Sometimes I can't believe I was a young adult during this time. The world has changed so much. We were anxious looking for jobs, but generally happy and so full of hope for the future. Young people don't have the hopes and dreams we had, they're sad and depressed, with little hope. I feel so lucky to have lived my youth when I did.
Well said and so true. I wish I could travel back in a time machine to the 70s and 80s, they were happiest of times I just hadn't realised it at the time.
What an outstanding track this is and my favourite Soft Cell release. Of course, Tainted Love is the track from Soft Cell that everyone knows, but this is by far the best song they released. Melodic, mature, expertly written and composed and still sounds amazing some 30 years later!
"take a look at my face for the last time" ...... heartbreaking line, fills me with sadness and regret for a love lost, but never forgotten. If its true love, it stays with you for a lifetime, even when they have long since moved on. Sorry darling, i will always miss you.
The emotions in this song make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Anger, sarcasm, flippant, sad & reflective .. A work of absolute genius. 🥀
"Take a look at my face for the last time" "Take your hands off me" When this came out in the 80s, I was about 14. We all just thought it was a pop song and nothing more. Now, 40 yrs later, it says so much more. Such a great song, on so many levels. Siggh, getting old sucks at times 😢
That's it, british music that popped into our heads in '80, me, my brother and some few friends ....from Romania, we have become anti-tyrany because of brithish music, we've finished the dictatorship of Ceausecu with no fear at all, because we have listened these songs....it's not a joke, we have become free years before, just listening to forbiden music, it must be something in our human nature, our mom was too afraid to speak....we realised blindly, we knew it in a moment, that's it !
Good to know east and western Europeans were listening to the same things in the early 80s either side of the iron curtain, with the same feelings. Greetings from Manchester UK
I was training as a nurse at Broomfield hospital Essex 1980-1984 at the nursing’s social club at the Chelmsford and Essex great times with my friends Debbie Barnes penny thornhill wish I could go back for the day good times
This will be my funeral song as they unload me from the hearse into the crem. As I go through the curtains, the music will be 'time to say goodbye'. Think i'm kidding? it's already written into my will.
Not very wise... When the words come, "Take your hands off me", the pallbearers might think it is a command for them, and they let go of the coffin while they are carrying it... hehehe
I remember my 17 year old son buying this and endlessly playing it, use to irritate me, we played it at his funeral a few years later, I quite like this song, it took a long time to grow on me:)
C'était la grande époque de la musique 80'. Entre New Wave, Punk, Reggae, Ska, .... et plus. Rien qu'en New Wave : Depeche Mode, The Human League, Ultravox, New Order, Soft Cell, Yazoo, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, .... Magnifique!
Pezzo incredibile... romantico, evocativo, nostalgico. La musica, i sinth e la voce di Marc Almond si fondono alla perfezione formando un capolavoro assoluto. Mamma mia che bellezza...che bellezza ❤️
The TV and radio version said "you were a run around"...cos "sleep around" was considered too risque. Now we have Cardi B, whos audience is mainly children, 'singing' about her W.A.P.. So much change in four decades. And it's not progression, it's regression
The opening bars transport me instantly back to the early 80s when I was a young teenager at house parties with my school friends trying to sneak a snog with my teenage crush at school. Fantastic memories ❤️
Their best song, amongst a brace of superb singles from this era. I can listen to it over and over. The powerful, soaring synths, the electronic drum rhythms, that up and down bassline, and Marc's plaintive vocals over it make an astoundingly effective combination. :-)
This is such a fantastic song. I think a lot of people only know the David Gray version these days, but this original version with its glorious early 80s synths is so beautiful and epitomises the New Romantic movement. It's also way superior to "Tainted Love"!
Not superior to dance to though. TL is a dancefloor classic. Well it was in the 80s when I was a denizen of bedsit land. No way I was staying in my seat if TL was played (and I was a punk with a green mohawk then, still loved this band to bits).
