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Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy (1984)
#BronskiBeat #JimmySomerville #1980s #80sMusic #SynthPop #HiNRG #Disco #Electronic #LondonRecords
Blogspot - https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2026/08/bronski-beat-smalltown-boy.html
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🇬🇧 Bronski Beat "Forbidden Fruit" – 2025
Remixes that reinterprets Bronski Beat's groundbreaking debut 40 years later. The album offers a fresh perspective on songs that have already become synth-pop classics...
#bronskibeat #jimmysomerville #stevebronski #larrysteinbachek #synthpop #hirg #electronicmusic #remix #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening
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Hit That Perfect Beat: The London Records Story – an awesome compilation of pop and indie rock songs of the ’80s and ’90s
I haven’t received a compilation CD to review in quite a while. The digital nature of music distribution today means most of my sampling of what’s new on the music scene – including the release of reissues and anniversary issues of classic albums – is pretty much all done online. So it was nice to receive a copy of the CD compilation Hit That Perfect Beat: The London Records Story – an engaging collection of songs that highlights the remarkable breadth of London Records during the 1980s and 1990s. Finally, a quality CD I can play in my car!
Scanning the tracklisting of this double-disc set and you might be surprised by the sheer diversity of artists who were on the London Records label. From Bananarama to Bronski Beat, All Saints to New Order, every genre of the times – from pop to early EDM – makes an appearance.
A lot of these songs I’ve heard before, of course, most of them actually, and it’s so good to hear them again, seemingly mastered so that I’m hearing subtle nuances that I didn’t pick up when they were first heard. Blancmange’s Living On The Ceiling kicks the proceedings off and the version of that song alone reveals beeps and buzzes I’d not picked up on previously. Bananarama’s Cruel Summer follows – a pop classic if ever there was one. And then everything Jimmy Somerville has touched appears to follow – LGBT-proud anthems by Bronski Beat, absolute grooves by the Communards, and even a Somerville solo single. You might suspect, actually, that Jimmy had shares in the production of this compilation, his vocals appear so regularly.
Then there are the huge hits – like Fine Young Cannibals’ She Drives Me Crazy; Armand van Helden’s You Don’t Know Me (a massive one in the clubs that one was); Shakespears Sister’s You’re History, All Saints’ Never Ever, and Sugarbabes’ Overload.
And if the songs themselves don’t seem like they’ve left a major mark on the pop and indie maps, the artists certainly do. New Order’s Regret kicks off CD two with that guitar riff, and while it wasn’t as big a hit as, say, Bizarre Love Triangle or the band’s legendary Blue Monday, it has all the hallmarks of a New Order classic and it’s a nice surprise to see on here (I had forgotten the band had links to London Records). Then there’s Happy Mondays’ rave favourite Stinkin’ Thinkin’; Echo And The Bunnymen’s dream pop gem Nothing Lasts Forever; Gay Dad’s alt-rock ode To Earth With Love; and Dannii Minogue’s classic club staple I Begin To Wonder. Even without Dead Or Alive’s You Spin Me Round Like A Record – which features on an alternative version of that latter song, it’s still a good, hooky number that sits nicely amid the broad artistry here.
That sheer diversity of London Records artists also meant artists were free to move around, test the solo life, move into other fields. It’s because of the chilled vibe of the label that lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals, Roland Gift, was able to go do runway work for big designer labels; why Siobhan Faye of Bananarama was given the chance to move on from her bubblegum blonde roots and into darker, gothic-romantic territory as half of Shakespears Sister (their name taken from a Smiths song, the apostrophe and letter ‘e’ purposely missing); why the Mike Flower Pops were allowed to absolutely crucify Oasis’ sacred Wonderwall (that’s on here, too).
The London Records Story moves confidently through synth-pop, nu-wave, indie rock, dance, electronica, ska, and other alternative sounds, demonstrating how the label consistently embraced artists who reflected bold and changing musical trends.
Familiar hits sit comfortably alongside deeper cuts, making the collection appealing to both casual listeners and longtime fans.
The sequencing keeps the energy flowing, with polished pop anthems giving way to club classics and guitar-driven tracks that capture the evolving tastes of two transformative decades. The mastering is generally strong, allowing songs from different years to coexist without sounding jarring. More importantly, the compilation illustrates how London Records balanced commercial success with artistic ambition, signing acts that often influenced the direction of popular music, not merely followed it.
As a summary of the 1980s and 1990s, however, it is best viewed through the lens of one label rather than as a complete portrait of either era. What this compilation does well is capture many defining styles and moods but inevitably omitting major movements and artists released elsewhere (not much New Romantic on here, put it that way). Even so, it succeeds as a vivid snapshot of its catalogue and an enjoyable journey through two decades of memorable music.
A great double-disc set that’s still regularly rotating on the car stereo.
‘Hit That Perfect Beat: The London Records Story’ is available on CD and in digital format through London Records (naturally).
The label also presents a beaut podcast which you can subscribe to here.
Curating the Ultimate Luxury Weekend Getaway in the Heart of Sydney
Still loving this track.
