yeah, time to drag out those Further Listening CDs that I paid so much damn money for and have barely opened since ripping them to digital.
― skip, Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
I also hope "Home and Dry" gets some love.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
How many are in the final countdown?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm6LLym2tE4
― Let me tell you something about that song. (Eazy), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
^^^underrated gem^^^
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
will also be voting for "Home and Dry".
― skip, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
To be honest I don't know. It will depend how many tracks get votes, probably 50.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ga9jVZ8Tg
― skip, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
I like "I Get Along", but it's chorus is too close to Super Furry Animals.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
I'll be interested to see how many people vote for newer tracks. Miracles, Flamboyant, I'm With Stupid, Minimal, Integral, and Love etc. are all on my shortlist.
― skip, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
Could seriously do a really awesome ballot of non-singles and b-sides.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
I have a kneejerk ballot but need to go back through the newer albums before I send it
it is the ballot of someone inordinately in love with Alternative
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Quick question: Should our ballots be numbered? If so, should the format be
1 - "Track 1"2 - "Track 2"...20 - "Track 20"
?
― daavid, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
also, soooo psyched abt this!!
― daavid, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
"Young Offender" is one of the few songs about which I can, "OK, this is my life."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
also, remember before they ruined it on Introspective "I Want A Dog" was a fucking great song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0yIJ7TLZeg&feature=related
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
It'll be close to impossible narrowing this to 20 tracks.
― daavid, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
I could list twenty great songs and not even mention "West End Girls."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
"West End Girls" didn't make my initial ballot
Neither did "Opportunities", "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", "It's a Sin", "Being Boring", "So Hard" or "How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?"
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
also if you don't love this song you may be dead inside:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDteRvSWkjc
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
The mystery of the worldFor every boy and every girlWho don't understandWhat's going on anymore
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
Helena Springs and Tennant harmonizing is one of the best sounds in the world.
Should our ballots be numbered?
Yes, absolutely.
In format:
1. Track 12. Track 2..10. Track 10 (Dusty Minelli)..20. Track 20
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
DON'T FORGET THIS ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETMqQTMDgiE
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
Neil Tennant seems to write about my life all the time. "Nervously", "Boy Strange", "Sexy Northerner", "Liberation", "So Hard", "It must be obvious", "The Way It Used To Be", "A Red Letter Day", and so many more.
I agree we should get 50 votes!
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
To me their only utter bore of an album is Yes, with Release close behind; and even then there's "The Way It Used to Be," "Home and Dry," "You Choose," and "Love, Etc."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
I'm a massive fan of both bands but had somehow never noticed this! It is "Something for the Weekend" though, huh.
― if, Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Don't think this will make my 20, but I hope it gets a few votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHI7OHqKzW8
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roca7FVAIEs&feature=related
I'd actually forgotten how much I like this song; I should really get around to replacing this album soon
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
If "Being Boring" didn't exist, the album would still have "This Must Be the Place..." and "My October Symphony."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
"So Hard" is great, too, and "End of the World"
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Coming across a lot of tracks I had forgotten about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgiL6Gg5_wE
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
At least two of these collaborations will end up un my ballot:
Losing My MInd (Liza Minnelli)I'm Not Scared (Eighth Wonder)Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie)The Crying Game (Boy George)We're The Pet Shop Boys (Robbie Williams)Walking On Thin Ice (Yoko One)
― daavid, Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
Choosing just 20 songs is…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFAA6Z_YIEM&feature=related
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Are all the Paninaros going to be considered as one track?Yes, but if people want to specify a version I'll bear that in mind when doing the reveal.― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, June 23, 2011 8:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Yes, but if people want to specify a version I'll bear that in mind when doing the reveal.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, June 23, 2011 8:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
This goes for all 'double's' and remixes? (I'm voting for the dance remix of Love Comes Quickly from Disco, for example)
― Frogbs Day Afternoon (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgWu37xXFkg&feature=related
this is hot
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
oh ffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgWu37xXFkg&feature=related
The Crying Game (Boy George)
I'd forgotten how great this is.
multixpost, yes all remixes/alternate versions will be collated together, unless it's a collaboration and the artists will be treated seperately, I think there's less than a handful of tracks this would affect.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks Billy, and thanks for doing this!
