Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (Official Audio)

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  • @FrankGoetz
    @FrankGoetz 3 роки тому +1678

    RIP Steve Bronski
    Your songs have meant a lot to so many.
    You sure made a difference!

    • @mica7191
      @mica7191 3 роки тому +52

      Jimmy Somerville is now sole living member... Steve died, Larry Steinbachek as well...

    • @Jack13001
      @Jack13001 3 роки тому +29

      So sad. His legacy lives on though, RIP

    • @leesaunders1930
      @leesaunders1930 2 роки тому +9

      how did the other members die?

    • @trovao1da2alvorada
      @trovao1da2alvorada 2 роки тому +45

      @@leesaunders1930 Larry Steinbachek died in 2017 due a cancer. Steve Bronski perished in 2021. The apartment where he lived caught fire.

    • @ОбелискРитуальнаяслужба
  • @virtualbeing5195
    @virtualbeing5195 11 місяців тому +73

    This music has a hauntingly nostalgic sound to me being a kid in the 80s. My memory and the fantasies I had in my head get blended together when I hear this music and think back to that time.

    • @catalinaga
      @catalinaga 7 місяців тому +4

      I was a kid in the 2000s in a homophobic country. I have never been able to fully live my life the way I would've wanted to, without facing the consequences of being different. I cry today at 28 because even now I am that smalltown boy. I wish things were different.

    • @jacknjill3000
      @jacknjill3000 6 місяців тому +1

      @virtualbeing, same here and remembering back to my youth and recalling what was important to me back then and the things like music, that made it so much more special.
      Just heard this while watching the movie “Parting Glances” from 86 and it took me right back to those years. Glad o loved those magical times in San Francisco and the world was so much different.

    • @joesephmcculley1594
      @joesephmcculley1594 Місяць тому +1

      ​@catalinaga keep your head up bro 🙏 💪 💯

    • @normacarrizo223
      @normacarrizo223 Місяць тому

      Que bello tema !por Diosss!!!!🎶🎵🙏💃💜💜🤔

  • @vinzelrato
    @vinzelrato 5 років тому +3246

    I use to listen to this with my dad while we drove endlessly on the highway...such a good memory to be born on the 80's...

    • @bendodd8325
      @bendodd8325 5 років тому +47

      dega723 it’s a gay anthem. Have words with ur dad

    • @lizzylu4660
      @lizzylu4660 5 років тому +15

      Ben Dodd lol!!

    • @vinzelrato
      @vinzelrato 4 роки тому +9

      @@bendodd8325 ahahah very funny....arsehole ; )

    • @vinzelrato
      @vinzelrato 4 роки тому +6

      @@angelalane8660 WTF ? Don't know what the fuck Jesus has to do with anything ?

    • @angelalane8660
      @angelalane8660 4 роки тому +3

      @@vinzelrato It's a saying, dumbass. A "come to Jesus meeting" is like a serious discussion. Stupid.

  • @ivanamartinovic97
    @ivanamartinovic97 Рік тому +360

    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry
    You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
    Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
    Mother will never understand why you had to leave
    But the answers you seek will never be found at home
    The love that you need will never be found at home
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
    You were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down
    And as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry
    But you never cried to them, just to your soul
    No, you never cried to them, just to your soul
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
    Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away

  • @michelethompson7300
    @michelethompson7300 2 місяці тому +72

    It's not a joke or exaggeration. It truly was magical being a teen in the 80's.

  • @mostafaashrafhaider7150
    @mostafaashrafhaider7150 4 роки тому +755

    This song transforms me to another dimension.

  • @lorainebourke3583
    @lorainebourke3583 5 років тому +165

    His voice is just magical

  • @youngyankee13
    @youngyankee13 3 роки тому +1357

    No wonder why the 80s are the best, music pop was futurist and so electronic. Proud to be born in the 80s.

    • @Robert-rl7rd
      @Robert-rl7rd 2 роки тому +39

      I was born in the 80s but wish I was born in 50s/60s/70s so I could have experienced it properly

    • @Robert-rl7rd
      @Robert-rl7rd 2 роки тому +16

      @@Just_another_Euro_dude 90s was great as well! 80s/90s my favourite decades for music

    •  2 роки тому +4

      @Robert don't forget 60's & 70's with great groups like KRAFTWERK

    • @tiffanybodner958
      @tiffanybodner958 2 роки тому

      Same Malek

    • @mauriceliebscher1890
      @mauriceliebscher1890 2 роки тому

      @@Just_another_Euro_dude lkkoknk((9ihl(kk9k9((kk

  • @adg5634
    @adg5634 5 місяців тому +104

    I have no idea why I love 80's music so much I was born in the 90's. Spanish household they didn't even listen to this. I love it

    • @alexanderfo3886
      @alexanderfo3886 5 місяців тому +2

      Maybe because it's just one great song.

    • @GiannisElia
      @GiannisElia 4 місяці тому +5

      i was in born in the late 2010’s. i listen to this song alongside quite a a lot other 80’s-90’s music and it is my favourite genre, it attracts me so much that i feel a different way listening to it.

    • @scribblecloud
      @scribblecloud 4 місяці тому +2

      @@GiannisEliabro is like 10

    • @benjaminreyes249
      @benjaminreyes249 4 місяці тому +2

      @@scribblecloudcan’t hate tho he has taste

    • @tommyshelby2787
      @tommyshelby2787 4 місяці тому +2

      Same. I'm a 90s kid, but I'm obsessed with the 80s era.
      It feels like I time travelled in 80s

  • @betsylotr7
    @betsylotr7 Рік тому +227

    80s music was epic. Young people these days don't even know how transcendent the music was. It gave you goosebumps. It took you to other planes of existence. It made you survive this muck we call life.

    • @evancomer5389
      @evancomer5389 Рік тому +19

      Okay boomer

    • @Smelly-Asparagus
      @Smelly-Asparagus Рік тому +17

      ​​@@evancomer5389dude.. I'm from the 90s and even I can respect what this song stands for. Just because a person was born in a certain era doesnt mean one cant accept music from other eras... I love all walks of music even though some arnt what I'm Into.. but I'd prefer the option of becoming educated than being ignorant. I have a friend who feels he isnt safe it he came out to his parents. I havnt been there and I'm lucky for all of it but I cant understand how ones parents fail time and time again to take onwer ship of their creation. Its mading that anyone let alone your god dang parents could do something so inhumane.

    • @rudraacharya8247
      @rudraacharya8247 Рік тому +6

      I am from the genZ and I find 80s songs really great.... Can you recommend some 80s songs which you like?

    • @porktuga1232
      @porktuga1232 Рік тому +2

      Survivorship bias.

    • @katycanino1566
      @katycanino1566 Рік тому +2

      I 1000% agree!

  • @OggyTheTiger
    @OggyTheTiger 5 років тому +726

    Im here for the synths

    • @putinsplayground
      @putinsplayground 4 роки тому +17

      vibing hard ngl

    • @FlickanIDetKroktaRummet
      @FlickanIDetKroktaRummet 4 роки тому +13

      so you don't care about things such as melody and lyrics?

    • @OggyTheTiger
      @OggyTheTiger 4 роки тому +23

      @@FlickanIDetKroktaRummet All i hear is "cry, boy, cryyyyyyyy" so much cry only the synths keeps me up

    • @cristianroy21
      @cristianroy21 4 роки тому +11

      @@FlickanIDetKroktaRummet melody is the same as synths noob

    • @haticeuzun1715
      @haticeuzun1715 3 роки тому +8

      THE SYNTHS

  • @MrGiulioG
    @MrGiulioG 6 років тому +5678

    I think everyone needs to remember that this song isn't about GTA V or GLOW. It is about a boy from Glasgow who had to leave his city because he wasn't accepted for being gay. Thats why the song is severely relevant throughout 120bpm.

  • @hilly7880
    @hilly7880 4 роки тому +486

    I was driving in GTA 5 and started listening to this song, and that's why I love Non_Stop Pop (radio station in GTA 5

  • @WolvoNate
    @WolvoNate 7 місяців тому +267

    2024 & I am still here .. bring back the good times .. music is not what it used to be

    • @harmonylove128
      @harmonylove128 7 місяців тому +5

      We need more synths in todays music😇😂

    • @SacredCorps3
      @SacredCorps3 7 місяців тому +4

      Facts 👌

    • @sidcomegys4154
      @sidcomegys4154 2 місяці тому

      Ehh, have you mosert or summerian music? All music in the 9000 years doesn't compare. We have never shattered a mountain with our music, there are carved in temples that showed the damages that came from them learning to master kinetic acoustics, nothing like using the ground of a country as your speaker.

