1982 “PEOPLE ARE RUNNING”
I got my hands on Statik Selektah and Termanology’s 1982 album a few days ago. The project is quality and well-worth the pickup. The duo have caught the animated video bug and have created a clip for their surrealistic concept song “People Are Running.” The video has the appropriate Halloween theme, and is directed by Nastee of 4wordproductions.
BILAL “TAINTED LOVE”
This song should sound familiar. “Tainted Love” has been remade numerous times since its first incarnation as a Gloria Jones single in 1964. It fell under the radar then and even when Jones remade it herself in 1976. But in 1981, the UK Synthpop duo Soft Cell cashed on their remake, reaching #1 on the UK charts. Since then, “Tainted Love” has been remade or sampled nearly 30 times by artists ranging from Rihanna to Marilyn Manson. The song’s original version was even featured as a radio station offering in the highly successful video game Grant Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Bilal, with backing from composer/arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, gives an improvisational take on the now well-known northern soul b-side. This collaboration is their second, preceded by “Is This Love.”
Bilal’s latest album, Airtight’s Revenge, is available now.
GLORIA JONES 1964 ORIGINAL
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