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Pandemonium Tour
The Pandemonium Tour was a worldwide concert tour by British pop duo Pet Shop Boys in support of their tenth studio album ''Yes''. The tour visited Europe, Asia and the Americas. Set list # "Heart" (Stuart Price Mix) – contains elements of "More Than a Dream" (Magical Dub) # "Did You See Me Coming?" # "Pandemonium"/" Can You Forgive Her?" # "Love Comes Quickly" ''(June–July 2009 shows only)'' # " Love etc." # "Building a Wall"/"Integral" # " Go West" # "Two Divided by Zero" # "Why Don't We Live Together?" # "New York City Boy" ''(Added August 2009)'' # " Always on My Mind" # " Closer to Heaven"/" Left to My Own Devices" # "Do I Have To?" # "King's Cross" # "The Way It Used to Be" # "Jealousy" # " Suburbia" # " What Have I Done to Deserve This?" ''(Added November 2009)'' # "All Over the World" # " Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" # "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 fo ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Integral (song)
"Integral" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their ninth studio album, ''Fundamental'' (2006). A remixed version of the song was released on 8 October 2007 as a download-only single to promote the duo's fourth remix album, '' Disco 4'' (2007). The single peaked at number 197 on the UK Singles Chart. The artwork for the single is a QR code, which, when scanned, gives a link to the Pet Shop Boys' website. Composition The single criticises the Identity Cards Act 2006. A statement from the band cited the issue as the reason that Tennant ceased his well-publicized support of Tony Blair's Labour party. The lyrics are fully masked and converted to the homage to Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopian novel '' We'', in which the inhabitants of the future One State try to build ''The Integral'', a glass spaceship, in order to solve the cosmic equation and resolve all the problems in their One State. Track listing *Digital single #"Integral" (PSB Perfect Immaculate mix) – 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Being Boring
"Being Boring" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the second single from their fourth studio album, ''Behaviour'' (1990). The song reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart, marking the duo's first single to miss the top 10 since " Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" in 1986. Background, lyrics and music The song is concerned with the idea of growing up and how people's perceptions and values change as they grow older. The title apparently materialised after someone in Japan accused the duo of being boring. The title is also derived from a Zelda Fitzgerald quotation, "she refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring".In an interview in 1993, Neil Tennant described "Being Boring" as "one of the best songs that we've written", and said that "For me it is a personal song because it's about a friend of mine who died of AIDS, and so it's about our lives when we were teenagers and how we moved to London, and I suppose me becoming successful an ... [...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 ... [...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] |
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 Li ... [...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] |
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (song)
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys and soul singer Dusty Springfield, taken from the duo's second studio album, '' Actually'' (1987). The song was released as the second single from the album on 10 August 1987. A commercial success in both the United Kingdom and United States, the song helped revive Springfield's career and led to a resurgence of interest in her music. Following the single, the Pet Shop Boys wrote and produced the singles " Nothing Has Been Proved" and "In Private" for Springfield, both included on her album ''Reputation'' (1990). Background "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" marked Pet Shop Boys' first major collaboration with another recording artist. The song was originally written and demoed around Christmas 1984 with the assistance of notable American songwriter Allee Willis It was originally intended for use on ''Please'', but the problem was to decide who’d sing the other half of the duet. Various con ... [...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 furt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jealousy (Pet Shop Boys Song)
"Jealousy" is a song originally written in 1982 by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, recorded for their fourth studio album, '' Behaviour'' (1990). It was released on 27 May 1991 as the album's fourth and final single in a slightly remixed form, which appears on both Pet Shop Boys' greatest hits albums. It has also been covered by British band Dubstar, and was performed by Robbie Williams at the Pet Shop Boys' 2006 BBC Radio 2 concert at the Mermaid Theatre, a recording of which was released on the Pet Shop Boys' live album ''Concrete''. Background In the ''Further Listening 1990–1991'' booklet (enclosed with the 2001 two-CD re-release of '' Behaviour''), Neil Tennant states that "Jealousy" is the first proper song ever composed by the duo. Chris Lowe composed the melody at the piano in his parents' home and, as he felt it should be a ballad, asked Tennant to write an intense-sounding lyric. Tennant complied by writing a lyric about the simplest form of jealousy: infidel ... [...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 Tenna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closer To Heaven (original Cast Recording)
''Closer to Heaven'' is an album of songs from the Pet Shop Boys 2001 stage musical '' Closer to Heaven''. The songs feature the original London production cast and production credits go to Pet Shop Boys and Stephen Hague. Track listing #"My night" - Billie Trix and Cast #"Something special" - Straight Dave #"Closer to heaven" - Shell and Straight Dave #"In denial" - Vic and Shell #"Call me old-fashioned" - Bob Saunders #"Nine out of ten" - Shell and Straight Dave #"It's just my little tribute to Caligula, darling!" - Billie Trix and Billie's Babes #"Hedonism" #"Friendly fire" - Billie Trix #"Shameless" - Vile Celebrities #"Vampires" - Vic and Billie Trix #"Closer to heaven" - Straight Dave and Mile End Lee #"Out of my system" - Shell and Billie's Babes #"K-Hole" - Billie Trix #"For all of us" - Straight Dave #"Closer to heaven" - Straight Dave #"Positive role model" - Straight Dave Personnel *Neil Tennant *Chris Lowe *Frances Barber (Billie Trix) *Paul Keating (Straight Dave) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
