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Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020

Last post by One of the crowd « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 10:51 pm
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by One of the crowd » Thu 30 Mar 2023, 12:26 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020

2023 remasters

Due 16th June 2023

3 CD

55 tracks from West End Girls to I Don’t Wanna

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I think there's a real missed opportunity to put one over on the likes of (say) Elton and Queen who have 3CD 'Greatest Hits' if they'd made it a 4CD collection with EVERY single - both sides of double A's, Ab Fab, licensed Epic singles, German only/digital only/vinyl only/promo only singles, plus a...
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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 10:51 pm
The lost 1992 album

Last post by One of the crowd « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 10:31 pm
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by telys » Sat 01 Apr 2023, 3:53 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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The lost 1992 album. Yep, they had sort of enough material for a 1992 release. Let's pretend there was no Discography. Streets and DJC would've been non album singles for quite a while and Was it worth it would've been a regular album track. Instead we get the top-10 hit Crying Game featuring Boy...

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As some of the tracks had appeared previously - Girlfriend/Miserablism on that 3 CD with Japan's behaviour - I would have kept them for B sides

The hypothetical album could have been like Dusty's Reputation (where just the second side was PSB produced) but with guest vocalists..

So something...

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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 10:31 pm
What’s your best PSBs finds?

Last post by ype « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 8:35 pm
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by Izione » Fri 31 Mar 2023, 9:28 pm » in Collector Discussion

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My best yet was walking into a 2nd local record store just a couple of years ago.
When I asked if they had any PSBs vinyl, the guy went into his room behind the till and said…
“Here, these have just come in.. you can have them for £10 for the lot”.

All in perfect condition.
1. Paninaro Italian...

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I think it was in 1999. I found Relentless 3 x 12 vinyl in a record store in Barcelona, for approximately 10 euro's. (But this was before the Euro.)
And then the next record store I visited 10 minutes later had Alternative 3 x 12 vinyl for around the same amount.
I still to this day can't believe...

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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 8:35 pm
Tetris Movie

Last post by negative_0ne « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 5:14 pm
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by DazzerUKUK » Fri 31 Mar 2023, 5:28 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Viewers of the new movie 'Tetris' on AppleTV Plus are in for a treat as the movie closes with a new version of Opportunities!

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very cool version.

will have to make a longer version, and extend it a bit.

will post to youtube eventually.

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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 5:14 pm
Forthcoming PSB TV and radio appearances...

Last post by negative_0ne « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 5:09 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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I wonder how many people will get Simon's joke :)

true, but that was the actual cover of the european version, and
many other countries.

check out this version from taiwan though:

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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 5:09 pm
Taking it seriously: Intertextuality and authenticity in two covers by the Pet Shop Boys

Last post by leesmapman « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 4:30 pm
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by leesmapman » Sat 01 Apr 2023, 4:30 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

Has anyone read this? Sounds interesting, but I'm not going to pay 24 euros for an article, to be honest.

Mark Butler

Music Studies

Abstract

When musicians 'cover' a previously recorded song, they provide an intertextual commentary on another musical work or style. This paper considers...

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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 4:30 pm
Name the next Pet Shop Boys album

Last post by Sandy Shaw « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 2:59 pm
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by Radiophonic » Tue 03 Jun 2008, 8:17 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Look, it's only one word - how hard can it be? Let's all brainstorm this thread.

I'll start...

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Smash

Sorry hadn't read previous post!!
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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 2:59 pm
This weeks What's on TV magazine.

Last post by tottenhammattspurs « Sat 01 Apr 2023, 2:44 pm
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by Marie loves PSB » Wed 22 Mar 2023, 6:05 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Hi! Hope you are all well. This weeks What's on Tv magazine - page 8. There is a small pic of PSB's and they are going to be joining Dermot O'Leary (In a London cinema) for BBC2's Reel Stories: Pet Shop Boys. Don't know when though. - It will be soon. :D

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I think the cinema they use is the Prince Charles cinema just of Leicester Square

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Sat 01 Apr 2023, 2:44 pm
Re-releasing old singles?

Last post by mole973102 « Fri 31 Mar 2023, 11:19 pm
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by retrofuturist » Fri 24 Feb 2023, 11:52 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Greetings,

I notice that some artists are releasing old singles in either digital formats (e.g. Madonna) or pressing remastered versions of the original era 12 singles (e.g. New Order).

Do you expect Pet Shop Boys to do likewise? And if they do it, do you expect them to just recreate the earlier...