  • @johnbraje7461
    @johnbraje7461 8 місяців тому +358

    Regardless of sexual orientation or to what generation you're from, just about everyone should be able to appericate this gem. Just hits ya in the feels.

    • @alexanderfo3886
      @alexanderfo3886 5 місяців тому +11

      So true, but for anyone who broke with their family (for any other reason, not only for being queer), this song definitely hits different. And for anyone else, it is probably the closest to conveying this feeling in an audible and danceable way.

    • @scribblecloud
      @scribblecloud 4 місяці тому +8

      as a bisexual person i just cannot listen to this 😔 /j

    • @Todd-i4i
      @Todd-i4i 4 місяці тому +6

      I'm a Christian... Doesn't mean I can't listen to good music.

    • @redpanda1765
      @redpanda1765 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@Todd-i4i exactly. We all suffer at some point of our lives, and this song might express that feeling

    • @laissemoitempeter
      @laissemoitempeter Місяць тому +1

      Guys what are you even talking about

  • @kevinh8736
    @kevinh8736 Рік тому +86

    I used to jam this when I was 16 and still jam it at age 55!

  • @hikarihealing1726
    @hikarihealing1726 3 роки тому +594

    My dads favourite song and also playing this at his funeral next week ❤

  • @BlueEmulsion
    @BlueEmulsion 7 місяців тому +80

    The first 56 seconds of this song is just epic

  • @glennhoddle10
    @glennhoddle10 2 роки тому +126

    10 seconds into this and I am magically transported back to 1984, listening to this gem on the radio.
    If a time machine existed, I would go back to the 80s in a heartbeat.
    Who's with me ?

  • @saraknight3605
    @saraknight3605 Рік тому +35

    It's an absolutely brilliant song. Hauntingly beautiful with that stunning falsetto voice.

  • @rinben2809
    @rinben2809 6 років тому +105

    80's forever ! i remember !

  • @itsgreca.actualmenteabando375
    @itsgreca.actualmenteabando375 5 років тому +797

    I really like the fact that people discovered many songs like this due to GTA. Videogames can be a wonderful source of music, just as my case - GTA SA showed me tons of amazing songs maybe 12 or 13 years ago, and now you can see me, practically obsessed with lots and lots of genres.

    • @nicholas5129
      @nicholas5129 5 років тому +23

      Haha, same here! Born in 1997, but I know a lot of old songs - thanks to my parents and GTA games :)

    • @EarlMcManus2005
      @EarlMcManus2005 4 роки тому +12

      GTA 4 The Journey introduced me to so much.

    • @griffithchung9377
      @griffithchung9377 4 роки тому +3

      Agreed. I credit my love of country music primarily to the hours I spent with KROSE in SA

    • @KulisVibes
      @KulisVibes 4 роки тому +7

      Actually true. I played GTA Vice City Stories on psp and i fell for 80s music

    • @ratbastard4399
      @ratbastard4399 4 роки тому +1

      almost every song i've learned on piano is from a video game ost

  • @libby300
    @libby300 3 роки тому +72

    my mum is a genius for introducing me to her 80s record collection🙌🙌

    • @robertpace901
      @robertpace901 3 роки тому +5

      The 80s was the pinnacle decade for pop music. Sure glad I got to experience all of it and remember it to.

  • @MrBlackFabio
    @MrBlackFabio 3 роки тому +313

    RIP, Steve Bronski. Smalltown Boy is one of the best (and underrated) songs of the 1980’s.

    • @NewDawnFadesX
      @NewDawnFadesX 2 роки тому +3

      So true.

    • @ownSystem
      @ownSystem 2 роки тому +2

      Made the 80s what it was without it wouldn’t be the 1980s :)

    • @larastretton1652
      @larastretton1652 Рік тому +3

      im only 14 nearly 15 and i completely agree

    • @israelherrera1931
      @israelherrera1931 Рік тому

      ...all a time.

    • @paulmorgan2068
      @paulmorgan2068 Рік тому +1

      Can’t be described as underrated - over 280 million Spotify streams!

  • @Connorconnor24
    @Connorconnor24 7 місяців тому +20

    80S RULE !!!!

