suzie Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 (edited) How come there is no thread on The Pet Shop Boys???? I am proud to open the first then I absolutely love their music, particularly their first 3 albums from the 80s. I also love Neil's voice when he speaks .... so I love the 'Neil Tennant rap', too in: West End Girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIC6_nApwjcu Suburbia Left to My Own Devices ..etc. Edited August 30, 2009 by suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Thanks for opening this thread, Suzie I loved them as a teenager, but haven't listened to them for a while. Going to do it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violet_sky Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I totally hear PSB in the new Rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nix--cis-f. Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Pet Shop Boys 4eva I started liking them when I was kid and I like them even now.Neil's voice is amazing and even new songs promise something My favorite ones are Domino Dancing,Go west,Heartbeat( ),It's a sin,Always on my mind,Being boring,It's alright and so on...one for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 I totally hear PSB in the new Rain. I twitted Neil Tennant about the song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinghorse83 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I twitted Neil Tennant about the song you're a smug lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywonka Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I used to be a huge fan... Rent was my fav... Saw them in Spain back in 198something...when dinosaurs wandered the Earth... And like some PSB fans say on their forum now: Neil was hot/now he's not...;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel_tinydancer Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I looooove Pet Shop Boys! I think they opened so many doors for future artists of their type. I know Mika is a fan as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Their last album "Yes" is great!! Very joyful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracekelly85 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I like PSB too in particualr their last album "YES". I love all songs of that album but my fav is "MORE THAN A DREAM":wink2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxy Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I really loved the "YES" album! Absolutely amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 you're a smug lot. I think there must be some misunderstanding here. Either me misunderstanding you or you misunderstanding me If the latter, let me clarify... 'Hearing Neil Tennant' in Rain is nothing but a compliment. It's the style we were referring to and not any particular melody or whatever... Robbie Williams' No Regrets is a fully PSB inspired song, for example, and Robbie's rap at the end sounds like Neil Tennant himself (who is also present on the track but only singing).. I don't think there is anything wrong with twitting an artist I like about a song I like and think he will like, too .. I wouldn't be surprised if he had already heard about the song, anyway, because of the Owen Pallett connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I used to be a huge fan... Rent was my fav... .... I Rent and I :wub2:What Have I Done To Deserve This with Dusty Springfield ...as well as the other songs from Actually Saw them in Spain back in 198something...when dinosaurs wandered the Earth... ...also saw them in Budapest in the late Triassic period And like some PSB fans say on their forum now:Neil was hot/now he's not...;( :blink:You mean looks, attitude or music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Neil Tennant just twitted this interview. I think it is most definitely worth reading http://thenewgay.net/2009/09/pet-shop-boys-neil-tennant.html Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant: The New Gay Interview 2 September 2009, 12:00 pm Since 1986, English synth duo Pet Shop Boys have been putting out dance music that puts the current crop of synth revivalists to shame. Tempering their grand sound with gay vocalists Neil Tennant’s reedy voice, and an overall theatrical sensibility that is often present in the groups’ stories live shows, PSB has continued their streak with their latest album “Yes.” Though it was released in March, the duo will be playing DC’s DAR Constitution Hall Tomorrow, Sept. 4th as an early stop in an extensive US tour. Neil Tennant (on the right in the above photo) was nice enough to give me 15 minutes to talk about irony, the current state of Synthpop, La Roux and contemporary gay culture. Below the interview, you can check out the video for PSB’s newest single. The New Gay: The first thing I need to ask you is about your album title. With all that has been going on in the world recently, why name your album something as affirming as “Yes?” Neil Tennant: It just felt like a good description of the music on the record. A lot of is really upbeat. We felt really confident about it, it’s a confident testament for the Pet Shop Boys. And it seemed like a good title. TNG: So this is a more sincere album? It’s funny, because many critics see you as a band who traffics solely in irony. NT: If you go back to our very first album, “Please,” in 1986, it’s full of amazingly sincere songs like “Love Comes Quickly” and “West End Girls.” It’s only got one ironic song on it, “Opportunities,” so I think people always underestimate the kind of sincerity and romanticism in the Pet Shop Boys, even with our wit. We do the irony thing occasionally, when the mood strikes. TNG: Do you think this underestimation has anything to do with the gay male reputation for irony? NT: I think it’s because we’ve made some very successful ironic statements, so that’s how people render [us.] Like “I’ve got the brains, you’ve got the looks.” People remember that. No one thinks Erasure is ironic, for instance. I often think people confuse humor for irony. We have a lot of songs with a humorous edge and not may people do that. Also, people try to be ironic when they’re not, we just have to live with that. TNG: How do you keep finding things to write about after 15 years? NT: There’s always something happening in the world or in my life or friends’ lives or in the streets or the news. Or a phrase I suddenly think of or see in the newspaper. On my iPhone i have a list of 42 ideas and songs, most are crap but you never know. So I don’t have difficulty with that. TNG: : Is there less pressure to keep synthpop fresh, as it is a sound that really traffics in the retro? NT: We do feel pressure, you have to in pop. We don’t set out to make retro records, the reason we’re still around is because our approach has shifted with each album. There is “the Pet Shop Boys sound” that people recognize, yet if you play the first one and this one back to back they are completely different. We spend a lot of time on the records. We worked with [production team] Xenomania, they made us think about the structure of the song, with every album we learn something new