Soft Cell’s pioneering 1981 cover of the Northern Soul classic, “Tainted Love,” is the inspiration for this awesome 80s dance party. Building on a solid foundation of New Wave, we’ll dig deeper into the catalog of massive hits and overlooked misses from the late 70s through the early 90s – pivotal years in musical history that blurred the lines between Analog and Digital, Disco and Synthpop, Funk and Hip-Hop. A time when Alternative was called Post-Punk, Indie actually meant independent, and Throbbing Gristle’s “Hot on the Heels of Love” surely could have been alongside Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” on the charts…with today’s perspective. Other passions include CBGB-era New York, Batcave-era London – Punk Rock, Glam Rock, Kraut Rock, Girl Rock, Dad Rock, Rockabilly, Ska, Machine Soul, Blue-Eyed Soul, Darkwave, Coldwave – plus some guilty pleasures in the (strictly) Old-School Rap department.
Hosted by DJ Jane Elizabeth (Stylus NYC, Breakfast Club Philly 2010-2015).
21+, Free.
The Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, New York, 11215
http://www.thebellhouseny.com/
https://www.facebook.com/taintedlovenyc/
Setlist for 3/30/2017 (* = Request)
Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag (Extended)*
Pulsallama – The Devil Lives In My Husband’s Body*
Thompson Twins – Living In Europe
Yaz – Goodbye Seventies
Roxy Music – More Than This
Killing Joke – Eighties*
Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat
Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar (Way Out West Remix)
Toto – Africa*
Adam & The Ants – Goody Two Shoes
Oingo Boingo – Nothing Bad Ever Happens
George Michael – Monkey
Duran Duran – Union Of The Snake
Dead Or Alive – In Too Deep
OMD – Secret
Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Cities In Dust*
Stephen Tin Tin Duffy – Kiss Me*
Erasure – Oh L’Amour*
Love & Rockets – So Alive
INXS – Need You Tonight*
Art of Noise – Close (To The Edit)
Cure – Why Can’t I Be You?
Thompson Twins – Love On Your Side
Visage – Fade To Grey
Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing
David Bowie – Golden Years
Thomas Dolby – Hyperactive!
Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination
Grandmaster Flash – White Lines (Don’t Do It)*
When In Rome – The Promise
Ultravox – We Came To Dance*
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way*
Smiths – Cemetry Gates*
General Public – Tenderness
Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough*
Boys Don’t Cry – I Wanna Be a Cowboy*
Laura Branigan – Gloria*
Gary Numan – Cars
Ministry – Everyday Is Halloween*
Erasure – Take A Chance On Me
Madness – Our House*
Lipps, Inc. – Funkytown
Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger
Human League – Don’t You Want Me*
Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait*
Soft Cell – Tainted Love*
Grauzone – Eisbär*
Bananarama – Venus
Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl*
Generation X – Dancing With Myself*
Stray Cats – (She’s) Sexy + 17
Modern English – I Melt With You*
Adam Ant – Stand and Deliver*
B-Movie – Nowhere Girl
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun*
Split Enz – I Got You*
Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure*
Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star*
George Michael – Freedom! ’90
Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy*
Shriekback – Nemesis*
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again*
The The – Uncertain Smile*