Pet Shop Boys Community

NotInvisible wrote: Tue 20 Jan 2026, 11:48 pm

markus wrote: Tue 20 Jan 2026, 11:30 pmIf you continue have some sort of hangup about it, I see it as your job to solve the problem.

So if I were to mention the article in which you admit to being a pedophile, you wouldn't expect me to prove it with a link but instead accept that it's your job to solve the problem? Another hot take from the master, I guess.

What?? I'm just going to leave you with Drico and Steve now.

markus wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 12:47 amWhat?? I'm just going to leave you with Drico and Steve now.

So it turns out you would want proof of such an interview. So why make wild claims about Neil and then act put out when asked to back it up with a link?

NotInvisible wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 1:35 am

markus wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 12:47 amWhat?? I'm just going to leave you with Drico and Steve now.

So it turns out you would want proof of such an interview. So why make wild claims about Neil and then act put out when asked to back it up with a link?

I’d advise you to stop this now — you’ve already been warned. The forum doesn’t appreciate people hijacking a thread for egocentric amusement. Your behaviour is inappropriate and is spoiling what was otherwise a good discussion.

markus wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 2:03 amI’d advise you to stop this now — you’ve already been warned. The forum doesn’t appreciate people hijacking a thread for egocentric amusement. Your behaviour is inappropriate and is spoiling what was otherwise a good discussion.

Now that's the pot calling the kettle black.

All I'm saying is that if you're going to make a wild claim about the Pet Shop Boys in a Pet Shop Boys fan forum, it's reasonable to expect that you can actually support it. It appears here you can't, because you made it up. Neil wasn't fretting about a homophobic response to Domino Dancing at the time, there's no record of this.

NotInvisible wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 2:40 am

markus wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 2:03 amI’d advise you to stop this now — you’ve already been warned. The forum doesn’t appreciate people hijacking a thread for egocentric amusement. Your behaviour is inappropriate and is spoiling what was otherwise a good discussion.

Now that's the pot calling the kettle black.

All I'm saying is that if you're going to make a wild claim about the Pet Shop Boys in a Pet Shop Boys fan forum, it's reasonable to expect that you can actually support it. It appears here you can't, because you made it up. Neil wasn't fretting about a homophobic response to Domino Dancing at the time, there's no record of this.

I'm not going to bother. After being a member of this forum for 23 years, I’m well aware of the general consensus here — the basic points most people agree on.
Your eccentric behaviour is your own problem: lecturing everyone with made-up “facts” and rhetorically dismissing anything anyone tells you. Because you differ from the crowd, you twist things to suit yourself, you solve your own created problems.

Your mummy doesn’t work here.

markus wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 3:02 amI'm not going to bother. After being a member of this forum for 23 years, I’m well aware of the general consensus here — the basic points most people agree on.

You've got me beat by a decade. Not that it's relevant.

Your eccentric behaviour is your own problem: lecturing everyone with made-up “facts” and rhetorically dismissing anything anyone tells you.

There's nothing eccentric about asking for a source for a seemingly false claim. It's evident you can't provide one. That's not a lecture, it doesn't involve everyone, and I'm not presenting any made-up facts. I understand why you're having a temper tantrum, but it's probably much easier to just admit you can't back up your assertion and move on.

Your mummy doesn’t work here.

You are a very strange person.

I'm giving up, like talking to wall.

So, possibly moving on to saner pastures:

Track 86: Yesterday, when I was mad (single version)

Chronology: Very, Further Listening, Track 15

I've always found this one a bit limp - the Very era exits with a whimper as far as singles go. The album version is fantastic fun, but the single mix drops the conversation framework by skipping the vocal treatment on the media lines. The music itself is weaker than the hyperactive album iteration; not bad, but not exactly single material IMO. A couple of fun remixes... and whatever the hell Junior Vasquez thought he was doing. Even the sleeve feels tired by this point, with the imagery and accompanying video pointing directly to the lyrics rather than doing anything clever.

A singles package for the b-sides.

markus wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 3:20 amI'm giving up, like talking to wall.

