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Soft Cell’s “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” Sidestepped Synthpop Clichés In 1981 To Stand Apart From The Crowd [pt. 3]
[…continued from last post] The Hippie Generation had their classic morning-after song in Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down.” The Punk Generation got their equivalent in one of Soft Cell’s greatest singles. Written with empathy for the new club kids … Continue reading
Posted in BSOG, Live Music, Record Review, Want List
Tagged 1981, BSOG, David Ball, Marc Almond, Mike Thorne, Sire Records, Soft Cell, Vicious Pink Phenomena
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Soft Cell’s “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” Sidestepped Synthpop Clichés In 1981 To Stand Apart From The Crowd [pt. 2]
[…continued from last post] Pinned to a lurching backbeat the band obviously loved [there are backbeats galore on this album], the solemn “Youth” showed the young slip of a 24 year old Marc Almond already looking backward at the ash … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, David Ball, Marc Almond, Mike Thorne, Sire Records, Soft Cell, Vicious Pink Phenomena
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Soft Cell’s “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” Sidestepped Synthpop Clichés In 1981 To Stand Apart From The Crowd [pt. 1]
1981 was full of new bands heavy on the synths bursting out all over the place in the UK. The seeds sown by Gary Numan and Sparks a few years earlier were sprouting like weeds by that time. That year … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, David Ball, Marc Almond, Mike Thorne, Sire Records, Soft Cell, Vicious Pink Phenomena
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Want List: Soft Cell Ready To Unleash BSOG [+ More] Beginning Next Week
While we have been hip deep in looooong threads for the last, uh, year [OMD Rock G.P.A., Ron Kane, Metamatic DLX RM, King Crimson live, etc.], I’ve not exactly been ignoring reality outside of my window; though it can seem … Continue reading
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