Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

[Patrick Bateman]

Speaking of books... Wait a minute..

https://www.amazon.es/Colin-Carter/dp/B0F2HBBXMC/


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Notwithstanding my ignorance that Patrick Stewart and Chas Smash have formed a synthpop duo, only 101 questions? nickname and psb-freak could knock that up in an afternoon. Did the 'author' just get bored typing stuff into ChatGBT?

[Danger]

‘Was it worth it’ would be a great addition to their Dreamworld tour. Upbeat, danceable track.

Even if the Nightlife tour acoustic version for me was even a bit better than the original one

[Too Many Shadows]

"PSB doing a SAW track"

Very much my thoughts. A Hi-NRG foreshadowing of Very. I would have been delighted for Very to have quietly leant further into Behaviour’s lushness, but it was not to be.

[Neilatrone]

Track 62: "Music For Boys (Part 2)"
Behaviour: Further Listening, Track 12

The Ambient Mix - not my cup of tea.

[telys]

Track 62: "Music For Boys (Part 2)"
Behaviour: Further Listening, Track 12

The Ambient Mix - not my cup of tea.

Would fit om Relentless. Adding Some Spec and Euroboy to it as well would make Relentless experimental and awesome.

[nervousboy]

The Chris Lowe mix would have been a perfect fit for Relentless. Playing the Ambient Mix now and its certainly taken me back to the heady clubby days of the early 90s. Oh Yeah!

[jasonjohn]

hope we get a Relentless 2 someday

the double CD format would suit them, make it a bipolar/contrasting release. Except it's just a cliche to say Chris is the high energy one and Neil orchestral - Behaviour was Chris' push, after all. But a "two rooms" setup would be fun

[Neilatrone]

Track 63: "Can You Forgive Her?"
Very: Further Listening, CD1, Track 1

Very, the 5th album released in September 1993 (32 years ago ).

First track, it was the first single and on first hearing it, I felt it plodded along too much and sounded a bit harsh to my ears.

[ype]

The first time I heard Can you forgive her? was when I saw the video on MTV. It was one of the most thrilling and happiest moments of my life. I still love everything about it.

[leesmapman]

I also do remember the first time I heard it. I heard it on the radio and it was the longest time between their previous single so finally hearing something from them was a good time. At that time I already strayed away from PSB (Behaviour didn't work well for me) and leaned into the more avant-garde type of music but hearing such a "vintage" Pet Shop Boys sounding track filled me with joy.

[tottenhammattspurs]

I remember hearing it before it was released as a new track on Steve Wright in the Afternoon show. He introduced it as, and this is word for word, "The not at all over produced new pet shop boys single".

t***.

[NOBODY75]

One night in 1993, I was having a few drinks with my friends at a bar. I had no idea Pet Shop Boys were going to release anything new; those were different times. Times when it was much harder to find out about things. I don't remember what was playing. But it wasn't the videos playing on the bar's TV; I imagine it was some kind of MTV show.
At one point, I thought I saw Neil dressed up as something out of the corner of my eye. I got closer, and sure enough, it was them. I started looking around a little desperately... but there was nothing I could do. I spent the next 3 or 4 minutes staring like a fool at a muted TV, frustrated because I couldn't hear what was obviously their new single, which I imagined was coming with a new album. I spent the next day glued to the radio, hoping they'd play it so I could listen to it.
Great song... I'd rather not talk about the video.

[Neilatrone]

Track 64: "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
Very: Further Listening, CD1, Track 2

Moving swiftly on or we'll never make it to Fundamental let along Super........................

After being not so impressed by the first track, I considered this to be a banger.

[Xakrij]

+1 Voxigen Mix

[New Devon Boy]

I remember hearing it before it was released as a new track on Steve Wright in the Afternoon show. He introduced it as, and this is word for word, "The not at all over produced new pet shop boys single".

t***.

I remember him saying that as well! He really did hate the PSB!

1st June 1993, release day and the evening I got most drunk in my entire life!