[Music] Pet Shop Boys

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'd disagree that they were underrated. Just dated now. They were massive here and on the other side of the pond in their heyday. Number 1s both sides.

I saw them at Brighton Pride in 2017. A third of the audience loved them, a third didn't know who they were, and the other third were so off their head they didn't know what was going on.

I strongly disagree they sound dated.

 

[Weststander]

I'd say Glast is more discerning. Music folk. It's interesting how you refer to your own kids. When I was last in an office most of the staff were around 20 years younger. It was always noticeable that those who had parents who were into music were clued up on the great bands, the others not. I love the Pet Shop Boys myself and thought they did a good set at Pride. But the youngsters I was with from the office (I say that loosely, we're taking late 20s/early 30s) were a bit 'meh'.

My kids, I love them even more for this, are so open minded on music. I hadn’t realised, they said it was from listening to my wide tastes.

People sometimes have very narrow contemporary likes, that’s always been the way e.g. the unwashed who spent their teens and 20’s at The Hungry Years, only admiring heavy metal, loathing other genre. Then some opened their ears to dance, synths, hip-hop, trance, pop, new wave, proving it’s never too late .

 

[Eeyore]

I strongly disagree they sound dated.

I think I made my point badly. They don't sound dated at all to me. I just think that, mostly, they would pass by the Generation Z on.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I think I made my point badly. They don't sound dated at all to me. I just think that, mostly, they would pass by the Generation Z on.

Fair enough.

 

[Weststander]

I think I made my point badly. They don't sound dated at all to me. I just think that, mostly, they would pass by the Generation Z on.

Couldn’t you say that about every music artist born in the 50’s? It’s natural.

Variously Tupac, Lana Del Rey, Swift, Oliver Alexander, Megan TS, Beyonce, would tick their main musical passions.

 

[papachris]

Went to see them at the Brighton Centre. A great show

 

[Drebin]

Their music reminded me of my childhood, then the first time I really listened to them was when they headlined (ish) Bergenfest a few years ago.

They were absolutely brilliant. Proper festival performance.

 

[HangletonGull]

That was bloody brilliant 90mins flew by didt want it to end

 

[Weststander]

That was bloody brilliant 90mins flew by didt want it to end

And inevitably capped with You Were Always On My Mind …. goosebumps here.

 

[The Clamp]

Another fan.

It’s a Sin prob my favourite tune although I like most of their stuff.

Left to my own devices
Rent
Opportunites

Great back catalogue

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

I'd disagree that they were underrated. Just dated now. They were massive here and on the other side of the pond in their heyday. Number 1s both sides.

I saw them at Brighton Pride in 2017. A third of the audience loved them, a third didn't know who they were, and the other third were so off their head they didn't know what was going on.

I think they are/were under rated.

I think there’s a bit of a thing where they’re thought of a bit of a novelty act and cheesy 80’s band amongst a lot of people. Whilst they undoubtedly captured a lot of the 80’s perfectly in their music, they’re just brilliant songwriters and social commentators and I don’t think they get as much credit as they deserve for that.

 

[Pavilionaire]

For me The Pet Shop Boys owned that space between Live Aid '85 and the Stones Roses / Madchester era. Quintessential peak Thatcher era pop. I loved listening to Please / Actually / Introspective on my Sony Walkman at night, walking around London or on the tube.

 

[HangletonGull]

There’s 3 national treasures in my opinion and when these 3 go it will be a sad day in the hangleton house hold neil tennent,elton and paul heaton those 3 are my Mount Rushmore

 

[Pevenseagull]

1) Rent
2) Being Boring
3 Love Comes Quickly

 

[hart's shirt]

My favourite PSB song is Paninaro.

It was the time of C4's Football Italia where British kids growing up were given a weekly education in football and style.

PSB were always living in the spirit of the times regarding fashion. Their tribute to the Milanese Paninaro, the uber-stylish, moped-riding cafe kids who embodied cool and flaunted wealth with their choice of Best Company, Stone Island, CP Company, Moncler, Levi's and Timberland.

Much like Opportunities, it's an homage to 80s base consumerism with Lowe reeling off a list with zero description:
"Passion and love and sex and money
Violence, religion, injustice and death..
Girls, boys, art, pleasure
Food, cars, travel
New York, New York, New York, New York
Armani, Armani, ah-ah-Armani, Versace..."

But as empty, hollow and materialistic as those things are, he does love them and loves them passionately.
Just like the Paninaro do.

 

[Invicta]

Quality band, saw an amazing show at the O2 about 12 yrs back.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

 

[Easy 10]

Loved them from the first single West End Girls, which I basically had on a loop on my Walkman (bit of a pain to keep rewinding it, but you do what you have to do).

How can anyone dislike the band that gifted us that eternal chant - "you're SHIT and you know you are"

 

[Soton Seagull]

Always enjoyed them and part of the soundtrack to my teenage years. The genre swapping between pop and 'very relentless' dance style stuff kept them interesting.

Many classic tracks but being boring always struck me as a very clever and hard hitting track. Suburbia was great based purely on tune catchments.

 

[jcdenton08]

One of the best live acts I’ve seen - seen them three times and they are superb. My favourite songs are Opportunities, Suburbia and It’s a Sin. But there are some really good deep cuts they bring out at live gigs occasionally.

Also, I really like “She’s Madonna” by Robbie Williams which they produced, with Tennant’s backing vocals and co-wrote. Very underrated track and pure PSB.