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The problem is the videos have probably cost a fortune, which is why I dare to criticize. They were supposed to never become boring. They promised!

There was a time PSB created songs with cinematic sounds. Videos worked fine for them.

Monkey Business was fine but I think their last creative video was the one for "Love, etc". "Together" was also fine.

Now it's all about the commodification of men on almost every music video.

Nickname wrote: Sun 04 Jan 2026, 1:12 am
Now it's all about the commodification of men on almost every music video.

Feels a bit stale. They look phoned in, like there was no real intention to express anything. Bruce Weber is still alive isn't he?

Dog wrote: Wed 31 Dec 2025, 5:26 pm

1. Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live

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More than five years after its originally planned 2020 launch, Dreamworld in 2025 felt like a true living, breathing retrospective - continually adjusted, completely enthralling, and still capable of drawing huge, multigenerational audiences wherever it plays.

Bravo! Thank you very much, Dog, a lovely retrospective! (I took a few days' off there so read it all at once.)

It's amazing that it's still going, this tour. I've been lucky enough to see it four times in four years (5th coming up at Lytham!) and every time it's been a joy to behold. I have rationalized it as my equivalent of going to church at Christmas: As long as they're playing somewhere when I make my annual trip back home to the UK, I'm going to do my darnedest to go see them because one day I... won't be able to... for whatever reasons...

markus wrote: Thu 01 Jan 2026, 9:21 pm One way of trying to recreate the “good old days” would be to hire an agency to micromanage a flawless strategy alongside the crowd-pleasing greatest hits tour. The aim would be to win back lost fans and impress them — even if it means selling a bit of their soul, just to seem cool and relevant, as if 1990 never ended. They’d have to think of themselves as a boy band: puppets, handing over total control of every aspect.

I swear, some days I read your posts and wonder what the f*** someone is slipping in your vodka because this has to be about the most un-Pet Shop Boys thing imagineable.

petshopgrrl wrote: Sun 04 Jan 2026, 6:53 am

I swear, some days I read your posts and wonder what the f*** someone is slipping in your vodka because this has to be about the most un-Pet Shop Boys thing imagineable.

There's likely no such agency in reality, even if you're rich. Showbiz all about the youth. But we're here for them, nickname and me.

It's hard to accept, but at least in terms of promoting a record, the music video is dead because MTV is dead. The returns don't justify the investment. It's fine to make one as an artistic statement, but they're not going to reach any potential new fans through a music video. We're lucky they bothered at all last year.

Nickname wrote: Sun 04 Jan 2026, 1:12 am Now it's all about the commodification of men on almost every music video.

Here's an idea - how about you stop watching these videos? And ideally stop listening to their music? And most importantly, finally stop posting here.

Most importantly, the band you supposedly adore doesn't owe you shit. You in particular, considering you're always raving about what should've been done differently and how they should've stayed stuck in the 80s and repeated the same formula ad nauseam. Not to mention a disturbing amount of bad taste on display. A couple of gay-oriented videos by PSB are the least of your concerns considering the things you post.

Such a good read, thanks!

They are the hardest working duo of all time