Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

[mcflay76]

Long, long ago I was searching for this clip

[aMUSICproduction38]

TOP!!!!!



[MerryMariankn952]

mmh mein hintern ist geil

[RTT8001]

An anthem for many confused, isolated gay kids back then.

[cosmictimes]

@RTT8001 Are you Hetrophobic???

It's a Universal Anthem of Soul Searching.

[cofpaddy]

proper radio fodder

[gypsytsar84]

Gay or not - who gives a shit!!

I love this guys voice and especially the song and video!!!

[drugfckd]

call me what ever you want but the man had an awesome voice!

[Eightbanger]

This was back in the days before he became editor of Private Eye....:))

[nillhouse]

@Eightbanger ha ha, I remember them ripping into Ian Hislop on Have I got news for you!

[swordfish820]

@Eightbanger hahaha class

[baddog1996]

@sweetsmile493 no, thats better!

[sweetsmile493]

Sounds like La roux!

[figbat1]

i hate that jimmy somerville! he beat up my gay friend glyn davis and therew him out of the band. glyn was playing drums and jimmy accused him of stealing his box of golden gaytime icecreams. go to you-tube site "glyn davis coepptube" and read the comments for the full story.

[Antiks72]

Poor Jimmy. Jimmy didn't have good relationship with his father, and so Jimmy wanted Johnny to fuck him in the ass.

[neodyne2009]

You petty, feeble minded little shit - what will you final thoughts be as you shuffle of this mortal coil - what will you leave behind? what will you be remembered for - what will the universe have gained for being here? It's fuckwits like you (probably an american) that have turned this world into the all to often poor sad place it has become.  Do this planet and the universe a favour and go and stick your fingers in a power socket!

[Antiks72]

@neodyne2009 STFU faggot.

[MyOatesy]

@neodyne2009 NIKO BELLIC IS THE WORST GTA CHARACTER EVER.

[StefanR10]

Eurythmics

[ug0t74ng3d]

WTF it's Tin Tin

[oprilainen]

tulee nuoruus mieleen hyvä kappele :)

[kempy202]

great voice

[MrHarryHooligan]

Great version.

[garethella]

wee jimmy is a true vocal talent.

[Sepeway258]

j'aime beaucoup ce chanteur, ses chanssons sont pleine d'émotion

[Fr3derick]

Excellent

Grandma mary

[manuelangelist]

perhaps one the best song all the time......

[gagahusband]

Well I guess the fact that I've never heard of them severely detriments that argument.

[TheJohnny6788]

interesting comments but intelligent from heart remem it music that serves all our lives in diff ways but ones know the talent

[cley1109]

trop bien la chanson

[CROWFATHER1]

awesome awesome awesome

[PhobiaGuy]

91 people got pushed around and kicked around!

[sharpjwe]

the music is for us , we should speak up all day

[Anonymousboy96]

91 people have no taste! xD

[chrisdavid4026]

one of the best songs of 1984, you go jimmy, wish i had appreciated you at the time...sorry

[jmaund]

Jimmy Somerville apparently used to be the smelliest of the popsters of that era. Wouldn't wash for ages.

[vikingfyi]

@jmaund

what the hell kind of comment is that...

[stoltmain123]

the best electro sound forever depeche mode,bronskibeat,yazoo,divine and many more

this was music with a hart

grtz from holland

[Prometheus1st]

@stoltmain123 I agree. Don't forget the "Pet Shop Boys" or "Berlin"

Peace to you.

[faithfulkat77]

im jammin on spotify to the 80s and this song just came on. i have not heard this in forever!!! love it!

[TorrieKarinarz779]

mmh jemand deutsch

[conquistador73]

super !!! greet's from Poland

[garnyan]

Poor Jimmy used to get the nick name Potatoe Head in the 80s but his voice is unique

[anthonynewsome]

beautiful version - love to see BB reform -

[qwertyisyourfriend]

TELL ME WHYYYY

[SPANKEESPANGLER]

lolllling at the guy ranting about trains......

[Eoinposse]

Justin Bieber copied this song.

[BongToravs645]

hiya ich bin nackt

[mbo2071]

i 'm not gay but jimmy singing very nice and stay for me the best !

in the live love it will ans profit want live is short

[TheREAL5m0k3y]

Jim is my favourite ginger puff, and I'm a bigot. Love the communards and his solo stuff. Anyone khow what he's doing these days?

