago
Talked to Paul Stanley (KISS) on a "meet and great" thing in Dallas, I guess in '92? He produced this album. I said, "What ever happend to New England?" He just looked at me, with a hush hush face and said, "I don't know what you are talking about." Since New England didn't make a lot of money for him...I guess he was embarrassed. I love old KISS, but I love this whole album. Still have it, and I am 44 years old.
bittersylence1 1 year ago 28
@bittersylence1 I loved these guys too. I still have this album also. Too bad they were like a flash in the pan.
crazyhorse99999 1 year ago
@bittersylence1 I'm with you. I wore this album out. I saw them live in Tanglewood, Mass. They opened up for Charlie Daniels. Their sound was solid and clean. I didn't know that Paul Stanley was involved in them, but it makes sense now. They were a solid band when in 1979 when everyone was waiting for the next Boston album to hit the racks, Great band. I wonder where they are today ...
McBudMc58 1 year ago
@bittersylence1 I have them all with this and Explorer Suite being my favs, but I love a lot of the songs. They paint a memory for me of the early 80's when I met my wife, was graduating high school and going into college...the wonderful years!...and I'm 46!
weatherman5050 1 year ago
@bittersylence1 A case of self-centered assholed-dum? I saw New England when they sold out the old State Theater in Portland, Maine (okay maybe 800 people, but!) in the autumn of 1979. What a magical moment; I rode my bicycle from USM in Gorham and loved it and what an ass Paul is.
Tippersnore 1 year ago 2
@bittersylence1 Hey! I saw these guys in Seattle (Paramount Theatre) in 1977/78. I won tickets, an album, and a New England tour jacket from Tower records. What a trip. I just happened to stumble upon this post. Brings back some great memories.
MrNewo123 1 year ago
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@bittersylence1 "Talked to Paul Stanley (KISS) on a "meet and great" thing in Dallas, I guess in '92? He produced this album. I said, "What ever happend to New England?" He just looked at me, with a hush hush face and said, "I don't know what you are talking about." "
Of course he's gonna look at you funny. If you told him it was the band he produced in 79 and was a guest band for some shows, then it would likely ring a bell.
955472 1 year ago
This song was definately a prelude to the 80s big hair craze
sps242 1 year ago 2
The only time I heard this was American Top 40 when it debuted at no. 40.It was not a hit record in our region(west central Wisconsin) and it was hard to find,but luckily I recorded that AT40 show! I wore that cassette out.This song(and band) was definately a prelude to the 80s bighair bands
sps242 1 year ago
Oh how I love this track....first heard it on a "Precious Metal" sampler years ago along with AXE, RESTLESS, etc etc
wederell1 1 year ago
To the poster:
No offense intended, but I respectfully disagree with your info section. You refer to New England as "AOR mainstays." Actually, New England was the opposite of a mainstay -- this was their only radio hit, and it was a minor hit at that. After it fell off the charts in 1979, they never received significant AOR radio airplay ever again.
You also credit this song to Paul Stanley. Paul didn't write it -- John Fannon did (words & music). Paul did co-produced the album, however.
Ken5244 1 year ago
I remember learning this song in the first band(79) I played in, and fighting over who was going to sing it...lmao...guitarist at the time thought he should...sucked! Oh what fun!
Austinagent1 1 year ago
Yeah I saw these guys back up Def Leppard and AC/DC, way back when DL was just hitting the U.S stages. They weren't bad.....
johnassface 1 year ago
1 hit wonder. Hit #40 in Billboard. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
@DaveWollenberg They were only 1 hit wonders cause their promoters SUCKED!! Listen to their other stuff and you'll see they were AMAZING !!
rnndy 1 year ago
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chedit01 1 year ago
I seen these guys in Aug, '79 open up for KISS in Buffalo.
I was only 9 but remember they were really good live and the keyboard player had that same set up as he does in the video.
Puny-Under-Nourished-Kid
TheExeter 1 year ago
What a flash back ! I remember that era very well. What hook me is the part before the solo. This atmospheric moment of keeboard. Great tune. Thank's for the post.
Frank, from montreal
Frankrushable 1 year ago
Didn't Angel do a version of this song? Or did they just have a song with the same title?
DangerousPervert 1 year ago
wish there was a better quality version on here, I have all 3 albums on CD.....still think they rock
jgmusic526 1 year ago
I got this vinyl too. Such an awesome song.
karenrashkash 1 year ago
Well, hell i'm the 5th person who owned the album and the cassette. plus I had about 4 friends that did too. Great band. Too bad they didn't make it.
vinny3888s 1 year ago
I was about 1 of 4 people in the USA that owned this album. I was 11. I loved it, shoulda been a contender!
menyc 1 year ago
Met Paul Stanley...said "What ever happend to New England?" He just said "Who?" I said the band you produced. He said he didn't know what I was talking about. What a shame. Could have been a good band with backing from Kiss.
bittersylence1 2 years ago
Yep, I remember this from Don Kirshner's show, or a similar show, and saw them open for KISS on the Dynasty Tour in Birmingham, AL. Still have that Dynasty Tour Program!
kelvisparsley64 2 years ago
Thanks for posting these New England videos.I've had these songs banging in my head ever since youtube was created.AWESOME!!!!!!!
