― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 12:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 26 October 2006 08:38 (seventeen years ago) link
"I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing""Liberation""Absolutely Fabulous""Yesterday, when I was mad""Paninaro '95""Before""Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)""Single-Bilingual""A red letter day""Somewhere""I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more""New York City boy""You only tell me you love me when you're drunk""Home and dry""I get along""Miracles""Flamboyant""I'm with Stupid" "Minimal""Numb"
That's exactly 20 singles since Tom's list. I'd say at least 12 are as strong as the first 20 ones.
― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 26 October 2006 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link
That said, I still think it's a spectacular run, and I can't think of another singles band that matches them for consistency (it's just that now they're more likely to be consistently very good rather than consistently amazing).
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Thursday, 26 October 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― ;_; (blueski), Thursday, 26 October 2006 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 26 October 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 26 October 2006 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 26 October 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 26 October 2006 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link
The "very goods": "Before" (borderline between great and very good--should listen to it again)"Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)""You only tell me you love me when you're drunk""Home and dry"
The so-so (at best): "Single-Bilingual""A red letter day""I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more""New York City boy""I get along""I'm with Stupid"
The others are forgettable or unfamiliar (I keep hearing that "Flamboyant" is great, but I think I've heard it once).
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Brilliant"I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more"
Very Good"Absolutely Fabulous""Yesterday, when I was mad""New York City boy""Flamboyant""Paninaro '95""Integral" (fingers crossed)
Good"Before""Miracles""I'm with Stupid""Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)""Single-Bilingual"
So-So"A red letter day""You only tell me you love me when you're drunk""Home and dry""I get along""Minimal"
Boring"I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing""Liberation""Somewhere""Numb"
― daavid (daavid), Friday, 27 October 2006 00:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 27 October 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 27 October 2006 02:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 27 October 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link
As Good as Any in the First 20:"I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing""Flamboyant"
Excellent:"Liberation""Paninaro '95""Before""I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more""Home and dry""I'm with Stupid"
Fine:"Absolutely Fabulous""Yesterday, when I was mad""Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)""You only tell me you love me when you're drunk""Minimal"
Meh:"Single-Bilingual""I get along""Miracles""Numb"
Atrocious:"A red letter day""Somewhere""New York City boy"
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 27 October 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Here's my rating:
Amazing"I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing""Liberation""Absolutely Fabulous""Yesterday, when I was mad""Before""I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more""You only tell me you love me when you're drunk""Miracles""Flamboyant""Minimal"
Great"Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)""A red letter day""Home and dry"
Good"Paninaro '95""Single-Bilingual""Somewhere""New York City boy""I get along""I'm with Stupid"
Poor"Numb"
(x-post)
― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 27 October 2006 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 27 October 2006 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 27 October 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Friday, 27 October 2006 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 10:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 30 October 2006 11:41 (seventeen years ago) link
and "Flamboyant" is arguably one of the best singles they've ever put out.
― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 30 October 2006 11:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 12:00 (seventeen years ago) link
"I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing""A red letter day""New York City boy""Miracles"
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 30 October 2006 12:36 (seventeen years ago) link
this thread needs to go to the next level of obsessive silliness: favourite 20 pet shop boys album cuts that aren't singles (and this does not include b-sides--album cuts as album cuts only). here's hoping things get slow at work today.
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Monday, 30 October 2006 12:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 13:54 (seventeen years ago) link
"Why Don't We Live Together?" (my favorite PSB tune, period)"Two Divided By Zero""I'm Not Scared""Young Offender""Closer to Heaven""The End of the World""Shopping""Dreaming of the Queen""Kings Cross""Nervously""The Night We Fell in Love""It Always Comes as a Surprise""Boy Strange""You Choose""I Want to Wake Up""It Couldn't Happen Here""This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave""One & One Make Five""Later Tonight""To Face the Truth"
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link
2/0Violence Kings X Dreaming of the Queen Closer to Heaven To Step AsideDifferent Point of View I'm Not Scared (Patsy version)ElectricityLondonThat lovely Chris Lowe song at the end of "Very"Everything on "Behaviour"
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm following scott woods' instruction, Android Cat: omit b-sides. Had I included them, the list would easily have been triple its current length.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
I guess b-sides aren't non-singles or "Miserablism" would also have been an obvious contender.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Excluding b-sides is silly.
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
I came up with 14, and whittled that down to ten. I tried not to get too chintzy about this but nonetheless disqualified, for instance: 1) "Left to My Own Devices" LP version, the only version of the song I really like (probably my all-time favourite PSB track); 2) "I Want a Dog" (also the Introspection vers.) because I know in some form or other it's also been a single or a b-side (though again, the LP version destroys the others)3) "Always on My Mind" - ditto the LP version (w/the chipmunks break), which isn't necessarily superior to the single, but is just as great.
Anyway--here's 10 (very light on recent stuff--not nearly as blown away as others on this thread seem to be).
Two Divided by Zero Why Don't We Live Together It Couldn't Happen HereKing's CrossTo Face the Truth (was happy to see this on Alfred's list; it never gets mentioned anywhere)A Different Point of ViewDreaming of the QueenThe TheatreYoung Offender Closer to Heaven
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link
they said it was fantastic!
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
so what's next on the agenda? in terms of psb lists, I mean?
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
1) bored2) bored3) bored
can only come up with three, sorry.
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link
1) literally2) pet shop boys vs. america
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link