Music Oct 30, 2014 at 4:48 pm

Today's SPOOKY Song of the Day Is Coil's Take on "Tainted Love"

Kyle Fleck
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1
Not to mention the Marc Almond cameo!
Chefgirl on October 30, 2014 at 5:33 PM Report this
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Made it :46 into the Coil version then clicked on the link for Gloria Jones version and cranked it. Yeah!
LMcGuff on October 30, 2014 at 6:04 PM Report this
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Gloria Jones early stuff is amazing, but Gloria Jones wasn't exactly a "Motown powerhouse;" she put out one mid-period (so-so) LP and a few singles on Motown. Her first (and best) LP and early singles were on Uptown, and "Tainted Love" was on Champion. And she wasn't from Motown, she was from Ohio did most of her work in LA before moving to England to sing with Marc Bolan; she was driving the night he died in the car.
carnivorous chicken on October 30, 2014 at 7:13 PM Report this
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Seeing that it's an AIDS-related cover/video, I've always found it to be a sad/depressing song and not spooky "Halloween party" material.
stinkbug on October 30, 2014 at 7:47 PM Report this
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The best Coil Halloween party music is their soundtrack to Hellraiser, which was wasn't used in the film.
mint chocolate chip on October 30, 2014 at 7:54 PM Report this
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Does this mean there is a Motown version of Sex Dwarf out there waiting to be rediscovered?
kinaidos on October 30, 2014 at 8:30 PM Report this
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Aw, man, I had the Coil version on vinyl... alas, lost in the mists of time at this point, but yes, so powerful, especially more so because sales of the record went to AIDS research...

Sad and heart-wrenching yes, stingbug@4, but all the more powerful for it.

@5.. got a link or a few specific keywords for that? Know the label, perchance? I'd love to check it out.
treacle on October 30, 2014 at 8:47 PM Report this
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+1 @4, @5



I would say if you want to go scary/uneasy/unsettling with Coil, loop "The Pope Held Upside Down"



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuO6o5hI…
zimbo on October 31, 2014 at 12:41 AM Report this
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this! I have wondered (without actually looking into it) who did this cover for 19 years or so. My tiny college radio station had a copy of the single that was misfiled without the sleeve. I stumble upon it when pulling an Ian Dury record or something and played the unknown cover of 'Tainted Love' for kicks. The 12" they had didn't have the band name anywhere on it...nor the label name as I remember it. I spun it often but never knew where to credit it. It's fantastic.
on October 31, 2014 at 9:27 AM Report this
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@5 and @7: yes, this is the business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_R-mXRO…
Kyle Fleck on October 31, 2014 at 10:17 AM Report this
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Dirty Love > Tainted Love
venomlash on October 31, 2014 at 12:37 PM Report this

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