yessenia: is the woman in this video portuguese dave? does she vaccuum in the food court when im giving u a hot fuckin blow job part 2?is society gonna construct our human nature and watch alejandra suck u off till u pop a good chunk?
@jannyrcobs... and why are you depressed about it? Be happy you still alive, just enjoy every single moment -Let it Go!~ Remember the past, live the present and look forward to the future! ~ Let it Go, Let Free Your Body!
Love this song. Ya know, I just noticed the similarity to Culture Club, seeing the clothes. It's neet to compare how people (kids) danced and dressed in '84 compared to later on in the 90's and noughties. Nonconformity through joining a subculture but still great message! And the people in the ship are pretty interesting rebels. A woman is made she is not born, love that line. Shout it out! Dance to it!
This song is not about sexual orientation, but rather a statement about how society's norms play into how we are formed from youth into adulthood . Our parents, our communities, our leaders, all have an influence on the path we choose to take in life, be it good, bad, right or wrong. Luba is a huge supporter of the LGBT community. Look it up...you'll find she is a supporter of many Liberal causes and may be herself, be bisexual or lesbian...though I have no proof.
This song is not about sexual orientation, but rather a statement about how society's norms play into how we are formed from youth into adulthood . Our parents, our communities, our leaders, all have an influence on the path we choose to take in life, be it good, bad, right or wrong. Luba is a huge supporter of the LGBT community. Look it up...you'll find she is a supporter of many Liberal causes and may be herself, be bisexual or lesbian.
This applies as much if not more today.. WE are MADE we are not born. Programming starts at birth. On top of that, now all the vacciness which are given to new born children. When old enough to pick up speech patterns, placed in front of the TV, which is the biggest programmer of all. Then schooling, religion, you name it. When is the last time anyone even tried to think outside this box, the system. On here squabbling with one another only seeing our differences, ingrained since birth.
@weirdscience85 So sorry you feel that way. This is just the way I feel. I have been to Canada and I have a right to my own opinion. I see that every one seems to like to make issues now. Maybe if we all just let it go, life would be much easier. Stop ratting on my opinions and move on in your own life.
And we are all so very happy that you hate the song so much. You are a very nice person indeed.
I am one of the biggest fans of 80s music.. Im from Canada.. we had some of the best music come out during that time.. I can say I love almost all of it but I FUCKING HATE THIS SONG... I came here just to say how much I hate It... Luba made some of the worst music in the 80s, this song being one.. Pop music today (like Lady Gaga) is a bad version of techno.. Luba is bad version of tropical music
@deuvs123 No no no....I wasn't in this video, but I used "dress" like the kids in the video. To your original post comment, you said all these kids are adults now, I understand you where meaning the kids in the video...I'm just saying I was 16 yrs old when this song came out, and I'm one of those adults now, like the kids in the video...hope that makes better sense. LOL!
@Bigstrat2 It means, as I said before, that I am a little prejudiced against Canadians. I know that is is wrong to be, but I cannot take back what I said, so I shall explain it.
I wish they'd release all the songs LUBA did for 'The Raccoons'. Anyone else remember that series? Before Lisa Lougheed, LUBA was the main singer for the first season of that series.
@bonesyful then you should be prejudice about every country... Canada is known to have the nicest people in the world.. literally... I didn't even know that until people from other countries(who visit Canada) told me... most of America people are so rude... lots of people from America say that all the time
@Bigstrat2...It means that we're not Americans! Being a Canadian is like being part of a big family.Being Canadian means that a newcomer can come to Canada and be in love with this country as much, if not more, than a fourth-generation Canadian. It also means living through cold winters and loving it!
@Kanella2011 lmao....that has nothing to do with your comment.."She is REALLY good even though she is Canadian"...we have some of the finest musicians on the PLANET.. ...and for the record... I HATE cold winters... I dont like hockey....I dont like fishing or hunting...skidoos...ski-ing I don't wear a toque... and I believe in people not countries and nationalism.. I know our Government is raping us daily..... Is that Canadian enough for ya....lol...
@Bigstrat2 Nope, that's not even close to what I understand by being Canadian. I don't like hockey, I love winter, I don't like hot and sticky summers, I don't like fishing or hunting...but it seems you're only talking about the world see us about. We're more than that. And if you really believe in people, then you did not understand my comment. That's what I meant about not being from the "South", we have our own identity and you don't have to like everything about Canada to feel Canadian!
@Kanella2011 still LMAO.... what the F**K does any of that have to do with Luba being REALLY good even tho she is CANADIAN....!!!! stop sidestepping the issue..!!!!!!. Is it a miracle or something Canada produces GREAT musicians...???? lol... you made a STUPID statement and instead of admitting it... you do some song and dance about being a proud Canada in....lmao.....
@Bigstrat2 why don't you stop for a second and read my comment...I mean really read it. I said there is nothing wrong with Canada producing great musicians as we're one of the best.....if you don't know how to read between the lines I cannot help you any further...And look at your language...you're loosing control.....LET IT GO!!!!!!
@Bigstrat2 by the way...I think you're confusing me with the guy that make that comment four months ago and I quote: " @bonesyful even though she is Canadian ???? what the f**k does that mean"......
A brilliant song by a great band. I wish they'd release "Secrets & Sins" on CD, with the original album versions of "Let It Go" and "Storm Before the Calm" !
