When Soft Cell released their album ‘Cruelty Without Beauty’ and did a series of concerts in 2002 I was lucky enough to go and see them in a lovely new venue in Hackney in London.
For those of us who remembered ‘Soft Cell’ from the first time around and were devastated when we had missed the final concert at the Hammersmith Odeon back in 1984 this was a chance to come back and have a second bite of the cherry as a 34 year old.
I have to admit that I was feeling a little too old to be at such a concert but when I realised that the whole place was pretty much full of 30 year old men (some were dressed as ladies as well which was a trifle ‘strange’ when using the loos!) and similarly aged women we all settled down to a fantastic show.
It was amazing to see and hear Marc Almond and as Marc’s voice and style have become stronger and more polished over the years we were not disappointed by the set which was accompanied by some wonderful original and new music by Dave Ball too. For me it was the first time to hear ‘Bedsitter’, ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’ and ‘Youth’ live as well as listen to their new songs which included this one.
I had to admit that before the concert and the release of the new album I had already heard this song as one of my friend’s brothers worked for their record label and we were lucky enough to have heard a demo, so I liked this song already and when Marc announced it was a follow up to ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’ I stood in the crowd excited to hear it. Although there had been some slight changes from the demo the song was still a great one and one that I have on my ipod today along with all the original Soft Cell numbers in my collection.
Enjoy….
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