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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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    ↓ LYRICS ↓
    [Intro]
    Tell me why
    Tell me why
    [Verse 1]
    Contempt in your eyes when I turn to kiss his lips
    Broken I lie, all my feelings denied, blood on your fist
    [Chorus]
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    [Interlude]
    Ooh!
    [Verse 2]
    You in your false securities tear up my life, condemning me
    Name me an illness, call me a sin, never feel guilty, never give in
    [Chorus]
    Tell me why?
    Tell me why?
    Tell me why?
    Tell me why?
    Yeah!
    [Interlude]
    Aah!
    [Bridge]
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    You and me together, fighting for our love
    [Interlude]
    Ooh!
    [Verse 3]
    Contempt in your eyes when I turn to kiss his lips
    Broken I lie, all my feelings denied, blood on your fist
    [Chorus]
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    Can you tell me why?
    #BronskiBeat #Tellmewhy #TheAgeOfConsent

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  • @jodif916
    @jodif916 Рік тому +93

    Jimmy has the most amazing unique voice ♥️

  • @retrosound72
    @retrosound72 2 роки тому +107

    Rest in Peace Steve! Thank you for the music.

    • @keepa1271
      @keepa1271 2 роки тому +3

      wait he died?:(

    • @Ksaxkradio
      @Ksaxkradio 2 роки тому +1

      @@keepa1271 yeah his home caught fire

    • @cathymoon5468
      @cathymoon5468 2 роки тому +4

      @@Ksaxkradio oh my god how horrible!! R.I.P.
      and thanx 4 the beautiful music

    • @Ksaxkradio
      @Ksaxkradio 2 роки тому +1

      @@cathymoon5468 terrible way to go smoke inhalation

    • @jotapatton8332
      @jotapatton8332 2 роки тому

      @@keepa1271 yes :(
      es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bronski

  • @kre8a361
    @kre8a361 8 місяців тому +143

    RIP to Steven Forrest and Larry Steinbachek who was a composer, song writer and synthesiser keyboardist for Bronski Beat. The trio from the greatest decade of music will never be forgotten.

    • @edgeGabe
      @edgeGabe 7 місяців тому +4

      Greatest decade.

    • @adriano247
      @adriano247 4 місяці тому +3

      @@edgeGabe by FAR.
      RIP to the two guys in the video. one of their best hits

    • @jodysierra9487
      @jodysierra9487 2 місяці тому +1

      @@adriano247 how did they die

    • @jodysierra9487
      @jodysierra9487 2 місяці тому

      Love the music❤

    • @dictatordominator
      @dictatordominator Місяць тому +2

      уникальные люди, большой талант, это навсегда!

  • @debramelendi8220
    @debramelendi8220 Рік тому +2

    Another F.I.T. favorite! Was there from '82 - '86 & their radio station played this far more than once . . ..

  • @e-lonka1842
    @e-lonka1842 3 роки тому +1

    Love Love Love

  • @MyNameIsBob397
    @MyNameIsBob397 Місяць тому

    ❤BRONSKI BEAT FOREVER❤

  • @filippocorrias7025
    @filippocorrias7025 Рік тому +2

    Jimmy voce splendida e potente

  • @sergiyivanov4619
    @sergiyivanov4619 8 місяців тому +1

    This song since 1984.

  • @hh-bf7qc
    @hh-bf7qc 2 роки тому

    RIP Steve

  • @entropybentwhistle
    @entropybentwhistle 5 місяців тому +1

    Jimmy was so far ahead of his time that he was even doing wire kung fu decades before Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

  • @alejoh3179
    @alejoh3179 Рік тому +1

    Good end

  • @jamesgough3938
    @jamesgough3938 4 роки тому +3

    I think this is one of those "let's just throw everything at this, maybe something will stick" videos

  • @chrisdechock
    @chrisdechock 2 роки тому

    thank you Steve Bronski - proud to be ...

  • @b.b.8954
    @b.b.8954 2 роки тому

    Way too early R.I.P. Steve Bronski 🙏🙏

  • @samw5644
    @samw5644 2 роки тому

    either i just watched a music video or i had a fever dream.

  • @jasminkatadin1278
    @jasminkatadin1278 2 місяці тому

    Unique voice

  • @laloverdad1431
    @laloverdad1431 2 роки тому

    Quien es plilippe B, lo busque en internet.felipe bronski?

  • @tomislavpotocar91
    @tomislavpotocar91 2 роки тому

    Why ? You know why ! Please , continue THE PROGRAM. (Translate in Sanskrit).

  • @hill3016
    @hill3016 2 роки тому +1

    Dance and be sad

  • @Bluerose907
    @Bluerose907 3 роки тому

    ❤️👏👏

  • @zebravo2842
    @zebravo2842 2 роки тому

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @thebadgamer1967
    @thebadgamer1967 8 місяців тому +135

    As a very closeted teen in the early 80's living in a backwater town in Tasmania Australia bronski was a life line ❤❤❤

    • @TheCuthere
      @TheCuthere 7 місяців тому +14

      It must have been so difficult for you. As a straight man I could never experience something like being “in the closet”. It’s such a shame that even today people have to hide their identity for fear of violence, I hope it all worked out for you, God bless.

