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The official Pet Shop Boys thread; New album "Super"
Topic Started: Oct 30 2008, 11:59 AM (18,083 Views)
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Nasty artwork for the German single.

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1. Beautiful People
2. Beautiful People (Vinny Vero Remix)
3. Beautiful People (Demo)
4. Fugitive (Seven-inch Mix)
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i was listening to it on the train the other day after being snobbed by an old boyfriend and couldn't help shedding tears
How DARE he!!! :rant:
I KNOW :(

i was really into him. an intelligent, well mannered and educated guy with a taste in music and films that is hardly typical gay. just not the type of person one gets to meet at a gay club and who bores me to death. quite like u, riv, if u know what i mean.

it's not his fault, really. i was acting way too cowardish and he flipped out. i was confident enough he'd give me a second chance, only he didn't and announced it to me yesterday. right now, i just spend my nights smoking-though i had quit it- drinking wine and listening mimi's i want to know what love is and psb's the way it used to be over and over again. thank god for madge's celebration, it put a smile on my face for all the wrong reasons.

back on the subject of psb, it amazes me how they get to craft wonderful pop singles only to release far inferior yet decent album tracks instead. this latest set had so much potential, it really is a big shame.
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i was listening to it on the train the other day after being snobbed by an old boyfriend and couldn't help shedding tears
How DARE he!!! :rant:
I KNOW :(

i was really into him. an intelligent, well mannered and educated guy with a taste in music and films that is hardly typical gay. just not the type of person one gets to meet at a gay club and who bores me to death. quite like u, riv, if u know what i mean.

it's not his fault, really. i was acting way too cowardish and he flipped out. i was confident enough he'd give me a second chance, only he didn't and announced it to me yesterday. right now, i just spend my nights smoking-though i had quit it- drinking wine and listening mimi's i want to know what love is and psb's the way it used to be over and over again. thank god for madge's celebration, it put a smile on my face for all the wrong reasons.

back on the subject of psb, it amazes me how they get to craft wonderful pop singles only to release far inferior yet decent album tracks instead. this latest set had so much potential, it really is a big shame.
Oh I hope you aren't beating yourself up over how you acted around him. You shouldn't have to "act confident" for someone to like you. He should like you for exactly who you are! If he doesn't, well that's his loss. Imagine having to try to act a certain way around someone for them to continue to love you. It would be awful! He's not the one for you. And clearly I am, so...yeah. :shy:

I'm glad you have Mimi's new tune to console you though. God bless her KFC-filled cheeks!

The PSB's "Yes" had such a surefire hit in the form of "All Over The World", yet it was never even released. It's hilarious/infuriating!
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Sep 1 2009, 11:33 PM
I hope you aren't beating yourself up over how you acted around him. You shouldn't have to "act confident" for someone to like you. He should like you for exactly who you are! If he doesn't, well that's his loss. Imagine having to try to act a certain way around someone for them to continue to love you. It would be awful! He's not the one for you. And clearly I am, so...yeah. :shy:

I'm glad you have Mimi's new tune to console you though. God bless her KFC-filled cheeks!

The PSB's "Yes" had such a surefire hit in the form of "All Over The World", yet it was never even released. It's hilarious/infuriating!
he wanted to be with me even though we were living far apart. i thought i was being wise by rejecting such a prospect without even trying otherwise. when i realized i could have been wrong, it seems he had already fallen out of love with me-or at least that's what he wants me to believe. it's just that i'm so over of messing around and a soul mate is such a hard task to ask for and u riv, u're way too far away-or maybe not. after all, we greeks have always thought of the irish as our siblings in the north. :shy:

god bless mimi, too. it's times like these i realize why people connect with her music, however lame it may sound to well respected critics.
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Pet Shop Boys have just confirmed that there will be a five-track Christmas EP this year - it's called 'Christmas', title fans, and it's released on December 14.

Here's the tracklisting, and can we draw your attention to Track 4 in particular.

