The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris) REACTION

[@saginny]

This song and their song Never Can Say Goodbye were absolutely guaranteed to fill up the dance floor past max capacity in 1986. Impossible not to dance to. Thanks for the calorie burn I just did! 😛💃

[@notmodeling8070]

School,disco classic fkr me

[@alisonbush1160]

Still guaranteed to get me dancing - especially after a few drinks!! Handbags in the middle, girls!! 🤣

[@shawkorror]

Well now I don't feel quiet so lonely hearing that other people get the same reaction.

[@BigNews2021]

Absolutely! 🕺

[@scottclarke9160]

100%. So much energy a real floor filler, you can’t help but feel good hearing this song!

[@colori66]

I remember meeting Jimmy Summerville in Paris at a club, La Luna in the 80s. I was extremely shy in front of him, and he was so nice. He bought me a drink and we danced together. One of the most beautiful days of my life. ...

[@sandrovamrell267]

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[@cmc8375]

Always loved the energy in this. Reverend Richard Coles on piano. Star in his own right 💙🎶✌️

[@robinjohnston24]

I went to school with Richard Coles. Imagine my surprise when about 5 years later I saw him on TV. I knew he played piano but had no idea how well he played it. This was such an iconic song.

[@HarryRedders]

The Pianist is our local vicar :) Love this song! Sarah Jane Morris and Jimmy's voices are amazing together!

[@chriscreekmore210]

What a great way to come back! This was a popular song on the dance floor in my clubbing days in the 80's. I also really love Thelma Houston's version. Glad your back JoVaughn!

[@sewforlife586]

Totally agree with u. I think Thelma Houston did this much better.

[@TRANZEURO]

@@sewforlife586 Lets not forget the great *original* from Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes.

[@ToeTag1968]

Jimmy Sommerville has one of the most recognizable countertenor voices on the planet. I've always enjoyed listening to him. "Smalltown Boy," "You Make Me Feel," "Hurts So Good," and "Why" are some of my personal faves. Say what you will about the lyrics and the meanings of a quite a few of his songs, the beat and the musicality is hard to ignore.

[@stevetici2668]

Isn't hurts so good done by John Mellencamp?

[@ToeTag1968]

@@stevetici2668 :) Same title, totally different song.

[@juniorvega42]

This was a HUGE HIT back in '86. A sure dancefloor filler! One of the best dance songs of the entire decade! Pure 80s awesomeness!!!!!!! (Even though it's actually a cover from a 60s song which had already been covered by Thelma Houston in the 70s as a disco song) I absolutely LOVE this song still to this day and can't help but start dancing every time I hear it!

[@TheClairem75]

Welcome back! Best way to get back on track is with an 80s banger! It’s a cover of an old disco number by Thelma Houston and was a huge hit in 86 after Bronski Beat. You got his name right! He can still hit those notes too.

[@paulsheedy4650]

I can't help it with this song. I've got to get up and dance. Every single time. If I'm driving in the car my butts moving in the seat.🎶📀😀❤️👍

[@nottydread]

Glad you're back. What a tune too!

[@jkemp1036]

Im glade you like one of my all time favourite songs takes my back to the 80s dance floors something i miss so much

[@almostfm]

Just a bit o' trivia. The guy playing the piano is Richard Coles. AKA The Reverand Richard Coles-an actual Anglican vicar. He joined the church after his time in the band. He still does stand-up and appears on TV panel shows as a sideline.

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

I love Jimmy's voice and the energy he puts into his music, it's so hard for me to sit still listening to this song but its painful to dance or move. Thank you so very much for playing this and I'm so glad it wasn't blocked as watching them dancing is a real treat. God bless you sweetheart, love hugs and peace Mary-Ellen UK

[@philjan2]

Great to have you back

[@jonnno243]

One of the most energetic and enjoyable songs/videos I have ever heard and seen. And to add to it all, Sarah Jane Morris and her rich contralto voice , wow. One of my favourite songs by Sarah is Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs Jones"

[@chris-rfs]

Good to see you back sir! You like Spandau Ballet i recall...please react to Through The Barricades...a very meaningful track and just great to listen to.👍👍

[@sharonjarrett8953]

I am glad everything is good welcome back😊

[@chrisburnett1638]

YEEES FINALLY CHECKING OUT THE COMMUNARDS!

[@josmith4173]

I was a teen when this came out - loved it - I remember dancing to it in clubs - everyone would sing it 😊

[@KoenVanRompay]

So glad you are back, as I worried about you!

[@erickaleeroy8710]

Happy to see you back 🤗👍🎉

[@christinahilt2978]

This is a cover originally released 1975 by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and covered by Thelma Houston in 1976. The Communards came in a put an 80’s dance club twist on the song.

[@HighHoeKermit]

The Reverend Richard Coles smashing it out on the piano there!

[@iammrdoge]

Ayee he's back!

