FIRST TIME HEARING SOFT CELL 🎵 "Tainted Love" Reaction

[@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.

[@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*

[@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...

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@cattuslavandula]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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! ❤️❤️

[@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

[@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!

[@billspivey6919]

Old school New Wave Classic. Loved it

[@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.

[@FightingTorque411]

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

[@sealdrup]

Lex is always very creative with her takeaways.

[@monogramadikt5971]

old school electro funk

[@latrishabledsoe7766]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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....

[@j4r4lly22]

One of the biggest hits of the 80's and one of the few tracks that the boys would get up and dance to with the girls. I was out to dinner this July and got chatting to a couple sitting next to us. He mentioned that he was in the music business and I asked him in what capacity, assuming he was a producer or something. He said, I play keyboards in a band and I assumed it was probably a tribute band or similar as he was in his late 50's. I asked him what sort of music the band played and he said the band is called Soft Cell, have you heard of it? I almost fell off the chair as it was the David Ball the "other one" in the duo. We had a great chat about Tainted Love, modern music and food........... he really likes his fine dining and was telling us all about these places we should go to eat. A great afternoon and good to meet him and his wife who were both lovely.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@kellifranklin4432]

I saw this band live in the very early 80s and it was a blast! It was several bands and these guys came out and talked to us after the show. It was so much fun.

[@Music-Is-Real-Love]

This song was such a MASSIVE hit when it came out. It was playing everywhere we you couldn't help but dance. I never stopped loving it.

[@wavygravy9690]

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

[@jayecee010]

You both are my current, favorite reaction folks! There is a wonderful balance and both are open and expressive. Keep it up 👍

[@annother3350]

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

[@raymo6795]

I did not know this. I will check it out

[@_Wolfsbane_]

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

[@blondie2775]

Lex you have THE BEST descriptive words !! "Oatmeal" Love it! 🥰

[@Dantigua]

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

[@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

[@jacqueline4514]

We danced HARD to the long version of this; you are RIGHT Brad; the big Clap Clap was when you did your best move; 80’s heaven on the dance floor ❤️

[@dawnerickson7199]

I can't stop watching your videos tonight! They're an absolute delight. I haven't been this sucked into the KZbin rabbit hole in a while. Lol where did the last 4 hours go?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@tracysnow349]

CLASSIC. ONE OF THE GREATEST 80S SONGS EVER! (and there were so many. so so so so many!!!!) Yay you too!

[@drServitis]

0:29 !!! 0:44 !!! Thanks Lex! Just for me! 'OH?!' X 2! These two are the best reaction duo on the Tubes. The best I tells ya! The Best!

[@andrewfarrow635]

You need to check out marylin mansons cover of this

[@enyazogd5325]

agreed

[@thirdgatekeeper]

Not a patch on the Coil version.

[@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. 😁

[@shieldwallofdragons]

So many memories with this song…your reactions are the best!

[@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

[@sidstewart7399]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@spectre5x5]

Vintage 80s tune!

[@floyd66brescia48]

Naked Eyes “Always something there to remind me” another 80’s staple. Great reaction guys 😄

[@tortillajackson2342]

Great song! His voice sounds like oatmeal lmao!!

[@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!)

[@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.

[@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....

[@angeloc.6550]

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

[@docwatson8848]

Good reactions, I remember this song hanging on the radio a long time!

[@michaelbaziotis8287]

Oatmeal?? LOL! Gotta love Lex's sweet eclectic and unusual reactions!

[@michaelbuhl4250]

The original version is a soul song from 1964 by a woman named Gloria Jones. It was a hit in dance clubs in England, but she didn't know about it until the 1970s. She ended up moving to England in the '70s and having a child with Marc Bolan of T. Rex.

[@cooperstonebadge2228]

love the lex-isms "his voice is like oatmeal"

[@L0stJ0hnny]

Takes me straight back to 1981 and nightclubs full of new romantics dancing to the 12" version of this …

[@corkydukeII5898]

It's truly amazing how many '50-somethings' (like me as well) are fans of these reaction videos....

[@michaelgreen4091]

This song was covered by soft cell a band from Leeds in the North of England ironically it was a song from America which gained popularity on the northern soul circuit iinthe North of England in the 80s

[@zackbalins658]

29 thumbs down?!?! Shame on you haters. You guys keep doing your thing....you two are great, and I thoroughly enjoy your vids. And BRAD!...don't ever lose that woman my guy!!

