My name is Jaleen81. I write observations of Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell/Marc Almond music videos, books, or any art related topics. Since I am an upcoming artist, I love to practice on my writing skills and futhermore, just have fun free writing on what I enjoy. I get inspired everyday.
"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." - Samuel Johnson
"When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts negative associations." - Marilyn vos Savant
Soft Cell: Live in Milan was released as a DVD back in 2002. It was one of the concerts that Soft Cell toured in the early 2000's as a reunion tour. Not really to stay as a band but let others know that they are still around. This was for supporting their new album at the time Cruelty Without Beauty and their compilation The Very Best of Soft Cell. You can also find similar live productions of this concert but in the UK form, in Soft Cell Live and Soft Cell Save Hello, Wave Goodbye Live which are basically the same double CDs collections with the same tracks and more songs than the Live in Milan DVD. This was filmed during a sold out stop at the Rolling Stones in Milan, Italy. They were under new management, even though Stevo was executive producer Arto and Perko limited. And Cooking Vinyl records was their new record label too. Their style changed you can tell obviously. The choices of the songs were a brilliant mixture of all five albums in one list. Their best songs and classics fans know and love. I liked the way they toured after nearly 20 years. This and the Non Stop Exotic Video Show are the only DVDs I know of that Soft Cell and company made published. The other concerts back in the 80's can be found on YouTube, well some and most are in audio. This is recommended if you don't own this. I gotten another one because the previous one I owned, doesn't work anymore, I used to play it a lot when I younger, and this is really cheap. I gotten this at Wherehouse, it's another good store, if you don't want anything just mainstream. Amoeba is still better, but Amoeba didn't have it shockingly. There is bonus material and that is Marc Almond and Dave Ball being interviewed and discussing about the past how things happened and it's pretty exclusive. This is also PS2 compatible. I think if i'm not mistaken, they were one of the bands that was suppose to tour with the Pet Shop Boys, something called Wotapalava that the management of the Boys planned but never happened. I wished it did though. I guess things really do happen for a reason.
