The Communards - Don't leave me this way | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo

Toetsenist Richard Coles begon in de jaren 80 samen met zanger Jimmy Somerville de band The Communards. Tegenwoordig heeft Richard Coles een heel ander beroep dan muzikant, hij is namelijk priester geworden!
Een reportage van Top 2000 a gogo uit 2021.

[Topagogo]

Something clearly went wrong here, this is not the video about Vanessa Carltons song. A thousand ̶m̶i̶l̶e̶s̶ apologies!

[Zetep]

Richard Coles being his genuine self makes this the best clip in the series for me.

[LFOVCF]

Man, I would give £100 to his church to watch him play that in front of me.
This song was everything to me back then, even down to a pretty good Jimmy dance.
Thank you both for brilliant music, and the score to my club life.

[catherinetimmerman]

Ooohhh how I LOVED The Communards back in the day!!! 39 years later, their version of Don’t Leave Me This Way is still one of my top 10 FAVORITE songs!!

[mistermatix]

There's something amazing about Rev Coles playing a 70s disco classic on an vintage church organ with a clergy collar on.... I love the disparity of it! He seems such a top bloke

[Oooo-bibi]

The first song I learnt all the words. Remember reading them off the back of the single sleeve. The 12 year old me and my 14 year old sister. Would play it loud and sing at the top of our voices. Still makes me feel as happy today.

[dan_gabriel]

So much good memories about this music! 80's were great!!! The coolest priest ever!!!

[simonnash]

As always, great stories. Love the bit about bringing down Thatch with 70s pop covers “Ambitious” 😀
Reminds me when I was at Uni in Edinburgh in the 80s and there was graffiti in the bogs in the library which has stuck with me:
“Anarchist student today
Tory accountant tomorrow”

[TheOBOM]

Wauw man, deze gast SPOORT. Heeft alles meegemaakt en gedaan wat wel en niet kon, heeft een soort van inzicht gehad en heeft toen zijn eigen, eerlijke keuze gemaakt ... dat is echt heel mooi en puur. Top gozert, wat mij betreft, en leuke muziekskes hebben ze ook gemaakt; soort van 'guilty pleasure' voor mij als ouwe Hippie-Punk, opgegroeid in de jaren '70 en '80.

[AC-ihjc]

I may be a straight little old Italian-American lady, but I've always friggin' *LOVED* Bronski Beat and the Communards!!! 💖 🎶 💖

[grahamfunnell]

Just one reunion for a song or two, would be 'heaven'.

[lescud]

This is a fantastic song and the Rev Richard Coles is a national treasure!!

[stormeu]

i know and have learned to respect Richard Coles from his appearances on BBC's Qi and Hignfy, but i never figured him as half of the Communards or him being gay. i respect him even more now.

[stefanhaling]

zeer mooi verhaal van een top groep, allebei

[JustRob_NL]

I love the sound of this band and special Jimmy Sommerville, good memories, and still these days i going mad on this music 😄😄😄

[haydoncooper]

Love Richard. Always a joy to listen to.I saw him once in Covent Garden just walking and not making a fuss

[juliaconnell]

I came here, as notified, for the Communards story behind their still awesome song 'Don't Leave Me This Way' - pleased I did as usual - seems to be a bit of confusion in the title/description - Vanessa Carlton tells the story of her enormous breakthrough hit 'A thousand miles'.???

[soin]

This is amazing, this series is the best thing that has happened to me since the first 3 minutes of the first lockdown, thanks guys!xx

[troyberber]

What a story. I truly love both versions of this legendary person.

[procta]

i wonder if him and Jimmy would come back again for a one off, if there was an 80s thing at Glastonbury, i recon people of the 80s era would love it.