FIRST TIME HEARING SOFT CELL 🎵 "Tainted Love" Reaction

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[@johncondry]

This song is itself a cover song. Originally by Gloria Jones.

[@trentboyett6048]

Thanks, gonna check it out

[@eileendobbs8009]

I thought it was a sample of a Supremes song Where Did Our Love Go.

[@laminage]

Right On! It helped epitomize Northern Soul from Philly. It fell between the cracks in The US but in The UK it had a cult following. Kids from Low Income Housing Projects aka Council Houses would dance to Northern Soul on The Weekends. Rihanna sampled the Melody for "SOS". It also holds the distinction of being in Billboard's Hot 100 longer than any other Song in Pop.

[@billcephus]

who cares? this is the definitive version.

[@kennyfleck8630]

@@billcephus yeah but still a cover. Check out the original and know that I would have jammed to that in the mid 60's. So, if nobody else, I care...

[@Weyland_Yutani_Corp]

The 12-inch extended version of 'Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go' is the definitive version. That sweet, sweet transition into "Where Did Our Love Go' is the smoothest transition going. Hearing Tainted Love without the second half leaves me unfulfilled and disappointed.

[@marshanall8632]

Yeah, I hate when they cut the second part off.

[@finbarrsaunders]

TBF this version is definitive because it's the one which everyone knows & got all the airplay. With that said, I would agree the 12 is the much better version. All of those old Soft Cell 12 inch singles are fantastic. Torch, Bedsitter, Say Hello Wave Goodbye... all stone classics IMHO.

[@catman2629]

@@finbarrsaunders that’s my favourite version , I play it at home with a 200w amp and floor standing speakers to get the disco feel

[@annaoswald5943]

Agree, just might be the smoothest transition. I watched this reaction livestream and people were trying to get them to do the definitive version. They picked a lyric video, and when I heard the fade out, I instantly felt that unfulfillment that you had mentioned.

[@evilcam]

This. I am so used to the extended version with "Where Did Our Love Go" that I felt the song was totally incomplete as I heard it fade out in this video. Tainted Love is a good song on its own, but it goes so damn well with the transition and breathy vocals in WDOLG, that I think they should always be played together, to get the full effect. I think Imma go listen to it now, just to get it out of my head.

[@10thdoctor15]

Tainted Love and Blue Monday are the most '80s songs. This song always reminds me of when Doctor Who came back and the Doctor starts dancing when it comes on.

[@angeloc.6550]

Oatmeal??? 🤣🤣🤣 first time I’ve ever heard that critique on anything 😂😂😂 you both are so funny!

[@Prone2Thrill]

Manson's cover is really a vibe! Marc Almond really great voice.

[@IshwaraYogaNET]

Definitely an anthem in our student house, 1981, Toxteth, Liverpool

[@keithschofield1158]

Generation kill on HBO there headed to war and everyone in the Humvee starts singing this song Alexander Skarsgard has a pretty good voice

[@marcovacca9144]

There's more of the song that got cut off. Towards the end, the song goes into the original song.

[@jaywillingham4085]

OH MY GOD ! Could I pay y'all to just narrate my daily life? "Ewwww what is he DOING? Nobody puts mayonnaise and banana on a sandwich!" "I feel like he has a sorted past"

[@13terapyn]

From "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret". One of my all-time favorite albums as a teen...and now

[@nessaseetah1805]

Is this where we suggest Sex Dwarf? I'm trying to NOT suggest it... but it was sure... one of a kind!

[@wavecycle]

Strange Love by Depeche Mode

[@joeltwinx3805]

Listen to their song SEX DWARF. Classic 80s New Wave

[@richard_n]

Lex has the greatest commentary of all time. Part genius, part crazy.

[@ROArecords2]

It's crazy but it always makes a kind of sense.

[@MatthewC137]

You nailed it and reminded me of this quote: "There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." --- Oscar Levant

[@swcoder]

Lex: Crazy Commentary...."You know what I mean?". Brad: Yeah?

[@thekragle9102]

Her comparison to the singer's voice to soup 🤣 she's too funny and cute

[@Bekka_Noyb]

oatmeal? *giggles*

[@shanehebert396]

Do "Melt With You" by Modern English... it's another major 80s staple. The original is really good but last year during lockdown, they put out a video that's mostly the same but a little different and is really good.

[@DanSolo871]

For many years I used to say if there were songs to put in a time capsule and shoot off to space so it’d never get found by man again, Tainted Love and I Melt With You were two of those songs. Funny that I Melt With You came to mind when you heard this song 😁

[@georgediperna3155]

Melt with you is one of my favorites of all time. Great suggestion.

