Smalltown Boy - Música
Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat
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Os Bronski Beat Surgiram Da Reunião Do Entusiasmo De Três Amigos Que Partilhavam Um Pequeno Apartamento Em Brixton Londres Em 1983. Com Apenas Nove Concertos Apresentados Viram-Se A Assinar Um Contrato Com A London Records Estreando-Se Discograficamente Em Junho De 1984 Com O Single Smalltown Boy. A Canção Levantava Uma Série De Questões Da Homofobia À Solidão Passando Pelas Formas De Incompreensão Que Nascem Na Família Perante A Descoberta Da Homossexualidade De Um Filho Num Registo Claramente Herdeiro Do Hi-Nrg Chegado Das Noites De Nova Iorque E São Francisco Vincando Personalidade Pela Invulgar Postura Vocal De Jimmy Sommerville. A Canção Foi Acompanhada Por Um Teledisco Realizado Por Bernard Rose No Qual A Banda Procurou Uma Ilustração Narrativa Directa Da Letra De Smalltwon Boy. O Single Foi Um Êxito Estrondoso Atingindo O Número Três No Top Inglês E Um Inesperado Número 48 Nos EUA Abrindo Caminho Para A Carreira De Sucesso Do Álbum The Age Of Consent Editado Poucos Meses Depois. Há Mais De 20 Anos De Distância Smalltown Boy É Hoje Recordado Como Um Dos Grandes Clássicos Da Pop Dos Anos 80.
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Bronski-Beat - The Age Of Consent
"Smalltown Boy" Is The Debut Single By British Synth-Pop Band Bronski Beat Released In May 1984. It Is From Their Debut Album The Age Of Consent Released In December 1984. The Song Was A Big Commercial Success Reaching Number 3 In The Band's Native UK. It Was Also A Number One Hit In The Netherlands And Belgium And Hit The Top 10 In Australia Canada France Ireland Italy Switzerland And West Germany. The Track Reached Number 48 In The US Pop Chart And Was A Number One US Dance Hit. A Remix Of The Song By Stephen Hague Was Released As A Single On 24 December 1990. The Song Was Released Again In December 2013 After Featuring In A Christmas Advertising Campaign For Boots UK. "Smalltown Boy" Was Also Re-Recorded By Jimmy Somerville And Released As "Smalltown Boy Reprise" 2014 For The 30th Anniversary Of Its Initial Release. An Official Music Video Made By Bernard Rose Was Shot And Released Later In 1984. The Narrative Video Features Band Member Jimmy Somerville As The Boy Who Has Experienced The Issues Described In The Lyrics. Seen On A Train He Is Contemplating His Childhood Through Flashbacks And The Events That Have Caused Him To Leave His Parents' Home. At A Swimming Pool His Friends Played By Band Members Larry Steinbachek And Steve Bronski Dare Him To Approach A Boy That He Is Attracted To For Which He Is Later Attacked In An Alley By An Anti-Homosexual Gang Led By The Young Man He Had Approached At The Swimming Pool. A Police Officer Takes Him Back To His Home. It Is Implied That The Boy's Parents Learn Of His Homosexuality For The First Time Through This Incident And Are Shocked But Only The Father Seems Unsupportive. The Boy Is Then Shown Hugging His Mother Goodbye And Getting Some Travel Money From The Father. The Boy Reaches His Hand Out To Shake His Father's But His Father Does Not Return It. After The Boy Catches A Train To London On Which He Is Reunited With His Friends. Time Out Ranked "Smalltown Boy" Number 12 In Their List Of The 50 Best Gay Songs To Celebrate Pride All Year Long In 2022. They Added By Incorporating Unapologetic LGBTQ Themes Into Their Sleek Synth-Pop Hits Bronski Beat Were True Pioneers – And This 1984 Classic Is Their Most Transcendent Moment. Frontman Jimmy Somerville In A Sensitive Falsetto Sings About A Lad Who Flees Hometown Bullying — 'Run Away Turn Away' Is The Recurring Refrain — Against A Steady Reassuringly Numb Background Of Rhythm And Synthesiser. This Song Takes The Pain Of Rejection And Makes It Danceable. "Smalltown Boy" Peaked At #1 On The U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart In The Winter Of 1985.
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Os Bronski Beat Surgiram Da Reunião Do Entusiasmo De Três Amigos Que Partilhavam Um Pequeno Apartamento Em Brixton Londres Em 1983. Com Apenas Nove Concertos Apresentados Viram-Se A Assinar Um Contrato Com A London Records Estreando-Se Discograficamente Em Junho De 1984 Com O Single Smalltown Boy. A Canção Levantava Uma Série De Questões Da Homofobia À Solidão Passando Pelas Formas De Incompreensão Que Nascem Na Família Perante A Descoberta Da Homossexualidade De Um Filho Num Registo Claramente Herdeiro Do Hi-Nrg Chegado Das Noites De Nova Iorque E São Francisco Vincando Personalidade Pela Invulgar Postura Vocal De Jimmy Sommerville. A Canção Foi Acompanhada Por Um Teledisco Realizado Por Bernard Rose No Qual A Banda Procurou Uma Ilustração Narrativa Directa Da Letra De Smalltwon Boy. O Single Foi Um Êxito Estrondoso Atingindo O Número Três No Top Inglês E Um Inesperado Número 48 Nos EUA Abrindo Caminho Para A Carreira De Sucesso Do Álbum The Age Of Consent Editado Poucos Meses Depois. Há Mais De 20 Anos De Distância Smalltown Boy É Hoje Recordado Como Um Dos Grandes Clássicos Da Pop Dos Anos 80.
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"Smalltown Boy" is the debut single by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, released in May 1984. It is from their debut album, The Age of Consent, released in December 1984.
The song was a big commercial success, reaching number 3 in the band's native UK. It was also a number one hit in the Netherlands and Belgium, and hit the top 10 in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland and West Germany. The track reached number 48 in the US pop chart and was a number one US dance hit.
A remix of the song by Stephen Hague was released as a single on 24 December 1990. The song was released again in December 2013 after featuring in a Christmas advertising campaign for Boots UK. "Smalltown Boy" was also re-recorded by Jimmy Somerville and released as "Smalltown Boy Reprise" (2014) for the 30th anniversary of its initial release.
An official music video made by Bernard Rose was shot and released later in 1984. The narrative video features band member Jimmy Somerville as the boy who has experienced the issues described in the lyrics. Seen on a train, he is contemplating his childhood through flashbacks and the events that have caused him to leave his parents' home.
At a swimming pool, his friends (played by band members Larry Steinbachek and Steve Bronski) dare him to approach a boy that he is attracted to, for which he is later attacked in an alley by an anti-homosexual gang led by the young man he had approached at the swimming pool. A police officer takes him back to his home. It is implied that the boy's parents learn of his homosexuality for the first time through this incident and are shocked, but only the father seems unsupportive. The boy is then shown hugging his mother goodbye and getting some travel money from the father. The boy reaches his hand out to shake his father's but his father does not return it. After, the boy catches a train to London, on which he is reunited with his friends.
Time Out ranked "Smalltown Boy" number 12 in their list of The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long in 2022. They added,
By incorporating unapologetic LGBTQ themes into their sleek synth-pop hits, Bronski Beat were true pioneers – and this 1984 classic is their most transcendent moment. Frontman Jimmy Somerville, in a sensitive falsetto, sings about a lad who flees hometown bullying — 'Run away, turn away' is the recurring refrain — against a steady, reassuringly numb background of rhythm and synthesiser. This song takes the pain of rejection and makes it danceable.
"Smalltown Boy" peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart in the Winter of 1985. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.