Soft Cell - Bedsitter (TOTP 1981)

[@LFOVCF]

There can never be another Soft Cell. Gritty realism, with a dash of sleaze.

[@sofiaplatini3273]

And gorgeous as hell especially marc

[@Onewayto2024]

More than a dash 😂!

[@vfolsen]

@@Onewayto2024 indeed

[@Onewayto2024]

@@vfolsen I can almost smell the sleazy 4 hour stay hotel” smell when I listen to their music. It’s awesome!

[@KSt224]

Says it all in a few mins, genius.

[@rogergriffiths207]

Youve got to have lived the eighties to accept the campness of the acts, this song sent shivers through me after all the years.

[@mbrady2329]

Indeed - every pop act nowadays seems to be compartmentalised into some little marketing demographic box and to have all the life groomed out of it! And whilst openly gay artists are everywhere now, they're styled by their record labels to look acceptable to grannies in the suburbs.

[@felixhernandez5664]

Well said and accurate. You had to have lived through it.

[@Gridgette]

You don't have to live in a time to really feel the music silly oldz

[@timothysoar1321]

@shoopdawoopi I agree, but it does help! I'll take you in my time machine + show you

[@nilsdettweiler5876]

Shit!!! I'm 19 and I feel it more than my parents in their mid50s! I live the style and music more than anything else

[@samlemineur]

What a tune. His english voice and the beat are just amazing. I wasn't even born when it came out and I love it.

[@olga7454]

True. I was also born after, in 1984 in Kyiv, Ukraine

[@dynjarren7523]

I like the Peter Gunn type riff. Cool song! I bought this Almond and Gary Numans Replicas when they came out. I was into Synth Pop when everyone else was listening to Aerosmith.

[@Mikeyp1054]

I was 17 in.82,best years of my life the early 80s.music,ladies with lots of makeup and no tats,classy

[@alanreber1027]

I was about 20 when this song was out. They were on the pulse of the early eighties. If you can't relate to this song, you may be soulless🤔 l just read the lyrics after all these years, brought me to tears, mostly because of my kids and the struggle they're having finding truth and meaning in these perilous times. So much deception and fruitless ambition all around. There's tons of knowledge, very little wisdom

[@wildechild5]

@Jonathan Armstrong may I ask what hardcore you were into? There's like hardcore punk there's hardcore metal bands. I'm just curious.

[@wildechild5]

@Jonathan Armstrong helps very much thank you for the explanation.

[@mikeyj.3605]

"Bed sit land my only home" If that doesn't describe being hungover I don't know what does. Marc is so brilliant!

[@kevinsturges6957]

This is a million times better than anything going on today. 🎉

[@elbotait]

Great band. Great song. Great Album. Makes you proud you grew up in the 80s

[@fredsmith901]

This is a masterpiece!

[@MsHolmi]

It really is! I looooooove this song as well as their other songs, especially from that album!😊☀️🥴🌻🇩🇰

[@mrentremattor5772]

Crap music.

[@lindaflynn68]

Still brilliant in 2022, love you Marc and Dave 💜💜

[@number1audreyfan]

'Persistence of memory' painting by Dali, unforgettable image. 'Bedsitter' song by Soft Cell, unforgettable tune !!!!

[@benedettobruno1669]

What is there not to like in Marc Almond's voice? It sticks to your ears like a magnet.

[@koitorob]

Only if you have metal ears, or bloody huge ear rings!

[@alanreber1027]

They may have paved the way for Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Cutting edge!

[@Bike_Misping]

the final part where the bass gets faster and funky is so addictive 💜 amazing track

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Kick myself, I am having fun listening to this amazing song.

[@glenjarnold]

My god, what great times I had then. One of many, many songs that instantly takes me back. Next best thing to an actual Time Machine ❤️

[@mankin49]

Non stop erotic cabaret, best 80's album. But could only play it when the parents were out....seedy lyrics.

[@DJAlgorhythms]

Muffled tones…

[@benedettobruno1669]

"But could only play it when the parents were out"? No problem if you were from a non-English speaking country. It's highley likely your parents wouldn't have understood one single word.

[@andrewbarker4986]

20 years old living in a loft in Holland looking out from my window view and talking to my radio.Can picture it now.

[@samholden4171]

Wish i could go back to 80s was happy then😀

[@whjess]

yes was a great time Im so glad I was a teenager back then to enjoy it..

[@dylendog]

Well it looks like we have 1984 living with us from now on.

[@mikefellows3901]

Banging tune ! 80's classic !

[@ggagg123]

One of the best songs from the 80s. And Marc broke down all kind of barriers.

[@riverbank7347]

Fabulous song, fantastic band.

[@jonathanmchugh2582]

Best band ever. Wonderful. I was in Leeds at the time, at the university!!

[@trevorastley1727]

I miss the surprise from the music of the 80,s in anticipation of what was to come next. Soft Cell Camp with a hint of Darkness.

