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Dave Ball, one half of TAINTED LOVE hitmakers Soft Cell, dies, aged 66
Sky News ^
| Oct 23
| Sky News
Posted on 10/23/2025 6:48:41 AM PDT by RandFan
Synth-pop musician Dave Ball, who was one half of the popular 1980s band Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66.
The electronic musician, who, along with bandmate Marc Almond scored a UK number one with Tainted Love, died on Wednesday, just days after completing a new Soft Cell album.
Almond, 68, described him as a "wonderfully brilliant musical genius".
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: daveball; marcalmond; music; softcell; taintedlove
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To: RandFan
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10/23/2025 7:55:18 AM PDT
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sonova
(No money? You're free to go.)
To: nickcarraway
Amy? Who did that song?Pure Prairie League.
A few years after this hit, a young Vince Gill joined the band and did vocals as well as lead guitar.
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10/23/2025 8:03:50 AM PDT
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llevrok
(Keep buggering on!)
To: RandFan
Everybody remembers that song.
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10/23/2025 8:07:52 AM PDT
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packrat35
(“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
To: RandFan
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posted on
10/23/2025 8:36:16 AM PDT
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JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
To: packrat35
“Everybody remembers that song.“
I don’t, because I switched over to talk radio in about 1970, and never went back.
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10/23/2025 8:39:21 AM PDT
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JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
To: JimRed
a music genre characterized by its heavy use of synthesizers and drum machines
To: llevrok
I giess I didn't recognize it because of the spelling. (Aimee) I never heard it on the radio that much.
To: RandFan
One of my favorite songs from the 80s. RIP.
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10/23/2025 9:36:04 AM PDT
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AlaskaErik
(There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
To: RandFan
lol Let alone “Sex Dwarf”.
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