Ice Cool 80s

Starring: Soft Cell, The Christians Dvd Release: 6th June, 2005 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Contains 95% original video footage which invokes memories of the 80s. Maybe this is what you expected to find, but its not always the case, another 80s DVD purchased at the same time simply contained artists performing their classic in a TV studio. The DVD contains a good selection of music.

One annoyance is the transition video between tracks which shows a modern London of 2002. I just dont see the point!

Soft Cell were an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980s. They consisted of Marc Almond & David Ball. Their lyrics often focused on the darker side of life, with subjects such as kinky sex, transvestism, drugs & murder. They had a huge world-wide hit in 1981 with a cover version of Tainted Love, a northern soul classic originally sung by Gloria Jones. Both Marc Almond & David Ball grew up in seaside towns & later met while students at the Leeds Polytechnic Fine Arts University. Almond, a performance artist, collaborated with Ball on a few avant-garde multi-media performances at the university. Although Balls musical background consisted of guitar, he had access to the university studio & was experimenting with the nascent synthesizer technology at the time. The two students became the prototypical synth duo & were initially associated with other New Wave scenesters dubbed New Romantics by the British Press. Other bands associated with this scene included Visage, Duran Duran & Spandau Ballet. // Their initial efforts at recording resulted in an E,P.

Editors Choice: Soft Cell, View DVDology

The Christians were a soul band from Liverpool, scoring several UK chart hits in the late 1980s & early 1990s. They consisted of Garry Christian, Roger Christian, Russell Christian & Henry Priestman, their name obviously coming from the Christian brothers rather than any religious sentiment. Their eponymously-titled 1987 debut album entered the UK charts at number 2 & eventually sold over a million copies. The highest placed single from this album was Ideal World, which reached number 14 on the UK charts. In 1988 they released a cover of the Isley Brothers Harvest For The World, with all proceeds going to charity. The video for the track was an animation, created by four leading animation companies, including Aardman of Wallace & Gromit fame. The video won several awards & the single reached number 8 in the charts. 1989 saw another charity single success, this time as performers on a version of Ferry Cross The Mersey, released in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster, which stayed at number 1 for several weeks.

Editors Choice: The Christians, View DVDology

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