[@steviekc9057]

Good call

[@volatilemolotov2298]

This song with "where did our love go?" right after is amazing; the way the tracks go into one another. It's also a cover.

[@PaintedCavern]

That long version is amazing!! 👍

[@johndonson1603]

Takes me straight back to Cinderellas on a Sat night in 1982..

[@marje8249]

Yes, that’s the one to listen to

[@thunderspike1892]

Gloria Jones originally made this in 1964. She later played keyboards in T-Rex. Marc Bolan's band. She are the mother of his son Rolan Bolan. David Bowie and Marc Bolan joked about naming their sons Zowie and Rolan. Only Bolan did it. Bowie's son are Duncan Jones after Bowie's real name. David Robert Jones. She was driving the car when Bolan was killed. She was later charged with being unfit to drive. She left UK with her son before the Court Date. So they ruled it accidental death. She is 76. Soft Cell, Marilyn Manson and Danish singer/actor Nikolaj Steen are just some of the musicians that did a cover of the song.

[@franklimper2677]

Good info

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Good info mate.

[@notkoikoi3159]

Bowie also did name his son Zowie, actually. He (understandably) later changed it to Duncan, and is now a well established movie director.

[@glastonbury4304]

Interesting, I lived in Barnes as well and didn't know this

[@Krzych88]

"Made" is not a very accurate word in this case tho. It's not her song, she just sang it.

[@rodb9275]

I LOVE how excited you get, Lex. It's infectious! I'm so glad I discovered this channel. Brad is a great counter to Lex. I like the combo so much

[@marekzee]

It's a cover (one of the most successful covers) but it wouldn't be a girl he is talking about.

[@paulmurrell1301]

Yep my reaction exactly

[@JMulvy]

You should check out the Marilyn Manson cover. It was done for the “Not Another Teen Movie” parody you were talking about in another video. It has a couple of a-list metal cameos including Joey Jordison (RIP), as well as actresses Jaime Presley & Chyler Leigh, plus it is just a fun video. The cadence with which he sings in this one is very common in burlesque shows.

[@seanbarrett3224]

Specially since you did Marilyn Manson's cover of Eurithmics These dreams...

[@ryans1986ss]

Mansons version is much better

[@surferdjnj]

Trent Reznor did drum programming on his version he basically using his own Get Down Make Love drums, a cover of. QUEEN SONG

[@razorfett147]

Yep. Great cover

[@bradprice8040]

Manson really did do a great version

[@tukkerintensity5575]

This is a cover song. The original is by Gloria Jones from 1964

[@keithslater7813]

Bessie banks

[@tukkerintensity5575]

@@keithslater7813 I don't think so. Gloria Jones did a cover of Bessie Banks Go Now but Tainted Love was written by Ed Cobb for Gloria Jones who recorded in 1964.

[@davidsharples1980]

Gloria Jones also crashed the car that killed Marc Bolan. 😞

[@billcephus]

who cares? this is the definitive version.

[@BenT_bbx]

This is another song that Marilyn Manson covered. It was on the movie, Not Another Teen Movie. Great cover!

[@catman2629]

Marilyn Manson cover is brilliant

[@SaturnusDK]

The Soft Cell version is also a cover of the original Gloria Jones release from 1964.

[@BenT_bbx]

@@SaturnusDK I didn't realize that, thanks!

[@SaturnusDK]

@@BenT_bbx The original was a Northern Soul banger which is where Soft Cell picked it up.

[@jasoncar1469]

They should definitely do the Manson version. Came here to say the same.

[@autumnleaves240]

if there is ONE song that embodies the early 80s THIS would be it. synth heaven.

[@wavecycle]

My vote goes to Strange Love

[@mikeboosh8776]

I'd go for "Wishing (photograph of you)" by Flock of Seagulls... but this is also awesome. This and The Love Cats was the soundtrack to every teenage party I ever went to.

[@peteramthor]

What's funny is that this is actually a cover of an even older song.

[@FightingTorque411]

Possibly the greatest compliment Marc Almond will ever receive about his voice 😂

[@sealdrup]

Lex is always very creative with her takeaways.

[@AlGuien82]

The enormity of this song when it came out in 82 or 83 could not be measured. It was the beginning of New Wave Music.

[@andrewfarrow635]

You need to check out marylin mansons cover of this

[@enyazogd5325]

agreed

[@thirdgatekeeper]

Not a patch on the Coil version.

