Showing posts with label pet shop boys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pet shop boys. Show all posts

Sunday, July 7, 2013

vocal


*any friend of sipreano know's that this kid ADORES the pet shop boys!@#$%!!! i recall pumping "domino dancing" from my yellow sony sports walkman on a cold ontario evening in the late 1980s at horseshoe valley ski resort, maxing out to the introspective cassette w/ the wind in my hair on the long and winding road to and from tofino in the 1990s, tons of sweaty club nights propelled by tracks like "west end girls," "it's a sin," and "love comes quickly"—even tripping out w/ dancing bear at their last vancouver concert a few years back. they've been around forever and keep releasing musical magic (their latest album, electric, featuring the track "vocal," drops july 15). with a strong visual (as well as sonic, of course) presence, PSB's live shows are totally spectacular and i'm hella stoked they'll be on the west coast again this october. if you're anything of a fan or even a casual listener who likes going to shows, def cop a ticket asap. you won't regret it!@#$%!!! here's to many more creative years ahead for misters tennant and lowe!!! any which way, their music will play forever... PEACE

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

words (pet shop boys)

















 "We got a letter from Al Stewart, actually from Al Stewart's manager, saying, I've heard the boys are big fans of Al's and would they like to write with him? So obviously we said no. But I'll say it for the millionth time, I've never really heard Al Stewart apart from "The Year Of The Cat" and I can't remember a single lyric out of that tune. I don't think I do sound like him but I know exactly what the similarity is, it's pronouncing the lyrics and having a slightly fey-sounding voice and not singing in a strong American accent. But there's not a lot I can do about it, really. That's what I sound like, I'm afraid. I can't sing any better than that. It's unfortunate but there we are. When we recorded "Always On My Mind," I thought I put loads of feeling into the vocal and the first thing someone said about it was, Oh, Neil, I love the dead-pan voice, and at that point I realized I may as well give up, really. So if I sound like Al Stewart on Behaviour, it's not a tribute, it's unintentional I'm afraid."

- Q magazine (December, 1990)