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Re: “Dancing to Roxy and Bowie”: Reviewing the Pet Shop Boys, Nonetheless
Posted: Sat 27 Apr 2024, 12:06 pm
by Patrick Bateman
Fair play, bigboy, this is an accurate review, though I like Loneliness more than you seem to. Out of interest, how many listens was this based on?
Re: “Dancing to Roxy and Bowie”: Reviewing the Pet Shop Boys, Nonetheless
Posted: Sat 27 Apr 2024, 12:29 pm
by Nina
Patrick Bateman wrote: Sat 27 Apr 2024, 12:06 pm
Fair play, bigboy, this is an accurate review, though I like Loneliness more than you seem to. Out of interest, how many listens was this based on?
Oh, but I thought according to your Hellenic lord and mistress, this review was based on another magazine's.... that hadn't even been published at the time

Re: “Dancing to Roxy and Bowie”: Reviewing the Pet Shop Boys, Nonetheless
Posted: Sat 27 Apr 2024, 1:05 pm
by Patrick Bateman
Nina wrote: Sat 27 Apr 2024, 12:29 pmOh, but I thought according to your Hellenic lord and mistress, this review was based on another magazine's.... that hadn't even been published at the time
As I said, credit where credit's due, it's a very accurate review. As I’ve only listened to the album once so far, I was interested in knowing how many plays your review was informed by.
Re: “Dancing to Roxy and Bowie”: Reviewing the Pet Shop Boys, Nonetheless
Posted: Sun 28 Apr 2024, 10:28 am
by Nina
drunk14 wrote: Wed 10 Apr 2024, 10:15 am
It says nothing album his emotions
Journalists are not required to express emotions. Leave that to fans... on social media,
Re: “Dancing to Roxy and Bowie”: Reviewing the Pet Shop Boys, Nonetheless
Posted: Tue 30 Apr 2024, 12:01 pm
by Nina
Ghost within this house wrote: Wed 10 Apr 2024, 2:50 pm
This is where I get sort of obsessive, but I'd suggest, putting together the shreds of information we have so far, that this is not quite the ballad-heavy album we'd been led to expect:
Loneliness - fairly upbeat disco stomper
Feel - ballad but with a beats-filled climax
Why am I dancing? - four-on-the-floor synth banger
New London Boy - electro hip-hop/mid-tempo
Dancing Star - upbeat dance pop
A new bohemia - piano / strings mid-tempo
The schlager hit parade - upbeat eurodisco
The secret of happiness - ballad
Bullet for Narcissus - House banger
Love is the Law - mid-tempo?
So, it looks more or less like it's '6 up, 4 down'.
Crude analysis, but wiles away another 15 minutes...
Depends what you class as a ballad. I don't think of Kings Cross or The End Of The World or A Red Letter Day or The Survivors or Here as traditional ballads.
As the review(s) pointed out, this new track is more Go West-like.