1. 'It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas' - new version produced by Marius de Vries and Pet Shop Boys.
2. 'My Girl' - Madness cover, produced by Pet Shop Boys.
3. 'All Over The World' - new version, produced by Marius de Vries.
4. 'Viva La Vida' (AMAZING) / 'Domino Dancing' (AMAZING) medley (AMAZING) - studio production (AMAZING) by Stuart Price (AMAZING).
5. 'My Girl' (Our House mix) - produced by PSB.

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splendid news. looks like they're on top form this year
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They certainly know how to keep their fans happy!
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Pet Shop Boys have just confirmed that there will be a five-track Christmas EP this year - it's called 'Christmas', title fans, and it's released on December 14.

Here's the tracklisting, and can we draw your attention to Track 4 in particular.

1. 'It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas' - new version produced by Marius de Vries and Pet Shop Boys.
2. 'My Girl' - Madness cover, produced by Pet Shop Boys.
3. 'All Over The World' - new version, produced by Marius de Vries.
4. 'Viva La Vida' (AMAZING) / 'Domino Dancing' (AMAZING) medley (AMAZING) - studio production (AMAZING) by Stuart Price (AMAZING).
5. 'My Girl' (Our House mix) - produced by PSB.
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Johnnox, are you senile? The same has been posted 3 posts up.

I love PSB.
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The EP is A-FUCKING-MAZING!!! :DRAMA:
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Indeed it is! Viva La Vida should of course have been over ten minutes long, it's just too good. I also love the new version of All Over The World and the new It Doesn't Often etc. Bril! :clap:
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Leave it to the PSB to deliver the goods! :clap:
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New interview with Neil Tennant...

Pet Shop Man: Neil Tennant

By Colleen Nika 06/25/2010 03:34 PM

To assess the impact of the Pet Shop Boys is to deconstruct a 25-year history of sparkling, sophisticated song-making–an intelligent pop evolution they inaugurated and continue to shape in subtle but salient ways. These days, it's most fitting to view the Pet Shop Boys' immortal echo through the lens of modern European-leaning pop, which continues to bear "dry lyrics and string pads," the band's aesthetic hallmarks. With last year's album Yes—their tenth—Neil Tennant and bandmate Chris Lowe entrusted their iconic pop prowess in the hands of maverick production team Xenomania, to winning results. (PHOTO BY ALASAIR MCLELLAN)

The Grammy-nominated album graced the UK Top 5 alongside Lady Gaga and Girls Aloud, the genre-defying pop group who serve as Xenomania's muses and for whom Tennant wrote a hit single, "The Loving Kind." Taking modern-day pop stars under his wing has become a recurrent activity: last year, he invited Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers to perform a string of hits at the BRITS. Call him everyone's favorite pop uncle.

After the success of the year-long Pandemonium tour, which won awards for its inventive Es Driven-helmed set designs, Pet Shop Boys are set to headline the legendary Glastonbury stage tomorrow night for the second time in their career. We had the good fortune to speak with Neil Tennant as he reflected upon career triumphs both classic and current, the challenges of being a hit-maker at middle age, the surprising origins of "West End Girls", and why people can't let go of the 80s.


COLLEEN NIKA: I feel like the only city on this side of the Atlantic that can rival Europe's enthusiasm for the Pet Shop Boys is New York City.

NEIL TENNANT: Absolutely. New York is where the Pet Shop Boys started, really! Our first record was made in New York in 1983 in a little studio off of Times Square called Unique Studios. We were influenced by local musical styles; people were break dancing on the streets back then–it was a very inspirational period. Let's not forget that "West End Girls" was considered to be a "rap record."

NIKA: You were emulating "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash, right?

TENNANT: Yes, the rhythm of the rap is exactly the same–but I do it in an English accent. "People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don't care." [LAUGHS]. You know, originally all of "West End Girls" was going to be spoken, but then I realized I needed to sing at least a bit of it. Still, we often boast it is is the first #1 rap record in America, but nobody believes us. But nonetheless...

