Yes it is. Damals und Heute is Then and Now - which was the Imagine doc's subtitle if I remember correctly.
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- Sat 29 Mar 2025, 6:58 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Forthcoming PSB TV and radio appearances...
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- Thu 27 Mar 2025, 4:47 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Blue vinyl Discography reissue 30 May
- Replies: 113
- Views: 10759
Re: Blue vinyl Discography reissue 30 May
Yeah, unlike Discography, Ultimate has the six megahits. Sadly, it falls down after that by omitting the wry five, Opportunities, Rent, Can you forgive her?, So hard, and Drunk. For me, that makes it unlistenable and contemptuously incomplete. Without those, Ultimate loses too much of their genius ...
- Sun 02 Mar 2025, 6:50 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing missed out on two chart positions by a total of four panel sales on its second week in 1993. It landed at 13, but would have been number 12 (above M People's Don't Look Any Further) if it sold 31 more copies - or number 11 (above Meatloaf) if it sold 61 more ...
- Thu 20 Feb 2025, 6:39 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Thanks, Drico, I'm finding this thread so fascinating.
Beyond a vague idea that only some shops counted towards the charts when I was growing up, I didn't really understand exactly how the panel system worked until now. I'm guessing the locations of the shops was a closely guarded secret to avoid ...
- Wed 19 Feb 2025, 5:54 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: What makes a hardcore fan?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1842
Re: What makes a hardcore fan?
There can only be one test:
Did you, or did you not, buy that tea set?
QED
Drico.
Did you, or did you not, buy that tea set?
QED
Drico.
- Wed 19 Feb 2025, 5:52 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Just for completion, Go West fell to number 7 on its fourth week with panel sales of 1,568 - higher than Can you forgive her?'s debut week. The following week, it dropped three to 10, with panel sales of 999. It had 140,475 actual sales by the end of Q3, 1993 (so, the end of September). Can you ...
- Tue 18 Feb 2025, 10:16 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Go West's third week was the sixth-biggest in their history, selling pretty much exactly the same as Suburbia did. Previous pages updated.
Thoughts on where it might land in the TOTAL Estimated Retail Sales (Units) list?
I recently read that Go West sold over 200,000 in the UK. I'm plumping ...
- Tue 18 Feb 2025, 10:13 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: DREAMWORLD Greatest Hits Tour 2022, 2023, 2024 & now 2025
- Replies: 986
- Views: 248022
Re: DREAMWORLD Greatest Hits Tour 2022, 2023, 2024 & now 2025
I wouldn't say I'm a hardcore Pethead - I'm not a completist, rarely buy merchandise, and wouldn't approach them if I saw them walking down the street - but I'll happily pay a small fortune to see them every 18 months if they turn up in my city.
Besides, with the best will in the world, one PSB ...
Besides, with the best will in the world, one PSB ...
- Tue 18 Feb 2025, 8:53 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: DREAMWORLD Greatest Hits Tour 2022, 2023, 2024 & now 2025
- Replies: 986
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Re: DREAMWORLD Greatest Hits Tour 2022, 2023, 2024 & now 2025
I'm not surprised they are continuing with Dreamworld. It's an easy and the smart concept to promote as an active heritage band: a greatest hits spectacular.
The days of a tour like Performance are long gone. Now, it's as much nostalgia as art - and this is Champions League-level nostalgia, with ...
The days of a tour like Performance are long gone. Now, it's as much nostalgia as art - and this is Champions League-level nostalgia, with ...
- Mon 17 Feb 2025, 8:35 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Go West's third week was the sixth-biggest in their history, selling pretty much exactly the same as Suburbia did. Previous pages updated.
- Sun 16 Feb 2025, 7:12 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Go West's second week sales rose by only 2.4%, meaning that while that was enough to overtake Mr Vain, it fell short by 83 panel sales to Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. In plain English, it lost the number one spot to Boom Shake the Room by 1,245 actual sales.
This was, therefore, the week they ...
This was, therefore, the week they ...
- Fri 14 Feb 2025, 5:32 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
To quote Alanis Morisette, it's a little ironic that three of their top four opening weeks were provided by cover versions. I have updated the figures on page 1.
- Fri 14 Feb 2025, 5:27 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11224
Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
First week sales for Go West have been confirmed. It had 2,880 panel sales - by far the biggest opening week of any of their singles.
Yet, it still sold 12,600 units fewer than Culture Beat's Mr Vain which had about 3,718 panel sales. In other words, it's a myth that Go West was going to go in at ...
Yet, it still sold 12,600 units fewer than Culture Beat's Mr Vain which had about 3,718 panel sales. In other words, it's a myth that Go West was going to go in at ...
- Mon 10 Feb 2025, 3:52 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: BBC4 Top of the Pops Repeats
- Replies: 262
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Re: BBC4 Top of the Pops Repeats
So these are still running and we're now up to 1997. A Red Letter Day should have been on this evening but the R Kelly episodes are not being shown so the BBC4 audience misses the opportunity to see Chris in that weird chair and speculate on his health.
I wasn't a regular TOTP viewer by this ...
- Thu 06 Feb 2025, 6:00 pm
- Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
- Topic: Annually 2025
- Replies: 166
- Views: 27045
Re: Annually 2025
Buying Annually but not reading it makes absolutely no sense to me, whatsoever. Mind you, neither does buying PSB tea sets, so there is that...
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