The Communards - For A Friend (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Taken from the album "Red" released 1987
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This is an anthem for anyone who has lost someone, gay or straight. We are all human, equal and entitled to love and to be loved.
Exactly
That's right. It's a haunting melody and words
It's an Anthem for someone who put his belief above his own, the work for Equality & helped the Miners Strike in 1984. Most likely a group of men whom many never felt true empathy for LGBTQ until they meet him. Realizing it's Us vs. The System.
In memory of my dear friend Christopher Loveless 1961-2015😢😢
@@adrianh332 sorry for your loss 💗
I don't care that I'm not gay this is incredible music . This songs about losing someone you love whether gay or straight. Respect to the songwriters and to Jimmy . Masterpiece
100% agree, this is one of those songs that anyone at some point can relate to
@@adamridley7634 a heartfelt, poignant and beautiful song. It immediately transports me back 35 or so years, to a tragic event. A young lad we worked with, who had just turned 18, died at the hands of his parents, through physical and mental abuse and neglect. He had not long confided what was happening to him, and steps were being taken, by his employer and work colleagues to remove him from his nightmare situation. He sadly died over the Christmas period from hypothermia and from other factors related to the abuse suffered. Brings tears to my eyes and painful memories come flooding back, on hearing this song. How do the very people that should have loved and cared for him, betray him so awfully with their vile behaviour,
@@markford2988 Thats terrible mate, hopefully karma has paid a visit to his excuse of parents. It's a beautiful song though. My mother used to play it a lot when I was a kid in the 80s and just rediscovered it, didn't realise what a gem it is.
@@adamridley7634Thanks mate. I agree with your sentiment about Karma paving them a visit. Still a beautiful song though.
This song haunted me in 1989. I was 26 and everyone around me started to die from AIDS. I felt like it was only a matter of time. This music highlights the sad, sad horror of all the joy and beauty that was lost. Still make me cry at 56...
I knew one of the first cases in NYC. In 1978. He died in 1982. By 1990, I knew 100's that died. 2021, no one talks about AIDS. It still kills. 😔
Feel your pain hun..never forgotten xxx
@@zyxw2024 AIDS was vicious, treacherous and a very mean virus that wiped out gay men around the globe. The first AIDS case I knew passed in 1983 and from there it went rampant killing gay men by the thousands. It was like this, hypothetically: you were diagnosed today and 6 months to a year you were dead. This happened to many friends who lived in New York City and a few other cities. This virus literally destroyed many gay communities around the world. With modern technology we have medicine that can manage and quell the virus in place. When I saw the AIDS quilt in Washington, DC it was a very depressing site for me and brought back painful memories.
You are not alone ❤ sending love
It's okay to cry... and to love anyone and PLEASE hug yourself once a day... please do it...it works...xxx
As beautiful 35 years on as it was in 1987/88. One of the finest songs ever ❤
The song is as beautiful but the reason behind it is not, especially for those now nursing kids to their death. My mum quite as an auxy after nursing a kid to their death when she thought that we had moved on from this. Sadly it seems not. My greatest fear is that we repeat the mistakes that we made back then.
@@Dermacrosis so sorry, the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,. guess, beside death, the beauty of this song is hope! Bless you!
The first thing that gets me about this song is the mesmerising piano of the Reverend Richard Coles, so often a musical partner as well as a friend of Jimmy's. Then of course that iconic voice of Jimmy Somerville.
Hes a lying maggot
Just watched 'Pride' , and found this, I'm brought to tears. Its the anniversary of my partner Clint who passed on this day 37 years ago..
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Big hugs ❤❤
I felt a need to play this song moments after my Dad died, I was only 17 and that was 35 years ago. Playing it again and I just sob, this is a song for all those loved and lost, a painful work of art.
what can I say one great singer that came out of Glasgow the voice of a angel simply the nest
Best
Literally the hardest song to listen to. Always makes me cry.
30 years since my baby boy died today. Love you angel..and for all our brothers and sisters that died way too early in the 80s and early 90s...RIP beautiful souls. Never forgotten.
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Thought are without although belated. X
with love my friends
How good is this song? What a voice. What a performer. Sublime.
Even being a straight man, this song makes your eyes a little more wet than usual. Totally awesome.
Most of his fans are straight
Every time
In memory of Johnny dead at 18 in 1991 after a car crash. He'd just properly come out and was having the time of his life with his first boyfriend. I still have his letters to me but can't erase the memories of his mum collapsing, beside herself with grief, at his funeral. Rest easy beautiful boy. You were so loved darling.
Crying now. All the love beautiful person ❤️
@@TheRobby1971 thank you xx
Put so lovely Nikki.
@@paradise8876 thank you..he was very special to me xx
Was his name John Terry?
This is an absolute masterpiece. I have this on vinyl, I think.
100% Agree
In memory of Mark Ashton - May he rest in peace. ( jimmy wrote this song in his memory)
Just watched pride for the tenth time, showed to sone straight friends they loved the film! As a gay community in the U.K. we owe mark a huge debt!
Just watched Pride for the 2nd time .. so sad .. so poignant .. a beautiful song for a beautiful person Mark Ashton x x
@Ford Ford so glad you enjoyed the film, everyone is different and you’re already brave for coming out! Many do not! I came out in 1992 it was a much different world!
@@NorthernFella Straight son of a Yorkshire Miner, loved "Pride" love this song. So heartfelt. Didn't know the connection to Mark Ashton. Genuine kick in the feels to a 54 year old "bloke"
@@Sparks127 Ah Indeed, I never realised the connection til I saw the film, Always liked the song. There's an interview on TVAM where he is talking about and the two presenters are so uncomfortable. I am glad things have changed.
R.I.P. Mark Ashton. A hero and inspiration.
Song about Marc Ashton - to all the fallen friends we all had in the 80s, playing this for you today x
I miss you my beautiful wife, Fran I didn't know pain like this was real, I never knew what missing someone ment till now. My heart is broken my soul shattered... I can't do this without you
You can.
She would want it.
One step after the other.
One day after the other.
Don't give up, my friend.🤗
Fran would want you to move on but never forgetting her and your time together. Stay strong.
You can as she sees you dear one.
Aww so sorry for your loss be strong 💜💜🇮🇪
A beautiful song, sung with such Grace by a wonderful singer. Don't ever change Jimmy.
Such a touching song resonates to many for many reasons ❤
I recently watched a BBC documentary about AIDS and this song featured. It tingled a memory somewhere, but I hadn’t heard for it years. An absolutely beautiful song that makes me think of all those who lost their lives to AIDS, and others who lost their lives. I can’t listen without shedding a tear.
I am guessing it was AIDS: The Unheard Tapes.
It was a very difficult watch for me as I was alive at the time and so know why there was the scramble to record as many stories as possible and how the people willing to record their stories were in the minority so we lost the stories of a lot of people. That makes the recorded stories even more precious.
Yes, that’s right. It was a really powerful documentary.
Shit. I know it’s not the done thing to respond to one’s own comment. But hey, what the heck. I fucking love this song. It’s a perfect document of a bygone era, in terms of the challenges we faced, and the music. It is, most definitely, the perfect ballad. If I’m ever invited onto Desert Island Discs, I will wholeheartedly choose this as a disc.
Love to you all.
I recently discovered that documentary on iPlayer. It was truly awful how these men were treated, they did absolutely nothing wrong yet were treated so awfully. I’m happy society has moved on
when my time arrives, will be sad on my part, but will give a smile in living through the magical 80s as a teenager... what fantastic days. world and music was different tnen.
I listen to this song often...the love ❤ of my life passed away 9 months ago on our 21st wedding anniversary . He was not only my best friend, he was my only friend. When we were together we didn't need anybody else. He was my everything.
It is so hard to carry on without him in my life. Although when I hear this song it is so emotional yet I feel closer to him, my heart reaches out to my beloved man ❤❤❤❤
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Lots of love darling xx
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A song like this can help you to grieve hopefully. Cry those tears... 😢
He feels the same I'm sure, xx
This is one song guaranteed to make me cry and choke-up every time!
I’m watching this and crying now thinking of my best friend who died a few years after this song was released. I think this year has been a rough time for so many people.
@@jasonreed2644 I hope 2021 is a better year for you.
Jimmy and Richard Cole made some brilliant 80’s tunes. This is probably the best. A true anthem. Absolutely love it.
Paul, you're so right!
A beautiful song for a very brave man who helped to lead the way
Yes Mark was a hero!
For all the beautiful souls we lost.💛💛💛
This song will forever remind me if losing my dear mum , I was only 19 still hurts 32 years later to have had her such a short time x love to anyone who has lost someone ❤️🙏
You don't have to be LGBTQ+ to appreciate the relevance of this song. My thoughts are with you Mary x
I am so sorry for your loss and wish you well.
A wonderful, tragically sad song, with excellent work on the keys by Richard Coles. And Jimmy Somerville's voice needs no introduction. R.I.P. Mark Ashton x
It's an amazing song, the vocal, the piano, the message... just beautiful
The absolute go-to song when you've lost someone. That's why I'm here today.
Or even if you haven’t,but for what might have been in life earlier.
My best friend in this life sadly died and days before he dedicated this song to his life long friend as he walked away from my house I never saw him again it was the last thing he said to me and when I hear this song that memory of him comes back such a perfect lyric for a perfect person I miss you baffy and so does johno who the song was dedicated to.
Love you mate 💙
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same thing happened to me my best friend died in a car crash 30 mins after leaving my house that was 12 years ago and it still hurts but we have happy memories of her and silly little things remind me of her and I smile ❤
That's respect to a friend ✌
For my love who decided not stay in this world and left it, a man of passion who could not see past the immediacy of his feelings ❤️
Dedicated to my step dad who passed away in july29th 2020. Due to covid I wasn't allowed to say goodbye in person 😢 I gotca phone call telling me he'd passed away peacefully in his sleep. I hope my mum was proud of me as she asked me before she passed away in October 2015.thst id look after my step dad. I kept my word for her when other family members wouldn't 💔😥
Alison , they will always be proud of you ❤.
@@tonymarshall5815 aww thank you x ironic as my step dads surname was Marshall
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Alison I'm so sorry for your loss. I too have lost a fantastic father and Mother and honestly a truely wonderful step dad. I feel blessed. Sending love your way and my condolences. Stay safe. X p. S. She knows you kept your word......
@@oldandnew1234 thank you xx im sorry for your loss too x
just 100% iconic haunting ballad. Jimmy just smashed it. beautiful, important, relevant pop perfection.
Such a beautiful piece of music writern with such empathy and heart felt lyrics,you can really feel the pain and loss in Jimmy's voice
This song has such strong memories and emotions, I borrowed a cassette of Red from a friend and we lost touch, I later had a letter from his mum to say he had died at the age of 21 from Diabetes. I still have that cassette, the memories and the emotions, such a great song. God bless Mark Roberts RIP
I loved all of Jimmy's music but this one still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it, pure love for his friend, 😢🙏🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Que du grand Jimmy Somerville, comment ne pas être Love..?
Simply beautiful. A document of the particular time and place in which it was written for so many, and a sad, poignant piece of 80s pop for us who weren't. Red is still one of my favourite albums of that time.
Not heard this song in years, so haunting, powerful and moving 💖
Such a strong chord progression backed by the swing in the hihats. Then, with restrain, a sax at the end. So good.......
My grief,still as raw as the day God called my beloved Mum seven years ago….this song is the most hardest but the most beautiful ever written and it still makes me cry every time! Miss you Mum. Love you always. X
"God called". What's his/her/its phone number?
I lost my mum 20 years ago this year and not a day goes by that I don't think about her.. I miss her so much..this song is an absolute classic love it x sending my love to you ❤️
You think that’s a funny remark? Well I’m not laughing! Fool.!!
@@dreamer33ish You're not alone Lynda, I lost my beloved dad 7 years ago also. I miss him so so much, the pain coils round my gut and constricts my throat. I'm sending you a big hug over the Internet. 🤗
From someone who understands.
@@sandgrownun66 One day sometime in the future you will lose someone dear to you, when that happens I hope you remember writing your inappropriate comment and feel regret at your behaviour.
If anyone ever needed convincing what a beautiful voice Jimmy has then look no further. A beautiful poignant tribute to a dear friend!
beautiful underrated song
That’s so true - it doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. I thought it might have been used in the series It’s A Sin - that would’ve had the audience in even more tears.
I rediscovered this amazing song whilst watching the BBC documentary AIDS: Unheard tapes. Brilliant! I laughed and cried in equal measure. It brought back the memories of the loss and hatred (especially from the tabloid press) at that time.
I watched it to, it is a difficult watch to those of use who grew up at the time. I also laughed and cried.
Sadly it wasn't just the tabloid press it was also the televised news, and the attitude in general.
Same reason I’m here. Such an excellent documentary
@@blahblog4322 I can't argue on that one. Though I do remember the original release.
What still saddens me is that we have lost the people and their life stories and so helping us all grow.
My, then, local hospital was considering opening an "A.I.D.S" ward, but thanks to the moronic nursing unions of the time, all nursing staff had to volunteer despite the fact it was known in the NHS at the time how it H.I.V could be passed on.
My mum was one of the first to ask for a transfer to the ward, and she was "only" an axillary nurse.
what an emotion. this is so sad and tender at the same time,. Every time I Listen to it I cry thinking to all the victims of Hiv.... so young....so full of life.... and I think to an age of innocence that will never come back....
Lost recently my beloved god mother to Alzheimer’s. Can’t listen this without bursting in tears. Life goes on with or without it’s sad moments.😢
Love Jimmy, he’s my favourite. Thank you for your music. 🙏❤️😘
beautiful tender song 🌹
How Beautiful is This Man Voice❤❤❤❤
Such a wonderful and complete experience: music - lyrics - video.
From a lost time when the music used to provide the atmosphere, the lyrics the story while the video accompanied your dreams... all of them having a purpose... from a lost time...
Well put. Music used to be magic.
I wonder where in England it was filmed, the street scenes in particular. Would be interesting to see a making-of, but I guess there isn't one and I wonder if the scenes or any more footage even exits anymore, I'm guessing its director Andy Morahan would know this.
@@felinefanII it was mainly filmed in rotherhyde
@@morleywhite911 Thank you !
Can't believe this was so long ago now, 32 years. Wonder why there wasn't a making-of for this video, it would've been fun to see. Perhaps some cut bits still exist from the filming locations, a kind of time capsule if found today.
I read these words out in my Mother's funeral. Rip MAM along with my 2 Dads....I'd love to kiss you just Once more. XXX
That Track Rules! Absolutely Fabulous!
This song is used in a section of the BBC documentary 'unheard tapes', and it's very powerful
I watched that myself is was a painful watch, especially as someone growing up back then as the reason for getting as many stories as possible was that it was thought no one would live long after contracting HIV.
@@nic5754 Then it likely cut deeper for you, than it did for me, as I was a kid when this haunting song was released. I "only", and the quotes are intentional, lost and "uncle" to A.I.D.S but another "uncle" lost a number of his friends at the time.
Not that it is much consolation to our losses it is no longer a death sentence.
The whole song is devastatingly beautiful.
And in the closing credits of "Pride".
For Catalina. She was nearly 19 and died of aids. She changed my life. Sleep well, my darling. Thank you for bringing me home Thank you Mark for being a legend and Jimmy for daring so much at such a tough homophobic time
Brilliant song and performance
Davvero bellissima.....Non la ricordavo...riascoltarla mi riempie il cuore
I come back to this video every time I remember a friend I lost from AIDS. Which is about every hour of every day. I can't even express how much I love this song and video. Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU.
A beautiful song sung by a very talented man. Thank you.
Absolutely beautiful song
Love it
Touches me everytime
Beautiful song.. Heartfelt and spiritual.
Gänsehaut pur!!!
An amazing heartfelt song from my youth. Still wonderful and sad 😔
Ich liebe sie immer noch.... Was für eine Stimme!!
Ich auch
Und ich...
göttlich
Ich vermisse diese Zeit.
... after all these years ... i can't count the times I've listened to this ... still so touching ... Thank you #TheCommunards for this masterpiece of music !!!
"As I watch the sun go down and darkness comes to me...". Such good words and music. This song is still beautiful and haunting, now 33 years later...
Merci Jimmy pour tout ta musique j'adore toutes tes chansons depuis que j'ai connu ta musique c'est magnifique Thank you
leaving the vets after losing my best friend this song came on.....so appropriate cos she was my best friend . always there ...for Mischa my beautiful girl .
You carry some songs with you through life , most from you teen formative years ,this is and "small town boy " both from JS have stayed with me for years . They have a very special meaning to me they both bring me close to tears , some happy some sad, but when I hear them, I just stop and listen and become that 14 year old boy again and remember that time and really feal the emotion again.
Small town boy was the start and For a friend was the end, the girl will forever be with me but lost to the world in the 80’s .
in memory of my beloved father walter. i never forget you and we see again in the mists of love.
I have been searching for this lovely song and today it popped up in my UA-cam stream!❤️
It was meant to be. X
Just heard this on Forgotten 80s on the radio. Such a beautiful (sorry if that the wrong word) song and should have been a huge hit
Fantastic voice . So many have gone...good friends they live within our hearts
I thought I could get through it without being emotional, I couldn't. Still a wonderful remembrance of Mark Ashton and now for my wee brother all these years after we first heard it. Thanks Jimmy for giving us this song, it's stunning. ❤️
Ever song he made is brill
@davidmoore9153 absolutely.
One of the most poignant songs of the 20th century, a music genius.
J'adore Jimmy sommerville depuis ces débuts avec Bronsky Beat et the Communards. Je possèdes tous ces albums. Merci de le faire voir sur ce site.
Beautiful song and Richard cole needs a bit more recognition for his great piano playing.these are the kinds of songs are the kind of you had to be around to fully understand. Excellent work
Hes a maggot
So many emotions... I like this song from the
90's
Absolutely fantastic song
Playing In memory of my friend Richard Bradley. Rest easy my friend 💜
Always makes me feel everything one can from our emotions, memories and love we have lost and found 🙏
MASTERPIECE
Such a beautiful voice and so handsome, thanks for uploading this beautiful tribute here!
Rest in Power Mark Ashton x x
I still use to listen to this song when I feel alone, like just right now.
I never cried the way I cried over you
As I put down the telephone and the world it carried on
Somewhere else, someone else is crying too
Another man has lost a friend, I bet he feels the way I do
And now I'm left without, I know your love within
As I watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All the memories of you come rushing back to me
As I watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All I want to do is kiss you once goodbye
Summer comes and I remember how we'd march
We'd march for love and pride, together arm in arm
Tears have turned, turned to anger and contempt
I'll never let you down, a battle I have found
And all the dreams we had, I will carry on
As I watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All the memories of you come rushing back to me
As I watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All I want to do is kiss you once goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
And all the dreams we had, I will carry on
As I watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All the memories of you come rushing back to me
As I watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All I want to do is kiss you once goodbye, goodbye
As I watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All the memories of you come rushing back to me
As I watch the sun go down, a darkness comes to me
All I want to do is kiss you once goodbye
And now I'm left without, *but you're here* within
Beautiful, heartwarming song
I can't hold back my tears whenever I hear it.
This song was playing on my stereo 1988 when my girlfriend at the time called and told me that my best friend had died in a car crash. ❤
Probably the most underrated heartfelt chart hit this jimmy so sublime much like by your side totally from the heart worth more tons than a 100 number ones in his time in music.
To all the AIDS victims rest in peace.
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Let’s not forget their legacy during Pride 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 month
And let's not forget Mark Ashton and the fire in him that freed and inspired so many others to be proud of themselves, not ashamed. Such beauty in a pool of sadness.
@ruggerdallas let's not forget them and anyone who helped us gain rights that we deserve and are entitled to. And not just for 1 month a year. These souls live in our hearts all year round if u listen carefully 😊❤
Dankjewel ❤❤de ❤❤❤❤
beautiful song :)
Goodbye Goodbyeeeeee
What a song music piano saxophone vocals even the video is amazing so 80s
Thank you Jimmy and richard for beautiful music in the 80s 😢💖
I miss the 80s so much
What a beautiful song
oh shit... I'm crying. Thinking of people who aren't here anymore. This is what researching collective trauma does to you - 1am crying to Jimmy Sommerville.
So am I.
It's OK to cry.. people need to be remembered. It's more sad when you don't.
@@stevebennet6539 You're right, the alternative is definitely worse ❤. Another friend has left us since I posted that too. Been reflecting a lot on statistics and the human lives behind them. The AIDS epidemic took my uncle in the 80s, Covid-19 a friend still at the start of her life and the lack of functioning mental health service another took her own life. Repeat for how many families? We should definitely never forget ❤
@@whalefsh It's hard mate. Stay strong.. & know that you're not alone.
me too
Hauntingly beautiful
Fantastic Song X x
Oh man, that hit hard
For my best friend killed in a motorcycle accident this song was playing on radio just after L heard the news the words are so true
a brilliant song rip steve
So excited about the announcement. I hope we not only get re-issues of the incredible albums Communards & Red but a reunion show or two.
Losing someone doesn’t always mean they’ve died! That’s how I feel sometimes
That is true, however there is choice in that situation, there is none where death is concerned. It is also not what the song was inspired by.
WOW amazing 😍