Erasure's next hits compilation: Let's Spoil PSB's Big Day!

[Loins Of London]

So Vince Clarke and Andy's solo projects dont count according to your rules!!

It's not a rule imposed by me, but we're talking about PSB and Erasure as a creative partnership. PSB have produced the equivalent of well over 14 albums, Erasure 11. The only reason I'm quoting these stats is because you wrongly claimed that Erasure had produced more material than PSB. You were proved wrong.

Union street is like a remix album then? A remix with a guitar!

Dear God, and still she comes trolling back for more... How are completely new recordings classed as a remix?

So you Really believe Erasure are trying to capitalise from this? Really? It just does not make sense.

Ah, it's only taken you 17 pages of French buttery trolling to ask this question.

[tuff enuff]

@Loins.

Nobody tries(at least I don't) to convince you that Erasure are better than PSB,or that you should like their music but discussing with you is pointless when you manipulate/include/exclude the facts when it suits you.Also,abusing Erasure and their music or call them witty names does not make your POVs more valuable.Obviously it makes you feel good but for a guy with such an overgrown ego like you,it must be hard to swallow that you'll never be more then imaginary friend with David Bowie.

[Loins Of London]

Oh yes, and you once again haven't informed me on what this glamourous working life of yours is.

No, I didn't, did I. What a rotten piece of luck. If you have to ask then you're clearly not worth knowing. Try asking some people on here that have met me or know some of my work.

you manipulate/include/exclude the facts when it suits you.....it must be hard to swallow that you'll never be more then imaginary friend with David Bowie.

Um, imaginary? I never actually stated he was a 'friend' - that would be somewhat presumptious. All I said was that I worked with him, which I did, on and off, for just over five years.

[JSDOUVRES]

Sorry Loins I just dont agree with you. And wasn't the Battleship Potemkin not a PSB but a Tennant/Lowe release or is that OK under your rules? As long as it is done together, it counts as PSB!

Wasn't the question of how many different projects the two groups have been part of something to do with productivity? I didn't realise that if each member worked without the other one it meant they were not being productive! Still creating music arn't they? But let's be realistic, an artist is judged on their own studio albums, surely? And Erasure have released 11 to 9 from PSB to this point. And songs for other people are not Pet Shop Boys projects are they? They are often written specifically for somebody else so they are Tennant/ Lowe compositions not PSB. Sorry if that doesnt work well within your "rules and regulations" but I can make stupid ones up also.
And the only person you are proving something to is yourself!

And seems you are trolling back too, So a new recording of an old song suddenly becomes a new song? Strange one that. Acoustic songs need to be re-recorded anyway don't they so that the vocal works with guitar. They are old songs done in a different way! They didn't go into the studio to write these songs, they went into the studio to change them, by making them acoustic or in a country and western style so effectivly remixing them. If you don't agree then fine but don't use your word as fact!

And I am not French you journalist or whatever creature you are or claim to be! If you are a journalist please give links to your work, must be some on line isn't there? Oh and a review from play.com or whatever does not count!

And the last question was quite obviously not for you, I just tried staying on topic for once but I can quite understand why you'd try to avoid that nonsense!

[tuff enuff]

Um, imaginary? I never actually stated he was a 'friend' - that was be somewhat presumptious. All I said was that I worked with him, which I did, on and off, for just over five years.

Yeah right You carried his bags once when he thought you're the hotel lackey because you accidentally stood by the hotel entrance he stayed at.Nice,you've also got 1 pound as a tip then.It's still hanging framed above your bed. OK,let it be,you've "worked with" David Bowie

[Loins Of London]

And wasn't the Battleship Potemkin not a PSB but a Tennant/Lowe release or is that OK under your rules? As long as it is done together, it counts as PSB!

Although it was a Tennant/Lowe release by EMI Classics it says on the sticker Performed by Pet Shop Boys, blah blah blah. Wow, you're really being the Gallic pedant tonight. The tracks were written by the creative partnership I mentioned earlier, so it does indeed count as an example of work by the duo. However, it's a largely instrumental score for an obscure black and white film from the '20s so excuse all concerned if it didn't hit the top ten like every other PSB studio album.