I agree, even though i wasn't a new new romantic. he had a wonderful way of expressing himself. "quite genious". you can sit in a room and only envision the situation with !hello meeting a person" and when things dont work out "!say good bye". its quite an emotional time during those years. it' makes you wonder and experience adult lessons " quite a scary time" :) x
We all remember our era. Each 1 is unique for all of us. For one reason or another. Great sounds of my time though....the 70's and 80's and 90's....respect to each and every era.
At 55 now, I loved this then & love it still. Moves me decades later, as it did then. The indie 80’s rocks on, whereas the mainstream 80’s is painful because it was & still is flogged to death.
Say Hello, Wave Wicked tune I was 14/15 when this came out now 52 an beaten cancer twice this son is apt in a way I thought I was going to Wave goodbye
I seen a clip of this song from top of the pops in the uk ...haha omg the audience just staring at him...brilliant i love this and torch and obviously tainted love
Still have the lyrics in my head and a pain in my heart for someone I lost and never really had. This song came along during that time and had stayed in my head every since. It reminds me that the painful lessons we learn along life's highway can make us stronger and more complete.
He understands that it is 'You and I', not 'You and me'. The man should have a knighthood. The best song from 1982 and there was some considerable competition.
Seriously, one of my all-time favourite tracks; so close to me, and I can't believe that after all this time this is the first time I've seen the video!
Despues de tantos años, aun se me pone la piel de gallina el escucharla .Si cierro los ojos escuchandola me siento trasladada a aquella epoca e incluso puedo sentir toda aquella explosión de juventud y creatividad... Era un no parar de buena música que sentias hasta la medula!!!
Marc Almomd entered into an era when we had all manner of stigmatism in society against anyone or anything that wasn't deemed to be normal. His longevity is testament to how we have changed for the better. A fantastic Artist he is
Such a great song. His voice is objectively "better" in the '90s version, but it's missing the rawness the original version has. This version gives me goosebumps every single time.
You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's.........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world
Hey! - was just about to reply to your comment and saw that I did so.. 2 months ago 😅😂..well here goes again..; Marc Almond and David Sylvian are my all-time favourite singers.. I love allsorts of music and from different eras but I just keep comming back to the early 80s all the time.. electronic/ new wave/ gothic/ avant-garde type stuff I guess. Japan, I always liked but am really only listening to most of their stuff now ( and I'm obsessed) Sylvian solo too but not to the same extent ( yet).
I never got to experience the 80,s. but of what im told and also what I can see for myself the 80,s were all about GREAT MUSIC, SPONTANIOUS PEOPLE, REAL FREINDS AND TRUE LAUGHTER, THE BEST FASHIONS.PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY TALKED WITH ONE ANOTHER, ICONIC BANDS WHOS MUSIC IS STILL AS POPULAR PLAY TODAY. WONDERFULL TIMES IM SURE. Its a shame that today I have to put up with awfull music,drab fashion. backstabbing glory hunting "friends" - Facebookers, Computer addicts, everybody stuck in androidland, basically surrounded by shit and shitsters. TAKE ME TO THE 80,S. I WANT A REAL LIFE!!!!
georgethebear1812 .......They were great days. I'd go back in a flash. There were no mobile phones, no computers.....our friends were actually 'real', lol and we'd socialise in the real world. Most of my youth from about age 18 to 27, was spent dancing away in nightclubs and coach trips with friends to Blackpool, etc for the nightlife and it was just a ball throughout. We just had constant fun in an era that was so much more carefree and far more relaxed and produced the best music and fashions ever......I feel sorry for the youth today, who have forgotten how to enjoy themselves, who are growing old, way before their time.
The most shocking thing about watching and listening to older music - for me the 80s - is how stark the contrast is between then and the last 25 years. The quality of this song is shocking in comparison to the last 25 years, lost on us at the time it was released. The video is hokey, as they usually are from that period, but I would far prefer this video and song to anything being churned out these days, although thankfully being isolated from the charts, commercial radio and mainstream media in general for the past two decades I only have a glimpse of what I have(n't) missed.
