I know yesterday (13th March) was the first time a new PSB track had been played in ages, but (as per the long standing forum rules) in future all public requests for copies of any new track, PSB or otherwise, will be deleted and/or threads containing requests closed. We will officially...
Depeche Mode's new album is out, What do we think of it?
It's produced by the person working on PSB's upcoming album. And obviously Depeche Mode are a synth duo just like PSB.
Hopefully we get Neil & Chris' opinion of the album soon. No doubt they've got the finger on the pulse with this...
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The first single was good, but otherwise it's always the same boring stuff.
Join George Heyworth (one half of Bourgeois & Maurice, and graduate of the Yumbo Centre of Dramatic Art) and pianist / Tragic Homosexuality Consultant Matthew Poxon, for a journey into the shadiest corners of musical theatre’s history.
Together, the...
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So, George and Matthew performed Friendly Fire from Closer to Heaven with a preamble that the show had good songs but some really awful reviews. George then proceeded to read some extracts from the worst ones!
The rendition was done completely straight as it were with George on a stool and Mstthew...
I’ve taken the liberty of starting a new thread to help us separate chat about the new EP.
I’ve spent a bit of time re-reading the 2016 edition of Literally. There was obviously unfinished business from the Super songwriting sessions. First, there was the mooted “dark techno” album which...
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It's on Spotify as well.
At first I gasped when it popped up on my New music playlist as I thought it was the full EP out already haha.
The song is alright, very much like the demo. It could be a Closer to Heaven leftover. At parts Neil's voice doesn't sound like Neil but an impersonator with...
Hi! Hope you are all well. This weeks What's on Tv magazine - page 8. There is a small pic of PSB's and they are going to be joining Dermot O'Leary (In a London cinema) for BBC2's Reel Stories: Pet Shop Boys. Don't know when though. - It will be soon. :D
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Anyone who tunes in expecting them to still look like that is in for a surprise…
Maybe this was discussed/mentioned before, but if that´s the case, I missed the conversation!
Trying to make some order on my digital collection, and deleting duplicates, I found that many mixes of Before , like the:
Extended mix 8:47
Hed Boy mix 7:35
Hed Boys dub 4:55
..are credited as being...
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They also mislabelled the Classic Paradise Mix as Danny Tenaglia Classic Paradise Mix on the PopArt Mix CD.
Wow... I mean... let's admit it relentless is truly a gem, I'ts quite a masterpiece, it's probably the most consistent piece of work (with Battleship) that the Boys have ever done?!?
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as an experiment, i've created very VERY relentless.
its an instrumental version of the other 5 songs, without vocals,
and segued them into each other, its about a half hour long.
its nice ambient, background sounding. i enjoyed making it.
I hate to say it but it seems they're youth has run out. Their last album was a sign of their demise with doomed to hell songs like Burning The Heather and Will-O-The Wisp. Perhaps they will be forgotten in the back passages of time. I suppose their time is over and they can no longer get...
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I remember the days when people here asked if Chris was gay.
Bohemians talking about her sexual affair with Neil while he was talking on an interview how many times he felt harassed by women.
Happy days!
What on earth has this got to do with the subject of PSB retiring..?
Verse 1:
In a world of endless screens
Our hearts are numb and our minds are mean
We're chasing shadows in the night
Searching for meaning in a synthetic life
Chorus:
Synthetic dreams, they never fade
In this world of digital masquerade
We're lost in a sea of data streams...
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I've been blown away by the new tech Voice AI where it can allow anyone to talk into a microphone and the voice that comes out is the voice of pretty much anyone...famous or not. I even saw that DJ in concert rapping with Eminem's voice. his voice went in....and the voice that came out...was...
Was it worth it is one of my favorourite songs, but a lot of fans and the PSB themselves don't seem to hold in high regard.
I think it's strange they released only one cd-single / 12 at the time. Maybe this hurt Was it worth it's chart position. All singles from Behaviour and DJ Culture already got...
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With good taste. With record sales. With air play.
I have been a fan since West End Girls and the boys rarely put a foot wrong, in my opinion.
However, during 37 years there are bound to be a few lapses in quality…
Songs that I have no reason to ever listen again and should have relegated to obscure 12 inch tracks are:
The sound of the atom...
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I'm surprised noboy mentioned the bloody ballet.
Anyway songs like What keeps... and Soup and Atom splitting are part of a context/concept. They are thus not bad per se. Sobgs like The Only One on the other hand..
I know it's a difficult question, really difficult. Because Neil and Chris are not young boys any longer. But I think PSB should try to surprise with a new sound for the new album. Something really different even in a conceptual way. Of course, they are PSB but I see they feel too much confortable...
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I heard some songs of jessie ware and others given here and it's really good, however i expect more from the boys.
Burning the heather blew my mind with its atmosphere, deep neil voice, and odd lyrics. When they hired Andrew Dawson, i thought there would be more rap elements and they did a new...
There’s a theory that Shakespeare’s comedies end with a wedding, while his tragedies end with a funeral. It’s interesting to apply this to PSB albums. So many of them finish with one or the other, particularly if you expand the notion of a wedding to include celebrations and affirmations of hope...
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I always thought that I might have the instrumental of Invisible.
A while ago someone posted a “eurodance” song that had the exact melody of Absolutely fabulous and I believe also proceeded it in its publishing. Anyone recall the song?
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I just love that era of eurodance and love that Very was so steeped in it.
This amazing performance is happening tonight at Piano Smithfield. Myself and some fan friends caught it at The Glory recently. I highly recommend it, the vocal delivery as we as the piano arrangements and performance are great and it's very funny. They will be performing this again if you miss it...
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I saw this the other night, just down the road in my local high-street, Crouch End Arthouse. It was absolutely fantastic. In fact, so good that I've convinced a friend to see it again in Islington next weekend!
The track listing for Noel Gallagher's upcoming new album, Council Skies has leaked and there's a PSB 12 remix of a track called Think Of A Number.. Screenshot_20230117-075422.png
I seem to recall reading somewhere that they had been working on a remix for someone, this looks like the result....
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Speaking of NG and the Pets, I really appreciated their messages of condolences following the death of Steve Mackey last week, the bassist in my favourite group, Pulp.
U2 - Discotheque, also their 2011 Glastonbury performance gives a nod to the PSB 'Where the Streets Have No Name' cover
Brandon Flowers - most of his career
Axl Rose - apparently November Rain was influenced by the PSB
La Roux - similar sound and ethic
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in a way that was a reflection of kids who grew up on Pavement but also grew up on New Order and Pet Shop Boys and whatever else.
I feel so seen.
Reminds me of how I felt when I first discovered LCD Soundsystem. After longing for years for the abandon of a 12 PSB remix threaded with the...
I was recently thinking about how it wouldn’t surprise me to see some kind of large benefit concert supporting Ukraine. If it ever happens, I can think of a certain duo who may be inclined to participate…
Looks like general/standing tickets are just shy of £90 with booking fee but this is supposed to be a beautiful place to see a concert. Anyone tempted?
Mods, feel free to move to Live section but I thought as its news, most folk will look on the main page.
Pet Shop Boys announce Greatest...
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I think the UK has seen them enough....PSB gets ure butts to Asia now :roll:
We deserve more in Asia. Especially after that cancelled Bangkok date :( :cry:
I notice that some artists are releasing old singles in either digital formats (e.g. Madonna) or pressing remastered versions of the original era 12 singles (e.g. New Order).
Do you expect Pet Shop Boys to do likewise? And if they do it, do you expect them to just recreate the earlier...
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Several years ago I made my own singles discography on iTunes. I ripped my CD singles and a friend of mine who is a total audiophile helped me with 12 singles. It was done as some of you mention: tracks from different formats under one title (first 7 versions, then 12 , then CD bonus tracks, then...
BBC Radio 2 Piano Room - Jake Shears
Ken Bruce show 9.30am GMT Thursday 23rd February.
Former Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears performs 3 songs for Radio 2 Piano Room Month, including an exclusive Pet Shop Boys cover.
Even more tantalising is that Jake is being joined by a very guest. Could...
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Is there a chance that they use(d) kinda Autotune on Neil's vocals? I mean he sounds much better live nowadays as he did in the past. Not only compared to his Rent vocals during the Performance tour. Listen to the radio broadcast and ask the question again...
A letter written by Pet Shop Boys star Neil Tennant to Janice Long thanking the then Radio 1 DJ for playing an early version of the band’s smash hit single West End Girls has been discovered in an Altrincham record shop.
Since 2011 BBC4 has been airing Top of the Pops episodes, in chronological order from 1976 onwards. This week the episode originally aired on 08 August 1985 will be shown, which means PSB'S first appearence from November 1985 is just around the corner, and from that point they will be making...
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And a young, David Walliams looking-up and wanting the Boys' babies ?!
Yeah, forming quite the triumvirate alongside bigboy and Matt Lucas. Pretty much the end of synthpop dominating the charts too with Erasure and PSB the two 'exclusives'; the former doing the gorgeous Always, their last...
“Also coming up in 2023, BBC Two continues its Reel Stories series with Reel Stories: Pet Shop Boys. BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary invites Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe to join him in a London cinema and relive some of the pivotal moments from their...
Apologies for a new thread, but not sure where else to put this..
Does anyone know the designer, brand of the headgear Chris wore on the sleeve of Leaving and in the Elysium Berlin concert.. He also wore a white version too..
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Interestingly Chris wore an orange one at early Electric tour shows but switched to the more familiar orange baseball cap. Maybe it was too hot under there!
Oh yes. You're right !. There was also a white one too, worn in a photoshoot and a German TV show to perform Memory of the Future if my er,...
There seems to be a new demo on the PSB Instagram page:
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I thought Neil might be a critical thinker; apparently not.
You're an incredibly arrogant person with an over-inflated view of yourself and your own intellect. I can say that seeing as you're on here insulting the whole reason for this forum.
(This is a project I've tinkered with over the last decade, ever since PSB released the storming ELECTRIC on the heels of sullen ELYSIUM. It finally felt concluded this past fall and I posted the results on Instagram. In the quiet following holiday and year-end projects, I'm realizing I should take...
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Thanks, @rashomon! I do think those SUPER colors look powerful together on FLARE. I guess HOTSPOT's cover is indeed the most dour of their catalog. I don't fault their choice of it, though. It suits the chromatics of the album. And a shadowy reflection in metal makes a fitting portrait of our...
Recentrly I put the Ab-fab maxi in the player and it dawned on me that the Dull Soulles Dance Music mix is by the PSB themselves. I sort of always assumed (by ignorance) that it was a mix by someone else.
But the mix is basically a song on its own. It bares little resemblance to the original track....
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And I like it. Not everyone can understand its essence.
I'm currently staying at a hotel in Lancashire. This has just happened.
Had a wander around this morning then came back to the hotel, taking a seat in the entrance room, by the fire. A recognisable figure caught my eye walking in. Wow, he looks a bit like...Shit, it's Chris Lowe.
He was with his...
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His mum must be mid-90s I guess - the Lowes must have good genes!
does anyone know anything about his father? It only seems to be his mum 🤔🤔
The mix is not avalable on mixcloud because it contains
- more than 3 songs from one album
- more than 2 songs from one album played consecutively
- more than 4 songs from one compilation
- more than 3 songs from a compilation played consecutively.
according to mixcloud.
I want to ask are there releases of Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell Purple Zone on cd ? I saw vinyls the only cd i found on ebay is some it says genuine cd promo from Brazil on BMG is it official ? the same is for song Decide i know it's b-side for Burning the heather there are vinyl but how about cds...
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Purple Zone (Manhattan Clique Club Dub Remix Edit)
Can anyone double check, if we already have this mix?
I only have three Manhattan Clique remixes: Dub, Remix and Edit, not the Club Dub Remix Edit.
I have a few scrapbooks from my early years of fandom which I used to archive magazine and newspaper cuttings. Smash Hits particularly. Many of these will have already found their way online since, but I thought I would start to share some bits and pieces here in case there is anything of interest...
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So we end the journey here! I didn’t think I had nearly 600 posts’ worth of stuff but obviously I did and I’ve enjoyed going through it all again. Thanks to everyone that’s read along or left a comment and for all the nice messages. Hopefully this will remain an archive that people can dig into and...
the question is there official release of this concert about Alan Turing ?
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In one of the previous Annually's Neil said they wanted to release it in a proper produced album. They were thinking of Trevor Horn, which would make sense.
Introspective was perhaps too different/difficult as a follow up to the hugely succesful Actually, at least in the US, if traditional PSB-lore is to be believed. A more straightforward 10-track album could've been the solution. So here is the 10-track, US-version of Introspective. Three tracks are...
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It’s interesting that a number of years ago a series of white label US 7” promos were discovered of edits of all six “Introspective” tracks. It seems EMI in the US may have very well considered a different configuration of “Introspective” for the US market after all. The edits seem to be...
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