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Pandemonium (Pet Shop Boys Album)
''Pandemonium'' is the second live album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 15 February 2010 by Parlophone as a CD and DVD combo. It is a recording of a live concert at The O2 Arena in London on 21 December 2009, as part of the duo's Pandemonium Tour. The DVD includes the full Pandemonium show filmed by David Barnard. The sound was produced and remixed for DVD by Dave Woolley. The CD, mixed by Stuart Price, includes 17 songs from the show. Track listing CD #"More Than a Dream"/"Heart (Pet Shop Boys song), Heart" – 4:23 #"Did You See Me Coming?" – 3:41 #"Pandemonium"/"Can You Forgive Her? (song), Can You Forgive Her?" – 4:05 #"Love Etc." – 3:14 #"Go West (song), Go West"/"Paninaro" – 3:55 #"Two Divided by Zero" – 3:46 #"Why Don't We Live Together?"/"In The Night"/"Left to My Own Devices" – 4:17 #"New York City Boy" – 2:51 #"Always on My Mind" – 3:43 #"Closer to Heaven (musical), Closer to Heaven"/"Left to My Own Devices"/"Heart" – 5:40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pet Shop Boys
The Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of ''The Guinness Book of Records''. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1984 they have achieved 42 top 30 singles, 22 of these being top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a synth-pop version of " Always on My Mind", and "Heart". Other hit songs include a cover of " Go West", and their own "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", and " What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield. With five US top ten singles in the 1980s, they are associated with the Second British Invasion. At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, the Pet Shop Boys recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Did You See Me Coming?
"Did You See Me Coming?" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 1 June 2009 as the second single from their tenth studio album, ''Yes'' (2009). The single was made available in six formats: two-track CD, CD maxi, 12-inch vinyl, and three digital bundles, each with a different track listing. Presented are new tracks "After the Event", "The Former Enfant Terrible" and "Up and Down", which do not appear on ''Yes''. There are also new mixes of album track "Did You See Me Coming?" by Pet Shop Boys and Unicorn Kid, and "The Way It Used to Be" mixed by Richard X. The Brit Awards medley, which was originally performed in February, is also released in one of the digital bundles. The Possibly More Mix features significant extra lyrics inspired by common descriptions found in lonely hearts/singles adverts, such as "attractive, single, blue-eyed, smart". Track listings *2-track CD single # "Did You See Me Coming?" – 3:41 # "After the Event" – 5:19 *CD maxi singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Sin
"It's a Sin" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, ''Actually'' (1987). Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, the song was released on 15 June 1987 as the album's lead single. It became the duo's second number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks atop the chart. Additionally, the single topped the charts in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, while reaching number nine on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A demo of the track was first cut in 1984 with Bobby Orlando, and the song's form in the demo remained intact to the final version, although the released production is far more dramatic. Writing and inspiration In this song, Tennant describes some impressions he got from his time at the Catholic St Cuthbert's High School in Newcastle upon Tyne. He ended up feeling that everything he had done or was going to do was a sin. Tennant has said that he wrote the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva La Vida
"Viva la Vida" (, ; ) is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, ''Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'' (2008). The lyrics to the song contain historical and Christian references, and the track is built around a looping string section in unison with a digitally processed piano, with other layers gradually being added as the song builds. The track was released on 13 June 2008 as the album's second single, debuting to critical acclaim and commercial success. "Viva la Vida" reached the top spot of the UK Singles Chart and ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the band's first number-one single in both the U.S. and U.K. The song won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009. Background The song's Spanish title, "Viva la Vida", is taken from a painting by 20th-century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In Spanish, is an expression used to acclaim someone or something, so "Long Live L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domino Dancing
"Domino Dancing" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the lead single from their third studio album, ''Introspective'' (1988). It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and topped the charts in Finland and Spain. Background Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, and influenced by Latin pop, the song was produced by Lewis A. Martinée, the Miami-based producer behind 1980s freestyle groups such as Exposé. The song was recorded at Martinée's studio in Miami, resulting in a considerably large number of studio musicians being featured on it for a Pet Shop Boys song. The duo had achieved three number ones in 1987 and 1988, and ''Domino Dancing'' was expected to continue this success. However, the public reception to the duo's new Latin sound proved disappointing. Tennant remembers: "...it entered the charts at number nine and I thought, 'that's that, then – it's all over'. I knew then that our imperial phase of number one hits was over." The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Se A Vida é (That's The Way Life Is)
