The Pet Shop Boys' first twenty singles...

(This thread made me remember to download 'I'm not scared' by 8th Wonder - which, combined with the Minnelli lp, makes me think so much of their best work was with other people [see also: 'Getting away with it'].)

Never heard the album. I knew it existed but I couldn't be bothered, though it sounds like there's something there...

Is it worth getting the rereleased versions of their older albums if you already have _Alternative_?

They're expensive, yes, but as mentioned, plenty of goodies with the remixes and edits, some very radically different, as well as the B-sides. And I'm a sucker for the wonderful interviews for each, as well as the photos (and hey, even every last lyric! -- and I never knew until I read the Introspective booklet that he was singing "Roundhead general," I just thought it was some sort of random thing).

Thought is a labyrinth.

Wait a minute, it's one of your favorite bands, you have all the albums, singles, remixes and b-sides, advocate buying the reissues because of the "wonderful" interviews, photos and lyrics. They write and produce an entire LP for a very well-known vocalist, and you've never heard it?? Wow.

Actually, I'm not that big a fan, Sean, though I agree with what Jerry the Nipper wrote about Results. I just like her as a star/performer, she's got that gushy, needy, "like me! like me!" persona that I really go for. Nobody else does anymore. Also she was brilliant in Cabaret and New York, New York. And her cover of King Harvest's "Dancing in the Moonlight" is swell.

I don't recall the Pet Shop Boys getting much attention in the US at first, they were considered just another urbane British dance duo in the tradition of Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Blancmange, etc.--fine if you like that sort of thing, but nothing extraordinary. And I remember lots of Al Stewart jokes.

Not a silly question at all. Let me see..."It's A Sin" and "West End Girls" are my two fave PSB tracks evah, "Being Boring" onwards doesn't exactly get my heart racing (apart from "CYFH?" which I've always had a soft spot for, in spite of not really having paid much attention to the lyrics before yesterday - thanks Tom!), quite partial to "So Hard" and there's *something* about "Go West" I can't help loving - perhaps it's just cos it's THE GAYEST SONG IN THE WORLD and that can only be good...

That said, I saw them live in London in, uh, February was it?, and my lord were they awful...

a) thinking it's the best intro of all time
b) thinking of the phrase 'diamond beats'

Has anyone got anything new to say about the Pet Shop Boys instead of how great my thread is?

How wrong can you be?

They feel like comfortable furniture in my mind that will never be moved. But they'll never get dusty (ho ho).

I would agree if it weren't for "Can You Forgive Her?" -- I think it beats Opportunities for best intro by a slight margin.

the Basement jaxx mix of 'red letter day' > original version (not hard, i think its their worst single ever)

And I already said it upthread, but "Domino Dancing" roolz.

Can You Forgive Her?
Go West
Liberation
I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
Yesterday When I Was Mad
Absolutely Fabulous
Before
Se A Vida E
A Red Letter Day
Bilingual
Somewhere
I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore
New York City Boy
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
[another one from Nightlife?]
Home And Dry
[next one off Release]
[third one off Release]

Unedited it looks patchy Vic - edited it might be as much of a botch job as GHV2.