    • @767wattsy
      @767wattsy 4 місяці тому +4

      Likewise living in Gippsland at the same time.

    • @assiabenslimane2589
      @assiabenslimane2589 3 місяці тому +1

      Hear hear 😂

    • @derekstynes9631
      @derekstynes9631 2 місяці тому +2

      Ditto but I was a Very Young Closeted Soldier when the age of consent LP woke Me up ! Sorry to Hear of the Death of Band Members yet more taken too soon RIP .

    • @vitesse_arnhem
      @vitesse_arnhem 22 дні тому

      Enough with the g*y stuff, stra*ght stuff, we’re all Americans, let’s be united and fix this mess.

  • @grahamcheesman2252
    @grahamcheesman2252 3 роки тому +492

    Iv never been horrible to any gay person but back in the 80's I was like most teenagers thinking it was not normal. As a 54 year old man I can only apologies for my ignorance. I have been married to my wife for over 30 years and in this time met lots gay men who have always been nice people. Sorry for being ignorant

    • @alyssakeezer8681
      @alyssakeezer8681 10 місяців тому +35

      I’m not gay but I can really appreciate this. ❤️. That was so nice of you. As a woman, I know they are the best most fun friends and great neighbors. Truth!!

    • @grahamcheesman2252
      @grahamcheesman2252 10 місяців тому +7

      @@alyssakeezer8681 I have only ever known about 15 but always been very nice, for some reason I used to attract gay men but I love women too much

    • @DJFAmenHeavy
      @DJFAmenHeavy 10 місяців тому +9

      It’s not normal by the very definition that it’s not the ‘norm’

    • @grahamcheesman2252
      @grahamcheesman2252 10 місяців тому +22

      @@DJFAmenHeavy what in this world is normal

    • @grahamcheesman2252
      @grahamcheesman2252 10 місяців тому +12

      @@DJFAmenHeavy nowadays gay or lesbianism or bi are normal

  • @yvc9
    @yvc9 4 роки тому +136

    i danced to this like my life depended on it, that wall of synth calling me to the dance floor like a siren

    • @scottleipski1015
      @scottleipski1015 4 роки тому +2

      A CLOCKWORK ORANGE......VERY HIP Yves....DANCED TOO!!!

    • @yvc9
      @yvc9 4 роки тому +1

      @@scottleipski1015 it sounds like you re trying to say something but you dont have enough words

    • @sunshineofrays6977
      @sunshineofrays6977 3 роки тому +4

      @@yvc9 Put so amazingly...this was a magnet to the dance floor , volume UP !!! 😉

    • @user-jv1cl2fs6m
      @user-jv1cl2fs6m Рік тому +1

      ABSOLUTELY! 😭

  • @eaaquamarine
    @eaaquamarine 4 роки тому +226

    "YOU IN YOUR FALSE SECURITIES TEAR UP MY LIFE, CONDEMNING ME, NAME ME AN ILLNESS, CALL ME A SIN, NEVER FEEL GUILTY, NEVER GIVE IN, TELL ME WHY? YOU AND ME TOGETHER FIGHTING FOR OUR LOVE" - great song

  • @MegaSoapsFan-fe1ul
    @MegaSoapsFan-fe1ul 2 місяці тому +12

    Who's here after Coronation Street?

    • @makenziexd986
      @makenziexd986 Місяць тому

      Me definetly I absolutely love this song but didn't expect you to be on here. When will ITV fix your issue on youtube

  • @nativetexanful
    @nativetexanful Рік тому +52

    This song sure brings back memories of a bygone era. Unfortunately, those days are gone forever.

  • @ciara313245
    @ciara313245 4 роки тому +663

    Jimmy has one of those voices where he'd only have to drop ONE note and you'll immediately know who it is🙌🙌🙌💯

    • @nikko__5850
      @nikko__5850 4 роки тому +8

      So true😊

    • @LarryFleetwood8675
      @LarryFleetwood8675 4 роки тому +11

      He's kind of like a Tiny Tim for the '80s/'90s...

    • @Franciscoluche
      @Franciscoluche 4 роки тому +4

      🤗❤️

    • @michaelasquith
      @michaelasquith 3 роки тому +20

      Jimmy Somerville is a legend. I like some of his songs. I don't care what any other UA-cam users say, but Jimmy Somerville was 1 of the best singers, and songwriters.

    • @Pampan87
      @Pampan87 3 роки тому

      Listen to temper trap and tell me what you think.

  • @sophiew1967
    @sophiew1967 2 роки тому +56

    RIP Steve Bronski..I will NEVER forget being a student in Liverpool uni in the 80' s & working behind the bar during Bronski Bear's sound check...mesmerising and not my type of music ..just stuck with me because they were great! Rest easy mate your music brought so much joy to so many xx

  • @davidchaney2449
    @davidchaney2449 5 років тому +190

    Gay or straight, what a song, what a voice!!!

