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Which SMASH single was the most "forgettable"?

Last post by Patrick Bateman « Tue 22 Apr 2025, 6:58 am
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by retrofuturist » Sun 30 Mar 2025, 2:39 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Greetings,

Which of the 55 singles featured on SMASH is the most forgettable... in the sense that sometimes you forget it was even released as a single at all?

I don't mean in the sense of being a weak song necessarily - just that when you think of the Pet Shop Boys canon, it's rarely foremost in...

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For me, the most forgettable is Say it to me. Nice enough song but released at a time when it didn't really matter what they released as a single because it wasn't going to be all over the radio or MTV. Also, wasn't Burn initially going to be the next single until that nightclub tragedy? Burn would...
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Tue 22 Apr 2025, 6:58 am
In Private (Stuart Chrichton Club Mix)

Last post by petshopgrrl « Tue 22 Apr 2025, 1:09 am
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by PoloPony » Mon 21 Apr 2025, 5:46 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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I'm having a blackout. I have a vague memory of listening to this remix, the full length one, on a CD because it would be on my ipod. I've searched in my many iTunes libraries, discogs, and I've come up empty-handed.
Am I delusional here, I could have sworn it was released on a CD, either a...

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This is my favorite version of the song.

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Tue 22 Apr 2025, 1:09 am
80's UK Chart Sales and Info

Last post by Patrick Bateman « Mon 21 Apr 2025, 10:20 pm
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by Tentenlad » Thu 13 Mar 2025, 10:48 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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80’s sales and chart info for Pet Shop Boys

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‘West End Girls’
The 68th best-selling single of 1985.
228,701 copies sold.
The top 13 selling singles sold over 500, 000 copies in 1985. By comparison, in 1987 (Pet Shop boys ‘imperial phase’?) only the top 7 singles managed those kinds of...

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Spandau Ballet 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales

True 615,383
Chant No1 341,448
To Cut A Long Story Short 317,665
Gold 291,414
Lifeline 255,450
Instinction 244,122
Musclebound 195,108
Only When You Leave 187,833
I’ll Fly For You 170,561
Through The Barricades 152,847
Communication 152,796
The...
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Mon 21 Apr 2025, 10:20 pm
In Depth - a new fan podcast recorded by forum members

Last post by neilgregory72 « Mon 21 Apr 2025, 7:06 am
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by G_Goalden » Fri 19 May 2023, 10:55 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Myself (Graham) and Dog (Chris) have made the brave (or foolish!) move to record a series of Pet Shop Boys fan podcasts.

Prior to recording, we had only met once ‘on a wet Wednesday night’ in a pub near where we both live in West Yorkshire in the north of England. But we thought it might be fun...

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Submitted.

Will be interesting to see the results of the survey.

Looking forward to the new series
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Mon 21 Apr 2025, 7:06 am
The Noise (theme for ITV music program)

Last post by jules « Mon 21 Apr 2025, 6:48 am
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by leesmapman » Thu 17 Apr 2025, 3:42 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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For people looking for the 1996 theme of The Noise, which they composed for the ITV show of the same name, someone uploaded the first full episode to youtube yesterday:

And you can hear the musical theme in 30 seconds glorious stereo. A lot better than the version I have.

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Wow, never heard about this track. It makes me think to a lost tmit track.

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Mon 21 Apr 2025, 6:48 am
Annually 2025

Last post by Jan R. « Sat 19 Apr 2025, 9:45 pm
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by ElectriCity » Wed 02 Oct 2024, 10:23 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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« We are starting work early this year on the 2025 edition of Annually , which, as always, will include a selection of your letters answered by Chris and Neil.
So if you have a question for them, email it to info@beckerbrown.com with Annually letters in the subject line by next Monday, 7th...

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Still waiting in jersey city, NJ USA

Does the tracking work those in the US? It never works for me

IIRC it didn't work. But I received the book on Apr 7, so it should have reached NJ by now ...
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Sat 19 Apr 2025, 9:45 pm
Pet Shop Boys on Youtube

Last post by PSBForTheMasses « Sat 19 Apr 2025, 7:27 pm
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by Vince » Wed 13 Feb 2008, 3:01 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Hi.

There are lots of PSB Vids (Fan vids or otherwise) on Youtube..

Thought there could be a unified thread of all the links :)

Let me start off with this one..

Mini-Pet Shop Boys Go West

Very cute (and the miming is perfect! Even Sylvia-Mason James'!! ) but are they the Future PSB?? :o

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Sorry if this was posted before.

PSB remix of Innocent Money by Primal Scream.
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Sat 19 Apr 2025, 7:27 pm
Forthcoming PSB TV and radio appearances...

