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...
Had PSB on shuffle on the evening commute and the absolute joy that is Where the streets have no name popped up. Massive tune!
I don't think this one gets the love it deserves - yes it's a cover but the boys did such a great job on it and made this their own.
Other covers get all the glory -...
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Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend - Written about George Michael
Is that true?
I always imagined Neil wrote it about himself, and this is validated from one of the radio documentaries where describes the exact situation happening in his life.
Are you just speculating?
Also what a crap off-topic...
At Rock Bottom (the last PSB B-Side) has a lot of musical references to Kariya Let Me Love You For Tonight .
It can't be only a coincidence, and to be honest I thought they credited Kariya song's authors for their song.
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'Let Me Love You' feels like core freestyle. At Rock Bottom, though has an intro and initial tune similar to it, it feels like a stripped down and simplified version of the freestyle classic.
The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to rank the three albums of the Pet Shop Boys' Stuart Price trilogy. And the ranking chosen by the plurality of voters for each album was:
* Electric - The Best, picked by 49.5% of the voters,
* Hotspot - The...
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of course, all the albums have songs of varying degrees of
'good' and 'bad' obviously.
my preference is the earlier albums, that had a lot more
songs that i like than i disliked. i also liked the quality, tone,
and other aspects (mixes, videos) too.
NOTE: this thread will be used to introduce the album result of Hotspot in every country. Help us to add the results from the albums official charts around the world.
Meanwhile:
British iconic electro-pop Duo, the Pet Shop Boys, top the Worldwide iTunes Album chart with their brand new album...
I think it's going to be a reasonable debate about that.
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PET SHOP BOYS TOUR UPDATE (a message from the tour)
In light of recent Government advice in relation to the ongoing situation and threat of COVID-19 globally, this tour can no longer take place as planned in May 2020. The shows have been rescheduled to May and June 2021.
Looking forward to seeing...
I need the address of PSB's recording studio to send something to. A Christmas card. :D I used to have it, but I lost it... can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.
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Are you sure all these addresses are correct? Is there anybody who what checking this information? Are these addresses getting updated in some way? It would be good to have a link to some official information proving the correctness of all the details. Especially the postal codes...
As I type this OMD's 1991 hit Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way) is playing on the radio. Has anyone else noticed how similar the instrumentation of Was It Worth It? is to this song? They really remind me of each other. The OMD song came out first.
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I bought the limited edition wooden box cd single of Pandora's box for 99p in HMV in Wakefield when it came out - sold it a few years to a guy in Canada on ebay for over £100! If I had a time machine I would go back and squirrel away numerous copies of such collectors items! Did the same with a...
Hey there! I've launched a new poll for the week ahead, in which I'm asking you to rank all three albums of the Pet Shop Boys' Stuart Price trilogy : Electric , Super , and Hotspot . In other words, please choose the one that you think is the best, the one in the middle, and the one that is...
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1. HOT SPOT - there isn't a single track I skip (not even Wedding in Berlin)
2. SUPER - very cohesive, but there are a few tracks that aren't on my rotation (ie Pazzo!)
3. ELECTRIC - bit of a mixed bag, but still amazing regardless
You heard it hear first, the boys are hard at work on a new version of Paninaro with some tweaked lyrics to reflect modern life (Social media etc)
After the positive feedback from Decide this was a logical choice to please fans who may be disappointing with the tour being delayed
PANINARO...
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You can't handle the truth, I also have info on a 'I Want You Now' Neil Vocal Demo and a cover of SPARKS 'When I'm With You' but I guess you lot don't want to hear.
Neil Tennant: I have many happy memories of visiting Derek here in the late 80s and early 90s. 1/2 #UK Feb.29th, 2020
One sunny afternoon in 1988 we sat outside drinking tea and discussing ideas for our first tour production which Derek directed . #UK Feb 29th, 2020. 2/2
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This is really good news. I gave some money to this (I'll get a nice Michael Craig-Martin print and some gorgeous Claire Twomey/Conran plates which have been donated by the artists).
Prospect Cottage is inextricably linked to the world of British art and design in the 80s and 90s, this campaign...
Pet Shop Boys’ remix consultant Ralph Moore has today released “A Little More Conversation”, a new podcast series featuring talks with various artists working in electronic music. In episode 3, Ralph is joined by PSB producer Stuart Price and radio host Pete Tong to talk about their encounters with...
Reading through all the Catalogue booklets, Neil and Chris reference 207 different songs by other artists. I've compiled them into a single Spotify playlist which you should hopefully be able to find here:
If someone can think of a more fitting title than Inspiration, please let me know.
Here...
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Terrific thanks Dog, just in time for a boring weekend at home :)
Did any of the older PSB CD releases have graphics on the CD?
As in were they CD + Graphics compatable?
Players like the CD-i and others could play these embeded low resolution graphics along with the audio as it was playing.
This was a thing in the late 80's and early 90's.
Also before you ask,...
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this is apparently the definitive list of CD+G, all Warner Bros and subsidiary labels.
Hello good people
I am trying to find out if anybody knows who did bootleg remix of Pet Shop Boys & Kylie Minogue - In Denial (Aries Club Mix)
I believe it was done in Australia - but that is only some kind of memory attached to that remix
since earthquake hit Croatia and coronavirus is not looking...
Following the success of a recent Pet Shop Boys tribute night I organized, the venue have invited us back... this time for a New Order Tribute night to co-incide with their upcoming Australian tour.
Just as we slipped a few New Order and Electronic tracks into the playlist of the Pet...
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Flipping the question round I highly recommend a listen to Miracle Cure (Genussmittel Mix) on the Mark Reeder / Blank & Jones album Reordered. Bernard is on vocals. The track sounds like a pumping remix of Rent.
Beloved UK DJ and blogger Jonty SkruFFF died earlier this month in Berlin.
SkruFFF, real name Jonathan Adderley, died in hospital on Friday, March 6th, following a spell with cancer. He was a well-known figure in the industry, with a varied career...
Thought I’d give myself a different listening experience by removing the singles from both albums, replacing them with their b sides
Worked quite well
You could shoehorn “Do I Have To?” onto Actually somewhere
Please..
Two Divided By Zero
A Man Could Get Arrested
In The Night
That’s My...
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Hey Headmaster
Shameless
Decadence
A different p o w
Dreaming of t Q
Some speculation
Theatre
1 & 1 = 5
To speak is a sin
Young O
1 -> 1 000 000
Shameless
Postscript
A really great album!
I know Shameless is a great song and all, but twice on the album?
Hoping for a Miracle is the track from Hotspot that has grown on me most since release. I think my initial sangfroid towards it was learning that it was yet another track about Blair but the gorgeous classical melody and PSB melancholia have won me over.
Why is Neil fascinated by him though? He's...
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Some people are fascinated by serial killers, if that True Crime TV channel was anything to go by. Some are just interested in the repellant.
The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to rate three recent Pet Shop Boys music videos -- On Social Media, Dreamland, and Monkey Business -- on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being one of their worst videos, 3 being an average PSB video, and 5 being one of...
Turned up Friday (from Amazon) but still in the wrapping. Unfortunately I've had the flu and I just can't shake it so have no appetite for music (or food). Probably going to have to go into the office on Tuesday so will rip it onto MP3 tomorrow so I can play it in the car (if I feel up to it).
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Only The Dark
My least favourite song on the Instrumental CD, I think this sounds like a really bad late 80s backing track, akin to instrumental music for a cheap straight-to-video film from 1988 (and I know what I mean - I was a teenager then, and saw lots of that kind of thing). The bridge sounds...
Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to rate three recent videos by Pet Shop Boys -- On Social Media, Dreamland, and Monkey Business -- on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 meaning one of their worst videos, 3 meaning an average PSB video, and 5 meaning one...