    • @6868co
      @6868co 4 роки тому +8

      Does it matter

    • @SmartRobot-wc2fb
      @SmartRobot-wc2fb 4 роки тому +7

      david chaney: Indeed! Jimmy's voice was pretty much praised by everyone when this was released and afterwards...

    • @Martin.Wilson
      @Martin.Wilson 4 роки тому +10

      @@6868co I believe he just said it didn't matter. Try not to get triggered by every comment.

    • @6868co
      @6868co 4 роки тому +1

      @Martin Wilson ..... triggered... and your avi 🤣🤣👍

    • @Martin.Wilson
      @Martin.Wilson 4 роки тому +1

      @@6868co LOL......good one!

  • @John-ro1iv
    @John-ro1iv 4 роки тому +142

    I came here searching for this. Was talking to a buddy of mine earlier. Every weekend in a club in the 80s, with 2000+ people in it. About 10 of us sitting around a large table talking. As soon as we heard this song, everything was dropped and we're on the floor giving it large- all lads. Not one s*** was given. Another couple of numbers that initiated a similar reaction were She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult), This Charming Man (the smiths), and oddly enough, Happy Hour (House Martins). Different era, great times. Time rolls on, mid fifties now and if I think about that too much I'll annoy myself!

    • @paulamartinas7503
      @paulamartinas7503 3 роки тому +2

      Way to go! Must have been a such fun evening can't wait to start living again -post Covid- 😉

    • @verastampar338
      @verastampar338 3 роки тому +1

      Great times at the Ritz in New York.!!!❤️❤️

    • @1FuriousRose
      @1FuriousRose 3 роки тому +2

      Well damn, if I thought about all that too much I'd Touch Myself (The Divinyls)

    • @lonophonic117
      @lonophonic117 5 місяців тому

      It has to be one of my absolute favourites of Bronski Beat. Sounds like you and your mates had truely banging time with excellent bands with excellent tunes! Definitely good times. can't wait to go to clubs!

  • @paulamartinas7503
    @paulamartinas7503 3 роки тому +93

    Listening to this in 2021, still makes me feel great, he has such an amazing voice....🤩

  • @d1654
    @d1654 2 роки тому +448

    Never feel guilty, never give in...
    RIP Steve Bronski.

    • @origamiandcats6873
      @origamiandcats6873 2 роки тому +5

      Very depressing month for sure.

    • @akta3551
      @akta3551 2 роки тому +2

      I understand

    • @kaybicaku923
      @kaybicaku923 2 роки тому +5

      The world is cruel . Time to change ? 40 years on I say yes

    • @kaybicaku923
      @kaybicaku923 2 роки тому

      Ppl die every day . Just look at the present children younger who didnt ask for . a whole future ahead of them wiped out. What for ? .... bloody power

    • @valeplay5159
      @valeplay5159 2 роки тому +2

      The singer is not died

  • @dars5229
    @dars5229 6 місяців тому +113

    Being out in the 80s, that took some guts. I respect the hell out of that.

    • @VictornHart
      @VictornHart 6 місяців тому

      Tu abuela en bicicleta wey! No entiendo ni pedo que está pasando ahorita wey

    • @peterpiperthefirst9791
      @peterpiperthefirst9791 5 місяців тому +6

      Depended where you lived. In cities that had a gay community it was a blast. This song captures the spirit.

    • @dars5229
      @dars5229 5 місяців тому +7

      @@peterpiperthefirst9791 I grew up in Ireland in the 80s. Not the most open-minded of climates and I confess to being a product of my environment when I was young. Then I got a little bit older and wiser and realised some of my favourite people weren't straight like me. Nowadays I respect having the guts to be unapologetically yourself when the whole world saw you as a leper or worse.

    • @peterpiperthefirst9791
      @peterpiperthefirst9791 5 місяців тому +5

      @@dars5229 I love Ireland, had a friend who lived in the US for 15 year then moved back. I visited & got the grand island tour including a day and night on the Aran Islands. Love the music, love the literature. A culture to be proud of. -- I think it takes guts to be who you are no matter what. Everyone has their own battle to fight. In the 80s the big cities were a refuge for lesbians & gays but even smaller cities/university towns had their own enclave, often in plain sight but invisible if you didn't know. At this distance of decades what I recall most is how much fun we all had. May sound odd: prejudice was widespread, these were the dark years of Aids, but people pulled together, fought back, many straight allies, lots of compassion. Sometimes I think it's just as important to recall the joyfulness of those times, an almost a utopian spirit sometimes, the anarchy and playfulness. You can hear it in the music -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Dead or Alive, Culture Club, Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, Queen -- well I won't go on, it's a long list. When we'd all get together night after night it was a celebration. Thanks for your generous post.

    • @dars5229
      @dars5229 4 місяці тому +4

      @@peterpiperthefirst9791 Yeah, I was raised on Pet Shop Boys, Queen, George Michael. And, of course, Bronski Beat and The Communards. Others like Bowie I discovered for myself. I worked in my Da's garage and there was a dude who worked nearby as a locksmith. He was a great guy, big Elvis fan. Kept a big dog called Blue, almost as tall as me. A huge Great Dane. And years later, I realized two things; one, he was gay and two, I'd been an asshole. Like, he wasn't from another planet, didn't have three heads and eat babies. I realized my "friends" were full of shit and my Da who just liked good music and accepted people for who they are was right. Now as I get older, I agree with you. It takes guts to be who you are, no matter what.

