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Two of the three lads in Bronski Beat have passed away.
Both around the 60 mark.
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I canāt think of another song that paints a picture so completely.
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Richard Coles who was in Bronski Beat and The Communards is currently a Church Of England priest, Chancellor of Northampton University and a member of St. Finbarrās GAA club in Cork, thatās the same St. Finbarrās Jimmy Barry-Murphy played for.
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Iāve heard him interviewed a few times and he comes across as a thoroughly alright sort.
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Donāt Leave Me This Way by The Communards was number one on the same day as Jimmy Barry-Murphy won his final All-Ireland with Cork in 1986.
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The Old Main Drag by the Pogues is another one
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He has a new show on Channel 4 next Monday about the Shipping Forecast. Saw an ad for it last night.
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He does a podcast with Lady Diās brother
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I love the shipping forecast. The most soothing thing broadcast (probably unless youāre at sea)
780, falling slowly.
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Yet I always associate that great day with Sinittaās āSo Machoā
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I donāt think Coles was officially a member of Bronski Beat but was in the Communards.
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The Reverend Richard Coles is a thoroughly alright sort.
Plus, I think @farmerinthecity is correct in saying he was never a member of Bronski Beat.
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Correct
Aids!!?
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No, not these ones.
Martin Scorseseās mother is in Goodfellas.
The mother of Mikey Nesmith from the Monkees invented Tippex.
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Now Iām a believer
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