I know yesterday (13th March) was the first time a new PSB track had been played in ages, but (as per the long standing forum rules) in future all public requests for copies of any new track, PSB or otherwise, will be deleted and/or threads containing requests closed. We will officially...
Dave has been posting some old demos on YouTube (and some lockdown live stuff)
Here’s his demo of the biggest hit, Love Is Everywhere
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The bagpipes were terrible, but everything else was great. That Loving Feeling is a masterpiece, and Live For Today breaks my heart. Cicero has been shy to come back into the limelight, but now he's doing it, it's great to see him.
I recommend following him on Twitter ( and Facebook (
It Couldn’t Happen Here finally gets a DVD and Blu-ray release in June 2020
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They were done by the same person, Jack Bond
Oh..of course it was directed by Jack Bond, because all the stuff included was taken from his movie, all those shots were directed by him..but are you sure he was the editor of the music-video too?? 8)
Having re-read Literally and Versus America for the first time since their initial release, it’s interesting viewing them through the prism of 30 years. A few things I’ve noticed:
Chris was much more of a raver than I remembered.
How can you expect to be taken seriously?? Is so obviously about Bros, especially when they talk...
I know it's a difficult question, really difficult. Because Neil and Chris are not young boys any longer. But I think PSB should try to surprise with a new sound for the new album. Something really different even in a conceptual way. Of course, they are PSB but I see they feel too much confortable...
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I have always wanted a PSB hip hop album. A nod to their early stuff but with a modern hip hop flavour. I think their take on that could be a lot of fun.
Lynsey Hanley on the Pet Shop Boys and how a music duo that has always refused to play the pop game just keeps winning.
Originally tweeted from official PSB account.
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And a great quote from the associated online article here:
The Pet Shop Boys are the ultimate pop act for thinkers and feelers: for those who do both a bit too much, who make excessively romantic demands of life, and risk exhaustion in doing so.
I'll be the first one to say it, they should remaster the music videos!!
It's a new trend now, remastering music videos particularly from the 80's.
Elton and A-Ha have done this to promote their live tours. PSB could do the same.
They're put onto Youtube. Brilliantly they can replace the existing...
Links:
Original SD version:
HD recreation:
HD Trailer:
Through March and April, my COVID project was to finally properly sync the PSB score to Battleship Potemkin to the film. As you may know, the CD version contained edits of Comrades, and Men and Maggots (cut down to roughly half it's actual...
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Thanks for sharing, coufy! I remember downloading a documentary with a bit of that recording, which I couldn't watch without subtitles, but that is perfection! Always thought it was so visually arresting.
Neil's interesting interview on the Guardian Web site today contained some references to the new album. I was surprised at how willing he was to drop in tidbits about that as I was under the impression that we were still very much between albums, but it seems clear that this has now progressed. I...
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I was thinking that, although Hotspot as a title didn't click for me, now it's almost visionary as there are coronavirus hotspots all over the world. Even bland lyrics like Dreamland or I don't wanna have taken new meaning now. :shock: :shock:
Hey yeah I mentioned somewhere that Hotspot is like...
I think PSB has plans for a new Disco album and the next year they need one to promote the concerts, so I think they are going to use a fith single. Probably a new version of one song of Hotspot. Which one do you think they should choose?.
Was doing some spring cleaning the other day and ran across an old pic I had with Neil/Chris when they were in Dallas for Nightlight tour in very early 2000's. I was in upper 20's at the time and brought back memories of that crazy night after the show - does anyone else have similar stories of...
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I was fortunate to meet and chat with Chris after the first performance at the Savoy in 1997 (at the stage door afterwards) I was utterly star struck but I had enough presence to talk about football and Arsenal mainly and keep the chat away from music and fandom.. In return he was totally charming...
I see Introspective as a stand-alone fantastic album, with close to 5 million sales , their best selling album, and not some outcast from Actually, as much as I love that album, and I know Neil and Chris feel the same, because they have said so. But each to their own.
The PSB account has taken the 4 performances of Neil and Chris on this TV show. I know there is a Youtube thread but I think it's the first time we can watch the 4 performances all together and talking about them. I love it. You know it's like PSB being rock stars. I love the spectacularity of it...
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Great and strange but there is a recurring theme for all four videos
- perhaps told that the decorators are in when performing 'Opportunities' I don't think paint splatters on the artist's designer clothes would be a good idea. Neil then realises they are using gloss rather than matt for the...
