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Fun Music Information -> Soft Cell

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Band Name Origins:

'Soft Cell' is the title of an early chapter in John Brunner's 1968 science fiction novel 'Stand on Zanzibar'. The band takes their name from this book, not the Frank Zappa song. Submitted by: Donnie Wilcox
Named after the Frank Zappa song 'Soft Cell Conclusion' Submitted by: Cokeahollic

Stupid Band Names:

If you go to jail, is the cell SOFT? No, it isn't. I mean really, you can't expect the name to be intellectual if it's an eighties band...drugs were very popular then. Submitted by: Number Six

Vainity Songs:

Song Name	Comments & Submitter Name
"Insecure Me"	Contains the lyrics: "And you can really go to hell if you give me the soft cell; it's not me, this feeling insecure" - John

New Song Names:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"Sex Wharf"	"Sex Dwarf"	Regina Haniger
"Sects Dwarf"	"Sex Dwarf"	Regina Haniger
"Essex Dwarf"	"Sex Dwarf"	Regina Haniger
"Tainted Blood"	"Tainted Love"	Snipe

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"Rock And Roll Band," Boston	"Tainted Love," Soft Cell
"Cheated On Me," Gavin DeGraw	"Tainted Love," Soft Cell
"Tainted Love," Soft Cell	"It Hurts," Angels And Airwaves

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Divided Sou" originally "Divided Soul"

Sou = former kind of French coin

Karen Smith

"Divide Soul" originally "Divided Soul"

Joanna Hawthorne

"Ex Dwarf" originally "Sex Dwarf"

When Snow White & the seven dwarfs break up?

Bob

"Tinted Love" originally "Tainted Love"

Alison Runyon

"Say Hell, Wave Goodbye" originally "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"

nuwavechick

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Tainted Clove" originally "Tainted Love"

Candy Welty

"Divided Seoul" originally "Divided Soul"

Seoul isn't divided, but its country certainly is

Karen Smith

"Tainted Lover" originally "Tainted Love"

Candy Welty

"Sexy Dwarf" originally "Sex Dwarf"

Naomi Swanson

"Tainted Glove" originally "Tainted Love"

surprised this wasn't up here yet!

Mark Richardson

Change a Letter:

"Tainted Lode" originally "Tainted Love"

Candy Welty

"Tainted Lore" originally "Tainted Love"

Candy Welty

"Tainted Move" originally "Tainted Love"

Alan the Ottoman

"Tainted Dove" originally "Tainted Love"

Candy Welty

"Sax Dwarf" originally "Sex Dwarf"

Bob

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Tainted Love"	"Dated Duds"	the_conqueror_of_parodies
"Tainted Love"	"Painted Cave"	Jonathan Caws-Elwitt
"Tainted Love"	"Bloody Limbs"	Below Average Dave
"Sex Dwarf"	"Worf"	Rice Cube & Watt Daddy
"Tainted Love"	"Tantive IV"	Rice Cube & Watt Daddy
"Tainted Love"	"Dainty Thugs"	McKludge
"Tainted Love"	"Tainted Meat"	Lushscreamqueen
"Tainted Love"	"Painted Curb"	Jonathan Caws-Elwitt
"Tainted Love"	"Twenty-Two (US 22): Other Version"	Andrew D. Lacroix
"Tainted Love"	"Twenty-Two (US 22)"	Andrew D. Lacroix
There are additional song parodies available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Tainted Love	Marriage Planner	Tatiana
Tainted Love	Poison Control Center	Anna('ello govena)
Tainted Love	Marriage Counseling	Hazel
Chips On My Shoulder	Fish And Chip Joint	8345748902
Tainted Love	Escort Service or Dating Service	Melhi
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Time To Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli	Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Soft Cell	Time To Say Hello, Wave Goodbye	Jacynthia Maries
What About Love? Heart	Tainted Love Soft Cell	What About Tainted Love?	Britney Spears into pruning hooks
Mama Used To Say Junior	Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Soft Cell	Mama Used To Say Hello, Wave Goodbye	Jacynthia Maries
Let's Make Love Tim McGraw & Faith Hill	Tainted Love Soft Cell	Let's Make Tainted Love	Edward
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Soft Cell Machine