Listening back to a lot of stuff. PSB was the very first band I got into, when I was 7 or 8. Still incredible love for all that music, though looking at the discography now I stopped listening to the full albums after Bilingual.
― Frogbs Day Afternoon (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
93 song shortlist, and I'm willfully ignoring the songs sung by other artists.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
haha, had forgotten about this wacky video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niwrx19lUQg
― Frogbs Day Afternoon (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
It's that shot, by the way, that makes Chris Lowe collapse into hysterics on the commentary track for their video compilation.
"Unintentionally hilarious," he mumbles.
"As ever," Neil says.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Chris is kind of a jerk sometimes, isn't he?
Ballot submitted btw. Only one post-Very track.
― daavid, Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred, is that dvd compilation any good? The commentary I mean? (I know the videos are)
― Frogbs Day Afternoon (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Left this track out and am now regretting it :( (sorry for the info, won't reveal anything else)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9yfAcnXk8
― daavid, Thursday, 23 June 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
some gaps on that commentary, but some lolz to be had as well xpost
― Gukbe, Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Which dvd? PopArt?
― daavid, Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
Let's put it this way: if there were no DVDs and you just had the commentary to play, you would still have a ball.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
The early 00s reissue liner note Q&As with Chris Heath are a treat. I could read/listen to them talk about their music for hours.
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
nah. the first two albums ARE the best, but they have approx. 900 songs better than most of the songs on those albums.
(and Electric is their third-best album!)
― sad, hombres (sic), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
'Jealousy' and 'Nervously' were both fairly old songs by the time they recorded. If I remember correctly, 'Nervously' was a Neil song that predated PSB, and 'Jealousy' was one of the earliest Tennant/Lowe things.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" wasn't an old demo.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
no but they had it by the Please sessions so i mean.. early demos and early sessions covered a massive chunk of albums 1 and 2 and attendant B sides. so if one were to make the point that the very very early stuff was The Best then the point stands IMO.
i mean they're aware of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLBN6CAs8oY
― piscesx, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
You've got your whole life to release your first album, and 6 months to release your second.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
Proud history of bands like Cheap Trick, Pixies and Van Halen burning through their backlog.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
The thing is, though, I really really dislike the idea of the Pet Shop Boys discography ending with Actually. At one point I would have said Bilingual would have been a great place to leave it, but I'd hate to be without Fundamental or Electric, so...
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 22:58 (seven years ago) link
Saying their first two albums are the best is not the same as saying that they shouldn't have recorded their subsequent albums, many of which are great.
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:09 (seven years ago) link
Of course not, but as much as Please is one of my favourite PSB LP's, and one of my favourite synthpop albums of all time, I don't really rate Actually as high. I'd reach for Very or Introspective (*hears the faint sound of DJP combusting*) over it.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:25 (seven years ago) link
Actually also contains 'Hit Music', which is probably one of the only "imperial phase" PSB tracks that I actively loathe.
― hey look, I can copy and paste - next week I'm learning bowel control (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:41 (seven years ago) link
It's the only song from this period that's HEY WE'RE THE PET SHOP BOYS LET'S WRITE TO CHARACTER
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 05:52 (seven years ago) link
Hit Music is great, wtf
― ¶ (DJP), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link
another excuse to post the 7" mix of this B-side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS7-j4Wnw4k
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
^^^ one of their best full stop
that said I think Behavior/Very >> Please/Actually
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
xp - Yeah, also the Please/Actually-era B-sides is yet more proof of how on fire they were during this period.
I like plenty of later era PSB songs, but had they stopped at Actually (OK, let's say Introspective), their status of legends would stay intact in my book.
― daavid, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:48 (seven years ago) link
1986 to 1994 is a good run imo
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
xp -I am aware that, for me, part of the appeal of these to albums is the mid-80s sound, which I've always been partial to, above any other era.
― daavid, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
'Hit Music' feels like more of a B-side than the B-sides of the period.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link