Interview with Neil

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Fugitive1979 · #1 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 5:52 pm

I found this on the OS today.

http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/arti ... chtype=all

Looks like the ballet is happening, folks.

Rent · #2 Post by **Rent** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 6:10 pm

I'm sure we can safely expect the words "camp" and "gay" to pop up then...

*goes to peruse*

Pet Shop Girl · #3 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 6:24 pm

THats a good article.

PopArt · #4 Post by **PopArt** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 6:28 pm

The idea of them ding a ballet doesn't bother me that much (i just assume it will be lots of instrumental electronic music, a bit like Potemkin).

However, what does worry me is if they are somehow involved in that new gay version of Romeo & Juliet that has been talked about (to be called Romeo & Romeo). That sounds naff and a really bad idea.

Radiophonic · #5 Post by **Radiophonic** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 6:41 pm

PopArt wrote:The idea of them ding a ballet doesn't bother me that much (i just assume it will be lots of instrumental electronic music, a bit like Potemkin).

However, what does worry me is if they are somehow involved in that new gay version of Romeo & Juliet that has been talked about (to be called Romeo & Romeo). That sounds naff and a really bad idea.

Not to say confusing. Romeo and Julian perhaps?

No it's still a naff idea.

Deschanel · #6 Post by **Deschanel** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 9:27 pm

Eh. Okay article, the interview got more interesting at the end, after the initial inane questions. "What's your performance style?" Ugh.

Maybe it's semantics, but it's sloppy of the writer to say that Neil "came out of the closet" in 1994, implying he had been living a life of secrecy and deceit until that fateful interview. Which is a joke.

Saying in print what everyone had known for years and years, and what PSB had left so many clues about in their work that I'll bet they found it privately hilarious, was pretty anticlimactic.
I think that 1994 interview is way more notorious than it deserves to be, esp. looking back from 2007. I mean , DUH.

Phillip · #7 Post by **Phillip** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 9:31 pm

OK. I only read it in the hope he would mention D4

kdpsb · #8 Post by **kdpsb** » Sat 28 Jul 2007, 11:35 pm

Good interview but nothing really new just the ballet project, but is a old-news.

Dipso · #9 Post by **Dipso** » Sun 29 Jul 2007, 3:10 am

The Pets' plan to perform Potemkin in Russia and Ukraine is new, isn't it?

Also, Neil wasn't a journalist when he met Chris in 1981 - he worked in book publishing. Is his memory going?

Pet Shop Girl · #10 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Sun 29 Jul 2007, 3:59 am

The boys have done enough shows already and still have some more lined up. I think they do not need to add anymore. Then when will they tour again like this? Perhaps another year or two.

Drem · #11 Post by **Drem** » Sun 29 Jul 2007, 11:10 am

Dipso wrote:The Pets' plan to perform Potemkin in Russia and Ukraine is new, isn't it?

No, these plans isn't new, in fact. Neil told already about it in some interviews last years. And there is rumours in our russian community circulating for years about their "Potemkin" visit. Even in one russian musical magazine, "Play" - one day they came out with Chris' phone interview, where Chris spoke same things. Ain't sure, though, if it was true interview or was retyped from another foreign magazine, or was just a journalist's canard. And Michail Orlov, who's their close friend, spoke about it in russian fashion magazine "@ru" when he reported about Pet Shop Boys' vacation/party in Saint-Petersburg, in 2004 or in 2005, can't remember exactly.
But what is fascinating - Neil still speak about it, even after their statement in last issue of Literally that they have no plans for another "Potemkin" perfomance in 2007. So it's a flicker of hope for us, russian/ukrainian petheads, after all.

psb-freak · #12 Post by **psb-freak** » Sun 29 Jul 2007, 5:42 pm

So now the ballet is really confirmed. I checked the last line in the interview when starting to print it out. Gonna read it a bit later.