Obscure Pet Shop Boys – Setlist Competition

[Frippe1970]

Hello everyone,

The “Obscure Pet Shop Boys” concerts put us in a unique situation: we’ll get a completely new setlist and we don’t know a single song that will be on it. I’d like to have a bit of fun with you all and came up with the following game:

Each participant chooses 10 songs they think will be played. Each song that is actually played earns one point. Whoever gets the most correct guesses will receive a T-shirt from the evening (there has to be one) from me, which I will buy at the venue and ship anywhere in the world. Just include your T-shirt size with your entry.

Rules:

- The deadline for entries is March 31.
- If songs leak beforehand, they can no longer be guessed. However, if someone already guessed them before the leak, they will still count.
- In the case of a tie, I will draw lots.
- Songs don’t have to be played in full, but it doesn’t count if they are only briefly sampled.

I’d be happy if you like the idea. Who’s in?

Best,Henrik

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Here are my guesses:

1. Music for Boys
2. Two Divided by Zero
3. In The Night
4. One More Chance
5. King’s Cross
6. Do I Have To?
7. I’m Not Scared
8. Shameless
9. Young Offender
10. We’re the Pet Shop Boys

[Capsigrany]

1-Music for boys
2-Jack the lad
3-Miserabilism
4-It always comes as a surprise
5-One thing leads to another
6-Ich bin musik
7-Radiophonic
8-Bolshy
9-Decide
10-The resurrectionist
Size M!

[Zoops]

What a wonderful idea! Regarding the rules, I would suggest expanding them further: I'm not assuming that, but what if they should play different songs (I think you can rule it out)? As a precaution, I would use the songs played on Monday as a benchmark...
Here is my list:
1. Music for boys
2.After the event
3. Hoping for a miracle
4. Shameless
5. We are the pet shop boys
6. Sexy Northener
7. Love is the law
8. Decide
9. London
10. That' s my impression
Well, hard to choose.... size L

[eastendboy]

1 After the event
2 That’s My Impression
3 Jack The Lad
4 Miserablism
5 Listening
6 To Face The Truth
7 Hit Music
8 Party In The Blitz
9 I Want To Wake Up
10 I Want A Dog

Size L

[Roger]

1.Love is the law
2.Shameless
3.King's Cross
4.The way it used to be
5.One more chance
6. Sexy Northener
7.Tonight is forever
8.Fluorescent
9.Hoping for a miracle
10.This must be the place i waited years to leave
Size M

[babi7808]

1. I want a dog
2. My october symhony
3. Music for boys
4. Indefinite leave to remain
5. King of Rome
6. The survivors
7. Hoping for a miracle
8. Always
9. A new London boy
10. Love is the law

Size L

[tobbedavidsson]

What a fun initiative! I'll be there Friday and hope to hear – amongst others – the following tunes:

1. The Way It Used To Be
2. Miserablism
3. After the Event
4. One Thing Leads to Another
5. A New Life
6. It Must Be Obvious
7. The Resurrectionist
8. Don Juan
9. Fugitive
10. It Always Comes as a Surprise

Size L

[425-17]

1. Fugitive
2. An open mind
3. Occupy your mind
4. In the night
5. Tonight is forever
6. Always
7. Young Offender
8. New London boy
9. Jack the lad
10. DJ Culture

Size M

[TG]

NEW BOY
ODD MAN OUT
A NEW LIFE
JACK THE LAD
DO I HAVE TO
IT MUST BE OBVIOUS
MISERABLISM
THE NIGHT IS A TIME TO EXPLORE WHO YOU ARE
DANCING IN THE DUSK
IN SLOW MOTION

MEDIUM SIZE T SHIRT

[Morse]

For right or wrong I've excluded tracks I know they've played live on the basis that I figured they would only be playing tracks they specifically hadn't played live (not including miming) before. So, out have gone the likes of Birthday Boy, Hit and Miss, I Didn't Get Where I am Today, Do I Have To?, King's Cross and Two Divided By Zero. I should have included Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend as I still absolutely love that, but I think they'll play the following with that as an encore hopefully:


1. A Man Could Get Arrested
2. I Want a Lover
3. The Resurrectionist
4. Jack The Lad
5. Sense Of Time
6. Why Am I Dancing?
7. Bullet For Narcissus
8. Always
9. One Of The Crowd (coz you have to let Chris have a go!)
10. An Open Mind

Could quite easily have carried on seemingly forever there.......



Extra large please (I've got a bit of a bug for baggy)

[Lleonard Pler]

1. Two divided by zero
2. Music for boys
3. Miserablism
4. Dreaming of the Queen
5. The ghost of myself
6. Birthday boy
7. The resurrectionist
8. Fugitive
9. The way it used to be
10. Bolshy

Size L.

[jasonjohn]

Well this is impossible, isn't it?

1. Hit music
2. A man could get arrested
3. Will-o-the-wisp
4. A certain je ne sais quoi
5. A new life
6. Dreaming of the Queen
7. Miserablism
8. Up against it
9. Boy Strange
10. Building a wall

Only solution: They play a different set list every night!

[Frippe1970]

What a wonderful idea! Regarding the rules, I would suggest expanding them further: I'm not assuming that, but what if they should play different songs (I think you can rule it out)? As a precaution, I would use the songs played on Monday as a benchmark...

You are right about that we will use Monday.

Please, everybody don`t forget your T-Shirt size.

[NOBODY75]

1.YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WENT WRONG
2. MISERABLISM
3. HIT AND MISS
4. IT ALWAYS COMES AS SURPRISE
5. AN OPEN MIND
6. DECIDE
7. NEW LONDON BOY
8. END OF THE WORLD
9. A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW
10. MORE THAN A DREAM

[dequesi]

What a fun idea, Henrik! Thanks for organising!

My guesses:
1. Music for boys
2. Will-o-the-wisp
3. Always
4. Shameless
5. Violence
6. It always comes as a surprise
7. Love is the law
8. Decide
9. We're the Pet Shop Boys
10. Burn

Size S

It was really tough to Decide! ;-D