Cover Posts- Going Up by Coil

Any discussion of covers has to include “Tainted Love” about as popular a song as there ever has been. I’m a big Soft Cell fan and Marc Almond always says he regrets pairing it with another cover “Where did our love go?” and shutting himself out of song royalties. (In 2002, Soft Cell recorded “The Night” - a Four Seasons song that was the band’s second choice in 1981, and a great song, but not the greatest song) I have no idea how that works when Rihanna samples that record, but I get it. When ever anyone talks to me about covers, I almost always bring up the Coil version of that song. I mean the original is great. Soft Cell brought it to an 80s nonstop erotic cabaret and Coil turned it into a dirge. It is often mentioned as a lament to the AIDS pandemic. It’s a moving piece of music I’m going to pick another unusual Coil cover though. If you’re not already aware, Public Broadcasting in the US shows a bunch of 70s and 80s British programs. I can’t imagine I was ever the target audience for some of the older sitcoms, but I became a huge fan of Are You Being Served. 2005’s Going Up is the theme to that 70s television program, and is also unrecognizable as such. Once again, it’s built into something more. In this case, a tribute to band cofounder Jhonn Balance who passed in 04 and the elevator (that on the show) that went to Men’s clothing is a more metaphysical stairway to heaven. 2005 - Threshold