I know yesterday (13th March) was the first time a new PSB track had been played in ages, but (as per the long standing forum rules) in future all public requests for copies of any new track, PSB or otherwise, will be deleted and/or threads containing requests closed. We will officially...
I think this is the first time in many years that the official site did not invite fans to post birthday wishes for Chris ahead of his birthday today.
This appears slightly concerning but otherwise aligns well with his latest tendency to stay out of the spotlight even more than what has always been...
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 love this; thank you.
I’ve used it to put together a couple of playlists based on two of their most common themes:
Recently voted” as “The best British number one from British soil” by the readers of UK newspaper “The Guardian, “West End Girls” by British duo Pet Shop Boys is an all-time synth-pop classic that comes in a 2×12” package with two mixes from legendary Dutch producer remixer Ben Liebrand, a 2020...
I've seen Pet Shop Boys play live 3 times but I've never actually seen New Order play live, I was really looking forward to seeing New Order and Pet Shop Boys play together in San Francisco, to memorialize the event that never happened, I produced a 2 hour special for my late night radio show...
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It is a virtual concert, because it is not a real concert it is compiled from a variety of sources, there is even some studio versions mixed in. It is produced insofar as it was compiled and mixed as part of my weekly show, done as a tribute and as a memorial of the missed occasion. It serves no...
Neil's lyrics often touch on similar themes. For my own amusement I've grouped some of these together under some headings - just my own interpretations of course.
I think these revisited subjects potentially say quite a lot about Neil.
The politics of dancing
Hit music
All over the world
It's...
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Endless bickering, complaining and whining:
You only tell me you love me when you're drunk
I don't know but you want but I can't give it any more
That's my impression
Why don't we live together?
What have I done to deserve this?
Ha, especially if said in a particular voice, with a particular...
A terrible list altogether though. Too much Bob Dylan and Neil Young and there's probably too much Nirvana in it too. yup, too much Nirvana.
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I just scanned the list and found it quite enjoyable. It seems very ecclectic; it is also very predictable and also very unpredictable because nearly half of the albums (and bands) remain unknown to me. and perhaps there were too many Led Zeppelins? Also, maybe I overlooked but I do not recall...
SOUTH AFRICA (FOREIGN ALBUMS):
- Actually was the second best selling album in 1987 (overall 2nd)
- Introscpective the 8th in 1988 (overall 8th)
MEXICO (FOREIGN ALBUMS):
- Actually was the 4th best selling album in 1987 (overall 8th)
BRAZIL (FOREIGN ALBUMS):
- Actually was the 10 th best selling...
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Thank you! At least you made me re-live those magnificient times, wrapped in nostalgia
I am very happy that I first-hand witnessed their imperial time. It was so fun, so exciting...to keep up with releases, to follow up their chart positions...How I was disappointed when What Have I Done...did...
I know it's a difficult question, really difficult. Because Neil and Chris are not young boys any longer. But I think PSB should try to surprise with a new sound for the new album. Something really different even in a conceptual way. Of course, they are PSB but I see they feel too much confortable...
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Greetings,
I think one of the most exciting pop records released this year was Jessie Ware's What's your pleasure
Eh, Goldfrapp were doing that over a decade ago.
I'd rather them make music that excites them, rather than reinvent themselves by emulating others.
It's time, finally after so many years to make an album with Bobby Orlando.
I recently read the FL-booklet for the Release era where Neil praises Orlando's song writing capabilities. Instead of doing a 4th album with Price or turning to a hot new producer they should do something with Bobby O. It...
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Yep, I agree, results can be great, but nothing reeks of desperation more than going back to that one hit producer that every article and review will quote as such.
I mean, they get it wrong even with fresh producers - Andrew Dawson wasn't the best pick, but I feel like it was due to him being a...
I do like it when Chris plays keytar, as per the new Funko Pop design. But how many times has he performed with one? Here are my memories:
Domino dancing TV performances, while wearing shorts
Large chunks of the Performance show including It’s a sin, What have I done to deserve this? and How can...
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I do like it when Chris actually plays music onstage. I wonder if on any of these keytar occasions the thing was actually connected to the sound system and so was able to produce sound when the keys were pressed.
i seriously doubt it. he's even said numerous times that it doesn't matter how...
ICM Partners and its London-based agency Primary Talent International have hired music agent Pete Nash, it was announced today by Rob Prinz, head of worldwide concerts at ICM Partners and Matt Bates, head of international at PTI/ICM. Nash will be based in ICM’s New York office and brings with him a...
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Interesting - so what is the potential impact for the Boys then?
For anyone interested, the Suede concert Live at The Roundhouse from 15th December 1996 and featuring Neil on vocals on 2 songs - has not only been released on gold vinyl but the film has received a restoration and remastered treatment by James Wong and will be streamed live on the Suede...
