Pet Shop Boys #3: Met een discobal op je hoofd

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Op donderdag 31 augustus 2017 10:55 schreef PimD het volgende:
Yes/Further Listening 2008-2010

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/(...)ys+further+listening

Elysium/Further Listening 2011-2012

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/(...)ys+further+listening

Beetje een tegenvaller, weinig écht nieuw spul. Volgens mij zijn alleen de dikgedrukte dingen nieuw?

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Op donderdag 31 augustus 2017 11:27 schreef PimD het volgende:
Hmm ik kan me niet herinneren dat die mixen van Leaving op de cd-singles stonden. Volgens mij alleen op van die (neppe volgens mij?) promo's en digitale downloads inderdaad.

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In the studio
Writing the next PSB album will continue this month when Chris and Neil return from holidays. They have been writing throughout the year and so far have 21 new songs. The new album will be produced by Stuart Price.

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Tracklisting:
1. Inner sanctum
2. Opportunities (Let’s make lots of money)
3. The Pop Kids/In the night/Burn
4. Love is a bourgeois construct
5. New York City boy
6. Se a vida é (That's the way life is)
7. Love comes quickly
8. Love etc.
9. The dictator decides/Inside a dream
10. West End girls
11. Home and dry/The Enigma
12. Vocal/The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
13. It's a sin
14. Left to my own devices
15. Heart/Go West
16. Domino dancing
17. Always on my mind
18. The Pop Kids (reprise)

Pet Shop Boys - Give stupidity a chance (lyric video)

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Pet Shop Boys this week will make available four brand new songs from their new EP “Agenda”. The first song on the EP, “Give stupidity a chance”, can now be listened to on streaming services, download stores and on YouTube and is described by Neil Tennant as “a satirical song about the poor quality of political leadership in the modern world”. Find the song on digital services and YouTube via the links below.

Another song will be made available tomorrow, then one on Thursday and finally the fourth on Friday. The complete EP will be available to purchase via digital services this Friday, February 8.
A CD of “Agenda” is also available to pre-order exclusively with Pet Shop Boys’ once-a-year publication “Annually" which has been announced today and will be published on April 12th. A 12-inch vinyl EP of the four tracks will also be commercially released on April 12th.

Discussing the EP, Neil Tennant said: “It contains three satirical songs and one rather sad song. I think it’s because of the times we’re living through.” The four tracks were produced by Tim Powell and Pet Shop Boys and recorded towards the end of last year. They will not be included on Pet Shop Boys’ next album which is being produced by Stuart Price and is due for release in the autumn.

Pet Shop Boys - What are we going to do about the rich? (lyric video)

Pet Shop Boys - The forgotten child (lyric video)

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They’re buying football clubs today with absolute impunity
and so much of the media to give themselves the power
to destroy the very notion and the feeling of community
while poisoning the public discourse hour by hour

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They’re avoiding paying taxes
while the welfare state collapses
Their extravagance and arrogance
Their lack of tact to balance this
Their lawyers and their attitude
The scale of their ingratitude
They only give to charity
for maximum publicity

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Writer Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys are to present the world premiere of a new cabaret show at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.

"MUSIK" is a 50-minute, one-woman show with an outrageous book by Jonathan Harvey and six songs by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe including four new ones written for this show. It will star multi-award-winning actress Frances Barber reprising her role as Billie Trix from the 2001 musical, "Closer to Heaven".

"MUSIK" will run from 5 to 24 August at Assembly Rooms (Bijou venue), 54 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LR. Tickets go on sale 10am Thursday 18 April.

Pet Shop Boys said: “When we wrote "Closer to Heaven" almost 20 years ago, we loved the compelling outrageousness of the character Bille Trix as written by Jonathan and performed by Frances Barber. We have all discussed for many years the idea of creating her own one-woman show which would give us the chance to write more songs for her as she looks back on her incredible career. We’re thrilled that this show is finally happening.”

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Pet Shop Boys will headline the highly anticipated one-day festival, BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park, on Sunday, September 15th, in London. Other performers taking part include Clean Bandit, Bananarama, Emeli Sandé, Kelsea Ballerini and Simply Red. Neil and Chris will close the day with a one-hour performance and the festival will be hosted by Radio 2 presenters.

Pet Shop Boys commented: “This is the only UK show we’ll be performing this year so it’s going to be a very special one!”

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Stuart Price and friend taking a break from finishing mixing our new album. (It’s being delivered to Kobalt next month for release in January. Full details in due course.)

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Op dinsdag 2 juli 2019 08:07 schreef PimD het volgende:
Benieuwd naar de nieuwe plaat. Moet zeggen dat de nummers op de Agenda EP me niet echt hebben weten te bekoren. SUPER vond ik een prima plaat, dus ik laat me graag verrassen.