During the 80’s if you told me people like Boy George and Marc Almond would one day be media darlings, I would have laughed in your face. Yet here we are.
So good to see Marc looking comfortable and relaxed. His voice has recovered really well. Used to go and see him and also Soft Cell. Loved his repartee with the audience. Must repeat how great it is to see him back. Saw him at Ipswich Regent when he was clearly ill at ease and his voice was yet to return properly. Think the little shows he did during the Covid crisis really helped him get his confidence back
Thankyou 💖 ❤️ 💓 💗 BBC for a interview of the best ever ❤️ 💕 Marc your amazing love your voice I could listen to you all day ❤️ fan43 years love celia xxxx
Soft cell had me hooked as a 18 year old. Never has a band resonated with me . They were the number one band. 2024 and I've said this for 42 year's. Torch 12 inch is up there with one of the greatest ever records in new wave or synthesised music . For me it's my all time favourite song but we have to put it in the gendre of music. You can't compare torch with 99 reds balloons for instance. Music shapes our lives , our souls ,even our future . Soft cell were the greatest in that field
My oldest brother was killed at the age of 22 on a motor cycle in London. Therefore, I was truly devastated when Marc came so close to the same end. And, here we are twenty years later able to celebrate and enjoy perhaps the most prolific British artist ever!
@@michaelshepherd885 what’s so funny! Marc across various guises has released over 50 albums. I am not sure if there is a British singer/songwriter who can beat that.
Thanks for sharing your video 🙏 I love Marc Almond so much ❤ Always happy to hear his songs. So greatfull for all the Joy and Creativity he gave us, with Dave Ball also, during all this years ❤🎶🎵🎼🎶🕺💃 For instance, singing Jacques Brel' songs or adapt Charles Aznavour' song is a great challenge : it shows that Marc is open-minded and can sing everything. Bravo 👌🎶❤️
I wish he would release what was the B side of the single Say hello wave goodbye. It was an instrumental version where a saxophone done the Marc’s vocal. I loved that version. This is one of my favourite soft cell songs.
Marc Almond comes across as a thoroughly decent bloke who just loves music. A refreshing change from a lot of popstars today who are obsessed with image and celebrity.
Marc/Soft Cell songs were the backdrop to my teens. As my avatar shows, i'm a synth guy, and playing their songs is a passion of mine. There will never be their kind of music again. Their first album, non-stop erotic cabaret, is a journey into a world, you wouldn't believe songs could be written about. Songs about living in a bed-sit (small apartment/rented room). It was a magical time back then. Always a pleasure to see and hear Marc.
Saw him in Leeds Uni canteen wearing a one piece suit and a cigarette in a long holder. That'll have been around 77/8. Certainly caught your eye in those days. 😂
Either in Soft Cell or within his own solo output, Marc has been one of the best & most talented male vocalists the UK has ever had the pleasure of knowing. His songwriting skills are totally off the scale & he has a Midus touch when it comes to covering a song & then making it his own. It's good to see him so upbeat at such an early hour on the BBC. The new album is another outstanding production & nothing's ever going to slow him down. He should have his own Saturday night show on the BBC by now in my opinion & when will Glastonbury eventually invite him & Dave down to the farm for a very long overdue gig?
It is weird. Some 40 years ago I couldn't imagine how guys like Marc Almond would look like when they're old. It's still weird seeing these guys getting older. The older Marc gets, the more he resembles Mr. Spock in my opinion.
Once in Copenhagen in Denmark I was at a concert with Soft Sell, one of the best concert ever experienced, Marc gave such a perfect performance but the the danish audience was so quiet and passive and me and my wife was almost the only one dancing and singing around and we were thinking, has our danish people went to a wrong concert cause they were so ungrateful and passive. Maybe it's just the danish way in general, they don't freak out a lot, but Soft Cell/Marc Almond is absoluely one of the most important band/singer I have ever experienced.
Old music sensations from the late 70s and early 80s never really sell their new music tbh. Majority of people like their stuff from those decades for a reason
The Girl With The Patent Leather Face. Seedy Films, Numbers, Sex Dwarf - Early Soft Cell were delightfully sleezy. I adored them. Great to see Marc looking so good and still being relevant.
Marc Almond & the stomach pump......... a great story, it's included in a book called "Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy." This is a book and not to be confused with a Who album of the same name. There is also a great story regarding Status Quo called "Status Quo And The Kangaroo". If you only ever buy one book, buy this one. It's full of true stories regarding artists, musicians and rock bands about their life on the road.
Kinda strange that it's been soooooo long a career 😮, personally l never enjoyed " something got a hold of my heart " , just another Cover Version " , but " Bedsit Land " really resonates to me , as back then in the 80's , that was most people's first experience of having a home away from their parents, and l guess that in a way, we all made the most of our newfound freedom, and kinda liked a similar way 🤫 . .
I ALWAYS had 'Non Stop Erotic Cabaret' playing in my casette player of my VW Beetle back in 86. I had spent two weeks attempting to woo Melanie White. Then one night, sensing the moment was right, just before she stepped out of my car as asked: "Melanie, what you say if I asked you out?" She said “I would laugh of course!” Gutted and crestfallen I asked "Why?" She said, "Because you are gay of course!" She then kissed me on the cheek and walked to her front step. Over the next week I asked around, and as it turned out EVERYONE thought I was gay because of THAT casette! 😂👍❤️🇬🇧 EDIT: Kissed me on the cheek not ‘chick’. There was NOT a chicken in the car.
What a lovely guy always loved him but still so humble
Marc is an absolute treasure. It's always a joy to see him being interviewed.
Marc Almond has a fantastic body of work to be proud of. A real artist.
Say hello wave goodbye one of the greatest songs ever written 😊
During the 80’s if you told me people like Boy George and Marc Almond would one day be media darlings, I would have laughed in your face. Yet here we are.
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So good to see Marc looking comfortable and relaxed. His voice has recovered really well. Used to go and see him and also Soft Cell. Loved his repartee with the audience. Must repeat how great it is to see him back. Saw him at Ipswich Regent when he was clearly ill at ease and his voice was yet to return properly. Think the little shows he did during the Covid crisis really helped him get his confidence back
Absolutely LOVE him! Life would be SO boring without him! Carry on singing, Marc! X
Marc is a living legend.
he was born 1957.... and... what a life long career - what great vibes.💚💓💜.. very cool to see him and hear his thoughts... what legend....
Remember dancing to soft cell in the 80's! Great
My growing up my era the 80s i am a 72 born baby loved everything about the 80s
Looking Fabulous Marc 😊 as a live performer, your vocals are heaven ❤️
What a thoroughly amazing guy to listen to. One of ours and very clearly spoken.
how wonderful is he, what a bloody legend. I can recall the very first time hearing Tainted Love life changing
Brilliant singer and really nice guy 👏⭐️
1981 my first Walkman listening to Wired for sound,Trouble by Lindsay Buckhingham and Tainted love!!Glad to see Marc looking and sounding great1
Thankyou 💖 ❤️ 💓 💗 BBC for a interview of the best ever ❤️ 💕 Marc your amazing love your voice I could listen to you all day ❤️ fan43 years love celia xxxx
Soft cell had me hooked as a 18 year old. Never has a band resonated with me . They were the number one band. 2024 and I've said this for 42 year's. Torch 12 inch is up there with one of the greatest ever records in new wave or synthesised music . For me it's my all time favourite song but we have to put it in the gendre of music. You can't compare torch with 99 reds balloons for instance. Music shapes our lives , our souls ,even our future . Soft cell were the greatest in that field
Cracking interview ,Marc was full of positivity
Keep a piece of Marc in your Heart,he is a true Inspiration 😘
My oldest brother was killed at the age of 22 on a motor cycle in London. Therefore, I was truly devastated when Marc came so close to the same end. And, here we are twenty years later able to celebrate and enjoy perhaps the most prolific British artist ever!
So sorry to hear about your brother.
Love you Marc ..
Most prolific british artist ever? 😂
@@michaelshepherd885 what’s so funny! Marc across various guises has released over 50 albums. I am not sure if there is a British singer/songwriter who can beat that.
@@martinphillips3432 quantity doesnt equal quality
Thanks for sharing your video 🙏 I love Marc Almond so much ❤ Always happy to hear his songs. So greatfull for all the Joy and Creativity he gave us, with Dave Ball also, during all this years ❤🎶🎵🎼🎶🕺💃
For instance, singing Jacques Brel' songs or adapt Charles Aznavour' song is a great challenge : it shows that Marc is open-minded and can sing everything. Bravo 👌🎶❤️
I wish he would release what was the B side of the single Say hello wave goodbye. It was an instrumental version where a saxophone done the Marc’s vocal. I loved that version. This is one of my favourite soft cell songs.
As much as I like the sax.. Marc's attitude is the real hook... love it.
Must add it to my recent playlist of resistance.
😃
Love Marc and Soft Cell, happy memories of my youth!
Love him and his songs 🎉❤ 80’s Legend brings back so many happy memories for me ❤
Marc Almond comes across as a thoroughly decent bloke who just loves music. A refreshing change from a lot of popstars today who are obsessed with image and celebrity.
Marc/Soft Cell songs were the backdrop to my teens.
As my avatar shows, i'm a synth guy, and playing their songs is a passion of mine.
There will never be their kind of music again.
Their first album, non-stop erotic cabaret, is a journey into a world, you wouldn't believe songs could be written about. Songs about living in a bed-sit (small apartment/rented room).
It was a magical time back then.
Always a pleasure to see and hear Marc.
his autobiography is a good read
Lovely interview love marc almond love hugs ❤️
Love Mark and he looks absolutely amazing.🤩
Used to chat to him a few times , in the early 80’s when he rented a flat in soho .. interesting character for sure 😊. Great songwriter & vocalist 🙏
Looks good and sounds happy. Bravo.
I used to see him in the canteen at dinner time at leeds polytechnic in 1977 to 1978.
Saw him in Leeds Uni canteen wearing a one piece suit and a cigarette in a long holder. That'll have been around 77/8. Certainly caught your eye in those days. 😂
@@yamark02He was the most exotic person I’d ever seen, working behind Leeds Playhouse Bar that winter.
Yes, you couldn't miss him.
Why does my comment keep being removed ? I only said that Marc looks like Bruno tonioli.
Absolutely loved that interview, so modest but such a sense of humour.
I went to leeds polytechnic in 1977 when he was there studying fine art.
Amazing voice top chap
that song was played absolutely everywhere tainted love !!!!
He's a lot bigger than I'd imagined.
Ooo matron...
he's sitting down lol
Either in Soft Cell or within his own solo output, Marc has been one of the best & most talented male vocalists the UK has ever had the pleasure of knowing. His songwriting skills are totally off the scale & he has a Midus touch when it comes to covering a song & then making it his own. It's good to see him so upbeat at such an early hour on the BBC. The new album is another outstanding production & nothing's ever going to slow him down. He should have his own Saturday night show on the BBC by now in my opinion & when will Glastonbury eventually invite him & Dave down to the farm for a very long overdue gig?
The VISIT is fantastic and features Marc Bolan's voice.
It is weird. Some 40 years ago I couldn't imagine how guys like Marc Almond would look like when they're old. It's still weird seeing these guys getting older. The older Marc gets, the more he resembles Mr. Spock in my opinion.
Erm, surgery?
@@superbia75es Erm, most likely.
@@superbia75es And hair dye.
😂
Very talented man……what a voice! Great catalogue of work😎🎶🙏
Great song writer, great singer. Always supported alternative independent music too.
In fairness, he has one of most fantastic and recognisable voices. Seems like a very nice guy too.
Still has a great enthusiasm for it all. Great to see.
Saw Soft Cell last night, what a voice 🤩
I met him at an after show in Manchester UK in 1999. Charming.😃👍
Marc is turning into Bela Lugosi!!❤
You mean, Béla Ferenc Dezsö Blaskó
Wot on earth,has marc done to his face
@@arlenemenzies5597 Say ‘Hello’ to the new Marc, wave ‘Goodbye’ to the old Marc …
Botox
He looks like a grandma who dies her hair.
Not surprised they didn't show the original Tainted Love video! Been a massive fan since Memorabilia. That makes me feel old!
Key chains & snowstorms.😃👍
@@user-um1xt3kh Give me a reminder!
Once in Copenhagen in Denmark I was at a concert with Soft Sell, one of the best concert ever experienced, Marc gave such a perfect performance but the the danish audience was so quiet and passive and me and my wife was almost the only one dancing and singing around and we were thinking, has our danish people went to a wrong concert cause they were so ungrateful and passive. Maybe it's just the danish way in general, they don't freak out a lot, but Soft Cell/Marc Almond is absoluely one of the most important band/singer I have ever experienced.