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I just loved this time. 1996!
Me too. Would've been great if they'd worked with Suede on a studio version of this version :up:
The 2020 Warner Music UK is new...did they sign with a new distributor/label?
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Warner are listed on their Christmas emails. I've found their 2015 and 2017 emails in my gmail and they say sent by Warner Music Group . I've also found the email announcing Super and that says the same.
I think this is a red herring and means nothing more than Warner managing their website, email...
London is a great city.It is also connected to the Pet Shop Boys in many ways from Neil & Chris moving down from the North to, Neil & Chris meeting each other for the first time in the Kings Road, both of them living in the Capital & more importantly they have written so many songs reflecting this...
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Excellent work - I'll definitely do this walk and soundtrack soon.
For example, I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing (Beatmaster mix)
More?
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I'm not sure this counts, but the extended 12 version of Was it worth it? is way better than the single mix. The sub-bass in the break is room-shakingly ace.
Me too. I’ve always loved this mix and listen to it loads. Always lifts my mood.
Normally I'd be able to find this information out of Discogs or PSB Catalogue but neither provide any details as of yet.
Do we have a definitive understanding of what editions of the It Couldn't Happen Here DVD/BluRay exist?
And do any of those pressings correct the 24/25 speed issue,...
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Greetings Greendrake,
Thanks... that's very helpful for myself and anyone not wanting to trawl through the giant topic, trying to glean this information. Now just to see if anyone knows of anything else or different.
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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Some Speculation was played at the Savoy and is not on the DVD.
I have a vague memory from being at the Savoy that Neil left the stage for both “The man who has everything” and “Some speculation” and Chris played chords while Sylvia sang and Les Childs did his thing.
The Pet Shop Boys – Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – will compose music for the stage adaptation of My Beautiful Laundrette, which opens next month in Leicester.
Co-produced by Curve, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Leeds Playhouse, the piece is adapted for the stage by...
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I really enjoyed that. It’s probably the closest I’ll get to seeing the real thing. I had no idea that Gordon Warnecke was playing Omar’s father! That was such a great idea.
I had a lovely chat with him at a special screening of the original film. Nice guy.
Tomorrow,Saturday Aug.16th,@BBCRadio2
&10 BBC local radio stations will come together to perform the Great Northern Playlist,songs from the north of England chosen by #BBCRadio listeners&“reimagined”by the @BBCPhilharmonic
“It’s a sin”
The full...
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The whole programme which on my tablet at least plays at a better volume (louder)than the clip.
There is not much going on at the moment, so I thought maybe I could put up a theory about Disco 5.
What kind of remixes could be included on Disco 5? Or no remixes? I have two theories, which of course don't have to be right at all.
Since it's all...
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If they do a Disco 5 this year I would suggest an EP with 8 lockdown versions. The video of West End girls (new lockdown version) seems to be pretty popular and now has more views on YouTube than the video of Monkey Business, which is pretty surprising given how good the Monkey Business video is....
A few friends and I have a little song swap thing going on where we listen to the recommended songs and discuss after. I need to recommend 3 PSB songs that fit the following categories:
1. The deep cut - recommend a track that is very much a fan base special that is absolutely top draw -...
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As a person who follow PSB music since the release of West end girls, until Behaviour (included) I say that we were being introduced into the PSB sound universe... so everything before Discography may sound different..and surprising, but the knowledge of the PSB limits were still flexible. And the...
You can take the original version of Domino Dancing and then take the version of The Voice in Fashion ( Mixed both in a good way, you have a proper version of Domino Dancing. It works like it was a new version (not only a typical remix). All of you deserve to listen to it because it is really good....
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..all the arangements (of this re-cretaed mix and the Voice In Fashion version released in 2013) sounds like from the original Lewis Martinee base mix era... just mixed in a differnet way, very possibly by Lewis himself. I wouldnt´t say it´s a 2020 version ... maybe it was an experiment from that...
Following on from the other post, I have found my tapes from the first time that they sat in for Simon Bates from Monday 12th August 1991 to Friday 16th August 1991.
They were recorded on TDK D60 and D90s and there are some gaps where Ive changed the tapes!!
I've done the first day and will get...
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Top PSB on Radio tracks...
Here are my top 3 (apart from Cicero and the good 2 bad and hugely)
Help!, another new Nickname's poll. Children and women first.
The 2 big PSB's album. Maybe Behaviour and Very have their options too but, I think for general public, these two albums represent the most influential and successful era of PSB. So, choose the best one.
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if the Disco Version of Heart was part of Actually, it would have been near perfection and a close call..but Introspective it is for me!
It's an album I learnt to love, Left to my own devices, I'm not Scared, Domino were immediate and I was seriously scratching my head on I want a Dog at first and I never cared...
