Neil T - Adventures in Karaoke
Posted: Fri 09 Jun 2006, 6:38 am
Here's an amusing little tidbit, according to theartnewspaper.com:
Lost for his own words
Posted 08 June 2006
Pet Shop Boy lost for his own words
Wherever they find themselves, those White Cubers always know how to have a good time. After the opening of Sam Taylor- Wood’s show at the Gateshead Baltic contemporary art centre in the north of England, a hard core of inner-circle revellers ended up in Newcastle’s Chinatown Karaoke bar where, thanks to gallery supremo Jay Jopling playfully requesting the Pet Shop Boys classic “West End Girls” for a certain “Neil T”, the assembled group (along with some bemused locals) were treated to the memorable sight of the Pet Shop Boy himself, Neil Tennant (above), singing along to his own hit. However his rendition was apparently somewhat halting as he grappled with the novel experience of reading his lyrics off a screen and keeping up with a pre-recorded backing track.
Lost for his own words
Posted 08 June 2006
Pet Shop Boy lost for his own words
Wherever they find themselves, those White Cubers always know how to have a good time. After the opening of Sam Taylor- Wood’s show at the Gateshead Baltic contemporary art centre in the north of England, a hard core of inner-circle revellers ended up in Newcastle’s Chinatown Karaoke bar where, thanks to gallery supremo Jay Jopling playfully requesting the Pet Shop Boys classic “West End Girls” for a certain “Neil T”, the assembled group (along with some bemused locals) were treated to the memorable sight of the Pet Shop Boy himself, Neil Tennant (above), singing along to his own hit. However his rendition was apparently somewhat halting as he grappled with the novel experience of reading his lyrics off a screen and keeping up with a pre-recorded backing track.