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There are some 12 Remixes that were never on CD. The first 12 got reissued in places.
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Fri 31 Mar 2023, 11:19 pm
Singles missing from SMASH

Last post by mole973102 « Fri 31 Mar 2023, 10:46 pm
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by telys » Thu 30 Mar 2023, 10:01 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Singles missing from SMASH, there are quite a few of them
This release seems rushed but as we know it was already planned for release last year. A little bit more work on this compilation could've been expected. A 3-CD-release isn't really a box set. A box set with ALL SINGLES would've been nice...

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Ultimate Discography (400x400).png - I don't count a single that is a collaboration but where Neil isn't the main singer. So, for me, She's Madonna is more Robbie. Disco 4: Further Listening...
- Some singles are promo only.

01. West End Girls (Bobby Orlando - Original Single Mix)
02. One More...
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Fri 31 Mar 2023, 10:46 pm
Mysterious tweet

Last post by Nickname « Fri 31 Mar 2023, 3:03 pm
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by Suburban_Boy » Tue 28 Mar 2023, 4:10 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Correct, as usual.

As I said before.

It's time for a compilation (cd, vynils, DVD, merchandising, etc) because they are on a Greatest Hits tour.

But if you want something new, there is an EP on the way called lost and a new Anually on the way too, one month later.

Apart from interviews and...
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Fri 31 Mar 2023, 3:03 pm
New Show at Eden Project Cornwall June 28th 2023

Last post by Shopper « Thu 30 Mar 2023, 11:17 pm
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by OakeyDokey » Thu 16 Feb 2023, 7:44 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Looks like general/standing tickets are just shy of £90 with booking fee but this is supposed to be a beautiful place to see a concert. Anyone tempted?

Mods, feel free to move to Live section but I thought as its news, most folk will look on the main page.

Pet Shop Boys announce Greatest...

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I think the UK has seen them enough....PSB gets ure butts to Asia now :roll:

We deserve more in Asia. Especially after that cancelled Bangkok date :( :cry:

that was soo sad. luckily my gamble of Singapore paid off, I was considering Bangkok :oops:

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Last post by Shopper
Thu 30 Mar 2023, 11:17 pm
"Cricket Wife" initial commentary

Last post by One of the crowd « Thu 30 Mar 2023, 9:51 pm
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by geowayne » Thu 06 May 2021, 7:53 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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For those of you who are interested, I've taken my first crack at interpreting this complex, challenging new PSB song. You can read what I have to say about it on my Commentary website, specifically at . SPOILER ALERT! If you'd rather not read anything about it before you've received your copy and...

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It's certainly different - reminds me of something from Les Miserables. One listen was enough for me...

I managed to get to 5 mins 48 seconds.

I assume it didnt get any better after that.

So,

In compiling a 75 (with a couple of tracks to be added) track Spotify playlist called Smashed , I...
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Thu 30 Mar 2023, 9:51 pm
Relentless samples

Last post by domino « Thu 30 Mar 2023, 5:50 pm
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by fluffmoln » Sun 16 Oct 2022, 12:37 am » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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I just stumbled upon a 1992 12 that Chris 100% used for Relentless.

Man Machine - Raw Samples For Mixing could quite possibly be one of the most influential 12 DJ tools of the early 90s

there's no Youtube clip available, so here's an alternative way to listen

relevant samples start at 40...

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slightly related question: does anybody know where the „gimme your feeling“ sample at the end of ‚go west‘ is sourced from?

Do you mean the Do you feel it bit?

the part at 4:45min. – English isn't my mother tongue though, so...

It’s Do you feel it? and it’s Sylvia Mason-James (edited). ;)

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Thu 30 Mar 2023, 5:50 pm
110 Remixers

Last post by Disco. « Thu 30 Mar 2023, 6:28 am
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by Remark » Sat 12 Jan 2013, 10:29 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Probably 20 years ago, I began tracking the names of all of the remixers Pet Shop Boys have used. Since then, I believe I have compiled a comprehensive list leading up to today. I have attempted to capture every remixer that has remixed or influentially produced a Pet Shop Boys song, even including...

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I know. I still made myself laugh.

At least you made somebody laugh….. 8)
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Thu 30 Mar 2023, 6:28 am
Living in the past (home demo)

Last post by NotInvisible « Wed 29 Mar 2023, 11:49 pm
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by lucienchardon » Fri 10 Feb 2023, 8:18 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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There seems to be a new demo on the PSB Instagram page:

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The past, isn't even past .
Not only it doesn't sing well, but he's rhyming the same word with itself!!

He's rhyming past as a noun with past as an adjective - it's the typical Tennant cleverness at play.

See also: deals that were dealt etc.

Interested to see what Pete Gleadall does to it, but...
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Wed 29 Mar 2023, 11:49 pm
"Before" remixers confusion....

