BOYS BRIGADE - Passion Of Love

[GothabillyDoll]

Ooohhhh Yay! *jumps around excitedly*

Thank you for posting this

[offcentre11]

Great melody. Great era. Hate getting old!

[Parkinish]

Malcolm Byrne was a good ambassador for New Wave Pop in Canada.

[futureseven]

Good singer, bad taste in women however.lol

[Gentleman106]

Blast from the past

[heimbecker11]

This song has a melody that soars high in the 80's summer clouds, truly unforgettable , the most infectious beat and melody that could sum up the sensuos side of the 80's, truly the best, my personal fave forever

[HowTimeFlys68]

ordureblanchie... I wonder what brought you to this song then, the fact that its good, or you know nothing about Canadian music in general.

[fordaeromax]

This album by the Boys Brigade was also the first time Geddy Lee of Rush dove into producing an album for other talent. A fine job.

[worldclassautocare]

saw them at UBC back in the 80's and still remember that good show , talented dudes wonder what happened to them

[ims1965]

What great memories this song brings back. Thanks for posting it.

[goldielocks591]

i love the eighties!!! but not the fashion,.lol

[apollozero]

Saw them open for the Stray Cats back in the day.

[Kenebutch]

luv' the old ladies rockin' out, yeah!

[BrimHawk]

This just may be one of the original "Cougar" anthems, lol.

[discokidx1]

nah, it's one of the original gay anthems

[BrimHawk]

I gave you a Thumbs Up discokidX1, because that was a funny comeback.

[cochranexyz]

Brings a big, wide smile to my face listening to this.

[WhateverUlike68]

One of the best songs of the eighties. Think of any genre of music back then and the best came from"Canada", as proven by this masterpiece. GO CANADA GO!

[ordureblanchie]

@WhateverUlike68

One of the best songs ? The Smiths, Fad gadget, Virgin Prunes, Minimal Compact, Sonic Youth, Gavin Friday, New Order, Tones on Tail, Bauhaus, etc, those are great bands. Boys Brigade is a minor band, weak music ! Sorry !

[LunaticEntrails]

Great Vid, glad you posted it. They could have been one of the truely great Canadian bands.

[7482jonathan]

yes, there were some great relatively unknown Canadian bands....Blue Peter, M+M

[transfobby]

canada had some incredible bands like this one...i think everyone assumed they were british.

[jhigh64]

why were canadian bands so much cooler than american bands of the same era? my theory...a combination of yank and brit influence makes for an original sound thats hard to duplicate. just my opinion.

[MrsRhythmNation]

@jhigh64 The American market was dominantly ruled by the mainstream. Laura Branigan, Footloose, Dirty Dancing...

[08030309961]

Yeap! I'm from Toronto too! Scarborough actually, now live in Japan...Remember this classic from my High school days back in 83/84! Just an awesome song. Don't ya wish you could just go back in time to those days for about week and relive all those great memories I'm sure we all have??!!

[MRVariety68]

"when you're in love, when you're afraid, and when you're alone, hear me call. There's nothing to fear, there's nothing as dear as 'THE PASSION OF LOVE' About half of the views on this song are from me. Meaningful and dancible, a rare combo for any of todays crap.

[vracan]

AMEN!!!!!

[bunnee777]

what an epic song - a one hit wonder for sure!

[quincee33]

well more like 2 hit wonder....check out Boys Brigage - MELODY....you'll probably find it familiar, but this is their best song.

[bedee9200]

love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikeemerylevesque]

i miss living in toronto in the early 80s and the real CFNY, songs like this remind of a time in my life that was cool, being 20

[quincee33]

cfny or 102.1 Edge was awesome in the 80's... way ahead of it's time.

[quincee33]

cfny was the shit!!!

[bzine62]

Agreed ! We used to pronounce it C F'ng Y.

Seeing the band's "dates" reminds me of when I watch Manhattan. When I first saw it I was younger than Muriel Hemingway. Now I'm older than Woody.

[italoblu]

lol nice one

[lewdvig]

moms playing rockband!

[canonf50]

A toast to Malcolm Burns and the lads from Deep River. A timeless song that never fails to bring a grin to my ugly mug. Well done, lads. And yes, Canadian new wave blew the doors off those who aspired to greatness but could never match or better that sound...

[pasy2006]

The passion of the song makes me want to add it to my playlist on YOUTUBE!!!

[fuuao]

you said it the last time anything felt NEW

[fuuao]

God I miss this time!..theres no originality anymore

[toastichedu]

I couldn't agree with more. The 80's were the best.  Glad we were a part of that era.

[quincee33]

being a Canadian I think only Britain and Canada fell in love with new wave, i don't think new wave music was that big in the States.....most band's came from England and Canada......I'm not saying I didn't listen to Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi or G & R but New Order, Depeche Mode and Duran Duran were huge.

[Anthem1976]

Great song! Brings back old memories of dancing at the clubs. I miss the 80's.

[Bassmaster86]

Great tune....I just think that the Oeidipal subtext is somewhat creepy to be honest...anyways great Canadian New Wave!

[tpep55]

I miss the '80's. This was a great song (still is). Geddy Lee of Rush produced their album.

[burritosb]

Damn, this brings back memories of the good old days of CFNY 102.1 The Spirit of Radio! Thanks for the memories!

[GordDunker]

I LOVED the old CFNY and I miss it still.

[thatvinguy]

I agree 100%! I miss their old format from the early to mid 80's when they were "Toronto's Modern Rock" station. I've never heard a better station before or since then.

[robbijj]

Great tune. Among my retro faves! Thanks for posting it.

[lynelhutz]

In the 80's I like Melody better, but this song stands the test of time much better.

[crosskuIIed]

this is fag music

[blaydrunner]

I guess you'd know...

[Timmybear]

No, Husker Du and Pansy Division is fag music. This is music whose participants' sexual orientation is irrelevant.

(And, before someone pounces, I happen to BE a fag, so I'm allowed to use that word ;) ).

[Sheldon66]

What about Bronski Beat? Communards? I happen to really like their stuff and I am straight as an arrow. Fag music?? I don't agree that any of that music can be labelled.

[Timmybear]

I think I should have put a winking emoticon. I was trying to make a point about how, to me, things with loud roaring guitars and attitude are 'fag music', as opposed to, oh, dance music.

[CanadianKelley]

To the loudmouths who keep blithering nonsense....Malcolm Burn has a Grammy award in his den.

who the hell are YOU?

[baggetaway]

a staple in the canadian music industry in the 80's, also includes "melody", and "into the flow", bad break-up caused the band to seek other avenues, but album never made into CD only singles to compilations...but definitely not gay

[lakings13]

I don't know about gay or not,but this is one of the best songs from the 80's for sure!! it still rocks for me.

[parthuman]

Do you have an MP3 file of this?

[lakings13]

I do

[returnsanecho]

creepy, funny, but o so creepy at first.old ladies are sexy? all the guys in one bed and dancing together? anti-strumpet video & more.

[DadukoDave]

every hardcore death metal punk, every electrotrance neohippee slob, every pixies admiring pseudopsycho supersonic space lounge soundophile seems to grudgingly admit their affection for this song.

[kchamz]

Melody was a good tune too. I thought they did for that too.

[gr8pumpkin]

A vid dedicated to MILFs and Cougars everywhere! Blows my mind that Geddy Lee produced this album since it seems outside his genre. One of the catchiest tunes of the '80s, I think. I would be doing yardwork or mountain biking years later (even last week) and catch myself humming this tune. Thanks for posting.