[@plotmaker]

This was only the first half of the full song. It is actually "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" (Similar to Boston's "Foreplay/Long Time").

[@normanleroy1874]

Yeah, it's just not the same at all without Where Did Our Love Go

[@floorticket]

Yeah, except it's a cover so I can see why it's a bit easier to lop it off.

[@bowtangey6830]

@@normanleroy1874 Amen!!!

[@andrewgibson395]

@@floorticket Tainted Love was a cover as well!

[@floorticket]

@@andrewgibson395 True. Makes it even easier.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Yes! This is old new wave music 🕺 Rhinana sampled this yrs back, too.

[@ZombreckProductions]

Bruh Lex has me dyin with her comparisons. I LOVE Brad's ""wtf you talkin about" look every single time. Good stuff, keep it up!

[@yakkodawakko9387]

These two are a mess but always entertaining. Smh

[@epstiensbedsheetnecktie9212]

I love the stuff Lex comes up with to compare things too. Lol oatmeal

[@harbinger8035]

That’s the dumbest thing Comparing an artist to ridiculous things

[@EasyModeFishing]

SOS by Rihana straight up copied this song

[@tortillajackson2342]

Great song! His voice sounds like oatmeal lmao!!

[@marysweeney7370]

You have to imagine how big a hit this was and how it broke with the guitar-based "rock" that had dominated the 70's and early 80's.This was one of the big mainstream English synth pop tunes part of the New Wave.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

This song is a classic by Soft Cell a British pop band! I wish it had been the extended version where they sampled the Supremes’ Baby, Baby! ❤️❤️

[@martywaltman2861]

Zebra. Zebra. Zebra. Tell me what you

[@martywaltman2861]

No reaction to it Cus there not as old as I am. Trust me You will like. I know ever song that you have listen to. There are so much more songs that weren’t played on radio. UFO. Michael schenker. Who was a inspiration And Yngwie Malsteen.

[@shaneboegeman8638]

Now do Marilyn Manson's cover of this song.

[@dylankeville1026]

Yes what a tune 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@n2trkys18]

Great cover.

[@jamesmonroe3940]

No

[@itchyandred4131]

Oh God noooooo 😮

[@finbarrsaunders]

Why? It's formulaic corporate-label-driven bullshit. Far better to do Gloria Jones original.

[@annother3350]

You guys should now here the original Gloria Jones version from 1964

[@raymo6795]

I did not know this. I will check it out

[@Hydre]

You should listen to "Enola Gay" by OMD. that's an amazing song with so powerful lyrics. The way they wrote about atomic bomb is very well done.

[@justcallmejoe]

There is no "She" in this song. He is singing about another man

[@3DJapan]

My biggest memory of this song is actually not my own. Several times my dad has told me about back in the early 80s when he was a bartender and used to go to a club after work and he remembers dancing to this song with a girl. It put this image in my head and I remember what it looked like even though I was never there.

[@davidfisher8821]

Marilyn Manson does a killer version of this song, killer!!

[@markhayes637]

They did their Sweet Dreams cover shortly after doing the Eurythmics so could do it again for this one!

[@latrishabledsoe7766]

Was.mostly a rocker in the 80s but always loved.this song

[@floppybalboa3939]

I love how both your brains are wired, but Lex really topped it this time. The comparison to the Lead Singer's with Oatmeal, really?! That was amazing, honestly! Thank you!

[@randybrennum5083]

Well now you HAVE to do the Marilyn Manson version. Equally as good if not better. Also, Take Hold of the Flame

[@cattuslavandula]

Tainted Love and Melt With You are the poster children of early 80s music. New wave, MTV, synths, their the whole package.

[@davidbellamy2612]

Marc Almond is definitely talking about being let down by a lover but I doubt they heard the pronoun "she" used in the lyrics given his orientation.

[@teanosuger]

The Gloria jones original is a Northern Soul classic and that’s a good rabbit hole to go down

[@BlowinFree]

I fear your suggestion would be wasted on these two, they are thick as bricks with no modicum of taste or style. I mean look at his constant vacant face and her silly laugh and shaking that head. That wouldn’t understand Northern Soul in a month of Sundays.

[@jamescoleman8954]

It’s so hilarious how Lex always compares singers to food or beverages 🤣. And Brad is dead on with the clips to the one part because that definitely happens

[@BlowinFree]

Id compare Lex to a glass of milk that has been sitting in the sun all day

[@pauljansen1137]

Great song...next: "Say Hello Wave Goodbye"....to me it is their best song!

[@speleokeir]

Torch is worth a listen too.