  • @artisansportsman8950
    @artisansportsman8950 3 роки тому +93

    Bronski Beat breaking down barriers/ forever fighting for all our love.
    And producing music that makes you want to dance.

  • @biddylisduff
    @biddylisduff 2 роки тому +378

    RIP Steve Bronski. Such an important band, message in a banging tune. This and "Small-town Boy" really told the story, heartbreaking and powerful at the same time.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 2 роки тому +6

      Looking back at these older videos at 0:21 the sausages hanging sure gives new meaning. hehe

    • @stadiumarcadium2351
      @stadiumarcadium2351 2 роки тому +14

      @port nut Bronski had a stroke in 2018 which limited his mobility. He died from smoke inhalation in a fire at his home in Soho, London, on 7 December 2021, at the age of 61

    • @NeilNZ
      @NeilNZ 2 роки тому +11

      Didn't realise he died. Just looked it up. They certainly left their mark for good music and Steve was behind it. Thank you Steve 🙏 RIP 🙏

    • @704commentkan
      @704commentkan Рік тому +2

      ​@@NeilNZ he will be missed

    • @BossySwan
      @BossySwan 11 місяців тому

      @@stadiumarcadium2351stroke inhalation

  • @timkvenland1885
    @timkvenland1885 3 роки тому +131

    Jimmy Somerville - incredible talent

    • @dmitrijsjevliovskis40
      @dmitrijsjevliovskis40 2 роки тому

      PIDR

    • @timkvenland1885
      @timkvenland1885 2 роки тому

      @@dmitrijsjevliovskis40 Better than russian anyways

    • @Lusia-Zlusia
      @Lusia-Zlusia 5 місяців тому +1

      Так он ещё и актёр прекрасный.

    • @MrMekki10
      @MrMekki10 5 місяців тому

      Haässlicher geht es ja kaum! Und dann diese Kastratenstimme!

    • @timkvenland1885
      @timkvenland1885 5 місяців тому

      ​@@MrMekki10 "You and your false securities"

  • @juliopontigo6971
    @juliopontigo6971 4 місяці тому +56

    who listens to this music the best of the 80s 2024

  • @kimakotrotman6860
    @kimakotrotman6860 4 роки тому +141

    "You and me together, fighting for our love."

  • @mohamedbenferha3665
    @mohamedbenferha3665 5 років тому +183

    best decade for uk artists decade of freedom , creativity and musical revolution ...

    • @benjaminsidneykidd-bentley3966
      @benjaminsidneykidd-bentley3966 5 років тому +9

      We need him back. This country is falling apart and our human rights law is in danger. Time for Prides to get political again... it's no time for complacency!
      This 'uk' could fall apart any minute... our community and our allies need to rise up NOW. For tomorrow could be to late!

    • @calboy2
      @calboy2 3 роки тому

      And then came Adele. 🐽

    • @MegaPhalaenopsis
      @MegaPhalaenopsis 3 роки тому

      true , 100% agreed

    • @julieking9481
      @julieking9481 2 роки тому

      You said it man

    • @Belisarius536
      @Belisarius536 Рік тому +1

      @@benjaminsidneykidd-bentley3966 I read your comment and I said to myself if only I could show 4 years ago you when this comment was written what todays world is like.
      You’d think someone was taking the piss. Your words were prophetic.
      We are further along the line now, back then we were at the tipping point but now it’s it’s over the precipice sliding down the hill.
      Let’s come back in another 4 years time and see where we from now.

  • @thomasdavie4813
    @thomasdavie4813 4 роки тому +44

    Farkin amazing! What a voice. If only the tarts of the 2000's had a fraction of his voice, talent, presence, creativity, passion ......

  • @alanfullard5530
    @alanfullard5530 5 років тому +52

    Great era, brilliant music, great videos, exciting times, I remember this well, it got us to where we are now, nice one boys...

  • @NarquelieNarmo
    @NarquelieNarmo 4 роки тому +339

    Jimmy Somerville is basically Tintin if he had been created by a left-wing Hergé and officially admiting he's gay. :p

    • @justanuna1697
      @justanuna1697 4 роки тому +12

      Best comment ever skdjdks

    • @CatsAndCode
      @CatsAndCode 4 роки тому +3

      ou killed me....and i was bashing my head who he is hahahahahaha

    • @cuexin
      @cuexin 4 роки тому +11

      I've always thought he looks like Tintin!

    • @tundraillustration
      @tundraillustration 4 роки тому +3

      Haha perfect!

    • @MORTISSEUR1
      @MORTISSEUR1 3 роки тому

      so true !!!

  • @buckbiro
    @buckbiro 3 роки тому +395

    I never paid attention to what Bronski Beat was actually talking about when I was a kid. As I grow older, I appreciate their activism more and more.

  • @michaelshmigalsky9565
    @michaelshmigalsky9565 2 роки тому +71

    Rest in peace Steve. Bronski Beat was such an underrated group yet so important to so many fans.

  • @sjn9195
    @sjn9195 Рік тому +33

    his voice: sublime

  • @supergranular
    @supergranular 2 роки тому +50

    RIP Steve. This will live on forever.

    • @yungkidnf
      @yungkidnf 11 місяців тому

      I just found out. Jesus Christ, smoke inhalation of all things.

    • @Jjuuy22
      @Jjuuy22 8 місяців тому

      N importe quoi

  • @julieking9481
    @julieking9481 2 роки тому +44

    Takes me back to the best decade of all time.

    • @julieking9481
      @julieking9481 2 роки тому

      @port nut For sure Port nut, But you are still alive, and still loving the 80s music. lol.xxxxxx

    • @juliawheeler8428
      @juliawheeler8428 2 роки тому

      You are so right wonderful music.

    • @julieking9481
      @julieking9481 2 роки тому +1

      @@juliawheeler8428 Thank you julia

  • @susanthomas5367
    @susanthomas5367 5 років тому +116

    such a cool band with amazing vocalists...the falsetto rocks

    • @ermthewerm
      @ermthewerm 3 роки тому

      Couldn’t have said it better myself my dear you certainly have an ear for music and from what I can see from your picture looks like the rest is pretty together as well ...

    • @michaelasquith
      @michaelasquith 3 роки тому +1

      Can you imagine, if Queen's Roger Taylor, and Jimmy Somerville did a duet of Falsettos ?. They are legendary, in their own way.

  • @begaydocrimes
    @begaydocrimes 4 роки тому +162

    the two elderly women fighting for toilet paper feels so familiar... but i can't explain why, hmmm

    •  4 роки тому +2

      😁

    • @vigo7334
      @vigo7334 3 роки тому +3

      oh shit oh fuck

    • @artisansportsman8950
      @artisansportsman8950 3 роки тому +3

      Well spotted , they are really going for it.

    • @80s-wizard34
      @80s-wizard34 3 роки тому +3

      Lol 😂 .... 🤔😮😂

  • @toriannsteele9262
    @toriannsteele9262 4 роки тому +23

    Jimmy is so young and cute in the 80's
    So I love bronski beat music videos.

  • @lunes-1
    @lunes-1 3 роки тому +27

    This song was massively successfully
    🌏 worldwide played in all discotecas.
    Gay, straight,in between,wherever🎉🍾🎃

  • @adrianpoesiat
    @adrianpoesiat Рік тому +29

    Jimmy’s excellent two octave range. Love their music

  • @abelsauvaneix3951
    @abelsauvaneix3951 4 роки тому +31

    Shopping during COVID-19 pandemic...

    • @maxwellsmart6487
      @maxwellsmart6487 3 роки тому

      The beginning of the pandemic, fighting for our toilet paper..

  • @THEBIGMANGY
    @THEBIGMANGY 4 місяці тому +13

    Wish we could go back to the 80s

    • @a.tanner8524
      @a.tanner8524 Місяць тому

      Yeah well we can’t. All we have are these memories.

  • @johnpender8770
    @johnpender8770 2 роки тому +16

    This is a Amazing song the lyrics mean so much to people all over the World like myself Why Jimmy Somerville is so talented with a Amazing voice from a big 59 years old Irish fan

  • @LudvigPrinn
    @LudvigPrinn 2 роки тому +23

    Two words for one feeling : Fighting spirit
    And one feeling for this blessing song : never give up the fight for your rights

  • @ΜιχαηλΒουρσουκης
    @ΜιχαηλΒουρσουκης 3 роки тому +19

    A BEAUTIFUL SONG! THANKS FOR LOADING! 1980'S HAD THE BEST MUSIC.

  • @Jones-xx2gc
    @Jones-xx2gc Рік тому +19

    Just listened to this song tonight after many years. You forget what a great voice Jimmy has. What a great band.

  • @lysasstuff
    @lysasstuff Рік тому +3

    Even as a 9yr old growing up in an extremely small town in West Yorkshire in ‘84 I understood the meaning of their songs and would ask why is it wrong to fancy as I remember saying a boy if you’re a boy, let’s just say this didn’t go down well with my Dad who hit the roof saying it’s disgusting dirty b##tards, his views were woman and man, and to stick to your own kind (as in race), he was an absolute racist,homophobic and downright nasty, fast forward 9yrs, we now live in Manchester where I’m 16 and give birth to his first grandchild, she’s mixed race her father being black I’m white, from the moment she was born he adored her not even the wind could get near her, fast forward another 15 yrs and I introduce him to my “friend” Mandy who I was with for 2yrs and then to top that my best friend Robert “wifey” as I call her was a drag queen, but mum Dad and wifey used to go for drives out for the day regularly, I even took Dad to the village he loved it as the bars played his music the 80s that is, from how he was growing up living in such a closed environment to how he was later especially when a comment about “wifey” from one of his friends was said and Dad literally falling out with his friend almost immediately makes me smile but fill up with tears as my Dad is no longer with us, he passed 7yrs ago, Dad and I spoke about how he’d changed from thinking and saying things years earlier and he said he didn’t know any different and that’s how his Dad was, I hope one day probably not in my lifetime we will never need to ask the question of “tell me why?” 🙏🏼.
    I wish everyone all the very best for 2023, sending ♥️and 🙏🏼 to those who are no longer with us. Xx

  • @timpitman546
    @timpitman546 2 роки тому +87

    Rest in peace Steve. Loved this band. This song and Small town boy was for me one of the most important songs of the 80's and one of my all time favourites

  • @davids736
    @davids736 5 років тому +71

    LOL!! Remember dancing my ass to this in the 80s at Lazers nightclub in Torquay on a Sunday night - first club in the country to have lasers if I remember rightly. But all that mattered was it was free to get in on a Sunday. It was packed! Met my first real love there (Linda Squire - hi there Linda!!). Ah, the memories, what I wouldn't give to be back in those days, 18 years old, whole life ahead of me, my health, with no worries. And big hair of course!!

    • @paulford2706
      @paulford2706 4 роки тому +2

      Camelot's in Doncaster had laser lights 81/82? Certainly one of first oop north!

    • @jackvanrixel7881
      @jackvanrixel7881 4 роки тому +3

      Nostalgic for that same period from Milwaukee

    • @paulford2706
      @paulford2706 4 роки тому +1

      @union310 think you need to look on a map.

    • @jeanettemac6214
      @jeanettemac6214 4 роки тому +3

      David S Was that in Coral Island? I used to go to Claire's when I lived in Torquay.

    • @willfade7994
      @willfade7994 4 роки тому +1

      David S I felt like I was at that club with you dancing under the laser lights just reading your story. I love dancing to this tune! Thank you for sharing!

  • @BUEAU
    @BUEAU Рік тому +14

    Love this song... That PPG synth lead cutting through the mix is epic with the punching horns underneath fantastic with Jimmy's vocals

  • @redlabel3977
    @redlabel3977 4 роки тому +40

    Gay or not , great song and a great album , evocative of the 80's .

  • @spudtrainspotting9149
    @spudtrainspotting9149 4 роки тому +34

    Jimmy somerville legend

  • @cyrilscholz1972
    @cyrilscholz1972 2 роки тому +22

    Brings back the good memories of the 80ies. I remember this in 1984 as if it had been yesterday.

    • @nativetexanful
      @nativetexanful Рік тому +2

      Those sure were better times. I just don't know what went wrong.

    • @DannyKatz-cy4ku
      @DannyKatz-cy4ku 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@nativetexanfulwokeness took over

    • @nativetexanful
      @nativetexanful 11 місяців тому

      @@DannyKatz-cy4ku So true.

  • @roberttripp1110
    @roberttripp1110 Рік тому +11

    Listening to this in 1984 was huge growing up as a teen and it’s still great😂

  • @kevinsbikingadventures278
    @kevinsbikingadventures278 3 роки тому +75

    Today is our 2nd wedding anniversary. And this song takes me back to the days leading up to the wedding thinking about how far we've come to finally have our gay relationship accepted and recognized!

    • @Ilethsamael
      @Ilethsamael 3 роки тому +6

      This should be cheered for way more. We came a long way but we are acting like not being straight is shunned upon. We moved way forward and we should remember with pride

    • @avjb1872
      @avjb1872 3 роки тому

      eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww

    • @nom3nnescio
      @nom3nnescio 3 роки тому +5

      yeah, in your coyntry. but the battle is not over! death penalty is real in many countries

    • @andregonsalvez9244
      @andregonsalvez9244 2 роки тому +5

      @@nom3nnescio How true especially in Islamic countries and Middle Eastern countries as well.

    • @nom3nnescio
      @nom3nnescio 2 роки тому +1

      @@andregonsalvez9244 yes! you're right.

  • @bradleythomas27
    @bradleythomas27 2 роки тому +54

    The horns in this are fantastic! An instrument rarely heard in todays music nor the last 20 or so years but back in the late 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s OH so common.

    • @RandomNonsense1985
      @RandomNonsense1985 10 місяців тому +2

      Sure they’re not fake synth horns? There was a lot of that in the 80s.

    • @BossySwan
      @BossySwan 8 місяців тому

      Probably a Fairlight sample

  • @TheDaniiella15
    @TheDaniiella15 4 роки тому +20

    I just found Bronksi Beat a few months ago, let me tell you he made me feel PROUD.
    Thanks for not being afraid in that moment.

    • @ermthewerm
      @ermthewerm 3 роки тому +1

      Ciao Daniella I loved your comment are you Italian ?

    • @TheDaniiella15
      @TheDaniiella15 3 роки тому

      @@ermthewerm No, I am from Costa Rica

    • @ermthewerm
      @ermthewerm 3 роки тому

      La purra vita !!! Are u single ???

    • @jimmysomerville8833
      @jimmysomerville8833 3 роки тому +1

      I want to specially appreciate your well wishes and support for me . Thanks for the love and care. nice comment on my post, it means alot to me . I want you to send me a direct message via Hangouts using my personal email that will be indicated below. Also endeavor to add your name to the text so I can know you are the one texting because I don't respond unnecessary messages.
      Hangouts mail: jimmysomervilleprivateaccess@gmail.com

  • @phillipphillippson8456
    @phillipphillippson8456 3 роки тому +35

    I’m a straight male and I love Bronski Beat

    • @larsgottlieb
      @larsgottlieb 3 місяці тому +1

      Yup, same

    • @qqqqqqqezo
      @qqqqqqqezo 3 місяці тому

      scassato

    • @a.tanner8524
      @a.tanner8524 Місяць тому

      Why do you need to state you’re straight?

    • @SmartRobot-wc2fb
      @SmartRobot-wc2fb 28 днів тому

      ​@@a.tanner8524 Probably because younger generations think only gay teens/people loved Bronski Beat back in the day...which is not true at all...these were mainstream hits then unlike some would think...

    • @585bird
      @585bird 23 дні тому

      Me too! Absolutely great song !

  • @SkyEcho7
    @SkyEcho7 5 років тому +35

    Incredible voice ♥

  • @cyndih1993
    @cyndih1993 8 місяців тому +8

    Not only is this an incredibly socially powerful piece of music for its era it's one of the greatest running songs of all time . I used this constantly for my interval Hill training

  • @quirkypurple
    @quirkypurple 4 роки тому +15

    Just discovering this now. I've always loved Smalltown Boy for years but never thought to just to listen to their other work. There are so many bands where there biggest hit isnt nesscessarily their best and I enjoy Somerville's kind of falsetto singing style. Its a change from Dave Gahans and Jim Morrisons bartione style.
    This sounds pretty good. Might listen to an album.

  • @alucan2991
    @alucan2991 2 роки тому +15

    RIP Steve Bronski and thanks for the music. Smalltown Boy is our coming out anthem. Why is another great one. I came out with my college friends in 1986 with music from Marc Almond/Soft Cell, Erasure, The Pet Shop Boys, Dead or Alive, New Order, The Cure, Depeche Mode and, of course, Bronski Beat. Their music was integral to our experience. So very sad to hear this news but these songs will live on for centuries.

    • @kevinprior3549
      @kevinprior3549 11 місяців тому

      How did the AIDS thing effect you? As that started up about the same time you came out?

    • @SmartRobot-wc2fb
      @SmartRobot-wc2fb 11 місяців тому

      ​@@kevinprior3549When bands like the Culture Club or Bronski Beat came out there was already some information on HIV/AIDS and the need to protect yourself from it with a condom. Sadly, many people had already been infected and were dying. These sort of bands were crucial into conveying a message that was important to bring down gender/sexual orientation barriers...

  • @publicpitchblendeorg
    @publicpitchblendeorg 4 роки тому +16

    Voice of an Angel

  • @jeanbaptistejuan7112
    @jeanbaptistejuan7112 5 місяців тому +4

    I'm gay and this song speaks to me. Thank you, love always win ! ❤❤❤

  • @kyla3635
    @kyla3635 4 роки тому +12

    Heard this song in a retail store and I wasn't expecting that voice to come out of this guy's mouth.

  • @ermthewerm
    @ermthewerm 3 роки тому +10

    And just a footnote on this song ,these musicians and these song writers are absolutely gifted human beings . some songs are completely perfect !!! it’s like they’re taken out of thin air in their entirety And they’re perfect . this happens to be one of those songs , it’s perfect.

  • @massivaleks
    @massivaleks 3 роки тому +4

    can you tell me what this video means?
    at the supermarket, while Jimmy works as a butcher, Steve and Larry try to do their shopping, including a bomb, but the cashier, under a god-figure's instructions, refuses their banknote
    then men in suits (including the homophobic diver bully from 'Smalltown Boy' video) are beamed down from the sky and take the band to a mock trial that to seems to see them guilty of a crime and sentences them to forced labor
    Steve and Larry have to roll a gigantic hamster wheel while Jimmy tends to the boiler, but he escapes and flies the forced workers free while God approves
    everyone celebrates this newfound freedom while Jimmy roots for West Ham United (what's his actual favourite team?)
    in the end Bronski Beat is turned into statues, sad!
    was that a dream or a nightmare?

    • @Ignatius1972
      @Ignatius1972 3 роки тому +1

      I always thought this was directed by Derek Jarman, coz has that 80s punk visuals (propositaly trashy aesthetic, signals of the Left - factories, working class people against powerful and distant "men of Justice", the angels, shirtless men, etc). Look at The Smiths' The Queen is Dead/Ask, it's a Sin (pet shop boys) and Easterhouse and Marianne Faithful vids. And full length Jarman's films too. But there's none Bronskie Beat video listed as directed by him🤔

  • @algriecrue9956
    @algriecrue9956 6 років тому +21

    🇫🇷👍Ma bonne époque et déjà 45 ans que le temps passe vite.🇫🇷👍idyllique.😢

    • @mohamedbenferha3665
      @mohamedbenferha3665 5 років тому +1

      et oui 45 trop vite on écoutait ça en boite qd on était mineur ou à la radio à 11 en voiture ;)

    • @isabelled.1982
      @isabelled.1982 5 років тому

      Pareil...

