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...
Dave Undertaker, you're from that neck of the woods, was it really that bad?
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Dave Undertaker, you're from that neck of the woods, was it really that bad?
Hello matey, no it was actually very good. It wasnt a Sports Hall, it was the Auditorum. Holds about 1,300 but there was a bit of space at the back for standing.
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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Reviving this thread as I was inspired by the reference to Waterloo Bridge in 'Hoping for a miracle' to think about doing a walking tour of London. I wanted to take in many of the sites referenced in the songs, the videos, or where the boys have put on shows. I used this thread for inspiration as...
A bit late now - you maybe able to find it though the internet. I was sorting out a few Metro papers yesterday and Wednesday's (29th) Scene part has two pages of PSB. - Von Pet Shop Boys.
As usual, it's time to take a look at new releases and try to guess if Neil and Chris can get a Number 1. I suppose some of you can imagine if there is any possibity or not, taking into account the competitors and their fanbases:
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The fact that the last three albums have had consistent sales is a great thing, it shows that their fan base (though not huge) is holding steady, even though album sales as a whole are dropping through the floor. Th fact that they can get 15K+ people in the UK to purchase something that they can...
Some sites, such as Amazon, are reporting that the Japanese edition of Hotspot will have a bonus track. A few sites are even reporting * two * bonus tracks on the Japanese edition. But none of them (at least that I've seen) say what the bonus track(s) may be. Have any of you heard anything more...
As much as I am a detractor of this chittering and chattering, spluttering and splattering album, especially after the two previous brilliantly produced albums, I wish nothing other than a number one for it. And as of TODAY, 2 days after the midweek number one placing, it’s gone back up to number...
The final results are in for my poll of the past two weeks, in which I asked my site visitors how they feel about the Pet Shop Boys' upcoming tour being a greatest hits tour. And the response that received the most votes was:
* It really doesn't matter to me. I'm just pleased they're heading out...
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Any chance on adding a Captcha functionality so that bots can't vote?
I'm afraid I have no idea what that is. I'll have to look into it. Thanks. It's usually a computer-generated image with characters (alfa-numeric) accompanied with a textbox that lets the user fill in those characters. If it's a...
Well, Hotspot has been released for a few days and as has become customary and traditional here, the witty, incisive and sometimes surreal ramblings of Drico have become as much a part of the enjoyment of the whole 'new album' experience than anything else. That said, we've heard nothing from him...
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I miss seeing both Drico and Bull-Dog on here. Hope they are both ok. :?
As pop’s great satirists reveal their romantic side on their new album, they talk about the misery of modern music, rock feuds and the joy of lunchtime clubbing
The new Pet Shop Boys album is, they say, the third in a trilogy. Hotspot follows 2013’s Electric and 2016’s Super, all collaborations...
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Proper quality journalism really bringing out the dynamic between them. Anyone dropping into that club every Sunday lunchtime on the off chance? :lol:
So which track would you like to see the boys come out to on the forthcoming tour?,i am hoping it's either DECIDE or WILLO-O-THE-WISP but this is probably unlikely as neil mentioned DREAMLAND and MONKEY BUSINESS will be included from the new album.
So failing that,i would live to see a return of...
The Pet Shop Boys recorded their Berlin album with Hotspot . Because they love the surrounding lakes as much as the relaxed nudity in the Berghain.
Chris, you and Neil can be seen dancing in the video for your new single Monkey Business . The Pet Shop...
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I'd compare them to Reeves & Mortimer, still best of pals who enjoy each others' company and socialise together, despite only having met when they began working together. Neil and Chris have nearly an extra decade together over them, though.
These two remixes, the Friend Within and Prins Thomas, have saved this terd of a single! It's not that they are just better than the original, it's that they are actually good. Whatcha y'all think?
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So the Monkey Business remixes are getting radio play already?
Is there anywhere to hear them online?
Thanks!
Neil's interesting interview on the Guardian Web site today contained some references to the new album. I was surprised at how willing he was to drop in tidbits about that as I was under the impression that we were still very much between albums, but it seems clear that this has now progressed. I...
Pet Shop Boys interview: ‘Clubbing in Berlin? It’s nice to still dip a toe in there’
As a new Pet Shop Boys album appears, the veteran duo tell Will Hodgkinson about age-appropriate fun, the secret of not splitting up and their lost toilet musical
The new...
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They did try with Brian Eno, didn't they..? I'm sure I read about it in a Literally somewhere. Chris (jokingly..?) said he was asleep for most of it..
In the run up to a new album release I always like to revisit the back catalogue in anticipation. If anyone fancied joining me we could work to a bit of a schedule and share thoughts in this thread.
Here’s a daily listening plan, beginning tomorrow with Please and finishing with Super the day...
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Well, right now this is already even more redundant than the snippets thread but I wanted to get one last post out of the way before giving Hotspot its first spin.
Super has what is for me my favourite run of PSB songs on any album - from Undertow to Burn I think is pretty faultless. It’s really...
I've been fortunate to get a look at the limited edition reissue of this classic album courtesy of my local Oxfam. I think you'll agree it's impressive. It's called VerySemiRelentless due to the scaled back tracklisting. According to Neil he never liked Relentless so insisted on the reissue having...
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Quite possibly the worst bootleg I have ever seen in my life.
I dunno - there are some absolutely dire ones out there.
According the The Mail TV guide radio 6 Friday 7.30am Pet Shop Boys are talking about Hotspot. Thought I would post on here so, you get a chance to see this post. I couldn’t find this radio station on Sky the last time. It is there but not near radio 1,2 etc... :D
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Wed 7.30 David Tennant
Thu 7.30 The chap he nicked his surname from...
One of my favourite parts of a new PSB ‘era’ starting is the design aspect of it. As Petheads, we’re incredibly lucky (or maybe we just have great taste!). Neil and Chris’s collaboration with Farrow has produced some beautiful work.
The Super era was very, very strong in terms of design in my...
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I think this might be the most uninteresting design era of their career... It must be intentional but none of these cover artworks evokes anything to me. :(
Has anyone else noticed that when BBC Radio 2 play Go West they play what I believe is the Mark Stent original 7” mix and not the version that was actually released as a single? It must just be what they have in their computer.
It’s the mix with the extra synth riff, but without the brass parts...
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Original single was out October 28th 1992. Then pulled and reworked and released as the second single for Very in 1993. You are correct. Mark Stent 7 mix may have been digitized by BBC Radio 2 and they may be playing it by accident. There is always a chance.
Or perhaps i'm misremembering. But didn't PSB sue one Roger Scruton because he claimed that like the Spice girls, they didn't write their own songs?
Well if it is the same person, he has an article in the Guardian where he describes how his grandfather's name was.. Lowe.
He also describes the...
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What does he mean with which owes its trade mark to subsequent sound engineering, designed precisely to make it unrepeatable. ? That PSB have a unique sound?
I reckon he meant that the sounds couldn't be recreated for 'live' work. That's a whole debate in itself!
This links on its thread about radio appareances. But I think it's great because Neil starts singing all time. What about Neil singing a theme for Dora the Explorer :mrgreen:) with Chris making a dance routine on the next Monkey Business video? .
They feel more relaxed than ever:
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Wow - that’s the most ‘up’ I’ve heard them for a while!
Frisky...
I would love us to go through this together. The Boys have mentioned in a recent Q&A that they'd love to collect all of their remixes etc. in a singles box set. Now, we all know it's a massive undertaking, and I think most fans would agree with me that it would be best done in phases, best to do...
Her first hit West End Girls was about London. Around 35 years later, the Pet Shop Boys are now celebrating the German capital as a hotspot . Singer Neil Tennant speaks in the dpa interview about Berlin and Bowie, the new album and a long pop career.
With this album I find myself deliberately avoiding any information about what it sounds like (apart from info coming from PSB themselves). I have not read any reviews yet whatsoever, and not going to read them until I hear the album. Don't want to have any idea...
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You can read the title of this topic to the rythm of I'm not leaving till the last joint has shut down .
The best rating albums are Actually, Introspective, Behaviour and Very. Not a surprise. Quite good marks for Fundamental too.
- Please:
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Christgau's Record Guide A−
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars
Spin Alternative Record Guide...
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NME marks are interesting! Nightlife and Release total 'down the dumper' scores.
Ralph Moore, PSBs remix consultant, has just confirmed on the Bigmouth podcast (which contains a great review of the album) that two remixes have been completed for a fourth single from the album. He refused to confirm which track though!
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Ugh....I think I'm going to bow out for the rest of the days till release.
this will be the first time I listen to a PSB album without having had the leak weeks out or having heard snippers...which odds are the closer we get is bound to be found somewhere.
I'll be the first one to say it, they should remaster the music videos!!
It's a new trend now, remastering music videos particularly from the 80's.
Elton and A-Ha have done this to promote their live tours. PSB could do the same.
They're put onto Youtube. Brilliantly they can replace the existing...
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So good! So it`s time to get the full HD 3D Liberation video finally available for all of us!!! :D
You could do Liberation in VR. Now THAT would be awesome!
Sorry if this has been a topic before, but living in Canada, as I do, you don't often hear PSB except perhaps the odd radio play of West End girls on a retro radio station, or similarly popular Please/Actually era songs in various stores (What have I done to deserve this? and Always on my mind pop up from time to time).
Today I was really...
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There may have been more bizarre occasions, but I can mention I heard Vocal at the gym a few months ago, and Go West and New York City Boy have been played at least a couple times during the spinning classes. This is in San Salvador, El Salvador, by the way...
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