From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Oct 1 22:01:45 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 22:01:45 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on "West End Girls" Bobby O vs. Stephen Hague Message-ID: <58b838ab-20db-dfda-59cb-b2b76a981a34@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they preferred the original Bobby O-produced single of "West End Girls" or the later big hit single version produced by Stephen Hague. And, probably not surprisingly, the choice that received the most votes was: * "I *much* prefer the Stephen Hague version!" picked by a whopping 73.3% 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 navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. As promised, this week's poll is the latest the latest edition of my ongoing Rating Project, in which I ask you to rate Pet Shop Boys songs on a scale of 0 to 10 as they compare to other songs in the PSB catalogue, with 0 meaning "one of the worst songs they've ever recorded," 5 meaning "an average PSB song," and 10 meaning "one of their all-time best recordings." This time I'm asking you to rate the four bonus songs that accompanied the Boys' two most recent singles (we've already rated "In Bits" and "One Hit Wonder," the b-sides for the first "Super" single), as well as "Brick England" and a track from 2014 that I had previously neglected to ask you to rate, "Oppressive (The Best Gay Possible)." (Thanks so much to Daniel B. for writing last week to remind me that I had overlooked "Oppressive" in my Rating Project.) So please take a few moments to register and submit your ratings right there on my home page. Thanks 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 psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Oct 6 21:09:27 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 21:09:27 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on rating recent PSB songs on a scale of 0 to 10 Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, in which I'm asking you to rate several recent Pet Shop Boys songs on a scale of 0 to 10 as they compare to all other PSB tracks (*not* as they compare with other artists' tracks), with 10 meaning "one of their all-time best songs," 5 meaning "an average PSB song," and 0 meaning "one of their all-time worst songs." If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and rate the songs right there on my home page. On Sunday I will ends 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 will end up rating this a fabulous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Oct 8 22:05:52 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:05:52 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of Rating Project survey on recent PSB songs Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll this past week -- the latest edition of my ongoing Rating Project, in which my site visitors rate each Pet Shop Boys song on a scale of 0 to 10, 0 meaning "one of their all-time worst songs" and 10 meaning "one of their all-time best." And the song in this round of the project that received the highest average rating by voters was: * "Brick England," which earned an average rating of 7.655 out of 10. 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 your preference with regard to the Pet Shop Boys' next single -- not as to what specific song it should be, but rather where it should "come from," so to speak. So please take a moment to make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. And thanks to porkchopkid for his recent email to me in which he made a comment that inspired me to come up with this question. Thanks as well to everyone who voted in this past week's survey! And I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Fri Oct 14 00:36:01 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:36:01 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on preference on origin of next PSB single Message-ID: <868e72f5-f53e-53ad-4f2c-8537fc229c7c@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, in which I'm asking about your preference regarding the origin of the next Pet Shop Boys single, whatever it turns out to be. Would you prefer it to come from their most recent album "Super"? Would you prefer them to hold off until their next studio album? Would you prefer a "non-album" single? 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 these and several other options provided 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 great weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Oct 15 22:09:18 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:09:18 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on preferred source of the next PSB single Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors their preference with regard to the source of the Pet Shop Boys' next single, whatever it turns out to be. And the choice that received the most votes was: * "They should release another track from 'Super' as a single," picked by 36.2% 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 navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new survey for the week ahead is quite simple and straightforward: I'm merely wondering whether you're planning to attend (or, in the case of the very earliest concerts of the tour, have already attended) any of the shows of the Boys' Super Tour -- and, if not, why not? So please take a moment to make the appropriate choice from the options provided right there on my home page. Thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a terrific week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From the.ackermans at juno.com Sun Oct 16 10:39:38 2016 From: the.ackermans at juno.com (Don Ackerman) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:38 GMT Subject: [Introspective] PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden) Message-ID: <20161016.123938.31592.2@webmail06.vgs.untd.com> Not only are the PSB alive (we know that!), but they are on the hottest show in the US. I can't believe it! I'm so happy! Pet Shop Boys will take the stage on October 20. My DVR had already snagged it! PSB forever! Don ____________________________________________________________ Affordable Wireless Plans Set up is easy. Get online in minutes. Starting at only $14.95 per month! www.netzero.net?refcd=nzmem0216 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PSB-JamesCorden-2016-1020.