New Single 'Feel'

[nonesuch]

Pet Shop Boys’ new single “Feel” has been added straight to the BBC Radio 2 A-List. Rotation begins this Saturday, 31st August.

- via @petshopboys

[Gabby]

Pet Shop Boys’ new single “Feel” has been added straight to the BBC Radio 2 A-List. Rotation begins this Saturday, 31st August.

- via @petshopboys

It's been out over a week - doesn't that seem a little slow for Radio 1? Maybe the BBC had no idea the Boys would be dropping it either!

[tottenhammattspurs]

Pet Shop Boys’ new single “Feel” has been added straight to the BBC Radio 2 A-List. Rotation begins this Saturday, 31st August.

- via @petshopboys

It's been out over a week - doesn't that seem a little slow for Radio 1? Maybe the BBC had no idea the Boys would be dropping it either!

Radio two. Not radio one. Radio one think th Boys ceased to exist after 1999

[Gabby]

- via @petshopboys

It's been out over a week - doesn't that seem a little slow for Radio 1? Maybe the BBC had no idea the Boys would be dropping it either!

Radio two. Not radio one. Radio one think th Boys ceased to exist after 1999

I'm still living in the 80s apparently. Oops!

[ChrisLove]

Does anybody have the lyrics for Schlager deutsche version ? I've seen them posted somewhere here but can't find it.

[nonesuch]

Does anybody have the lyrics for Schlager deutsche version ? I've seen them posted somewhere here but can't find it.

It's post #48 in this thread

Some parts are very difficult to understand:

Es ist ohne Glück zu trauen
In haselnussbraun, schwarz und braun
Singe stattdessen fröhliche Lieder
Wenn der Winter kommt

Glühwein, Wurst und Sauerkraut
Sonne und Sangria
Wir rasen auf einem Schnellboot
Wir fahren nach Shangri-La

Die Zukunft ist die Gegenwart
Musik muss gespielt werden
Es ist Weihnachten oder Sommer
In der Schlager Hitparade

Sexy, sexy, sexy
Gesunde Mädchen und Jungen
Hochzeiten sind wie Weihnachten
Wir können uns alle freuen

Die Zukunft ist die Gegenwart
Musik muss gespielt werden
Es ist Weihnachten oder Sommer
In der Schlager Hitparade

Never trust a leader
It probably won't end well
The leader of the band
He knows what he won‘t tell

The future is the presence
We all regret the past
Cheers to Europa
Let‘s hope it’s gonna last

Lachen und vergessen
Weshalb ich immer warten würde (?)
Die Vergangenheit ist mir passiert
In der Schlager Hitparade

Die Zukunft ist die Gegenwart
Musik muss gespielt werden
Es ist Weihnachten oder Sommer
In der Schlager Hitparade

[Pinhead44]

Everybody Will Dance is a great track.

I have a lovely 12 track bonus album now if you take the 5 tracks from Lost, and 7 additional tracks that have been released on the 4 single releases. We really have been spoilt !

First time in a long time that I wouldn't swap any of those 12 tracks for any of the songs on the album though.

[PARALAX]

Lachen und vergessen
Weshalb ich immer warten würde (?)
Die Vergangenheit ist mir passiert
In der Schlager Hitparade

I think it's more like:

Lachen und vergessen,
was auch immer verraten wurde.
Die Vergangenheit ist nie passiert
in der Schlager Hitparade.

At least from a german perspective, these sentences make a lot more sense.

Basically, I think it's actually a funny idea to record a german version and to see Chris so exuberant in a video. After all, you only hear his voice very rarely in PSB songs. But the video is full of clichés. I didn't like the lyrics in the english version either, because I find them far too presumptuous and there's hardly a passage that I would identify with, even though I'm actually patriotic. But that's been the case with many other PSB songs too. Anyway... many other languages, such as Portuguese, have also been used in PSB songs in the past, and now there's a song in German, although I would have preferred fewer or no sarcastic lyrics.

Otherwise, I think "Feel" is a good choice as a single, because it's one of the strongest and most nostalgic songs on the album. I especially like "Everybody will dance", although I prefer the original version to the Superchumbo remix.

[jasonjohn]

I didn't like the lyrics in the english version either, because I find them far too presumptuous and there's hardly a passage that I would identify with, even though I'm actually patriotic. But that's been the case with many other PSB songs too.

That's an interesting point and I think you're in a better position than most to judge!

Guess I saw this song as more "European" rather than strictly German. It's somewhat dark, in any case, and might not pass as Schlager in itself? (though I'm no expert)

I think the existence of this Lowe version is evidence they considered it for some type of focused release.

Geowayne doesn't list any history, wonder if the idea of this track came about during Hotspot, being their Berlin album and all?

[Tom Angel]

I wonder if the idea for the Schlager song came from Munich in 1990

[ChrisLove]

Thanks to that single i started to like more this song, the radio edit starts better than the album version. I finally get this song and the line "you make me feel like nobody else can" reminds me of Heart "Every time I see you something happens to me" or "but every time I see you, you have the same effect".

[Dreamland]

Now on the BBC 6 Music playlist (B list). It’s the third single from Nonetheless to be play-listed by 6 Music (and all four have been A-listed by Radio 2).

[Parkol]

Feel. It's been months now and I listen to this song every day and it's constantly running through my head. It hasn't been like this for a long time. It's a masterpiece.

[Harry]

It's a great song. I prefer the album edit to the radio edit, mainly because I love that first rush of melody, with the gorgeous string part.

I'm really looking forward to hearing the demo on the expanded Nonetheless.

[ChrisLove]

Today my single has shipped can't wait to hear german version of Schlager. I like to complete all the singles from new album, love them, love Nonetheless