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SETTANTAxOTTANTA: 1981. I Soft Cell pubblicano Tainted love. Diverrà un simbolo degli anni ’80 superando l’originale di Gloria Jones · 70 80

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  Siamo con il direttore Massimo Lualdi che introduce
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  l 'argomento odierno. What are we talking about
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  today? About music. In July 1981, the British
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  duo Soft Cell publishes their own version of
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  Tainted Love, cover of a 1964 song written by
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  Ed Cobb and originally written by Gloria Jones.
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  The minimal electronic version of Mark Almond
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  and David Bowie, recorded almost by chance against
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  the requests of the record company, reaches the
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  first place in 17 countries and becomes a symbol
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  of the new wave in the 80s. For I toss and turn,
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  I can't sleep at night Once I ran to you However,
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  the overwhelming success of the single partly
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  determines the course of the group's career,
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  imposing on them a global fame but also an artistic
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  pressure that will influence the subsequent albums.
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  The Soft Cell, composed as said by Mark Almond
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  to the voice and David Bull to the synthesizer,
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  formed Leeds in 1979, where both attended the
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  local Polytechnic. After a brief experimental
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  phase, in 1980 they independently published the
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  long -plane Mutant Moments with a volume of 2
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  ,500. copies that, however, are enough to introduce
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  them in the British post -punk scene. In fact,
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  shortly after, the two are contacted by Steve
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  -O, Stephen John Pierce, founder of the independent
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  label Sam Beazer Records, which includes him
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  in his compilation Sam Beazer. This helps him
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  to obtain visibility, leading him to formally
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  sign a contract with Steve -O's record company.
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  In this context, the duo values ​​recording a
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  cover of the song Benighted by Frankie Valli.
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  However, the girlfriend of Ball of the time suggests
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  Tainted Love by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I give you all a
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  boy could give you Take my tears and that's not
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  nearly The recording of the single takes place
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  in July 1981 with the producer Mike Thorne, who
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  had collaborated with artists such as John Cale,
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  Marianne Faithfull and the band Why. But the
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  genesis of the song Tainted Love, as we know
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  it, was not peaceful. The phonogram wanted bass
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  and drums to be inserted in the song, while Almond
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  and Ball insisted on keeping the trio voice,
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  more synthesizer, more drum machine. At the end,
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  fortunately, their vision prevailed. It should
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  be noted that there is also a 12 -inch version
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  of the single that prolongs itself by connecting
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  the song with another classic Motown, Where Did
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  Our Love Go? by The Supremes, the band of Diana
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  Ross. The success of the album is overwhelming,
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  the version of the Soft Cell by Tainted Lover
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  reaches the first place in 17 countries and remains
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  in the American Billboard chart for a total of
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  49 weeks. The success alters the 80s pop synth
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  scene and transforms the song into a real hymn,
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  symbol of a decade that combines electronic,
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  club culture and a new form of sound expression.
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  Touch me baby, tainted love Tainted love The
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  radical sound choice reflects the emerging modernity
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  of pop music, a true generational expression.
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  The themes of the duo, urban adolescence, love
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  frustration and night aesthetics, match perfectly
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  with the atmosphere of the 80s. The great success
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  of Tainted Love, however, also has a upside of
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  the medal. It establishes high expectations that
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  the subsequent albums of the duo will have to
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  respect, so much so that a few months after the
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  recording of the single, their first LP, Non
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  Stop Erotic Cabaret, considered a milestone of
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  the 80s. Despite this, the hunger for immediate
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  success and the pressure of the record companies
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  instill creative tensions between the duo and
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  the major phonogram, limiting the evolution of
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  the promising group. At the death of David Bowie
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  on October 22, 2025, Mark Elmon expressed himself
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  since Dave was in an emotionally positive moment,
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  he was focused and so happy for the new album.
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  boom that we literally completed only a few days
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  ago. 2026 would have been a year of great enthusiasm
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  for him and I find only a little comfort in the
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  fact that I listened to the finished album, evaluating
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  it as an extraordinary job. Dave's music is better
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  than ever, his melodies and his ganjas are still
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  unmistakably soft -cell, yet he always managed
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  to bring them to the next level. He was a musical
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  genius, wonderfully brilliant, with whom I traveled
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  for almost 50 years. Thank you Dave for essere
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  stato una parte immensa della mia vita e per
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