im a big big fan of northern soul music been there done it since the 70s hes sounds fab with this tune im also a very big fan of soft cell back in the day fantastic group and guy
Glad to see Soft Cell back on TOTP - ace cover of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons' "The Night" with a dark, moody electronic update - ironically, SC almost recorded/released "The Night" as a single way back in 1981 instead of "Tainted Love" - if they had, can you imagine how different their career would have been? Marc's key change toward the end around 2:42 is glorious - nice fringe leather jacket, too!! This deserved to be a huge hit - alas, wasn't quite.
THIS IS BRILLIANT MARC ALMOND DOES THIS JUSTICE AND I MAY HASYEN TO ADD "FRANKIE VALLI" ALSO LIKED THIS VERSION ! LENA LOVICH ALSO DONE A GREAT VERSION OF THIS A SHAME MARD AND LENA NEVER SUNG TOGETHER !
@katenightly Thanks for sharing. What a dull place this would be without the wit, imagination, insight, elegance and all-round cleverness of people such as you.
Not Soft Cell's best but great to see Leeds boys paying homage to Frankie Valli. This song was a standard when I was growing up in W. Yorks. when I was older I went to the Warehouse in Leeds - just as Marc & Dave were hitting the big time - exciting times
In 81 , soft Cell had to choose between recording the night or tainted love as their possible last single if it wasn’t a hit. I think they made the right option who knows how the night would’ve done in 1981.?
Sad to see last centurty homophobes on the comments .for someone you think has no talent he aint done bad sunshine .marc was singing live here .dont happen often with most artists and maybe you protest anti gay slander a little too much #closet
Marc Almond claimed to be a big Northern Soul fan so it adds up that all the songs he recorded first (and considered recording in this case) were covers of popular Northern dance numbers. This does not work for me and I think he was right to make a stab at Tainted Love, although for me, Gloria Jones is the one!
LOL to Willie . Who cares who Marc wants to shag ? "In Tune " is overrated ...maybe look at the picture and stop moaning about the paint ? Nice performance for folks who react to music ... screw the critics . Nice Lena tune ..I dont know or care where it came form .
After 2 good cover versions of Northern Soul classics, What by Judy Street and Tainted Love by Gloria Jones, they seem to have missed the mark with this one
Not at all surprised that he would murder a classic if he thought it would benefit himself. This is really the end. Dire. Almond now needs to attempt to get a real job. But who as? Anyone looking to hire a simpering tosser?
Dear Marc - this is not his best v ehicle, but he still has "it". Check out the live performance of "Traumas, Traumas, Traumas" (The Tube 1985) on you tube. Classic. What a great Englishman.
let me put the record straight this not a great version............. but wait untll you hear pulps version oh! my god ...................needless to say dont cover a classic boys
You're being kind saying, not a great version. I just listened to pulp's version and I've slid straight into what already seems like an endless depression.
i've always adored marc but he does not sound good here, for him. definitely an off night. i feel awful saying that because i've loved his voice from the moment i first heard it in 1981.
Its very difficult comparing this with the Frankie Vallie version. To me this is a poor version, Simon Cowell may say Marc made it his own. But a poor second in my book.
+Rob Spender halla-fkn-leuah! someone sensible! i just discovered this case of pure murder,& the peps deffending him sayin,"oh your only saying that cos hes an iron" have realy got my blood boiling..! the soul survivor
Sorry, I've only just stumbled across your reply. I love the original but am quite open to 'cover versions' and have nothing personal against Marc Almond. However this version has, in my opinion, got absolutely nothing! It's weak and has no soul. I am not alone by the look of things either as most comments are very very critical of it. Unfortunately that makes us all homophobic too of course. Oh what a society we live in ;-)
I'm in this gang too. There's nothing wrong with being gay. If he wants to stick his willy in a man's bottom, that's perfectly alright. But don't take a great song and obliterate it like that. That's not alright.
I fucking love Soft Cell. They're extremely underrated.
TOTALLY!
Well fckin said ❤️
OMFG! Absolutely LOVE this version..NOT as much obv as the original BUT,,,everything soft cell has done is friggin great ❤️❤️
Another great covers by Soft Cell !!! Really amazing song 🤩
I love booting the shit out of my car to this song
im a big big fan of northern soul music been there done it since the 70s hes sounds fab with this tune im also a very big fan of soft cell back in the day fantastic group and guy
Here we are appreciating the oldies..so grateful! Thank you 🙏🏾 ☝🏾☀️🤩😁🤩💃🏾👏🏾💃🏾💃🏾🤩🤩🤩💖💖💗
Fkn magnificent, saw them twice live, TeRrIfIc!¡☆ 🎹🔥🎶🎹🔥🎵🕺🎹🔥🎹🔥🎶🎵🕺🕺🎧🎧🕺🎵🎹
WOW fantastic! Marc you rock! without you this world would be such a boring world!
