The Communards - Classic or Dud?

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Dud - and responsible for one of the worst videos of all time...where the Communards are portrayed as a subversive underground band and their fans are targeted by the secret police.

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Sunday, 9 May 2004 07:17 (nineteen years ago) link

AVRIL KICKED A GUY IN THE NARDS

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 9 May 2004 11:43 (nineteen years ago) link

the video for Don't Leave Me This Way-CLASSIC, one of the gayer things I've ever seen on TV, could it have been on MTV? Jimmy Sommerville sitting by a pool as another skinny little guy in a speedo dives off the diving board...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 9 May 2004 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link

That was 'Small Town Boy' by Bronski Beat, I think.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Sunday, 9 May 2004 15:42 (nineteen years ago) link

how do you feel about 'Comment Te Dire Adieu'?

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 9 May 2004 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Oops, I didn't see Dan's link to the Avril thread when I matched up the same threads as a Thread Connection just now. (Yes, they were adjacent in New Answers!)

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 9 May 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link

"Comment te dire adieu" is good fun -- the instrumental arrangements are very stylish, and the vocal performances have a campy edge, for better or worse.

"For a Friend" has to count among the Classic moments, I'd say: one of the most heartbreakingly sad songs ever.

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 9 May 2004 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link

sixteen years pass...

This street Musician was singin along in Berlin when suddenly Jimmy Somerville (the original singer) comes up and joins him singing!
🔊🔊🔊👊🏼😃👍🏼🔊🔊🔊 pic.twitter.com/kWoirI7VsZ
— 🦗🍂🍃The Smokin Grasshopper🍃🍂🦗 (@Grasshopper2049) February 15, 2020

this is pretty good

― calzino, Friday, 3 July 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link

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