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...
This track probably deserves its own topic. Another hidden gem like so many in the career of those lovely Pet Shop Boys
Lowe on vocoderized vocals + classic dark dance music + a huge CYA remix; what have done to deserve the Pet Shop Boys ?
Pure bliss.
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I like No boundaries more than An open mind, personally. It has this addictive energy going on throughout. Open mind is fantastic too though, don't get me wrong.
Currently my order of preference is like this: Decide > No boundaries > An open mind
Do you like Agenda? Or do you hate it? What's your opinion about the EP?
Do you like that the CD version was exclusive to Annually?
Do you feel the EP was appropriately titled? (you know what I mean)
I do think some more discussion about this EP would be a good thing as it's a very unique EP, to...
I think there is a proper video (maybe with the full version of the song) on the way, this is the main single from Hotspot (because it works to introduce the album). I don't think they are going to put a single cover and that's all. You know, there is not a lyric video. :twisted:
The ones who...
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An 8 from me as well. The more I listen to the song, the more I like it and discover new sounds...
A phenomenon I think many of us are experiencing! It gets better and better! And those synth sounds are chills-inducing!! 8)
Does anyone remember the home that Chris Lowe sold not too long ago in London ? Can anyone remember where it was at all ? Just looking out of general interest ???
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I could well be wrong but my hunch is that Chris bought this property for himself and Pete and couldn't sell it quick enough after Pete's passing. I believe he may have then purchased the flat above the nightclub that was featured in Elle Decoration..
For me, the song is quite good (I told you Dreamland was going to be a good song). The only bad thing is the production. I like the bridges, the chorus is good (not sublime but good). The best of all is the youthful feeling of the song, Olly Alexander does a good job and he has...
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Not a fan of Olly's voice, song would be better if just Neil IMO...or just perhaps a different singer dueting with him.
It just struck me that in the 80s and early 90s PSB 12 -singles used to have their b-sides on them, but the last time this happened was in '94 with Yesterday when I was mad (if I'm not mistaken).
I think Dreamland would have made rather a nice 12 -single with the b-sides on it.
At least it would...
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I've collected 12 and CD singles as a rule and generally left the 7 out unless there was no other choice (I'm looking at you Minimal and BTH!)
That being said a different remix on CD to the 12 is nice but I'd still like it to rip as an mp3 so in the instance of Monkey Business I'm quite happy for...
Which are the songs that most make you think Neil is a lyrical genius? My top 3:
1. Nothing has been proved
2. After the event
3. Being Boring
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If you've done nothing wrong
You've got nothing to fear
If you've something to hide
You shouldn't even be here
The entire song Integral is lyrically brilliant. My favourite of his lyrics. It's so true and it's something every politician should have in the back of their mind. In my opinion it's...
Hi, everyone.
I am a Spanish Pethead. I've been reading you for years, and I've finally decided to write something. Hope you like It.
One of the things that I like and intrigue most about the songs in general, and those of the Pet in particular, is that sometimes, when a song is ending, they...
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Great question! I posted on here, years ago, that I wished “Boy Strange’s” piano ending plodded on for a minute or two.
Tempus fugit. We are now in the tenth year of the fourth Pet Shop Boys decade. That, of course, got me thinking. It doesn't take much. What were my highlights since 2010? Restricting myself to the quality control guarantee of 10 tracks, I cannot find a place for marvellous moments such as Axis,...
I think this one is a good question for a poll, although some people can hate them.
Remember the classics from the 80's, the 90's, some songs from Fundamental (TSAGS, Integral), some other from Yes (Love etc, AOTW) but after that, I don't see any song you can think there is a new classic on it, I...
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As individual tracks, Axis and Love is a bourgeois construct are amazing, well loved and some of the best work the PSB have ever done.
However as albums the answer is no.
I don't think there is a single PSB album that universally has every noe of it's tracks loved by everyone. Every album has some trqacks that at least...
Is there any unreleased work by the Boys that you're obsessed with having them release already?
I'm obsessed with that 1997 Stonewall concert, with the Sound of Music covers + It's Not Unusual. The only versions out there are murky at best, and not sure the technology in 1997 was good enough to...
Songwriter Allee Willis, famous for her work with Earth, Wind & Fire as well as the “Friends” theme and the “The Color Purple” Broadway song score, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 72. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Prudence Fenton, the animator and producer who is described by a...
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I also messaged Allee asking if she could post the full demo, but she chose not to do that - just pointing me to the link with the segment already in the public domain!
The final results are in for my poll of the past two weeks, in which I asked my site visitors their general early opinion of the recent Pet Shop Boys song Decide. And the response that received the most votes was:
* It's a good song, but I wouldn't describe it as one of the best of the decade,...
Talking about them, their music and whatever they want but with the inspiration of the rythm of the original song.
I was listening to it today and I really like the structure of the song. They could rework on it into an even better song. I like we have a song called like them.
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Or we should make Bobby O release the 20 minute version of Pet Shop Boys.
I always thought/imagined the lyrics were Pppppet Shop Boys, I need no choice
Funny how we make things fit. Assume it is “Pet Shop Boys, animal noise”....?
Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current PSB poll, which of several statements that I've listed comes closest to describing your general early impression of the new PSB song Decide (the b-side of their latest single Burning the Heather ). If you haven't voted yet, please...
Frank Ocean is well regarded in the current music scene. Having him play a PSB track is pretty impressive endorsement right before their new album release.
But if you dont care that's ok. I thought it was cool and worth sharing.
We would like to wish all fans, friends and visitors to this site a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Highlights of 2019 for Chris and Neil were:
* Finishing the forthcoming album, “Hotspot”, with Stuart Price in both Los Angeles and London, after starting it last year...
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My PSB highlights 2019:
Glastonbury cameo
On Social Media (as a fun track)
The forgotten child
Musik EP, especially For every moment
The cover of the 12 vinyl of Dreamland
An Open Mind
Burning the heather
Decide
Hi everyone,
i would like to ask you, if you think that is somehow possible to meet Neil and Chris in Wienna next year. Finally I'm able to see them live for the first time. I'm their fan since I was 9. And of course I would like to have something as a reminder. You know, photo or a signature. Are...
Looking forward to Hotspot next month, and wanted to provide an early Xmas present to help fill in the time gap!
I'm 100% confident these tracks won't see the light of day in any type of release, as 1997 was still pre-smart phone and unlikely a high quality soundboard mix exists anywhere.
Quality...
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We periodically get b-sides albums from the boys, wish they would do the same with live stuff.
Not sure if anyone has seen the movie Knives Out yet, but was a nice surprise to see a scene where Daniel Craig is sitting in a car and sings a couple verses of Losing My Mind by Liza Minnelli / PSB!
It took me a second to realize that the song was originally a Stephen Sondheim song, but still...
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Not sure if anyone has seen the movie Knives Out yet, but was a nice surprise to see a scene where Daniel Craig is sitting in a car and sings a couple verses of Losing My Mind by Liza Minnelli / PSB!
It took me a second to realize that the song was originally a Stephen Sondheim song, but still...
Pre-order - released on: 24/01/2020
Featuring the special black cover, this limited-edition white vinyl is available exclusively to Rhino.
Photos of back cover contains 11 tracks (with GAWI), but tracklist in description is 10 tracks.
Although my husband and I are still deep in the throes of settling in and setting up our new household -- yes, we still have a good deal of unpacking and arranging to do -- I'm finally at a point where I feel able to resume something akin to my standard website chores, including my...
Am I missing something, or is there totally no point in pre-ordering Hotspot CD/Vinyl (let alone digital), nor at least say 1 week before the release date (so that it gets actually shipped on the date and not later)?
IMO, pre-ordering would make sense if:
There was a risk of running out of...
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Well done PSB/management!
Just pre-ordered two copies!
I've tried to solve this riddle for some years now but I've quite not succeeded yet.