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG HIT
Glad to see Soft Cell back on TOTP - ace cover of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons' "The Night" with a dark, moody electronic update - ironically, SC almost recorded/released "The Night" as a single way back in 1981 instead of "Tainted Love" - if they had, can you imagine how different their career would have been? Marc's key change toward the end around 2:42 is glorious - nice fringe leather jacket, too!! This deserved to be a huge hit - alas, wasn't quite.
Sorry to burst your bubble but there's no key change at 2:42 or anywhere else in the song mate.
I mean vocal key change - it's there, listen...
@@greggmitchell2392 I know what you mean and yes it sounds so good 👍
marc almond is one of the best ever!
THIS IS BRILLIANT MARC ALMOND DOES THIS JUSTICE AND I MAY HASYEN TO ADD "FRANKIE VALLI" ALSO LIKED THIS VERSION !
LENA LOVICH ALSO DONE A GREAT VERSION OF THIS A SHAME MARD AND LENA NEVER SUNG TOGETHER !
Awesome cover. I didn't realise it was Soft Cell who covered this. Thanks for the upload.
Stimmt schon.........Traurig aber wahr.
@katenightly Thanks for sharing. What a dull place this would be without the wit, imagination, insight, elegance and all-round cleverness of people such as you.
Marc puts lots of energy into this track as usual . Great to see. Really comes across. His enthusiasm really shows .
Brilliant !
Holy shit, the fusion of Northern Soul and Soft Cell...this might have changed everything for me when I was a confused kid
Very underrated but I really love soft cell
Awesome
Gotta luv Marc and his unique way of making classics sounds brilliant in europop style. Valli approves too apparently :-)
If you know his career and discography and have seen him live, then you too would know that he's Awesome in Soft Cell and solo.
That’s such a great song !!! 🤩
That’s the first time I heard it…
My Love
Posiblemente su mejor canción....
Posiblemente
Love this cover and the Lene Lovitch version too, fabulous song
Great Song!
I prefer Le Grand Guignol from that album, but this is still great!! Marc. Dear Marc, tell me where you got that gorgeous outfit.
Job well done Marc! KTF x
Not Soft Cell's best but great to see Leeds boys paying homage to Frankie Valli. This song was a standard when I was growing up in W. Yorks. when I was older I went to the Warehouse in Leeds - just as Marc & Dave were hitting the big time - exciting times
No singer or group will ever do this song better than The Four Seasons!
ua-cam.com/video/DBm5npWd-Yw/v-deo.html is well worth a blast!
Great cover of this classic song.
I'd spend a night with him.....gorgeous song from geniuses Dave Ball and Marc Almond!!!
Eh it's actually from The Four Seasons and it's a lousy version of a great song.
superb take on a four seasons song with this version being much better by the wonderful soft cell
Tenho tudo dele ,top demais 😃 ouvindo agora 2022 ,março
I never
Knew they done this until it was mentioned on Radio2 'so pop master this morning.jury's out.Steven Boswell.edinburgh
great, thank uou so much
Love the original for it's vocals and brass. This is the sexy version. Great job Marc!
Oh dear.........................................
Great jacket.
In 81 , soft Cell had to choose between recording the night or tainted love as their possible last single if it wasn’t a hit. I think they made the right option who knows how the night would’ve done in 1981.?
Marc Almond does Northern Soul again!
@magialogica It is a lovely performance! No complaints.
My god some songs should never be covered and this is one of them.Original Awesome this s**t.
In fairness, Lene Lovich made a beautiful job of it! But yes, this is chronic.
Good
Fuck it's so good !!!!! :)
Well I like it !
love marc almond, say hello wave goodbye his best!
Soft Cell - Frankie Valli - ❤
Sad to see last centurty homophobes on the comments .for someone you think has no talent he aint done bad sunshine .marc was singing live here .dont happen often with most artists and maybe you protest anti gay slander a little too much #closet
shows how good the original was.nothing against soft cell I loved them.
I never understood people that post comments like that. When you see a video of the earth on youtube do they post "Wow round"?
I can't say I'm too impressed. Lene Lovich's cover of this was far superior!
was almost released instead of Tainted Love in 1981.. This is a great version IMHO and always though Soft Cell were better than the Pet Shop Boys
Ooooooo
At least he's singing it live, but I love the live version on Sift cells live CD
Marc Almond claimed to be a big Northern Soul fan so it adds up that all the songs he recorded first (and considered recording in this case) were covers of popular Northern dance numbers. This does not work for me and I think he was right to make a stab at Tainted Love, although for me, Gloria Jones is the one!
Wonderful cover version, apart from Marc's pitch. Normally I enjoy his vocals but it sounds like he had an "off night"
holy mother of god - my fucking ears are bleeding
god forgive you for murdering NS 45s - Marc Almond
They are really reworking Lene Lovich's version of the Four Seasons song. Lovich's version is haunting and beautiful.
