Seriously, is there anything better than the Pet Shop Boys?

Chrissie Hynde still looks cool as fuck on stage btw.

the whole effect was a bit Murray Gold

Oh dear. (I wouldn't go that far, I admit! While the effect was more in-the-moment than lingering, I appreciated the attempt at interpretive biography.)

That said, yeah, those opening pieces with Hynde. "Vocal!"

Listening to this now. Would pay $$ to see an entire show of PSB orchestral duets with Chrissie Hynde.

does anyone on here rep for Nightlife? I just can't get into that one (outside of "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk")

Yep!

It's uneven but the first 3 tracks are really solid.
The other good ones are "Drunk", "Radiophonic", "Boy Strange", and "In Denial".

iPlayer link, good 'til mid-August.

That ]Smash Hits "obituary"...

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/14193502729_27d2a922d6_b.jpg

*Smash Hits, rather.

haha that's great

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.

Tennant's slick hair is so charming.

great image - also, The Untouchables were my first ever concert.

I imagine Chris looking at this photo and considering tweaking his image

Ha, yeah... when I saw it, I was like "fuck, Chris looks unusually chipper!"

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

I really like this new single "Desert Star". 1986 all over.