NIKA: Can you envision yourself taking cues from contemporary hip-hop culture?

TENNANT: Not so much now—if anything, contemporary hip-hop and Top 40 pop culture is inspired by European dance music. A few years ago, P. Diddy showed up at Ibiza and discovered house music. Look at Kanye's album.

NIKA: What are your thoughts on how your songwriting collaborators, production team Xenomania, have transformed mainstream music this decade?

TENNANT: They're fascinating because, like us, they work in the area of experimental mainstream pop music. Taking mainstream music by the scruff of its neck is the most exciting and difficult thing to do. They never stick to one sound, so they're never boring. They have a big range. It's a team of people who really love music, a situation which actually reminds me of my journalism days at Smash Hits–we were all obsessed with pop music. As musicians, Xenomania share that ethos and have a fresh outlook. So, working with them really suited us. We almost wrote with them for our previous record, Fundamental, but then we heard New Order were doing so, and we didn't want to deal with accusations of ripping them off, even though that collaboration ended up fizzling.

NIKA: What was the process of recording with Xenomania's Brian Higgins like? He's notoriously tricky to work with—Franz Ferdinand actually quit working with the team because their energies clashed.

TENNANT: I know—it's a shame because I think that could have been an amazing record. For us, it was interesting because I find that Brian has a very flexible way of writing songs. But I think for a lot of bands, his methods are tricky, indeed. Brian is highly disciplined, and I think most acts find it very challenging to deal.

NIKA: With those massive hooks, "Love Etc." should have been a #1 hit, no?

TENNANT: It should have been bigger! But when you're our age and you've been around a long time, it doesn't matter how good the record is. They're not going to play it! [UK's] Radio 1 said to us, "It's an amazing record—but we're not going to play it." It didn't fit their youth demographic; they don't want to introduce anyone new to the Pet Shop Boys. But in Germany, "Love Etc." was on the charts for months. Of course, we haven't been played in America for years.

NIKA: Why do you think the Pet Shop Boys are huge everywhere, but viewed primarily as an 80s act by mainstream America?

TENNANT: Our drop off in American popularity happened very suddenly: it came down to one song in 1988, "Left To My Own Devices." EMI thought it was going to go to #1; it went to #84. And that was that. It was all over. Other people try to peg the nature of the "Domino Dancing" video as the culprit, but I don't really buy into that, though the homophobic thing was always an issue for us in America. Even the name of the band, Pet Shop Boys, seemed to rub people the wrong way.

NIKA: But, of course, you still sell out American shows to this day. And Yes charted higher than any other Pet Shop Boys album in years, without any airplay.

TENNANT: We've been lucky in that we do have a very loyal cult following, particular among the gay fans and electronic enthusiasts. Pet Shop Boys will always offer an alternative to whatever else is going on, even now.

NIKA: Something of a "passing-the-torch" moment occurred when you brought Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers onstage with you at the BRIT Awards for your 25th anniversary last year. What led to those choices?

TENNANT: That performance needed to be special. We needed a woman to sing Dusty Springfield's lines in "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" It was the year of Lady Gaga, so our manager said to us, "Ask her!" I didn't even know yet if she could sing it! But she did it—and she was really, really great. She's sharp. I like that she's playing a character. And Brandon, we've known for awhile; he's always been a fan. He's meant to be a rock singer, and she's a pop singer, and we brought them together unexpectedly.

NIKA: I suppose the common ground they share could be that they both qualify as 80s pop revivalists. Why do you think there's a resurgence of interest in that era?

TENNANT: I sort of get a bit tired of people going on about how great the 80s were. At the same time, it was probably the last period of really creative and original pop songwriting. The 90s were steeped in nostalgia and everything became organized—there ceased to be any underground. Everything became streamlined, less weird. 80s pop records are weird, 80s fashion is weird. You didn't go out and buy an outfit, you created it. Look at Adam & The Ants.

NIKA: Do you see some of your influence in today's pop luminaries?

