Ayer, en la cervecería de una amiga, estaba oyendo un CD y me encontré un tema interesante para bailar en plan neotango: una versión extraordinariamente lenta de Tainted Love. Hoy la he buscado en you tube, pero nada. De momento pongo la que fue famosa la primera vez, en 1964, la de Gloria Jones. Luego, en un ciclo generacional de 20 años, ha vuelto a ser famosa en los 80 (Soft Cell, la que yo recuerdo más) y en los dosmiles (Marylin Manson y Pussycat Dolls). Sigo buscando la otra versión, a ver si la encuentro

Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh...tainted love
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
You don't really want it any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you'll think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

(estribillo)

Don't touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
If I do not pack my things and go
Tainted love, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Tainted love