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by TwizzleUK
Sat 23 Mar 2024, 8:15 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 159
Views: 8628

Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

You are correct, it is rather confusing, I just checked the 12" version on Further Listening which didn't seem to have it. Then there's a longer version which has a the track mixed in with extra instruments (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unY8bdrbK7I four minutes in) And there's Opportunities...
by TwizzleUK
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 12:48 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 159
Views: 8628

Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

On Suburbia: I rather prefer the laid back version of the album over the single version. Tonight is Forever: I fell in love with the track at the Salford gig in 2012. It's magic. What I find interesting with this song is its intro: I always hear the 'marimba-ish' in a certain rhythm, but when the d...
by TwizzleUK
Sun 17 Mar 2024, 10:22 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Single or album version preferences
Replies: 14
Views: 1044

Re: Single or album version preferences

daveid wrote: Sun 17 Mar 2024, 9:58 am I would only compare versions that are substantially different, not just edits or slight remixes
For the purposes of this, I'm interested in whether people prefer those edits or slight remixes as well - hence my (almost) full list above.
by TwizzleUK
Sat 16 Mar 2024, 10:53 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Single or album version preferences
Replies: 14
Views: 1044

Single or album version preferences

Many of PSB's singles mixes are different to their parent album versions. I'm interested to know which versions you guys prefer. My list below (with my preferences stated) excludes singles that were exactly the same as the album versions, plus a couple with hardly any differences (2nd version of 'Op...
by TwizzleUK
Sun 10 Mar 2024, 9:44 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Your Instant Classics
Replies: 66
Views: 5425

Re: Your Instant Classics

Hotspot: Hoping for a M Hoping For A Miracle I'm glad a few people said Miracle because it gives me an excuse to ask without starting a new thread: What the heck is the robotic voice saying at 8 seconds? Love the song, as bleak as it is - but this has always been a mystery to me! If you mean the qu...
by TwizzleUK
Wed 06 Mar 2024, 4:14 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Wilderness years?
Replies: 66
Views: 7081

Re: Wilderness years?

It wouldn't surprise me if Neil's just had a bad chest infection. There's been a lot of colds and viruses going round the UK since the autumn. I've had three in this time - the latest of which caused me to lose my voice and sound croaky just like Neil does now as I was recovering. Took weeks gettin...
by TwizzleUK
Tue 05 Mar 2024, 11:35 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New album Nonetheless
Replies: 361
Views: 37237

Re: New album Nonetheless

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by TwizzleUK
Tue 05 Mar 2024, 11:29 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New album Nonetheless
Replies: 361
Views: 37237

Re: New album Nonetheless

It was a thrill hearing New Boy, it brought me right back to 1986 and hit me with a blast of pure nostalgia. But it came out in a period bursting with new sounds and directions, which is probably what made it work instead of feeling like a dull retread. This made me wonder: if PSB had never told us...
by TwizzleUK
Tue 05 Mar 2024, 8:14 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Wilderness years?
Replies: 66
Views: 7081

Re: Wilderness years?

It wouldn't surprise me if Neil's just had a bad chest infection. There's been a lot of colds and viruses going round the UK since the autumn. I've had three in this time - the latest of which caused me to lose my voice and sound croaky just like Neil does now as I was recovering. Took weeks getting...
by TwizzleUK
Mon 04 Mar 2024, 7:09 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Your Instant Classics
Replies: 66
Views: 5425

Re: Your Instant Classics

For me I think it was Paninaro. I'm a little fuzzy on this but think the first time I heard it was on Disco, and hearing that whole album was really the clincher for me on PSB fandom. But Paninaro was the real standout track. Even now I can't get enough of it. The updated version is great too, but ...
by TwizzleUK
Mon 04 Mar 2024, 6:52 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: West End Girls [original 7" version] on CD?
Replies: 43
Views: 2303

Re: West End Girls [original 7" version] on CD?

I think there is a full version of West End Girls we haven't listened yet with the production Stephen Hague. There is a file on the DVD of "Smash" that gives us a file about it. That ending of West End Girs says a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEQi6og4T0 This has been discussed be...
by TwizzleUK
Sun 03 Mar 2024, 7:45 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: West End Girls [original 7" version] on CD?
Replies: 43
Views: 2303

Re: West End Girls [original 7" version] on CD?

I think there is a full version of West End Girls we haven't listened yet with the production Stephen Hague. There is a file on the DVD of "Smash" that gives us a file about it. That ending of West End Girs says a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEQi6og4T0 This has been discussed be...
by TwizzleUK
Sun 03 Mar 2024, 10:46 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Name the next Pet Shop Boys album
Replies: 2673
Views: 592509

Re: Name the next Pet Shop Boys album

The next B-sides compilation should be called 'Bonus'. Or maybe the original.intended title for 'Alternative' which was 'Besides'.
by TwizzleUK
Sun 03 Mar 2024, 1:25 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Your Instant Classics
Replies: 66
Views: 5425

Re: Your Instant Classics

Two Divided By Zero
Paninaro (Disco)
King's Cross
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
The Theatre
Forever In Love
Closer To Heaver (Nightlife)
Integral + Fugitive
All Over The World
The Last To Die
Burn
Hoping For A Miracle
by TwizzleUK
Wed 28 Feb 2024, 6:01 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

Has there ever been a PSB studio album where every track features an orchestra before? Fundamental maybe?