[@timmistorey5989]

This is a cover of a disco song by Thelma Houston, and was also a Harold Melvin and the blue notes. Great song

[@stevetici2668]

I'd highly recommend The Communards cover of Never Can Say Goodbye. IMO better than the original & Bronski Beats Why & Hit That Perfect Beat!

[@kbusby4824]

Great song. Heard it recently sitting in a restaurant that plays a lot of 80s music.

[@chefskiss6179]

WOW(!)... you were so missed, and now you come back with this beauty! Thanks. Some gems for you to consider: O'jays - Love Train Pat Benatar - We Belong Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers The Jam - That's Entertainment New Order - Regret (which might be on your patreon site, but I would love for you to flip it over to this side).

[@emmafrench7219]

Good to have you back. Hope all is well.

[@jingleyjen]

Tune!!! My dancing style was formed at this time.

[@joanneblake5483]

Loved this as a child and still do

[@julierigby3076]

Glad you’re back. Missed you like a family friend. Keep listening.

[@IsabelleRSG]

Great choice for starting again 😁. This song always gives me plenty of energy and makes me wanna dance 🥳. Their two voices are so awesome as a duet!

[@ychaps]

This has always been one of my favourite songs...just love this pairing...

[@ihasmdb389]

Glad to see you back, I missed your videos!

[@maryt2290]

Looks like you got new digs! Glad to see you again. The original by Thelma Houston was huge in the 70s, so I was never sure why Communards remade it. Good, but of course I love the original.

[@GrowingUpJersey]

The original is by Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes featuring Teddy Pendergrass. both great versions

[@meeshelle1397]

Love this, TY 🌟

[@faithnyou1732]

Welcome back! You were missed! 💙✌

[@lindylou7853]

Rev Richard Coles playing the piano. He’s just stopped being a vicar and has embarked on his third main career as a modern day Agatha Christie, writing crime fiction based on the happenings in a local vicarage.

[@coltsfoot9926]

Good to have you back. One of my favourite 80s club songs. I love the counterpoint between Jimmy's falsetto and Sarah Jane's deep contralto. Great song to get me moving!

[@garyskinner2422]

This man is such a lovely guy, absolutely love him.

[@helen4542]

Went to see the Communards live in 1987 UK.. incredible !

[@terrencemorris3983]

Nothing but positive energy on tis channel

[@americanmutt9089]

I was wondering why I wasn't getting any notifications from you. I was missing you kiddo!!!

[@johnthegreek5836]

Welcome Back, never heard this version but thanks it’s definitely Cool

[@user-DJDreamworld]

Looks like a nice place Jay

[@NikkieTwix]

Also I love this song it’s a classic at this point

[@rogeriobussad8369]

and... decades later... he still can sing the same way... he can hit the highs the same way he did over 30 years ago... just... BETTER! Jimmy Summerville was a huge influence on me as a young gay boy... and I had a major crush on him... and his voice just added to it!

[@lillou6509]

They were on Top of the Pops which was renowned for not letting bands sing live and had to mime so halfway through the song they swapped parts,she sang his lyrics and he sang hers it was so funny

[@olaw.4711]

What a great track !!! And the ENERGY. My feets are dancing under the desk 😁

[@ceejay1794]

Feel like I’m back in The Club back in the day💃💃💃

[@budmaynard5952]

Welcome back! Good to see you again. Peace from SF

[@shannonbennett987]

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!

[@sirjohnmara]

Whe you say: "OK - Oh, Yeah!" then we know it's going to be magnificent!

[@laurabryfogle7516]

Love this band & BRONSKI BEAT! & YOUR CHANNEL!! Hope all is very well with you!!!🌟😊💜🌺✨🙏 Hit that perfect beat boy, is another awesome song of his! ✨✨✨✨

[@garfield122010]

Please do some Alison Moyet, '' Love Ressurection '' is a great one, she has a beautiful unique voice. ❤

[@Arael_Angie]

Good to see you back x

[@ChristineMcEwen5434]

I love this, my favourite is = So cold the night ☺️ I think you'll like that one. I just love his voice.

[@itsakittyting]

This was a MASSIVE hit and I still play it to this day! Never gets old. There's only 1 other song I never stopped playing and that's Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield

[@swederoorad2318]

Yup!

[@nirmalsuki]

Two of my absolute favourite songs... I LOVE Moonlight Shadow. I think it's just a perfectly made song.

[@SPOPictures]

Yeah.. bring me back to my clubbing days in the 80s.... set the dancefloor on fire

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

This takes me back👍❤

[@blastingweevil2968]

proof that some of the tunes from the 80's were actually good :)

[@mathijs5767]

i hope you will continue your TalkTalk Journey!!

[@dragonkissed2099]

Happy to see you and hear you 🙂

[@s.oliver3687]

Great music. "For a friend" from Communards is also great.

