What were you listening to BEFORE Pet Shop Boys

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Shopper · #16 Post by **Shopper** » Mon 06 Jun 2011, 10:31 am

boney m and abba !

Danimal · #17 Post by **Danimal** » Mon 06 Jun 2011, 12:04 pm

The "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Beverly Hills Cop II" soundtracks.

Pani · #18 Post by **Pani** » Fri 22 Jul 2011, 7:26 pm

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Duran Duran ...

Radiophonic · #19 Post by **Radiophonic** » Fri 22 Jul 2011, 10:36 pm

1985 Divas!

raggatwin · #20 Post by **raggatwin** » Fri 22 Jul 2011, 11:00 pm

Its funny when you listen to that early 80s new york hi nrg/freestyle stuff you see that what the PSBs were doing wasnt that original at all. Obviously they matured as song writers and this is to their credit, but i've got a wicked electro album called dreams never end and any one of the songs o there could have been a PSBs song, except they were released before Please came out....

#21 Post by **Drico One** » Fri 22 Jul 2011, 11:09 pm

That's true. If you've ever seen the atrocious 1984 breakdance movie Beat Street, you'll know just how much of its soundtrack influenced Please. Arthur Baker was involved and Afrika Bambaataa performed in the movie itself. In hindsight, you can see how underground Please sounded to the mainstream in early 1986.

They were original in developing that music as a soundscape for tales of neurotic middle-class urbanity, though.

Drico.

raggatwin · #22 Post by **raggatwin** » Fri 22 Jul 2011, 11:35 pm

agreed yes, it was underground music sold to an urban middle class, bit like house, jungle and more recently dubstep.

Radiophonic · #23 Post by **Radiophonic** » Fri 22 Jul 2011, 11:40 pm

It was only because Pet Shop Boys 12" singles were stacked in the hi-NRG section of my local indie record shop that I noticed them in the first place. The name 'Pet Shop Boys' seemed to evoke the fey English bands I liked such as Lotus Eaters and Tin Tin, but in the hi-NRG section?? I was completely intrigued.

Early influence ... ?

markus · #24 Post by **markus** » Fri 22 Jul 2011, 11:41 pm

Morton Fire · #25 Post by **Morton Fire** » Sat 23 Jul 2011, 9:59 am

ABC, Scritti Politti, Soft Cell

Radiophonic · #26 Post by **Radiophonic** » Sat 23 Jul 2011, 11:49 am

Ah, forgot about Scritti Politti. Great artist.

raggatwin · #27 Post by **raggatwin** » Sat 23 Jul 2011, 11:59 am

He drinks in my local pub. I love the hip hop track he did with mos def, tinisletown to the boogie down.

Fugitive1979 · #28 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Sat 23 Jul 2011, 3:34 pm

Duran Duran
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Eurythmics

Pani · #29 Post by **Pani** » Thu 28 Jul 2011, 7:34 pm

Fugitive1979 wrote:Frankie Goes To Hollywood

I used to have every maxi vinyl but sold them at the flee market.
Silly me ...

Radiophonic · #30 Post by **Radiophonic** » Thu 28 Jul 2011, 7:54 pm

I used to have the complete 12" and 7" collection of Japan records - and threw 'em out thinking no-one would want them.

More silly me!

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