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#481 Post by psb-freak »

I´ve listened to it 92 times so far. :D More coming
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#482 Post by Fugitive1979 »

No Muscle Mary wrote:I was also thinking that PSB could do a great cover of Hello by The Beloved.
I think it would be great as well.
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#483 Post by Fugitive1979 »

psb-freak wrote:I´ve listened to it 92 times so far. :D More coming
Too much information. :P
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#484 Post by AlfonsoPSB »

Fugitive1979 wrote:
psb-freak wrote:I´ve listened to it 92 times so far. :D More coming
Too much information. :P
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#485 Post by Corina »

No Muscle Mary wrote:I was thinking today, driving away from work after being told they need some of us to take career breaks or reduce our hours in order for the company to survive, that the lyrics of Love, etc are so bang-up-to-date with what's going on.
Everyone was racing around competing with each other for the biggest house, best holidays, best cars, up until the recession hit. Love, etc gives you something to be cheery about - we don't need all that stuff, we just need leeeeerve.
What`s even worse about this crisis is the fact that it has been caused by the human greed, which had been constantly stimulated at all levels over the past few years. No one stopped the rich from trying to expand their profits beyond any limit, by any means, all this while the media (especially the glossy magazines) kept promoting the extravagant, wasteful, careless (as a loan is always at hand) type as the best one could relate to. Actually, not everybody turned extravagant like Paris Hilton (at normal times, she would never have been a model for anyone), but started the materialistic competition that you`re speaking about, and so the love (= friendship, compassion, kindness…) became obsolete values. I only hope that the crisis wouldn`t last for so long, and maybe something good will come from it… sometimes a kick in the butt is actually a step forward!

(And, of course, the Boys were observing all this sh*t while working on "Yes"... "Love etc." is for sure on the "crisis soundtrack" - to cheer us up, indeed!)
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#486 Post by Undertaker »

Love etc is number 19 (up from 37) on the airplay chart. Not bad. Not bad at all....

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Undertaker wrote:Love etc is number 19 (up from 37) on the airplay chart. Not bad. Not bad at all....
Apart from Radio 2, what other radio-stations are playing the song?.

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#488 Post by Undertaker »

No idea. I very rarely listen to the radio but it must be being played on several.

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#489 Post by Patrick Bateman »

Adam and Joe played it on Saturday.

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#490 Post by Blogo »

Undertaker wrote:Love etc is number 19 (up from 37) on the airplay chart. Not bad. Not bad at all....

Thats fantastic news!


Im with Stupid peaked at number 12 in the Airplay chart didn't it?
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#491 Post by karnsculpture »

Corina wrote:

(And, of course, the Boys were observing all this sh*t while working on "Yes"... "Love etc." is for sure on the "crisis soundtrack" - to cheer us up, indeed!)
Don't some of the best Pet Shop Boys albums coincide with economically bleak times in the UK? "Actually" and "Very" spring immediately to mind. Conversely, they have not done so well in times of boom; "Release", "Fundamental"...

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#492 Post by retrofuturist »

I'm wondering whether PSB nicked the title from the excellent (We Are) Performance track, "Sex Etc."

:?:

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#493 Post by Tony Cologne »

I reckon it's their best single since Can You Forgive Her. Absolute stunner!

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#494 Post by Corina »

karnsculpture wrote:
Corina wrote:

(And, of course, the Boys were observing all this sh*t while working on "Yes"... "Love etc." is for sure on the "crisis soundtrack" - to cheer us up, indeed!)
Don't some of the best Pet Shop Boys albums coincide with economically bleak times in the UK? "Actually" and "Very" spring immediately to mind. Conversely, they have not done so well in times of boom; "Release", "Fundamental"...
It looks like they were rather melancholic and / or critical during times of boom. Release and Fundamental may not have been very successful - still I personally find them good albums. Actually, I tend to love (almost) everything PSB does...
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#495 Post by kennym »

Why do i keep on thinking about Simon Cowell when listening to it?

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