Pet Shop Boys

[ThisHollywoodLfe]

Absolutly love them, you ?

[lady grey]

I am on such an obsessive PSB phase lately its wild.
listening to frankie knuckles mix of 'i want a dog' right now.
since last fall ive bought the 'further listening' remasters of actually, very, introspect, bilingual.
bought disco 2
bought alternative [so MANY brill b-sides!]
bought an ebay 4 cd compilation - 'flamboyant' 'were the psb' 'jack & jill party' - and 40 more classic rareties.
bought the 'before' 6 mix cd 45.

everybody knows 'west end girls' and maybe 2 or 3 of their 20 other hit singles- but they dont realize that EVERY PSB LP is fantastic in its entirety!

and EVERY B-Side is a must have!!
and theyve worked with the BEST re-mixers/producers in dance.pop:
knuckles- morales- tenaglia- vasquez- moroder- trevor horn- trouser enthusiasts- Expose's producers!! [luis martinez on domino dancing]. - lots more!

that Johnny Marr is all over 3 cds!! ; liza minelli!!; dusty springfield!!

next up: buying further listenings of please, behaviour, & disco I, very relentless and disco III.

then buying Pop Art THREE CDs.
THEN buying Nightlife with the SECOND remix cd!!

imo EVERY psb song & cd is a MUST!!! theres a lot more to life than west end girls!!
next post- fave songs on each CD!!

WE shld do a poll of TEN BEST PSB songs!!!!

[evexa]

*Hides under couch and screams "turn it off!"*
We have very different tastes

[lady grey]

Originally Posted by evexa

*Hides under couch and screams "turn it off!"*
We have very different tastes

who are you lsitening to at home & away? we want to KNOW!!

[evexa]

Originally Posted by lady grey

who are you lsitening to at home & away? we want to KNOW!!

You will laugh, my favourite types of music are Jazz, Latin and Classical with SOME old-school RnB. My favourite artists are Michael Jackson, Brahms, Robert Palmer and the buena vista social club.

[lady grey]

Originally Posted by evexa

You will laugh, my favourite types of music are Jazz, Latin and Classical with SOME old-school RnB. My favourite artists are Michael Jackson, Brahms, Robert Palmer and the buena vista social club.

I LOVE jazz!! latin & bosaa nova too!!
Id like you to educate me to classical!! I like it!!

tons of soul r&b funk & michjael jackson too!!

I believe almost every style of music has something to offer & I will listen to it except Im not so into speedcore death metal & too much gangster hip hop makes me crazy but some of it is great.
everythibng else is good.

btw the pet shop boys have a huge r&b clasical & pop/soul latin influence but you might not know it

[brian]

why of course i love the pet shop boys...

[lady grey]

we should each do our 'psb top 10' and see what tracks we think are their very best.
also did some one do a thread for the smiths/morrissey yet?
what about blur? they dressed really well during parjklife & modern life is rubbish.
and the 'leisure' baggy/manc stuff is hilarious.
also suede always dressed real hot, Im in love with those boys.

[evexa]

Originally Posted by lady grey

I LOVE jazz!! latin & bosaa nova too!!
Id like you to educate me to classical!! I like it!!

tons of soul r&b funk & michjael jackson too!!

I believe almost every style of music has something to offer & I will listen to it except Im not so into speedcore death metal & too much gangster hip hop makes me crazy but some of it is great.
everythibng else is good.

btw the pet shop boys have a huge r&b clasical & pop/soul latin influence but you might not know it

They do indeed have alot of inflluences, I'm just not hot on the 'electronic 80's' type sound. But I totally agree that every style of music has something to offer.

[ThisHollywoodLfe]

Ok, I am just going to list my top ten favorite Pet Shop Boys songs, sort of randomly, not by album as someone suggested in the other post.

In no particular order

I Want To Wake Up
Flamboyant
One and One Make Five
In The Night (either version)
Jealousy
Always on my mind
Yesterday, When I was mad
This must be the place I waited years to leave
Can you forgive her
DJ Culture

[ball79]

Love comes quickly
Rent
suburbia
It's a sin
Being boring
What have I done to deserve this?
how can you expect to be taken seriously?
Heart
Left my own devices
Opportunities


all of them all time chilhood favorites

[lady grey]

it's 'so hard' to narrow it down to just 10 but I will try to name a few of my mega-favourites, many I share with the tasteful PSB fanatics above:

1 and 1 Make 5
love comes quickly
its alright
what have i dont to deserve this?
rent
being boring
this must be the place I waited years to leave
kings cross
the night I fell in love [with eminem]
before

now another question: what are their 3 best LPs...??

[brian]

it is very hard to water my list of favorites down to only ten, but here are some...in no particular order, i guess...

- rent
- heart
- what have i done to deserve this?
- i want to wake up
- this must be the place i waited years to live
- west end girls
- suburbia
- always on my mind
- domino dancing
- opportunities (let's make lots of money)

[Sybarite]

- West End Girls
- Being boring
- Love comes quickly
- Jealousy
- What have I done to deserve this?
- Rent
- Dj Culture
- Nothing has been proved (Dusty Springfield sings but PSB wrote it and did the bac)
- I get along/Email (counts for 2)

[kLm]

Fallon you're tapped in the head!