  • @calliescott2948
    @calliescott2948 4 роки тому +54

    What a tune!! Am not gay but this song is so empowering!

    • @mariamcdermott4159
      @mariamcdermott4159 3 роки тому +17

      And you don't have to be gay to like and appreciate such a great , memorable tune /song .

    • @mariamcdermott4159
      @mariamcdermott4159 3 роки тому +5

      ' always a lonely boy ' - I can really identify with that line , ' girl ' in this case !

    • @umutkirkoca7344
      @umutkirkoca7344 2 місяці тому

  • @LaPtiteAnglaise
    @LaPtiteAnglaise 3 роки тому +58

    Absolutely timeless, classic, beautiful record.

  • @robynlmt24
    @robynlmt24 11 місяців тому +25

    This song really makes me miss being young and in love 💔

    • @gordocarbo
      @gordocarbo 8 місяців тому +5

      Seemed a lot more significant at that time didnt it.

  • @dorotaparzychowska2809
    @dorotaparzychowska2809 8 місяців тому +4

    The best song ever.

  • @Lilith-77
    @Lilith-77 8 місяців тому +1165

    Who’s here in 2024 listening this musical gem? 😊

    • @leodrift7482
      @leodrift7482 8 місяців тому +4

      🙋‍♂️

    • @andysee6996
      @andysee6996 7 місяців тому +6

      I'm here on a reccomendation from Lyzette G.

    • @gordocarbo
      @gordocarbo 7 місяців тому +2

      Gee, an original comment

    • @juliahyper_kpop8551
      @juliahyper_kpop8551 7 місяців тому +4

      Me it's really a nice vibe song ❤

    • @zakkhani5475
      @zakkhani5475 7 місяців тому

      Which year had the best songs from back then

  • @Q.Q.
    @Q.Q. 6 років тому +49

    Among the most beautiful music ever written, of any genre.

  • @NRF-ee6cp
    @NRF-ee6cp 4 роки тому +30

    2:40 - 3:00 is my favorite part of the song.

  • @Cousin-Barnabus
    @Cousin-Barnabus 2 роки тому +34

    An absolute masterpiece

  • @missnancy-g9w
    @missnancy-g9w Рік тому +16

    This song hit my ears tonight in the grocery store and took me back to the days of alt rock in the 80's. Back when the artists wrote their own music and sang about what they cared about. They put their emotions, hearts and souls into their music and I loved it. Lucky for me, there was an independent alt rock radio station just north of Cincinnati where I live. Called 97X The Future of Rock and Roll - WOXY in Oxford Ohio. Found all this greatness and never looked back!

    • @someonespecial3149
      @someonespecial3149 11 місяців тому

      Did you dance down the isle and run off any gen zers 😂😂😂😂 cuz I definitely would!! And do 😅

  • @jcolorful9815
    @jcolorful9815 Рік тому +11

    Another 80s keyboard gold gem !! missing this sound today,,,,,,

  • @fudgie3312
    @fudgie3312 6 років тому +559

    I didn't get this from GTA. I didn't know this was like a gay anthem.
    I just heard it n fukn loved it. Stirs some serious emotions

  • @_____0_0___________199
    @_____0_0___________199 2 роки тому +9

    Merci GTA !!! Des musiques légendaire

  • @Joshua-gk3xu
    @Joshua-gk3xu 3 роки тому +43

    This song will always be a banger 🔥

  • @sphinxgaming2002
    @sphinxgaming2002 6 місяців тому +8

    Gta always recognise master piece ❤

  • @billtds6062
    @billtds6062 16 днів тому +2

    Ms. Puff absolutely nailed it🔥

  • @mr_metal.
    @mr_metal. 4 роки тому +266

    it is not only a hymn for gay people, but for misfits and outcast toys around the world. for girls and boys, who are eager for more than what they got. metal, rock community, other guys who needs to leave their burnt out towns and villages with only hopes in their hearts. I am a metalhead, I will always be. yet, this song is limitless for me to listen to. and what more, I just really dig the simple as hell, but charming drum play. have a nice day, all of you

    • @nicksymczak436
      @nicksymczak436 3 роки тому +1

      The Paradise Lost version is perfection imo

    • @thomasnicholls8610
      @thomasnicholls8610 Рік тому +12

      I am gay and was absolutely stunned when this song was first released in 1984. I was 16 then.