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 46166 bytes Desc: PSB-JamesCorden-2016-1020.jpg URL: From mapsbgirl at hotmail.com Sun Oct 16 11:45:41 2016 From: mapsbgirl at hotmail.com (Mariana Alvarado Hernandez) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:45:41 +0000 Subject: [Introspective] PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden) In-Reply-To: <20161016.123938.31592.2@webmail06.vgs.untd.com> References: <20161016.123938.31592.2@webmail06.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: Same here, DVR set :) Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2016, at 12:41, Don Ackerman wrote: > > Not only are the PSB alive (we know that!), but they are on the hottest show in the US. I can't believe it! I'm so happy! > > Pet Shop Boys will take the stage on October 20. My DVR had already snagged it! > > > PSB forever! > Don > > ____________________________________________________________ > Affordable Wireless Plans > Set up is easy. Get online in minutes. > Starting at only $14.95 per month! > www.netzero.net?refcd=nzmem0216 > > _______________________________________________ > introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to mapsbgirl at hotmail.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/mapsbgirl%40hotmail.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective From pauldj6 at gmail.com Sun Oct 16 23:25:05 2016 From: pauldj6 at gmail.com (Pdj) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:25:05 +0200 Subject: [Introspective] Biographic Message-ID: <847f22c2-e156-0cd3-f288-51670050830a@gmail.com> http://www.gocomics.com/biographic/2016/10/16 PaulDj From pauldj6 at gmail.com Mon Oct 17 00:44:25 2016 From: pauldj6 at gmail.com (Pdj) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 09:44:25 +0200 Subject: [Introspective] PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden) In-Reply-To: <20161016.123938.31592.2@webmail06.vgs.untd.com> References: <20161016.123938.31592.2@webmail06.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: > Pet Shop Boys will take the stage on October 20. My DVR had already snagged it! Waiting for a link here in the old Europe... :-) :-) From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Oct 20 21:47:50 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 21:47:50 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Survey ends soon on attending PSB Super Tour shows Message-ID: <58d27ecd-8ad4-14bf-cbcb-8cda341842df@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current survey, which simply asks whether you are planning to attend (or perhaps have already attended) any of the shows on the Pet Shop Boys' current Super Tour. If haven't already taken part, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make the appropriate selection right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this survey, post the final results, and launch a new poll 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 the.ackermans at juno.com Fri Oct 21 09:24:57 2016 From: the.ackermans at juno.com (Don Ackerman) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:24:57 GMT Subject: [Introspective] PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden Canceled) Message-ID: <20161021.112457.14313.0@webmail12.vgs.untd.com> Cancelled. This from Facebook: Unfortunately, I've come down with food poisoning so we've had to cancel our performance today on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Thanks to James and his team for being so understanding. For the record, we were going to perform "Burn"… Neil x #PetText #LateLateShow #USA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Don Ackerman" To: introspective at lists.jameslick.com Subject: PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:38 GMT Not only are the PSB alive (we know that!), but they are on the hottest show in the US. I can't believe it! I'm so happy! Pet Shop Boys will take the stage on October 20. My DVR had already snagged it! PSB forever! Don ____________________________________________________________ How To Fix Your Fatigue (Do This Every Day) gundrymd.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/580a416a2a295416a4e9cst03vuc From the-magician at magick-land.com Fri Oct 21 09:33:07 2016 From: the-magician at magick-land.com (Kurt Booker) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:33:07 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden Canceled) In-Reply-To: <20161021.112457.14313.0@webmail12.vgs.untd.com> References: <20161021.112457.14313.0@webmail12.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: <94E67200-DD35-4102-B29B-D74053B663F2@magick-land.com> Bummer. Poor Neil. We’re seeing them in Portland next Tuesday, hope he is all better by then! Kurt > On Oct 21, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Don Ackerman wrote: > > Cancelled. This from Facebook: > > Unfortunately, I've come down with food poisoning so we've had to cancel our performance today on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Thanks to James and his team for being so understanding. For the record, we were going to perform "Burn"… Neil x > > #PetText #LateLateShow #USA > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "Don Ackerman" > To: introspective at lists.jameslick.com > Subject: PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden) > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:38 GMT > > Not only are the PSB alive (we know that!), but they are on the hottest show in the US. I can't believe it! I'm so happy! > > Pet Shop Boys will take the stage on October 20. My DVR had already snagged it! > > > PSB forever! > Don > ____________________________________________________________ > How To Fix Your Fatigue (Do This Every Day) > gundrymd.com > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/580a416a2a295416a4e9cst03vuc > > _______________________________________________ > introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to the-magician at magick-land.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/the-magician%40magick-land.