Yes, you can't actually support your claim, we know. Can't wait for the next hot take.

I really like the single mix as I loved Tripomatic Fairytales. The video is fantastic too with Neil fulfilling his Noel Coward Stars in Their Eyes fantasy.

But...it's completely self-reflective on being the Pet Shop Boys. Perhaps that's okay for a fifth single but it's not got much crossover potential. This happens again with Single-Bilingual, which is nice enough but is a satire on a type of businessman.

You're not getting to number one releasing these as singles and PSB are moving into that phase of their career where it's basically the existing fanbase that are the ones buying the singles. Acts entering high in the first week of release and then plummeting down the charts is very mid-1990s. By the next time they release a studio album, the pop scene will be a very different one from their imperial peak.

I think the single version of ‘Yesterday, When I Was Mad’, is a decent enough remix. I find the video rather nightmarish. I guess that’s the point.

I remember it was reviewed on a UK radio review show of the week’s new releases. It might have been ‘Round Table’. It got panned. The said they’d run out of ideas and it was time to give it up. Incredible to think that was 31 years ago! If only they’d known what treats were still in store.

TallThinMan wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 9:41 am I think the single version of ‘Yesterday, When I Was Mad’, is a decent enough remix. I find the video rather nightmarish. I guess that’s the point.

I remember it was reviewed on a UK radio review show of the week’s new releases. It might have been ‘Round Table’. It got panned. The said they’d run out of ideas and it was time to give it up. Incredible to think that was 31 years ago! If only they’d known what treats were still in store.

It would be interesting to know who was on it and slagged them off - probably a one-hit wonder from 1994. I always harboured grudges against people who dissed PSB (as a fan, that's my job!). I remember Nick Grimshaw made a snarky comment about them when he was on Channel 4 in the early 2000s and I've loathed him every since (plus he's a try-hard t*** anyway). Conversely, if someone famous likes them, they get a pass from me even if they're an awful human being.

markus wrote: Tue 20 Jan 2026, 9:03 pm

Drico One wrote: Tue 20 Jan 2026, 8:20 pm Tracks 84 and 85: Euroboy and Some Speculation

Chronology: Very, Further Listening, Tracks 13 and 14

because they are, basically, two backing tracks in search of a song.

I consider both Relentless omissions. One is muscular and driving, the other mysterious and sinister. I found both very slight at the time - again, the lack of an actual song being the limiting factor for me, though Some Speculation is at least intriguing. They feel like leftovers, which they likely were. But they're quality leftovers. Together, they are satisfyingly seedy.

Drico.

This music is right up my alley — two techno masterpieces that end Alternative on a high note. Everything before feels like a warm-up for this moment, when we finally hear real emotion from the polished poster boys on their early album covers.

I love Some Spec. It puts you in a great mood. Just as they say in the Alternative booklet... they come full circle from In The Night.
And yes, they should've been on Relentless with Relentless 8-track-version put out in 1994 as the follow up to Very.

Patrick Bateman wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 10:42 am

TallThinMan wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 9:41 am I think the single version of ‘Yesterday, When I Was Mad’, is a decent enough remix. I find the video rather nightmarish. I guess that’s the point.

I remember it was reviewed on a UK radio review show of the week’s new releases. It might have been ‘Round Table’. It got panned. The said they’d run out of ideas and it was time to give it up. Incredible to think that was 31 years ago! If only they’d known what treats were still in store.

It would be interesting to know who was on it and slagged them off - probably a one-hit wonder from 1994. I always harboured grudges against people who dissed PSB (as a fan, that's my job!). I remember Nick Grimshaw made a snarky comment about them when he was on Channel 4 in the early 2000s and I've loathed him every since (plus he's a try-hard t*** anyway). Conversely, if someone famous likes them, they get a pass from me even if they're an awful human being.

*David Walliams has entered the chat*

tottenhammattspurs wrote: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 11:20 am *David Walliams has entered the chat*

Ha ha, yes, he's the obvious example. Picked Later Tonight on Desert Island Discs so must be alright really!