Please take extreme care on emails from administration @ petshopboys-forum .com !!!!!!!!!!!
In the last days I recognise some emails about Tickets for PSB@ROH which I THINK could be a money trap. After we have to hold this email open for user requests and alerts via the contact link (at the...
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...
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Thank you for the link leesmapman. I was already aware of them and found the last one does not include the first song they played (the Blur song Girls and Boys (PSB Remix)). For some reason it has been omitted from the youtube recording hence why I asked if anyone has their own recording.
PSB are an International pop duo. The success of them has been amazingly relevant in UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain. Quite relevant in South America too. But when you talk about US, Asia, Australia look obvious their relevance and success is not so big.
Charts of each country used to reflect how...
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What other groups do you like, Nickname?
Groups and solo artists:
Michael Jackson, Madonna, George Michael, Queen, David Bowie, Aerosmith, David Bowie, U2, Prince, Janet Jackson, etc.
And the Spanish: Tino Casal (this man had been a International hit maker if he had wanted), Azul y Negro, Alaska,...
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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Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I was looking for the black and white "official" video for the Lost Room but can't seem to find it on PSB Youtube channel. Has it been removed..? Does anyone have it..?
We have 5 (double) single, will there be a sixth? Suggestions?
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How about a Dreamworld Live EP for December featuring the live version of 'Always on my mind' as the main track, to replicate Christmas '87 and the live versions of the Nonetheless tracks that they've performed on the tour this year as the other tracks.
Hey hey!
Anybody knows what does the vocal sample looping on some parts of the forthright dub of Somewhere say?
It seems to be just 2 words repeating over and over.
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Awesome! Thanks! By the way I got this on my top 5 PSB remixes.
I'm not particularly knowledgeable about the gear PSB uses/have used, but do find that when I listen to Please, Actually, Introspective, Behaviour, and even Very to some extent, the music (as in the noises, bleeps, handclaps etc), and the soundscapes (if that's what I mean) just sound richer and...
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The warmth has disappeared as everyones now got rid of tape. Everything now are wave files etc..
I think the B sides in the last 15 years sound like basic sequencing done by Pete. They are too boxy and simple and enough to sound like a demo. Cricket Wife is an example of this. Bland demo style...
With the announcement of the fifth single and forthcoming special edition album, if you look at the amount of stuff we have been given in 2024 it’s remarkable!!!!
Truly spoilt!!!
A new bohemia (Album Version)
A new bohemia (radio edit)
A new bohemia (Alex Metric remix)
A new bohemia (Demo...
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I kind of agree about the vocal production. I wasn’t really a fan of Stuart Price’s vocal production either. I know Neil likes double or even triple tracking, but I prefer something like The Lost Room where (I believe) it’s single tracked and sounds so pure. Also, I listened to Elysium again...
Does anybody know if West End Girls has ever been published on CD?
I mean the 1984 original uk single version, 4:14, that is
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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:
This has been discussed before, and it's most likely a unique instrumental...
Two PSB songs on the next NOW That’s What I Call Christmas - 4CD edition, released on 1 November 2024:
It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas
Always On My Mind
I wonder which version is It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas .
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Totally with you on the Xmas charts - too bad the kids these days will never understand the excitement, build up and joy of hearing Always On My Mind (or their own favourite band's track) reaching No.1 for Christmas. A bygone era for sure.
A cherished memory of hearing Always On My Mind in the...
Apologies if this is already discussed somewhere, feel free to combine if so.
But apparently the Amazon clear vinyls are being shipped in two distinctly different colours? One made in Germany which is a blueish tinge and one made in USA which is a milky-white and carries extra hype sticker on the...
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Sorry. I didn't mean to imply that all of the cds from the OS are orange, only some. But all of those that are orange have been sourced from the OS.
Indeed. I pre ordered one from the os in Europe and just by chance got the orange one. One of my friends was visiting Europe and up to that day I...
Sorry for this but I don't really get how private messages work in the forum.
I've answered a private message and it stays in the "outbox" instead of moving to the "sent messages" folder. But other older messages are already in the "sent messages" folder. And then I sent another message to the same...
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Greetings,
Outbox just means it hasn't been picked up yet. Not having been picked up yet, (I assume) you're free to edit it or delete it. You can't do these things once they've read it.
Retro. :)
Oh, So it's sent but not read. Got it.
Thanks retro!!
A diary and behind-the-scenes photos from the first leg of the Dreamworld tour, including headlining the Other Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.
Neil and Chris discuss the Pet Shop Boys/New Order co-headline Unity Tour of North America with exclusive photographs by...
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Do you both wear slippers at home? I can picture Neil, but perhaps not Chris.
Jay, UK.
Neil: The answer is yes, but not always. My favourite slippers are German felt slippers. If you've got wooden floors, they're very, very good and they're very comfortable and they sort of look quite good as well,...
Hey hey.
Lately I've been having a recurrent dream where I attend a PSB concert with one of my closest friend who was a hardcore psb fan and passed away a couple years ago.
Back in the nineties, we attended the discovery tour concert in Buenos Aires together but then never again, and we were...
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Yep I have fairly vivid dreams and they've both featured Neil and Chris in the past. Never at the same time, weirdly. Neil and I are usually travelling together, for some reason, and finds me mildly irritating (not that surprising).
I thought this couuld have been "Schlager" for Christmas time but the version of Chris is part of "Feel", so maybe it's not going to happen. Anyway, I think the time works for a Christmas release. "Why am I dancing?" works like a song for Christmas,...
Something I've wondered about for a while is how (and why) my appreciation for a particular track on an album changes if/when it is released as a single. It seems to me there are several songs by PSB I really don't engage with too well when an album comes out seem to become more important to me...
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I can't say it does really. It Couldn't Happen Here is one of my favourite PSB songs, I've heard it a zillion times and it was the signature for the film. Not a single but I love it all the same. Conversely, Winner was the lead single for an album, they serenaded Team GB with it and Graham Linehan...
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also...
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I have phases of getting quite obsessed with Aubrey Beardsley and his work - so this is of great interest - thanks!
Queen are on the list. That’s a forgone conclusion unfortunately then as every music illiterate knucklehead votes for them. Still my five votes went to PSB, New Order, Depeche, Manics and Beautiful South.
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A dead Steve wright is still better than an alive Paddy McGuiness.
And Steve died because the one thing he still had and bought him genuine joy was his radio show. I have friends in the business and they just said he just gave up.
The original Big Brother UK theme by Oakenfold and Andy Gray is an absolute banger. Still gives me goosebumps to this day
Oh YES, this one!!! :dance: :dance: Chills straight down the spine! Although I think the first place I actually heard it was when it was used in that Doctor Who episode that...
It's a song from James Carr that is going to be covered by PSB:
It's easy to find on the lyrics typical references from songs of PSB (dark streets, shadows, hidden love affairs). It's like coming back to the basis of "West End Girls".
At the dark end of the street
That's where we always meet...
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The dark end of the street was co-written by Dann Penn who also co-wrote ''I'm you puppet'' which arguably inspired Neil's spoken lines in Rent.
Type Pet Shop Boys in the jukebox sampler to listen to AI generated music in their style. We don't need them anymore.
PS: a YouTube tutorial in case anyone wants to try:
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That's a cool way to explore new sounds! If you're interested in more customizable audio options, you should check out audiomodify.com. It offers tools that can help you create and tweak music in unique ways!
As we approach the 24th anniversary of Nightlife (October 1999), I was wondering if options about it have changed in the years since its release?
At the time, Q magazine hailed it as their best album. However, most other critics were less kind. Amongst fans, it’s rare to see Nightlife top - or...
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Also, Closer To Heaven is a classic PSB mixed emotions track. It's a pity this strong track carried the name of the theatre production, where it only had a muted appearance. As an album track it's everything we want - super high energy, happy/sad, lyrically poignant, a total banger. I just think...
Just curious, I know we all have diverse music tastes on here and this topic is highly subjective. However, in your opinion, what album do you own or listen to that is as far removed from Pet Shop Boys music as it is possible to be within your own specific taste.
I’d say for me, I have Dookie by...
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The Music of Bollywood legends Shankar & Jaiksihan. Film music composers of the 50's and 60's. Their music had strong melody. Shankar-Jaikishan were a duk who composed for 121 Bollywood films between 1949-1971.
The Beatles are also my favourites, yet so different to PSB but also similar.
So as everyone already knows they've had a song in Saltburn and All Of Us Strangers. I was watching the TV show Industry and Opportunities was played at the end of season 3 episode one. They were also in the Netflix show The Decameron in episode 3 with What Have I Done To Deserve This?
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I think I would take exception with "They did the most amazing headline set on one of the smaller stages there." The Other Stage is still a pretty big deal isn't it?
Spent a lovely afternoon finally reading the gorgeous hardcovers that come with the New Order box sets, and I have to plead with the universe for something similar from the Pet Shop Boys. I know they (claim to) dislike looking backwards, but imagine a box for each album with the album on CD and...
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A series of albums of extended and/or essential remixes would do well. Could even just stick to the 6 tracks per a CD... 3x12" format.
That would also be a nice Disco 5: a one or even 2CD set with the best remixes that so far have only released on vinyl. Not for the completist, but would make a...
Please = No / No
Actually = No / No
Introspective = Yes / No
Behaviour = Yes / No
Very = Yes / Yes
Bilingual = No / Yes
Nightlife = No / No
Release = Yes / Yes
Fundamental = No / No
Yes = Yes / Yes
Elysium = No / Yes
Electric = Yes / Yes
Super = No / No...
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Yes = Yes / Yes
Would be great to give someone this equation and ask them to give context.
Received the Smash lenticular this week and have it housed with my Smash vinyl box set. Easy to see the intention of it being attached to the box lid, similar to Alternative's box.
Wonder why it never happened? 🤔
I'd definitely encourage anyone with the box set to go the extra mile and order the...
Hello! The have published a new album this year. In the last years they started a new tour only a few months after publishing an album. Does anybody know when they will start a new tour?
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Some good ideas about concerts and it wouldn’t do any harm by emailing Angela.info@beckerbrown.com
I’ve emailed several times with suggestions, a few times about reissuing old tour t-shirts without a reply and I wonder if after reading the email it gets as far as Chris and Neil.
Chris Lowe despite his shyness, managed to sh/ine on stage.It's worth considering hoow his personality influenced the the band's dynamics..Perhaps this balance between introversion and extroversion is what creates their unique style :) ?
Just picked up the 2013 expanded version of Electronic's debut album. The 2-CD collection comes with a long text about the birth of Electronic and the band's first years.
The text, written in that annoying language of english music critics, consistently describes Electronic's collaboration with...
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Oh, I saw that I even missed basic ones (most embarrasing: " there´s a gun in your hand, pointing at your head" ;)), even though I checked the German translation and all sound good - up to now. And I remembered that "unless you have sort of biographer of a 24 hour call" was not really...
We have enough b-sides now for a third collection and I've been working on ideas for some time. The problem with a third collection is that at the point we left Format, there is a load of cover versions which I cannot see them front-loading a new album with. They have said that the 7" of Fugitive...
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How about calling it "Otherwise" ?
It’s a great title and seems to continue with that Englishness from Nonetheless.
Assemble.
back after probably a week of being online - what was i thinking on saturday, 24.8.2024 ??
i opened this page today at around 7:20am before school to check the notifications and i remembered i made a post back in august. i read it and almost started crying from laughter - a good way to continue my...
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Hello and welcome! Don't pay attention to the negativity. It's amazing that PSB (and this site) are still attracting new fans - like you I was 14 or 15 when I joined the forum (back in the Aimoo days) and I'm still here aged 36! How did you get into PSB?
I just got to think about it since I was reading some posts on the collectors discussion forum about the yes box.
And I wonder how much and for how long can the value of some collectibles raise.
Will there be a time when suddenly my collection doesn't worth a penny? Or at least less than what I...
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I am not talking about now, as now there is a market for collections like ours. But the market for let’s say a Roy Orbison, Cliff Richard or even Dusty Springfield collection will be a lot smaller at the moment than they once were. That’s what the PSB will be in 20-30 years.
I haven't seen this film yet but PSB are on the soundtrack like for Saltburn.
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It becomes quite central because of the timing around Christmas. There are other bands given prominence, but it's clear the director felt PSB were important!
I can't listen to The Power Of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood without feeling really sad now.
I ran across this little tidbit & I'm confused about who this Pigott is. I'm not @ home to rifle thru my PSB stuff to find out exactly what his connection is to PSB. Can anyone enlighten me ?
22 years jail for VAT fraud gang
The judge said the crime had been 'audacious and outrageous'
A gang of...
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Funny! I just had the same question (after 10 years!!), when my PSB Google Alerts produced this story:
So he did a runner! :lol:
Make that 20 years though…
OMG! I didn’t count an extra decade 😂😂 Ufff I’m getting old.
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