"Opportunities" used on US show "Beauty and t

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"Opportunities" used on US show "Beauty and t

#1 Post by SilentRose »

I'm not sure if this has been talked about before...but I was shocked to hear "opportunities" used as the intro music for this show! It was a 2 hour episode (being the first one) and i only started watching about 30 min into it completely out of curiousity.

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http://cwtv.com/shows/beauty-and-the-geek

have PSB ever been used in the opening music of a US show before?!

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#2 Post by SilentRose »

urr..sorry about the title it should read "Opportunities" used on US show "Beauty and the Geek"

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#3 Post by Pet Shop Girl »

I am not sure about that one.

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#5 Post by TheGardner »

http://www.psb-discography.com --> Prostitution

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Pet Shop Boys - music used in TV ads and elsewhere

  [How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously]
	"Daria" (MTV) episode

  [It's Alright]
	Commercial for Ford

  [Opportunities]
	"TV theme for UK program Beauty and the Geek" (2006)

  [Se A Vida È]
	"TV/radio campaign for Leumi Bank Israel" (2002)

  [Shopping]
	"Lizzie McGuire" (??) episode (2001)

  [Too Many People]
	"Daria" (MTV) episode

  [West End Girls]
	"The Simpsons" (??) episode (2003)

  [West End Girls]
	"TLC" (BBC) episode #2 (2003)

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TheGardner wrote:http://www.psb-discography.com --> Prostitution

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Pet Shop Boys - music used in TV ads and elsewhere

  [How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously]
	"Daria" (MTV) episode

  [It's Alright]
	Commercial for Ford

  [Opportunities]
	"TV theme for UK program Beauty and the Geek" (2006)

  [Se A Vida È]
	"TV/radio campaign for Leumi Bank Israel" (2002)

  [Shopping]
	"Lizzie McGuire" (??) episode (2001)

  [Too Many People]
	"Daria" (MTV) episode

  [West End Girls]
	"The Simpsons" (??) episode (2003)

  [West End Girls]
	"TLC" (BBC) episode #2 (2003)
Ummm, my understanding is that "Opportunities" is not just used for the UK version but also for the US original. I think your discography thing needs correcting...

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#7 Post by Young Offender »

Gardner,

Also used here in the u.s.:

So Hard - Monday night live (after monday night football) early 90's thru mid 90's on ABC

Go West - Toyota car commercial mid 90's to late 90's (these commercials where always on)

A couple of tracks off Very was used in one episode of I believe it was called Central Park West from the produces of Melrose Place and 90210 in 95 or 96?

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#8 Post by Almelo »

Don't forget The Superchumbo remix of Sexy Northener for an ice-skate advert (NOS WK Schaatsen / sports magazine, 2005/2006) and Domino Dancing for the "Dancing with the stars" tv advert campaign of 2006 in the Netherlands!

(They also use Opportunities for "Beauty and the Geek" 2006 in Holland too!)

:lol:

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#9 Post by Debussy »

It was Paninaro 95 that was used in Central Park West from memory

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#10 Post by TheGardner »

perfect guys!!! thanks a bunch!!!

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#11 Post by Young Offender »

Debussy wrote:It was Paninaro 95 that was used in Central Park West from memory
The episode I saw had "one in a million" and "A different point of view"

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#12 Post by whateverman42 »

West End Girls was on an episode of The Simpsons? I'd love to find out which one... hint hint helpful person out there.

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#13 Post by SilentRose »

um guys...am i the only one excited about this! i mean..(as far as i know) i've never seen psb used as the INTRO music for a whole show...but then again i could be wrong...anyone know?

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#14 Post by whateverman42 »

In the Night was the theme for The Clothes Show, which I only know about because Chris brags about it in the sleeve notes on Alternative.

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#15 Post by Young Offender »

whateverman42 wrote:West End Girls was on an episode of The Simpsons? I'd love to find out which one... hint hint helpful person out there.
It was an episode were Homer was potrayed as Gay since he was hanging out with a few Gay friends, and he goes into a Boutique to buy nice clothes and during this time they are playing West End girls.

Pretty Funny.

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