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective From george at longoria.com Fri Oct 21 13:01:49 2016 From: george at longoria.com (George E. Longoria) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:01:49 -0500 Subject: [Introspective] PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden Canceled) In-Reply-To: <94E67200-DD35-4102-B29B-D74053B663F2@magick-land.com> References: <20161021.112457.14313.0@webmail12.vgs.untd.com> <94E67200-DD35-4102-B29B-D74053B663F2@magick-land.com> Message-ID: <6C4A9059-26A9-4D52-9487-A9E73D2CAD39@longoria.com> Unless you manually overrode it, with yesterday's televised NFL football game that ran even later than expected, most DVRs (save for the west coast, maybe?) would have missed recording the performance had their been one. :-/ -George > On Oct 21, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Kurt Booker wrote: > > Bummer. Poor Neil. We’re seeing them in Portland next Tuesday, hope he is all better by then! > > Kurt > > > >> On Oct 21, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Don Ackerman wrote: >> >> Cancelled. This from Facebook: >> >> Unfortunately, I've come down with food poisoning so we've had to cancel our performance today on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Thanks to James and his team for being so understanding. For the record, we were going to perform "Burn"… Neil x >> >> #PetText #LateLateShow #USA >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: "Don Ackerman" >> To: introspective at lists.jameslick.com >> Subject: PSB on US TV! (10/20 on James Corden) >> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:38 GMT >> >> Not only are the PSB alive (we know that!), but they are on the hottest show in the US. I can't believe it! I'm so happy! >> >> Pet Shop Boys will take the stage on October 20. My DVR had already snagged it! >> >> >> PSB forever! >> Don >> ____________________________________________________________ >> How To Fix Your Fatigue (Do This Every Day) >> gundrymd.com >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/580a416a2a295416a4e9cst03vuc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to the-magician at magick-land.com >> https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/the-magician%40magick-land.com >> https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective > > > _______________________________________________ > introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to george at longoria.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/george%40longoria.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Oct 22 22:12:31 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:12:31 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on attending Super Tour shows Message-ID: The final results are in for my survey this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they were planning to attend (or already had attended) any of the show on the Pet Shop Boys' current Super Tour? And the response that received the most votes was: * "Yes!" picked by 46.5% of the voters. The majority "No" responses were divvied up amongst assorted explanations for why those voters wouldn't be attending. 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 is inspired by the fact that the Nobel Prize committee announced week before last that they are awarding the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan, the first time an artist primarily known as a songwriter has been granted that honor. Not surprisingly, this has proven a controversial decision, largely hingeing on whether one regards song lyrics as poetry or even "literature" -- or, perhaps more pointedly, whether great lyrics equal great poetry/literature, and whether a great lyricist is a great poet. So regular site visitor "porkchopkid" suggested a poll question that I've modified slightly. As I'm phrasing it, do you consider Neil Tennant to be great lyricist, a great poet, both, or neither? So please take a moment to make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. And thanks, porkchopkid, for the intriguing suggestion! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I wish you all a marvelous week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Fri Oct 28 01:16:25 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 01:16:25 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on whether Neil is a great lyricist and/or great poet Message-ID: <15dc5548-2c80-f6d1-8153-9dc87ff0a9f6@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current "Pet Shop Boys poll," which asks your opinion with regard to whether Neil Tennant is both a great lyricist and a great poet. 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 fantastic weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From the.ackermans at juno.com Sat Oct 29 10:04:37 2016 From: the.ackermans at juno.com (Don Ackerman) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:04:37 GMT Subject: [Introspective] Review: Pet Shop Boys deliver after a decade away - Daily Herald Message-ID: <20161029.120437.13384.0@webmail03.vgs.untd.com> Review: Pet Shop Boys deliver after a decade away Scott Tittrington Daily Herald Updated Oct 24, 2016 http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/music/reviews/review-pet-shop-boys-deliver-after-a-decade-away/article_ecf6a2b3-0d0d-598e-bbfc-f3efaf7adfa3.html When my wife and I moved from suburban Los Angeles to Utah in 2014, one of the things we most looked forward to was the opportunity to see live musical acts without having to take out a second mortgage. The greater Salt Lake area, complete with numerous top-notch live music venues, has become a hot tour stop for bands and performers, and Heidi and I have taken advantage to the tune of some 15 shows in the past 30 months. I provide that context to offer the following -- I can't speak for her, but Saturday night's performance by the Pet Shop Boys at The Complex in downtown Salt Lake City is the best concert I've seen during our time in the Beehive State. Yes, you read that correctly. The show by a group that hasn't been exactly musically relevant since I was in high school (I'm now 42), by a band visiting Salt Lake City for the first time in more than a decade, trumped several big-name popular acts performing in big-time venues that I've had the chance to see in the past 2 1/2 years. This wasn't the case of a nostalgia act looking to simply capitalize on its popularity of years gone by more than a quarter decade later. Live-music fans have had several opportunities to see such concerts this past summer -- good in their own right, but centered almost completely on radio-friendly hits from the past and