I think some of you are missing the point. There are certain biological realities that cannot be changed (ie: men are physically stronger, on average, than women, or some people are born gay). However, our attitudes towards them and the social roles and structures that we create around them are just that: OUR CREATIONS. Thus, we can choose to be more tolerant of diversity and choose to create more inclusive and just societies.
@terryBeaton.....There is a part in this song that says "we are born, we are not made" and there is a perception that some equate LIFESTYLES as a CHOICE....being gay, lesbian, transgendered or diverse is because we were BORN that way and it is NOT a choice....I am grateful for your openess and acceptance but in order for society to understand we need to educate by choosing the proper descriptions.
@terryBeaton.....There is a part in this song that says "we are born, we are not made" and there is a perception that some equate LIFESTYLES as a CHOICE....being gay, lesbian, transgendered or diverse is because we were BORN that way and it is NOT a choice....I am grateful for your openess and acceptance but in order for society to understand we need to educate by choosing the proper descriptions.
@ThunderBlue1 - Indeed, there was a problem with the "old" gay-rhetoric : to argue "we are born, we are not made" had the default to maintain a radical difference of status between the alternative sexual lifestyles and the natural one (I know you don't accept the way I use "natural" here).
In order to acheive the FULL social acceptance, (leading to the redifinition of marriage and gay-adoption) the rethoric had to be changed and say that homosexuality is nattural.
@0betaTT (I've been catch off guard, here, I copy/pasted the quote "we are born, we are not made", but I did'nt notice then it had been reversed. I wanted to quote "we are made, we are not born" there, as in the song's text.)
... But In the early 80', this new rethoric had not been yet spread. It would have been to drastic to jump to that point directly, It would not have been accepted by society then, so in order to acheive the full acceptance, it had to go step by step.
The way the gay-rhetoric is displayed in this video corresponds well to the point of developpement of the 80'
As to me, I don't acknowledge the way you use "education", because it's a rhetoric for a propaganda.
@0betaTT ...then you better tell ILGBT, Amnesty International, Canadian Human Rights Board, Canadian Mental Health Association, and various organizations all over the world because that is exactly what they are doing.. I agree it was time of the 80's and realize I misread/heard the words, I stand by what I say. So you use what you need to in order to find peace......rhetoric would infer there is no basis or truth...if you like I can give you a plathoral of info on this educational movement
@ObetaTT - I don't think there's a specific enough reference to justify saying this song is a comment about LGBTs in particular. I think given her motley crew, this is more about, as she says, "unconventionality", and living according to what is true to you. It's likely that umbrella probably includes queerness, but I think her statement is a much broader proclamation to free yourself. (See parallel, Parachute Club.)
@methylsoy - Well I guess it could be understood that way. But, if I take your interpretation, even then, I would see homosexuality as the main message of this video. If not as the main purpose, then as the prime example of where the meaning applies.
I'm not only interpreting the message of the song from the words, but from the images and the historical context of the early 80' as well. I think my analysis remains right even if I accept the way you understand it
Her message to lay down Ideologies and Commandments should be understood in the context of the images in the video. More love and acceptance for all people (those who are different, like gays and other lifestyles) and more open-mindedness towards women who want to break out of the roles society places on them. Men too! It's about liberation for everyone! Because of people like her and others who speak out and dare to be different things are improving for the oppressed ones. Slowly, but surely!
@terrybeaton.....There is a part in this song that says "we are born, we are not made" and there is a perception that some equate LIFESTYLES as a CHOICE....being gay, lesbian, transgendered or diverse is because we were BORN that way and it is NOT a choice....I am grateful for your openess and acceptance but in order for society to understand we need to educate by choosing the proper descriptions.
@skypup77: Anarchy? Yes. But i'm not so sure about Satanism. You don't need to be satanist to agree with the message of this song. I get what you're pointing out though.
I think we are a lot more genetically determined than we would like to admit.The best proof of that is identical twins raised in different environments but they turn out the same.
i love you!You er russian--ukrainian girl!I, too, from the Ukraine ... I am very glad that you sang this song in Russian. Ukrainian style .. and generally nice to see a Slavic girl! I Chernigov ... I live in Norway ..
@FunNotNuts You're mixing up youy Lubas. Luba Goy fom Air Farce is from Ottawa. This Luba is Luba Kowalchyk, from Montreal and is almost 15 years younger than the other Luba. Just sayin'
@legojenn my mother in law outfitted her for a dress when she got married a l o n g time ago I so marvelled at her classy composed & so nice dang i forgot to ask for her autograph
I know I've written much stuff here (to much or not enough, I wonder), but I wanted to share my "funny-and-not-so-funny-at-the-same-time" amazement that what seemed to me a so innocent fun song is, in fact, a real and well structured rethorical proclamation and manifesto promoting the gay culture.
I may be wrong but, still, it looks consistent if you put it in line with the folowing lyrics. These lyrics describe well enough the things forming the "super-ego".
Live by the rules (further it says "lay this down")
Live by the laws (…"lay this down")
Live by commandments (…"lay this down")
Notions preconceived (further : Learn to abandon Ideologies and Disciplines at random)
I was also just wandering what this "it" from "let IT go" could be. There's nothing inside the lyrics that it could directly be refered to.
I think it could be the "id" from the freudian "Id, ego and super-ego" (The id comprises the unorganised part of the personality structure that contains the basic drives. The id acts according to the "pleasure principle", seeking to avoid pain or unpleasure aroused by increases in instinctual tension.)
Let it free your body (don't restrain your passions, let them lead you)
Let it move your soul (don't restrain your mind, thruth is restrictive)
so >> LET IT GO
We are made
We are not born
(refering to the argument in gay lobbies' rethoric that there is no such thing as a human nature then we can't say that heterosexuality is natural / homosexuality is unnatural. From this point of view, we "are" not "something" from the start but we choos what we want to become…etc.)
When I was younger, I used to listen very often this tune and I love dit. At the time, I wasn't paying attention to it's meaning. I was young, the song was cool and there was a bunch of people having fun in the background. I just never had a thought about a "meaning".
Today, I see that this tune is in fact an apology for homosexuality.
The only way for the Greeks to get it well for the industrialist Ukrainians. TO think of the philosophy of Nature coming to get the concrete nature of the human universe, BORN of the nature degraded of and into the lacking contamination by conventional unjustified engineering.
TOO BAD!! she never charted anywhere else in the world but Canada! she would have been a legend by now! well for us canadian she is a legend :) LET IT GO!
The music video could be better. I mean a zeppelin and green fields? I'm more thinking of hot caribbean summer nights and dancing on the beach near to fire when listening to this :p
Wow. I've loved this song since I was three years old xD I never knew neither the title of the song or the name of the group, all I had was a recording on an old cassette xD I've searched for this bloody song for fourteen years! I'm happy now ^^
I kinda though she was lame when I was a teen in the 80's. Only now, when I'm older do I appreciate her voice and talent. She deserved international sucess.
Just saw 9 1/2 Weeks again and now noticed how this song sounds a little different on the end credits. There is less layering in the background sounds, but it still sounds great. Just an observation....
And I saw 'Iron Man II' last night. So what. God gave that bum rap. What God? Like the existence of the whole Internet. I say I am an atheist, but really do I ignore....
The coincidence of it all. In the summer of '87...mixed up in my own affair with a steamy, sexy and frighteningly crazy woman in Paris. The 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack just happened to be her album du jour (as I was her man du jour).
The film was still in cinemas there...
The memories of sulrty nights in a studio near Wagram come out like mad at the sound of this song. Thanks for the upload.
i haven't heard for decades that song...had to find it again....i wonder why it's not so common to everyone...it was such a nice song...for people who were in their 20's in the 80's....LET IT ALL GO....
Saw her at Ontario Place Forum in the mid-eighties. What natural beauty and energy she has. Then I headed up the CN Tower for a few cold ones at the Top Of Toronto restaurant and she was there with a couple of band members so I ended up sitting with them for some awesome conversation. She has a bubbly and charming personality.
Sweet mother of God. I grew up (my formative years) in the 80's and I love music. I loved Kurt Cobain but, fuck, the 90s were brutal for music. Thank God for the 80's and the new music coming out now. :)
I have loved the music of Luba since I was dating my hubby.. He lived in Quebec Canada and this is where I discovered the great music of Luba.. Just wish her music was as popular in the States as in Canada!! Got to love that Canadian talent!!
I have loved this song since I was 17 years old...I"m 45 now.....and I still love it....but it has never really rang true...until now....long live Geert Wilders!!!!
I remember this song, it was one of my favorite 80's hits, I was living in Toronto where I believe this was filmed then. There were a lot of good songs back then, I loved the creative energy coming from the artists of that decade and I Ijust don't find that in today's music anymore, which is sad. There's another good video of an older Luba singing this song on the streets (of presumably Montreal?) Thanks for posting this one, brings back good memories!!
great song....great canadian....and oh so polite....sorry ...excuse me....but we do have a wonderful country dont we eh....
emersonkid8850 3 days ago
underappreciated......still awesome
mikensca1 1 week ago in playlist AWESOME
This was filmed at my junior high
Jay1801971 2 weeks ago
@Jay1801971 and where is your junior high????? i lived in ,many place in canada
potbellyfritz 2 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Luba
@potbellyfritz
Zion Heights, Toronto
Jay1801971 1 week ago
Anyone know where i can find the acapella of this!!!!
SmuPet 2 weeks ago
Wow what a memory and Canada ftw
oicduc 3 weeks ago
amazing vocals and song
music104ever 4 weeks ago
yessenia: is the woman in this video portuguese dave? does she vaccuum in the food court when im giving u a hot fuckin blow job part 2?is society gonna construct our human nature and watch alejandra suck u off till u pop a good chunk?
num6ful 1 month ago
I was just thinking: all of these people are now middle-aged--like me! What a depressing thought!
jannyrcobs 1 month ago
@jannyrcobs... and why are you depressed about it? Be happy you still alive, just enjoy every single moment -Let it Go!~ Remember the past, live the present and look forward to the future! ~ Let it Go, Let Free Your Body!
Kanella2011 1 month ago
1984 is the shit
Joetben 1 month ago
@exfactor003 I'm so glad everyone cares so much.
bonesyful 2 months ago
Love this song. Ya know, I just noticed the similarity to Culture Club, seeing the clothes. It's neet to compare how people (kids) danced and dressed in '84 compared to later on in the 90's and noughties. Nonconformity through joining a subculture but still great message! And the people in the ship are pretty interesting rebels. A woman is made she is not born, love that line. Shout it out! Dance to it!
brightphoebus 2 months ago in playlist Alternative Girl's Favorite Canadian Bands
wonder where all those folk are now 27 years later?
deuvs123 2 months ago
GO CANADA''I LOVE to LIVE THERE
purselady2 2 months ago
us Canucks ROCK!.....deal
muskokapuss13 2 months ago 2
It's interesting, everyone I've ever met or heard of named Luba has been Canadian
Shahamu 2 months ago
It's no use. There is no friendship here. And I thought that human nature was the government to break my interests in the Kyoto Protocol!!
krkraz 3 months ago
I used to listen to that song in a bar with a grosse bière frette!!!!
bassfreakHD 3 months ago
Canadians are cool people
purselady2 3 months ago 18
@purselady2 We have always been the strongest music force in the world, and will always be, hater's - pussycat is comin' for ya, Meowwwwwwch!
muskokapuss13 2 months ago
@purselady2
i'm glad you like us
Joetben 1 month ago
@purselady2 ....yes they are!!! :)
Kanella2011 1 month ago
@purselady2 i couldn't agree more eh'
bernardgreen2112 1 month ago in playlist old sht
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purselady2 3 months ago
Montreal was always appreciated in the winter then. Follow the directions to the ski slopes. Huh!!
krkraz 4 months ago
A Madonna wannabee?
ManOfWealthnTaste 4 months ago
This is SOOOOO mid 80's Montreal...!
jordan390a 4 months ago
@jordan390a totally! reminds me so much of Quebec
lovinliverpool 4 months ago in playlist lovinliverpool's Favorited Videos
..."
There you rest inside the walls
Of a flame
Hurts so bad
I can almost feel your eyes
Calling out my name and so
Out of body and soul
Youre everywhere I go
Illusion or reality I don't know"...
TBellaDotka 4 months ago
This song is not about sexual orientation, but rather a statement about how society's norms play into how we are formed from youth into adulthood . Our parents, our communities, our leaders, all have an influence on the path we choose to take in life, be it good, bad, right or wrong. Luba is a huge supporter of the LGBT community. Look it up...you'll find she is a supporter of many Liberal causes and may be herself, be bisexual or lesbian...though I have no proof.
TheLu5824 4 months ago
This song is not about sexual orientation, but rather a statement about how society's norms play into how we are formed from youth into adulthood . Our parents, our communities, our leaders, all have an influence on the path we choose to take in life, be it good, bad, right or wrong. Luba is a huge supporter of the LGBT community. Look it up...you'll find she is a supporter of many Liberal causes and may be herself, be bisexual or lesbian.
TheLu5824 4 months ago
such a classic video!
iamlfb 4 months ago
This applies as much if not more today.. WE are MADE we are not born. Programming starts at birth. On top of that, now all the vacciness which are given to new born children. When old enough to pick up speech patterns, placed in front of the TV, which is the biggest programmer of all. Then schooling, religion, you name it. When is the last time anyone even tried to think outside this box, the system. On here squabbling with one another only seeing our differences, ingrained since birth.
Iamawake100 5 months ago
@weirdscience85 So sorry you feel that way. This is just the way I feel. I have been to Canada and I have a right to my own opinion. I see that every one seems to like to make issues now. Maybe if we all just let it go, life would be much easier. Stop ratting on my opinions and move on in your own life.
And we are all so very happy that you hate the song so much. You are a very nice person indeed.
bonesyful 5 months ago
I am one of the biggest fans of 80s music.. Im from Canada.. we had some of the best music come out during that time.. I can say I love almost all of it but I FUCKING HATE THIS SONG... I came here just to say how much I hate It... Luba made some of the worst music in the 80s, this song being one.. Pop music today (like Lady Gaga) is a bad version of techno.. Luba is bad version of tropical music
weirdscience85 5 months ago
to think all these kids are all adults now.
deuvs123 5 months ago
@deuvs123 LOL! I'm one of those then kids that's an adult now! LOL! :P
eggberta 4 months ago
@eggberta . really? way cool. so do we see you somewhere?
deuvs123 4 months ago
@deuvs123 No no no....I wasn't in this video, but I used "dress" like the kids in the video. To your original post comment, you said all these kids are adults now, I understand you where meaning the kids in the video...I'm just saying I was 16 yrs old when this song came out, and I'm one of those adults now, like the kids in the video...hope that makes better sense. LOL!
eggberta 4 months ago
@eggberta definitely. thanks. i was 12 yrs. glad we're both still around.
deuvs123 4 months ago
@Bigstrat2 It means, as I said before, that I am a little prejudiced against Canadians. I know that is is wrong to be, but I cannot take back what I said, so I shall explain it.
bonesyful 5 months ago
οι κινήσεις που κάνει όταν χορεύει θυμίζουν καταπληκτικά Δήμητρα Παπαδοπούλου από Απαράδεκτους.όπως επίσης και όλη η έκφραση στην γναθο-σιαγώνα
KatiMasPsekazoun 5 months ago
I wish they'd release all the songs LUBA did for 'The Raccoons'. Anyone else remember that series? Before Lisa Lougheed, LUBA was the main singer for the first season of that series.
