Pet Shop Boys

[tylerc]

I love Hotspot, and actually am glad this got bumped because I haven't played it in a year. The quality this late into their career... legends.

 

[SlowBurn]

Yeah, I loved it too. I get why others weren't keen, but it hit the spot for me. I can't get over how fantastic they continue to be this far into their stellar career.

 

[Humanracin]

Now this sounds interesting.

 

[AshtrayHeart]

Now this sounds interesting.

I'm here for this, I wonder if this is the reason Soft Cells album was delayed.

 

[TrendyMüller]

Food for thought: Soft Cell had to die so that Pet Shop Boys could exist.

 

[Humanracin]

I'm here for this, I wonder if this is the reason Soft Cells album was delayed.

Yes I suspect this is the case, Marc mentioned that they were updating a couple of tracks on the album.

 

[burntoutcar]

Back in 2002 I was on the Pet Shop Boys mailing list and was sent the bright pink slipcase for the Home and dry singles set. Today, twenty years later, I finally completed the package with the DVD.

 

[Kyle.]

Now this sounds interesting.

This is going to be incredible isn't it?

 

[Future Lover]

Hinting at a new video! Everything points to it being for the Soft Cell collab.

The original pre-PSB version of the track apparently leaked a while ago, I wonder what kind of vibe goes with a pub video...

 

[nostalgiakills]

Jesus, Neil, you know I love you but that is NOT how to pour a pint of stout! And on St. Patrick's Day, too. For shame.

 

[Future Lover]

It was recorded weeks ago, though! (A calendar in the picture shows February 4, to be exact.)

 

[Eric Generic]

Hinting at a new video! Everything points to it being for the Soft Cell collab.

The original pre-PSB version of the track apparently leaked a while ago, I wonder what kind of vibe goes with a pub video...

Neil Tennant...man of the people...I hope he served them Tennant's lager....

 

[RHOPJ]

This is going to be incredible isn't it?

This artwork is desperately bad though. Come on!

 

[Vasilios]

It's... beer.

 

[culturefixuk]

A remix of the track is on Soundcloud.

 

[Future Lover]

That sounds horrible. The live version I've heard today at least had a semblance of melody, which this remix totally nukes.

 

[TrendyMüller]

Is that remix in any way official? It sounds like some amateur mash-up (me) using a looped drum from an old Bobby O.-PSB demo and plonking badly separated vocals from another track on top. It´s shockingly bad...and the original song is not much better. Why are they doing this?
I´m never one to shout "they´re ruining their legacy", but they are slowly getting there.

 

[nostalgiakills]

Is that remix in any way official? It sounds like some amateur mash-up (me) using a looped drum from an old Bobby O.-PSB demo and plonking badly separated vocals from another track on top. It´s shockingly bad...and the original song is not much better. Why are they doing this?
I´m never one to shout "they´re ruining their legacy", but they are slowly getting there.

There is no way that's official. He has 240 Twitter followers. He also has no talent.

 

[Future Lover]

I'm not gonna go with "ruined legacy" just yet. More of a helping hand to a band they see as an early influence, and a little side-project before the tour. Considering the amount of remixes they've done recently, it could easily be a way to squeeze out a "Disco 5" too, with these new remixes, some of their old ones, and maybe an surprise new bonus track somewhere in the middle?

 

[TrendyMüller]

There is no way that's official. He has 240 Twitter followers. He also has no talent.

I have 79 Twitter followers and loads of talent.