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Annually 2020 + Free CD

Last post by retrofuturist « Wed 27 May 2020, 12:22 am
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by G_Goalden » Fri 21 Feb 2020, 11:15 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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The 2020 edition of Pet Shop Boys Annually will be published on April 17th and is available to pre-order now from the link below.

This year’s 64-page, hard-backed book will include:

- The making of PSB’s newly released album “Hotspot

- A behind-the-scenes report with photos from the Monkey...

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Greetings Gabby,

Yay! Annually arrived today! Dispatch date was Apr 17.
:dance:

No I Dont Wanna order yetbut that dispatched Apr 23 so there's still some hope... :pray:

Thank you and congratulations. I need that hope!

Given the frustration of delivery failures with last year's Annually,...
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Wed 27 May 2020, 12:22 am
Smithsonian presents: Project Pride feat. PSB

Last post by fluffmoln « Wed 27 May 2020, 12:12 am
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by Suburban_Boy » Mon 25 May 2020, 5:02 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Pet Shop Boys are excited to be part of the @smithsonian 'Project Pride' virtual concert on Sunday, May 31st at 8pm EDT, celebrating the diversity, resilience and creativity in #LGBTQ+ history and culture.
The @smithsonian Institution is based in the USA and is the world’s largest museum,...

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Nah, it'll be Devices from the '89 tour, really showing what they're up to these days.

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Wed 27 May 2020, 12:12 am
PSB wants you to create your dance rutine with video of MB

Last post by Nickname « Tue 26 May 2020, 9:37 pm
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by Nickname » Mon 04 May 2020, 4:12 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Pet Shop Boys choreographer Lynne Page has made a tutorial video for the Monkey business dance. Neil and Chris invite you to learn the moves and then make your own video of you doing the dance! Post it online using the hashtag #MonkeyBusinessDance.

The tutorial:

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More MonKey Business routines (some of them, good ones):

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Tue 26 May 2020, 9:37 pm
Pet Shop Boys "Lyrically" ... a statistical analysis of PSB lyrics

Last post by Future Lover « Tue 26 May 2020, 9:15 pm
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by rashomon » Sun 24 May 2020, 8:50 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Hi all

A bit of Sunday night fun! :D

I've finally got my little PSB lyrics project now completed - taken a while but I've collated all the PSB lyrics taken from the official site as at May 2020 and transposed these into a mega monster Excel spreadsheet.

After much cutting, chopping and...

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I think #1 should be Where the streets have no name (I can't take my eyes off you) - 61 characters
Wayne also agrees:

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Last post by Future Lover
Tue 26 May 2020, 9:15 pm
Which song Pet Shop Boys could cover in the future?

Last post by G_Goalden « Tue 26 May 2020, 1:58 pm
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by romy » Fri 22 May 2020, 8:09 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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The boring Corona-Time ,and a song,which I listened yesterday, since a long,long time,make me thinking about,that this,in my opinion,would be a great Pet shop Boys Cover,but who knows,if they ever would cover a song again.

This is the song:

We all know that Chris like Italo Disco,and I...

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Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime.

Slow chilled-out Ibiza beats to start, building to a proper arms aloft house piano / everything but the kitchen sink production.

Yes please.

G.
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Tue 26 May 2020, 1:58 pm
Bobby 'O' post-1984 releases

Last post by Dog « Tue 26 May 2020, 8:28 am
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by Future Lover » Mon 25 May 2020, 2:01 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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To expand on the thread title, do you consider West End Sunglasses , the Dub of One more chance , Montreal mixes of West End girls etc. as official PSB releases? It's unusual that they included some of these in the original Annually , while Catalogue only lists the two original singles....

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This thread includes passages from the Michael Cowton book and references additional material still owned by Bobby O at the time, including the 28 minute version of Pet Shop Boys.

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Tue 26 May 2020, 8:28 am
Forthcoming PSB TV and radio appearances...

Last post by Patrick Bateman « Tue 26 May 2020, 8:21 am
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by DavePSB » Mon 15 May 2006, 8:11 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Please post times, dates, channels, etc here so forum users don't miss out.

Please try not to drift into conversation in this thread as key posts may get missed.

Ta,
Dave :D

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Derek Jarman's Garden
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Tue 26 May 2020, 8:21 am
Complete Singles Collection Vol. 2

Last post by negative_0ne « Mon 25 May 2020, 7:34 pm
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by Future Lover » Mon 25 May 2020, 2:34 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Here's the sequel of this long forgotten thread.
This is a hypothetical box set idea covering the album Actually . The first thread dealt with the Bobby 'O' and Please eras. It's just a list of everything officially released which they would be most kind to expand on once we get these reissues....

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i split mine up differently.
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i also did a version for 'disco' tracks:
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disco
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paninaro
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7 version (4:40)
Italian Remix (aka 12 mix) (8:38)
Ian Levine Mix (9:54)
Ian Levine Instrumental...

