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Lleonard Pler wrote:To me, that "Kris Menace Vocal Re-Interpretation" sounds more PSB-ish than the album version. And it's far better, less bland. "She's Madonna" quite deceived me, but the remix is extremely good.

Debussy wrote:The Kris Menace mixes are wikkid! Just tweaked enough to up the energy a little but remain faithful to the original track.

Well they can't be any worse than the ghastly Chris Lake disaster.

! wrote:Yes it's Neil on backing vocals, PSB produced it. That's why it's called Robbie Williams with Pet Shop Boys - She's Madonna

It's hard to know if he was being serious with his question. Neil has been clever enough to squeeze his vocals on most of the songs PSB have remixed or produced for others, let alone a joint single. Off the top of my head:

Cicero
Tina Turner
David Bowie
Madonna
Liza Minnelli
and now the latest being The Killers

hestha1 wrote:

! wrote:Yes it's Neil on backing vocals, PSB produced it. That's why it's called Robbie Williams with Pet Shop Boys - She's Madonna

It's hard to know if he was being serious with his question. Neil has been clever enough to squeeze his vocals on most of the songs PSB have remixed or produced for others, let alone a joint single. Off the top of my head:

Cicero
Tina Turner
David Bowie
Madonna
Liza Minnelli
and now the latest being The Killers

Rammstein

Robbie has gone into rehab today - his 33rd birthday. This doesn't bode too well for promotion of She's Madonna, I would suppose!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6356551.stm

Williams enters rehab on birthday

Pop singer Robbie Williams has been admitted into a rehab clinic in the US on his 33rd birthday, to be treated for a dependency on prescription drugs.

hestha1 wrote:Neil has been clever enough to squeeze his vocals on most of the songs PSB have remixed or produced for others, let alone a joint single. Off the top of my head:

Cicero
Tina Turner
David Bowie
Madonna
Liza Minnelli
and now the latest being The Killers

That's not all. You can also hear Neil on "Nothing Has Been Proved" by Dusty Springfield and "The Crying Game" by Boy George. And we're not counting Bowie.

dVTB wrote:And we're not counting Bowie.

Erm. why on earth are "we" not counting Bowie? I made a quick list off the top of my head of songs that PSB have remixed or produced where Neil has vocals included, and Hallo Spaceboy certainly falls under that category.

joncool5 wrote:

dVTB wrote:Partly true. During the chorus, you can hear Neil singing in the background.
However the spoken part in the middle (Rent, Shopping, Being Boring...) was re-done by Robbie Williams. You don't hear Chris there.

Yep, you do. It seems to me that this version of WTPSB is basically the original PSB version with Robbie's vocals over the top. Very technical!!

Robbie's vocal replaced all of Chris's and most of Neil's. It's really not difficult to work it out, actually....

OMM review of She's Madonna
So hysterical was the chorus of hostility that greeted Rudebox that it might almost have been a dry-run for the persecution of Jade Goody. In fact, Rudebox is Williams's (shouldn't that Williams'?) best album - the first one he's ever made that feels like the work of someone who actually likes music - and this Pet Shop Boys collabaration is the perfect introduction to it. Dumping a less favoured suitor in the wake of a better offer from the Material Girl herself - 'I love you baby, but face it, she's Madonna' - a Robbie (in his dreams, at least) achieves the perfect blend of deference and braggadocio. Shame about the transvestite-themed video, though.
Ben Thompson

She's Madonna enters the Dutch Mega Top 50 at number 43 this week.

In the other chart, the Top 40, it's bubbling in the so-called Tipparade at #1. You could compare that to position #41, waiting to enter the Top 40 next week.

hestha1 wrote:
Robbie's vocal replaced all of Chris's and most of Neil's. It's really not difficult to work it out, actually....

That is basically what I said

GalataPSB wrote:HEAT MAGAZINE

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007080106,00.html

How come no one picked up on the Madge similarities before? (though I've never seen this film)

Also, are the Sun referring to the She's Madonna radio edit or has the album version run into trouble as well?

joncool5 wrote:

hestha1 wrote:
Robbie's vocal replaced all of Chris's and most of Neil's. It's really not difficult to work it out, actually....

That is basically what I said

Yes you did, but I'd already said exactly the same thing some days before, at the bottom of page 29

hestha1 wrote:

catcat wrote:Hello, all,

Another question about Robbie's song "We're the Pet Shop Boys".
Did Neil's voice is kept when singing the chorus "We're the Pet Shop Boys"?
Also, it seems that Chris's voice is also kept during the rapping part in this song:
"Rent, shopping, being boring.... "

Is it true?
Thanks!

Cheers,
Catcat

It seems that Robbie's version is an extended mix of the PSB B-side with new vocals, but some of Neil's bv's remain.

GalataPSB wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007080106,00.html

How come no one picked up on the Madge similarities before? (though I've never seen this film)

Also, are the Sun referring to the She's Madonna radio edit or has the album version run into trouble as well?

Careful, this is a Victoria Newton story. There's probably no truth in it whatsoever.

She's Madonna enters the Dutch Top 40 at #36 this week.
The Mega Top 50 result (currently #43 in that chart) is due in the weekend.

Fugitive1979 wrote:

GalataPSB wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007080106,00.html

How come no one picked up on the Madge similarities before? (though I've never seen this film)

Also, are the Sun referring to the She's Madonna radio edit or has the album version run into trouble as well?

Careful, this is a Victoria Newton story. There's probably no truth in it whatsoever.

Well it's true that you can hear Guy Ritchie's name mentioned in the cod-Italian outro dialogue. I don't know what the libel laws are like - would Guy have had to give permission to be mentioned in a song? It's certainly missing from the single mix.

The 3 formats of the She's Madonna single are already on sale in the Netherlands! Just bought the three of them today at the Free Record Shop!