Pet Shop Boy
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Aug 17, 2004 6:51:43 GMT -5
This is the best song they've ever done IMO. Awesome, awesome track. The video is s**t though. Don't think this even charted in America, they faded out kinda fast there. A shame because their later material contains some real gems, especially this.
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ljaesch
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Post by ljaesch on Aug 17, 2004 15:40:25 GMT -5
This song is great! I was disappointed that it didn't do anything in the States (although it did make my pop station's daily top 9 request show a couple of nights when it was out).
I especially like the "Swing Version" of the song that appears on the "Can You Forgive Her?" single (it's a version of the song that is backed up by horns and percussion instead of the synths). It's different, but it's cool. :)
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Post by reception on Aug 17, 2004 19:21:22 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 25, 2009 13:50:54 GMT -5
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WotUNeed
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 25, 2009 16:43:28 GMT -5
It's amusing, but not amazing. Like it a lot. The Very album is quite strong overall.
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Post by busyboy on Sept 25, 2009 16:49:47 GMT -5
It reached #1 on Dance Club Play, #10 on Modern Rock Tracks ( :( ) and #7 in the UK. I still really like it.
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Juanca
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Post by Juanca on Apr 13, 2013 23:20:40 GMT -5
I am a PSB fan, so I still like this, too! The videos of the Very era were all very computer/videogame-based. Seen with today's eyes they are a bit meh, but at that time they were visually quite interesting. An interesting detail is that, back home in Peru, one of the 2 modern-rock stations played this song a lot, but only the Rollo Remix version. So for at least a couple of years I thought the song was all dancey and not Poppy. I mean, at that time it was still common to have Remixes that were extensions of, or very similar to, the original versions. I loved the Remix anyway :) It reached #2 in my personal chart for a couple of weeks |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2013 23:42:32 GMT -5
One of my favorites by PSB!
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gonecountry
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Post by gonecountry on Jul 19, 2017 21:30:18 GMT -5
great, fun tune. This album (Very) and their next (Bilinqual) were great albums. So many good tunes on each
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God
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Post by God on Jul 19, 2017 22:48:11 GMT -5
This used to be one of my favorites by them but I like it less with time. The Very aesthetic though lol
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Glove Slap
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 20, 2017 16:27:50 GMT -5
There are a number of singles from them that I solidly prefer over this, but I do like it. I think Liberation might be my personal favorite single from this album. They peaked with Behaviour for me personally, but I do agree that Very and Bilingual were good as well. And I agree with Juanca about the videos. They haven't really aged well, but for the time the visuals from this campaign were a standout, and something that hadn't really been seen prior. It also was rather on the 90s irony stance (although PSB had that as a calling card from the start) not too dissimilar from what U2 was exploring during the same period. |
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