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Mon 25 May 2020, 7:34 pm
Pet Shop Boys on Youtube

Last post by rentonf « Mon 25 May 2020, 7:16 pm
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by Vince » Wed 13 Feb 2008, 4:01 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Hi.

There are lots of PSB Vids (Fan vids or otherwise) on Youtube..

Thought there could be a unified thread of all the links :)

Let me start off with this one..

Mini-Pet Shop Boys Go West

Very cute (and the miming is perfect! Even Sylvia-Mason James'!! ) but are they the Future PSB?? :o

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a Home and dry remix:
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Mon 25 May 2020, 7:16 pm
Master sources

Last post by TwizzleUK « Mon 25 May 2020, 5:02 pm
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by Greendrake » Sun 24 May 2020, 1:32 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Equipment used for music production has changed a lot along the PSB career. I'd like this thread to be focused on the medium that PSB have used to store their studio recording masters.

I do not know the precise details yet, but I reckon roughly that would probably be:

Pre-1987-88: Multitrack...

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I know Hague was big on his digital recording ('True Faith' being a clear example in 1987). Wonder if 'Please' is listed as ADD because a couple of the songs had analogue origins ('Opportunities', 'Why Don't We Live Together?') because they had original versions recorded before the digital 'Please'...

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Mon 25 May 2020, 5:02 pm
Desert Island Decades: Your Ten Essential Tracks

Last post by Lush « Mon 25 May 2020, 2:18 pm
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by Drico One » Sun 05 Apr 2009, 7:41 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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BlueSwan is a martyr to clinically precise PSB song ranking threads. If only he had the same ruthlessness with his own band's quality control... But I digress.

I've never been able to determine rankings with the pinpoint accuracy and certainty required of such an endeavour, simply because the...

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Interesting exercise....

1980s

West End Girls
In the Night
Suburbia (The Full Horror)
It’s a Sin
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Left to My Own Devices (Album version)
Domino Dancing
Always On My Mind
Do I have to?
Your Funny Uncle

1990s

This Must be the Place I waited Years to Leave
So Hard...
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Mon 25 May 2020, 2:18 pm
The best remix ever

Last post by cupidius « Sun 24 May 2020, 5:55 pm
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by telys » Mon 18 May 2020, 9:03 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Hey, I sometimes tend to think that Keyan's permanent ecstasy mix of We all feel better in the dark is the best remix of a PSB song ever. I mean, it's 15 min 40 sec long and combines all of the remixes of WAFB in seamless smooth way. And may I remind you, it's 15 min 40 sec long.

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Clearly one of their best is the infamous PSB Symphonic Mix of 'I'm In Love With a German Filmstar' by Sam Taylor Woods. Remember this kinda acid bass line which eventually leads to the 'Leben Ohne Liebe Kannst Du Nicht' finale?!

Cheers.
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Last post by cupidius
Sun 24 May 2020, 5:55 pm
4th single off Hotspot - I Don't Wanna

Last post by PSBForTheMasses « Sun 24 May 2020, 1:27 pm
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by michael888 » Thu 06 Feb 2020, 1:44 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Things we’ve already known:

- Neil announced the shingle choice on the last night of Musik.

- Two remixes have been done, according to their remix consultant in Mixmag

- “One or two years ago I was listening to the cassette demos and I’ve always liked this song we wrote on at the time we wrote...

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I am very sad that I could get neither Hotspot nor CD singles because after Corona outbreak, Amazon's international shipping costs became ridiculously high (there is only one option and it is the costliest one) and just one CD costs one-fourth of minimum wage, given the fact that £ is highly...
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Sun 24 May 2020, 1:27 pm
Memory of the...past

Last post by rashomon « Sun 24 May 2020, 11:40 am
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by Tentenlad » Sat 23 May 2020, 12:43 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Years and years (ago)...around the time of Nightlife onwards, I used to meet up with other fans and go to various events... or just chat about the boys, in person (not online!)

Things I remember:
Going to a one off event at a venue in North London (maybe something to do with Home & Dry?)
Going...

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just a little memory - bumped into Neil crossing Waterloo Bridge exactly 3 years ago today! It was quite surreal as I was listening to Please at the time ... had a little chat with him.

I have it in my calendar as an annual reminder ... :)

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Sun 24 May 2020, 11:40 am
Literally and Versus America musings.

Last post by Devices « Sun 24 May 2020, 6:29 am
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by tottenhammattspurs » Thu 21 May 2020, 10:56 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Having re-read Literally and Versus America for the first time since their initial release, it’s interesting viewing them through the prism of 30 years. A few things I’ve noticed:

Chris was much more of a raver than I remembered.

HCYETBTS? Is so obviously about Bros, especially when they talk...

