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by TallThinMan
Sun 03 Mar 2024, 8:37 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Name the next Pet Shop Boys album
Replies: 2673
Views: 592577

Re: Name the next Pet Shop Boys album

nervousboy wrote: Sun 03 Mar 2024, 8:16 am Next b sides album/box set

Backed
Coupled (throwback to old advertising - c/w or b/w)
Flipped
Or Decoupled, as they’re presented without their a-sides.
by TallThinMan
Mon 26 Feb 2024, 12:58 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

Jeremy Vine just played 'All The Young Dudes' on his Radio 2 show.
by TallThinMan
Mon 26 Feb 2024, 7:22 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Replies: 29
Views: 3249

Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison

The single version of Rent is far bouncier than the album version, which is more subtle and understated. These things are subjective, of course, but the single version was much more exciting to my 15-year-old ears at the time. And that was the thing with the Pets - they were exciting. Being boring ...
by TallThinMan
Sun 25 Feb 2024, 4:45 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison
Replies: 29
Views: 3249

Re: Lead Singles - Commercial Comparison

Being boring's notorious chart entry at 36 in November 1990 came on the back of panel sales of 447, a paltry figure. Basically, it was estimated to have sold 7,500 copies in its first week. The second single from the previous album, Left to my own devices, had sold three times as many copies in its...
by TallThinMan
Sun 25 Feb 2024, 11:42 am
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Strings
Replies: 16
Views: 1728

Re: Strings

jasonjohn wrote: Sun 25 Feb 2024, 4:08 amDecadence was a sample, wasn't it?
‘Decadence’ was written around a sample of ‘I say a little prayer’ which was removed from the finished song. They used it as a sort of scaffolding.
by TallThinMan
Sat 24 Feb 2024, 5:14 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Nonetheless deluxe CD/vinyl
Replies: 3
Views: 782

Re: Nonetheless deluxe CD/vinyl

I also noticed that 'In Bits' is missing from the Lyrics section. There are probably others.
by TallThinMan
Sat 24 Feb 2024, 5:04 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

James Ford also wanted them to take the easy way. How do you know that? Were you in the studio with them? Neil said Ford wanted them to make simpler compositions or something like that on an interview. Loneliness for example, it's a good track but simpler than Left to my own devices. I think you ju...
by TallThinMan
Sat 24 Feb 2024, 4:58 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

Nickname wrote: Sat 24 Feb 2024, 4:48 pm James Ford also wanted them to take the easy way.
How do you know that? Were you in the studio with them?
by TallThinMan
Sat 24 Feb 2024, 2:58 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Nonetheless deluxe CD/vinyl
Replies: 3
Views: 782

Nonetheless deluxe CD/vinyl

Bimbling around the official website just now, I came across this page: https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/product/album/nonetheless A couple of curious things caught my eye. First of all, it says "Includes the single Furthermore." Secondly, the track listings for both deluxe formats of the new...
by TallThinMan
Sat 24 Feb 2024, 2:27 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: New BBC 'imagine...' documentary on Pet Shop Boys confirmed for Spring 2024
Replies: 27
Views: 5805

Re: New BBC 'imagine...' documentary on Pet Shop Boys confirmed for Spring 2024

The curse strikes again! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13119555/Alan-Yentobs-BBC-TV-arts-series-Imagine-axed-21-years-fails-sell-abroad.html The PSB episode is not impacted. To avoid people the horror of having to click on a link to the Daily Mail: Alan Yentob's BBC arts series Imagine h...
by TallThinMan
Fri 23 Feb 2024, 10:50 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

Does Chris actually play a piano or does he have keyboard there? You can't really tell from the way it was filmed 🤔 Chris was playing a grand piano. Pete Gleadall posted a picture of “his view” which showed a Mac running Logic Pro. That would have been where the electronic instruments and drums cam...
by TallThinMan
Fri 23 Feb 2024, 8:33 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

telys wrote: Fri 23 Feb 2024, 8:16 pm I'd like to hear a orchestral version of Loneliness on a 12'' release althoug Neil's singing isn't as good here. But wonders can happen in the studio.
It’s double-tracked on the record. He accompanies himself an octave lower.
by TallThinMan
Fri 23 Feb 2024, 12:08 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

jyllinge wrote: Fri 23 Feb 2024, 12:07 pm He must have had a cold (for me it takes weeks to recover my voice). He is singing much better in the dreamworld tour.
I'd be surprised if he's had a cold for over two years.
by TallThinMan
Fri 23 Feb 2024, 12:04 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

May I say that the whole performance was rather... poor? I really hope Neil will give his voice some rest the coming weeks to be back on form again when they go on with the gigs. Really, was Neil having a cold or something like that? Never heard his voice that weak. Neil's voice has been like that ...
by TallThinMan
Fri 23 Feb 2024, 12:00 pm
Forum: Pet Shop Boys Discussion
Topic: Piano Room Month - 2024
Replies: 333
Views: 24899

Re: Piano Room Month - 2024

I'm looking forward to seeing the video footage of the performance.