    • @hectorlabbe
      @hectorlabbe 4 роки тому

      35 ans pas 45... 1983 !

    • @andrewfletcher1341
      @andrewfletcher1341 3 роки тому +1

      Sois fière d avoir vécu cette époque, estime toi comme une privilégiée

  • @JJJennings007
    @JJJennings007 4 роки тому +58

    I’m straight and love them!

    • @maxwellsmart6487
      @maxwellsmart6487 3 роки тому +1

      Age of CONSENT*🏹✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
      Shot for the stars and
      Made it!!

    • @TheBoots72
      @TheBoots72 3 роки тому +3

      Why wouldn't you ???

    • @Jamesp1972
      @Jamesp1972 3 роки тому +2

      So what?

    • @Editorvid
      @Editorvid 3 роки тому +2

      Music has no gender, so ok.👍🏻👍🏻

  • @boudusaved4719
    @boudusaved4719 10 місяців тому +4

    You and me together fighting for our love
    You and me together fighting for our love
    You and me together fighting for our love
    YOU AND ME TOGETHER FIGHTING FOR OUR LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!

  • @PikeBishop14
    @PikeBishop14 Рік тому +6

    One of the most bangin' dance song ever.
    RIP Steve Bronski you absolute LEGEND of a man and artist.

  • @Donna.M
    @Donna.M 6 років тому +13

    I miss all the amazing albums you released. This band helped me through so much great band. Love you guys 👍👏💞

    • @benjaminsidneykidd-bentley3966
      @benjaminsidneykidd-bentley3966 5 років тому +3

      I got more education from this man no matter what group he was in, he taught me to be true to my feelings. Now I am and have. I'm the happiest I've ever been!
      It's time to pick our flags and Prides need to become a political battle ground again. This countries human rights are on a course of direct conflict. Time to stop just partying... time to march again
      With love and Pride, Forever on and on !

  • @CoreyChambersLA
    @CoreyChambersLA Рік тому +2

    Very thankful that I had the chance to interview these guys, pioneers in pro-gay music.

  • @seanpower7910
    @seanpower7910 4 роки тому +6

    My mum's favourite singers remember her blasting Jimmy Summerville out on VHS TAPES cleaning house lol

  • @bfr1955
    @bfr1955 3 роки тому +3

    Que dire si ce n'est que c'est excellent , c'est pour ça que si je pouvais je reviendrais en arrière ⏪ ,plus rien de bien aujourd'hui sniff , nostalgie quand tu nous tiens

  • @corinneh1403
    @corinneh1403 3 роки тому +11

    Jimmy Somerville, voix incomparable. Génial

  • @ChrissyJack
    @ChrissyJack 2 роки тому +9

    RIP Steve Bronski this music will live forever

  • @DarrenMitton
    @DarrenMitton 2 роки тому +5

    I didn't know at the time that this album came out why it stirred-up emotions in me.

  • @clevlandblock
    @clevlandblock 4 роки тому +5

    Just saw on old 80's movie shootout set to this music. It worked. (Avenging Angel-1985).

  • @elege1589
    @elege1589 4 роки тому +8

    Desde chile cuando la música era de verdad alegría y diversión y encanto por el baile saludos gracias

  • @kathy1001
    @kathy1001 4 роки тому +9

    I heard this song in Macy's the other day. It brought back good memories. I love this song!!!!!!!!

    • @michaeltba9062
      @michaeltba9062 4 роки тому +1

      I feel old when I realise the hard core songs from this era I now hear at the supermarkets these days.

    • @kathy1001
      @kathy1001 4 роки тому +1

      @@michaeltba9062 I'm into these hard core songs more now then I was then. So I don't feel old hearing these songs.

  • @Themaschera
    @Themaschera 11 місяців тому +4

    Still listening in 2023...songs like this never get old

  • @jonathanmosca6090
    @jonathanmosca6090 2 роки тому +3

    This video turned me British.

  • @georgebg639
    @georgebg639 4 роки тому +5

    I come directly from a great movie called: "Avenging Angel 2 1985". Donna Wilkes does not repeat the role of ANGEL, in this second part she is replaced by a beautiful woman "Betsy Russell" without a doubt a great action / cult movie from the wonderful 80s. The saga has 4 parts

    • @DEREKinNYC
      @DEREKinNYC 4 роки тому +2

      I discovered this song in that movie as well. One thing about eighties movies is that great music was featured in them.

  • @wyrksi
    @wyrksi 2 роки тому +3

    Sad to read that Jimmy is the only band member still alive. 💔

  • @Peter_LiveMusic
    @Peter_LiveMusic 2 роки тому +5

    RIP Steve Bronski
    Thanks for the beat.

  • @veetikurt5018
    @veetikurt5018 4 роки тому +8

    Hey this was on a Peugeot 205 commercial

    • @LibraJohnny
      @LibraJohnny 3 роки тому

      Indeed. And "Smalltown Boy" was used later for a SNCF commercial.