[@lew5142]

Dave Ball’s synth sound. So good!

[@Steve-bo6ht]

Mark is miming to this in 81 and could have probably sang it better live, absolute incredible talent and an artist that will go down in history as one of the best writers and singers of his generation.

[@markallen4356]

Phenomenal.even better than Tainted Love.

[@thebeatles6865]

@@alekseyvolobuev9067 yeah

[@NachtSchreck13]

Way better than Tainted Love. Bedsitter and Sex Dwarf are their best tunes.

[@YesMeistres]

Thank you Marc for all the special memories. You are in my heart dear.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

He was handsome in the 80s. Why do we age? Cruel nature.

[@geraldthesaint5457]

They’re just BRILLIANT !!!

[@danvango]

I was 16 when this album came out love it still today

[@Truckergunners]

More importantly do you still own it?

[@buckshot4569]

I bought the original in 81. Fantastic tune and a great time.

[@Truckergunners]

More importantly do you still own it?

[@stoltmain123]

one of the best from the 80,s

[@victorrodriguez5765]

My favorite Softcell song.............. greetings of Perú...

[@donaldmilne9202]

Still fresh today then it ever was, great track.

[@silviaadriana4299]

The time goes by, and yet this band rigs in my ears and i start to cry...❤

[@apatheticviewer234]

Reminds me of a Bret Easton Ellis novel. Can't believe I've never heard these guys. This is perfectly nihilistic ❤

[@Alan.92n]

My favourite Soft Cell song! Brilliant.

[@thebeatles6865]

I love soft cell it’s the best band ever!!!

[@madonadoxey9753]

Yes true true true I’m gonna order a soft cell t shirt for me and my kid

[@thebeatles6865]

@@madonadoxey9753 lol ur my mom

[@victorrodriguez5765]

My favorite Softcell song .................. an inmense hug of light from Perú 💋❤️🌹☀️⚡⚡😎👍....

[@kittyluvrpop]

I’m taking to the radio. And now I’m all alone in bedsitter land my only home lol I love this song

[@Cronyn25]

A masterpiece techno song by Soft Cell. Unforgettable!

[@Djtonystewart]

Electro bliss! ❤️🔥

[@thecoinmagician]

Bedshitter

[@madonadoxey9753]

Marc be dancing like it’s a disco party lol

[@EfOneAddict]

Dave Ball wielding the epic Prophet 5.

[@LFOVCF]

Very few would have a bloody clue what you just said, but I thought that.

[@michaellorenzen7410]

and very stoic

[@NachtSchreck13]

SEQUENTIAL FTW

[@davebellamy4867]

He almost always seemed to have a Prophet-5. I saw an interview once probably from 2000ish and he still had one on a shelf behind him at home. Uber cool synth.

[@davebellamy4867]

@@LFOVCF Very few indeed. I used to have one at home around 1998-2018 and no-one who came in apart from one of my mates ever looked and remarked about it. It's truly a pig ignorant age we live in. If I'd gone into someone's house and seen a Prophet-5, I'd have gone bonkers. The guy I bought mine from secondhand had a Fairlight in his home studio. It was like "WHAT?!"🤩😮😊🤗

[@janetglazebrook4372]

So talented such smooth voice,great 🌟

[@richardawrhodes6965]

Mother thinks I'm getting better. Brilliant

[@dynjarren8355]

Great, cool tune from Nonstop Erotic Cabaret! Great album I used to listen to nonstop.

[@Photonicpainter]

Great,just great! Say hello,wave good bay to 80's!

[@mrblzebub6150]

Seedy, squalid & superb

[@LFOVCF]

That was the last youll see of seedy and squalid. No way would anyone do that today

[@RobertGeez]

Indeed a masterpiece

[@laurahuelamo8653]

I love this song....

[@MarkSmith-cf5kw]

So much there!!!

[@mickmcgowan7756]

Classic stuff from a great band

[@davesherliker8425]

Magnificent

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

I've always loved him voice

[@silasatlas3835]

back in the days a different world ,,we had CB radios ,,,big boombox radios,, prime minister maggi thatcher,, bedsitters ,was cheap mine was only £10 week in 1981

[@paulhagan5170]

The audience are terrific

[@svetozarmilovanovic3153]

:) BLESS YOU FOR THIS :) !!! WONDERFUL , Thanks A Lot !..

[@whjess]

They look camp today, but back then it was seen as trendy and punk like, this style would never be accepted now days, very sad world we are in now

[@NachtSchreck13]

What? Where have you been? This is the style the underground music scene has been aping for the last decade plus. This look is totally hip now.

[@mbrady2329]

@@NachtSchreck13, where exactly is this underground music scene that 20-something contrarians keep telling the rest of us exists? And when are any of its acts going to break through to the mainstream?

[@meepmoop2308]

@@mbrady2329 The underground scene is well, underground, and very localized usually only playing gigs in small venues and house parties. At least thats my experience. And a couple of emo soundcloud rappers have seen mainstream fame so theyre not all obscure.