1photoguy 2 years ago
yo rocker.that was my first show. than motorhead,krokus fist. how bout you?
darrellamx616 2 years ago
Triumph's debut album came out in 1976, 3 years before this release.
davec629 2 years ago
I saw them to.they opened for kiss i think. it was the dynasty tour at msg,
darrellamx616 2 years ago 11
@darrellamx616 I was there too.
alicerockerboy 2 years ago
@darrellamx616
Dynasty WAY NO try 1977 destroyer tour.
Piper and New England were openers.
vinsvinyl 1 year ago
@darrellamx616
No not Dynasty
1977 msg rock n roll over tour
Piper and New england openers
vinsvinyl 1 year ago
@darrellamx616
Yo ..I Was at that concert also .....My first KISS concert.. I Still Got this on Cassette tape ..To Bad they didn't last long... Reunion
ernova2000 1 year ago
@darrellamx616 I saw them open for KISS in 1979: Portland,ME
rgouette 1 year ago
@darrellamx616 i was there july 25 1979!
jimilove5 1 year ago
@darrellamx616 It was. I was there.
955472 1 year ago
@darrellamx616 YES!!!! That's exactly where you were because I was @ the same MSG show. June '79. KISS with New England opening. Then in Sept. KISS came back and played Nassau Coliseum w/ Priest opening, I thought I died and went to rock and roll heaven that Summer!
monsta64 10 months ago
I loved this band! I always thought Triumph copied them
coloroxies 2 years ago
super rola
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TheGuz13 2 years ago
New England had unimpeachable opening-act cred. (Sensitive-guy vibe was very much with the times. Our protagonist wants nothing more than his lover to get home OK.) In another era, ours of viral media perhaps, they might have gotten a slightly-longer ride.
Speaking of rides, the clouds coming across the mountains in this vids are the exact ones passing over the van holding Dirk Diggler, Reed Rothchild and Jack Horner, as Dirk and Reed pitched Jack the Brock Landers/Chest Rockwell shtick.
PeerlessPaavo 2 years ago
funny you say that, I think I saw these Guys open for the Outlaws at the paladium in NYC in 1981
beersplease 2 years ago
Beers, the question now becomes how did you greet their "THANK YEW! GOOD NIGHT!" at the end of their set: With a disposable lighter, or an extended middle finger?
PeerlessPaavo 2 years ago
Another track that was played on WDVE Pittsburgh PA, great tune, in the Starz, Angel, UFO colissium rock genre. Yeah it's too bad they didn't get a break, but that was the end of that era by 1979. A new wave of metal bands, Judas Priest, Diamond Head, Scorpions, Dio's Black Sabbath, Michael Schenker, Def Leppard and Motorhead were all about to explode.
morleygrey 2 years ago
2 members of New England (keyboardist Jimmy Waldo and bassist Gary Shea) would go on to form Alcatrazz with Yngvie Malmsteen.
New England was actually discovered in Boston by Kiss manager Bill Aucion and was co-produced by Paul Stanley and Mike Stone (Queen/Asia.) but after the 1980 merger of their label Infinity Records and MCA, they got lost in the shuffle.
this is a great, but sadly almost forgotten slice of 70s/80s melodic rock.
if you like Survivor or Journey, this is for you.
km61000 2 years ago 2
Paul Stanley from KISS produced this album. When I met him (Paul) in 1992 on a meet and greet...I asked him about "What ever happened to that band New England that you produced?" He just shrugged me off and said WHO? Knowing he understood my question. Shrugged me off then took a pic with me. Then with him, me and gene. What was up with that? Any bad blood there? Maybe a bad day for Paul!?!
bittersylence1 2 years ago
this song sure brings back a lot of great childhood memories things were so much easier back then
dino2359 2 years ago 3
played the hell out of this LP back in the day, funny to see them now, still sound good, Were they part of Wishbone Ash?
wadersnutz 2 years ago
This band had everything it needed to be hugely successful, but it just never happened. They fizzled out. That white Les Paul guitar in the video gives me a boner!
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 2 years ago
Majestic US metal from the late 79 - I first heard this track on the MCA compilation album 'Precious Metal' and bought the New England LP on the strength of it! Great debut album - good to drive to!
1thiswas 2 years ago
For my brother Kootz
zz4tpi 2 years ago
Ya no fuck :Paul Stanley How about New Engand
hotrodgeno 2 years ago
apparently they are from my hometown and my dad would listen to their garage practices
twiggymac 2 years ago
Video is very reminiscent of what Deep Purple and YES were doing at the same time. One of my favorites while cruising with the under-dash Pioneer KEX-20 (lol).
anton188 2 years ago
Deep Purple wasn't around from 1976 to 1984
Doobie1975 2 years ago
Sorry, my bad. Does Rainbow sound any better? I know Richie Blackmore was still playing somewhere....
anton188 2 years ago
I know Dio has left Rainbow during the time when this song came out and was later replaced with Graham Bonnet
Doobie1975 2 years ago
Rainbow started to go downhill by the time this song came out due to Dio leaving the band
Doobie1975 2 years ago