Soft Machine combined with Soft Cell

Submitted By: Hilary Nevis

Soft Machine Cell

Soft Machine combined with Soft Cell

Submitted By: Hilary Nevis

Soft Brain Cells

Bad Brains combined with Soft Cell

Bad Brains doing "Tainted Love" would kind of leave me that way.

Submitted By: neptunevsmars

Margot & The Nuclear So & Soft Cell's

Margot & The Nuclear So & So's combined with Soft Cell

Submitted By: Ricky

There are additional Soft Cell Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"Sex Dwarf" Misheard Lyrics: Saint Paul Original Lyrics: Sex dwarf	"Tainted Love" Misheard Lyrics: Baby boy or Baby girl Original Lyrics: Tainted love
"Tainted Love" Misheard Lyrics: Titty love Original Lyrics: Tainted love	"Tainted Love" Misheard Lyrics: The love with Cher Original Lyrics: The love we share
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Sex Dwarf"

Misheard Lyrics:

Saint Paul

Original Lyrics:

Sex dwarf

Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke

I thought it had to do with the capital of Minnesota (and one of the so called Twin Cities, alongside Minneapolis)!

There are additional misheard stories available.

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Darker Times"

Opening Lines:

these darker times

Comments:

Submitted by: mads.

"Chips on My shoulder"

Opening Lines:

chips on my shoulder

Comments:

Submitted by: mads

Song Title Space Change:

"Taint Ed Love" originally "Tainted Love"

Submitted by: George Straitjacket

Band Name Anagrams:

Clot Self Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Cots Fell Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Cost Fell Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Song Title Anagrams:

"Fred's Wax" originally "Sex Dwarf"

Submitted by: Calop

"Tend A Violet" originally "Tainted Love"

Submitted by: Candace Troy Powers

"Vital Net Doe" originally "Tainted Love"

Submitted by: Roxanne Drake

"Dee Not Vital" originally "Tainted Love"

Submitted by: Roxanne Drake

"Valid Net Toe" originally "Tainted Love"

Submitted by: Roxanne Drake

There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.

Songs That Are Banned:

"Sex Dwarf"

Soft Cell generated some controversy in Britain, mainly due to the scandal involved with the "Sex Dwarf" promotional film. The original version of the music video featured Almond and Ball in a bloody butcher shop surrounded by chainsaws, nude actors, and dwarves. However, the film was confiscated by police and censored before it was even released. As a tongue-in-cheek substitute, a re-filmed "Sex Dwarf" appeared in Non-Stop Exotic Video Show featuring Almond dressed in a tuxedo, directing a symphony orchestra of dwarves. *From Wikipedia

Submitted by: 34532

Super Long Pop Songs:

"Tainted Love" Length: 9:00

Back in 1981, the British duo Soft Cell recorded a 12" dance disc about a spurned lover, "Tainted Love" that quickly became a favorite world wide in gay and straight dance clubs. Soft Cell realized from the start that the 9:00 minute version probably wouldn't get much airplay on U.S. top 40 stations and did their own edited version for the album release (along with the 9 minute 12" version). But to the surprise of Soft Cell (perhaps not realizing that the American radio market was changing with FM taking over even for Top 40 stations) and radio stations liking the 9:00 12" version decided to play that version which had mixed into the song a medley or perhaps an early attempt at sampling of the Supremes' 1964 Motown #1 hit, "Where Did Our Love Go". Both versions were played on Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" syndicated radio show. And mainly because of this, "Tainted Love" spent the most time in the Top 40 charts of any single to date.

Submitted by: Peter