[00asha00]

not suprised, that supermode didnt write this song

[911cads]

robbed this for my sisters tapes back in the day,,,,, TAPES I ASK YA

[TheDoberman87]

I love listening to this on my Ipod on the train. So glad someone uploaded the train video version, i think the two suit perfectly. Speaks volumes of the pending demise of britains once vast network of local passenger branchlines sadly taken from us in shortsightedness in 1963 by the ex-chairman of ICI and the pro-road government that built the modern day car parks/death traps known as motorways.

[mixn44]

Hold on, sorry it was A Flock Of Seagulls.

[mixn44]

Reminds me of a guy I worked with in the 80's.

Last i heard he was found dead in a wheelie bin.

Shame.

[PDZDZ]

Es ist doch wurst ob schwul oder nicht schwul, aufjedenfall die Musik aus den 80`s sind bombastisch und werden immer wieder gehört. :-) :-) :-)

[chrisdorman]

Lethal

[chocoangora]

Tin Tin......great tune always like BB

[TheRuthy174]

Lets face it some of musics great have been gay!!!

[gagahusband]

@TheRuthy174 Fact: That is a severe understatement, my good friend.

[SteveSparx]

stunning vocal

[saintandrews83]

im straight and i dont give two hoots if he's gay or not , this song is awsome !

[chrisdavid4026]

i need this song from 1984 in my life

[ivor1689]

Jimmy Somerville looks allot like Tin Tin i think.

[FernandoHPPimentel]

@ivor1689

YES! He does indeed! I wrote a comment in other video, saying the same thing, but I wrote in french.

[crazedpenguinpyscho]

@ivor1689 Lol. Yep

[701shep]

this song is brilliant i dont give a toss what sexuality he is

[fuckRoger91]

Jimmy voice in this song reminds me La Roux :)

[gagahusband]

@fuckRoger91 hell yes the two members of la roux are the only good artists who continue the tradition of synthpop in modern day. depeche still makes stuff but they are veterans of it

[fuckRoger91]

@gagahusband thats right

[zyniker88]

@gagahusband Sixth June are making synthopop closer to that era than La Roux.

[realot1]

@gagahusband try searching for tesla boy. they are a great synth band from russia who to be honest make la roux look pathetic.

[gagahusband]

@realot1 okay whatever man stop hating. god that's the problem with youtube it's full of people who interject into conversations that they weren't invited into and people who love to HATE on anything they don't like. so what it's different taste fuck you for telling me a band that makes all of their own songs that i and many others appreciate is shitty. i listened tesla isn't even the same kind of synth pop as la roux, nor have they earned fame anywhere near the status of la roux's fame

[realot1]

@gagahusband 1. it wasnt a conversation its on a comments page wer anyone can interact 2. its not diferent taste you mong 3. i never said it was shitty 4. i know its not the same its better 5. what does fame and status mean in music? fuk all in that case justin bieber must be your hero. stop putting words in my mouth you pretentious twat. you say no one is continuing synth pop tradition i gave you an example of a band that do it better. your just mad. get back to watching mtv now

[tykwus]

This is one of the best songs! It doesn`t matter if he`s different orientation! I like this song!

[anubora]

Good song and voice-long live the 80ìngs

[guto06]

QUE SAUDADES TENHO DE VOCÊ, JIMMY....INESQUECÍVEL...

[LalaDynamite11]

hahahahahhahahha

[reulison]

Isso era musica

[1970Riptide]

Love it! I agree with JohnnyCakeXM! Who cares what sexual orientation an artist has. It's the music and talent that counts and personally I think gay men make the best musicians, because they are more intuitive and are not afraid to show feeling.

[j4dvs]

Remember blasting this on the beach in Magalluf when it was just released and i didnt really know what gay was at that time, too busy chasing girls at that time. Great tune....

[JohnnyCakeXM]

looks like some of the best music is made by gay people, and if you have a problem with that, well screw you

[samecurrell]

Onlywhenpissed, what a twat!

[tomekx26711]

zajebisty utworek

[gunsmith73]

szkoda że ludzie się starzeją czy on jeszcze muzyczy

[gunsmith73]

mały człowiek z wielkim głosem

[Corkscrew777doughnut]

aint gay... but I M IN LOVE WITH THE FREAGGIN RIFF!

[Klausijr]

this is a classic and Unique...

[alexalin]

n-are rost...........prea tare piesa !!!

[Bezan63]

Mała Scena Rozrywki Szczecin lata 80

czy ktoś jeszcze pamięta?

[MrJainus]

Nice tune

[Jinjajamie]

someone please tell me the name of the recent song with this tune!

[1leglifter]

@Jinjajamie

Temper Trap Sweet Disposition

[Jinjajamie]

@1leglifter no its not that. Its got a female singer and has the  doo doo, doo doo tune.

[mrmysteriousdude]

@Jinjajamie it's cry for you

[k3v1nfbr]

One word. Supermode.

[frank02111]

I was such a small kid when this came out. Is Jimmy Somerville realy a fag ?

[killme96]

i didnt realise its a song about gays ...i took it ,it was about a boy who had run away from working on his dads pig farm and gone to work in advertiseing cars in the small adds of hull weekly news and then got the sack for putting in a vauahall mettro in the things to do page next to busty older woman likes rollaskateing fishing and arm wrestling

[smileswiles1968]

@killme96 this comment really made me laugh! Thanks! :)

[55mrfuckhead]

This dick lover is awesome

[thewhitemonkey100]

brill:)what more could i say:)

[HnossAlpha]

ich liebe dieses lied

[leedarkcindarella]

I grew up with this music, and I am 18 now. There was a time when I knew all songtexts of his songs on his Best off .

[chicagonorthie]

I still have "Age" on vinyl, which I bought at an imported - music store, here in Chicago, called "Wax Trax".

[Prometheus1st]

I don't care if those to the left or right of me are LGBT or straight. This is a great song from my younger days.

-Peace.

[Bladerunner55217]

@Prometheus1st I am straight and I know this is guy as fuck but I love it 100 and 10 percent !! :) I will tell this to any straight person with full confidence that he or she will understand where i am comiong from , fuck i have the hickups now lol

[piaggiosischrauber]

@Prometheus1st

I was born in 1989 and i can see how this kind of music is gettin lost in my generation, under my friends i´m the only person who is ever listening to this kind of music or in generell music from the 60´s up to todays favorite dubstep...

[Prometheus1st]

@piaggiosischrauber Well I am glad to see you among those who can see past myopic viewpoints to recognize something beautiful. Cheers to you and I hope you continue to be an adventurous soul that seeks out those things that others miss.

Thank you for your reply.

[jenniXTCC]

I love this song, such a tragic song  yet so beautiful. thank you for posting this.

[hospitalbedpan1]

oh brother.... the people focusing on homosexuality are what's wrong with the world. You focus on "stupid" things that have little impact on YOUR lives instead of using your brain to overcome real political issues.

Who the hell cares if someone is gay or not? I care more about some bankster stealing trillions of dollars than calling me a leech because I got laid off my job and I'm on unemployment.

Get real.

[buffmaloney]

I see all the people trying to push the homosexual agenda on straight people have gotten all upset at everyone else. What happened to getting along and treating each other with respect?

[whizzz87]

i like his falsetto

[SasukeUchiha5221]

He sounds like a girl...

[dusanc1]

@SasukeUchiha5221 And he looks like Tintin lol

[Hot80s]

great song, never gets old.

[kerednotsobig1]

lifestyle choice to be Gay or not???? Oh yeah ok, Its also a lifestyle choice to belive or not belive (Be brainwashed) In God...!!! Do as you are told or your going to Hell!!!

Oh Im not gay!!! so Can I go to Heaven????

[jose101965]

AMAZING VOICE

[keith2908]

Jimmy is a hero, Age Of Consent was the first LP i bought, still have it in Vinyl, in my book hes an inspriation back in 84 i was 16 and wrestling with it all, Cheers Jimmy and Bronski Beat, my all time fave album!

[LOLONO666]

This song could not be forgotten

[58stmartin]

So you are saying that you had the privileged to choose your lifestyle. Your lifestyle is the one you yourself chose. It wasn't God's plan, right....

[58stmartin]

This is definitely included in the Soundtrack of my Life...!!!

[stevezacharanda]

took brass bollox to write and release this in the 80s. I'm not gay but got to respect Jimmy for doing so much in such a horrible time!

[58stmartin]

@bachmann4president People like you with so much hate must be so miserable with your own lives to waste so much time making life hard for others who do you no harm...your existence must be so sad, I feel sorry for you....

[bachmann4president]

@58stmartin I dont hate sodomites, just their lifestyle choice.

