I was suprised to see how many bands actually coverd this original Soft Cell song, my question.. I thought the Cure also did a cover, is this true?  if yes, in what year?

8) 80s rule!

I was suprised to see how many bands actually coverd this original Soft Cell song, my question.. I thought the Cure also did a cover, is this true?  if yes, in what year?

8) 80s rule!


Actually, Soft Cell covered this song too. The original is an obscure R&B song from the sixties.

I'm not sure of the Cure cover, though.

Tanya

The Cure did indeed cover it.

Your right it's been coverd numerous times.

Marilyn Manson, The Clash, The Cure, Billy Idol (I think) and several others.

It's actually one of those songs that i wouldn't say is a favourite, but always enjoy when i hear it.

It was origionally recorded by Gloria Jones who as Tanya said was an R&B Singer.

The Cure did indeed cover it.

Your right it's been coverd numerous times.

Marilyn Manson, The Clash, The Cure, Billy Idol (I think) and several others.

It's actually one of those songs that i wouldn't say is a favourite, but always enjoy when i hear it.

It was origionally recorded by Gloria Jones who as Tanya said was an R&B Singer.
Was Gloria Jones the girlfriend of Marc Bolan?

Was Gloria Jones the girlfriend of Marc Bolan?


Really couldn't tell you Philip.

Could well have been, would have been around the right time.

ROFL...I actually think of the Coneheads when I hear this song...they used it a bit in the Conehead's movie.  In the movie, Connie Conehead and some of her friends are singing to it in the backseat of Baldar Conehead's car.  Later, while fighting some evil Coneheaded monster on the Conehead home planet, Baldar sings it out loud.  Kind of interesting to hear someone sing it with that robotic conehead nasal voice.

Was Gloria Jones the girlfriend of Marc Bolan?


Yup, and the mother of his only child - a son!

Tanya

i think the Ramones...sang the original Tainted Love

i think the Ramones...sang the original Tainted Love


Ramones?
Funny you should mention them. I couldn't sleep last night so around 2am I watched some TV and caught a documentary (I guess that's what it was) about them on public television. It was about how they got started, their early years, going to London, etc. Very interesting. A lot of inside information.
I never heard that "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" song before. Sounds pretty good.

Anyway, about "Tainted Love", here's your chance to be one of the few people on this planet to hear the original by Gloria Jones (from 1964?)...

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=280PUpMBxh&EAN=602498113974&ITM=4

(sorry, but a 30-sec sound clip is all I gots)

Was Gloria Jones the girlfriend of Marc Bolan?



Yup, and the mother of his only child - a son!

Tanya


Come to think of it, was she in the car with the fatal crash?

Come to think of it, was she in the car with the fatal crash?


She was the driver

Their son Rolan is now a singer himself

i think the Ramones...sang the original Tainted Love


Nope, but they did a cover of it.