[@imspartacus70]

Yes, his voice definitely isnt “oatmeal” on those two.

[@auntieprimrose4138]

Extended version with the mega Clarinet intro. Best song of the 80's.

[@grega8586]

I always preferred Sex Dwarf :-D

[@gazman6536]

Can you react to Pet shop Boys - west end girls...keep the 80’s vibe going!!

[@TJ-id6ee]

Ohhhh yeahhh..my fav is New Wave

[@robertogreen8769]

The original of this song was done by a lady called Gloria Jones in 1964. It was huge on the northern soul scene in the UK in the 70s and yes there were two claps at intervals.

[@AJRabies]

For the Clap, of course.

[@anastasiarose4482]

Who actually ended up either being wife or gf of Marc Bolan

[@jasoncar1469]

You must do the Marilyn Manson version next.

[@jtf2dan]

....ahhhh....memories if 1981.....this hit and The Human League song "Dont You Want Me?"...were the classic synth pop song hits of that year....

[@billspivey6919]

Old school New Wave Classic. Loved it

[@SuperDaveSo]

Honestly, I know I'm in the minority when I say this, but Marilyn Manson did it way better.

[@nihilist1680]

He did it 100 times better.

[@CaddyJim]

I actually like *Marilyn Manson's* take on *(tainted Love)*

[@BlowinFree]

You do? It’s truly awful. As is he.

[@CaddyJim]

@@BlowinFree he doesn't have a great singing voice but the increase bas to the tune & such I enjoy better than the original

[@BlowinFree]

@@CaddyJim sure I know what you mean, it’s certainly a different vibe and defo has its place. Better than the original or Soft Cells version? You gotta be kidding me 😉

[@BlowinFree]

@@CaddyJim btw I’ve read Marilyn Manson biography before all the recent allegations. Really good read, but not for those easily offended and it’s give an insight into his upbringing and life style

[@CaddyJim]

@@BlowinFree the original is iconic Marilyn's just has a different vibe allegations or not he's always been a freak

[@thomastaylor9579]

Marlin Manson's version is a must.it's better then the original

[@tonyd.944]

this isn't the original either

[@fryke]

a) Manson's not a fish and b) no, it's not better. It's just more Marilyn. Darker. Missing that 80s "I almost sound like a happy song but I'm really not"-thing. Don't get me wrong: I love Marilyn Manson's version. But can't go wrong with the original first. (I'm aware that Soft Cell's version isn't the original, either, but it's the first version I ever heard, so to me it is.) ;)

[@thomastaylor9579]

@@fryke lol..i didn't catch that,i was always a bad speller...with that being said i agree, i prefer Marilyn because i am old school metal/Rock & Roll ,but but both versions are worth listening to...but these two need to hear marlin's version....

[@thomastaylor9579]

@@tonyd.944 i know ,i was just referring to the alternate version Marilyn for these two...

[@trentboyett6048]

Marilyn Manson does a fabulous cover of this song.

[@thegroovetube3247]

40 years ago (trust me, it'll go by in a flash) I'd just finished school and this song was the sound of the summer of '81 in the UK. The second biggest selling single of the year.

[@mondodaftasabrush]

The start of an amazing 80s music

[@mondodaftasabrush]

Brought me back as a 11 year old child listening to the radio and school discos and fun fair parks amazing 80s music

[@emmahowells8334]

Yeah I remember when it first came out, very popular.

[@philshorten3221]

Really really really need to hear the Marilyn Mason version (and I'm generally not a fan of MM)

[@monogramadikt5971]

old school electro funk

[@mosoho]

Now do the Marilyn Manson version!

[@Cadinho93]

You guys should react to… Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love 🎸🤘

[@catman2629]

Music was from Gay Night Club scene , which produced a lot of great music , maybe try Frankie Goes to Hollywood “ Relax” this was a club stormer , the video with Lemmy Kilminster from Motörhead was some of the best footage . I think you’ll really enjoy that one ,turn it up loud

[@jackstalica7732]

If you like this you guys should check out "Situations" or "Don't Go" from Yazoo (or simply Yaz as they were known in the UK)

[@Fenimore.Cassidy]

From now on, whenever I eat oatmeal, this song will be playing in my head. And I eat oatmeal almost every day. Thanks for the earworm Lex. 😁

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Pioneering synth in pop-music (besides Kraftwerk). This was one of the first synth songs I ever heard.

[@Dantigua]

Mr simplistic, "I Like the bit where you can clap two times to the beat." Lex as usual appreciates good music.