An 80s anthem. The synths are glorious, and Marc Almond's voice sounds so epic, poignant and powerful. And the end... soul-taking. I listened "Tainted Love" repeteadly on the radio since childhood, but this is my favorite of Soft Cell, no doubt about it.
Standing in the door Of the Pink Flamingo Crying in the rain It was a kind of so-so love And I'm gonna make sure It never happens again You and I, it had to be The standing joke of the year You were a sleep around A lost and found And not for me I fear Whoa oh, oh I tried to make it work You in a cocktail skirt And me in a suit Well, it just wasn't me You're used to wearing less And now your life's a mess So insecure you seem I put up with all the scenes And this is one scene That's going to be played my way Take your hands off me I don't belong to you, you see Take a look at my face For the last time I never knew you You never knew me Say hello, goodbye Say hello, wave goodbye Under the deep red light I can see the makeup sliding down Hey little girl You will always make up So take off that Unbecoming frown What about me, well I'll find someone That's not going cheap In the sales A nice little housewife Who'll give me a steady life And won't keep going off the rails Take your hands off me I don't belong to you, you see Take a look at my face For the last time I never knew you You never knew me Say hello, goodbye Say hello, wave goodbye We've been involved for Quite a while now And to keep you secret Has been hell We're strangers meeting For the first time, okay? Just smile and say hello Say hello, then wave goodbye Say hello, then wave goodbye Say hello, then wave goodbye Say hello, then wave goodbye Say hello, wave goodbye Say hello, then wave goodbye Say hello, say goodbye Goodbye Say goodbye Say goodbye Goodbye
One of the best best songs of Soft Cell. Lyrics, video, music and the kind how Marc performes ... a dream. I like in this video his "cat eyes". Only cute! Marc is so beautiful and a good human. Soft Cell especially Marc Almond is one of the greatest artist and musician of our time. Marc and David, thanks for your great artwork!
Anybody else get shivers when Marc sings, " Take your hands off me " 😯
Yes... Powerful stuff.
I do, what a gorgeoous chap
why what you done ?
Yep that's pain
Not me
Man is it me or has this song aged well? Kin amazing. Lyrics are so real to me today.
Great song,, Mark Almond has a lovely voice the song is an evergreen now ,, the lyrics will always be poiniont when people are in love etc etc
Sometimes I can't believe I was a young adult during this time. The world has changed so much. We were anxious looking for jobs, but generally happy and so full of hope for the future. Young people don't have the hopes and dreams we had, they're sad and depressed, with little hope. I feel so lucky to have lived my youth when I did.
Well said and so true. I wish I could travel back in a time machine to the 70s and 80s, they were happiest of times I just hadn't realised it at the time.
What an outstanding track this is and my favourite Soft Cell release. Of course, Tainted Love is the track from Soft Cell that everyone knows, but this is by far the best song they released. Melodic, mature, expertly written and composed and still sounds amazing some 30 years later!
I quite like bedsitter, reminds me of going to Cinderellas in 1982 ish for the first time at 17 years old.
Lp was released in 1981 which will make it 42 years later this year!!
Tainted love does my head in, it’s all u ever hear on the radio or on 80s compilations.
40 years ago... I know hard to believe - one of the great 80's songs
@dt7449 You're damn right. Like 'Come On Eileen' and 'Gold', they've played it (almost) to death.
"take a look at my face for the last time" ...... heartbreaking line, fills me with sadness and regret for a love lost, but never forgotten. If its true love, it stays with you for a lifetime, even when they have long since moved on. Sorry darling, i will always miss you.
Miss u 2 hun
I share that
I know how you felt, I am going through the same thing....I will always love my Ibiye no matter what
Happy New Year 2023 .................... a hug from Perú 🎵📢🌷♥️👍…
The emotions in this song make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Anger, sarcasm, flippant, sad & reflective .. A work of absolute genius. 🥀
Graeme Ewing well said mate,you nailed it.
thanks for describing what i could not
Eloquent as the song itself-nailed
Correct,what a brilliant song from a brilliant singer ,so underrated,shame.
I agree
This is one of the best songs ever made.
both into northern soul..
Calm down
Absolutely beautiful song. God, I really wish it was January 1982 again right now...
This song is absolutely amazing.
Love soft cell always...😊
How good is this tune?..I actually preferred this to Tainted Love...another sometimes forgotten classic from the greatest music era
"Take a look at my face for the last time"
"Take your hands off me"
When this came out in the 80s, I was about 14.
We all just thought it was a pop song and nothing more.
Now, 40 yrs later, it says so much more.
Such a great song, on so many levels.
Siggh, getting old sucks at times 😢
62 now with Parkinson's disease but songs like this keep me going every day....great memories of my youth
That's it, british music that popped into our heads in '80, me, my brother and some few friends ....from Romania, we have become anti-tyrany because of brithish music, we've finished the dictatorship of Ceausecu with no fear at all, because we have listened these songs....it's not a joke, we have become free years before, just listening to forbiden music, it must be something in our human nature, our mom was too afraid to speak....we realised blindly, we knew it in a moment, that's it !
Enjoy your freedoms and victory...fight, fight, fight. Q
Good to know east and western Europeans were listening to the same things in the early 80s either side of the iron curtain, with the same feelings. Greetings from Manchester UK
I admire your courage and it makes me realise how lucky I was to be in the UK in the 1980's and listen to music like this every day.
Incredible lyrics, moving music. And THAT voice. Timeless masterpiece.
iesus68
Totally agree
Could not put it better timeless classic
iesus68
Absolutely true.
Total masterpiece!
Brings back bittersweet memories, more bitter than sweet.......
I was training as a nurse at Broomfield hospital Essex 1980-1984 at the nursing’s social club at the Chelmsford and Essex great times with my friends Debbie Barnes penny thornhill wish I could go back for the day good times
cherish those beautiful memories of beautiful people and the great disco songs
This beauty has it all: gorgeous insults and one of the most memorable synth riffs of the 80s. Dave, you genius.
Him brill
Synth pop at its absolute finest
Yes, and it's so wonderfully gay too, isn't it!!!!!
Songs like this need to be kept and remembered, so much better than half the crap out nowadays...
...99.9%of the crap nowadays...
David Andrew amen to that
torch was better...........................
David Andrew agree, man
Absolutely 😘👍
Soft Cell were the best group of the 80s still play their music 2023
This will be my funeral song as they unload me from the hearse into the crem. As I go through the curtains, the music will be 'time to say goodbye'. Think i'm kidding? it's already written into my will.
😁😁 Hope it's a long time off brother, but when the day comes, there's no such thing as too loud. 👍👍
Not very wise... When the words come, "Take your hands off me", the pallbearers might think it is a command for them, and they let go of the coffin while they are carrying it... hehehe
Noted...
I'm a dull and hardened music nerd. 80s synth pop isn't really my thing but this is just one of the most glorious songs ever written.
Glorious is the perfect word to describe. Heavenly is another that comes to mind..
if it's 80's you like, listen to Depeche Mode 👍❤
K.n.ob.
I miss the 70S,80s & 90S tell me 3 better decades 😢 😪 😔 😫 😩 😕 xxxxx
Wish i could go back to the 80s what good years.
This was his best song..
Still watching, if only we could go back to those days.
I remember my 17 year old son buying this and endlessly playing it, use to irritate me, we played it at his funeral a few years later, I quite like this song, it took a long time to grow on me:)
My condolences.
🙏
Immer und immer wieder... Und immer wieder Tränen in den Augen.... Mein Gott,was für ein Song
C'était la grande époque de la musique 80'. Entre New Wave, Punk, Reggae, Ska, .... et plus. Rien qu'en New Wave :
Depeche Mode, The Human League, Ultravox, New Order, Soft Cell, Yazoo, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ....
Magnifique!
Not many 80s songs bring back so many memories as this does.. Euphoric masterpiece...
the best times of our lives
Pezzo incredibile... romantico, evocativo, nostalgico. La musica, i sinth e la voce di Marc Almond si fondono alla perfezione formando un capolavoro assoluto.
