Pet Shop Boys Community

Hi All, thanks for all your support in my previous thread. For some reason I can’t post on there at the moment.

The show is now available on Mixcloud at

Hope you all enjoy it, I certainly enjoyed doing the show.

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Next Thursday 12th April at 6pm I will be starting a brand new radio show, each week I will feature one artist and play their hits, rare tracks and demos.

My first show will be the Pet Shop Boys, mainly because it’s my show and I’m a huge fan as you know.

I’ll be playing an hour of Pet Shop Boys...

Roll up! Roll up! The song game is back. Plenty of new songs since the last go round, and never a bad time to revisit the back catalogue since the re-issues are selling.

A refresher for those who forgot how to play. It's simple.

Each poster comments on the song given by the previous poster, and...

The final results are in for my survey of the past week, in which I asked several questions on the subject of Pet Shop Boys tribute bands. And the majority/plurality responses to each question were:

1. Have you ever seen a Pet Shop Boys tribute band?

* No, I've never seen a PSB tribute band...

So have the PSBs released anything good since 2001? I'm not being sarcastic, I genuinely don't know.

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...

Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which is a multi-part question involving Pet Shop Boys tribute bands: (1) Have you ever seen one? (2) If so, do you think they were good at paying tribute to PSB? and (3) Which of several listed statements do you agree with...

Decided to get a PSB vanity plate. Like any? *** I'm limited to 7 characters**

PS - No, I don't want KDX 125 ; I hate that track.

I thought I saw link saying that they are breaking up.

That's a shame.

April fools.

later
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The final results are in for my poll of the past two weeks, in which I asked my site visitors to pick what they consider to be the Pet Shop Boys' three sexiest music videos. And the three that received the most votes are:

* Domino Dancing, picked by 63.3% of the voters,
* Being Boring, chosen by...

Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to choose what you consider to be the Pet Shop Boys' three sexiest music videos. If you haven't made your selections yet, please take a few moments to visit my Commentary site at and make your choices right there...

Moog Music have just released a iOS app recreation of their legendary 1970’s Minimoog Model D synthesizer. I bought it earlier and was browsing the presets (yes, it has presets). I was thrilled to find that in the bass category it includes a preset named “West End Bass”, that as the name suggests...

Taken from his new autobiography:

It became a sort of ritual for us boys to fall asleep to the Pet Shop Boys' Rent, a clever, beautiful poem of 1980s city life that I still adore and which never fails to remind me of those first wonderful days when I began to fall in love with London.

Greetings Petheads,

I've been running a Saturday night retro night in the Western suburbs of Melbourne since May 2017 where we play pop, dance, retro and disco from the 70's, 80's and 90's .

On most weeks I'll try to smuggle a Pet Shop Boys track into the mix early on before there's any dance...

The PSB-Catalogue mentions 3 versions with a running time of 5:33

One More Chance (Album Version)
One More Chance (7 Version)
One More Chance (Bobby O Remix)

The album version is obvious, but what's the difference between the 7 Version and the Bobby O Remix?
The PSB-Catalogue shows the Bobby O...

Just came across this collection which had 2 pet shop boys mixes:

08 pet shop boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This(Isaac Junkie) 4:57
01 Pet Shop Boys - Minimal(Isaac Junkie) 4:41

Although i'm not a fan of 'what have i done to deserve this', these electro house sounding mixes
aren't bad....

Glancing through Literally Issue 8, interview with Eric Watson.
There's an unreleased version with dialogue - all what day's mean? I wasn't looking at her. I was just looking at her - but the dialogue went against the music.

Made me consider what other video rather than audio remains...

The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to play 1 Has 2 Go with three classic Pet Shop Boys albums -- Actually , Behaviour , and Very -- deciding which one they would discard, if they had to, in order to keep the other two. And although Actually took...

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And yes, @giorgiomoroder would love to work with @petshopboys - I asked!

Dear all,

we just want to announce that we, Kino im Sprengel Hannover, screen the Pet Shop Boys- Film It couldn't happen here friday next week at 20.30. Maybe someone from around here is reading this forum and is interested to join. We will NOT screen the german dubbed version but the original...

OK guys I started this thread exclusively for reviews of the 2018 Introspective cd remaster. Ive purchased all of the 2017/2018 CD remasters, and am aware that many members of the forum are wondering if they should purchase these. So I’m going to try to give some of my impressions on the sound...

Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to play 1 Has 2 Go with three of the Pet Shop Boys greatest albums: Actually , Behaviour , and Very . All you have to do is decide which one you would discard in order to keep the other two. If that's a tough...

Having found a new found love of the music from The Beatles. I was just wondering if Neil & Chris were ever fans of The Fab Four ?
Thought I heard somewhere, Neil in particular, grew up liking The Beatles & have seen him being interviewed wearing a Beatles T-Shirt but no other references have been...

I don't think this has been mentioned before but A Life in Pop is now available on Sky Arts Catchup in HD here in the UK. :D

They still have the Pandemonium tour on there as well. :dance:

Caio

The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors when the last time was that they evangelized for the Pet Shop Boys -- that is, tried to convince somebody how good they are or perhaps even convert them to fandom. And the response chosen by the largest number...

Sometimes many people talk about PSB like a 80's pop duo. I know pretty well most of PSB hits came from that era but I always say the Imperival Phase finished in the 80's with Very (I know Neil didn't say the same thing).

My reason are two:

1) Go West was a global hit: it was Number 1 in many...

I've posted the final results of my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors what they believe to be the primary reason for Being Better somewhat under-performing as a single. And the choice that received the most votes was:

* It didn't sound very much like the Pet Shop Boys that...

Hey there! Tomorrow (Friday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks when was the last time (to be best of your recollection) that you evangelized for the Pet Shop Boys -- that is, tried to convince a non-fan how good they are, or perhaps even convert them into a fan? If you haven't...

I was wondering if anybody knows how or where I could get an mp3/wav copy of the 7 orange alert mix of this track? I think it was downloadable on PSB site when it came out (2003?). I have scoured the internet and can't get it anywhere, short of buying the vinyl and ripping it myself. Any help...

... and it mentions this forum.... :mrgreen:

I have a question to the people,which are members here since a long time.Is here someone,who the PSB Managment in the past,and got an answer?

The reason is,I wrote them a couple of weeks ago,to ask them,if they know,at what months this year,we become more Super Tour Dates,because I want to plan my...

Would just like to see the consensus before I lay down money for these.

Being Boring - what a song. It really did all come together perfectly didn't it. Makes me a bit teary just reading this article.

Being Boring - The path to a pop elegy

The Pet Shop Boys’ “Being Boring” was released in November 1990 but never became a Billboard pop hit in the U.S. Yet the...

Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks what you believe to be the primary reason for Being Boring not being more successful as a single, despite it being one of the Pet Shop Boys' most highly regarded songs among fans and critics alike. If you haven't...

I did search for a PSB in the media thread, but couldn't find it. But just a heads up that the boys will be in the arts section of the Daily Telegraph tomorrow.

First of all, listen to this song

Rick James - Give It To Me Baby

It's probably the first time you listen to this song but maybe the bassline is a bit familiar and it is. The bassline is more or less the same it was used by Michael Jackson for the song written by Rod Temperton Thriller . One of...

The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they tended to prefer Pet Shop Boys songs with fadeouts or with cold/hard endings. And the choice that received the most votes was:

* It depends on the song, picked by 38.9% of the voters.

To see the...