TENNANT: If you look through any music paper, it's easy to encounter something new referred to as "Pet Shop Boys-esque." Usually, that indicates dry lyrics over a string pad and electronic beat. I don't really care about that—I'm more interested in individual cases. Listen to some of Robbie Williams's latest work or "Human" by The Killers. You can hear us in there.
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Ultimate Pet Shop Boys

On November 1st Parlophone will release "Ultimate Pet Shop Boys", a "comprehensive greatest hits collection", featuring 19 hit singles in chronological order from "West End girls" to "Love etc." The Special Edition version will feature a DVD containing a series of classic BBC TV performances from "Top Of The Pops" and other shows recorded over the last 25 years as well as Pet Shop Boys' celebrated Glastonbury Saturday night headline show from June which the Daily Telegraph judged to be "one of the most spectacular Glastonbury moments ever".

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CD tracklisting(from Japananese HMV...not yet official):

1. West End Girls
2. Suburbia
3. It's A Sin
4. What Have I Done To Deserve This?
5. Always On My Mind
6. Heart
7. Domino Dancing
8. Left To My Own Devices
9. Being Boring
10. Where The Streets Have No Name /Can't Take My Eyes Off You
11. Go West
12. Before
13. Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
14. New York City Boy
15. Home And Dry
16. Miracles
17. I'm With Stupid
18. Minimal
19. Love Etc.



The special edition of the forthcoming Ultimate Pet Shop Boys compilation includes a DVD with over three hours of BBC TV performances by Pet Shop Boys, released by arrangement with BBC Music. As well as the complete Glastonbury Festival performance from earlier this year, there are 27 performances of singles. Here's the complete list:

1. West End girls
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 15/12/85
2. Love comes quickly
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 20/03/86
3. Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)
Recorded for BBC 2’s Whistle Test. First transmitted: 29/04/86
4. Suburbia
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 02/10/86
5. It’s a sin
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 25/06/87
6. Rent
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 22/10/87
7. Always on my mind
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 10/12/87
8. What have I done to deserve this?
Recorded for The Brits Awards. First transmitted: 08/02/88
9. Heart
Recorded for BBC 1’s Wogan. First transmitted: 30/03/88
10. Domino dancing
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 22/09/88
11. Left to my own devices
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 01/12/88.
12. So hard
Recorded for BBC 1’s Wogan. First transmitted: 28/09/90
13. Being boring
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 29/11/90
14. Can You Forgive Her?
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 10/06/93
15. Liberation
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 07/04/94
16. Paninaro ‘95
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 03/08/95
17. Se a vida é
Recorded for BBC 2’s Top Of The Pops 2. First Transmitted: 02/12/03
18. A red letter day
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 28/03/97
19. Somewhere
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 04/07/97
20. I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 30/07/99
21. New York City boy
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 08/10/99
22. You only tell me you love me when you're drunk
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 14/01/00
23. Home and dry
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 29/03/02
24. I get along
Recorded for BBC 2’s Top Of The Pops 2. First transmitted: 17/04/02
25. Miracles
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 14/11/03
26. Flamboyant
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 19/03/04
27. I’m with Stupid
Recorded for BBC 1’s Top Of The Pops. First transmitted: 23/04/06
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so, it's basically a single disc version of popart with the addition of three hits nobody but their fanbase remembers :manson:

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so, it's basically a single disc version of popart with the addition of three hits nobody but their fanbase remembers :manson:

Yep. :sadalexz:

In fairness, the DVD is pretty good though!
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so, it's basically a single disc version of popart with the addition of three hits nobody but their fanbase remembers :manson:

Yep. :sadalexz:

In fairness, the DVD is pretty good though!
though a fan, i'd find it pretty hard to go through their totp performances from start to finish. they may put on a great show overall, yet when it comes to their own physical stage presence there's hardly anything worthwhile to watch for that long.

had i not been a collector of their work, i'd be skipping this release without question
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The lack of even a single new song suggests that the boys themselves aren't really behind this release.
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