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by jasonjohn
Wed 27 Mar 2024, 11:31 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 159
Views: 8629

Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

Are people using humor here or am I just deaf to the trauma of the 7"? :lol:
by jasonjohn
Wed 27 Mar 2024, 1:52 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Pet Shop Boys - 5 UNRELEASED tracks from the Fundamental era (Superchumbo, Warren, demos, etc)
Replies: 28
Views: 2209

Re: Pet Shop Boys - 5 UNRELEASED tracks from the Fundamental era (Superchumbo, Warren, demos, etc)

It is gobsmacking

But then I remind myself they have such a long and wide career that they could of probably been two or three different bands stylistically.

So sometimes we are listening to different bands, and some of us are a little more particular with who they listen to 🙃
by jasonjohn
Mon 25 Mar 2024, 10:57 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Pet Shop Boys - 5 UNRELEASED tracks from the Fundamental era (Superchumbo, Warren, demos, etc)
Replies: 28
Views: 2209

Re: Pet Shop Boys - 5 UNRELEASED tracks from the Fundamental era (Superchumbo, Warren, demos, etc)

the PSB demos are remarkably complete

love Luna Park, Casanova, Numb, etc...

"Come and join a line / the ghost train leaves on time" is a very sneaky double entendre.
by jasonjohn
Mon 25 Mar 2024, 3:49 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 159
Views: 8629

Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

It's a good point, and you could argue that Disco 1 is more Electric than Electric :). Maybe they could of stopped at the first album + remixes 🙃
by jasonjohn
Sun 24 Mar 2024, 10:32 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: You Need More: A Pet Shop Boys Listening Guide
Replies: 9
Views: 879

Re: You Need More: A Pet Shop Boys Listening Guide

Or maybe we are all just old and spoiled by so much choice 🙃 Maybe your first entry point into PSB land is amazing no matter what album it is? Maybe we love the early stuff because that's what we first heard. A bit like old Star Wars fans dismissing Jar Jar as childish while defending their collecti...
by jasonjohn
Sat 23 Mar 2024, 6:31 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: You Need More: A Pet Shop Boys Listening Guide
Replies: 9
Views: 879

Re: You Need More: A Pet Shop Boys Listening Guide

It's interesting how Kori singles out tracks often poo-poohed by the forum 🙃
by jasonjohn
Sat 23 Mar 2024, 6:28 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: You Need More: A Pet Shop Boys Listening Guide
Replies: 9
Views: 879

You Need More: A Pet Shop Boys Listening Guide

Did a search and don't think it's been mentioned here before

https://korimichele.com/petshop-boys-zine

Very sweet!
by jasonjohn
Sat 23 Mar 2024, 2:03 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Very album pics (in particular Chris' head)
Replies: 14
Views: 1363

Re: Very album pics (in particular Chris' head)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmontone/46093905714/sizes/k/ Largest version I could find, not owning it myself. Row 6, Column 6 - wonder if six is a favorite number? On this topic, I seem to remember the solid orange CD case could have the back panel removed to find more art? Very is the tri...
by jasonjohn
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 2:54 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)
Replies: 173
Views: 16918

Re: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)

nice find Oznerol!

The Blitz version would sound great on a dance floor - it's got all the bells and whistles.

Seems to be a full version?

Wonder who's saying "Would you let you in?"

(wont listen to a remix of Dancing until I hear the real thing)
by jasonjohn
Tue 19 Mar 2024, 7:16 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Try to describre in only one word your first feeling listening to a new PSB album
Replies: 18
Views: 1468

Re: Try to describre in only one word your first feeling listening to a new PSB album

So that was a quarter of a century ago... have they been doing all wrong music since then? :? :lol:
by jasonjohn
Tue 19 Mar 2024, 4:14 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 159
Views: 8629

Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

I always imagined the voice at the start being a paper boy calling out a random daily headline :lol:

Had never been to England so I pictured him like Oliver Twist dressed in tweed and a cap, lol.
by jasonjohn
Mon 18 Mar 2024, 10:54 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Single or album version preferences
Replies: 14
Views: 1044

Re: Single or album version preferences

Oh wow never noticed that about Fundamental, good point Straight_Talker - definitely one of their best produced albums
by jasonjohn
Mon 18 Mar 2024, 10:49 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 159
Views: 8629

Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

I found the cover quite New Romantic, but a bit modernised for the time.
by jasonjohn
Mon 18 Mar 2024, 1:31 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Single or album version preferences
Replies: 14
Views: 1044

Re: Single or album version preferences

The single version of Monkey Business ends with the chorus callout, which is terrific.

On the album they just fade out - which is the way to end a song when you don't know how to end it. So it's weird to not choose the single method, imo.
by jasonjohn
Mon 18 Mar 2024, 1:28 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Pete Paphides meeting ver Boys
Replies: 3
Views: 980

Re: Pete Paphides meeting ver Boys

I had to run that tweet through Google Translate several times before it began to make sense to me.

It'd be ten time worse if you didn't know was a Pet Shop Boy was.