From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Sep 5 21:56:48 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:56:48 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on how Neil's vocals are "treated" on "Electric" Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks your opinion of how Neil?s vocals are ?treated? on ?Electric" ? a subject about which a good number of Pet Shop Boys fans have expressed some dissatisfaction. If you haven?t voted yet, please take a moment to visit my ?Commentary? site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice from the options provided right there on the home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and launch a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a delightful weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Sep 7 22:08:49 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 22:08:49 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on how Neil's vocals are treated on Electric Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors how they generally feel about the way Neil?s vocals are ?treated? on ?Electric.? And the response that received the largest number of votes was: * ?In general, I really *like* the way Neil?s vocals are ?treated? on ?Electric?!? chosen by 38.4% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my ?Commentary? site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click the ?Past Survey Results? button in the navigation bar. As many of my longtime site visitors know, I occasionally do "rerun" polls, asking questions that I've asked before but which deserve being asked again because new albums and songs have been released since the previous go-round. When I do that, however, I usually add a little twist so that, even with new material to choose from, the question itself isn't *exactly* like it was before. Well, that's what I'm doing for my new poll for the week ahead. On several past occasions I've asked everyone to choose their favorite Pet Shop Boys album cover and/or packaging, though each time with one of those twists. I think it's time to ask that question again because several albums have been released the last iteration. And the different approach I'm taking this time around is that I want you to make two choices: your favorite PSB studio album cover/packaging, and your favorite PSB non-studio album cover/packaging (including the "Tennant-Lowe" releases). So please take a few moments to make your choices right there on my home page. And thanks so much to Riikka for suggesting this rerun! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! I hope you all have a fabulous week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Sep 12 22:01:08 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:01:08 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on favorite PSB album covers/packaging Message-ID: <609304801C5943979A600837075C2698@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to choose your favorite cover/packaging from among both (1) the Pet Shop Boys? 12 studio albums and (2) their ?non-studio? albums (compilations, ?Disco? albums, special projects, etc.). If you haven?t voted yet, please take a few moments to visit my ?Commentary? site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choices right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and kick off a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Sep 14 22:17:10 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:17:10 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on favorite PSB album covers/packaging Message-ID: <4950751EB4254595827F3CF782A93ED1@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to choose their favorite album covers/packaging for both the Pet Shop Boys studio albums and their "non-studio" albums. And the album covers/packaging that received the most votes are: * "Very," chosen by 38.7% of the voters from among the studio albums, and * "Alternative," picked by 29.5% of the voters from among the non-studio albums. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click the "Past Survey Results" button from the navigation bar. The Pet Shop Boys aren't exactly known for their love songs. Nevertheless, they've indeed released a number of definite love songs in the course of their career. So for this week's poll, I'm wondering what you consider to be their *greatest* love song. I offer 25 candidates for your consideration (some of which I really don't think of as "love songs" myself, but I can see how others might consider them so), but I also provide the usual "Some other song..." option in case your own choice isn't among them. So please, when you're ready, make your choice right there on my home page. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a ? shall I say it? ? *lovely* week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Sep 19 21:38:44 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:38:44 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on PSB's greatest love song Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks what, in your opinion, is the Pet Shop Boys' all-time greatest love song. I offer 25 "prime candidates" to choose from, but if your own personal choice isn't among them, there's a "Some other song" option that you can select instead. If you haven't voted yet, please take few moments to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and start a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a superb weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Sep 21 22:05:59 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:05:59 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on PSB's greatest love song Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to choose what they consider to be the Pet Shop Boys' all-time greatest "love song." And the song that received the most votes was: * "It Always Comes as a Surprise," picked by 14.4% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click the "Past Survey Results" button in the navigator bar. As is sometimes the case, my new poll for the week ahead is inspired by some comments I've read online from fellow fans that there have been just too many "official" remixes of the most recent PSB singles, "Vocal" and "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct." So I'm wondering how you feel about this. Have there been too many official remixes of the Boys' recent singles? Please take a moment to make your choice from the options I provide right there on my home page. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have an outstanding week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Sep 26 21:18:58 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:18:58 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon: Too many remixes of recent PSB singles? Message-ID: <9021A796F34A4CE1AAD6EDCCFAE064FD@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, in which I'm asking my site visitors whether they feel there have been too many "official" remixes of the Pet Shop Boys' most recent singles. If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and kick off a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a marvelous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Sep 28 22:09:54 2013 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:09:54 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on too many recent PSB remixes Message-ID: <1998557501334710A189E9674400CD16@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they feel there have been too many official remixes of the Pet Shop Boys' most recent singles. And the response that received the most votes was: * "Yes, though I wouldn't feel that way if the remixes were better," chosen by 35.2% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click the "Past Survey Results" button in the navigation bar. My new poll will run for two weeks rather than just one on account of my being occupied with another commitment and away from my computer next weekend. But I hope its subject matter will justify the extra time it's posted. For each of the Pet Shop Boys' studio albums (except for the most recent one, "Electric," for which I believe it's too soon to ask this question; in its place I'm using "Relentless" instead), I'm wondering whether you like it more than, less than, or about the same as you did shortly after it was first released or when you first became familiar with it. So please mull this over and, when you're ready, make your choices right there on my home page. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I wish you all a fantastic week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm