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kdpsb · #136 Post by **kdpsb** » Sat 11 Nov 2006, 5:45 pm

fluffmoln wrote:Sorry Gardner and congrats Oznerol: On my copy there's subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Portuguese. The PAL one, that is.

Please, could you tell me which one comes with spanish subtitles, the PAL 2 Region, or the PAL 0 Region???

kdpsb · #137 Post by **kdpsb** » Sat 11 Nov 2006, 5:48 pm

TheGardner wrote:
Oznerol wrote:Please, any info about spanish subtitles on the PAL or NTSC release??
seen it now in the last three hours and what can I say - brilliant!

Subtitles in:
- english
- spanish
- german
- portugese
- italiano
- french
- dutch

this means the DVD will be selled worldwide and also in Argentina and Brazil!

Gardner, your DVD is PAL too??, which region: 2 Region or 0 Region???
because in www.cd-wow.com are selling these different regions and I want to buy it there.
Thanks.
Kathy

Dipso · #138 Post by **Dipso** » Sun 12 Nov 2006, 6:58 am

Technotrancemix wrote:
dgraysn wrote:hope the Boys work with jake shears and Scissor Sisters again.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO , NO...!

In today's Observer Music Monthly, Jake Shears suggests to Elton John that the Scissor Sisters, EJ and the Pets should play (and organise?) a Gay Pride show in Moscow:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/stor ... 93,00.html

EJ: You suggested that yourselves, the Pet Shop Boys and myself should play a Gay Pride concert in Russia. I think that's a great idea 'cause in [former Soviet Bloc] countries such as Poland, Latvia and Russia there is a huge anti-gay movement and a lot of it is started by the church.

JS: Yeah, it's very important to do something like that because you've got the opportunity, being who you are. You can go into a place like [Russia] and at least put the point across that [we are] paying attention to what is going on right now and we're watching.

Phillip · #139 Post by **Phillip** » Sun 12 Nov 2006, 7:28 pm

Just watched it again (3rd time) mainly to show girlfriend. Watching it is like drawing a line under their lives as if to say "well that's all folks...for now". Girlfriend fell asleep after about 1 hour,

after being nudged by me whoke up, but went off to sleep again at 1 hour 15 minutes

You can't convert the Kylie fans it seems. (Cat sleept through the whole thing, but it does nomally put in up to 20 hours a day of sleep).

Eldritch · #140 Post by **Eldritch** » Sun 12 Nov 2006, 7:32 pm

I watched Life In Pop last night and must say that I was rather disappointed.Since I'm a fan it's of course entertaining viewing, but as a documentary it's very lazy. There are loads of people who could have been interviewed too: Neil's editor in Smash Hits, Bobby O, Stephen Hague, Mark Farrow, Tom Watkins, Jonathan Harvey etc etc. All of which would have been much more interesting than Brandon Flowers, Jake Shears and Tim Rice-Oxley wittering on endlessly how big fans they are of the group; one or two quotes from each would have been enough.

But what's even worse, the documentary doesn't really place PSB in any kind of cultural context. It fails to point out PSB's place both in pop and in culture in general. If you knew nothing about PSB before viewing the doc, you would be pretty nonplussed as to exactly why they were important anddifferent to the other pop bands of their era. Sure, you hear several times how great songwriters they are, but then again, everybody says that in every hagiographic music documentary. There's also no dramatic arc in the doc - it goes chronologically on and on without really zooming in on anything.

Actually · #141 Post by **Actually** » Sun 12 Nov 2006, 9:47 pm

It would have been nice to have heard from Neil & Chris' parents, brothers & sisters.

Fugitive1979 · #142 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Mon 13 Nov 2006, 12:50 am

Fugitive1979 wrote:Excellent DVD! Mine also appears to jump during the piece about Being Boring so it must be a general glitch. However, I am also having great trouble getting the extras to play. It played first time round but now it doesn't play at all. Anyone else with similar problems?

It plays fine on my brothers ps2!

fluffmoln · #143 Post by **fluffmoln** » Mon 13 Nov 2006, 1:17 am

kdpsb wrote:
fluffmoln wrote:Sorry Gardner and congrats Oznerol: On my copy there's subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Portuguese. The PAL one, that is.
Please, could you tell me which one comes with spanish subtitles, the PAL 2 Region, or the PAL 0 Region???

The PAL 0 region is the one I have, and it has spanish subs.

lucienchardon · #144 Post by **lucienchardon** » Mon 13 Nov 2006, 3:31 pm

I finally got 'A Life in Pop' this weekend and watched it twice. A great documentary and one of the best PSB dvd releases imo. It's great to hear a new(er) generation of singers/ songwriters talk about PSB and how they've been influenced by them. It's also got some really interesting bits like the early demo called "A man on the television" or something like that, and the dj talking about how Nirvana changed radio in the U.S. and meant that groups like PSB were no longer played. Dr. Wayne Studer is great too! When you watch the documentary you really get a sense that PSB have managed to maintain creative control of everything they do. They've both made such a little go a very long way!

That West End girls performance from 1984 is priceless.

kdpsb · #145 Post by **kdpsb** » Tue 14 Nov 2006, 10:36 pm

fluffmoln wrote:
kdpsb wrote:
fluffmoln wrote:Sorry Gardner and congrats Oznerol: On my copy there's subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Portuguese. The PAL one, that is.
Please, could you tell me which one comes with spanish subtitles, the PAL 2 Region, or the PAL 0 Region???
The PAL 0 region is the one I have, and it has spanish subs.

Great!!, thanks for the info
Kathy

EricMontreal22 · Wed 15 Nov 2006, 11:06 am

Phillip wrote: You can't convert the Kylie fans it seems. (Cat sleept through the whole thing, but it does nomally put in up to 20 hours a day of sleep).

I beg to differ

But I do knwo the annoyance of showing someone a DVD you want their reaction to only to look over half way through and seeing them fast asleep

Actually · #147 Post by **Actually** » Wed 15 Nov 2006, 12:35 pm

I just love the Wogan footage of Losing my mind. Classic interview & a great performance. I loved the set up of the two master keyboards with both Neil & Chris playing (miming??) and the powerhouse for their music standing behind them. What a rig.
Love the excerpt when Neil says " You have to respond to machines i'm afraid".
It was just nice to show off all that machinery in the performance. Very electo, Very Pet Shop Boys.
OH, & Liza is a legend!

lucienchardon · #148 Post by **lucienchardon** » Sun 19 Nov 2006, 10:27 pm

The footage from the 1989 tour looks great. I love the 'Left to my own devices' bit. They should release the whole 1989 tour on dvd with Highlights and Projections as extras.

Flaffer · #149 Post by **Flaffer** » Mon 20 Nov 2006, 9:15 am

lucienchardon wrote:The footage from the 1989 tour looks great. I love the 'Left to my own devices' bit. They should release the whole 1989 tour on dvd with Highlights and Projections as extras.

surely Highlights would be included as part of the show, agree with you bout the footage looking great, makes me wonder if it has already been remastered and treated ready for a release

rabagast · #150 Post by **rabagast** » Mon 20 Nov 2006, 1:12 pm

lucienchardon wrote:The footage from the 1989 tour looks great. I love the 'Left to my own devices' bit.

I'm forever puzzled by the fact that the 89 footage didn't pass PSB's quality control, whereas Montage did...

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