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The Pets and Erasure are ultimately both EMI acts at the end of the day. If EMI think they can promote Erasure by scheduling their new greatest hits album around the time of the Pets' Outstanding Contribution Brit then so be it. EMI's ultimate objective is always going to be to make money. We all know how often the Pets' own release dates have been altered by EMI. Who knows, maybe Erasure's album release date will eventually be pushed back by a few weeks anyway! This is EMI we are talking about, after all.

Loins Of London wrote:Whereas the PSB mix of Sorry she preferred to her original version. She even used it on her tour, in fact. I bet Andy was ripping his green leotard to shreds from the cheap seats as soon as he heard Neil's dulcet tones that night.

skyhigh wrote:jsdouvres just managed 6 paragraphs without saying anything other than the fact that erasure have had 5 top albums.

Nothing more needs to be said!

JSDOUVRES wrote:
Nothing more needs to be said!

Which, ladies and gentlemen, coincidentally and succinctly sums up Erasure's career, post-1994.

How does the PSB award promote Erasure's new greatest hits? Are PSB doing a cover of Erasure at the awards or something?

lucienchardon wrote:How does the PSB award promote Erasure's new greatest hits?

It may confuse stupid people.

*resists joke about Erasure fans*

To me Erasure seem tacky and the first time I came across them I thought "oh my god, a pop group gayer than the Pet Shop Boys" ahem *the video ...love to hate you*

Paddymacall wrote:To me Erasure seem tacky

Oh, come on. Even Barbra Streisand would have copied the bingo and bare buttocks highlight of Erasure's 1992 dates had she been able to tour then.

is it true that Andy was diagnosed with HIV+?

Loins Of London wrote:

pulse wrote:
I guess 15 top 30 hits (16 top 40's) from 1994 and on is nothing of note.

And how many of them can the man in the street remember? Er...

Do tell, mouthpiece for man on street. Glad to see you've been appointed ambassador to all things non-PSB.

I hate to say it, but anyone who thinks Erasure have any say whatsoever in when a greatest hits album is going to be released is just showing their nascent intelligence. Suffice to say, Vince and Andy probably would be lucky to have 10% of that clout at EMI.

Also, I don't think anyone here should try and detract from PSB's big day - it's a well-deserved award and I won't get dragged into mudslinging. Obviously, I think Easure's songwriting, sound, and singing are better than PSB's, but this award for them is amazing and really is well-deserved - they are one of the greatest pop groups to have ever been around by far.

I think Easure's songwriting, sound, and singing are better than PSB's

No, don't agree with you there.

I have heard Erasure being played on the radio a lot more than the PSB's locally and in my time

I generally hear a Pet Shop boys song on the radio, roughly once a week, where I come from.

Paddymacall wrote:I generally hear a Pet Shop boys song on the radio, roughly once a week, where I come from.

I'm assuming that's despite, or people because of, the dodgy Ulster-ish accent in C2H.

Technotrancemix wrote:I have heard Erasure being played on the radio a lot more than the PSB's locally

Oh, and I just knew there is a good reason why the only thing Leicester is famous for is cheese.

Loins Of London wrote:Oh, and I just knew there is a good reason why the only thing Leicester is famous for is cheese.

nothing to be ashamed of