From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat May 2 22:09:12 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 22:09:12 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on preference of artist of your choice covering PSB Message-ID: <2C89F5B1BA3A4B099F47A6E6FD4DFB6A@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors which they would prefer: for an artist or band of their choice to cover any Pet Shop Boys song of their choice, or for an artist or band of their choice to record a completely new, never-before-heard Tennant-Lowe song? And the choice that received the most votes was: *"I would prefer for the artist or band of my choice to cover a Pet Shop Boys song of my choice," picked by 56.8% of the voters. To see the complete results (although that does pretty much sum it up), please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new survey for the week ahead shifts from music to merchandise. I'm wondering whether you own (or ever have owned) any "Pet Shop Boys clothing" of the sort sold on their official website or at their concerts and, if so, whether you ever wear it, either just for PSB-related occasions or for other non-PSB-related occasions as well. So please, when you get the chance, make the appropriate 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 superb week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 7 20:41:02 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 20:41:02 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on "PSB clothing" Message-ID: <55CB55774F134F40A4A97CB6D3638BC6@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks whether you own (or have ever owned) and "Pet Shop Boys" clothing, such as t-shirts or caps sold on their official website or at their concerts, and, if so, whether you ever wear it either at PSB-related events or on other "non-PSB" occasions. 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 (although, on account of a personal commitment, I may be a little bit later than usual doing so). Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a delightful weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From pauldj6 at gmail.com Thu May 7 21:01:39 2015 From: pauldj6 at gmail.com (Paolo B.) Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 06:01:39 +0200 Subject: [Introspective] Is this thing on? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <554C3523.6000609@gmail.com> On 22/12/14 6:35 PM, Derek BD wrote: > Have you ever seen That Was Then This is Now PSB from 1988? It is quite good. > Really cool. Had seen it, but didn't remember it. I wish they had such an interview now. Same questions, but with an extra 15+ years of career. -- PaulDj From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat May 9 23:13:16 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 23:13:16 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on "PSB clothing" Message-ID: <9823081B2C66483BB32E7B356F2E6B31@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they own any "Pet Shop Boys clothing" (such as caps and t-shirts sold on their official website or at their concerts) and whether they ever wear it. And the response that received the largest number of votes was: *"Yes, I do own some PSB clothing, and I've worn it on occasions that really have nothing to do with PSB," chosen by 43.8% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top nav bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead is inspired by a suggestion several months ago by longtime site visitor Shayne, which focused specifically on the unreleased PSB song "Bounce." I felt it was an intriguing question, but I thought it perhaps inappropriate to focus so particularly on just one unreleased track. So I decided to modify and expand Shayne's suggestion. I'm wondering which of various officially unreleased PSB songs (non-instrumentals) that have "leaked" through the years (all of which can be heard on YouTube) you would *most* like for the Boys to complete and officially release at some point, and which one you would *least* care for them to complete and release. Thanks to Shayne for the original suggestion?and I hope you don't too greatly mind the tremendous degree to which I've modified it. Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a splendid week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 14 22:14:46 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 22:14:46 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on unreleased PSB songs Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which lists a number of officially unreleased Pet Shop Boys songs (non-instrumentals) and asks you to choose the ones that you would (1) most like and (2) least like for them to complete and officially release at some point. (And all of them are available for your listening pleasure on YouTube!) 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 choices right there on my 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 great weekend ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat May 16 22:06:13 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 22:06:13 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on unreleased PSB songs Message-ID: <3CBA1B251EE54DA394322FF9A0A670AA@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors which of several officially unreleased Pet Shop Boys songs they would most and least like for the Boys to complete and release. And the songs that received the most votes were: * "You've Got to Start Somewhere," chosen by 21.0% as the song they would *most* like the Pet Shop Boys to complete and release, and * "Bubadubadubadum (All My Wasted Time)," picked by 22.5% as the song they would *least* like the Boys to complete and release. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead asks whether you have ever felt a strong personal connection to a particular PSB song in that its lyrics closely reflected a specific event or occasion in your life. And, if so, did that song's release roughly coincide with the occurrence of that personal event? Please mull this over and make the appropriate choice right there on my home page. And thanks to Tan Sam for suggesting this intriguing 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 From derekbd1970 at gmail.com Thu May 21 08:24:13 2015 From: derekbd1970 at gmail.com (Derek BD) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 10:24:13 -0500 Subject: [Introspective] Cannes article: PSB hit inspires film Message-ID: ? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cannes-watch-mermaid-dress-wedding-bells-brolin-235347835.html#madTHhb ___ OLD DISCO HIT INSPIRES FILM Chinese director Jia Zhangke had some musical inspiration for his Cannes entry "Mountains May Depart": the Pet Shop Boys. The disco duo's version of "Go West" plays over the opening and closing scenes of the film, which charts the fates of a woman (Zhao Tao) and the men in her life from 1999 to the year 2025. It has been called a futurist melodrama, and also depicts China's dizzying social and economic changes as it has gone from Communist state to market-mad emerging superpower. Jia said he chose the Pet Shop Boys' electro hit ? a cover of a Village People song ? to capture the energy and optimism of Chinese youth in the 1990s, as the country began to rapidly open up. "In the mid-1990s, there were a lot of discos popping up in China," the 45-year-old director told reporters Wednesday in Cannes, where his film is competing for the Palme d'Or. "A lot of young people loved dancing, including me. We'd go a little bit crazy on the weekends. "'Go West' was my favorite song and it left a deep impression on me. Because whenever they played this song, all the young people in the disco, it didn't matter whether you know each other or not, would line up and start dancing together." Jia said the song represented mobility, the idea "that I can go anywhere in the world." "To me, the 'west' part of the song is not important," he said. "The important part is 'go.'" ? By Jill Lawless, http://Twitter.com/JillLawless and Angela Chen -- derekbd "A man who does not think for himself does not think at all." - Oscar Wilde -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 21 21:50:08 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 21:50:08 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on "strong personal connection" to a PSB song Message-ID: <480BE21B64BA4CCF99A354C3986DD9A9@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks whether you've ever had a strong personal connection with a particular Pet Shop Boys song in which you felt that its lyrics accurately reflected a specific event or occurrence in your life -- and, if so, whether the release of the song roughly coincided with the timing of that personal event or occurrence. 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 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 wonderful weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat May 23 22:13:10 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 22:13:10 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on strong personal connections to a PSB song Message-ID: <3D828E4DC768484C9BE4BDE515C56823@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they have ever had any unusually strong personal connections of a particular Pet Shop Boys song to a specific event or occurrence in their lives by virtue of the song's lyrics. And the response that received the largest number of votes was: * Yes, I have had that sort of strong personal connection with a particular Pet Shop Boys song, although the release of the song did not coincide with the timing of that personal event," chosen by 44.4% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead is a sequel to one that I ran several weeks ago, in which I asked visitors to select what they consider to be the strongest or most effective lead single from a PSB studio album. This time, however, I'm approaching the subject from a different angle; I'm asking you to assess each album's lead single, stating whether you feel it was the best choice for that honor or whether another song from that album would have made a better lead single. Thanks so much to Eke Webb for suggesting this question! And thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! I hope you have a marvelous week ahead! And I wish a very happy and safe Memorial Day to my fellow U.S. fans as well as to anyone else who observes the holiday! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 28 22:08:06 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 22:08:06 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on lead singles from PSB albums Message-ID: <7282C6A9C68C4B02B63336BA44E8C2C5@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks, for *each* of the Pet Shop Boys' studio albums, whether you believe that its lead (first) single was the *best* choice of lead single, or whether you believe a different song from that album would have made a better lead single. 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 selections right there on my 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 terrific weekend! Wayne http:/www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat May 30 22:12:50 2015 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 22:12:50 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on PSB album lead singles Message-ID: <270315595C3643558229AA8657592499@COMP8> The final results are in for my survey this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to indicate, for each of the Pet Shop Boys' studio albums, whether they believe its lead single was the best choice for serving that function, or whether they feel another song from that album would have made a better lead single. And the responses that came out on top were: * "It's a Sin," "Love etc." " Can You Forgive Her?" "So Hard," "Domino Dancing," and "Home and Dry" were each declared the best choice of lead single from their respective albums by the majority or plurality of voters (with "It's a Sin" faring the best with 85.1% of the vote), and * "Winner," "Before," "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)," "I'm with Stupid," "Axis," and "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" were each declared NOT to be the best choice of lead single from their respective albums by a majority or plurality of voters (with "Winner" faring the worst with 74.3% of the vote). To see the complete, more detailed results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click one of the "Past Survey Results" options in the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead extends deep into the realm of fantasy. Using the time-travel premise of the popular "Back to the Future" movies, I'm wondering what you would most prefer to do if you could go back to the time and place where Chris and Neil first met: that hi-fi shop on London's King's Road on August 19, 1981. Some of the options you can choose from are frankly somewhat shocking -- but the implications can be dire if you're going to step back and fiddle around with history. So please check out the options right there on my home page and choose the one that most closely reflects what you would most want to do. And thanks to Daniel Dannypannic for suggesting this remarkable question! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a fabulous week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm