On the fringe, quietly there, and yet...a UK legend. MA will be remembered as a massive icon of our times.

@chaoswitch1974

2 жыл бұрын

I hope so!

My wife has been a fan of Marc Almond since she was seventeen and now is in her fiftys

@biglouise1916

5 жыл бұрын

Just like me

@blackpool321

4 жыл бұрын

And me

@chaoswitch1974

2 жыл бұрын

I've been a fan since I was 12 and I'm 47!

@Buster-pw5dv

4 ай бұрын

And me since I was 13 and now almost 60!

I met Marc backstage in Manchester 1999.❤

Beautiful song, I brought this song in the 1970s when David Cassidy sang it as I was a huge fan of his. Marc lovely version of it.

He has an amazing voice x

Marc said on his interview with Lorraine and it's amazing for his OBE, that his voice is better nowadays, but his persona and voice was so fantastic in the 1980's and sadly missed, but times do move forward and he's the expert and knows what actually works. He's great and without his musical influences, many would still feel lost. Marc's make up and not the visual obvious one, is so unique and complicated; it answers every question or at least makes you feel not alone any more in your understanding, but explores other areas which are just so scoring and unimaginable. He never ever made you feel anything but an observer and he always came across as innocent as possibly could be, so your trust in him was never questionable. He deserves everything, because he did that extra to get where he did and his music will mean so much more than the likes of Elvis. His lyrics and Ball's music romanticise the truth-value always did and we can all become part of that! Thanks.

@endresomodi3949

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this summary!

i love this song, . and I'm amazed i never knew Marc Almond had made a cover of it. , I've got the Young Rascals. Dusty Springfield, David Cassidy & The Partridge Family performing it, and now this wonderful version

I never realised what a great singer Marc is until long after he became famous.. Check out a song called Scar.. It's bloody brilliant

The best!

At first I thought it was nice.But later I realized it was wonderful.❤👍

@daniellemccartney1260

5 жыл бұрын

Никита Стрельчиков Jackie

I Love Marc Almond.

@Culture_of_Ghosts

7 жыл бұрын

The world should love Marc Almond.... a very special artist!

@hajnalrubin3086

4 жыл бұрын

@@Culture_of_Ghosts I agree :)

@hajnalrubin3086

4 жыл бұрын

@@Culture_of_GhostsI agree :)

My 15 yr old son loves this song

Hits right in the heart. I guess it depends on what you may or may not be going through, or a current frame of mind one may, or may not have. This is one hell of a rendition/song covered wonderfully by Almond. Perhaps, a song like this, always remains true in some way, fashion, form, or reason throughout our time on this strange ball of a place called Earth.

Beautiful song... A Young Rascals tune..... a 60s Classic.

Very Creative and am glad Marc Almond hasn't run out of ideas. He's an Icon and quite Theatrical. How about a movie role for him?

Love this song... love Marc... can't wait to see you in October....thanks so much for bringing 60's music back to the here and now... you really are inspirational!!!! X

Thank you for giving us this!

Beautiful version! I would love Marc to become a Vegas performer as he sets off into his sunset years...

I like Marc Almond doing music that (still) splits opinion. That is why I have followed his music ever since Tainted Love and I will be 50 next year. Artists should always follow what they believe in, and if along the way they become commercial and popular, so be it. Because a true artist never changes himself to suit styles or fashions. I'm hoping Nick Cave's next release loses the 20,000 fans, so he can go back to playing small venues again. Funny how these two singers were always slated in the music press, and now are held in such high esteem. And I'm guessing next year with the Soft Cell boxset release, a Soft Cell gig at Tate Modern with glasses of champagne and £150 tickets.

You sing like nobody can sing. Epically awesome. I could lose myself in your music. I love almonds. & Marc Almond is the best Almond ever. This was lovely.

@chaoswitch1974

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha oddly, I have a slight allergy to almonds but they're my favorite nut nontheless, including Marc and I love him even more as I get older(47), who would have thought?

Stunning 🌟

❤

Marc Almond you do and sing an excellent rendition of the Young Rascals 1967 pop rock classic.You,and also Gloria Estefan probably sing the two best versions of this lovely song ever recorded.