How cool are these. Also stuff for Depeche Mode and Duran Duran etc.
I think the Liberation one is my favourite.
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Go West is the best one.
Libération is beautiful, but I would have preferred a version with Neil on one side and Chris on the other.
There are no connecting rotation lines, only two point to match: top head and neck/throat
Looking forward to Hotspot next month, and wanted to provide an early Xmas present to help fill in the time gap!
I'm 100% confident these tracks won't see the light of day in any type of release, as 1997 was still pre-smart phone and unlikely a high quality soundboard mix exists anywhere.
Quality...
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Thank you. I've never heard It's Unusual, sounds very much like a Bilingual era song, baseline is very similar to Single Bilingual.
Before people start moaning about why this video is not part of the Youtube thread, I want to say I really believe this review deserves its own thread.
First of all, it came from a non PSB fan but he has been listening the whole discography from PSB (all the studio albums, one after another)....
So gutted that Glastonbury won't be happening this year, especially as the boys would have been just amazing. To alleviate the lockdown blues, my partner and I decided to put a podcast together celebrating all things PSB. It's specifically aimed at families and to introduce Neil...
It's not my style to complain on social media about a seller. I try to solve it directly with the company in question. However, I now feel that I should share this experience, as a warning.
Timeline:
On April 1st, I order items with a value of 171,18 euro. Annually, I don't wanna, Monkey Business...
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Wow, posting in the forum must be good luck because Annually finally arrived today (after I had posted a couple days ago).
It shows PostNL as the courier with a shipment date of 4/17.....it arrived at the post office on 6/21 so over 60 days! :grumble:
The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to rate the songs from My Beautiful Laundrette (aside from the previously rated No Boundaries ) as well as the most recent Pet Shop Boys single b-side, New Boy, on my usual 0 to 10 scale as they compare to all...
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No, I didnt know you could do that. Might check it out but would still want my own list offline too.
There is the function to export lists from Discogs in Excel/csv format.
(I am no affiliated with Discogs or any of its ancillaries)
I signed up so will def give this a try. Thanks all for the...
Neil has dug up old cassettes from various studio sessions and posted a pic.
Now, is there anything of interest here? Some monitor mixes of Performance and a few session mixes from the 80's. Anything that sheds any light on songs/tracks/mixes?
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Interesting to note that the Opportunity cassette has artwork on the inlay - it looks like it's styled as a U.S. bank note with Neil and Chris in the center - next to them on the left would be one of the seals of the note.
On closer inspection, thats the same/similar picture as used on the...
Help!, another new Nickname's poll. Children and women first.
The 2 big PSB's album. Maybe Behaviour and Very have their options too but, I think for general public, these two albums represent the most influential and successful era of PSB. So, choose the best one.
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Both albums are great, but Introspective gets my vote every time. My favourite track is still I want a dog 8)
I really like this track too Andie. I think it is sweet! :D
Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current Rating Project survey, in which I'm asking you to rate the previously unreleased songs from My Beautiful Laundrette as well as the recent b-side New Boy on a scale of 0 to 10 as they compare to all other Pet Shop Boys/Tennant-Lowe...
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Oh, I thought it was biweekly. I got to hurry, then.
EDIT: Now I've heard them through once more, and I've casted my votes. Thanks for waiting:)
(I'm not particulary impressed by these songs. I find only Angelig thug to be (slighty) above PSB-average. The rest of them are below.)
It is great that this arise after 30 years! It is not a fake taken from the Performance DVD, it has the This must be the place bit after Losing my mind and the mix is clearly different, including the audience sound (very nice sound indeed!). It is a pity that it is not completed. I´m still looking...
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Very nice rare stuff with perfect Sound. Love The old sounding Instruments and Computer Programmed audios
Wow, can't keep my ears off them. Those remixes on the 12'' of I don't wanna are amazing. I don't really listen to them as individual tracks, more like one long remix. When the cowbell sets in after three minutes.... Feels like a perfect merge of the 80's and the 20's. Amazing that something that a...
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He's 21 now, to be frank.
But yeah, they were amazing two months ago as well. You know, when they actually came out.
I'm relieved he's 21. If he were still 17 I might have to give him a clip round the lughole for being a clever-dick
The from Lake Geneva from the Finland Station lyric from West End Girls was discussed by some professor in a new feature on the Dermot O'Leary show on Radio 2 this afternoon. Then West End Girls was played.
It is great that this arise after 30 years! It is not a fake taken from the Performance DVD, it has the This must be the place bit after Losing my mind and the mix is clearly different, including the audience sound (very nice sound indeed!). It is a pity that it is not completed. I´m still looking...
Hey there! I've just launched my first PSB survey in nearly three months: a new Rating Project poll in which I'm asking you to rate the most recently released Tennant-Lowe songs -- the previously unreleased tracks from My Beautiful Laundrett e plus the single b-side New Boy -- on a scale of 0 to 10...
Here's the sequel of this long forgotten thread.
This is a hypothetical box set idea covering the album Actually . The first thread dealt with the Bobby 'O' and Please eras. It's just a list of everything officially released which they would be most kind to expand on once we get these reissues....
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On the 12” Remix it says additional keyboards by Adrien Cook. So maybe that’s the difference.
Has anyone been following the Guardian's 100 Greatest UK No.1's?
We're down to the final 5 this week (1 per weekday), and still no PSB.
There are rules and an artist can only appear once in the list. I'd be stunned if one of West End girls, It's a Sin, Always on my mind, or Heart were overlooked in this.
My money is...
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WOW ! am so thrilled and proud as a fan :mrgreen:
Human League's Dont you want me sounds soo good even today! but i always felt it needed another verse? donno why..
I agree - I am well chuffed about it too Shopper. :D For some reason I have never been keen on Human League's Don't you want...
Pet Shop Boys choreographer Lynne Page has made a tutorial video for the Monkey business dance. Neil and Chris invite you to learn the moves and then make your own video of you doing the dance! Post it online using the hashtag #MonkeyBusinessDance.
The tutorial:
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A new MK video routine (with the origintal MB in the background):
Probably many of you know that but I didn't know it. Even being a hardcore fan of PSB.
I didn't know Bobby created this song in 1985 for his album: Bobby O and his Banana Republic. The song is Mixed Up World . When you listen to this song you can hear how much it sounds like West End Girls. In...
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Bobby O has done some blatant plagiarism in the past. I bought a Divine album a few weeks ago and there's the I Feel Love ripoff Shoot Your Shot, but I didn't know about Love Reaction which is just Blue Monday. When I heard it, I just had to laugh. It's great stuff, mind you. Anyway, in that light...
Years and years (ago)...around the time of Nightlife onwards, I used to meet up with other fans and go to various events... or just chat about the boys, in person (not online!)
Things I remember:
Going to a one off event at a venue in North London (maybe something to do with Home & Dry?)
Going...
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the day after the final ROH performance in 2017
Pardon, was that 2016 or 2018? ROH performances were in those years but not in 2017.
(In 2017 was RAH, and only one :D ).
Not sure if it is just me or not but, these seem like a very long time ago now. I am losing track of all time. :?
Neil is interviewed in The Guardian after the triumphant best nr 1 achievement.
We recorded three other songs in an hour and a half , he says about what followed immediately after the '84 recording of West End girls. Which three?
There is also mentioning of the very first version of West End girls, the one done in...
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On the About CD, Neil mentions on their return from NYC, he played Opportunities & Pet Shop Boys to his chums in Smash Hits. but was too embarrassed to play West End Girls
The next chap, David Bostock says he loved One More Chance
What an amazing re-record. It's just so lush and content - new material like this would suit them
West End Girls - Lockdown Version
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I just noticed, its interesting they left off the patented PSB pad they put on most songs. its got a sort of light analogy pad but not the usual glorious string pad they put on everything. 😊
Further to Neil choosing Flames of Love by Fancy in Literally recently, it is interesting to learn that the Boys appeared in 2010 on this Fancy compilation / celebration
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Those last 52 seconds are really Kylie's fault..... :D
Hi,
I think this must have surfaced before, but I haven't found the answer to this. So here I go:
In chronological order, Jealousy is supposed to be the fourth single from Behaviour (right after Where the streets / Seriously ). It appears this way on compilations that list the songs in...
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They obviously struggled with the follow up to Being boring and its lowly chart position. I also remember Nervously being announced as the next single at one point in the Smash Hits news pages.
In light of recent government advice in relation to the ongoing situation and threat of COVID-19 globally, Pet Shop Boys’ Dreamworld tour can no longer commence as planned in May 2020 and the dates are being rescheduled. The European leg of the tour was...
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my Newcastle concert should have been tonight now I am going to have to wait almost a year until I see them now
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