Soft Cell and Marc Almond

[BlitzKid]

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'Insecure Me' is my favourite Soft Cell track.

That song is indeed amazing. Facility Girls is another awesome song, especially the 12" version.

[Silver Bear]

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I was hoping there would be a thread about Marc Almond and if there hadn't been I'd have started one myself. When he burst onto the scene at the beginning of the 80s I found him captivating. This will probably surprise those of you who have read other posts of mine, because I'm quite traditionally masculine and not into camp, but his shape-shifting worked and he was an incredible talent. When I listened to 'Bedsitter' and watched the accompanying video I wanted to give him a big hug, tell him he wasn't 'all alone' and help him 'cook a meal'. He brought his bedsit dwelling clubber to life and made him real rather than a stereotype. There was also his beautiful Northern accent and the spelling of Marc with a 'c' (in real life he's Mark with a 'k' but that changes nothing). He's just as special for me now as he was then - I read a long interview with him recently and heard him singing Russian songs from the early C20.

Marc - you're a legend!

[Silver Bear]

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I also thought of Marc the day after the EU Referendum because now we're "all alone in Brexitland, [our] only home".

[Silver Bear]

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Marc is 60 years old - hard to believe how quickly the years pass! He still has an engaging vulnerability and a sexy Northern accent.

[zabadak]

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Never a huge fan but I like some Soft Cell choons...

[Twocky61]

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My favourite song from Marc Bolan has to be Tainted Love

[Silver Bear]

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Apparently Marc Almond began spelling his name with a c in honour of Marc Bolan (original name Mark Feld).

[Twocky61]

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Wasn't Marc Almond or Bolan originally T-Rex?

[Silver Bear]

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Wasn't Marc Almond or Bolan originally T-Rex?

Marc Bolan. Marc Almond idealised Bolan in his youth which is why he began to spell Mark with a 'c'. As Mark Feld had done when he became Marc Bolan.

[80sChav]

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What a group and singer Marc was with Soft Cell especially Tainted Love

I am a fan of all the New Romantics of that era with Soft Cell, Tears For Fears in particulary as well as spandeau Ballet - more so when Martin Kemp hit his highest fame since "Spandeau" in EastEnders in the late 1990 and became enthraled by their Music too then

80s Chav

[Cartimand]

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Can't say I was ever a fan, but he devoted an entire album to covers of Jacques Brel songs, so he obviously had some good taste!

[JimCarver79]

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Where The Heart Is makes for a great tune. I saw it being mimed to on TOTP2 I think or Sounds Of The Eighties back in the '90s. It's on my USB player in my car.