Last post by zukunft « Sat 19 Apr 2025, 3:18 pm
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by DavePSB » Mon 15 May 2006, 8:11 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Please post times, dates, channels, etc here so forum users don't miss out.

Please try not to drift into conversation in this thread as key posts may get missed.

Ta,
Dave :D

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So where is the documentary, arte?

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Last post by zukunft
Sat 19 Apr 2025, 3:18 pm
No more vinyl singles..?

Last post by daveid « Fri 18 Apr 2025, 11:42 am
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by daveid » Tue 07 May 2024, 6:51 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Just wondering what people's thoughts are on the lack of any vinyl single releases thus far. One thing about the Kobalt era was the abundance of stuff released on (mainly)12

Electric era - Axis 10 , Vocal 12 , Bourgeois 12 , Thursday 12 , Fluorescent RSD 12

Super era - The Pop kids 12 , Inner...

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The bizarre thing is that the vinyl singles from the X2 era are generally quite a bit cheaper than the cd singles. I've recently been trying to play catch-up with the Electric and Super cd singles on eBay and the only one remotely affordable was 20-Something. Vocal is unobtainable and Bourgeois...
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Fri 18 Apr 2025, 11:42 am
Sleep of Reason - Mark Springer/Neil Tennant/Sacconi String Quartet

Last post by petshopgrrl « Thu 17 Apr 2025, 5:25 am
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by Old Soak » Thu 06 Feb 2025, 9:09 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Mark Springer/Neil Tennant/Sacconi String Quartet
I fell into a deep sleep of reason Everything broken and hence when I woke up from that deep sleep of reason it all made sense”

A Unique Artistic Partnership. Release Date: Apr 25, 2025

Discs: 2

This project represents a distinct and carefully...

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:clap: :clap: :clap: I knew you wouldn't let me down. Excellent work. :lol:
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Thu 17 Apr 2025, 5:25 am
Those old videos…

Last post by markus « Wed 16 Apr 2025, 10:18 pm
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by Dog » Mon 14 Apr 2025, 9:55 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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I found some old VHS video cassettes in my loft at the weekend. Every time something PSB related was on the TV, I would stick my cassette in and wait, my fingers hovering over the record button. You may well have done the same. The result is four x three-hour cassettes, some more full than others,...

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I've always been curious how some Youtubers obtain their material with quality like staight from broadcasters vaults. Did they bribe someone, or maybe just a friendly phone call? Maybe you can negotiate with Channel 4 and get a premium quality video from them to upload?
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Last post by markus
Wed 16 Apr 2025, 10:18 pm
Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison

Last post by MartinWright66 « Wed 16 Apr 2025, 4:46 pm
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by Drico One » Sat 17 Feb 2024, 8:45 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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As some of you may know, some enthusiasts at the UK Mix forum recently got their hands on the actual chart data used by Gallup to compile the UK singles chart in the 1980s and early 1990s. What's interesting is that it revealed for the first time the estimated weekly sales of each single along with...

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Thanks for the sneaky update Drico :)
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Last post by MartinWright66
Wed 16 Apr 2025, 4:46 pm
AI channel on YT

Last post by DopeFiend « Wed 16 Apr 2025, 1:26 pm
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by telys » Wed 09 Apr 2025, 9:54 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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I found this on YT
Somebody doing AI versions... supposed to sound like PSB or at least Neil singing. I've listened to a handful of songs. They sound like demoes and weak demoes as well. I compared with a Queen AI channel which was way ahead of this PSB AI channel.

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I'm familiar with the channel. These songs are a guilty pleasure of mine.

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Last post by DopeFiend
Wed 16 Apr 2025, 1:26 pm
Neil and Johnny Marr -live

Last post by Gabby « Tue 15 Apr 2025, 7:01 pm
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by Effen Vida » Fri 12 Apr 2024, 11:48 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Neil was Johnny Marr’s special guest at the Hammersmith tonight. They covered Rebel Rebel…not sure if they played any Electronic or not!

Neil’s unmistakable voice at around 30 seconds in…

EDIT - sorry, this should probably have been in the live section 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Limited copies available online here, with signed art print:

Thank you so much, I just “accidentally” ended up ordering a copy from them :-)

:lol: it's amazing how much stuff accidentally lands in my wife's shopping carts online too. :lol:
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Last post by Gabby
Tue 15 Apr 2025, 7:01 pm
Naked

Last post by Dog « Tue 15 Apr 2025, 5:14 pm
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by PSB-90 » Fri 11 Apr 2025, 7:16 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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