The greatest Pet Shop Boys ballad?

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#16 Post by james23_uk »

There's loads when you think about it. Jealousy is supreme though.
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#17 Post by Enrique »

It always comes as a surprise, Luna Park & ICHH rank high...
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#18 Post by Effen Vida »

Liberation
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I Made My Excuses and Left
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#19 Post by Marcus »

It Couldn't happen Here is almighty. Probably because I heard it when I was starting to have interest in pop music.
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I could go on and on. PSB are great at ballads. I don't like Jealousy so much, maybe heard too often. Nervously is great...
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#20 Post by Eldritch »

Rent and Love Comes Quickly are both ussailably great, but ballads? I don't think so.

My fave PSB ballads are King's Cross, Do I Have To? and I Made My Excuses And Left.
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#21 Post by dutchie »

Your funny uncle.

Rent is a little rhythmic to be a real ballad, IMO
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#22 Post by Dreamcatcher2003 »

It Couldn't Happen Here, King's Cross, Do I Have To and Hit and Miss...Each a gem. Later Tonight would be so, only if it was a little bit longer.

Should listen to them tonight once more....
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#23 Post by Very »

hey headmaster
jealousy
love is a catastrophe
liberation
footsteps
and many others!
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#24 Post by Joemoz »

Nervously.

Honourable mention to Jealousy, Your Funny Uncle, To face the truth, To speak is a sin and Drunk though I'm sure some wouldn't accept all those as ballads.
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#25 Post by Undertaker »

I hate the word 'ballad'

Is Being Boring a ballad? I'll go for that.

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#26 Post by dannii »

''Girls don't cry'' is a beautiful ballad if you consider it as ballad.
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#27 Post by PSBehaviour »

It couldn't happen here
Kings Cross

*getting goozebumps already just by thinking of the songs*
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It always comes as a surprise
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#29 Post by CroMagnon »

I'm not really sure what qualifies a song as a "ballad". Is it just a slow song? Is it a slow song which is primarily about romantic love?
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#30 Post by Eldritch »

CroMagnon wrote:I'm not really sure what qualifies a song as a "ballad". Is it just a slow song? Is it a slow song which is primarily about romantic love?
I guess that normally people refer to slow songs in general as ballads. For an ultraliteral description, check the Wikipedia quote on the first page.
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