Anyone else have a favorite Pet Shop Boys song?

[WillParkinson]

I love Opportunities (Let's make lots of money).

Anyone else have one?

[joeybee12]

1. I'll have to go with their version of "Go West"

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. 2/0 (nt)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. I take that back. "You Are Always On My Mind"...

...not the version in the "Introspective" album, but the one that played in the radio, with the orchestra.

[Loonman]

3. "So Hard"

Fat analog synth sound, like the old Donna Summer records.


"My Own Devices" is a good one, too.

[peekaloo]

4. the duet with Dusty Springfield

*brain fart* on title

:dunce:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. That'd be "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" (nt)

[peekaloo]

6. Thank you

"what have I , what have I, what have I done to deserve this" should have been a clue :crazy:

[TNDemo]

14. Something In Your Eyes,

I think. I was recently looking for the CD and couldn't find it.

[TNDemo]

16. No wait - it's What Have I Done To Deserve This.

Something In Your Eyes is just by Dusty.

[arwalden]

7. Opportunities, WHIDTDT, West End Girls, Absolutely Fabulous

[Loonman]

8. I went to HS with a girl who

Schtupped one of the Pet Shop Boys.

Not the singer, but the other guy.


She was very unimpressed.

[WillParkinson]

11. I thought they were gay?

Hm....

[Loonman]

13. Nope

Apparently not, well at least the other guy wasn't.

[terrya]

10. The PSB cover of "Go West". It's almost wistful sounding. eom

[Kolesar]

12. I always thought Neil Tennant sounded like Al Stewart

Do you remember "The Year of the Cat" from the 1970s?
Best PSB song--that's tough--"What have I done to deserve this" is not only peppy, but it has lyrics that are introspective and anxious. Who can top that?

[Red_Storm]

15. King's Cross

[cosmicdot]

19. Lyrics

The man at the back of the queue was sent
To feel the smack of firm government
Linger by the flyposter, for a fight
It's the same story every night
I've been hurt and we've been had
You leave home, and you don't go back

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

Only last night I found myself lost
By the station called King's Cross
Dead and wounded on either side
You know it's only a matter of time
I've been good and I've been bad
I've been guilty of hanging around

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

So I went looking out today
For the one who got away
Murder walking round the block
Ending up in King's Cross
Good luck, bad luck waiting in a line
It takes more than the matter of time

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee
And there's still no guarantee
There is still no guarantee

[militarymanusaf]

17. West End Girls

n/t

[cosmicdot]

18. Left To My Own Devices, Being Boring, I Want A Dog

and Always on my Mind, Go West & What Did I Do To Deserve This

Left to My Own Devices

I get out of bed at half past ten
Phone up a friend, who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping

One day i'll read, or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But i don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would

Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang, if you want to belong

I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street
For in a secret life i was a round head general

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would
Oh, i would

I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would i write a book? or should i take to the stage?
But in the back of my head i heard distant feet
Che guevara and debussy to a disco beat

It's not a crime when you look the way you do



$42.99!!! :wow:

45 remastered tracks, featuring all their singles to date & two new tracks, 'Flamboyant' & 'Miracles', recorded for this compilation. This limited edition also features a bonus disc of ten remixes & rarities which is available for the first pressing only. Bonus tracks, 'Can You Forgive Her' (Rollo Remix), 'So Hard' (David Morales Red Zone Mix), 'What Have I Done To Deserve This' (Shep Pettibone Disco Remix), 'West End Girls' (Sasha Remix), 'Miserablism' (Moby Electro Mix), 'Before' (Danny Tenaglia Classic Paradise Mix), 'I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More' (Peter Rauhofer Roxy Anthem), 'New York City Boy' (Lange Remix), 'Young Offender' (Jam & Spoon Trip-O-Matic Fairytale Mix), & 'Love Comes Quickly' (Blank & Jones Mix). Three paper sleeves housed in a clamshell box. EMI. 2003.

Being Boring

I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "we were never feeling bored

'cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end

When i went i left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "if you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But i sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and i had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored

'cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "make amends"