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Interpretation and analysis of songs written or performed by Pet Shop Boys
- m348e912 3y agoReally the only review that matters for most of us casuals: http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/please/westendgirls.htm http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/please/westendgirls.htm
- 082349872349872 3y agoSurely you meant http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/very/gowest.htm http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/very/gowest.htm ?
- nocoiner 3y agoThis song is transcendent in so many ways.
- omarhaneef 3y agoThis should not be a debate. Take a note from the pet shop boys: they never argue. They also never calculate the currency they spend.
- geoelectric 3y agoI feel honor-bound to correct your typo where you meant to post http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/actually/sin.htm http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/actually/sin.htm
- aidenn0 3y agoNot in the US (as is even mentioned on that page).
- nuxi 3y agoActually, what matters is "Rent". Pun intended and all... :)
- pavlov 3y agoWow, I remember reading this site over twenty years ago. It’s neat that both PSB and this fan site are still going strong. There was a time around 1994-96 when almost every website was like this: dense, tightly focused, produced by someone with an amateur passion for the topic. Today it seems that content in that mold is much more likely to be walled inside social media sites, shared with relatively small like-minded groups.
- tommek4077 3y agoThose sites are still being made. You just do not find them with google. Maybe it is time to bring back curated lists and web rings.
- Baeocystin 3y agoAlong the same vein: https://blog.kagi.com/small-web https://blog.kagi.com/small-web
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- pvaldes 3y ago> It’s neat that both PSB and this fan site are still going strong. As legit bearers of the "great white-nerd hope" crown, Pet shop boys never where small in Europe, but they were clearly too much for US. not only gay, but (their worse sin) too much focused in politics and history (socialist history) to be accepted. In the game of writing catchy songs that are well crafted and don't feel stupid, still can beat most of the current pop stars with both hands tied back. They still show the cool factor here and there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooIWFjD-Y84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooIWFjD-Y84 Or even better: the magnificient Love Comes Quickly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EuS9iJsdRw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EuS9iJsdRw
- jacobgorm 3y agoI’ve seen them live both in the US and several times in Europe. In Europe they are completely mainstream playing large venues in front of evenly mixed gender audiences, whereas when I saw them in the US the venue was much smaller and the audience seemed to consist mostly of men.
- AdmiralAsshat 3y agoI admire the guy's dedication in doing the analysis for each and every song in the band's discography. Despite music's enduring popularity, music "scholarship" seems pretty rare outside of the odd coffee-table book. I remember in the web 1.0 days, I used to browse similar sites where fans would submit interpretations of lyrics from artists like Tool or System of a Down. I miss those sites. Lyrics are easier than ever to find online now, but not so much if you want to figure out what the song actually means.
- jeppester 3y agoI've had good success with https://songmeanings.com/ https://songmeanings.com/
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoMost lyric sites were ultimately supplanted by Genius, which does allow users to annotate lyrics and explain what is meant. Originally Genius was focused on hip-hop and its often arcane lyrics, but it has long since expanded to every popular-music genre. And before Genius there was songmeanings.com, which contains a great deal of commentary on rock and pop which has still not found its way to Genius. With regard to music scholarship dealing with popular music genres, there are popular book series like 33-1/3, scholarly monograph series like Ashgate’s Popular and Folk Music Series and Bloomsbury’s Ex:Centrics, and articles in the various musicological journals. Obviously the more erudite the artist, the more likely he/she will draw attention from scholars (which is why David Bowie and Kate Bush, for example, have been researched more than most pop musicians). But still, there may be more out there on your own favourite artists than you think.
- anigbrowl 3y agoThat's a pity. It's easy for a smart firm to take over a space like this, but in doing so it kills all the lesser fan-driven versions. The latter are labors of love and vary widely in quality, but I'm not sure that a homogenized platform-product is superior.
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- quercusa 3y agoSomebody found the source disks that PSB used in their Fairlight CMI synthesizer: https://synthroom.com/fairlight-cmi/psb-fairlight-disks/ https://synthroom.com/fairlight-cmi/psb-fairlight-disks/
- dewclin 3y ago... and here's the Fairlight in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0mF9soHA8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0mF9soHA8M
- ano-ther 3y agoWhich one is it? I see a Yamaha DX1, an EMU emulator II and Technics PX. There are some screens that look like Fairlight control screens. Is the Fairlight used for the background drums and base etc?
- lozf 3y ago2 Fairlight CMI's in the background behind Chris Lowe: The off-white CPU units are immediately to the lower right of the video-wall, then to the right of them, you can see the same light colored musical keyboards, one on top of the other. On the top one you can see the 2 QWERTY keyboards (black case white keys) in front of their green screen monitors. Saying "in action" may have set expectations a little high ;)
- logbiscuitswave 3y agoIt’s pretty remarkable that they attempted to perform this live. Fairlight CMIs weren’t exactly renowned for their reliability. As legend has it, there were several mishaps during setup and the gear wasn’t working until minutes before the performance (and what they had was completely bodged together). This may explain why they look so nervous during the start.
- brianzelip 3y agoSurely there have been (lots) more than 800 visits to this site since March 2001! Love the counter though!
- logbiscuitswave 3y agoI’m a big PSB fan. Their subversive mix of clever lyrics, dark humor, and leftist politics under the veneer of highly commercial pop and dance music has long appealed to me. I’ve also been a long time visitor to this site. I can always count on it for thought-provoking and insightful analysis of their work. Design-wise, the site is a delightful throwback to the uncomplicated and messy glory days of the web in the early 2000s. It’s worth nothing PSB is still going strong. They continue to release new and interesting material and tour the world. I saw them twice in 2022 when they were co-headlining with New Order and they haven’t lost a step after all these decades.
- sohrob 3y agoFinally got to see the Pet Shop Boys live a few years back and they put on a great show. If you took a survey of the biggest influences on electronic music acts of the early 2000s, my guess is that Depeche Mode and the Pet Shop Boys would be at or near the top of the list.