RingtailStudios 5 months ago 2
Let it Go and enjoy :)
sithlord1271 5 months ago
@TanDa7865 I am prejudice against Canadians. Little bit
bonesyful 6 months ago
@bonesyful then you should be prejudice about every country... Canada is known to have the nicest people in the world.. literally... I didn't even know that until people from other countries(who visit Canada) told me... most of America people are so rude... lots of people from America say that all the time
weirdscience85 5 months ago
@bonesyful prejudice is an unfortunate sickness.
hopefully one day you'll be healed.
exfactor003 2 months ago
HER PARENTS LIVE 5 MIN AWAY FROM ME! BROSSARD QC!
manele200 6 months ago
Merci !
Thank You !
LindaGuerard 6 months ago
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I love this song. She is REALLY good even though she is Canadian
bonesyful 6 months ago
@bonesyful you make it sound like no other good artists come from canada??
TanDa7865 6 months ago 3
@bonesyful even though she is Canadian ???? what the f**k does that mean
Bigstrat2 5 months ago 13
@Bigstrat2...It means that we're not Americans! Being a Canadian is like being part of a big family.Being Canadian means that a newcomer can come to Canada and be in love with this country as much, if not more, than a fourth-generation Canadian. It also means living through cold winters and loving it!
Kanella2011 1 month ago
@Kanella2011 lmao....that has nothing to do with your comment.."She is REALLY good even though she is Canadian"...we have some of the finest musicians on the PLANET.. ...and for the record... I HATE cold winters... I dont like hockey....I dont like fishing or hunting...skidoos...ski-ing I don't wear a toque... and I believe in people not countries and nationalism.. I know our Government is raping us daily..... Is that Canadian enough for ya....lol...
Bigstrat2 1 month ago
@Bigstrat2 Nope, that's not even close to what I understand by being Canadian. I don't like hockey, I love winter, I don't like hot and sticky summers, I don't like fishing or hunting...but it seems you're only talking about the world see us about. We're more than that. And if you really believe in people, then you did not understand my comment. That's what I meant about not being from the "South", we have our own identity and you don't have to like everything about Canada to feel Canadian!
Kanella2011 1 month ago
@Kanella2011 still LMAO.... what the F**K does any of that have to do with Luba being REALLY good even tho she is CANADIAN....!!!! stop sidestepping the issue..!!!!!!. Is it a miracle or something Canada produces GREAT musicians...???? lol... you made a STUPID statement and instead of admitting it... you do some song and dance about being a proud Canada in....lmao.....
Bigstrat2 1 month ago
@Bigstrat2 why don't you stop for a second and read my comment...I mean really read it. I said there is nothing wrong with Canada producing great musicians as we're one of the best.....if you don't know how to read between the lines I cannot help you any further...And look at your language...you're loosing control.....LET IT GO!!!!!!
Kanella2011 1 month ago
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@Bigstrat2 by the way...I think you're confusing me with the guy that make that comment four months ago and I quote: " @bonesyful even though she is Canadian ???? what the f**k does that mean"......
I don't know what you're smoking tonight....
Kanella2011 1 month ago
shes fantastic......just fantastic...let go... luba:)
MrKapustaTomasz2112 6 months ago
I'd like to ride in a blimp too
shoppersgirlforever 7 months ago
A brilliant song by a great band. I wish they'd release "Secrets & Sins" on CD, with the original album versions of "Let It Go" and "Storm Before the Calm" !
Cicilo1983 7 months ago
I think some of you are missing the point. There are certain biological realities that cannot be changed (ie: men are physically stronger, on average, than women, or some people are born gay). However, our attitudes towards them and the social roles and structures that we create around them are just that: OUR CREATIONS. Thus, we can choose to be more tolerant of diversity and choose to create more inclusive and just societies.
F011esGuy 7 months ago
where can i find the mp3 download for this classic?
Gielantje 7 months ago
my dad's in this video at 2:42. he's the guy in the riped black shirt.
sillila1998 7 months ago
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sillila1998 7 months ago
@iloveluba hi would you have her 1983 four tracks mlp somewhere ???
canousi 8 months ago
I just heard this on the radio. Had completely forgotten that it was Luba. Had that first album. LOVED IT
zitacatherine 8 months ago
i miss this music! and its refreshing to see a time when women didnt have to get naked to become popular in the music industry....
sikihta 8 months ago
My first visit in Canada. Halifax, Nova Scotia 1989. Best vacation ever!!!!!!!!
Greetings from Germany! I LOVE CANADA!
HousefreundX 8 months ago
This song is always on Dreamradio 80s+. Nice song.
watertowater 8 months ago
let it goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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@terryBeaton.....There is a part in this song that says "we are born, we are not made" and there is a perception that some equate LIFESTYLES as a CHOICE....being gay, lesbian, transgendered or diverse is because we were BORN that way and it is NOT a choice....I am grateful for your openess and acceptance but in order for society to understand we need to educate by choosing the proper descriptions.
Namaste
ThunderBlue1 8 months ago
@terryBeaton.....There is a part in this song that says "we are born, we are not made" and there is a perception that some equate LIFESTYLES as a CHOICE....being gay, lesbian, transgendered or diverse is because we were BORN that way and it is NOT a choice....I am grateful for your openess and acceptance but in order for society to understand we need to educate by choosing the proper descriptions.
Namaste
ThunderBlue1 8 months ago
@ThunderBlue1 just listening to the lyrics... " we are made, we are not born"... am I misunderstanding them? Makes more sense to be born, not made.
zitacatherine 8 months ago
@ThunderBlue1 - Indeed, there was a problem with the "old" gay-rhetoric : to argue "we are born, we are not made" had the default to maintain a radical difference of status between the alternative sexual lifestyles and the natural one (I know you don't accept the way I use "natural" here).
In order to acheive the FULL social acceptance, (leading to the redifinition of marriage and gay-adoption) the rethoric had to be changed and say that homosexuality is nattural.
.... to be followed
0betaTT 8 months ago
@0betaTT (I've been catch off guard, here, I copy/pasted the quote "we are born, we are not made", but I did'nt notice then it had been reversed. I wanted to quote "we are made, we are not born" there, as in the song's text.)
0betaTT 8 months ago
@ThunderBlue1 - (Suite)
... But In the early 80', this new rethoric had not been yet spread. It would have been to drastic to jump to that point directly, It would not have been accepted by society then, so in order to acheive the full acceptance, it had to go step by step.
The way the gay-rhetoric is displayed in this video corresponds well to the point of developpement of the 80'
As to me, I don't acknowledge the way you use "education", because it's a rhetoric for a propaganda.
0betaTT 8 months ago
@0betaTT ...then you better tell ILGBT, Amnesty International, Canadian Human Rights Board, Canadian Mental Health Association, and various organizations all over the world because that is exactly what they are doing.. I agree it was time of the 80's and realize I misread/heard the words, I stand by what I say. So you use what you need to in order to find peace......rhetoric would infer there is no basis or truth...if you like I can give you a plathoral of info on this educational movement
ThunderBlue1 8 months ago
at 3:45 you'll see a very young Jared Leto.
MisterKamikazi 8 months ago
@ObetaTT - I don't think there's a specific enough reference to justify saying this song is a comment about LGBTs in particular. I think given her motley crew, this is more about, as she says, "unconventionality", and living according to what is true to you. It's likely that umbrella probably includes queerness, but I think her statement is a much broader proclamation to free yourself. (See parallel, Parachute Club.)
methylsoy 8 months ago
@methylsoy - Well I guess it could be understood that way. But, if I take your interpretation, even then, I would see homosexuality as the main message of this video. If not as the main purpose, then as the prime example of where the meaning applies.
I'm not only interpreting the message of the song from the words, but from the images and the historical context of the early 80' as well. I think my analysis remains right even if I accept the way you understand it
0betaTT 8 months ago
Her message to lay down Ideologies and Commandments should be understood in the context of the images in the video. More love and acceptance for all people (those who are different, like gays and other lifestyles) and more open-mindedness towards women who want to break out of the roles society places on them. Men too! It's about liberation for everyone! Because of people like her and others who speak out and dare to be different things are improving for the oppressed ones. Slowly, but surely!
terrybeaton 8 months ago
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@terrybeaton.....There is a part in this song that says "we are born, we are not made" and there is a perception that some equate LIFESTYLES as a CHOICE....being gay, lesbian, transgendered or diverse is because we were BORN that way and it is NOT a choice....I am grateful for your openess and acceptance but in order for society to understand we need to educate by choosing the proper descriptions.
Namaste
ThunderBlue1 8 months ago
shrooms rocked this vid !!
mccoobs 9 months ago
I like how Luba promotes satanism and anarchy in this song. I approve.
skypup77 10 months ago
@skypup77: Anarchy? Yes. But i'm not so sure about Satanism. You don't need to be satanist to agree with the message of this song. I get what you're pointing out though.
Crawford1987 9 months ago
@Crawford1987 my comment was kind of a joke.
skypup77 9 months ago
even this early be bop 80's vid ???
shows the range of luba's voice
were you havin this much fun in 1980 ???
tomi2871 11 months ago
I think we are a lot more genetically determined than we would like to admit.The best proof of that is identical twins raised in different environments but they turn out the same.
TheShel10 11 months ago
Is it gay clip???? If is not it seems like !!!
MrLookHard 11 months ago
Luba! A nice Ukie! (like me) This was such a huge hit on the radio in 1984 or so...
shmuli9 11 months ago
i love you!You er russian--ukrainian girl!I, too, from the Ukraine ... I am very glad that you sang this song in Russian. Ukrainian style .. and generally nice to see a Slavic girl! I Chernigov ... I live in Norway ..
AleksMFlorida1 1 year ago
i love you!You er russian--ukrainian girl!
AleksMFlorida1 1 year ago
Great song, and helps stop thinking about higher taxes and socializing. Yes, higher taxes and socializing go together.
krkraz 1 year ago
@FunNotNuts You're mixing up youy Lubas. Luba Goy fom Air Farce is from Ottawa. This Luba is Luba Kowalchyk, from Montreal and is almost 15 years younger than the other Luba. Just sayin'
legojenn 1 year ago
@legojenn my mother in law outfitted her for a dress when she got married a l o n g time ago I so marvelled at her classy composed & so nice dang i forgot to ask for her autograph
4615larkc 7 months ago
-- part 5 --
I know I've written much stuff here (to much or not enough, I wonder), but I wanted to share my "funny-and-not-so-funny-at-the-same-time" amazement that what seemed to me a so innocent fun song is, in fact, a real and well structured rethorical proclamation and manifesto promoting the gay culture.
0betaTT 1 year ago
-- part 4 --
I may be wrong but, still, it looks consistent if you put it in line with the folowing lyrics. These lyrics describe well enough the things forming the "super-ego".
Live by the rules (further it says "lay this down")
Live by the laws (…"lay this down")
Live by commandments (…"lay this down")
Notions preconceived (further : Learn to abandon Ideologies and Disciplines at random)
Can lead to utter madness
0betaTT 1 year ago
-- part 3 --
I was also just wandering what this "it" from "let IT go" could be. There's nothing inside the lyrics that it could directly be refered to.
I think it could be the "id" from the freudian "Id, ego and super-ego" (The id comprises the unorganised part of the personality structure that contains the basic drives. The id acts according to the "pleasure principle", seeking to avoid pain or unpleasure aroused by increases in instinctual tension.)
0betaTT 1 year ago
-- part 2 --
Let it free your body (don't restrain your passions, let them lead you)
Let it move your soul (don't restrain your mind, thruth is restrictive)
so >> LET IT GO
We are made
We are not born
(refering to the argument in gay lobbies' rethoric that there is no such thing as a human nature then we can't say that heterosexuality is natural / homosexuality is unnatural. From this point of view, we "are" not "something" from the start but we choos what we want to become…etc.)
0betaTT 1 year ago
-- part 1 --
When I was younger, I used to listen very often this tune and I love dit. At the time, I wasn't paying attention to it's meaning. I was young, the song was cool and there was a bunch of people having fun in the background. I just never had a thought about a "meaning".
Today, I see that this tune is in fact an apology for homosexuality.
0betaTT 1 year ago
There is another way. The signs are from heaven to go FORWARD for the anarchists.
krkraz 1 year ago
The only way for the Greeks to get it well for the industrialist Ukrainians. TO think of the philosophy of Nature coming to get the concrete nature of the human universe, BORN of the nature degraded of and into the lacking contamination by conventional unjustified engineering.
krkraz 1 year ago
TOO BAD!! she never charted anywhere else in the world but Canada! she would have been a legend by now! well for us canadian she is a legend :) LET IT GO!
GQSOUZA 1 year ago
I luv Luba & Anne Murray
NOUNZYKRANZA 1 year ago
Holey!
polerix 1 year ago
Even after so many decades this song is still OUTSTANDING!!!
redflamenca 1 year ago
Luba wow another great talented singer that came out from Montreal ;)
scorpions43 1 year ago
FANTASTIC SONG OF 80'S
67omerta 1 year ago
Out of Ottawa? like Allanis Morissette. We can overthrow the government there. The hard rock cafe has no idea there about the state of Israel.
krkraz 1 year ago
Luba came out of Ottawa Ontario Canada and I miss her like crazy. Luba you have so much to give, woman. Come back!
FunNotNuts 1 year ago
@FunNotNuts many years ago, not sure if she still does, she lived in St-Leonard, (Montreal, Quebec)
legalsecretary 1 year ago
@FunNotNuts Luba is from Montreal!
GQSOUZA 1 year ago
This is probably my fave Luba song...
shmuli9 1 year ago
Aaa..ah I like this video. It cannot leave us. It needs no corrections for interest sake. Just the memories of those bars on Rue de St. Catherine.
krkraz 1 year ago
damn i forgot about this, another 80s great.
KillingJoke696 1 year ago
Ahh, those were the days: skinny arms and big hair.
SimplyPhalin 1 year ago 11
The music video could be better. I mean a zeppelin and green fields? I'm more thinking of hot caribbean summer nights and dancing on the beach near to fire when listening to this :p
EXTENDED91 1 year ago
i forgot how sexy she actually was...is...
kickingfatality 1 year ago
Who's the girl at 1:53???
tvlondon 1 year ago
@tvlondon It looks like one of the main actress in the show Sex in the city, Kim Cattrall who plays Samantha, in her early days I must say...
Mrsminijuvi 1 year ago
Wow. I've loved this song since I was three years old xD I never knew neither the title of the song or the name of the group, all I had was a recording on an old cassette xD I've searched for this bloody song for fourteen years! I'm happy now ^^
SannaLucia 1 year ago
Is it Kim Cattrall at 1:53? Pretty damn sure it's her...
Mrsminijuvi 1 year ago
My all time favourite redhead. One of Montreals finest exports.
vogonpoet4242 1 year ago
One of the songs from one of the best soundtracks ever made!!!!
fladpande1 1 year ago
wonders when fingerless gloves will ever come back in to fashion ??
l33th0b0 1 year ago
@l33th0b0 I've seen them lately, so, YES! Fun eh?
WibbleWobbles 1 year ago
Killer song.
She wore gloves because she bit her nails and didn't want others to see it.
psilva99 1 year ago
shes good casue shes CANADIAN
purselady2 1 year ago 19
@purselady2 casue ???
jflaliberte 3 months ago
the song is fine, but the video's golden
ifbei 1 year ago
I kinda though she was lame when I was a teen in the 80's. Only now, when I'm older do I appreciate her voice and talent. She deserved international sucess.
lesmcluffalot 1 year ago
Just saw 9 1/2 Weeks again and now noticed how this song sounds a little different on the end credits. There is less layering in the background sounds, but it still sounds great. Just an observation....
