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defrogI’ve talked before in this space about “Tainted Love”, and how it’s been covered by a surprising amount of people, most of whom take a cover version (Soft Cell) rather than the original (Gloria Jones) as a reference point.
Apparently, the same applies to 1920s German music hall revivalists.
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That’s Max Raabe , who has been making a living out of this sort of thing for awhile now. For me, it’s like Hayseed Dixie doing bluegrass AC/DC covers – it doesn’t always work, but when it does, it’s dead on.
Which is the case with Raabe’s take on “Tainted Love”. Even though it takes its cue from the Soft Cell version, it still works as a 1920s pastiche. That’s a compliment to both the original song and Almond/Ball’s arrangement.
Talent borrows, genius steals,
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Apparently, the same applies to 1920s German music hall revivalists.
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drhoz ]That’s Max Raabe , who has been making a living out of this sort of thing for awhile now. For me, it’s like Hayseed Dixie doing bluegrass AC/DC covers – it doesn’t always work, but when it does, it’s dead on.
Which is the case with Raabe’s take on “Tainted Love”. Even though it takes its cue from the Soft Cell version, it still works as a 1920s pastiche. That’s a compliment to both the original song and Almond/Ball’s arrangement.
Talent borrows, genius steals,
This is dF