I saw him at Chillfest just over a week ago.
The original singer of Tainted Love is Gloria Jones (1964)
Mark Bolans partner
Thank you, was scratching my head on that , as it's the song I knew and re listened to by Mr Almond
I recognised him , I was at kitson College in Leeds while he was also there wearing all black as always
She was also the driver of the car in which Bolan died, not so fun fact.
I saw him in the opera in Ghent, Belgium, ages ago. Loved the show!
A very talented singer and icon of pop and electric 1980s😂😂😂😂😂
A lovely person, sensitive soul and a great performer.
Thank you so much for this 🖤
Just go your natural grey Marc.
1981 , lincoln , lindsays pub , soft cell ... happy days
nice bloke very talented thankyou sir
Saw Soft Cell live in SF in Japantown 1984. Great performance. Still like their music and follow the and some of Marc's work. "Guilty"= great song
Adorable.
I love his admiration for the great Charles Aznavour!
He turned 87 last month and still looks great .
67
Legend! xx
Old music sensations from the late 70s and early 80s never really sell their new music tbh. Majority of people like their stuff from those decades for a reason
cant believe that Charlie bloke is still on tv
He reminds me of Bruno Tonioli.
Yes for sure great tracks
Seems like a nice guy
Love Sof cell love marc almond love chox
thanks for the upload ! ... i dont think is something better lately than the "purple zone" with PET SHOP
The Girl With The Patent Leather Face. Seedy Films, Numbers, Sex Dwarf - Early Soft Cell were delightfully sleezy. I adored them.
Great to see Marc looking so good and still being relevant.
He looks incredible for his age! ❤
'Incredible' is one way of putting it.
Love him. Don’t know why the one presenter says “we’ve said that” after Marc mentions proudly that it is his 45th year in music.
Marc a lovely guy as ever.
Great voice!!!!!
What a nice guy
THAT WAS LOVELY!! September ?
Marc Almond & the stomach pump......... a great story, it's included in a book called "Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy."
This is a book and not to be confused with a Who album of the same name.
There is also a great story regarding Status Quo called "Status Quo And The Kangaroo".
If you only ever buy one book, buy this one.
It's full of true stories regarding artists, musicians and rock bands about their life on the road.
Tainted Love by Gloria Jones, 1964, was a terrific Northern Soul classic.
Agreed, Miss Jones married Marc Bolan ,I remember in the news and newspapers the day he died ,another legend taken from us too soon .
Looks like he's gone down the plastic surgery road.
❤
I didn't know the Joker had a brother....
Un gigante della musica pop(e non solo.....)
Kinda strange that it's been soooooo long a career 😮, personally l never enjoyed " something got a hold of my heart " , just another Cover Version " , but " Bedsit Land " really resonates to me , as back then in the 80's , that was most people's first experience of having a home away from their parents, and l guess that in a way, we all made the most of our newfound freedom, and kinda liked a similar way 🤫 . .
Is he wearing a mask?
fab
Sooooooo much work.......
Such a pity as I don’t watch bbc
amazing to learn that he is Simon Cowell's brother
She didn't know it was a cover.Really?
Tainted love was a well know song by another artist whom I've forgotten the name of at the moment
Gloria Jones AKA Ms Marc Bolan As Then Girlfriend Who Tragically Died In A Car Crash
Very nice 👍 man and gentlemen 😂😂😂
Didn’t the organist dad live in Cwmbran ?
Marylin Manson and Marc Almond evolved into the same person
I ALWAYS had 'Non Stop Erotic Cabaret' playing in my casette player of my VW Beetle back in 86.
I had spent two weeks attempting to woo Melanie White. Then one night, sensing the moment was right, just before she stepped out of my car as asked:
"Melanie, what you say if I asked you out?"
She said “I would laugh of course!”
Gutted and crestfallen I asked "Why?"
She said, "Because you are gay of course!" She then kissed me on the cheek and walked to her front step.
Over the next week I asked around, and as it turned out EVERYONE thought I was gay because of THAT casette!
😂👍❤️🇬🇧
EDIT: Kissed me on the cheek not ‘chick’. There was NOT a chicken in the car.
I loved !!! tainted love ❤️ that's when they knew how to write a good old song with meaning, and now the so called songs others put out are crap?
He was great with gene pitney
Would he ever consider becoming Marc Marzipan, or is he scared of the process?