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Soft Cell with Miss Bond the Governess by Chalkie Davies for The Face magazine, 1981

Soft Cell at the Hammersmith Palais, January 9th 1984

Record Mirror

But if you listen to some of the older songs it’s more than that. They tell stories about soldiers who didn’t make it, missing an opportunity, a baby being born and how they changed the parents’ lives, mental health, abuse, death, the way your view on love changes as you age, disabilities, battles, how the good book can help you find a higher power, ghosts.

The people who are saying that they don’t like country music are probably only listening to the newer artists, not taking the time to go back and see the older generation and hear the stories they have to tell.

Mr. Self Destruct - Soft Cell (1984)

But every decision or feeling or reason Causes some sort of mental distress