    • @mackeyboy5442
      @mackeyboy5442 Рік тому

      Why do thegays pick their noses a lot?

  • @indian097
    @indian097 2 місяці тому +4

    0:58 old is gold ❤❤❤❤

  • @ceepee1879
    @ceepee1879 4 роки тому +235

    Gay/straight, what does it matter, music that can can take you to a time, place, person irrespective of all else, is something to be cherished.

    • @iLikeCok
      @iLikeCok 2 роки тому +8

      Who cares about sexuality this song is good

    • @peggybauer6570
      @peggybauer6570 2 роки тому +1

      You straight boys are such losers lmao 😂

    • @ownSystem
      @ownSystem 2 роки тому +3

      This is always a great song in any club period :) play it people will dance till they can’t dance anymore one of the best

    • @OrlandoReyes-bm2pp
      @OrlandoReyes-bm2pp 9 місяців тому

      Na we do tf u mean cuz

    • @NiYoNiTu
      @NiYoNiTu 4 місяці тому +1

      The music doesn’t say anything about gay things, why people say this is a gay music

  • @bogdanlinc
    @bogdanlinc 6 місяців тому +260

    Stop asking who's still listening in 2024,we never left.

  • @nairobi-laputaama9662
    @nairobi-laputaama9662 Рік тому +2

    3:27 pure poesy ❤️ takes me to another dimension

  • @ahmedharris7148
    @ahmedharris7148 5 років тому +303

    This came on as I was driving down the highway past Sandy Shores and it was just idyllic with the moon above and the stars dazzling while I cruised past traffic. The song picked up with the "run away" chorus as I closed in on the Los Santos skyline.

    • @jamesandgemma9876
      @jamesandgemma9876 2 роки тому +3

      Were you trevor phillips? 😄 great song though gotta love it!

    • @ruiyo21
      @ruiyo21 2 роки тому +7

      I heard this when it was raining and dawn as Micheal, such a crazy experience

    • @bryancaamano8392
      @bryancaamano8392 Рік тому +1

      I was doing the exact thing on the route to palito bay and I had the in game sunset going it was pretty dope

    • @robertpaulson117
      @robertpaulson117 Рік тому

      I love listening to this song when I'm drifting (in real life too)

  • @taisrodriguesarh
    @taisrodriguesarh 2 роки тому +21

    This one on "Elite 6".. Just amazing🇧🇷🔥🇵🇹

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 2 роки тому +475

    This song is perfect when you live in a small town that’s depressing and you are depressed. You leave home from your parents and take a drive in your Toyota Corolla to find a better place.

    • @PianoGesang
      @PianoGesang 2 роки тому +45

      At least you had a car.

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 Рік тому +3

      ​@@PianoGesang underrated comment 👍

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 Рік тому +11

      I live in a small town and I know what you mean. It can be very depressing. I live in Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts. There's actually a movie with the same name that was filmed here. It's a nice little summer beach town but at the same time it's kinda depressing if you live here and aren't a tourist. It's just the same narrow minded people doing the same things every day. Same routine. Nothing ever changes here. Sometimes I dream about running away to LA or somewhere.

    • @john_gotye
      @john_gotye Рік тому

      Only gays are depressed so you must be one

    • @rayman7596
      @rayman7596 Рік тому +4

      And 10 mins after you drive your old toyota car suddenly stops and can't be moved again so you go back to the small town and live there forever

  • @sarenswiftfoot9811
    @sarenswiftfoot9811 Рік тому +140

    I tear up nearly every time I hear this song. We've come a long way but there are still young people who have been shunned or even kicked out by their families and communities, myself included, I can only hope we keep improving. If you're reading this and feeling the same way just know you are not alone.

    • @vadimmorozov
      @vadimmorozov Рік тому +10

      I know how you feel, this song is very relatable to me as well. It's really sad that we still face these issues. And, my home country continues to go backwards rather than make progress. I hope someday there will be freedom 🙏

    • @MitsurugiR
      @MitsurugiR Рік тому

      Imagine trading your entire life for your own sins and delusions lol
      No wonder they kicked you out, you deserved it.

    • @anyalazor7978
      @anyalazor7978 Рік тому +6

      ​@@vadimmorozov I'm also from Russia. The laws they continue to pass here break my heart, I'm so tired.
      Solidarity 🙏💗

    • @weevil8025
      @weevil8025 Рік тому

      @@MitsurugiR Youre just a sad little bigot living in your own bubble of hatred. Its almost pitiful.

    • @NathanReevesnate808
      @NathanReevesnate808 Рік тому

      It's not about you

  • @cynthiatheendlesslyambitio6574
    @cynthiatheendlesslyambitio6574 Рік тому +10

    I can recall this playing in “Gotcha!”(1985) although I first originally heard it on Music choice in 2005 for the very first time! and was in awe of the sincerity and thought process. and around 7 or so years ago i saw a video filmed in Berlin..a street musician was performing this iconic track, and “Jimmy Somerville” steps rite into view and sings his heart out!!!!!! Talk about extremely memorable 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹

  • @donnadawson6138
    @donnadawson6138 4 роки тому +739

    I am a heterosexual 56 year old female and I have been listening to this song since 1984, I have the cassette let me tell you this is just a great song. I gives you feels, it is a great dance song and it rocks. Just love it no matter who you are. :)

    • @marypoppins123
      @marypoppins123 4 роки тому +20

      Donna Dawson Agreed I just heard it again in my grocery shop and had to bust out a few 80s dance moves down the aisle. Such a great song😉

    • @PedroSousa-np9wp
      @PedroSousa-np9wp 4 роки тому +183

      I find it funny, but why is sexuality relevant to liking a song? :p

    • @DannnyL
      @DannnyL 4 роки тому +23

      @@julievrhackzor respect from a 28 year old heterosexual

    • @maxmnm2397
      @maxmnm2397 4 роки тому +15

      Im hetro too, my male friend ended up telling me he was gay and thought id never speak to him again, and here we are after lots of time apart, 35 yrs later and the best of friends

    • @b4d69
      @b4d69 4 роки тому +47

      @@PedroSousa-np9wp the song is about a gay dude.

  • @juanmanuellopezarjona7277
    @juanmanuellopezarjona7277 4 роки тому +15

    Masterpiece.

  • @duali8304
    @duali8304 2 роки тому +8

    Elite vibes🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

  • @jjman9781
    @jjman9781 2 роки тому +15

    Great music doesn't get lost

  • @hntr_official
    @hntr_official Рік тому +11

    Despite being born in 1999 I absolutely love 80s music like this

  • @CrisPheasant
    @CrisPheasant 5 років тому +55

    Loved this song as a child. As a 20 something and hearing it again on the QAF soundtrack made me smile and nostalgic. Now I hear it and understand just how ahead of their time they were for being out and proud while it was dangerous to be so.

  • @cdtap
    @cdtap 6 років тому +751

    To your soul
    To your soul
    Cry
    Cry
    Cry
    You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
    Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
    Mother will never understand why you had to leave
    But the answers you seek will never be found at home
    The love that you need will never be found at home
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
    You were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down
    And as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry
    But you never cried to them, just to your soul
    No, you never cried to them, just to your soul
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
    You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
    Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away

  • @justinobrien3593
    @justinobrien3593 Рік тому +8

    this tune takes me back to my school days in the early 1980s a tune from better majical days!

  • @Rodrigo54035
    @Rodrigo54035 6 місяців тому +4

    80' ❤ The best!!

  • @MrChico929
    @MrChico929 6 місяців тому +10

    Ahh the 80s. When the ❄️ was pure and the vibes were 👌🏽

  • @genesisa2521
    @genesisa2521 3 роки тому +13

    Smoking weed while listening to this hits different… 🖤

  • @janeyre82
    @janeyre82 3 роки тому +11

    Credo sinceramente che questa sia una delle più belle canzoni mai scritte e cantate in qualsiasi lingua del mondo... 💙

    • @ivanvolkovogorodnik8317
      @ivanvolkovogorodnik8317 2 роки тому

      La vedo molto speciale personalmente, non può essere più bella del che già è.

  • @Foolio249
    @Foolio249 2 роки тому +12

    my mom and i used to listen to this song when i was growin up, it was one of her favorites in the 80s and it’s one of the countless gems she passed on to me in my youth. can never get enough

    • @Bsidheq
      @Bsidheq 2 роки тому

      We all have that kind of story I swear. It’s crazy

  • @angela4114
    @angela4114 2 роки тому +24

    Volume no máximo, e só felicidade.

