― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
also, Bilingual is horridly underappreciated (did any of that has to do with it being the first release by Sire (US, dunno about UK) and them not knowing what to do with it). I defy anyone to hear "Se a Vida E" and not smile.
― john'n'chicago, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I do wonder sometimes whether my love for Domino Dancing is due to the fact that it's the first freestyle song I heard.
― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost
― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago) link
I fear though they've entered the twilight zone where Bowie's at where every new albums a supposed return to form, but sadly falls short. Fortunately they haven't released their Tin Machine yet.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
That would be a tough one for me.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
I utterly despise "Domino Dancing" because it is limpid, unimiginative, derivative, plodding, crass, unenjoyable, unforgivable, stupid, ugly-sounding, gauche, pandering, insufferable and all-around awful, plus it features one of Neil Tennant's most embarrassing vocal performances to date. And yes, those fucking stupid "All day all day" chants make me want to kill.
I am seriously working myself up into a rage thinking about this song. The last song that made me feel this homicidal when thinking about it was "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, the original b-side version of "I Want A Dog" on the "Rent" single is so infinitely superior to the Introspective version that it isn't even funny.
-- The Ghost of Dan Perry (djperr...), February 24th, 2005.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
And I finally agree with Dan Perry about something! (Domino Dancing)
― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
"Watch them all fall down" vs. "Put our problems all in a row/Watch them fall like dominoes"
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Okay.
― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Absolutely 100% OTM. My favourite song of all time.
― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
... except that their comments are wholly unilluminating. I was so disappointed by the lack of insight offered by the dialogue. The Pet Shop Boys have probably the most interesting back-catalogue of singles and promo videos of any of their peers, and Chris Heath had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to draw out the thoughts of Neil Tennant, one of the most intelligent and articulate pop stars of the twentieth century, on this treasure trove of finely-wrought picture and sound. Heath's commentary, however, rarely rises above the level of, "That's a nice hat you're wearing there, Chris."
As I listened and the words hit my ears / I cried sudden tears
― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:31 (nineteen years ago) link
"Domino Dancing" is easily one of my top 3 PSB tracks - my reasons for which are detailed on another thread. Please note that Dan tends to have excellent taste in artists, but then either loves or reviles random and/or odd tracks for reasons which escape me!
Also: Always thought Tennant's allusion to Edmund Wilson's To the Finland Station in "West End Girls" was dead cool as well.
This is actually a direct reference to Lenin's famous itinerary during WWI.
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Come on! It's worth it for Lowe's hat knowledge alone!
― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― giboyeux (skowly), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link
And to answer the question, no. "Rent" is the best thing they've done.
― daria_g, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Sure, some of their conversation is entertaining. But almost none of it is insightful, which I found disappointing. They're very interesting people, and at its best, their work has been culturally significant. Chris Heath knows that, and I feel he should have tried to induce a more reflective or analytical mood for the voiceover session.Ah well. Screw art, let's dance.
― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
WOW mine too!
I wonder how high it will rank in the 80s poll (if it ever happens).
― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
I actually can't wait to see if the Smash Hits blog stretches on into 1986/1987... hoping that I'll be able to read some vintage Smash Hits reviews of PSB stuff, just to see how easy/harsh they are on their former co-worker. As for Tennant's own reviews for Smash Hits, naturally I agree with some and not others. I was particularly pleased to see that he "got" Soft Cell's This Last Night In Sodom.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Tennant's slick hair is so charming.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
great image - also, The Untouchables were my first ever concert.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
I imagine Chris looking at this photo and considering tweaking his image
― plops of jupiter (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link
Ha, yeah... when I saw it, I was like "fuck, Chris looks unusually chipper!"
― Turrican, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
A fine thing:
Pet Shop Boys recently announced plans to release on YouTube a collection of their @BBC TV performances from 1985 until 2012. The collection so far includes nineteen performances recorded on Top of the Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test and Wogan. Link below.https://t.co/YRt3gO0nh5— Pet Shop Boys (@petshopboys) October 30, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 October 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
I really like this new single "Desert Star". 1986 all over.
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 5 April 2024 10:29 (five months ago) link