[@1ListerofSmeg]

Just a heads up for Brad here.. Marc Almond is not singing about a girl. Not that you would have any way to know but girls aren't really his type.

[@DaveBartlett]

Back in the 90s, I was working in an office building where you exited from the upper floors down an escalator into a massive entrance hall. I began to notice that every night when I'd left, as I walked down to the station to catch my train, I would find myself singing this particular song, and I had no idea why! But still every night whatever had been on my mind earlier in the day, was overcome by my urge to sing this song. After a couple of weeks of this, I realised what it was: in the foyer of my workplace there were various vending machines, and a couple of ATMs, one of which made exactly the same electronic bleeps as the ones in this song. I would subconsciously pick that up as I travelled down the escalator, and within a couple of minutes of leaving, it would 'take over by brain' EVERY NIGHT, even after I'd worked out the cause.

[@mygaylefriend]

Marilyn Manson's version is really good... and the video is pretty decent too- amazingly.

[@NL-ii9re]

You should definitely do the Marilyn Manson version. It's much better, imo.

[@iamaraindog385]

Now you should listen to the ORIGINAL version by Gloria Jones.

[@sadtragedy20]

You might want to check out Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence" or "Strangelove". Its in a similar pocket to Soft Cell (yay New Wave!)

[@rexilium]

Ireally hope to find your reaction to Soft Cell "Sex Dwarf"

[@1teamski]

You guys should do a show just playing a best of the 1980's CD just to see how many great songs came out that you haven't heard yet.

[@robquince3076]

Gloria Jones's original version is much better and a Northern Soul classic👍you should try it

[@Samaelthekind]

Ah..the song that was the flagship for the end of every toxic relationship in the 80s/ How I loved this. It perfectly captures that place between attraction and repulsion ...where you love and hat how someone makes you feel about yourself.

[@charliemoss6379]

He sounds like oatmeal!! Oh my gosh I think I just left a puddle

[@brianforgie7724]

you have too do a live version of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode. Tough tune. One of those songs you know it in 2 seconds

[@happymethehappyone8300]

THIS CLASSIC WILL HIT YOU DIFFERENT,, BUT IN A GOOD WAY....NU SHOOZ "I CAN'T WAIT" (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO A MUST)

[@davidsafford1423]

It's almost hypnotic

[@tonyard6063]

You have to do the Marilyn Manson version (video) now for a unique take on this song

[@jamessouthworth1699]

I used to have the 12 inch cut of this with where did our love go but I think my favorite version of this song is the cover by coil.

[@rufscooby1]

try the long version "tainted love/where did our love go" by soft cell

[@mikefetterman6782]

This was one of the first "NEW WAVE" songs to come to MTV after the "VALLEY GIRL" culture started in California.

[@mikefetterman6782]

There was a whole dialect around this movement, fer sure.

[@johnbemis1245]

Oatmeal! Lex your great! Love your show guys.

[@bowtangey6830]

Where's the rest of the song?? It's here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3m4gpd6qbeUeqs

[@bryanforis1839]

When you hear them song you will know

[@robertkees6048]

It's amazing that something so cheesy can be so good.

[@Capt620]

Every time I hear this I think of the movie Coneheads.

[@CaddyJim]

*#Lex* missed her generation she was born a little beyond her time

[@sidstewart7399]

Saw Marc live 2 years ago. Normally not my thing but thought sod it. Brilliant performer.

[@monsterrigs8104]

Great Tune

[@Truckergunners]

Yes you listened to the 1981 version not their 1991 reissue

[@kylerjones4411]

Lex always has strange insight into the sounds and music, Brad reads the lyrics. Good complimentary combo.

[@GMoby]

But but but did you notice he said he wasn't reading he was enjoying the sounds!!!! I know he'll come around....He has to get over all that second hand embarrassment from watching his family bust a move back in the day....

[@davidkneitel1840]

Classic 80's band and song. You should listen to a band named ABC, and their song Poison Arrow, another 80's classic.

[@DM-kc5du]

If you were around when this song got a lot of radio play, it's virtually a guarantee you would know every word and every beat. Forty years after its release, I'd be willing to bet that huge number of us could stand in a karaoke bar and sing it without even looking at the lyrics! You guys really should check out some more Tom Petty music. He was talented both as a lyricist (which Brad would like) and a musician, and the Heartbreakers were just a really tight band.

[@wavygravy9690]

I love your quick, concise intro's. I predict you to be the greatest reaction "couple" on the internet.

[@nedwright3257]

Lex is beautiful, adorable, and so natural

[@rosetoren3881]

My all time favourite song.