  • @elizabethparedes9730
    @elizabethparedes9730 Рік тому +12

    Love this song...there's nothing like the 80s!❤

  • @popeyedbanjo6099
    @popeyedbanjo6099 4 роки тому +13

    Absolute my fave 80s tune!!

  • @jasonlommen4769
    @jasonlommen4769 Рік тому +10

    I was 8-18 during the 80’s. Best decade ever. Music is like a time machine for me. Man I miss those days.

    • @mathewbascom1811
      @mathewbascom1811 Рік тому

      Born in 91 and I feel way closer to the 80s generation than my own. Had older brothers, that probably helped, and a mom from Belgium who loved pop, new wave, disco, type music.

    • @jasonlommen4769
      @jasonlommen4769 Рік тому

      @@mathewbascom1811
      That’s cool. My moms family is of Belgian decent. All of the great 80s music is literally at the touch of a button on the Internet, you’re lucky that you can experience that. In my day we had to wait for a cassette tape to come out and you couldn’t always find it growing up in a small town. Do some research and there’s some really great music from the 80s that you will probably enjoy.

    • @chrisratboy479
      @chrisratboy479 Рік тому +1

      i agree about missing those days i was 10-20 during the 80s

  • @ivantuma7969
    @ivantuma7969 6 місяців тому +5

    Ironic how a beautifully sad piece of music, no matter one's orientation, can bring back memories of halcyon days during 80's-90's club life. RIP Steve Bronski.

  • @xd-lj5pu
    @xd-lj5pu 2 роки тому +8

    Can’t stop listening to this masterpiece

  • @RobertoZadik-en8zc
    @RobertoZadik-en8zc 4 місяці тому +1

    Gems from the 80s, the extraordinary voice of Jimmy Sommerville and that hypnotising beat. Absolutely great

  • @devilskitchen08
    @devilskitchen08 6 років тому +63

    One of the best songs of the 80s or any decade. Even more powerful with the video. Love it

  • @nassygc
    @nassygc 6 років тому +42

    I almost lost it when he went 'CRYYYYY!!!' Such pure talent in Jimmy Sommerville's vocals

    • @mrrowan4271
      @mrrowan4271 Рік тому +1

      I am 23 and it hits hard 😢😢

    • @mrrowan4271
      @mrrowan4271 Рік тому +1

      I am going to visit this commit after 10 years

  • @samuelboucher3136
    @samuelboucher3136 5 років тому +16

    ...cry to your soul...damn that's deep, this is a good song...and his voice is awesome and I won't shout it but I can say that I like this song

  • @NextToToddliness
    @NextToToddliness Рік тому +8

    I grew up listening to this and slowly over time I learned why it meant so much to me. I eventually went through an 80's moment in the early-00's when I was in my teens, and it's always just kinda kept coming back into my life. What a tragically beautiful song. I think on some level everyone can relate.

  • @boomerang4918
    @boomerang4918 7 місяців тому +6

    Ahh, the good old days . What a tune . Bronski Beat . Small town boy.

  • @95DOIDO
    @95DOIDO 6 років тому +31

    damn, i never realised before how deep those lyrics are

  • @italiaclassics9014
    @italiaclassics9014 4 роки тому +6

    One of the greatest songs ever

  • @Z6h5
    @Z6h5 Місяць тому +2

    I love 80's

  • @peterjohan6183
    @peterjohan6183 7 місяців тому +30

    This was a number 1 hit in the Netherlands and I played it a lot as a DJ and also danced to it.
    I don't understand why many people comment whether they are straight or gay, what difference does that make?
    You're human and you enjoy this song and that's what it's all about. 😉

    • @andreathegreat8766
      @andreathegreat8766 4 місяці тому

      We miss the days dancing in Utrech at the Cartouche!

  • @CarlScott-tx1rp
    @CarlScott-tx1rp 6 місяців тому +5

    Heard this on euphoria it instantly Brought back childhood memories happy days loved the 80s 😊

    • @jacknjill3000
      @jacknjill3000 6 місяців тому +1

      I just heard this song in the movie “Parting Glances” from 86 and took me right to my youth in the 80’s.

