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by TallThinMan
Mon 18 Mar 2024, 8:26 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 35
Views: 1898

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

I was delighted when quite out of the blue 'West End girls' unexpectedly gave up more of its secrets about three years ago. We finally learned just what those spoken words on the street in the intro are: http://www.muzines.co.uk/blog/sound-diving-1-west-end-girls/43 We also learned that as well as p...
by TallThinMan
Thu 14 Mar 2024, 6:19 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New album Nonetheless
Replies: 339
Views: 33829

Re: New album Nonetheless

Interesting mood board!
by TallThinMan
Wed 13 Mar 2024, 6:42 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Next Single
Replies: 58
Views: 6339

Re: Next Single

I am sure there will be at least one new song as a B-side on the next single.
by TallThinMan
Sat 09 Mar 2024, 3:39 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Your Instant Classics
Replies: 65
Views: 5102

Re: Your Instant Classics

I'm going to steer clear of the big singles even though most of them were instant classics for me, because plenty has already been written about them. Later tonight - I think the first time I heard this delightful ballad may well have been a clip of the live Whistle Test performance during the 1988 ...
by TallThinMan
Fri 08 Mar 2024, 7:08 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: PSB as a group - timeline
Replies: 13
Views: 1362

Re: PSB as a group - timeline

I’m really interested in the Ray Roberts period at his Camden 8 studio, because we really know very little about it. They posted a photo of Ray when he sadly passed away a few years ago, but I’ve never seen a photo of that studio or them in it with Ray. I wonder if there are any?
by TallThinMan
Fri 08 Mar 2024, 7:09 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Wilderness years?
Replies: 66
Views: 6877

Re: Wilderness years?

Gabby wrote: Fri 08 Mar 2024, 12:37 amTapestry...hmm, anyone ever suggested that as an album title? :dance:
Carole King would like a word…
by TallThinMan
Thu 07 Mar 2024, 3:00 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Nonetheless - Blu-ray
Replies: 67
Views: 4650

Re: Nonetheless - Blu-ray

I’m still hoping for an instrumental version.
by TallThinMan
Sun 03 Mar 2024, 8:37 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Name the next Pet Shop Boys album
Replies: 2672
Views: 552872

Re: Name the next Pet Shop Boys album

nervousboy wrote: Sun 03 Mar 2024, 8:16 am Next b sides album/box set

Backed
Coupled (throwback to old advertising - c/w or b/w)
Flipped
Or Decoupled, as they’re presented without their a-sides.
by TallThinMan
Mon 26 Feb 2024, 12:58 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24389

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

Jeremy Vine just played 'All The Young Dudes' on his Radio 2 show.
by TallThinMan
Mon 26 Feb 2024, 7:22 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Replies: 29
Views: 3170

Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison

The single version of Rent is far bouncier than the album version, which is more subtle and understated. These things are subjective, of course, but the single version was much more exciting to my 15-year-old ears at the time. And that was the thing with the Pets - they were exciting. Being boring ...
by TallThinMan
Sun 25 Feb 2024, 4:45 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Replies: 29
Views: 3170

Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison

Being boring's notorious chart entry at 36 in November 1990 came on the back of panel sales of 447, a paltry figure. Basically, it was estimated to have sold 7,500 copies in its first week. The second single from the previous album, Left to my own devices, had sold three times as many copies in its...
by TallThinMan
Sun 25 Feb 2024, 11:42 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Strings
Replies: 16
Views: 1680

Re: Strings

jasonjohn wrote: Sun 25 Feb 2024, 4:08 amDecadence was a sample, wasn't it?
‘Decadence’ was written around a sample of ‘I say a little prayer’ which was removed from the finished song. They used it as a sort of scaffolding.
by TallThinMan
Sat 24 Feb 2024, 5:14 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Nonetheless deluxe CD/vinyl
Replies: 3
Views: 771

Re: Nonetheless deluxe CD/vinyl

I also noticed that 'In Bits' is missing from the Lyrics section. There are probably others.
by TallThinMan
Sat 24 Feb 2024, 5:04 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24389

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

James Ford also wanted them to take the easy way. How do you know that? Were you in the studio with them? Neil said Ford wanted them to make simpler compositions or something like that on an interview. Loneliness for example, it's a good track but simpler than Left to my own devices. I think you ju...