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From: tabn3@isuvax.iastate.edu
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1991 12:36:33 -0700
Subject: Re: Wedding music
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In article <18213@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk>, awrc@dcs.ed.ac.UK (Al Crawford) writes:
>
>In article <19958@scorn.sco.COM> Dances With Voles <fscott!jondr@uunet.uu.net> writes:
>>
>>It's a cover of the Soft Cell tune, yes. Actually, wasn't the Soft Cell
>>version a cover? Or am I confusing that with "Where Did Our Love Go" which
>>was DEFINITELY a cover... ANYWAY, the Coil version is absolutely
>>incredible, and WaxTrax have reissued it lately on a CD single, so you have
>>to go buy it. You'll never be able to listen to the Soft Cell version the
>>same way again.
>
>Yep, the Soft Cell tune was a cover of an old 60s northern soul hit
>for...um, someone whose name I forget. SC seem to have done a lot of covers
>- not only was "Where Did Our Love Go" a cover, so was "What?". Oh, and
>don't forget the utterly wonderful new Marc Almond single "Jackie" - it's a
>Jacques Brel song, I think, originally a UK hit for Scott Walker.
>Completely camped up as usual but his voice seems to have improved
>drastically over the years.
I thought "Where Did Our Love Go?" wasn't a separate cover, but just a
small part that they inserted at the end of their version of "Tainted Love".
At least that's the way it sounds, or is "WDOLG?" just a really short song?
--Dan M.