  • @geemoney8277
    @geemoney8277 5 років тому +7

    This is a BEAUTIFUL song, coming from the BRONX NYC STREETS, no matter what it’s about the song is AMAZING!!
    & im a Hip Hop junkie.

  • @kellschapman1501
    @kellschapman1501 7 місяців тому +2

    Will forever remind me of my mum and times we have had listening to this ❤

  • @MrKevinjones41
    @MrKevinjones41 Рік тому +3

    Top Tune, Takes me back to my youth

  • @alexissmet4532
    @alexissmet4532 4 роки тому +15

    LOVE THIS SONG ITS FROM MY CHILDHOOD.....

  • @matthewfinch2770
    @matthewfinch2770 6 років тому +5

    I like this jam, this jam clearly tells a story of triumph. Guilio u couldn't be more right.

  • @alessandranitti962
    @alessandranitti962 9 місяців тому +7

    best antidepressant ever existed!

  • @James-pq3qq
    @James-pq3qq 15 днів тому

    This featured in every one of my Saturday night radio programs when I was a student DJ back in college nearly 40 years ago... Never getting into a social orientation to any song or its message (I'm a straight man from Hollywood), I still love this song; its opening is simply magisterial....and I SIMPLY LOVED IT....AND STILL DO.

  • @temanah6571
    @temanah6571 2 роки тому +5

    An anthem for everyone, who had to leave their Home, way too early, to find the truth on their own. Hope y'll found your Peace too.

  • @MissZeroeth
    @MissZeroeth 7 місяців тому +5

    This song has been my soul since I first heard it when I was 15.

  • @goldfishy
    @goldfishy Рік тому +9

    This song sounds so modern, like it could come out today. And it's 40 years old!

  • @misalobo6520
    @misalobo6520 4 роки тому +106

    Euphoria got me here

    • @hashtagnorth
      @hashtagnorth 4 роки тому

      same !

    • @xvd2540
      @xvd2540 4 роки тому +1

      а я русский

    • @jsph.
      @jsph. 3 роки тому

      Same!

    • @Kiira982
      @Kiira982 8 місяців тому

      That party scene with this song was amazing.

  • @yazukiee
    @yazukiee 6 місяців тому +4

    This song had has a power ⚡

  • @syedadeelhussain2691
    @syedadeelhussain2691 2 роки тому +3

    Nothing beat this song! Good old 1980s dance music.
    The right time to be born during that flamboyant and decadent decade of music, and especially, it was truly British Pop, which changed music history forever.
    Great memories.

  • @chrisw-um8xh
    @chrisw-um8xh Рік тому +9

    Captured the 80's in a few minutes

  • @mrsmylee7466
    @mrsmylee7466 6 років тому +9

    I love💘the 80's! Song is GOLDEN

  • @Qualcunosserva
    @Qualcunosserva 4 роки тому +6

    this song will never die to me.

  • @mightymight4348
    @mightymight4348 7 місяців тому +5

    80’s my best era🤘🏽

  • @johnkarag
    @johnkarag 2 роки тому +7

    This amazing song makes remember watching and listening to this music video clip on Mtv when I was much younger and things were more simple and more different and that unbelievable piece of art was playing 24/7 everywhere amazing times to be a kid.....!!!!!!! It brings back so many memories of the past....!!!!!!!R.I.P. Steve Bronski you will never be forgotten you are living through our hearts and through our mind's forever.....!!!!!!! This song and this beat are one of those that if you hear it once stays always in your head and in your heart forever and ever......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nathanfarias1051
    @nathanfarias1051 4 роки тому +46

    I was that boy ...to this day the past haunts me ...

    • @dixienormous6969
      @dixienormous6969 3 роки тому +5

      You're still here. And that is something to definitely celebrate for. Celebrate how strong you were and are to keep going no matter how the past treated you. You should be most proud of yourself 🗿

    • @someonespecial3149
      @someonespecial3149 11 місяців тому +1

      Love sent your way from a total stranger ❤

    • @OrlandoReyes-bm2pp
      @OrlandoReyes-bm2pp 9 місяців тому

      Gayyyyyyy

    • @gordocarbo
      @gordocarbo 8 місяців тому +1

      live in today, nothing that happened prior to matters its done, gone etc.

  • @msk6668
    @msk6668 Рік тому +7

    Masterpiece! The melody is amazing!