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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz "Just in case you're one of those people who think this was originally a Soft Cell song."

Posted by Megan Seling on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:00 AM

My friend Neil just schooled me. I had no idea "Tainted Love" wasn't a Soft Cell original.


Gloria Jones - "Tainted Love" (1964)

I blame my ignorance on the fact that I was born in 1980.*

*At least I knew it wasn't a Marilyn Manson song, right??

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Urgutha Forka 1
I didn't know either, but I'm not surprised.... It seems that hardly anything is original anymore in music, movies, TV, etc.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on June 24, 2009 at 8:30 AM
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"Anymore"? Or 28 years ago, when Soft Cell released their version?
Posted by Levislade http://www.myspace.com/levifuller on June 24, 2009 at 9:32 AM
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Might help to hear the full length Soft Cell version, where it's attached to a more obvious cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhjmNtmkw…
Posted by Manos on June 24, 2009 at 9:57 AM
4
how the hell can you write for a music column/blog/whatever and not know this?
Posted by really? on June 24, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Dean Fawkes 5
"Sex Dwarf," meanwhile, remains 100% Soft Cell and 100% better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeXQNHkLn…
Posted by Dean Fawkes http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author?oid=479789&section=Blogs on June 24, 2009 at 3:23 PM
threnody 6
I knew it was originally a 60s song but had never actually heard this version, so thanks for posting! Nice.
Posted by threnody on June 24, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Will in Seattle 7
Many songs started as blues or jazz songs and then became popular as rock or punk versions.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on June 25, 2009 at 11:04 AM

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