This has pretty much got to be the most dramatic song ever and that is why I love it so much! I first saw Marc Almond sing this on a show called ‘The Switch’ (the very performance is shown here) back in the 1980s and knew, almost immediately, that I had to go and but the album ‘Torment and Torreros’ – the new album from whence it came.
Although ‘Torment and Toreros’ is a bizarre album with some wonderful songs like ‘Catch A Falling Star’ which I love for its truly amazing orchestral accompaniment and loads of swearing the whole thing is massively dramatic and a true masterpiece.
I was introduced to ‘Soft Cell’ by Melanie’s friend Lucy but another friend Louise (from New Parks) was a Marc Almond devotee who played me the ‘Untitled’ album and introduced me to Marc’s other work which he seemed to do in the summer holidays when he and Dave were separated!
‘In My Room’ is actually a cover of a Walker Brothers song, which I was also listening to the other day and is equally dramatic. Even though Marc Almond does not have the same deep and luscious tones of Scott Walker he makes this song his own and gives a truly great performance here.
For Lucy and Louise wherever you are….
Enjoy Marc again….
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