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I think it's a bit unfair to put these three videos on the same poll. I gave all three a 5. But I was comparing the first two to other PSB lyric videos and I was comparing the third one to traditional PSB music videos.
I love this stuff that Neil texts about. It's a neat inisght.
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Isn't Sooner or Later most probably Love comes quickly ?
That didn’t occur to me, you’re probably right.
Sooner or later is Later tonight mistitled by Bobby 'O on the demo tape. Love comes quickly indeed have that line in it, but was written a year later, if I remember correctly.
I assume this song doesn’t have many chances to become next single, but I hope at least we get a remix in some future release or project. And I know I am not the only one who feels this way.
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No coincidence this track follows the whimsical Dreamland, imo. Quite the contrast!
Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to rate each of the songs on Hotspot (except for Dreamland, which was rated previously), as well as several recent b-sides, on a scale of 0 to 10 as they compare to other Pet Shop Boys songs. If you haven't voted...
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Wayne just cannot have a website without a poll. Glad it’s back!!!
A reissue of Disco has been discussed on the forum before. I don't believe the FL-sets have made a Disco reissue obsolete.
I would love to see a new 8-track Disco, fleshed out with A man could get arrested (original 1984 version which was originally supposed to appear on the album) and WDWLT (Ron...
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There have been physical CD single box sets for Bananarama, Paul Young, Mel and Kim, SAW and others in last few years. Not to mention the earlier Depeche Mode and Erasure sets. The Bananarama box set, which I own, is great as it includes loads of vinyl and promo only mixes, if such a project was to...
The final results are in for my survey of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to rate each of the songs on Hotspot (except for the previously rated Dreamland ), as well as several recent single b-sides, as they compare to other Pet Shop Boys songs. And the song that received the...
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i can't remember, but were the votes 0-10, or 1-10,
because the results were 0-10.
The range for the ratings in that poll were 0-10. I always use the 0-10 range for rating songs, whereas for rating music videos the range is 1-5. Why the difference? Beats me. It's just the way I've always done...
Looking through the It Couldn't happen here Sound track post has made me think about this thread. - Has anyone been ever lucky enough to have won anything PSB's related in competitions? I have won a Montage promotional DVD from VH-1. (Tv channel).
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Won the Try it (I’m in love with a married man) CD from Almighty
When I open the booklet on my old CD-version of Disco or look at the album back cover it says the Love comes quickly track is 6:52 long. But it is actually almot 7:30 long. Why? Is it just a typo? Was there originally another mix planned for inclusion on the album? and if so, which one?
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The shorter mix of Love comes quickly would've made more sense regarding the times of the LP-sides, side two is far longer than side one as it is now.
Hey there! After not running any surveys for several weeks, I've now started a new Rating Project survey for the songs from Hotspot (minus Dreamland, which was rated previously) and its associated single b-sides to date.
As always with my Rating Project polls, I'm asking you to rate each song on...
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Hey Wayne! Great to see you back with a poll. I've voted!!
80’s icons Pet Shop Boys and New Order are teaming up for “The Unity Tour,” coming to the Hollywood Bowl this fall. They already sold out the Bowl on October 2nd, so by popular demand a second show is being added on October 3rd. Tickets for that show go on sale at noon today. Watch the KTLA 5...
So, was this filmed at all? Would be such a pity if not.
There was a small video camera set up at the back of the theater near the sound and lighting booth this did record the whole show. A man called Andy had something to do with it he also had a pen that Neil used to sign autographs. Did...
Ok,so we have 7 british dates announced,manchester has a 'prime view' option and newcastle a 'laurent-perrier experience' going by the ticketmaster website,the link from the official site is via AEG tickets.not stating anything other than the dates themselves.
Yesterday there were VIP experiences...
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Before has rarely been played. A new Stuart Price mix could help resurrect it.
:shock: :shock: even dated a woman who “didn’t like synth pop” just because she had a magical v4gina.
Ummmm....wow....
I'm curious now, could we move to off topic discussion and have details about how magic this v4agina was?
Obviusly with all the privacy restrictions.
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