Just heard this song on Deutschlandrundfunk along with an interview with Marc about his new album. The first rock concert i went to (13 y.o.) was the The (Young) Rascals back in 67. Was shocked at the difference between the live sound compared to the studio versions played on the radio. Live sounded very hollow (only 3 musicians and singer in the Rascals). Back then not as many electronic options to reproduce the studio effects. Don't remember if they sang this song but nice to see a cover that does justice to the original.

What a fantástic artist. He gets better with the time.

Great song and sound. Love him x

yes that voice is still good, after all the years.

Amo muito esse cara! Sempre envolvente!!!

Beautiful song and video

incredible album . a complete triumph x

@chrisedwards1333

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed,

Wonderful album.

The one in the black top !!!!!1

What a great performance! Marc, come on, give us new songs!

I didint know marc sang that song.i know late David Cassidy sang it in the 70s

Qué chula! Parece salida del piano de Bacharach, me encanta. Gracias/Thanks, Marc!

Oh I almost forgot,I put David Cassidy up there with you and Gloria Estefan as well.You did a great job Marc!.

I love marc almond too

Really enjoyed your performance at Birmingham symphony hall :)

Lovely

Te esperamos en Marzo 2023 en valencia🙏🙏🙏

Kenneth Logan what a horrible thing yo say his songs and voice bring joy to people like myself

The dancer in the black top behind Marc is gorgeous

@charliemagri1669

5 жыл бұрын

Shaun Pierce So much for taste, because the one beside her has the prettiest eyes I've ever seen!

Good video and song

Who are his gorgeous dancers ????!!!!!

Nice

Almost exactly 50 years after the original by the Young Rascals.

Hi Marc!! It's me Katie (your 3rd cousin) great song 😀

@new_filler

6 жыл бұрын

Katie Hamilton bet

@katiehamilton1166

6 жыл бұрын

No, he is

@Robosapien-jj1zy

5 жыл бұрын

You have a very talented uncle Katie. He's Been around for nearly 40 years. That tells you something.

I will always be a fan of Soft Cell & some of Marc Almonds earlier solo work.Though I know Marc is older & has matured with his sound but I'm just not into his later stuff including this.I wish he would go back with Soft Cell to do a new project or due a new upbeat solo electronic/synth album.

@sofamousithurts4794

7 жыл бұрын

He did release this very recently Silver City Ride (as Starcluster & Marc Almond) electro, dance album to rave reviews

@kennethlogan459

6 жыл бұрын

Famous People yes he did release the electro style album, but as usual it was limited, so practically nobody heard it! So no point really 😐

@traecy43

6 жыл бұрын

Famous People Haven't heard of it,will look it up.

@sofamousithurts4794

6 жыл бұрын

It was re-released as it sold out the first time , so it has been re pressed again and is on I tunes, sadly no cd though.

Good

Was brilliant in the 80,s but do agree should gracefully say goodbye and don’t embarrass yourself,,so many great bands from that era we’re bigger and better ,Human league,,Spandau,,ultravox,,pet shop boys,,but was still a great band,,,my personal opinion tho👍👍

@carolinegray3150

5 жыл бұрын

I would say soft cell were better

@carolinegray3150

5 жыл бұрын

Marc almond is a singer I like

Traecy43 I wouldn't call you a fan of Marc almonds music his older music is good

I just think of David Cassidy!

yo

#DavidCassidy sang this so much better - which is why he is so missed

@michellew8118

6 жыл бұрын

OMG you’re so right. David had an incredible voice. I miss him 😪

@charliemagri1669

5 жыл бұрын

Marlyne Skaff Depends on your own expectations of life and Marc is a different person than Cassidy. Just as we can read into more of what Marc does and dismiss Cassidy as just a nice guy who offers no answers to adversity, because everybody liked him, we listen and can actually become Marc in all his sincerity. We could never be like Cassidy or want to and this isn't a gay thing, because I'm not gay.

@charliemagri1669

5 жыл бұрын

Michelle Wilton Cassidy should've appeared in the Waltons!

@carolinegray3150

5 жыл бұрын

Marc almond sings the song well too

Jacki

The chimp stole a candy bar and put it in a bird's nest in East Africa where a flying fish stole it and dropped it in a crocodile's mouth but the shop keeper saw him and he shouted at Ringo Starr and the crocodile ate the candy bar and he gave Mick Hucknall a can of beer to take on tour with him when he went to Mars.. 144 years later, Polly Freetazoop found Mick Hucknall's skeleton and she made lots of jewellery out of it and gave Peter Pan a Moon pie to eat as the Sun went down..😱😱😲😲😲😼😸

He looks like Marilyn Manson

Better than Cassidy version but this song is Eddie's. He was made for it or vice versa.

Tired zzzzz

Yikes caterwauling needs to give it a rest

I disagree with tracy

Why is everyone white?

@whatsupdimwit5854

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Kotlinski including you!

@mandyhumphrey1046

6 жыл бұрын

Because this video is set in the 1960's Andrew Kotlinski and there wasn't anywhere the amount of black people that there are now. I live in Maidstone, Kent and my mum said that the first black guy she saw in the town was in 1966. And before you say I am being racist which is the usual comeback I had a black uncle blood relative, who sadly passed but whom I adored!

@user-um1xt3kh

7 ай бұрын

Because you fiddle with yourself at night.

Shame Marc has done great music but this is crap

@kennethlogan459

6 жыл бұрын

Psykox666 I have to agree with you, it's just shit!

@mandyhumphrey1046

6 жыл бұрын

You are entitled to your opinion, but if you would have attended any of his latest gigs you would have been told the story of why he chose this style of songs for his latest release. Personally, I love it, Marc is always diverse, that is why he is still packing concerts after 40 years!

@kennethlogan459

6 жыл бұрын

Mandy Humphrey " IF" I had attended his recent concerts!!! Let me just inform you that I have been attending his concerts since the days of Soft Cell way back in 1983! The last being his concert in Edinburgh for the Velvet Trail tour. I am quite aware of why he chose these tracks , but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's a goddam awful album with very lazy and badly constructed orchestra arrangements. I admire your loyalty, but sometimes fan's need to be honest with ourselves, he has produced more dire albums than good albums in the last 20years, the Las being Open All Night and that was way back in 1999! He's just boring and flat these days.

@mandyhumphrey1046

6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate what you are saying but the man is 60! Maybe vocally Marc cannot 'cut the mustard' any longer. In October at Southend, he admitted that he can no longer hit certain notes anymore. He was the usual flamboyant and fabulous showman but some notes he simply couldn't hit. I just thought when you said 'crap' it was a bit harsh. But yeah I agree he is no longer the rebel we knew and loved but we all have to get old unfortunately. :)

@carolinegray3150

5 жыл бұрын

It’s not crap

This is absolutely terrible. The musical arrangement is awful, the video looks cheap and nasty and his singing, if you can call that singing, is flat and is unable to locate the bloody tune! He's way past his best and should seriously consider retiring and stop embarrassing himself with this Roy Orbison look. Who would have thought Marc Almond would end up being a sad old has been. It's sad and it's embarrassing.

@helenwildy4321

6 жыл бұрын

Totally disagree with you... this is a tune!!! He's a great singer...how many other people in this day and age can still keep going 35 years on??? He should be recognised as a legend....

@kennethlogan459

6 жыл бұрын

Helen Wildy I appreciate your reply to my post regarding Marc Almonds latest video/single. I have been a Soft Cell/Marc Almond fan since 1982. I own all his albums/singles and cds, but everything he has produced since Open All Night has simply been dreadful! The two Russian albums were terrible and quite frankly the Velvet Trail album was a rehash of old ideas and when I seen him on this tour he was quite frankly flat and way out of tune. Upon hearing the new tracks from his latest efforts, I cancelled my pre-order of the album. He has run his course and quite honestly, run out of ideas, but to present a version of this song and sing so completely flat and then release it as a single, just beggars belief! He's no longer relevant and has now gotten to the point of releasing albums of greates hits and cover versions, now that's just sad and very irrelevant. Sometimes we fans need to know when to throw in the towel and admit he's finished and needs to call it a day while his reputation is intact.

@azzaz1

6 жыл бұрын

This is actually one step lower than the original. But honestly, who can sing as high as Eddie Brigatti could? It's still very, very nice.

@johnrosenbaum8730

6 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Logan when u have as much talent and sold millions of records world wide as Marc Almond then perhaps your opinion may matter, but even then I doubt it!..

@kennethlogan459

6 жыл бұрын

John Rosenbaum . Having spent quite a few years working in the recording studio industry, I venture to think that perhaps my opinion is a little more valued than yours!

Not the best version of this song.

Ugh, this is horrible 🙁

The best!