Bronski Beat - Need A Man Blues

[@michaelmcalister6477]

‘And the sweetest thing of all is men loving men loving men loving men’ - how brave of them back in 1984. Real heroes. And no truer words sung either!😊

[@johnnydancer69]

I remember singing this in my underpants at the top of the stairs as a fifteen year old. Unbeknownst to me my father was watching and listening. The look on his face was priceless! One of most underrated albums of the decade and certainly one of best debut albums ever.

[@JaggedMercenary]

I'm 100% straight and I also sang and danced to Bronski Beat/Somerville's tunes as young as 10 years old. 🤣

[@MBACCR]

In forty years, I have probably listened to this song a thousand times. One of Jim's finest from an iconic album

[@nickolaslewis1560]

I was a club DJ in Chicago when this came out. I pushed this record. Yeah, it packed my floor after a while. I still love this song! ;)

[@otistherigger]

Still so beautifully produced! RIP Steve Bronski

[@stevepettit2064]

hi fella all years i have been happy commentating on here on music i love of all types first time ever bullying on here victim blamer iam not lowering myself i have got my reasons trying time for me.

[@Littlemisschatterbox]

What a song this was a big fave for me when I was younger and loved the 80's when are we going to get back to these amazing times again ❤ what a Man and a band

[@gavmoliverpool]

During the 80's I struggled with my sexuality. It was a taboo subject. Was not really accepted where I lived in LIverpool. This song and album, got me thru those dark days. Today, I'm out and proud. Been with partner 25 years.

[@jasejesse8308]

I realize I am quite off topic but does anybody know of a good place to stream new movies online?

[@jeffersonluke4774]

@Jase Jesse Flixportal :P

[@bod3699]

same here, this was a life changing album

[@shanedangers]

ME TOO!! would not have survived the 80s in high school without Btonski Beat and Marc Almond and of course Morrissey/Smiths even tho he's a bloody arsehole now lol

[@jeffcomstock3164]

Liberating, is it not? I came out 20 years ago. The weight off my shoulders was incredible. Have a great life my brother.

[@thetedster7812]

The synths and arrangement are a masterpiece on this record, and Jimmy's vocals work so well. It's just a superb bit of music. You don't even realise it's a Donna Summer cover it's so heavily reinvented and pared back. Great taste on both counts.

[@Yoofaloof]

This song was written by Bronski Beat and has nothing in common to the Donna Summer song other than the title which in turn was written by Giorgio Moroder.

[@thetedster7812]

@@Yoofaloof that's probably why Bronski Beat list Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte on the credits as the writers on Age of Consent - just saying. A great rearrangement nigh-on reinvention though by Bronski Beat.

[@Yoofaloof]

@@thetedster7812 Yep, apologies. I thought you were commenting about 'Need A Man Blues' not 'I Feel Love' and the album as a whole. My bad.

[@ileolai]

oh, you're right, i never noticed the donna summer influence until you pointed it out XD

[@chrisbridgeman3084]

@@Yoofaloof umm... well it should have been credited or it's a complete lift of Donna Summer's... Lyrics according from Donna Summer's Got those need-a-man blues I need a man so bad Got those need-a-man blues And it's driving me mad by Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte Bronski credited I Feel Love, but not this, which is potentially a bit naughty.

[@Leaf13]

I'm straight, but was heavily into 80's alternative/new wave. This is jus a good song and a great album. Agreed?

[@danielneighbour3733]

Leaf13 as long as it’s got a good synth beat and base line, then sing about what you want. I’m straight but this is a banger

[@leonstraatman1857]

Got nothing to do with sexual preferences....the music is all that counts.

[@leonstraatman1857]

@@My_Fair_Lady excactly.....⭐

[@newharoon]

U dont need do affirmations about your sexuality just cuz you like to new wave! Easy babe you only has one good taste for music!

[@LexPab]

of course, music has no genders! it’s music 🕺🏻

[@michaelgroschl2663]

Einfühlsam, sehr klar und eine sehr schöne Melodie, einfach nur genial

[@zoulee2502]

one of the best song of Bronsky beat

[@Devious91]

It's so sensual and haunting at the same time .. That's Jimmy Somerville's magic :)

[@janzenrollo8923]

I was 19 when this came out. Now I'm 55 ... despite aids and phobia, so many years of love

[@Andre-ij6vw]

Gay or straight , this is a beautiful song and never gets old.

