39.
I love this.
catchy as hell
better than Being Boring!
39. We All Feel Better In The Dark
7.3847222222
Pure slice of amazingness, also known as B-side to "Being Boring"
Highest score: 10 (
@Ray,
@Mikey1701,
@RaggedTiger,
@Jóga,
@One Stop Candy Shop,
@idratherjack,
@Eric Generic,
@Peer_Gynt10 IN LIKING SOMETHING SHOCKER)
Lowest score: 1 (
@Sally_Harper),
1.5 (
@JakeMagnus)
Chris: More tragic vocals from me. I must remember not to do this again in the future.
Neil: It was the b-side of 'Being Boring'. Chris wrote all the music for it. I just sang 'we all feel better in the dark'. Originally it was going to be 'we all look better in the dark', which was my title – that was one of the ideas I considered for what became Electronic's 'Getting Away With It'.
Chris: I thought that was too down. Too negative. I didn't think that was sexy enough.
Neil: Chris went to a studio because he had the idea for a track, like he did when he did 'Paninaro'. By the time I heard it he already had the words.
Chris: The idea came from a tape I bought from a health food shop round the corner from the studio:
The Secrets Of Sexual Attraction. The words are terrible. Awful. Embarrassing.
Neil: I think it's true to say they're about going to a rave. [Neil. They don't do raves in darkrooms.] It's the most lustful song the Pet Shop Boys have ever recorded.
Chris: I performed it in my underwear on the
Performance tour. I don't know who persuaded me to do that.
Neil: Chris, it was your idea. We realised in 1991 that the Nineties were going to be all about underwear. You had another pair on underneath, didn't you?
Chris: Yeah. I wouldn't have risked just the one.
Trivia: when Chris was 'reading' a magazine on the stage, every night something else would be sellotaped inside, so he wouldn't know what he is going to see. Fortunately, '2 Girls 1 Cup' didn't exist yet, so he didn't get to look at a screenshot from that.
Ray: I fucking adore the cheesiness of this. The backing track is incredible, and Chris just declares, roaring, on the extended mix, 'And now our time has come, I'm feeling REALLY HORNY'. This song also comes with a gorgeous remix by Brothers In Rhythm, the 'After Hours Climax Mix', which finishes Disco 2 (one of few good things about Disco 2 is that more or less the entirety of the remix is included). For the tour version both were combined and it is probably my favourite Chris live performance ever. It's also this that made Polish tabloids print an article about Pet Shop Boys masturbating on stage, which I then had to explain to my mom. It has taken me about a decade to figure out what the lyrics are about. It looks like Neil still hasn't figured it out.
If someone can explain to me why there are two version of the Climax, I'd be very grateful. (I prefer the Disco 2 version.)
@Bleu Noir:
horny PSBs (well maybe just Chris being horny)
@Peer_Gynt10:
I am so tempted to give this one my 11; can we agree that is the sexiest song the Boys have ever recorded? The urgency in Chris’ voice, coupled with Neil’s soothing chorus… I can’t really describe what this does to me unless PJ adjusts its PG [I think you can describe what it does to you under a "18+" spoiler, as long as you don't @ send photo]
@TrendyMüller:
PSB trying their hand at a sex-jam?! And THEN they want to switch the lights off! Typical! [Don't tell me I have to explain darkrooms to you as well bae.]
@Jóga:
An almost 11. My favourite Alternative song. [This should SO have been top 10.]
@Mikey1701:
I’m just going to say it- this is better than Being Boring! GASP! I know that it’s not a favourite of either Neil or Chris, but I’m a huge fan! The techno overtones, Chris’ spoken lyrics, Neil popping in to sing the title, the backing vocalists in the background, the seedy atmosphere of the production.
@One Stop Candy Shop:
I love this. It has an illusion of 'not much going on' but the production is so rich. A truly fine b-side. Dannii Minogue sort of copied this when she did Everybody Changes Under Water. That song has the same illusion.
@DominoDancing:
This song has definitely benefitted from me sending in my scores pretty late. For some reason, I had always considered this a boring throwaway Chris b-side. But after repeated listens for the rate it's grown on me massively - all of the synth parts are actually catchy as hell. Chris' spoken "The secrets of sexual attraction" does still sound silly though. [I love it at the beginning of After Hours Climax Mix]
Sally ruins it for everyone:
@Sally_Harper:
The “Get out” screeching scared the shit out of me, and there’s very little about this that I like, except that it’s not Atom Splitting. [I actually always thought it was "Get down".]
@JakeMagnus doesn't explain his criminal lack of taste.
7":
12":
Live at Performance tour:
After Hours Climax Mix: [is this the
"ambient mix", but mislabeled? I don't own "Being Remixed" and it's referred to as "After Hours Climax" on Disco 2 and most other sources]
After Hours Climax Mix [
different version]: