Pet Shop Boys Community

01 Can You Forgive Her
02 Go West
03 Opportunities
04 Suburbia
05 It's A Sin
06 What Have I Done To Deserve This
07 Rent
08 Always On My Mind
09 Heart
10 Domino Dancing
11 Left To My Own Devices
12 It's Alright
13 So Hard
14 Being Boring
15 Where The Streets Have No Name/...Seriously
16 Jealousy
17 DJ Culture
18 Flamboyant

01 West End Girls
02 Go West
03 Opportunities
04 Suburbia
05 It's A Sin
06 What Have I Done To Deserve This
07 Rent
08 Always On My Mind
09 Heart
10 Domino Dancing
11 Left To My Own Devices
12 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
13 So Hard
14 Being Boring
15 Where The Streets Have No Name/...Seriously
16 I Get Along
17 DJ Culture
18 Flamboyant[/quote]

Why do I feel like we've done this before????

01 West End Girls
I'm beginning to feel like Can you forgive her? is the most over-rated single they've put out...

02 Go West
Though Love comes quickly really sneaks up on me...

03 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
Yeah, I said it...

04 Suburbia
No contest

05 It's A Sin
Though given the choice, I'd listen to Yesterday more...

06 What Have I Done To Deserve This
Poor Paninaro...

07 Rent
Duh...

08 Always On My Mind
In a laugher...

09 Heart
Seriously...

10 A Red Letter Day
Nothing against Domino dancing, but Red letter day is in my top 5

11 Left To My Own Devices
Pur-LEASE!

12 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
Yeah, that's right.

13 So Hard
I can't think of anything to say about this laugher...

14 Being Boring
The hardest one for me- as BB was vastly overrated, but Drunk is just too overplayed...

15 Where The Streets Have No Name/...Seriously
Especially with the BiR mix of Seriously...

16 Jealousy
Some of these aren't anywhere near being close...

17 DJ Culture
Coining a phrase in popular culture wins out every time...

18 Was It Worth It
Nothing left to say....

Blue 14-4 Red

And it wasn't even THAT close.....

01 Can You Forgive Her
02 Go West
03 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
04 Suburbia
05 Yesterday When I Was Mad
06 Paninaro 95
07 Before
08 Always On My Mind
09 Heart
10 A Red Letter Day
11 Left To My Own Devices
12 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
13 So Hard
14 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
15 Where The Streets Have No Name/...Seriously
16 Jealousy
17 Miracles
18 Flamboyant

7 - 11

01 Can You Forgive Her
02 Love Comes Quickly
03 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
04 Suburbia
05 Yesterday When I Was Mad
06 What Have I Done To Deserve This
07 Before
08 Always On My Mind
09 Single-Bilingual
10 A Red Letter Day
11 Left To My Own Devices
12 It's Alright
13 So Hard
14 Being Boring
15 Home And Dry
16 Jealousy
17 DJ Culture
18 Flamboyant

blue 10 red 8

Or 19 vs 19

01 West End Girls vs. Go West
02 Love Comes Quickly vs. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
03 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) vs. Liberation
04 Suburbia vs. Yesterday When I Was Mad
05 It's A Sin vs. Paninaro '95
06 What Have I Done To Deserve This? vs. Before
07 Rent vs. Se A Vida E (That's the Way Life Is)
08 Always On My Mind vs. Single-Bilingual
09 Heart vs. A Red Letter Day
10 Domino Dancing vs. Somewhere
11 Left To My Own Devices vs. I Don't Know What You Want...
12 It's Alright vs. New York City Boy
13 So Hard vs. You Only Tell Me When You're Drunk
14 Being Boring vs. Home And Dry
15 Where The Streets Have.../ How Can You Expect... vs. I Get Along
16 Jealousy vs. Miracles
17 DJ Culture vs. Flamboyant
18 Was It Worth It? vs. I'm With Stupid
19 Can You Forgive Her vs. Minimal

blue 13 red 6

Can You Forgive Her
Go West
Opportunities
Suburbia
Its a Sin
What have I done to deserve this?
Rent
Always on my mind
Heart
Domino dancing
Left to my own devices
I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more
So Hard
Drunk
Streets
I get along
Miracles
Flamboyant

11-7 to the oldies

Major props for your dedication to stats, Stat freak!

01 West End Girls
02 Go West
03 Opportunities
04 Liberation
05 It's A Sin
06 What Have I Done To Deserve This
07 Rent
08 Always On My Mind
09 Heart
10 Domino Dancing
11 Somewhere
12 I I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
13 New York City Boy
14 Being Boring
15 Where The Streets Have No Name/...Seriously
16 Jealousy
17 Miracles
18 Flamboyant

Verbal wrote:01 West End Girls
I'm beginning to feel like Can you forgive her? is the most over-rated single they've put out...

Couldn't agree more.

Can You Forgive Her? is the best single they've ever put out.

retrofuturist wrote:Can You Forgive Her? is the best single they've ever put out.

Both are exaggerated and sentimental approaches. Can You Forgive Her is neither the best single nor the most overrated one they've put out. At least ten singles from the Discography era (Always on my mind, Opportunities, It's A Sin, Rent, Heart, Left To My Own Devices, So Hard, Suburbia, It's Alright and Domino dancing are clearly better than Can you forgive her?; West End girls and Being Boring are at par) and at least three singles from the post Discography era (A Red Letter Day, Flamboyant and Minimal) are either better or at par with it.

Yes, lyrics are excellent but almost all PSB lyrics are excellent anyway...

retrofuturist wrote:Can You Forgive Her? is the best single they've ever put out.

Thanks for making my point for me

Pah... the single version of Domino Dancing is barely better than the ultra super secret rare track of Neil farting in the bath.

Can You Forgive Her? is totally sublime, otherworldly pop perfection with spy-movie cool and gloriously perceptive lyrics. It's like an intriguing mystery you can never unravel. The synthesized 6/8 instrumentation sits together magnificently, and it warrants being turned up really loud so you can hear everything exciting that's going on. Magnificent film clip too by the way. That said, the remixes were pants - I can never forgive Rollo and MK.

I love West End Girls as well but in comparison, it's a tad dull and too easily disectable into its constituent parts. One of the most famous basslines of all time to be sure, but the song aims more at being cool than exciting and it doesn't tell a particularly intriguing tale either.