[@sunderland97]

Amazing song still love it after 30 odd years

[@beatatomaszewska5009]

YES YES YES ;)

[@LDJayasinghe]

Still raw, still charged, still resonant after all these years ...

[@shanedangers]

Me too I love it too

[@zSolarStorm]

Laknath Jayasinghe yo

[@beatatomaszewska5009]

YES, YES, YES ;)

[@CiceroLounge]

RIP Steve, beautiful tune

[@shanedangers]

I've got those need a man blues 💙 ❤️

[@markusniepmann919]

What a great Song

[@legrandfabrice6778]

Fantastique

[@tameimpala37]

What a superb track.

[@michaelgroschl2663]

In 1986 I was on a school trip to Margate, in Ramsgate I immediately went to a shop and bought the cassette The Age of Consent

[@markusniepmann7189]

Great song

[@yuriuguccioni8082]

Bella canzone anni 80

[@jeromelesage2678]

splendide !!!!!!!

[@daggersdukc]

Gay, straight or whatever, this is a MIGHTY 80s album.

[@DaSALTmustFLOW13Marquez]

We KNEW that he was gay in those days and that is what made it even better. The point is that we knew the struggle of having that NEED a man Blues!

[@alejandropizarroaraya6750]

Super 🇨🇱🤟🏽

[@stevepettit2064]

really were ahead of their time musically and the songs content the age of consent is a good album i was a teen straight out school i knew i was gay this group really tackled issues head on love this song did much to make me realise what was in my head was ok but at the same time this was 1984 still a deal then not like years after it was years before i felt i could honest with people but bronski helped me on my way.

[@markbrear571]

Straight or gay makes no difference to me.i love great music and thats what this is

[@stevepettit2064]

@@markbrear571 thanks for the comment yeah you are defo right great music it is.

[@markbrear571]

Thanks mate,blissfully unaware what a gay man or woman must of been going through in those days being a straight man thankfully things seem better now.just loved bronksi beat,erasure and the communards for the music.stay safe steve

[@stevepettit2064]

@@markbrear571 Way overdue my 2nd reply fella sorry i missed it just read it now thanks take care the music never dies married now me and my guy been together 23 years.

[@markbrear571]

@@stevepettit2064 👍

[@markusniepmann919]

Genius Song thanks

[@lucila5466]

Barely remember having the 'need a man blues' 😋

[@Bruja_Astral]

Great Song.... has a similarity to Fade to Gray

[@benoitsamson1853]

Magique...

[@gabrielsales6169]

Muito bom

[@mickyday2008]

One of my favourite tracks and I’m not homosexual

[@AnandaVenttoyoutube]

Ótimo

[@stephaniemonteilh3240]

Git it Jimmy!

[@MisterAAnderson]

3:40

[@monkeybrain213]

This is quiet as kept one of the most scandalous sings of the 80s on the low low, and he blew it out of the water singing it too. Ewww wheee

[@tomislavpotocar91]

TREBA ZNATI DONIJETI VAŽNE ODLUKE U SADAŠNJOSTI

[@coletteannemaud1340]

I'm a straight older girl wirh a younger sexy guy relate to this as after 6 years, I'm still obsessed with him, and he feels the same . So many girls look at him, but he's mine. This came out when I was young . Had the album . Need to get it again. Their were .many good gay groups in this era.

[@coletteannemaud1340]

I'm not gay am a straight older hot smart lady from 1968 born and can't get enough of my current slightly younger man of a few months . I rescued him off tinder before all the scammers and bitches got to him as it was only a matter of time. He is hot to me and super nice and like me very messed up from his past. But somehow we make it work and especially in the bedroom where I'm wearing him out and im 55 and he is 47. I even wore out my 31 yr old to hot and stupid ex. This man is first man to handle me as all woman in my family like this. We just all love sex. But sex is better with a caring person gay or straight it doesn't matter. I had this on tape at 19 ....one of the more controversial albums of its time along with Frankie goes to Hollywood's relax....which my late dad loved and he was straight...

[@NovaisOGYT]

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[@gingerelvira6587]

Living Spaces sucks

[@SafeBandicoot]

Its just too easy to keep telling myself that its a woman singing this song.😂