Ok their new stuff isn't much cop but their old stuff I think is pretty damn perfect pop...so I'm going for left to my own devices...
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Rent
or It's A Sin
or Suburbia
or Can You Forgive Her.
Yeah.
it's a sin
or west end girls.
Kings Cross
Bit downbeat I know but, 'I've been hurt and we've been had, you leave home and you don;t come back...'
two divided by zero, zero
Opportunities is class
Suburbia, probably
Perfect example of how to do the minor verse to major chorus thing.
the bridge is the best bit
"I only wanted something else to do but hang around"
(so good I used it as the title of my ill-fated record label's first ever release)
That bit is utterly, utterly brilliant
One of those 'small bits of songs that give you the shivers thing'. YES.
Rent
Opportunities
It's A Sin
West End Girls
being boring
With you
on Left to my own devices, though there are a lot of other contenders. I'm glad someone else has mentioned Kings Cross. Also, it's worth noting that Always on my Mind, while by no means my fave PSBs song, is one of the better cover versions around.
It's a sin
Being boring
My cassette of Please is warped
:(
if anyone wants to replace it.....
wht have i done to deserve this
It's A Sin
Rent
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
amazing
I get
the impression that there's some love for The Pets on this board!
Yep
We're not ALL about indie snobbery here.
Only a select few of us
Pet Shop Boys > Joy Division
me two
yup
s'true
that's the truest thing ever
I'd go with that
Certainly more fun to listen to.
Careful now.
i like PSBs though.
the 7" of It's a sin
was the first record I ever bought.
"after all" from battleship potemkin
neil tennant said its best thing they've ever done. i agree with him.
you were always on my mind
The one with the little round
multicoloured people slapping each other and shit.
That's True Faith
isn't it?
Or were you being
sarcastic?
Is True Faith the name of the song?
Only Pet Shop Boys thing i can think of...Unless True Faith is a diferent band?
that's New Order
NOOOOOOOO
With the short little round people slapping each other? I'vee been living a lie!
Heart
....
its really good to see "no-indie-snobbery" here
and you geek who wrote chart round ups and bashing pet shop boys all the time: you are wrong! its always good to see them in top 20. its always good to see smart pop songs at charts.
fundamental was great this year.
always on my mind
i do love it
^THIS
i don't care that it's not their song.
WEST END GIRLS
totally.
Left To My Own Devices
or I'm not Scared. Both are genius - get Intropspective for the full versions tho!
The theatre
or King's Cross. Or Being boring. Or The end of the world. Or Left to my own devices.
Yeah, one of them.
Or Shameless.
Jealousy
Or London (genuine piano mix), which has the best lyrics of any song, ever. True.
oooh
top 5 for me.
Left to My Own Devices
DJ Culture
Being Boring
It's Alright
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When Youre Drunk
being boring
like al_la. i knew anyone with such great mixtape making abilities would have taste in pet shop boys songs.
joy division are better though.