Both are arguably the best PSB tracks of all time, at least both have some remarkable achivements. Being Boring has the most touching lyrics ever listened on a PSB song and a more mature perspective. Left to my own Devices has one of the most powerful and complex song they have ever created, a...
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Sorry but why pit any track against the almighty Left to my own devices! It is the essence of Pet Shop Boys in one song
Kudos for William Shatner for knowing a rather obscure PSB track.
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So, an annoying actor vs annoying YT creators, who will win?
RLM are really good. Just been watching their pick of favourite Star Trek TNG episodes, which is very entertaining. Even better has been seeing them lose it over the Picard series.
ya, I've watched them off and on for years. They...
I know this may have been discussed before, but I cannot find the info...
Does anyone know the (top ten) best selling singles by the boys worldwide / in the U.K
Are there any official sales figures? :D
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There are no official sales figures available of their single sales. Neil has stated that he doesn’t know the total amount of singles sold himself.
Always On My Mind is their best selling single in the U.K
What Have I Done... has sold millions(Neil’s own words)
It’s A Sin has apparently sold 2.1...
It won't be long now till its 33 years since hearing Always on my mind for the very first time on that Elvis Presley Love Me Tender Tv show. Gosh it only seems like yesteryear. I don't think there will ever be a Pet Shop Boys song that makes me fascinated to the very limit upon listening to it more...
Nerd question time. Was Please released on CD at the same time as the LP and cassette, or did it come out solely on those formats at first? I'm asking cause I stumbled across these magazine adverts which clearly advertise it as a new album and cassette but make no mention of the CD. By the time of...
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I knew it was a bit later because Neil alludes to it in one of the album FL chats I think. When discussing the image of them on the album he says when it was released on CD they forgot to shrink the picture so it looks too large relatively. This implies it was some time later.
Join Dan Bull and Will Warren as each episode they take a brilliant pop album and go through it track by track, discussing the acts, the songwriting and production, iconic music videos and artwork, and their memories of the release. Let us know your thoughts @trackbytrackuk #trackbytrack Hosts: Dan...
Okay, firstly apols if this breaks a few rules but last year I digitised these old cassettes. As a result I have 10 x 1 hour mp3 files (2 for each day). I was going to upload them to YT but it seems they are too long for a standard account. Does anyone have any ideas how I could make them available...
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The quality is exactly what you would expect from a TDK D-90 recorded off the radio and which has been in my loft for 28 years.
Mixcloud makes only 67-68 kbps available to us. Reckon your rips sound much better than that. Since you are making them publicly available anyway and this does not seem...
Does anyone have an excact number of how many unique tracks are released credited or co-credited to Tennant/Lowe (or Lowe/Tennant), performed by any artist (including PSB themselves, of course)?
I know that there's a list on Geowayne.com called PSB Song Chronology with 379...
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I have the Please sheet music book and on there Later Tonight is just credited to Tennant (yup I saw this thread and just went to my shelves to check!), and 2/0 is credited to Tennant/Orlando as mentioned above.
Thanks for confirming! Funnily enough I just had a sort out and found all my old PSB...
Firstly, I must say I’m delighted with the new transfer and restoration of It Couldn’t Happen Here. I’ve seen the film probably hundreds of times over the years. My original PMI VHS copy always had a rather lamentable soundtrack, so I was very much looking forward to this...
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I can consider myself an 80-90s music-video collector... I was obsesssed with them for many years (a little more relaxed now) and very selective about the quality. I´m pretty sure that most of the UK music videos were produced with 25fps in mind as final result, and US videos on 30. I always...
The only thing I remember of it is an amazing intro, like PSB trying to create something big that flops at the end. I know you can listen to it on Youtube but I don't remember the name of the song. I think is more or less a recent song (from the last 10 years).
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lift your game nickname, I really need to know what this song is
But on a similar note, this podcast episode is a great listen
We are going to do that from time to time with most of PSB albums (specially with the ones that have Further Listenings versions). You have to choose ten songs between the ones that appear on the album and its further listenings in order to create a better album. You can include long running tracks...
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The recent Manic Street Preachers anniversary releases have changed track lists.
Not sure if this is already news to others, but saw this DVD cover on the Electric,Pet Shop Boys site on facebook.
Is this due or a bootleg..?
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If a site doesn't want older threads to be responded to, then they should lock them. In fact, in some of the forums I'm on, people get mad if you create a new thread if there is already an appropriate one. So, I guess you can't win.
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Original SD version:
HD recreation:
HD Trailer:
Through March and April, my COVID project was to finally properly sync the PSB score to Battleship Potemkin to the film. As you may know, the CD version contained edits of Comrades, and Men and Maggots (cut down to roughly half it's actual...
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I really enjoyed watching this. Well done. I've wanted to see Potemkin like this for years.
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