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Most of their singles were released commercially in the US right up through New York city boy, I would guess that problems finding them were down to poor distribution. The US never really got into cd singles so outside of major cities, cd single selections could be very hit and miss. I can't remember specific...
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Sun 24 May 2020, 6:29 am
Spinning vinyl

Last post by leesmapman « Sat 23 May 2020, 9:12 am
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by rashomon » Mon 18 May 2020, 10:24 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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A new spinning vinyl playlist featuring fifteen official audio tracks by Pet Shop Boys is now available on YouTube at the link below.

These spinning vinyl videos have been updated with improved high definition audio tracks. The playlist includes selected songs from different PSB albums, including...

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Peak vinyl fetishism.
I will make videos of CDs playing in a CD player soon.

...and I will make videos of mp3s playing in an iPod or Zune (!) :shock:

Next-level vlogging!
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Last post by leesmapman
Sat 23 May 2020, 9:12 am
Interesting article about Dainton

Last post by daveid « Fri 22 May 2020, 10:06 am
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by Patrick Bateman » Tue 28 Apr 2020, 10:54 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Fri 22 May 2020, 10:06 am
Disco 2 two disc set

Last post by Future Lover « Thu 21 May 2020, 7:51 pm
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by JackPSB1 » Thu 21 May 2020, 7:18 pm » in Collector Discussion

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Hi Everyone!

Jack from San Francisco here. I recently unearthed my PSB collection after a 15 year nap and I came across a copy of Disco 2, a 2 disc set but I've not really found any information regarding it. Was it a limited release? From everything I can tell by looking at it, it looks like a US...

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Everything to know about it here!

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Thu 21 May 2020, 7:51 pm
NEIL IS "SELF-ISOLATING" during this Coronavirus Global Nightmare!!!!!!

Last post by symco « Thu 21 May 2020, 5:28 pm
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by psbfannyc » Sat 21 Mar 2020, 9:50 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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21 March 2020

Now
Self-isolating at home! Like you, I’m trying to stay safe… Neil xxx

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I wonder if Neil and Chris have furloughed their staff like Steve coogan 😂😂
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Thu 21 May 2020, 5:28 pm
Just listened to Relentless - it's not very good

Last post by stopthecar « Thu 21 May 2020, 7:55 am
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by telys » Tue 28 Apr 2020, 9:57 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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I just listened all through Relentless, for the first time in a very long time. I remebered it as a cool sounding elecronic album, sort of a follow up to Introspective or a forerunner to Yes etc or Electric.
Boy, I was wrong. It's quite bleak, feels dated, the few lyrics are of low quality. Had...

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The general consensus here is that Relentless is still very good.

So shouldn't we change the title of this thread?
Sorry telys
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Thu 21 May 2020, 7:55 am
Q1. How many songs have "I Love You" in them...

Last post by PSBForTheMasses « Wed 20 May 2020, 10:36 pm
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by mole973102 » Sun 03 May 2020, 1:45 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Q1. How many songs have I Love You in them...

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I thought that All Over the World also features I love you because that part of the song started to spin around my head but I checked and saw it was I want you . More or less isn't it the same thing? :D
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Wed 20 May 2020, 10:36 pm
"New Boy", the B-side of the fourth single (a song from the Imperial Phase)

Last post by Drem « Wed 20 May 2020, 3:59 pm
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by MrTennant » Thu 06 Feb 2020, 12:40 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Their new B side song is called New Boy . It’s the b-side of the fourth single.

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Great song! From this era's b-sides, it's second only to An open mind but not very far from it in terms of quality while diversity is still presents.

I guess Neil & Chris should really take an opportunity of one-year delayment of touring and accompanying promotion, listen carefully through their...

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Last post by Drem
Wed 20 May 2020, 3:59 pm
Cohesiveness

Last post by ype « Wed 20 May 2020, 11:07 am
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by Tentenlad » Mon 18 May 2020, 3:35 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Main album tracks only -
how many songs per album do you think spoil its ‘cohesiveness’ (or maybe you just dislike?) and would opt to remove, thus ‘improving’ the overall album?

Please (0)
Actually (0)
Introspective (0)
Behaviour (0)
Very (0)
Bilingual (1) ‘Electricity’
Nightlife (2) ‘Boy...

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If anything, The dictator decides is out of place on Super, not that I care about that album.
And I think In denial, being a character-driven musical-song, is very much out of place on Nightlife, as is Boy strange, for sonical reasons.

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Wed 20 May 2020, 11:07 am
It Couldn’t Happen Here June 2020 Release Confirmed

Last post by retrofuturist « Wed 20 May 2020, 3:31 am
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by Izione » Thu 06 Feb 2020, 10:36 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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It Couldn’t Happen Here finally gets a DVD and Blu-ray release in June 2020

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Greetings,

One Australian option...

A$40.99 + A$7.49 postage

Retro. :)
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Wed 20 May 2020, 3:31 am

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