Hands in the air for a ‘Romy and Michele’ movie sequel is finally in production
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#AllSaints #ANTONINOTATI #bananarama #BREATHE #breatheRedux #bronskiBeat #communards #compilationAlbums #compilationCds #CREAMMAGAZINE #DanniiMinogue #e #echoAndTheBunnymen #happyMondays #hitThatPerfectBeat #indiePop #indieRock #jimmySomerville #londonRecords #marcellaDetroit #MUSIC #musicReviews #newOrder #POPCULTURE #popMusic #popReviews #REVIEWS #shakespearsSister #siobhanFahey -
Jimmy Somerville - Smalltown Boy (Live in Berlin, 2019)
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Kingston Sound System, Jimmy Somerville:
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Jimmy Somerville - Smalltown Boy Reprise 2014
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Ils voulaient que je corresponde à une certaine image, que je sois d’une certaine manière. Ils disaient : tu vas devenir une star. Les gens ne demandent pas vraiment qui tu es ; ils demandent l’image que l’on a construite de toi. Et c’est un peu ce qui s’est passé : peu à peu, ils ont commencé à me transformer en image.
#Disco #MarcAlmond
#JimmySomerville #socialmedia #music
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"Jimmy Somerville, rebelle queer de la pop anglaise" : un documentaire à voir sur Arte
Diffusé sur Arte ce vendredi 14 novembre et disponible sur arte.tv, le documentaire d’Olivier Simonnet lève le voile sur un artiste engagé et l’une des premières popstars ouvertement gays.
“Run away, turn away, run away.” En 1984, un jeune homme de 23 ans du nom de Jimmy Somerville élève une new wave ouvertement gay au top des charts européens durant plusieurs semaines. Enregistrée avec son groupe, Bronski Beat, et portée par sa voix de contralto, la chanson “Smalltown Boy”, en partie autobiographique, raconte l’histoire d’un jeune homme gay originaire d’un village ouvrier. Souffrant de solitude et victime d’homophobie, il fuit le foyer familial pour déployer ses ailes dans une grande ville – un élan bien vite contrarié par une agression homophobe qui le renvoie chez ses parents.
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Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way video
Watched this ++++ times but tonight I noticed an errant hair.
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"Don't leave me this way" - The Communards
Second week at number one, and a new studio performance, here Jimmy starts on the same stage as Richard and Sarah-Jane.
The big brass section get their moment in the spotlight, and there's a lovely lighting effect during the "aaaaaaah" - all the neon freezes on and the lights stop flashing.
#TOTP #TheCommunards #JimmySomerville #RevRichardColes #SarahJaneMorris
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On my mental soundtrack for Pride Month: Jimmy Somerville's gorgeous falsetto ringing out in protest against queerphobia, set to a video that broadens the protest to call out 1980s Thatcherist economic oppression. Both of which messages, sadly, apply to current events in the US.
#BronskiBeat #JimmySomerville #synthpop #disco #1980sMusic #PrideMonth
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Jimmy Somerville:
🎵 You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)https://communards.bandcamp.com/track/you-make-me-feel-mighty-real-william-orbit-remix
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Jimmy Somerville - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (1989)
#45vinyl #jimmysomerville #mightyreal #1989 #1980s #80smusic #hinrg #synthpop #eurohouse #7inch #gxml
Wordpress - https://genxmusiclover.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/jimmy-somerville-you-make-me-feel-mighty-real/
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Episode sixty is up now! Today's song is Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat.
I discuss the contrast between the club banger tune and the sorrowful vocals, and the heartbreaking music video.
https://youtu.be/L8FYw_Y8L1E?si=ogeOdP88xCo2B5BZ
#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #pride #pridemonth #prideweek #smalltownboy #bronskibeat #stevebronski #jimmysomerville #larrysteinbachek #theageofconsent
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"Smalltown Boy", Bronski Beat & Being Openly Gay in Eighties Pop | New British Canon - YouTube
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🚨MESSAGE FROM JIMMY 🚨 40 Years of 'Smalltown Boy'!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEskbJeUVcw
> 🚨MESSAGE FROM JIMMY 🚨 Today marks 40 Years (!) since 'Smalltown Boy' was released! Thanks to everyone who's shared their memories and here’s to it continui...
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While I am #NotPrepared to #Disclose the #SequenceOfEvents #Resulting in a #Brick wearing #MyPyjamas within #ThisThread...
I can #Reveal that I once "met" #JimmySomerville at #TheBell in #KingsCross... I was "working" #BehindTheBar... | #TrueFact
He was #MostConcerned about #TheLackOfSuitableToiletPaper in #TheLadiesLavatories...
He had a #VeryValidPoint; I #TookCare of #IT...
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🎵 Jimmy Somerville - Smalltown Boy (Live in Berlin, 2019)🎵 😁
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@brad #JimmySomerville #ColePorter how about this one? Jimmy Somerville sings a very gay Cole Porter song: https://youtu.be/Cj3_fHqgCyw
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On my mental playlist for today: some pure queer campy joy :progress_pride: 💖