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Posted: Wed 01 Nov 2006, 11:59 am
by BlueSwan
I will never get this. My Robot Friend records a crap song with incredibly cringeworthy lyrics. In what I assume to be a selfironic move, PSB decide to cover it, but despite improvements to the original, itøs still cringeworthy. Then for some reason, Robbie Williams, the biggest popstar on the planet, decides to cover this instead of any of the dozens of PSB classics around. Go figure. I do think each new version has improved on the previous version, but it's still not a very good song.
Posted: Wed 01 Nov 2006, 3:54 pm
by !
Even though I think it's really odd that he covered is, his version is the best.
Posted: Wed 01 Nov 2006, 5:51 pm
by Dog
BlueSwan wrote:I will never get this.
I think you summed it up in your first sentence. You just don't get it. It's a fantastic song.
Posted: Wed 01 Nov 2006, 6:55 pm
by Pacific707
dVTB wrote:Pacific707 wrote:where did you hear the demo? the only version of it i have heard is on flamboyant
The official version is a b-side to Miracles, in fact. Flamboyant's only bonus track is I Didn't Get Where I Am Today.
oh thats right i always get them mixed up.
i would still like to know where the demo is from
Posted: Thu 02 Nov 2006, 6:26 pm
by pemachine
Frankly I had no idea that this was not a PSB-penned song. Learn something everyday!
Posted: Thu 02 Nov 2006, 6:33 pm
by Eldritch
Dog wrote:BlueSwan wrote:I will never get this.
I think you summed it up in your first sentence. You just don't get it. It's a fantastic song.
Agree. The verse lyrics are nonsense, but it's a very evocative and an original tribute that captures the allure of PSB perfectly. The PSB version is an improvement on the original, because it's far better sounding and because they really are the Pet Shop Boys. The Robbie version is superfluous, but if it makes even some Williams fans ponder who exactly are Pet Shop Boys and should they investigate further, it has done its task.
One of PSB's top 5 b-sides in my books.
Posted: Thu 02 Nov 2006, 6:51 pm
by stoo
does anyone have any info on my robot friend?
Posted: Thu 02 Nov 2006, 7:26 pm
by pemachine
Posted: Fri 03 Nov 2006, 3:12 am
by weirdalfan1980
Robbie Williams a Pet Shop Boy? He wishes
Posted: Mon 04 Dec 2006, 2:02 pm
by skorpion76
I have just heard it with Robbie Williams, but I think it's really good anyway.
Posted: Mon 04 Dec 2006, 3:37 pm
by Flaffer
skorpion76 wrote:I have just heard it with Robbie Williams,
how is he?
Posted: Mon 04 Dec 2006, 3:42 pm
by skorpion76
Come on. He sang in Take That before, but now he is solo.
Posted: Mon 04 Dec 2006, 4:40 pm
by Boy Strange
skorpion76 wrote:Come on. He sang in Take That before, but now he is solo.
No, you're thinking of Mark Owen.
Posted: Mon 04 Dec 2006, 5:06 pm
by whateverman42
It makes a lot of sense. Now, I don't know why My Robot Friend would make it, but PSB would obviously want a part of it because at this low commercial point in their careers, they'll exploit anything that expresses interest in them. This also explains Robbie Williams, whose fondness for the PSB allowed them to appear twice on his new album. She's Madonna probably came first, and We're the Pet Shop Boys kind of made sense, as if there was a conversation taking place with the song titles. But aside from just the titles coinciding nicely, rather than covering a song that's been on an album before, this song has been heard only by die-hard PSB fans and MRF fans, aka nobody. So it gives a good song exposure. And putting the band name in the title means everyone who buys the record will know the PSB were involved, which quite frankly, was the whole point for the tandem; shameless plugging.
Posted: Mon 04 Dec 2006, 5:38 pm
by skorpion76
Now I have Pet Shop Boys own version too and it's so very nice.