Joelomite 1 year ago
ya hoo CANADA;;;; we have GOOD singers;
purselady2 1 year ago 2
MAKES U WANNA GET UP AND DANCE
purselady2 1 year ago
yahoo FOR CANADA!!!
purselady2 1 year ago
whew, I thought this was the oil spill footage
HellHammerX 1 year ago
@housefreundX
Agreed Canada is the BEST, God bless our country always!!!!!!!!
marg2711 1 year ago 2
thanks Kris 13119 thanks where she was born;;; and for Prayergirl100
i dont know if she died;;;;;
purselady2 1 year ago
I heard she passed away???
Prayergirl100 1 year ago
love the hair styles then and the clothes;;;; miss those days;;;;
purselady2 1 year ago
wow thanks for the comment;; didnt know she was born in MONTREAL
purselady2 1 year ago
where was this filmed? whats this about canadian? i dont think she is from our great country CANADA
purselady2 1 year ago
@purselady2
Born in Montreal.
9drtr 1 year ago 2
@purselady2 Yes, she is from Montreal, Quebec, and apparently continues to write music!
kris13119 1 year ago
another Canadian singing icon. for such a sparsely populated country of hosers, they sure know who to rock... and down beer.
kevintwilson 1 year ago
wade wilson, where are you? you're my lobster! luba is the best.....
mkelly1us 1 year ago
Is this Canadian Music. Canadian Music? I think of Rush, Lighthouse, and Crowbar. And of course, Rough Trade.
krkraz 1 year ago
Canadian music in my opinion was much better the most gave credit for, to bad many outside our borders couldn`t get it
richarda38 1 year ago 2
And I saw 'Iron Man II' last night. So what. God gave that bum rap. What God? Like the existence of the whole Internet. I say I am an atheist, but really do I ignore....
krkraz 1 year ago
The coincidence of it all. In the summer of '87...mixed up in my own affair with a steamy, sexy and frighteningly crazy woman in Paris. The 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack just happened to be her album du jour (as I was her man du jour).
The film was still in cinemas there...
The memories of sulrty nights in a studio near Wagram come out like mad at the sound of this song. Thanks for the upload.
Arkady63 1 year ago
Yaaah, her and Cory Hart.
krkraz 1 year ago
I......Love it..!!!!!!!!!!! :-)))
rockinggirl50 1 year ago
Ahhhhhh Love it....!!!!!!:-)
rockinggirl50 1 year ago
Yeah, that's St. Sophia, which I thought for some reason was this Fridaty's name sake.
krkraz 1 year ago
i haven't heard for decades that song...had to find it again....i wonder why it's not so common to everyone...it was such a nice song...for people who were in their 20's in the 80's....LET IT ALL GO....
iliasac 1 year ago
@iliasac so warm around my heart to hear such a words! :)))
a HUGE smile for you! :)
vojinko 1 year ago
@vojinko thanks..return it to you....
iliasac 1 year ago
Jesús Manuel Melendez, Caracas, Venezuela...
yanetchocolata 1 year ago
Saw her at Ontario Place Forum in the mid-eighties. What natural beauty and energy she has. Then I headed up the CN Tower for a few cold ones at the Top Of Toronto restaurant and she was there with a couple of band members so I ended up sitting with them for some awesome conversation. She has a bubbly and charming personality.
tyme4mike 1 year ago
Sweet mother of God. I grew up (my formative years) in the 80's and I love music. I loved Kurt Cobain but, fuck, the 90s were brutal for music. Thank God for the 80's and the new music coming out now. :)
Franz Ferdinand. Killers.
LankaBoy 1 year ago
Luba rocks !! ... from Luby
PascoWildCats 1 year ago
Don't recall I heard this before, just got it from radio and search...this is a fantastic one.
utubmania2009 1 year ago
fantastic song of mid 80's
67omerta 1 year ago
I have loved the music of Luba since I was dating my hubby.. He lived in Quebec Canada and this is where I discovered the great music of Luba.. Just wish her music was as popular in the States as in Canada!! Got to love that Canadian talent!!
krisscats 1 year ago
Closest to mainstream fame she ever got was this song.....plays during the closing credits of "9 1/2 Weeks"
captainjaffo 1 year ago
i saw her at the University of Guelph. I love her music. I'm surprised she didn't become more popular in the states. She was awesome.
febus75 1 year ago
I have loved this song since I was 17 years old...I"m 45 now.....and I still love it....but it has never really rang true...until now....long live Geert Wilders!!!!
preservwestculture 1 year ago 2
God, I love her...way to go Luba...Ukrainian...like me
196619691 1 year ago
Let It Go...25 years later and I still can't let this song go! :)
NorthWindermere 2 years ago
I love Luba. She was my first concert. She opened for Bryan Adams in Thunder Bay! OMG I am OLD!
delfindjmontano 2 years ago 2
I remember this song, it was one of my favorite 80's hits, I was living in Toronto where I believe this was filmed then. There were a lot of good songs back then, I loved the creative energy coming from the artists of that decade and I Ijust don't find that in today's music anymore, which is sad. There's another good video of an older Luba singing this song on the streets (of presumably Montreal?) Thanks for posting this one, brings back good memories!!
quietscapes 2 years ago 14
The 90's and beyond became crap music, with very few unique artists of any talent!
vexacon 2 years ago 7
so true
winjasonwin 2 years ago
my mom is the dancer in the pink spandex!!!
romanza13 2 years ago
i love this song why cant i get it on i tunes
kitty16ca 2 years ago