The PSB collaboration with Bobby O is fairly straightforward by now but there's a mix of the original version of One more chance which credits Tess as the remixer. Tess is also credited for a ZYX-records megamix....
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Fancy was a big Bobby O fan and always tried to copy from Bobby O. He even signed Linda Jo Rizzo that was in The Flirts.
Neil will be singing a couple of songs at Rufus and Martha Wainwright’s Christmas show at the Royal Festival Hall in London on December 6th. Other guests include Chrissie Hynde and Guy Garvey
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Here is my review folks.
Martha's voice was all over the place. it suited some songs better than others, but she was utterly mesmerising.
I know this is a really sad question but does anyone know where the bridge is in said song lol? I have been to London so many times and many more to come and walked along loads of bridges but can't find that one 🤭
Sorry in advance lol.
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If you mean that attached screenshot then it's 100% the South Bank . Start by the Royal Festival Hall and walk... it's changed A LOT since 1985. Us Londoners used to say the only good thing about the South Bank is you can see the North Bank.
Doh I only blooming work on the South Bank right near...
This is a video about the words and the music doing the same thing (like someone sings high on a high note), interesting stuff in fact.
Someone in the comments mentioned Heart where Neil sings My heart starts missing a beat and the beat of the music changes a...
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The fanfare in Dreaming of the queen after then carriages arrived ; glockenspiel in The theatre after the phantom of the opera ; motorbike in KDX; screams in Losing my mind.
Did Neil ever talk about how he felt becoming famous at the mature age of 31? It's an age where people in most cases settle down and don't assume they're ever gonna be famous, that that ship has sailed. Being famous must be feeling surreal, and all the more surreal when you're past 30. If I became...
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Vaguely recall them mentioning in one of the Literally Q&As back in the mid-90s that they thought Ant and Dec could be potential Pet Shop Boys replacements! A quarter of a century later I don’t think that’s going to happen THANK CHRIST.
Decide is a well-named track. I am yet to decide whether or not I'm willing to fork out £13 (inc. P&P) for the benefit of ONE song. It's kind of ridiculous isn't it? Anyone else yet to make their mind up?
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
Not sure if this was talked about before, but on the original record the second, bold East End boys words are sung at a higher note than the first....
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On a similar note, I’ve always been quite intrigued by the way Robbie Williams manages to change the meaning of the Jealousy chorus on Concrete, by changing just a couple of words from:
“Do you lie?
Do you try
to keep in touch? You know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
but could not...
I recently moved house and now have the opportunity to sift through lots of my old PSB stuff that was in storage. Having been a fan since 1986 I've managed to accumulate quite a few promotional posters over the years these include lots of early ones like Please, Disco and a great silver one from...
Chris was DJ-ing at the British Museum for eight nights. It was a secret gig and difficult to find any details online. I went to see him afterwards and had to walk along a cage with lots of homoerotic flyers on it. There was pizza backstage and I said to him that he was looking quite Chinese, to...
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Last night I dreamt PSB were playing at a small theater. At some point they ask some people, including me, to jump on stage with them. Then, there was a very loud bang backstage, which left people petrified. It turned out to be Ellon Musk with a toy gun. Then I grabbed the mic and said it was a...
After all this years I just noticed that the Heart Remix from the (unnoficial) Aurally CD is 45 seconds shorter that the mix on the Remix 12 ...and not just a fade out.
As the Aurally CDs include all official mixes from unknown but supposedly reliable sources... Can they be considered as a two...
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Having looked around I can only find this edit on Aurally so it must be an unofficial edit and agree with Wish, probably to fit all the songs onto the disc. But no, I have no evidence to back that up except that it doesn't appear on any of the officially released or promo versions of Heart as far...
2019 was a non-album year but still we have 15 tracks released already.
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My Guess is that the next next PSB album if any will be produced by Tim Powell and will be exactly in the direction of Agenda, meaning (see it or not) VERY, YES kind of style
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