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by Drico One
Wed 27 Mar 2024, 11:34 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

Oh, I'm definitely in the Bobby Orlando 12" camp here. It's much more muscular. That said, I prefer the intro on the Alternative version, which is suitably sad before becoming pneumatic.

Drico.
by Drico One
Wed 27 Mar 2024, 12:23 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

Track 11: A man could get arrested Chronology: Please, Further Listening, Track 1 and Track 7 I've always been fond of the trilogy of mysterious, slightly sinister and hugely underrated b-sides of the early years. They appear linked to me, vignettes in a three-part mini series. A man could get arres...
by Drico One
Tue 26 Mar 2024, 11:03 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)
Replies: 173
Views: 16915

Re: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)

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by Drico One
Tue 26 Mar 2024, 10:49 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

On my patented* Dricography countdown rating scale, Please is currently my third favourite PSB studio album: 3 = Imperial 2 = Essential 1 = Enjoyable 0 = Oh dear PLEASE "Two Divided by Zero" – 2 "West End Girls" – 3 "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" – 3 "L...
by Drico One
Mon 25 Mar 2024, 12:27 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

You can interpret it that way, of course - it’s entirely valid - but if one’s interpretation incorporates what the artist may have intended artistically, then the “you” is most likely the artist himself. Indeed, Neil says as much. When I heard this for the first time, I thought it was totally out of...
by Drico One
Mon 25 Mar 2024, 11:26 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

Track 9: Later Tonight Chronology: Please, Track 10 The first transparently gay statement in their catalogue, Later tonight's codes are rather more see-through than those of I want a lover. There isn't much room for alternative interpretations here: this is a song about longing for someone you can't...
by Drico One
Sun 24 Mar 2024, 8:42 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

I've always felt that I want a lover was full of coded references. You can take it at face value or you can ascribe all kinds of meanings - hiding in plain sight - to it. "Someone just like me" is conspiratorial, a lyrical wink and nod to those who want to see these things. "I don't c...
by Drico One
Sun 24 Mar 2024, 2:38 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

Good to see Pinhead picking up the slack (I have added the track titles and chronology to your posts so that people can follow the direction of travel in the thread. If people open discussion on the next track, please add the Track and Chronology details to keep the thread on track, so to speak). V...
by Drico One
Sun 24 Mar 2024, 12:37 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

Good to see Pinhead picking up the slack (I have added the track titles and chronology to your posts so that people can follow the direction of travel in the thread. If people open discussion on the next track, please add the Track and Chronology details to keep the thread on track, so to speak). Vi...
by Drico One
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 1:30 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)
Replies: 173
Views: 16915

Re: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)

They must have paid a fortune for him to do that, he is in high demand. Unless he did it cheaper because of who they are. We're not on Kobalt now, Toto. They pay for recording costs/ remixes themselves. and have done so since Behaviour. Even so, they are multi-millionaires. What you might see as a ...
by Drico One
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 1:28 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)
Replies: 173
Views: 16915

Re: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)

Discography remains widely available... Drico. Oh yes, there it is, that classic retort. If we don’t like a new PSB song then it must mean we only like the 18 songs on Discography :roll: Firstly, the "retort" wasn't aimed at you... It was a playful jibe at nickname (or the criticism that ...
by Drico One
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 11:41 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Replies: 158
Views: 8616

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

Track 6: Tonight is forever Chronology: Please, Track 7 There is no regret on Please. It's all about living in the moment, and that's what makes it their most youthful and thrilling record. A sense of urgency pervades Tonight is forever. The inevitability of falling in love, as optimistically descri...
by Drico One
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 11:19 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)
Replies: 173
Views: 16915

Re: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)

Discography remains widely available...

Drico.
by Drico One
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 10:01 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)
Replies: 173
Views: 16915

Re: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)

Disco. wrote: Fri 22 Mar 2024, 6:43 am They must have paid a fortune for him to do that, he is in high demand. Unless he did it cheaper because of who they are.
We're not on Kobalt now, Toto.
by Drico One
Fri 22 Mar 2024, 10:00 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)
Replies: 173
Views: 16915

Re: New single „Dancing star“ (digital April 3rd / CD May 3rd)

It's been a long time since I looked forward to a Pet Shop Boys single quite as much as I do this...

Drico.