[hfkura]

@purple sausage. What is wrong with you?? Actually I am British.

[MsPARTENOPEO89]

MAGNIFICI ANNI '80.

[anubora]

@MsPARTENOPEO89

Slazem se u potpunosti .Ni jedna dekada nema toliko hitova kao 80.-e

Ich stimme voll und ganz. Kein Jahrzehnt hat so viele Treffer wie der 80.-e

I agree completely. No decade has as many hits as the 80th-e

[hfkura]

Purplesausage - grow up.

[69mariner]

Brilliant-great lyrics of pain-great tune-lover of music

[johnnathan5]

perfect

[MasterClipEditor]

WHAT A JAM!

[brasselectro]

the original gayman gayson sound :-D



[imasaway1]

denim rocks!

[1cheekylad]

timeless.... 

[jaboyle]

SERIOUSLY CHECK OUT THIS BAND DO A COVER TO THIS SONG...... THE SINGER IS INCREDIBLE - /watch?v=Q1dHIFBWd0U

[averilleX]

That train actually looks like the North Highland line, that my friend and I actually took back and forth to London in the 80s. I'm shivering. This is for anyone who got out of the north in the 80s, not just GLBT.

[futuremrsromeo1971]

My idiot ex had the worst gaydar in the world. He had this song on a mixtape and when I told him the song was based on Jimmy Somerville's experiences of coming out, my idiot ex said "Don't be stupid, Jimmy Somerville's not GAY!" I was incredulous!

Mind you, the same man also told me (with a straight face) that Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters was not gay either...

[theminuteofdecayx]

His voice is magic



[UKGibsonTV]

Been looking for this tune for AGES

[USA1749NY2SFnSD2Fork]

This was one of my favorite songs to hear at the Monestary, Encore, Skoochies of Seattle area during 84-85. They were cool clubs to be underaged and find the cool scene. Seattle rocked way bigger than I thought it would.

[lululemongrl]

i thought this was a woman all this time.. meh whatever, who cares !

[SkaramandraX]

amazing song!!!

[mrmickeytam]

plse play live soon!..not just these 80s gigs...u were magnificient and you wrote the 80s iconic song...brilliant

[littlemorella]

This is a great song , vid. Still love it. I am straight + homophobs pester me so much.

[clubfighter70]

... still cool!

[plasticbudgie]

all below are fags guy above is straight fact ! :D <3 love you hehehehe

[Win7adder]

a realy great song

[evilholyclown]

who cares if hes gay? does anyone care your straight?,im hetro an il love this song forever, do a tour bronski beat please

[SIG551P]

Hey, I'm not gay and a really like this song!

Will everyone think I'm gay if I admit I listen to it?

[eMszera]

@SIG551P now that would be silly

[tomaskejr]

a gde ma kule

[buffmaloney]

Why do the in your face gay people have to make things out to be about themselves? Can't we just enjoy something without bring sexual preference, race, sex, age etc. into it? I'll sit back now and wait for all the offended people to misread and misinterpret what I said.

[esshoul]

@buffmaloney

because gay men spread HIV

[aannttee11]

@esshoul You can get HIV and not being gay too... A man can get HIV from a woman too...

@buffmaloney Well said!

[buffmaloney]

@esshoul

There are many ways to get HIV.

[pmcrabtree111]

@buffmaloney because not too long ago it was illegal to be gay:

"Different states declassified gay sex as being illegal at different times, some still define acts of gay love as being illegal.

Being homosexual was listed as a mental illness in all US Medical journals and books until 1973."

this posting is to teach you something, unless you wanted to rile someone up...but that will be up to someone else to respond:)

[siatorska]

50 éves ma, június 22-én JIMMY SOMERVILLE

Glasgow-i születésű ünnepeltünk két nagy csapatnak is tagja volt az idők során. Kezdődött azzal, hogy szülővárosában összejött Steve Bronskival meg annak egy haverjával, és Bronski Beat elnevezéssel együttest alapítottak.

A szöveg folytatása a muzzikalendar című blogban található

[horrorflesh]

Gotta love this tune. Jimmy is wonderful. Bronski beat was a very important voice in the gay liberation in the 80s. Thanks alot guys.

[SteveSparx]

pure

[esshoul]

it is too gay

[sergi0ram0s23]

@esshoul MUSIC CAN'T BE GAY OR STRAIGHT.

[Baritone45]

@esshoul so you're the arbiter of just how gay things can be? F off