Last post by stormynight « Wed 29 Mar 2023, 8:18 pm
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by Oznerol » Sun 19 Mar 2023, 11:42 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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Maybe this was discussed/mentioned before, but if that´s the case, I missed the conversation!
Trying to make some order on my digital collection, and deleting duplicates, I found that many mixes of Before , like the:

Extended mix 8:47
Hed Boy mix 7:35
Hed Boys dub 4:55

..are credited as being...

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Don’t forget this LTI Mix. It’s different to the one from the US Promo CD.

Exclusive to this CD:

Btw, this CD has also the “Saturday Night Forever” Mix.

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Wed 29 Mar 2023, 8:18 pm
Pet Shop Boys on Youtube

Last post by Suburban_Boy « Wed 29 Mar 2023, 12:49 pm
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by Vince » Wed 13 Feb 2008, 4:01 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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A repost obviously.

RIP Paul O'Grady.
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Wed 29 Mar 2023, 12:49 pm
Live album: Atlanta / Usa, October 10, 1999

Last post by tottenhammattspurs « Wed 29 Mar 2023, 10:19 am
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by Old Soak » Tue 28 Mar 2023, 8:57 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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For sale on Amazon here:

Looks like a semi-legal 'grey market' release as radio concerts are in the public domain under EU law. Awful, tacky sleeve.

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Isn’t this just the first half of the Montage concert?

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Wed 29 Mar 2023, 10:19 am
Momento Mori

Last post by rashomon « Wed 29 Mar 2023, 7:54 am
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by DopeFiend » Fri 24 Mar 2023, 12:48 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Depeche Mode's new album is out, What do we think of it?
It's produced by James Ford who is working on PSB's upcoming album. And obviously Depeche Mode are a synth duo just like PSB.

Hopefully we get Neil & Chris' opinion of the album soon. No doubt they've got the finger on the pulse with this...

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Chat GPT must have come up with those song titles for them.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ha! yes probably!

And maybe a bit of advice from this chap
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Wed 29 Mar 2023, 7:54 am
BBC4 Top of the Pops Repeats

Last post by tottenhammattspurs « Tue 28 Mar 2023, 4:50 pm
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by PopKid78 » Wed 28 Mar 2018, 3:14 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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Since 2011 BBC4 has been airing Top of the Pops episodes, in chronological order from 1976 onwards. This week the episode originally aired on 08 August 1985 will be shown, which means PSB'S first appearence from November 1985 is just around the corner, and from that point they will be making...

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The Rollo mix is an absolute banger
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Tue 28 Mar 2023, 4:50 pm
The extravagant behaviour of Chris that you've probably never seen before

Last post by Zoops « Tue 28 Mar 2023, 12:44 pm
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by Nickname » Fri 24 Mar 2023, 10:11 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion
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It's on Youtube's section but I think it deserves a thread.

I've never seen such an extravagant behaviour from Chris (except that peformance on American TV with Jay Leno). Specially, at the end.

It was in Italy in Festivalbar, Siena, 1987:

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Well Chris walked off at the end of Rent video in 1987, off the stage at the Tokyo Budokan in 1989, at the end of Wogan 1990 and at the Tonight Show 1991... so it's part of the show... 😂
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Tue 28 Mar 2023, 12:44 pm
Dagmarr's Cabaret - Songs of PSB

Last post by before « Mon 27 Mar 2023, 11:05 am
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by Sandy Shaw » Fri 10 Feb 2023, 5:00 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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This amazing performance is happening tonight at Piano Smithfield. Myself and some fan friends caught it at The Glory recently. I highly recommend it, the vocal delivery as we as the piano arrangements and performance are great and it's very funny. They will be performing this again if you miss it...

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Really enjoyed this when I saw it in Guildford a few weeks back, but the venue was far from sold out so it lacked atmosphere slightly. Hope to catch it again though, maybe in the Crazy Coqs in July. I wonder if it'll be at the Edinburgh Fringe.

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Mon 27 Mar 2023, 11:05 am
Neil Tennant vinyl picture

Last post by ChrisLove « Sun 26 Mar 2023, 10:55 am
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by ChrisLove » Sat 25 Mar 2023, 9:24 pm » in Pet Shop Boys Discussion

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I'm looking for this picture in the best possible quality because i want to print this and hang over wall. This is the picture on I'm Not Scared vinyl from Introspective Limited Edition 3 disc. Does anybody know the info behind this picture where it was taken ? and by who i assume by PSB...

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Thanks for the info Dog i knew that this picture was based on something probably a movie. Shostakovich was a russian symphonic composer and I'm Not Scared being their tribute to symphonic music it fits.

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