"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 12 August 1996 as the second single from their sixth studio album, '' Bilingual'' (1996). The single was one of the most widely played records on UK radio in 1996 and stayed on the UK Singles Chart for almost two months peaking at number eight. It also reached the top five in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Spain, and the top 10 in Denmark. Curiously, despite the Portuguese title, it was not a hit in Portugal, nor in the other major Lusophone country, Brazil. In the United States, the single was released on 1 April 1997 by Atlantic Records as a double A-side with "To Step Aside". Thirteen mixes of the track were commissioned and spread over various formats, several of them promotional-only. "To Step Aside" reached number one on '' Billboard''s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and number eight on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The song is based on "Estrada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbia (song)
"Suburbia" is a song by English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was remixed and released as the fourth single from the duo's debut studio album, ''Please'' (1986), and became the band's second UK top-10 entry, peaking at number 8. "Suburbia" has drawn comparisons to the theme from ALF, which coincidentally premiered the day that the song was released. Background and music video The song's primary inspiration is the 1983 Penelope Spheeris film ''Suburbia'', and its depiction of violence and squalor in the suburbs of Los Angeles; in addition, the tension of the Brixton riots of 1981 and of 1985 hanging in recent memory led Neil Tennant of the duo to thinking about the boredom of suburbia and the underlying tension among disaffected youth that sparked off the riots at the least provocation. The various versions of the song are punctuated by sounds of suburban violence, riots and smashing glass, as well as snarling dogs on the re-recorded single version (extended even further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Cross (song)
"King's Cross" is a Pet Shop Boys song, written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, and is a track on their 1987 album ''Actually (album), Actually''. In 2007, it was recorded and released as a single by Tracey Thorn. Pet Shop Boys version and the King's Cross fire Two months after the release of ''Actually'', 31 people were killed in the King's Cross fire. Lines such as "dead and wounded on either side, you know it's only a matter of time" could be seen as prophetic of the disaster. In reality, the lyric is described by Tennant as "a metaphor for Britain" because "King's Cross is the station you come to when you come down to London looking for opportunity from the Northeast, the most depressed part of England [...] And there's lots of crime around King's Cross - prostitution, drug addicts, and a lot of tramps come up to you there" Pet Shop Boys' own version of this song remained an album-only track, but ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' newspaper campaigned for it to be rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left To My Own Devices
"Left to My Own Devices" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released in November 1988 as the second single from their third studio album, ''Introspective'' (1988). It was also the first track of the album. The song fared better than the album's lead single, "Domino Dancing", charting three positions higher on the UK Singles Chart, at number four. It became the first track that Pet Shop Boys recorded with an orchestra, arranged by Richard Niles. Since its release, it has become a staple of Pet Shop Boys live performances. Background and writing Lyricist Neil Tennant explained the meaning of the track: As with the other tracks on ''Introspective'', it has a longer version on the album and was edited down to become more radio-friendly when released as a single. This is mainly due to the Pet Shop Boys wanting to be different from every other artist at the time. This is confirmed in the booklet accompanying the 2001 re-release of ''Introspective'', where both Tennan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closer To Heaven (musical)
''Closer to Heaven'' is a musical by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys. It was premiered in May 2001 at the Arts Theatre in London, opening to mixed reviews, and ran until 13 October 2001. A second production of ''Closer to Heaven'' was premiered in Australia in 2005. New off-West End productions premiered in London in 2015 and 2019. A spin-off cabaret show, entitled ''Musik: The Billie Trix Story'', opened in Edinburgh in 2019. Plot The story is narrated by retired rock icon and actress Billie Trix (Frances Barber), who otherwise has a fairly small part in the story. The opening number, "My Night", is sung by Billie and the rest of the cast, and is used to introduce the characters. Shell Christian ( Stacey Roca), is going to see her estranged father, Vic Christian (David Burt), for the first time in years. Vic, who is gay, left Shell and her mother during her childhood, and now runs a successful gay club in London. Meanwhile, Straight Dave (Paul Keating), who has just a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Boy
"New York City Boy" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 27 September 1999 as the second single from their seventh studio album, ''Nightlife'' (1999). In the UK, the single peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the charts in numerous European countries, peaking at number three in Spain, and number four in Finland and Hungary. In the US, the song hit number one on the '' Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 53 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Singles Sales chart. The second B-side, "Casting a Shadow", was written for BBC Radio 1 during the 11 August 1999 solar eclipse, and CD 2 featured a bonus video showing the song alongside footage of the eclipse in the UK. This song has many references inside, particularly two famous disco culture songs. The first one is in the string arrangements, reference to "It's good for the soul" by The Salsoul Orchestra (1976). It's not surprising because in the strings and arrangements is the lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
