[Introspective] Final results of poll on singles since "PopArt" - pop or art?

[Wayne Studer]

The final results are in for my poll this past week in which I asked my site 
visitors to categorize each of the Pet Shop Boys' singles since the release 
of "PopArt" as either "pop" or "art." To summarize the outcomes:

* Seven songs -- "I'm with Stupid," "Love Etc." "Did You See Me Coming?" 
"Beautiful People," "All Over the World," "Together," and "Winner" -- were 
designated as "pop" by the majority of voters, with "Did You See Me Coming?" 
receiving the largest percentage of "pop" votes, 92.6%.

* Five songs -- "Minimal," "Numb," "Integral," "Leaving," and "Memory of the 
Future" -- were classified as "art" by the majority, with "Memory of the 
Future" receiving the largest percentage of "art" votes, 70.6%.

To see the more detailed results, please visit my "Commentary" site at 
http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click the "Past Survey Results" 
button in the navigation bar.

I personally believe my new poll for the week ahead is both one of the most 
interesting and most challenging questions I've asked in quite some time. 
Back when "Elysium" was released, Neil suggested in an interview that each 
of its songs might, from a stylistic perspective, have appeared on one of 
their previous albums. So I'm wondering how you would match up each of its 
songs with their studio albums on a one-to-one basis. That is, you can 
"assign" an "Elysium" song to one studio album and no more, and no album can 
be "assigned" more than one song. (Since there are twelve tracks on 
"Elysium" but only eleven preceding studio albums -- if you count 
"Relentless" but don't count the borderline case of "Disco 3" -- that leaves 
one song that can be assigned to the status of standalone "bonus track" that 
might have appeared on an imaginary hits collection. To make it a just a 
little less difficult, I'm not forcing you to make a choice for every single 
song and album; you can leave "blanks" if you wish. Nevertheless, I hope 
many if not most of you will take up the challenge and make those difficult 
choices. So please, when you get the chance, make your choices right there 
on my home page. And, in the meantime, I express my sincere thanks to the 
regular site visitor (who prefers to remain anonymous) who suggested this 
fascinating question!

Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you 
all have a fantastic week ahead!

Wayne
http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm