Oh man, this video makes me cry. Jimmy had such courage. This song put a target on his back, & he still got up & sang about being gay. He made a difference in so many of our lives. Much love, Jimmy.
if there is one song that signifies what the 80's were about, it is this one. 1984 was the greatest year in the history of music collectively and this song to me was the best of that year. Additionally, coming out to the world at this time took massive balls. Such courage and integrity. Lastly, WTF is up with that crowd? I would have been screaming like a crazy teenage girl.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s but they were definitely not the greatest in music history. Better than today but not even close to what my father's generation produced in the 70s and 60s. It's not even close. Yes there was still some good music around but all that synth pop sounded like fisher price music instruments. It sounded very cheap and cold. I mean in perfectly reflected the Zeitgeist the spirit of the times in the 80s. People were afraid to be wiped out by an atomic bomb. That is why the music sounds so bleak.
This song brings back so many memories. I was born in '73. I came out in '91 and danced to this at a dive bar in Boulder, CO called The Yard. At the time I had a constant sort of anger and melancholy about who and what I was, but was excited to meet people that were also gay for the first time and not feel like a freak. It is a perfect song.....and I am baked. LOL.
How the crowd did not realise such an excellant and effecting performance that it would become a standard watched by over half a million people decades later...
I know this town very well, since I, quite literally, spent my childhood there. Some people called it "Black Hoexter" for some reason back in the day...
This song has stood the test of time. I heard Jimmy sing this live last year and it is still (sadly) relevant to so many. We have come so far, but there is still a long way to go.
I will say hell yes….it did take a lot of courage to sing this song back then. Courage that I never had for the longest time…worrying about what other people thought.
Oh my fricking God.. This song and especially Jimmy Somerville's voice gives my goose bumps /the chills ( in a VERY good way)... This song was/is fucking the bomb... And LIVE outdoors next to a river in Germany proves Bronski Beat could make music that sounded AMAZING ... One of the best 1980's groups...
Hello I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends.
this is fantastic...many thanks for putting it up. The guy on the keyboard to the right, Larry Cole is my step-uncle, small world. think wot you want, be who you are , be loving ,love this track !
Temazo ...con el sello de los 80...aún hoy lo canta con esa calidad y falsetes exquisitos..alegre,compasivo con un dejo melancólico..transmite emociones varias..
This song has always been in my heart.... Being gay is not all glitters and flowers.... There are people, who wish themselves, they were not born this way.... And there is a Society, that just want to crush you and make you disappear.... Having the strength and courage, to stand up strong for who you are, no matter what, is in any case the strongest example of a great human being.... With this song they really impressed me
WOW, the next best thing to being there. Really fun! In 1984 I was still in the US Army in Germany and worried about being outed. I've forgotten how courageous Bronski Beat was in singing about the gay experience. They were ahead of their time.
@@pokushai_bratok Up until 1994 US, French and British forces were in Germany. Up until 1989, in West Germany and Berlin. Look up recent history for why. The red caps in front of the stage look like British Royal Military Police. Russian forces were in East Germany.
Bronxi beat smolltown boy, un icona degli anni 80. Uno dei brani più belli di quella decade The best Summerville (un brano sulle difficolta del mondo gay degli anni 80)
I have respect for people like this singer he is so great artist and so humble man! All the best for the singer with his fantastic voice and personality xxx
It was inspired by the times, The 80's were horrible for gay people in UK (especially with Hiv virus spreading) The British press went in hard against gay people
how unusual they weren't permed and lipglossed and zippered like other 80s acts - but INCREDIBLE how they managed to make the song sound exactly studio quality!!! Impressive!
This may be one of the greatest live playing videos I have ever seen. In regards to the pain this guy felt well in school I was bullied for other reasons and never recovered. To this day I have extremely high anxiety and do not feel at all comfortable with people. I can't work due to this or even when I took a job like at a Subway that my ex-fiancee ran I could do prep work but could not come out and serve customers. The fear of being hurt is still there ....
Very sorry. You can get free counseling - you may have to go through some therapists to find one that clicks. I hope you do and I hope you live your beautiful life. Look outward not inward. Appreciate the things you see that are beautiful and meaningful, and look for things that make you smile. Choose that life.
The Communards, Bronski Beat (Jimmy Sommerville), the British Invasion of the 80's lives on! You have this kind of voice nowadays as a performer, bet ya, record companies will offer u millions. Good era of music!
Hello I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends.
I'm pretty sure the vocals are the only live element... I have heard the album version of this song thousands of times.. Not a big deal, still a nice performance, but not 100% live..
Man, Höxter, THAT is a small town, i know it... and what is the military doing in front of the stage... and the weser in the back... so strange. Thanks for posting!
Hello I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends.
Great video song.How my heart yearns for the 80's. Music was brilliant, pubs were packed, People were friendlier and happier. Everything was new and exciting. we had hopes and dreams. Today, people are obsessed with money, and too absorbed in their electronic devices, and have to escape reality. i could keep a girlfriend for more than 2 minutes then too. How things have changed. It will always be the 80's in my heart. Thanks for sharing. LOL .
Thanks so much for this.. this song is my anthem.. I sing it myself at karaoke but it's hard to hit all the notes right each time.. nice to see it varies for Jimmy same as me hehe.
With this summer day river his music flows through my brain straight into my heart - another sip of wine and I'm ready to die to be back in 1984...I hope in heaven they have time machines I can use without the credit cards:)
Jimmy Summerville... What a voice. Awesome. And the conviction he radiates while singing, I get goosebumps.
Somerville
I thought exactly the same - fabulous unique voice
I am 65 and the music of the 80s was some of the best to ever be released. Diversity it didn't matter to most of us straight or gay ❤❤❤
50 old woman here, and definitly ok with you,sad to say but the horizon was more opened
Every generation has own "best ever music". I am 45 and for me it is eurodance. But I like some things of 80s. And this is one of them.
Oh man, this video makes me cry. Jimmy had such courage. This song put a target on his back, & he still got up & sang about being gay. He made a difference in so many of our lives. Much love, Jimmy.
It's easier if you just don't give a f***.
im not gay but his voice and music wow
@@vovac8915 That's hard to do if you are having your head stamped on for being gay.
I think we were more civilized in 70s, 80s, than afterwards, when the economic system started getting worse and worse.
Even as straight tears allways wells up i my eyes. This was my generations Exodus Song Jimmy you made a difference.
This music will never die . Love Bronski Beat
Bronski forever
Never 😊
Jimmy always singing in real time.No playback!!! Amazing song and great voice!!!!
if there is one song that signifies what the 80's were about, it is this one. 1984 was the greatest year in the history of music collectively and this song to me was the best of that year. Additionally, coming out to the world at this time took massive balls. Such courage and integrity. Lastly, WTF is up with that crowd? I would have been screaming like a crazy teenage girl.
One of the most underrated Artists
Same and I agree underrated
Screeming and dancing and crying!!
I grew up in the 80s and 90s but they were definitely not the greatest in music history. Better than today but not even close to what my father's generation produced in the 70s and 60s. It's not even close. Yes there was still some good music around but all that synth pop sounded like fisher price music instruments. It sounded very cheap and cold. I mean in perfectly reflected the Zeitgeist the spirit of the times in the 80s. People were afraid to be wiped out by an atomic bomb. That is why the music sounds so bleak.
That falsetto voice. Such an incredible song written at the most incredible time .
I come back to this song so often as a backbone. Seeing how young and brave they were fills me with so much gratitude.
This song brings back so many memories. I was born in '73. I came out in '91 and danced to this at a dive bar in Boulder, CO called The Yard. At the time I had a constant sort of anger and melancholy about who and what I was, but was excited to meet people that were also gay for the first time and not feel like a freak. It is a perfect song.....and I am baked. LOL.
Loving it STILL in 2024 😎😍
So much ahead of his time! A creative genius!
Damn 40 years just went by like that !!!! Great find thanks for posting !!!
How the crowd did not realise such an excellant and effecting performance that it would become a standard watched by over half a million people decades later...
I know this town very well, since I, quite literally, spent my childhood there. Some people called it "Black Hoexter" for some reason back in the day...
This song has stood the test of time. I heard Jimmy sing this live last year and it is still (sadly) relevant to so many. We have come so far, but there is still a long way to go.
I served in that army base from 1991 till 1992!! The guy in the front with his moustache was master sergeant by then! I was laughing seeing this!
How did you like my hometown?
he actually sing the song there :D
Lol! Bodyguarding for a gay band. Brilliant!
I thought it was the royal military police first off , I served as a ref cap in Germany . Brilliant footage
Amazing I thought the same bruvva! Who was that segeant? What a coincidence in thoughts 💭 cheers fella!
I saw him live, in Chicago at a dive bar, back in the 90's. Right up front, touched my hand! It was beyond amazing!❤
This song sung by Jimmy is so distinctive and pure class.
agree
Beautiful - absolute classic - what a lovely performance
This is wonderful. Im not even gay and this song has always touched my heart.
Speaking your mind, I really love the keyboards.
Hear u I'm not gay but went to gay they can dress and can dance luv this 😅
Same man, it's a very beautiful song
Ikr lyrics are about gay struggles, but being gay to enjoy the beat and atmosphere this track creates isn't one bit obligatory
Réponse débile, la musique n'a pas de sexe
Ce clip me fait pleurer. Quelle souffrance contenue. Pas toujours simple d’être sur terre….
I will say hell yes….it did take a lot of courage to sing this song back then. Courage that I never had for the longest time…worrying about what other people thought.
RIP Steve Bronski. :(
This song has never dated and I get goosebumps every single time - hauntingly beautiful
Masterpiece! Und der Auftritt gut beschützt von den Jungs aus der (damals) nahen Kaserne
A pure voice, fabulous performance. Xx
Oh my fricking God.. This song and especially Jimmy Somerville's voice gives my goose bumps /the chills ( in a VERY good way)... This song was/is fucking the bomb... And LIVE outdoors next to a river in Germany proves Bronski Beat could make music that sounded AMAZING ... One of the best 1980's groups...
This was in Germany? That would explain the void faces and lack of dancing.
This tune just makes me want to get up and dance no matter where i am. This is what real music is and it will late forever
Hello I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends.
Two of those three are sadly gone now...
this is fantastic...many thanks for putting it up.
The guy on the keyboard to the right, Larry Cole is my step-uncle, small world.
think wot you want, be who you are , be loving ,love this track !
how great is this! REMEMBER THIS WHEN IT WAS RELEASED ......AMAZING
This song sung by Jimmy is so distinctive and pure class.
How is every one standing still! This is phenomenal!
....they're Germans! 😉
Absolutely fantastic quality classic of yesteryear to our tomorrow.......ageless
Temazo ...con el sello de los 80...aún hoy lo canta con esa calidad y falsetes exquisitos..alegre,compasivo con un dejo melancólico..transmite emociones varias..
This song has always been in my heart.... Being gay is not all glitters and flowers.... There are people, who wish themselves, they were not born this way.... And there is a Society, that just want to crush you and make you disappear.... Having the strength and courage, to stand up strong for who you are, no matter what, is in any case the strongest example of a great human being.... With this song they really impressed me
It was a game changer. Telling the brutal truth of the loneliness and fear of being LGBTQ+. We'd never heard anything like it.
It's not born it's acquired by choice according to experts.
Jimmy sings live sans ProTools. Not a lot of performers can do this now a days. Great video and sound quality for its age, thanks for posting!
Because it`s Germany.
WOW, the next best thing to being there. Really fun! In 1984 I was still in the US Army in Germany and worried about being outed. I've forgotten how courageous Bronski Beat was in singing about the gay experience. They were ahead of their time.
american occupant in Germany? Great )) Please save God the Germany from you all
@@pokushai_bratok Up until 1994 US, French and British forces were in Germany. Up until 1989, in West Germany and Berlin. Look up recent history for why. The red caps in front of the stage look like British Royal Military Police. Russian forces were in East Germany.
I just discovered this song on Google music. such a catchy rhythm. love the emotion it displays...Very powerful
Bronxi beat smolltown boy, un icona degli anni 80. Uno dei brani più belli di quella decade The best Summerville (un brano sulle difficolta del mondo gay degli anni 80)
And the news has just broke. Steve Bronski, the co-founder of the band, has died. he was only 61! RIP, man!!
Wow....I got to see them 1 time and would of loved to have seen them again! one of a kind voice on Jimmy!
Fantastic live and voice !
Incredible and the Boy George shirt just makes it!! What a powerful statement!! xxx
this is fantastic...many thanks for putting it up.
I have respect for people like this singer he is so great artist and so humble man! All the best for the singer with his fantastic voice and personality xxx
Way ahead of its time. I can respect the movement, but I think the main focus is on the music, and this is fantastic music.
It was inspired by the times, The 80's were horrible for gay people in UK (especially with Hiv virus spreading) The British press went in hard against gay people
how unusual they weren't permed and lipglossed and zippered like other 80s acts - but INCREDIBLE how they managed to make the song sound exactly studio quality!!! Impressive!
This may be one of the greatest live playing videos I have ever seen. In regards to the pain this guy felt well in school I was bullied for other reasons and never recovered. To this day I have extremely high anxiety and do not feel at all comfortable with people. I can't work due to this or even when I took a job like at a Subway that my ex-fiancee ran I could do prep work but could not come out and serve customers. The fear of being hurt is still there ....
Very sorry. You can get free counseling - you may have to go through some therapists to find one that clicks. I hope you do and I hope you live your beautiful life. Look outward not inward. Appreciate the things you see that are beautiful and meaningful, and look for things that make you smile. Choose that life.
The Communards, Bronski Beat (Jimmy Sommerville), the British Invasion of the 80's lives on!