[@kdm71291]

80s new wave! In my mind this song will forever be connected to the film “Coneheads”…….that scene near the end where he is going to “narfel the garthlek”…..funny!

[@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!

[@happymethehappyone8300]

THE PAYOLAS "EYES OF A STRANGER"..A MUST HEAR CLASSIC.

[@corkydukeII5898]

Wow, now THAT'S a song I haven't heard mention in quite a while. It used to be one of my faves back in the day : ) (Miami Vice once used it to GREAT effect in one of it's latter episodes)

[@centuryrox]

Always reminds me of the movie "Valley Girl"!

[@happymethehappyone8300]

@@corkydukeII5898 It Was Also Used In The Movie "Valley Girl" Soundtrack,, Along With Songs By The Plimsouls,, Sparks,, Josie Cotton,, Felony,, Etc.

[@sharkdog111]

Like oatmeal. This is why I come here to hear songs I've heard hundreds of times. Lex OMG, Dying. 😂

[@happymethehappyone8300]

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

[@theresenydahl9531]

Thank you for another great video reaction!❤❤❤❤❤

[@bulldawg0069]

Imagine it's 1984, you are at a high school dance and BAM, Tainted Love starts playin'. YEAH BOYEEE! Lol, ah the memories of my youth. Love watching you guys react to this stuff.

[@rosetoren3881]

My all time favourite song.

[@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA]

Every club lit up for 20 years after, playing this song.

[@GranFelicia]

oatmeal..... OMG I think that might be the best description ever Lex. You are so fantastically fun to watch!! 😁

[@Prone2Thrill]

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

[@shanebunes5243]

Gloria Jones did this song in 1964

[@1SECRETBILLY]

You had to see the Disco's when this music was playing and it had Oomph !!!! Especially the version that says (Baby baby where did our love go).

[@tracysnow349]

I love her. Lexi is the only person I have ever seen who can compare the texture of a food to a voice. I can see her saying, "his voice sounds like eating gravel" LMAO. Too funny. But great funny.

[@davidkneitel1840]

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

[@murrayspiffy2815]

Can't believe it's been 40 years - half a lifetime ago - that I used to sing this song in my head - over and over - while skiing.

[@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)

[@jessepruit8385]

Roller skating music! It's smooth and has that beat!

[@Capt620]

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

[@Stupha_Kinpendous]

Jesus. Every time I watch one of your videos, I'm all, "Yeah, Lex! Right! Whee!!!" And also I'm all, "Aw, Brad... come on, Dad!" You two are fucking superb at this. Drinks for you both!

[@GreggObst]

Every time I hear this I have to sing along in the Beldar Conehead voice where he sings this while battling the Garthak in the movie "Conehads". Ack, Ack! Look it up on YT you will understand.

[@speleokeir]

An 80s classic. If you liked this you should also check out 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. and 'Torch'. I also highly recommend Visage's 'Fade to Grey' which was a fantastic one hit wonder.

[@nedwright3257]

Lex is beautiful, adorable, and so natural

[@peteramthor]

I always found it funny that Soft Cell was actually doing a cover here. They didn't come up with the song they just did their version of it, but most people never realized this.

[@RSOFT92]

I don't know if it was already suggested but you should react to Minnie Ripperton - Lovin' You (1974). Keep up the great content! 👍

[@neldablanco1663]

I appreciate how you do just do covers of older songs. You two actually react to the original songs! THANK YOU!❤!! PS Marilyn Manson video version is great though!

[@isgrimner]

In the early days of music file sharing ie. Napster. I got a cover of this supposedly by Social Distortion. Found out later it was by some band called Shades Apart and it did sound at least a little like Mike Ness but not quite so I knew it wasn't Social D. It is still a pretty good cover of the song. Same thing happened with a supposed Social D cover of Pretty In Pink but that turned out to be by a band called Automatic 7, still an awesome cover though.

[@theresamatinas683]

You should do the extended version of it. It’s sooooooo good!!

[@davidgarcia6296]

You guys seem to like the 80’s vibe. Look up Debbie Deb “Look out weekend” that song is timeless. We dance to that to this day👍🏽

[@katiemurray735]

Yesss! I remember roller skating to that song 🤣

[@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