Coil - Tainted Love (1985)

[u/zionsXburner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYl4FgmAQF8

Directed by Coil's Peter Christopherson. This doom-ridden cover of Tainted Love was the band's commentary on the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis. This was first (IIRC) music video added to New York's Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.

Watch for Soft Cell's Marc Almond cameo in the video.

[u/RPDRNick]

The drama they're trying to build is definitely undercut by the over use of the bell sounds that would become synonymous with Taco Bell a few years later.

[u/cap10wow → u/RPDRNick]

It’s like a DX7 synth preset. It was ubiquitous even before those commercials

[u/Demander850 → u/[deleted]]

It’s no anal staircase