Mamma mia che bellezza...che bellezza
❤️
Absolute Classic………👌
one of the best pop songs ever written
The TV and radio version said "you were a run around"...cos "sleep around" was considered too risque.
Now we have Cardi B, whos audience is mainly children, 'singing' about her W.A.P..
So much change in four decades. And it's not progression, it's regression
I was 16 and life was crazy, glad I made it through. ❤
I think I finally understand what this song is about
An 80's perfect pop tune.
The opening bars transport me instantly back to the early 80s when I was a young teenager at house parties with my school friends trying to sneak a snog with my teenage crush at school.
Fantastic memories ❤️
An absolute breathtaking song gives me the shivers so moving...
Magical musical melodrama that's unsurpassed - truly wonderful
Hi Stephen,hope you’re okay ?
Their best song, amongst a brace of superb singles from this era. I can listen to it over and over. The powerful, soaring synths, the electronic drum rhythms, that up and down bassline, and Marc's plaintive vocals over it make an astoundingly effective combination. :-)
absolutetlty
This is such a fantastic song. I think a lot of people only know the David Gray version these days, but this original version with its glorious early 80s synths is so beautiful and epitomises the New Romantic movement. It's also way superior to "Tainted Love"!
Not superior to dance to though. TL is a dancefloor classic. Well it was in the 80s when I was a denizen of bedsit land. No way I was staying in my seat if TL was played (and I was a punk with a green mohawk then, still loved this band to bits).
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I agree, even though i wasn't a new new romantic. he had a wonderful way of expressing himself. "quite genious". you can sit in a room and only envision the situation with !hello meeting a person" and when things dont work out "!say good bye". its quite an emotional time during those years. it' makes you wonder and experience adult lessons " quite a scary time" :) x
The original tainted love is fantastic ,the soft cell version is just more well known
We all remember our era.
Each 1 is unique for all of us. For one reason or another. Great sounds of my time though....the 70's and 80's and 90's....respect to each and every era.
80’s music is burned in my soul, being about 12 it was our music , wasn’t our mums and dads. Truly evocative , brilliant and constantly exploring .
They are Boomers not Gen X
This remains such a sensational song - Marc Almond, brilliant showman, vocalist and songwriter, one of the best of the 80s SynthPop era.
At 55 now, I loved this then & love it still. Moves me decades later, as it did then. The indie 80’s rocks on, whereas the mainstream 80’s is painful because it was & still is flogged to death.
I’m beginning to think this is the best song of the 80s.
The best of the early 80s and his voice sends a shiver down my neck😊
Say Hello, Wave Wicked tune I was 14/15 when this came out now 52 an beaten cancer twice this son is apt in a way I thought I was going to Wave goodbye
🙏
Amazing.
I seen a clip of this song from top of the pops in the uk ...haha omg the audience just staring at him...brilliant i love this and torch and obviously tainted love
heart breaking memories ,beautiful words and music,,our 1980s life ...we all cried then.....
Epic 80s 🌷 🎶.. love this song ❤️
I hope that this young man meets a nice girl, he seems like a nice boy xxxxxxxxxx
@@alandougan4534 haha... i'm sure he or she will ♫
alan Dougan well maybe. But many a young lady likes it up the Gary glitter
This man is a genius
Southport Boy did good xxxxxx
Took me 20 years to find out David Grays version was a cover! Epic tune
Me too!!
His perfectly imperfect vocals make this even more of a masterpiece. So raw and powerful.
A gorgeous song that never gets old. A stone cold classic.
One of the most outstanding songs of the decade. The first song I ever wanted to sing.
Great song they were so different and talented and unique.
The 80's were the best for music.
Still have the lyrics in my head and a pain in my heart for someone I lost and never really had. This song came along during that time and had stayed in my head every since. It reminds me that the painful lessons we learn along life's highway can make us stronger and more complete.
It's actually a very simple track - but beautifully rendered.
He understands that it is 'You and I', not 'You and me'. The man should have a knighthood.
The best song from 1982 and there was some considerable competition.
The 80's were the best. Wish i could go back to this time.
every man dreams of being brave enough to say this to a beautiful woman
Genius writing by Ball & Almond. Great songs are like stories, having a beginning, a middle and an end. This song has it all
.... great song then .....
great song now !!
Master of none
Yes!
Thumbs up if you're listening this in the back of an Uber... :D
Richard Maysundo I'm not in the back of an uber but im in the back of something
Kristian LaVey a taxi?
Yeahhh 😀😀 I felt so sorry for him in the scene
'Master of None' S2 Ep5 brought me here. That taxi scene. Feelz.
Me and my boys song and we have just got back together after 36yrs apart ❤❤
An amazing but underrated talent. Outstanding music and lyrics of that era, carried into our lives by a beautiful human being. Much love x
Seriously, one of my all-time favourite tracks; so close to me, and I can't believe that after all this time this is the first time I've seen the video!
The chorus is simply epic!
pure 80s, brings back happy memories of that time👍
same here
same here
Despues de tantos años, aun se me pone la piel de gallina el escucharla .Si cierro los ojos escuchandola me siento trasladada a aquella epoca e incluso puedo sentir toda aquella explosión de juventud y creatividad... Era un no parar de buena música que sentias hasta la medula!!!
Jeez! this is so good, always has been & always will be one of the best songs ever.
Marc Almomd entered into an era when we had all manner of stigmatism in society against anyone or anything that wasn't deemed to be normal. His longevity is testament to how we have changed for the better. A fantastic Artist he is
Not for the better for worse
Marc almond pure class my 80’s youth revisited
This is the Most Sensation Song ever . Unique , brilliant hook, so wonderful. # Say Hello and Wave Goodbye. 😀🌻🌠❤️❤️
Masterclass of eighties angst. You and I it had to be the standing joke of the year- you can hear the hurt that runs deep in the song.
Instead of playing "Tainted Love" to death all the time they might give this one a spin on the radio every now and then.
Same with ABC and Human League. You'd think they were all one hit wonders.
Cu vi estas Esperantisto?
I only play this ... it’s the better song
@@markmoore2625 Love Action is so good though and being boiled. Better than Don’t you want me! But then again they nailed them commercial records.
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Classic. Always love hearing Marc Almonds voice.
Such a great song. His voice is objectively "better" in the '90s version, but it's missing the rawness the original version has. This version gives me goosebumps every single time.
Brilliant!
fANTASTIC!!
It should have been a bigger hit than Tainted Love imo
blackgargamel big statement. They are equal in my eyes.
This wins for emotion. 10/10
blackgargamel it's a much better song
EASILY their best song
+dlamiss. absolutely.
for def I love this
You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's.........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world
I think the pink flamingo was a club near Hyde park in Leeds.Such a great song and singer.
great song
Heard "Ghosts" by Japan, that's an 80's track that was great n weird at the same time. Remind yourselves peeps.
Another brilliant work of art from this era
Hey! - was just about to reply to your comment and saw that I did so..
2 months ago 😅😂..well here goes again..; Marc Almond and David Sylvian are my all-time favourite singers.. I love allsorts of music and from different eras but I just keep comming back to the early 80s all the time.. electronic/ new wave/ gothic/ avant-garde type stuff I guess. Japan, I always liked but am really only listening to most of their stuff now ( and I'm obsessed) Sylvian solo too but not to the same extent ( yet).
I never got to experience the 80,s. but of what im told and also what I can see for myself the 80,s were all about GREAT MUSIC, SPONTANIOUS PEOPLE, REAL FREINDS AND TRUE LAUGHTER, THE BEST FASHIONS.PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY TALKED WITH ONE ANOTHER, ICONIC BANDS WHOS MUSIC IS STILL AS POPULAR PLAY TODAY. WONDERFULL TIMES IM SURE. Its a shame that today I have to put up with awfull music,drab fashion. backstabbing glory hunting "friends" - Facebookers, Computer addicts, everybody stuck in androidland, basically surrounded by shit and shitsters. TAKE ME TO THE 80,S. I WANT A REAL LIFE!!!!
georgethebear1812 .......They were great days. I'd go back in a flash. There were no mobile phones, no computers.....our friends were actually 'real', lol and we'd socialise in the real world. Most of my youth from about age 18 to 27, was spent dancing away in nightclubs and coach trips with friends to Blackpool, etc for the nightlife and it was just a ball throughout. We just had constant fun in an era that was so much more carefree and far more relaxed and produced the best music and fashions ever......I feel sorry for the youth today, who have forgotten how to enjoy themselves, who are growing old, way before their time.