[@mbrady2329]

@@meepmoop2308 you lost me at "emo soundcloud rappers"! 🤣

[@meepmoop2308]

@@mbrady2329 It sounds like a joke but that was a huge trend, a lot of kids got super into obscure, often local soundcloud rappers. no record labels, no big stages, no nothing. i remember the guys with soundcloud in hs promoting their music and collaborating with other local rappers. Their music was actually good! Talented guys. Anyways... if this doesnt sound like underground music then i dont know what is.

[@margaretpepper3550]

I found this song very poignant as I used to go to cocktail parties in Earls Court & the whole area was full of young (& old) people who only knew others via Facebook....

[@heathercrook6516]

In the words of one of our friends from decades ago "As camp as Christmas"

[@miavalgaerts7548]

2022, that's it! After al these years stil a monument. Woe ha ...

[@3anaurv2]

I already heard this song and i don't remember where. Amazing for 1981.

[@michaelvronksy8748]

Sublime...

[@kittyluvrpop]

I love Soft Cell

[@lindacork4521]

Twinkling eyes of jet ❣

[@martyne3325]

Love this song

[@TheGhost-gx5vd]

You poor man hope you have improved your living accommodation

[@martyne3325]

@@TheGhost-gx5vd Yep thanks, but had to leave the country to get the help I needed, England is so Backward in some ways

[@Freddy_FazBallz420]

What's a rent boy?

[@martyne3325]

@@Freddy_FazBallz420 Male child/prostitute under the age of consent basically.

[@nextlifetime100]

I wasn't in the clubs at that time back in the 80s but right now I feel like I am.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Classic soft cell

[@twx4184]

awesome tune

[@sofiaplatini3273]

I had a massive crush on him back-in 81/82

[@davidadams2395]

That memorable synth sound sounds so much like Grace Jones's _Demolition Man._

[@charlesmiddleton4305]

London must be quite the place, swinging London carried on into the 1980's and probably beyond.

[@philipm06]

Still is.

[@davidlondon2810]

This was a song about living the late 1970s gay nightclub and bar lifestyle of a surfeit of sex n drugs n disco in London night after night while living in a small bedsit...It was well captured in this video which contains footage from the clubs (the Embassy, Heaven, the Copacabana) that Marc Almond, me and many well know people frequented in those days...kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXiVmquPf5xsn6c

[@thebeatles6865]

I love his style

[@fredericdm]

Superbe, merci

[@gabrielkristenbuche6845]

Holy crap! this seems way special. I love this!

[@sofiaplatini6275]

Crush on him for years

[@rogerwoodland6387]

same here

[@Luna_AlmondSF]

same XD

[@sofiaplatini1148]

Karl Larmont yep 😂

[@bevtokunaga867]

Same, for 40+ years. For me he is perfection 😊🖤

[@Lyndanet]

Reminds me of those days.... ughh...

[@ianwright7153]

my fave soft cell song

[@simonsimons1103]

Always great

[@nathanfarias1051]

It’s like Liza Minnelli from the wrong side of the tracks

[@arricammarques1955]

Marc wiped the floor with LM

[@kayeess9905]

Wonderfully seedy

[@Cronyn25]

An amazing Technopop song by the group SoftCell.

[@janetbrown6409]

I was 21 then. X

[@danielvarga4251]

New Wave! 80s Synth pop 😉😉😉

[@sandrahirsch8683]

Das beste von Soft Cell

[@bowbutter7608]

Memories bedsit land and clubs 80s

[@KSt224]

Another Soft Cell classic, 80s all down hill after that.

[@thejohns-lv6ub]

Excelente

[@amberklima3519]

best drunk song ever...like this song is freakin amazing but even freakin more amazing after a spirit or 2 :)

[@jdee8267]

Their best ever

[@Celia-e5f]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 fantastic star that's who marc is❤❤❤celia

[@drstevie]

so GOOD :)

[@wavelengthrecords-1]

This is basically a rockabilly song done on synths. Very cool.

[@succulentqueen7737]

It's totally New Wave!

[@mbrady2329]

That's an...interesting take on it!

[@MarkSmith-cf5kw]

Passing Times

[@wisalmalik9597]

marc ur the best

[@AcmeNewsLLC]

Reminds me of my babysitter when I was 11.

[@sandrahirsch8683]

Geiler Song

[@paulmacdonald4844]

Pity about the silly cap.

[@nicksavtchuk38]

Cool song

[@alankilroy04]

Check out the audience. Loving it.

[@Luna_AlmondSF]

I don't know why I used to like this guy, man I was fucked up back then But the song is very catchy tho

[@otherdistractions]

Isnt Marc Almond actually Orchid Man from Twin Peaks S2, who was scrimping Laura Palmers secret diary? How did they not credit him for this role, we need answers!