and that’s important. This album sounds very fresh. TNG: Synthpop seems to have become the sound of today, and it’s long been the sound of many gay bars. Do you ever feel like your baby has become all grown up and popular? NT: I don’t think it’s our baby. We were influenced by music that is still influencing people, like Kraftwerk and David Bowie. Hip hop was a big influence. All those things. Gay disco, as we used to call it, that influenced us. Disco music itself. All of those things still exist. In Britain there are a lot of new retro acts. La Roux sounds early ’80s. There’s Frankmusik and Little Boots. We’re [not] electronic purists. There are more electronic sounds than we are. We have always used the technology to create orchestral sounds. The Human League were purists, Depeche Mode too, to an extent. The Pet Shop Boys sound is electronic, but it has orchestras and guitars and stuff as well. So at the moment, in the climate of what is popular, we feel more at home in in it. We’re not so much in a guitar culture. TNG: I feel that La Roux and the like aren’t as good as you or some of the earlier bands. I think they follow the letter of synthpop, and not the spirit… NT: What I think is missing, and I won’t name any names, is exuberance. I like exuberance, and I don’t hear a lot of that at the moment. TNG: I think it goes back to that irony culture… NT: I don’t think it’s irony culture, I think it’s cool culture. The idea of cool is a stifling one. It’s much more refreshing to be uncool. That’s where the fun starts, and sometimes that can then be cool. You don’t want to be tragically retro, either. I hate that. Funnily enough, I don’t like camp. People always assume we would, but I think camp can be lazy. TNG: What kind of changes have you seen in the gay scene over the last 25 years? NT: The main change is that it has become an overpowering market. It’s become something that is marketed to. This is a sign of respect, but it’s more homogenized. The fringes interest me more than the mainstream, the mainstream bores me. The gay scene is so strong its stifling. I don’t think it’s particularly interesting. What is interesting is how much gay culture has become mainstream, but with the sex taken out of it. It’s been like this for ten years or so, There aren’t many of the weird, edgy clubs left, and there used to be loads of them. TNG: Then how do we get back to something better than what we have now? NT: I worry that when someone realizes that they’re gay it becomes a lifestyle choice. A lifestyle choice means a party and bars and clubs, and where you go on holiday, and what gym you’re a member of. I never liked fitting in, and i think that’s the thing with Pet Shop Boys, we’ve never totally fitted in. We’ve tried to do our own thing, we create our own little culture and world and ideas of our own, and part of that comes from not totally fitting in. Having links with lots of things, having a very broad attitude and different interests, I think that’s what we all need. We need to keep a very broad mind and not just become ironically cloistered, or be in a big closet of the same bars and clubs. When people talk about the gay community, I don’t like all this talk of separate community. I think we all live in one community. I don’t like being separate. I think that’s how we all feel, rather than being a member of the gay community or a race community or whatever. TNG: Ok, since we’re almost out of time: If I could offer our readers one piece of life advice, or words of wisdom, from Neil Tennant, what would it be? NT: I don’t really give people advice. My advice would be to follow your own instincts. That’s what I’ve done. TNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbar_assaf Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Id say im rather a new fan- since about a year ago... love their music though- it is brilliant and original, and well... my type... have already been to a concert, probably the funnest one ive ever been too (but then again I havnt been to that many, and am still a mika gig virgin...) And in Rain you can really tell Mika drew some inspiration from them... great thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel_tinydancer Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Pet Shop Boys are on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlau_20zr Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I totally hear PSB in the new Rain. at least i`m the only one who thinks that xD PSB are fantasticcccccc!!!! there are some rumors that they are coming to Argentina this year ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 (edited) I adore the Pet Shop Boys and have been a HUGE fan since 1987 when 'It's A Sin' was #1 in the UK charts and it was the very first song I remember hearing. The video terrified me, though! My Top 3 favourite songs are 'Go West', 'It's A Sin' and 'Flamboyant' but all their songs are brilliant really. My Top 3 favourite albums are 'Very', 'Behaviour' and 'Yes' and I got to see them live for the first time ever on October 27th, 2007 in Dublin. I actually cried a bit when they came out onstage. They are the reason I became such a big fan of dance music and IMO they are the kings of the genre. Edited September 18, 2009 by Blossom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamenrider Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 My god.... I LOVE THEM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlau_20zr Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 they are coming for the Personal Fest and i don`t have enough money for the ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 there's a PSB here too guess who's their newest fan as well these are my favourite songs at the moment [YOUTUBE]60OzGEy7afM[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]fYtF0HxVQUE[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]q32JAfaEPbk[/YOUTUBE] the video made for IWS it's my favourite btw And the Pandemonium Tour must be one of the most beautiful tours ever made :fangurl: [YOUTUBE]SSKVYP3jSLs[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 From PSB Facebook: Neil and Chris would like to wish all their Facebook fans a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. See you in 2013! And on December 31st, a new single will be out [YOUTUBE]NgU1v3ww0k8[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I love them to bits ... my brother was always a huge fan of theirs and influenced my love of them hugely ... I have every album they've ever released and was really pleased they toured with Take That last year as I've never seen them live before .... David has loads of times and said they were great ... I'd love to go to a proper show at some point ... but I always seem to buy tickets for someone else who shall not be named and then never have any money for anyone else much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 [YOUTUBE]l8ZeTVY7LuE[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 [YOUTUBE]gNliJ66WbbU&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE] :excite: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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