Could not beat all the twattings pottings and slashings to pc for nowadays
georgethebear1812 At the time we never realised how good it was either ,makes you want to go back and do it all again.
Hi ya. The 80s were good. Music, fashion etc. But it's not all bad, now. There are some, decent people about still.
Miss the 80s so much
The most shocking thing about watching and listening to older music - for me the 80s - is how stark the contrast is between then and the last 25 years. The quality of this song is shocking in comparison to the last 25 years, lost on us at the time it was released. The video is hokey, as they usually are from that period, but I would far prefer this video and song to anything being churned out these days, although thankfully being isolated from the charts, commercial radio and mainstream media in general for the past two decades I only have a glimpse of what I have(n't) missed.
Great .
Louis partridge🖤🦋
An 80s anthem. The synths are glorious, and Marc Almond's voice sounds so epic, poignant and powerful. And the end... soul-taking. I listened "Tainted Love" repeteadly on the radio since childhood, but this is my favorite of Soft Cell, no doubt about it.
Standing in the door
Of the Pink Flamingo
Crying in the rain
It was a kind of so-so love
And I'm gonna make sure
It never happens again
You and I, it had to be
The standing joke of the year
You were a sleep around
A lost and found
And not for me I fear
Whoa oh, oh
I tried to make it work
You in a cocktail skirt
And me in a suit
Well, it just wasn't me
You're used to wearing less
And now your life's a mess
So insecure you seem
I put up with all the scenes
And this is one scene
That's going to be played my way
Take your hands off me
I don't belong to you, you see
Take a look at my face
For the last time
I never knew you
You never knew me
Say hello, goodbye
Say hello, wave goodbye
Under the deep red light
I can see the makeup sliding down
Hey little girl
You will always make up
So take off that
Unbecoming frown
What about me, well
I'll find someone
That's not going cheap
In the sales
A nice little housewife
Who'll give me a steady life
And won't keep going off the rails
Take your hands off me
I don't belong to you, you see
Take a look at my face
For the last time
I never knew you
You never knew me
Say hello, goodbye
Say hello, wave goodbye
We've been involved for
Quite a while now
And to keep you secret
Has been hell
We're strangers meeting
For the first time, okay?
Just smile and say hello
Say hello, then wave goodbye
Say hello, then wave goodbye
Say hello, then wave goodbye
Say hello, then wave goodbye
Say hello, wave goodbye
Say hello, then wave goodbye
Say hello, say goodbye
Goodbye
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Goodbye
Fabulous
Great song. One of my all time favourites 💙
What a song!
Admittedly didn't know it was a soft cell song until David Gray brought Marc out to sing it at the 3 arena Dublin 🔥
Love the eighties music and songs especially this song by soft cell xxxx 🎶🎹🎤🩵👍💃
Marc Almond is the Paul McCartney of the electronic music
One of the best best songs of Soft Cell. Lyrics, video, music and the kind how Marc performes ... a dream. I like in this video his "cat eyes". Only cute! Marc is so beautiful and a good human. Soft Cell especially Marc Almond is one of the greatest artist and musician of our time. Marc and David, thanks for your great artwork!
Soft cell songs were my Favorite songs Marc almond had a great voice singing these songs
Who else misses there youth and wishes they could turn the clock back .
Yes, although I was only 3 when this came out so I was too young to experience it the first time.
Yes......and no. I was a car-crash, emotions all over the place. But, for all that, some great times, too.
Yes,but wish i know now back then too