So a new recording of an old song suddenly becomes a new song? Strange one that. Acoustic songs need to be re-recorded anyway don't they so that the vocal works with guitar. They are old songs done in a different way! They didn't go into the studio to write these songs, they went into the studio to change them, by making them acoustic or in a country and western style so effectivly remixing them.

No, I said they were new recordings. An album full of new recordings could be regarded by some as studio album. Are you having trouble with your eyesight now, my love?

And I am not French

OK Stanlow.

[pulse]

Oh yes, and you once again haven't informed me on what this glamourous working life of yours is.

No, I didn't, did I. What a rotten piece of luck. If you have to ask then you're clearly not worth knowing. Try asking some people on here that have met me or know some of my work.

You think you're so high level that you ask others to tell me what you do? What kind of delusional, self-important joke are you? ...Oh, this just in...

Someone just informed me - you're a professional panjandrum.

[pulse]

psb on the other hand are perfectionists

Shedloads More, how does that explain Fundamental? And various non-album tracks? <Disco 2 playing in background>

Also, to christen your new name, you've still to inform me how much "shedloads more" copies will be due to this Brit. Perhaps you should go back to other bands and do some non-lazy research to find out how much bigger a sales force they are due to this award.

There are moments on that album that rival psb at their very best, casanova in hell, numb and luna park to name but three.

Yes, Shedloads More, "Luna Park" was great, but one balloon won't save a sinking ship. A piece of terd with a Brit sticker on it is, what? Oh, still, a piece of terd.

[Loins Of London]

You think you're so high level that you ask others to tell me what you do?

I wouldn't dream of wasting my time asking them to help you out. I told you to ask them.

I must admit, you do have one advantage over me, in that I'm not interested in knowing who you are.

you're a professional panjandrum

Would you like mango chutney with that?

[skyhigh]

Yes, Shedloads More, "Luna Park" was great, but one balloon won't save a sinking ship. A piece of terd with a Brit sticker on it is, what? Oh, still, a piece of terd.

I imagine the reason for all you erasure fans posting on this forum is that you're all quite upset that it isnt erasures 'song?' collection that has a Brit sticker on it. You know what would be funny? If bell-end and the other one heard a rumour that a popular duo were to get a brit and they stupidly thought itd be them. Maybe thats why the dates were changed. Egg on face time!! How silly of them.

Pulse, would a real psb fan expect their new album to be a 'piece of terd'? I dont think you like PSB, which begs the question why you are even posting on here in the first place?

[Undertaker]

Yes, Shedloads More, "Luna Park" was great, but one balloon won't save a sinking ship. A piece of terd with a Brit sticker on it is, what? Oh, still, a piece of terd.

I imagine the reason for all you erasure fans posting on this forum is that you're all quite upset that it isnt erasures 'song?' collection that has a Brit sticker on it. You know what would be funny? If bell-end and the other one heard a rumour that a popular duo were to get a brit and they stupidly thought itd be them. Maybe thats why the dates were changed. Egg on face time!! How silly of them.

Pulse, would a real psb fan expect their new album to be a 'piece of terd'? I dont think you like PSB, which begs the question why you are even posting on here in the first place?

I think all of our suspicions have finally been proved correct with his last post. It's a shame some haven't got anything better to do than troll a forum to post the remarks quoted above.

[Panbaams]

And wasn't the Battleship Potemkin not a PSB but a Tennant/Lowe release or is that OK under your rules? As long as it is done together, it counts as PSB!

Although it was a Tennant/Lowe release by EMI Classics it says on the sticker Performed by Pet Shop Boys, blah blah blah. Wow, you're really being the Gallic pedant tonight. The tracks were written by the creative partnership I mentioned earlier, so it does indeed count as an example of work by the duo. However, it's a largely instrumental score for an obscure black and white film from the '20s so excuse all concerned if it didn't hit the top ten like every other PSB studio album.

The issue of Literally that followed the release of BP confirmed this. Although "Tennant/Lowe" is given prominence on the cover for form's sake (in common with other EMI Classics covers, apparently, where the composer of a piece is given the main credit rather than the orchestra performing it), it was in every sense a new Pet Shop Boys album.

Or, if you want to be pedantic, a new "Pet Shop Boys with Dresdner Sinfoniker" album.

[Loins Of London]

I love it that apparently the PSB always release stuff in "very busy periods!" Wasn't this crap started because Erasure got a top 4 hit with Breathe in 2004 which was apparently only due to being released in the "quietest week of the year!"

I have to say that if people really believe that the PSB are the geniuses they are, then why on earth would they apparently release stuff in such busy periods? Doesn't really make sense that. I suppose that they do that to "test" themselves against the best! Either that or a poor market strategy. Nahh must be the "test"!

Your friend Pulse admitted just a page or so ago that Erasure deliberately release stuff in the quiet 'cheat' time straight after Xmas, eschewing sales for an artificial chart position. Whereas, as I helpfully pointed out, Miracles and I'm with stupid, for instance, were both genuine top ten hits in busy periods, in fact had Miracles been released at any other time of you it would have been top three. The same applies to Fundamental, Bilingual, Nightlife and Release.

Is remixing a song or being executive director to an album really contributing to a big hit? Wasn't the Robbie album a bit of a flop?

You may not be aware of this, but if you are bright enough to see past the spin and personal agendas, you will find that Rudebox sold way more than Take That's big hyped-to-death comeback album of the same period, Beautiful World, in every country outside Britain. Indeed, its total global sales are at 5.5 million, well over 2m more than TT. Rudebox was a No.1 album in 14 countries, including, by the way, the UK. The 18th best selling album of 2006 worldwide, and outside the US, it was 2006's best selling album by a solo artist. Not bad for a 'flop', eh? Next...

And this whole "Bell-end and Baldie" thing... it plays into the stereotype of "certain industry people" (you still haven't told me exactly what you do, other than constantly talk about how important/high level/celebrity-interwoven you are). One can easily call the other duo "Ass-end and Almost Baldie"

So you're finally admitting there are large swathes of the music and media industry that view Erasure in uncomplimentary terms?

As for the monikers you thoughtfully assisted with, Neil Ass-End doesn't seem quite right somehow, whereas Bell-End by name, Bell-End by nature eh?

BP was a PSB album full of new, specially composed material that took over 18 months to put together

*That* took 18 months?

And if anyone was in any doubt as to the trolling vengeful reason why Pulse posts on this Pet Shop Board then I think this pretty much confirms everything we suspected. The troll from the hole. Isn't there a packet of butter you could be making friends with instead?

[JSDOUVRES]

So if you release singles at a certain time it means you have an artificial chart position? WTF!!!!
Sorry but surely if there was really an artificial chart(!!) then wouldn't more acts act upon it? Please tell me the (your) rules and regulations regarding chart placings. I suppose every Erasure hit single or album falls into this catogory. Too predictable... And wasn't Drunk released just after Christmas? Got to a fake number 8 didn't it?

Since no single person can have an effect on who releases what and when then I would say that all that stuff about false chart placings is just another shallow attempt to have a go at a group you do not like.

And I didn't realise that if you also like Erasure then you do not have the right to post on this forum. Sorry to dissapoint but it is a free world you know. Maybe you should start up your own forum as your self made "rules and regulations" could be put into effect there. You could spend as much time there sucking up to your other Erasure hating buddies and opening up topics about how Erasure's 5 number 1 albums were all released in quiet periods making them "fake" number 1's. That's a good idea.

[Posh Boy]

And if anyone was in any doubt as to the trolling vengeful reason why Pulse posts on this Pet Shop Board then I think this pretty much confirms everything we suspected. The troll from the hole. Isn't there a packet of butter you could be making friends with instead?

Yes. So please stop feeding the troll(s). Erasure good, Erasure bad, who cares? I love PSB!