[@wendywilson9931]

Love your new room. 😎

[@holyspacemonkey]

Welcome back, Jovaughn! 💕

[@user-DJDreamworld]

Missed you too don't forget all the list of stuff I been saving for you lol

[@chriswinwood6501]

I loved how much you loved this!

[@italoblu]

Welcome back! What a great song!

[@BDogg2023]

Jimmy Somerville has so many great songs in Bronski Beat, The Communards, and as a solo singer. Small Town Boy, Why, Love To Love You, It Ain’t Necessarily So, I Feel Love, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) and many more.

[@wolke9270]

I always loved his version of the BeeGees' "To love somebody"

[@lisac9930]

AWESOME COVER VERSION!!! I loved it! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@EvilSean62]

I never realised it was THAT sarah jane morris !!! she is wonderful and kooky and undervalued IMHO she was touring on a tribute to John Martyn last i heard and i cant think of a better person to sing his stuff check out her work with antonio forcione etc ... mental good singer!!

[@elainewalton9227]

Many calories burnt on the dance floor and in the kitchen with this one,love it

[@leenkhalifa5944]

I haven’t heard this song for decades. Thanks for bringing it back!

[@kevinlawes591]

Great song good to have you back 👍

[@TroysPop]

That's one of the best versions of this song, which has been covered by a lot of people. If you haven't reviewed it yet, consider doing the original version by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Teddy Pendergrass lead singer) Also the version done by Dami Im on X Factor Australia about 8 years ago was really good.

[@swederoorad2318]

I agree with you!

[@majestic7107]

Yes pls do the original signer. I love the song, but not this version. Some song are not meant to be redone. Thanks for your reaction!

[@thomashilcz6278]

Hallo Jovaughn, good to have you back! Love your reactions to music I've been listening to for decades. Greetings from Germany!

[@817mikeyh]

Welcome back, with an absolute banger!!

[@tallpall1976]

Glad to see you again man missed your reactions and a great song to do 👍

[@stevenanderson912]

Great too have you back man and a great tune from my day jimmy has such a powerful voice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊👌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@BennoWitter]

I love the energy of that song. I'm someone who has barely enough energy to get out of bed in the morning, but I can appreciate if other people do something good with theirs.

[@laurentaylor2423]

wonderful to have you back

[@4evalocd660]

Ohk jayy 💯

[@zeeldaazoonk]

I saw him in Paris one day in a place call "Tuileries" I was so stupefied that I could not move...

[@carolmillins9199]

Classic!!!

[@sharonjarrett8953]

I love songgggg🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sarablack2547]

welcome back i missed your reactions!! i remember dancing to this at school discos in secondary school.the bit where it breaks and they go high i used to spin around. in america a lot of the older artists got training from being in the school choir or church.we don't have that in the uk well not to the degree the us does we do have performing arts school in london were adele,amy winehouse,katy b,jessie j etc went.so i don't know that jimmy had training esp as he would've had to leave scotland. there's a vid on here of a busker singing his song he walks by with his dog and joins in.he's still got it 30 yrs later. please do ub40-food for thought,1 in 10. fuse odg-million pound girl,dangerous love.the vid with the 2 dancers.the girl has her hair up and a green dress. mis-teeq-scandelous,all i want katy b-lights on ft miss dynamite,crying for no reason. mr vegas-heads high kevin little-turn me on.

[@gilwil]

Takes me back to all those 80s school discos! Along with Yazz “The Only Way is Up” - worth a reaction if you haven’t already.

[@shaunacohen7630]

Love this song! Welcome back! This a great cover.

[@leegriffin2582]

aww J - u got new digs ! hope ur loving it - glad to see u again ! - best music guy ever !

[@carlyhammersley6544]

The streets ….your fit and u know it …..such a good song

[@spruce381]

Love this and the Harold Melvin original too. ❤ nice reaction.

[@KM-vx9ok]

Please listen to For a Friend" which is a single from the British pop duo The Communards taken from their 1987 album Red. The song is an emotional ballad and was written in the memory of Mark Ashton, a friend of Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles.

[@Music-tg5is]

Is my boy back? Yes!

[@Panbaneesha]

The Communards came after Jimmy Somerville left Bronski Beat, I believe. Richard Coles (the guy on the piano) once said they were "trying to take down Margaret Thatcher by recording covers of 70s hits" or something to that effect. And admitted laughingly that that may have been a bit ambitious. 🤣 My favourite of Jimmy's - which he recorded solo imho - is "You make me feel" (another 70s cover). I can NOT listen to that song without dancing. :)

[@maryhuhnke8496]

The 70's and 80's were the Best time to experience Music..and just 💃 Dance!! Anybody else feel the same??

[@glennhanney6841]

This is a cover. A great cover

[@kan9177]

We were missing your reactions... Funny how we got used to your regular youtube reaction notifications. ;-)

[@elysehfm8797]

Hey-oooo!

[@naturally953]

It's so good to see you back! Hope you're enjoying your new place...💕