The Endless Struggle Behind Soft Cell TAINTED LOVE, New British Canon
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: British Electropop came down to four main ingredients: Kraftwerk, I Feel Love, David Bowie and Punk. With the latter it wasnt so much the sound as the attitude, the DIY idea that anyone can form a band. While Punk Rock required you to learn how to play guitar chords, with electropops synths you only needed one finger to write a song. Gary Numan with His Tubeway Army were the first punks to gain a UK number one with a synthesizer, but he would not be the last. One of the most enduring electropop hits was in 1981 by Soft Cell. Though often painted as a one hit wonder, the duo are so much more, having hits with Bedsitter, Torch, Say Hello, Wave Goodbye and What as well as influencing everything from Pop, Darkwave, Industrial and Dance music in their wake. This is New British Canon and this is the story of Tainted Love. , TaintedLove, 80sPop, Documentary This video was spo
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