Which song do you think that should be fourth single?

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Which song do you think that should be fourth single?

Feel
32
24%
Why am I dancing?
52
39%
Nws London Boy
9
7%
The Schlager Hit Parade
7
5%
The Secret of Happiness
8
6%
Bullet for Narcissus
22
16%
Love Is the Law
4
3%
 
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#31 Post by TeCHno PoP »

If there will be one more single it can't be other than Schlager. It screams for a Christmas EP around november!

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#32 Post by Nickname »

TeCHno PoP wrote: Wed 12 Jun 2024, 7:55 pm If there will be one more single it can't be other than Schlager. It screams for a Christmas EP around november!
Perfect time for "Why am I dancing" and "Feel" like previous singles.

First single: "Loneliness" (February)
Second single: "Dancing Star" (April)
Third single: "A New Bohemia" (June)
Fourth single: "Why am I dancing" (August)
Fifth single: "Feel" (October)
Sixth single: "The schlager hit parade" (December)

A rework in "Why am I dancing?" and "The schlager hit parade" for the singles versions would be perfect. :mrgreen:

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#33 Post by daveid »

I really don't understand why WAID? is so popular. It has no chorus, its lyrics are weak. A poor imitation of more classic PSB anthems.

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daveid wrote: Thu 13 Jun 2024, 10:40 am I really don't understand why WAID? is so popular. It has no chorus, its lyrics are weak. A poor imitation of more classic PSB anthems.
daveid wrote: Sun 09 Jun 2024, 9:26 pm I think Why am I dancing is a lyrically weak rip-off of earlier songs. I would go with Schlager as it's vaguely anthemic sounding. Feel is my second choice.
From my point of view and many others "Why am I dancing?" has a stronger melody and a really good hook that makes it better. "The schlager hit parade" has a very lazy and simple melody like the style of songs called "schlager".

"Feel" is another good option too.

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#35 Post by TallThinMan »

Nickname wrote: Thu 13 Jun 2024, 12:26 pm"The schlager hit parade" has a very lazy and simple melody like the style of songs called "schlager".
That is the whole point. It’s a song about schlager, in the style of schlager.

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daveid wrote: Thu 13 Jun 2024, 10:40 am I really don't understand why WAID? is so popular. It has no chorus, its lyrics are weak. A poor imitation of more classic PSB anthems.
The same for me, it's a weak parody of another song. Could be much much better.

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#37 Post by rashomon »

Feel … it still sounds fresh and I’ve played this one a lot since release.

I would think a PSB extended mix of this could be insanely good
you could say conventional ... and I could claim intentional

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jules wrote: Thu 13 Jun 2024, 5:50 pm
daveid wrote: Thu 13 Jun 2024, 10:40 am I really don't understand why WAID? is so popular. It has no chorus, its lyrics are weak. A poor imitation of more classic PSB anthems.
The same for me, it's a weak parody of another song. Could be much much better.
It's the poor love child of Go West and Bourgeois.

Why am I going West to construct a bourgeois love dance?

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#39 Post by negative_0ne »

rashomon wrote: Thu 13 Jun 2024, 5:54 pm Feel … it still sounds fresh and I’ve played this one a lot since release.

I would think a PSB extended mix of this could be insanely good
there are some fanmixes,

and i made extended mixes of all the songs here:
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2 pet shop boys - feel (never let you down mix) 7:15

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#40 Post by rashomon »

Thanks negative

Found your megamix on YouTube and will give it a spin tomorrow
you could say conventional ... and I could claim intentional

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#41 Post by Pinhead44 »

Double A side release with WAID and Bullet would be lovely.

Double CD release with a nice outer wallet to house both cds, and each cd to contain an extended mix, remix, and one spanking brand new track !

I know, I'm living in Dreamland !

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#42 Post by daveid »

You're living in 1994

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#43 Post by Too Many Shadows »

daveid wrote: Sat 15 Jun 2024, 11:06 am You're living in 1994
Marketing is a bourgeois construct. All it takes is for someone to say, "let's do it." It's not as if PSB are stroking the algorithm for number one hit optimisation, so why not have fun with the product?
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Too Many Shadows wrote: Sat 15 Jun 2024, 11:44 am
daveid wrote: Sat 15 Jun 2024, 11:06 am You're living in 1994
Marketing is a bourgeois construct. All it takes is for someone to say, "let's do it." It's not as if PSB are stroking the algorithm for number one hit optimisation, so why not have fun with the product?
I agree with this but it is highly unlikely to happen. Hope to have a bit of vinyl but that seems to be dead for them now.

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#45 Post by jasonjohn »

Bohemia is the one that deserves vinyl.

The artwork, harking back to vinyl-age, and the clear importance to them.

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