About time someone said it!!! ua-cam.com/video/DBm5npWd-Yw/v-deo.html
i need his coatttt
Yes he's flckt it !....
LOL to Willie . Who cares who Marc wants to shag ?
"In Tune " is overrated ...maybe look at the picture and stop moaning about the paint ?
Nice performance for folks who react to music ... screw the critics .
Nice Lena tune ..I dont know or care where it came form .
What the feck has he done too my all time favourite tume?????
Oh come on, it's not that bad. In fact, it's rather wonderful. sensibilities 'n' all.
Murdering it.
The studio version is a lot better, although this live version isn't too bad...
3rd 'northern' cover i think
After 2 good cover versions of Northern Soul classics, What by Judy Street and Tainted Love by Gloria Jones, they seem to have missed the mark with this one
tragic....
Whens the next Soft Cell album out?
Marc we need some bass
he sounds too monotonous. frankie valli's voice had spirit!
It's got no feeling to it Fankie Valli did it a lot better. It's a shame cause he can do better a lot better
Not at all surprised that he would murder a classic if he thought it would benefit himself.
This is really the end.
Dire.
Almond now needs to attempt to get a real job. But who as?
Anyone looking to hire a simpering tosser?
andrea22213 off
+andrea22213 Marc's had a successful, diverse music career for over three decades, and you probably can't get a date so do us all a favor and stfu.
So did Rolf Harris
Not a touch on the original and it never will be either
Frankie Valli thinks differently !
I've only heard the Frankie Valli version. I thought this one was going to be terrible, but it's okay.
Check out the Lene Lovich version. It wipes it arse with this crap.
Dear Marc - this is not his best v ehicle, but he still has "it". Check out the live performance of "Traumas, Traumas, Traumas" (The Tube 1985) on you tube. Classic. What a great Englishman.
@coco77739 and me
Doesn't work for me. I've seen others pull it off, but not Mark, here.
I love Marc Almond and when he teamed up with Gene Pitney with something's gotta hold of my heart but for me personally this is not the best
i,ll tell you why because the soft cell versions crap , like i say see Franki Valli for how it should be done.
nothing wrong with synthpop
Vocals not powerful or deep enough....ruined it mark....
I love Marc Almond but this is pretty crummy
let me put the record straight this not a great version............. but wait untll you hear pulps version oh! my god ...................needless to say dont cover a classic boys
You're being kind saying, not a great version. I just listened to pulp's version and I've slid straight into what already seems like an endless depression.
he's murdering the original Eeeeekkkk .
Sorry but no, see Franki Valli for the real version
wow, softcell are the northern soul KILLERS. and i thought it was terrible what they did to tainted love... i cannot express how disgusted i am.
i've always adored marc but he does not sound good here, for him. definitely an off night. i feel awful saying that because i've loved his voice from the moment i first heard it in 1981.
Its very difficult comparing this with the Frankie Vallie version. To me this is a poor version, Simon Cowell may say Marc made it his own. But a poor second in my book.
Well Simon Cow-Arse say it all. Absolute crap version of a great song.
Thanx for ruining this great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thing is Marc didn't spoil it Frankie Valli thought it was better than his own !
I say. The singer isn't gay is he?
As it goes frankie valli did approve of Marc almonds version and as for out of tune and not being able to hold a note you must be tone deaf !
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!!!! Didn't they thought was enough to cover "tainted love" northern soul classic? Holy shit this is crap!
+Cesar Carter Almond and Ball wanted this as the single the record company wanted Tainted Love
The Frankie Vallie version was adopted by the 'Northern Soul' retards.
All she has to do is to learn to "sing" in tune.
Dreadful-sorry!
how to kill a fukin tune !!!!!!!!! marc almond
Nah, does nothing at all for me that. Pointless and flat. I'm a fan of 'Non-stop Erotic...' etc. but this is dire stuff
I have to agree. I don't know what everyone is raving about this junk for. Great song done very badly.
I like Soft Cell but this is crap.
Dreadful!!!
+Rob Spender halla-fkn-leuah! someone sensible! i just discovered this case of pure murder,& the peps deffending him sayin,"oh your only saying that cos hes an iron" have realy got my blood boiling..! the soul survivor
Sorry, I've only just stumbled across your reply. I love the original but am quite open to 'cover versions' and have nothing personal against Marc Almond. However this version has, in my opinion, got absolutely nothing! It's weak and has no soul. I am not alone by the look of things either as most comments are very very critical of it. Unfortunately that makes us all homophobic too of course. Oh what a society we live in ;-)
I'm in this gang too. There's nothing wrong with being gay. If he wants to stick his willy in a man's bottom, that's perfectly alright. But don't take a great song and obliterate it like that. That's not alright.
Omfg softcell ruins every good northern soul song, disliked
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