Neil must have a new Spanish boyfriend. Or butler.

Never mind the completely overrated Electronic, when are we going to get the debut album by Absolutely Fabulous?

Behaviour, like Being Boring, is definitely overrated these days. I'd argue it's their best album, but it was ignored by many fans back in the day. I was 18 when it came out, which made me a sitting duck for its poignant coming of age tales and melancholic ruminations on youth. Being Boring is simi...

nickname wrote: ↑

Sun 06 Oct 2019, 4:12 pm

a song like All Over the World, Integral, etc that sounds commercial although it won't be a hit anyway.

Can't wait for nickname's inevitable poll - which title from the three we have is your favorite?! Which remix are you looking forward to the most? Do you think PSB should include more B-sides, yes or no? and so on. Should Pet Shop Boys include a remix done by themselves on every future single relea...

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Tue 01 Oct 2019, 7:32 am

the cost of rail travel is getting crazy (£130 single from Gatwick back to Swansea)

Just seen that Simple Minds are doing a similar thing, which includes "a career-spanning compilation of their era-defining hits and fan favourites". Clearly, Ver Minds' definition of a hit is rather generous as they've supposedly been having forty years of them. I wonder how strict PSB's definition ...

nickname wrote: ↑

Mon 30 Sep 2019, 3:50 pm

Thank you Radio 2. If you didn't exist, PSB's new songs wouldn't get airplay in UK.

If Radio 2 was the only radio station in the UK, PSB's new songs would be number one.

With the current 50th anniversary of Abbey Road, I am reminded that Here Comes the Sun was never released as a single in the UK. This seems preposterous - I've been aware of it my whole life from airplay and it is The Fabs' most popular track on Spotify with just the 360 million plays to date. It's ...

How bizarre.

domino wrote: ↑

Tue 24 Sep 2019, 1:33 pm

At least, Chris still really loves Before and it was a top 10 in UK.

It will be interesting to see if So Hard gets an outing as he certainly is no fan of that.

Yes, West End Girls: the Musical written by Ben Elton. The story of two love-a-duck girls finding love and laughter in the big city. Songs include Rent (trouble with the landlord), It's a Sin (resolving trouble with the landlord), What Have I Done to Deserve This? (surprise pregnancy), Love Comes Qu...

daveid wrote: ↑

Wed 25 Sep 2019, 4:52 pm

Why is 35 suddenly an anniversary of note? No one outside of the desperate moribund world of physical music marketing celebrates the 35th anniversary of anything. It's an ugly number. They did nothing for the 30th anyway

They're five years nearer the end now.

Why is everyone assuming that there even will be a Greatest Hits album? Have I missed some news somewhere? I don't see why a GH tour assumes an accompanying compilation release really. I think there definitely will be. The re-release of the books, the mysterious tweeted photos, the ‘greatest hits’ ...