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From the official site:

Rufus and Neil - 9 August 2006

For the past week, Neil has been in Berlin and has been working as consultant producer on Rufus Wainwright's new album.

Pet Shop Boys first met Rufus Wainwright in 2000 when they both perfomed at the Human Rights Concert in Washington DC and have remained in touch since. Rufus sang "Casanova in Hell" at the Mermaid Theatre concert in May and this version will appear on the live "Concert" album in September. He is producing his new album himself but earlier this year asked Neil if he would help to oversee the production. The album is due for release early in 2007.

Related link: Rufus Wainwright OS

How intriguing!

Another album worth buying then. And is this what PSB are going to be doing when they stop writing themselves do we think?

Even though I hope their music plays forever.

interesting little nugget here, thanks!

So basically Neil is choosing which restaurant they adjourn to each day.

Being boring wrote:How intriguing!

Another album worth buying then. And is this what PSB are going to be doing when they stop writing themselves do we think?

Even though I hope their music plays forever.

What makes you think PSB will stop writing soon? The boys still knock out great songs and if they ever decide to stop with the band Pet Shop Boys, I think they will continue as writers and producers for other artists.

I'm curious how Neil's influence will sound.

Pffft. Instead of writing for someone else, I wish they'd write for themselves and drop a 'nice' PSB album for us fans (after the Tours etc)... rather than have to wait for a while. Now,* that* would have been a nice treat. Not overly bothered by Rufus (whose version of Casanova was pretty crap as well).

He'll probably sneak in some of his vocals again no doubt

Darkmoon wrote:He'll probably sneak in some of his vocals again no doubt

David Bowie and Madonna both said they were surprised to find his vocals in their mixes.

Darkmoon wrote:He'll probably sneak in some of his vocals again no doubt

Hehehehe I wouldn't be surprised either. It's very Neil !

Jareth wrote: David Bowie and Madonna both said they were surprised to find his vocals in their mixes.

Dunno about Madonna, but I heard a different story about Bowie. I think Neil sang this second verse as a suggestion to Bowie. Since Hello Spaceboy had only one verse, Neil created a second one, sang the guide vocal and sent it to Bowie. Apparently Bowie liked it so much that the song ended up becoming a duet.

I read somewhere that Bowie wasn't happy with Neil adding his vocal.

He wasn't - it said in Literally that he headed straight to the studio to have a listen!

From Geowayne's site:

Bowie was reportedly rather concerned at first about this interpolation, but then agreed that it worked well after all. (In a radio interview at the time, Bowie apparently said that he loved what the Boys had done to his song, although when he first heard the second verse, he felt that Neil had shown some "nerve" to "chop up" his lyrics and then sing them himself.)

funny story there about Bowie. Neil had SOME nerve, huh?

and I guess Madonna likes it enough to use Neil's vocals on Sorry in her concerts.

That's good news!

This is the reason that weonly get a new album every 4 years now! neil is going to soon be to pop music what Dre is to Hip Hop!