You have this kind of voice nowadays as a performer, bet ya, record companies will offer u millions. Good era of music!
how great is this! REMEMBER THIS WHEN IT WAS RELEASED ......AMAZING
What a talent. Huge respect for Jimmy Somervile.
Amazing quality video. Looks like it was filmed yesterday.
Yes really, so strange
Man I'd do anything to be there and dance to this masterpiece and they're all just standing there like fucking statues
I 'd there dancing with you. Looks so........ Dont know... Without a soul
j'ai découvert cette vidéo par hasard et j'adore la pureté de la voix et le rythme dommage qu'on ne le voit plus
AW..the early 80ies..love bronski beat and this song is cult !
What an awesome clip - and place to perform!! Thanks for sharing this.
this guy DID have a great career, and continues to do so.
What a clip! Fantastic-Larry and Steve too-fab music
Awesome. 80's guy myself. Love it.
Amazing timeless work
i sell my soul to be there in that day
melanrz1 Take your pills and shut up...
+Michael User internet meanie!
+Michael User internet meanie!
Ahah, you made me laugh dude ! ^^
I wonder why mr. Usher is so interested in Bronski Beat...
oh how I loved Bronski Beat and The Communards and Jimmy, from his RUclips fan page he's really a sweet sweet guy, great video, thanks!
this sounds fuckin great! man its been 25 years since I even thought about this song. crazy...........
I was born in ´85!!! and love that song, :)
Cry, boy, cry...
Essa música define como foi minha vida morando com meus pais...
Hello I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends.
That voice...
The audience appear to be completely stunned by what they are experiencing. Blessings. Shanti
Muy buena version y muy buena voz, este tema me gusta mucho y el registro de voz es alucinante. Gracias por compartirlo.
I actually saw Bronski Beat in Ludwigshafen (Germany) in 1984. I think it was in October, I was 13 years old. Lovely memory!
Stimmt nicht,es war in Höxter auf der Weser
moved to Seattle from Iowa post-college 1989.. came out yr later---listened to this about 2 years daily ..
that's a very good live performance
I'm pretty sure the vocals are the only live element... I have heard the album version of this song thousands of times.. Not a big deal, still a nice performance, but not 100% live..
GTA V Non Stop Pop FM ❤
Fantastic live and voice !
this is fantastic...many thanks for putting it up.
That voice...
Excellent ... Such memories - never seen this, thanks for sharing! All the best Jimmy :-)
Brings me back to 703 McKinney ave Dallas TX, 84-86 RIP Rick forever in our Beat haha Patrick..
I'd give up my last day on earth if I could
go back for just couple hours at any Saturday
night in the 80's. :((
Great performance as usual!
i love that steve bronski was wearing a george t shirt !!
Amazing vocals!
this is fantastic...many thanks for putting it up.
This is truly a great piece of music
The 80's songs is the better that is for future generations!
Fantastic, I didnt even know about this. Good add to the TUBE.............
Top of this song, my God, I love it
Man, Höxter, THAT is a small town, i know it... and what is the military doing in front of the stage... and the weser in the back... so strange. Thanks for posting!
The sound of that DX7 😍
Love it Love from Australia 🇦🇺
Hello I am so sorry if this sounds weirds but you wrote such a nice and wonderful comment on here and like your comment. I can tell you're a very positive person. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends.
Thank u.What a gr8 song and what a voice Jimmy got.
Great video song.How my heart yearns for the 80's. Music was brilliant, pubs were packed, People were friendlier and happier. Everything was new and exciting. we had hopes and dreams. Today, people are obsessed with money, and too absorbed in their electronic devices, and have to escape reality. i could keep a girlfriend for more than 2 minutes then too. How things have changed. It will always be the 80's in my heart. Thanks for sharing. LOL .
Wow , found a gem today , thanks for posting. Moments like this make me proud xx. Stay safe stay well xx
man that tune is so catchy... even today!!
Fantastico
This song and his performance is really remarkible.
Wow, this is beautiful................
Thanks so much for this.. this song is my anthem.. I sing it myself at karaoke but it's hard to hit all the notes right each time.. nice to see it varies for Jimmy same as me hehe.
RIP Steve Bronski 🎶
Freakin Amazing! First 50 seconds I can hear over and over again.
This means the world to me! Should have 10 million views!
as soon as i have time i listen to you for a long time. thank you for the music. love it
Jimmy and the boys lived on my estate in the early 80s. Cool guys.
Excelente
Super video, all the years loving this song and never saw this! Fair play, made my day!!!
Thanks for posting this video, this is the way I remember the song!
With this summer day river his music flows through my brain straight into my heart - another sip of wine and I'm ready to die to be back in 1984...I hope in heaven they have time machines I can use without the credit cards:)