This song and their song Never Can Say Goodbye were absolutely guaranteed to fill up the dance floor past max capacity in 1986. Impossible not to dance to. Thanks for the calorie burn I just did! 😛💃
I remember meeting Jimmy Summerville in Paris at a club, La Luna in the 80s. I was extremely shy in front of him, and he was so nice. He bought me a drink and we danced together. One of the most beautiful days of my life. ...
I went to school with Richard Coles. Imagine my surprise when about 5 years later I saw him on TV. I knew he played piano but had no idea how well he played it. This was such an iconic song.
What a great way to come back! This was a popular song on the dance floor in my clubbing days in the 80's. I also really love Thelma Houston's version. Glad your back JoVaughn!
Welcome back! Best way to get back on track is with an 80s banger! It’s a cover of an old disco number by Thelma Houston and was a huge hit in 86 after Bronski Beat. You got his name right! He can still hit those notes too.
Just a bit o' trivia. The guy playing the piano is Richard Coles. AKA The Reverand Richard Coles-an actual Anglican vicar. He joined the church after his time in the band. He still does stand-up and appears on TV panel shows as a sideline.
Jimmy Sommerville has one of the most recognizable countertenor voices on the planet. I've always enjoyed listening to him. "Smalltown Boy," "You Make Me Feel," "Hurts So Good," and "Why" are some of my personal faves. Say what you will about the lyrics and the meanings of a quite a few of his songs, the beat and the musicality is hard to ignore.
This was a HUGE HIT back in '86. A sure dancefloor filler! One of the best dance songs of the entire decade! Pure 80s awesomeness!!!!!!! (Even though it's actually a cover from a 60s song which had already been covered by Thelma Houston in the 70s as a disco song) I absolutely LOVE this song still to this day and can't help but start dancing every time I hear it!
Good to see you back sir! You like Spandau Ballet i recall...please react to Through The Barricades...a very meaningful track and just great to listen to.👍👍
I love Jimmy's voice and the energy he puts into his music, it's so hard for me to sit still listening to this song but its painful to dance or move. Thank you so very much for playing this and I'm so glad it wasn't blocked as watching them dancing is a real treat. God bless you sweetheart, love hugs and peace Mary-Ellen UK
WOW(!)... you were so missed, and now you come back with this beauty! Thanks. Some gems for you to consider: O'jays - Love Train Pat Benatar - We Belong Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers The Jam - That's Entertainment New Order - Regret (which might be on your patreon site, but I would love for you to flip it over to this side).
This is a cover originally released 1975 by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and covered by Thelma Houston in 1976. The Communards came in a put an 80’s dance club twist on the song.
Looks like you got new digs! Glad to see you again. The original by Thelma Houston was huge in the 70s, so I was never sure why Communards remade it. Good, but of course I love the original.
One of the most energetic and enjoyable songs/videos I have ever heard and seen. And to add to it all, Sarah Jane Morris and her rich contralto voice , wow. One of my favourite songs by Sarah is Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs Jones"
Richard Cole’s the piano player is now a vicar in the UK and is well known radio broadcaster on the BBC. Tenuously he went to same school as me but left years before I started.
This was a MASSIVE hit and I still play it to this day! Never gets old. There's only 1 other song I never stopped playing and that's Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield
Good to have you back. One of my favourite 80s club songs. I love the counterpoint between Jimmy's falsetto and Sarah Jane's deep contralto. Great song to get me moving!
They were on Top of the Pops which was renowned for not letting bands sing live and had to mime so halfway through the song they swapped parts,she sang his lyrics and he sang hers it was so funny
Love this band & BRONSKI BEAT! & YOUR CHANNEL!! Hope all is very well with you!!!🌟😊💜🌺✨🙏 Hit that perfect beat boy, is another awesome song of his! ✨✨✨✨
Jimmy Somerville has so many great songs in Bronski Beat, The Communards, and as a solo singer. Small Town Boy, Why, Love To Love You, It Ain’t Necessarily So, I Feel Love, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) and many more.
That's one of the best versions of this song, which has been covered by a lot of people. If you haven't reviewed it yet, consider doing the original version by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Teddy Pendergrass lead singer) Also the version done by Dami Im on X Factor Australia about 8 years ago was really good.
welcome back i missed your reactions!! i remember dancing to this at school discos in secondary school.the bit where it breaks and they go high i used to spin around. in america a lot of the older artists got training from being in the school choir or church.we don't have that in the uk well not to the degree the us does we do have performing arts school in london were adele,amy winehouse,katy b,jessie j etc went.so i don't know that jimmy had training esp as he would've had to leave scotland. there's a vid on here of a busker singing his song he walks by with his dog and joins in.he's still got it 30 yrs later. please do ub40-food for thought,1 in 10. fuse odg-million pound girl,dangerous love.the vid with the 2 dancers.the girl has her hair up and a green dress. mis-teeq-scandelous,all i want katy b-lights on ft miss dynamite,crying for no reason. mr vegas-heads high kevin little-turn me on.
I love the energy of that song. I'm someone who has barely enough energy to get out of bed in the morning, but I can appreciate if other people do something good with theirs.
Jay! So lovely to have you back! I hope everything's slowly getting back together for you. We all need a break from time to time. Here's some suggestions for songs to listen to: 2010's plus: 'Walking On A Dream' Empire Of The Sun. 'I Lived' One Republic (powerful song and video). 90's/2000's: 'You've Got The Love' The Source ft Candi Staton. 'No Good (Start The Dance)' The Prodigy. 1970's/80's: "We'll Bring The House Down" - Slade. 'Why' - Carly Simon. 'Break My Stride' - Matthew Wilder. R&B/Hip Hop: 'Westside' - TQ 'Street Dreams (re-mix)' - Nas
Jayvee I've watched ur reacts so much time ago (4 or 5 years..?) but I subscribed to you now cause you had a lot influence on me and I love your reacts more than anyone's! say I never subscribed to youtube's channel before but you took me up so many times with all U got here.... hope U just continue and if I can help just let me know... by the way, great react
Welcome back! You were missed. You said you needed songs, here are 3 of my favorites: ELO’s You Shine a Light on My Life, The Church’s Under the Milky Way Tonight and The King’s Switchin to Glide.
Rev Richard Coles playing the piano. He’s just stopped being a vicar and has embarked on his third main career as a modern day Agatha Christie, writing crime fiction based on the happenings in a local vicarage.
Please listen to For a Friend" which is a single from the British pop duo The Communards taken from their 1987 album Red. The song is an emotional ballad and was written in the memory of Mark Ashton, a friend of Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles.
"Who wouldn't want that?" SO TRUE! You're such a good guy💯 Hey there is actually an 80s tune I'd love to see you do and I don't think any other reaction channel has featured it yet, "Goodbye to You" by Scandal, which was big on early MTV and is a quintessential 80s tune and video for me.
@@songbird989 She is! I lover her cover of "Downtown Train". I thought the video was cutting edge ahead of it's time. Bands Reunited did a great episode with Scandal...gosh has to be over 15 years ago now.
and... decades later... he still can sing the same way... he can hit the highs the same way he did over 30 years ago... just... BETTER! Jimmy Summerville was a huge influence on me as a young gay boy... and I had a major crush on him... and his voice just added to it!
This, as other commentators have said was after Jimmy left Bronski Beat. They continued without Jimmy for a while, They had a hit with "Hit That Perfect Beat" which was an upbeat dance number about trying to have fun despite the AIDS crisis. I love the combination of the deep female voice and the high male voice here. It sounds like nothing else. The Video is a bit on the nose. It's about hypocracy and oppression. Major themes for gay people in the 80s and are coming around again for trans people.
This song and their song Never Can Say Goodbye were absolutely guaranteed to fill up the dance floor past max capacity in 1986. Impossible not to dance to. Thanks for the calorie burn I just did! 😛💃
School,disco classic fkr me
Still guaranteed to get me dancing - especially after a few drinks!! Handbags in the middle, girls!! 🤣
Well now I don't feel quiet so lonely hearing that other people get the same reaction.
Absolutely! 🕺
100%. So much energy a real floor filler, you can’t help but feel good hearing this song!
I remember meeting Jimmy Summerville in Paris at a club, La Luna in the 80s. I was extremely shy in front of him, and he was so nice. He bought me a drink and we danced together. One of the most beautiful days of my life. ...
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Always loved the energy in this. Reverend Richard Coles on piano. Star in his own right 💙🎶✌️
I went to school with Richard Coles. Imagine my surprise when about 5 years later I saw him on TV. I knew he played piano but had no idea how well he played it. This was such an iconic song.
The Pianist is our local vicar :) Love this song! Sarah Jane Morris and Jimmy's voices are amazing together!
What a great way to come back! This was a popular song on the dance floor in my clubbing days in the 80's. I also really love Thelma Houston's version. Glad your back JoVaughn!
Totally agree with u. I think Thelma Houston did this much better.
@@sewforlife586 Lets not forget the great *original* from Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes.
Great to have you back
Welcome back!
Best way to get back on track is with an 80s banger! It’s a cover of an old disco number by Thelma Houston and was a huge hit in 86 after Bronski Beat. You got his name right! He can still hit those notes too.
I am glad everything is good welcome back😊
So glad you are back, as I worried about you!
Just a bit o' trivia. The guy playing the piano is Richard Coles. AKA The Reverand Richard Coles-an actual Anglican vicar. He joined the church after his time in the band. He still does stand-up and appears on TV panel shows as a sideline.
Jimmy Sommerville has one of the most recognizable countertenor voices on the planet. I've always enjoyed listening to him. "Smalltown Boy," "You Make Me Feel," "Hurts So Good," and "Why" are some of my personal faves. Say what you will about the lyrics and the meanings of a quite a few of his songs, the beat and the musicality is hard to ignore.
Isn't hurts so good done by John Mellencamp?
@@stevetici2668 :) Same title, totally different song.
Glad you're back. What a tune too!
This was a HUGE HIT back in '86. A sure dancefloor filler! One of the best dance songs of the entire decade! Pure 80s awesomeness!!!!!!! (Even though it's actually a cover from a 60s song which had already been covered by Thelma Houston in the 70s as a disco song) I absolutely LOVE this song still to this day and can't help but start dancing every time I hear it!
Good to have you back. Hope all is well.
This is a cover of a disco song by Thelma Houston, and was also a Harold Melvin and the blue notes. Great song
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!
I can't help it with this song. I've got to get up and dance. Every single time. If I'm driving in the car my butts moving in the seat.🎶📀😀❤️👍
Sound of my youth.....💚🍀🇮🇪
Welcome back! You were missed! 💙✌
I'd highly recommend The Communards cover of Never Can Say Goodbye. IMO better than the original & Bronski Beats Why & Hit That Perfect Beat!
Great song. Heard it recently sitting in a restaurant that plays a lot of 80s music.
We were missing your reactions... Funny how we got used to your regular youtube reaction notifications. ;-)
Good to see you back sir!
You like Spandau Ballet i recall...please react to Through The Barricades...a very meaningful track and just great to listen to.👍👍
Welcome back, Jovaughn! 💕
I was wondering why I wasn't getting any notifications from you. I was missing you kiddo!!!
Jayvee is such a soul brother, one of the absolutely most likable guys on all of UA-cam!
I love Jimmy's voice and the energy he puts into his music, it's so hard for me to sit still listening to this song but its painful to dance or move. Thank you so very much for playing this and I'm so glad it wasn't blocked as watching them dancing is a real treat. God bless you sweetheart, love hugs and peace Mary-Ellen UK
WOW(!)... you were so missed, and now you come back with this beauty! Thanks.
Some gems for you to consider:
O'jays - Love Train
Pat Benatar - We Belong
Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas
Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers
The Jam - That's Entertainment
New Order - Regret (which might be on your patreon site, but I would love for you to flip it over to this side).
Happy to see you back 🤗👍🎉
Glad you’re back. Missed you like a family friend. Keep listening.
Glad to see you back, I missed your videos!
I was a teen when this came out - loved it - I remember dancing to it in clubs - everyone would sing it 😊
This is a cover originally released 1975 by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and covered by Thelma Houston in 1976. The Communards came in a put an 80’s dance club twist on the song.
Looks like you got new digs! Glad to see you again. The original by Thelma Houston was huge in the 70s, so I was never sure why Communards remade it. Good, but of course I love the original.
The original is by Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes featuring Teddy Pendergrass. both great versions
One of the most energetic and enjoyable songs/videos I have ever heard and seen. And to add to it all, Sarah Jane Morris and her rich contralto voice , wow. One of my favourite songs by Sarah is Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs Jones"
Richard Cole’s the piano player is now a vicar in the UK and is well known radio broadcaster on the BBC. Tenuously he went to same school as me but left years before I started.
YEEES FINALLY CHECKING OUT THE COMMUNARDS!
Welcome back! Good to see you again.
Peace from SF
Missed you too don't forget all the list of stuff I been saving for you lol
This was a MASSIVE hit and I still play it to this day! Never gets old. There's only 1 other song I never stopped playing and that's Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield
Yup!
Two of my absolute favourite songs... I LOVE Moonlight Shadow. I think it's just a perfectly made song.
Welcome Back, never heard this version but thanks it’s definitely Cool
Tune!!! My dancing style was formed at this time.
Great choice for starting again 😁. This song always gives me plenty of energy and makes me wanna dance 🥳. Their two voices are so awesome as a duet!
Good to have you back. One of my favourite 80s club songs.
I love the counterpoint between Jimmy's falsetto and Sarah Jane's deep contralto.
Great song to get me moving!
The 70's and 80's were the Best time to experience Music..and just 💃 Dance!! Anybody else feel the same??
Hallo Jovaughn, good to have you back! Love your reactions to music I've been listening to for decades. Greetings from Germany!
Glad to see you again man missed your reactions and a great song to do 👍
They were on Top of the Pops which was renowned for not letting bands sing live and had to mime so halfway through the song they swapped parts,she sang his lyrics and he sang hers it was so funny
This has always been one of my favourite songs...just love this pairing...
Looks like a nice place Jay
Feel like I’m back in The Club back in the day💃💃💃
What a great track !!! And the ENERGY. My feets are dancing under the desk 😁
Love this band & BRONSKI BEAT! & YOUR CHANNEL!! Hope all is very well with you!!!🌟😊💜🌺✨🙏
Hit that perfect beat boy, is another awesome song of his! ✨✨✨✨
Nothing but positive energy on tis channel
Please do some Alison Moyet, '' Love Ressurection '' is a great one, she has a beautiful unique voice. ❤
Also I love this song it’s a classic at this point
Jimmy Somerville has so many great songs in Bronski Beat, The Communards, and as a solo singer. Small Town Boy, Why, Love To Love You, It Ain’t Necessarily So, I Feel Love, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) and many more.
I always loved his version of the BeeGees' "To love somebody"
That's one of the best versions of this song, which has been covered by a lot of people. If you haven't reviewed it yet, consider doing the original version by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Teddy Pendergrass lead singer) Also the version done by Dami Im on X Factor Australia about 8 years ago was really good.
I agree with you!
Yes pls do the original signer. I love the song, but not this version. Some song are not meant to be redone. Thanks for your reaction!
Loved this as a child and still do
I haven’t heard this song for decades. Thanks for bringing it back!
Welcome back 👍 the specials AKA Blank expression 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
This man is such a lovely guy, absolutely love him.
Yeah.. bring me back to my clubbing days in the 80s.... set the dancefloor on fire
welcome back i missed your reactions!!
i remember dancing to this at school discos in secondary school.the bit where it breaks and they go high i used to spin around.
in america a lot of the older artists got training from being in the school choir or church.we don't have that in the uk well not to the degree the us does we do have performing arts school in london were adele,amy winehouse,katy b,jessie j etc went.so i don't know that jimmy had training esp as he would've had to leave scotland.
there's a vid on here of a busker singing his song he walks by with his dog and joins in.he's still got it 30 yrs later.
please do ub40-food for thought,1 in 10.
fuse odg-million pound girl,dangerous love.the vid with the 2 dancers.the girl has her hair up and a green dress.
mis-teeq-scandelous,all i want
katy b-lights on ft miss dynamite,crying for no reason.
mr vegas-heads high
kevin little-turn me on.
Great too have you back man and a great tune from my day jimmy has such a powerful voice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊👌🏻🏴
I love this, my favourite is = So cold the night ☺️ I think you'll like that one. I just love his voice.
I love the energy of that song. I'm someone who has barely enough energy to get out of bed in the morning, but I can appreciate if other people do something good with theirs.
Great music.
"For a friend" from Communards is also great.
Jay! So lovely to have you back! I hope everything's slowly getting back together for you. We all need a break from time to time.
Here's some suggestions for songs to listen to:
2010's plus:
'Walking On A Dream' Empire Of The Sun.
'I Lived' One Republic (powerful song and video).
90's/2000's:
'You've Got The Love' The Source ft Candi Staton.
'No Good (Start The Dance)' The Prodigy.
1970's/80's:
"We'll Bring The House Down" - Slade.
'Why' - Carly Simon.
'Break My Stride' - Matthew Wilder.
R&B/Hip Hop:
'Westside' - TQ
'Street Dreams (re-mix)' - Nas
It's so good to see you back! Hope you're enjoying your new place...💕
Good to see you back x
This takes me back👍❤
Takes me back to all those 80s school discos! Along with Yazz “The Only Way is Up” - worth a reaction if you haven’t already.
Welcome back, with an absolute banger!!
Love this, TY 🌟
Love this song! Welcome back! This a great cover.
Jayvee I've watched ur reacts so much time ago (4 or 5 years..?) but I subscribed to you now cause you had a lot influence on me and I love your reacts more than anyone's! say I never subscribed to youtube's channel before but you took me up so many times with all U got here.... hope U just continue and if I can help just let me know... by the way, great react
Welcome back! You were missed. You said you needed songs, here are 3 of my favorites: ELO’s You Shine a Light on My Life, The Church’s Under the Milky Way Tonight and The King’s Switchin to Glide.
Rev Richard Coles playing the piano. He’s just stopped being a vicar and has embarked on his third main career as a modern day Agatha Christie, writing crime fiction based on the happenings in a local vicarage.
Im glade you like one of my all time favourite songs takes my back to the 80s dance floors something i miss so much
Great to see you back and upgraded your background…have you moved Jay? Thanks for your positive vibes! ❤️
Was wondering if you were OK? Glad you're back.
AWESOME COVER VERSION!!! I loved it! 👍👍👍👍👍
Please listen to For a Friend" which is a single from the British pop duo The Communards taken from their 1987 album Red. The song is an emotional ballad and was written in the memory of Mark Ashton, a friend of Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles.
Welcome back mate. Jimmy has a lot of floor fillers. If you haven’t already try:
You Are My World, and So Cold The Night.
You'll never forget this song...
This was a great song to dance to in the clubs, and there were some great extended remixes.
Welcome back
Good to see you back, Jovaughn! Suggestion: Kate Bush - "Breathing"... it's phenomenal!
Welcome Back, man! This is the absolutely fabulous song to return to!
"Who wouldn't want that?" SO TRUE!
You're such a good guy💯
Hey there is actually an 80s tune I'd love to see you do and I don't think any other reaction channel has featured it yet, "Goodbye to You" by Scandal, which was big on early MTV and is a quintessential 80s tune and video for me.
Both that song and band are fabulous! And Patty Smyth is an awesome singer!
@@songbird989 She is! I lover her cover of "Downtown Train". I thought the video was cutting edge ahead of it's time. Bands Reunited did a great episode with Scandal...gosh has to be over 15 years ago now.
Oh, I love Goodbye to You!
Welcome back. Communalism are amazing for sure.
Jimmy Sommerville’s vocals remind me so much of Erasure’s Andy Bell. Both have angelic sopranos.
If you like Jimmy's vocals, please check out his "For a Friend."
Beautiful song, reminded me of an old friend who died last year
@@qtredhead Wow, I also lost a friend last year as well.
A couple of 80s suggestions for you The Waterboys The Whole Of The Moon, Aztec Camera Somewhere In My Heart and Prefab Sprout The King Of Rock n Roll
Went to see the Communards live in 1987 UK.. incredible !
and... decades later... he still can sing the same way... he can hit the highs the same way he did over 30 years ago... just... BETTER! Jimmy Summerville was a huge influence on me as a young gay boy... and I had a major crush on him... and his voice just added to it!
This is a cover. A great cover
Formally known as Bronski Beat,you reviewed Smalltown Boy..Nice to see you back too! This is also a cover version..
This, as other commentators have said was after Jimmy left Bronski Beat. They continued without Jimmy for a while, They had a hit with "Hit That Perfect Beat" which was an upbeat dance number about trying to have fun despite the AIDS crisis. I love the combination of the deep female voice and the high male voice here. It sounds like nothing else. The Video is a bit on the nose. It's about hypocracy and oppression. Major themes for gay people in the 80s and are coming around again for trans people.
Love your new room. 😎