offering up nothing new to reinvigorate the passion. Instead, the Pet Shop Boys -- vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe -- released a new studio album titled "Super" in April and have literally been touring the world in support of it. Backed by three additional musicians -- two percussionists and an additional keyboardist/violinist who all dabbled in background vocals -- Tennant and Lowe played for just shy of two hours Saturday, delivering a high-energy, visually stunning performance inside Rockwell, the largest of The Complex's four separate venues that holds 2,500 patrons. Several new tracks off "Super" featured in the first half of their set compare quite favorably with the band's historic catalog, and the boys weren't shy in pulling tracks from across their discography rather than focusing solely on the hits that made them famous when they first burst on the American music scene in the late '80s. The variety was such that three of the Pet Shop Boys' biggest commercial hits -- "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)," "Suburbia," and "What Have I Done to Deserve This" -- didn't even make the cut for Saturday's show, and so strong was the effort that no one really seemed to mind. Tennant's vocals were on point the entire evening, and the energy offered up by the now 62-year-old was inspiring and impressive. Lowe's keyboard work was as strong as ever, the backing musicians more than proved their mettle, and the accompanying light show, as well as the right-sized venue, rounded out the memorable performance. Several times throughout the evening, Tennant referenced that the Pet Shop Boys had not taken the stage in Salt Lake City for more than a decade, lamenting that fact and saying it had been far too long. He's right. On Saturday night, he and his bandmates witnessed first hand a rabid fan base still enthralled by not just the synth pop hits of decades gone by, but the ones fresh out of the studio. With that in mind, it's a safe bet it won't be another decade before local fans have the chance to see the Pet Shop Boys again. ... ____________________________________________________________ How To Fix Your Fatigue (Do This Every Day) gundrymd.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5814d6dd3178f56dd2cbest02vuc From derekbd1970 at gmail.com Sat Oct 29 10:56:01 2016 From: derekbd1970 at gmail.com (Derek BD) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 12:56:01 -0500 Subject: [Introspective] Review: Pet Shop Boys deliver after a decade away - Daily Herald In-Reply-To: <20161029.120437.13384.0@webmail03.vgs.untd.com> References: <20161029.120437.13384.0@webmail03.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: Thanks so much for sharing this, Don. It was a great read. I'm getting very excited now, despite having been so distracted by many other things the last month or so: Doctor Who related 50th anniversary; Robbie's new singles; and his forthcoming album Heavy Entertainment Show releases Friday, the day before I see the Boys in Chicago! Super! Enjoy your concerts, everyone! And be well! Derek The best time to plant a tree is a hundred years ago. The second best time is today. - Chinese proverb On 29 Oct 2016 12:06, "Don Ackerman" wrote: Review: Pet Shop Boys deliver after a decade away Scott Tittrington Daily Herald Updated Oct 24, 2016 http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/music/reviews/ review-pet-shop-boys-deliver-after-a-decade-away/article_ ecf6a2b3-0d0d-598e-bbfc-f3efaf7adfa3.html When my wife and I moved from suburban Los Angeles to Utah in 2014, one of the things we most looked forward to was the opportunity to see live musical acts without having to take out a second mortgage. The greater Salt Lake area, complete with numerous top-notch live music venues, has become a hot tour stop for bands and performers, and Heidi and I have taken advantage to the tune of some 15 shows in the past 30 months. I provide that context to offer the following -- I can't speak for her, but Saturday night's performance by the Pet Shop Boys at The Complex in downtown Salt Lake City is the best concert I've seen during our time in the Beehive State. Yes, you read that correctly. The show by a group that hasn't been exactly musically relevant since I was in high school (I'm now 42), by a band visiting Salt Lake City for the first time in more than a decade, trumped several big-name popular acts performing in big-time venues that I've had the chance to see in the past 2 1/2 years. This wasn't the case of a nostalgia act looking to simply capitalize on its popularity of years gone by more than a quarter decade later. Live-music fans have had several opportunities to see such concerts this past summer -- good in their own right, but centered almost completely on radio-friendly hits from the past and offering up nothing new to reinvigorate the passion. Instead, the Pet Shop Boys -- vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe -- released a new studio album titled "Super" in April and have literally been touring the world in support of it. Backed by three additional musicians -- two percussionists and an additional keyboardist/violinist who all dabbled in background vocals -- Tennant and Lowe played for just shy of two hours Saturday, delivering a high-energy, visually stunning performance inside Rockwell, the largest of The Complex's four separate venues that holds 2,500 patrons. Several new tracks off "Super" featured in the first half of their set compare quite favorably with the band's historic catalog, and the boys weren't shy in pulling tracks from across their discography rather than focusing solely on the hits that made them famous when they first burst on the American music scene in the late '80s. The variety was such that three of the Pet Shop Boys' biggest commercial hits -- "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)," "Suburbia," and "What Have I Done to Deserve This" -- didn't even make the cut for Saturday's show, and so strong was the effort that no one really seemed to mind. Tennant's vocals were on point the entire evening, and the energy offered up by the now 62-year-old was inspiring and impressive. Lowe's keyboard work was as strong as ever, the backing musicians more than proved their mettle, and the accompanying light show, as well as the right-sized venue, rounded out the memorable performance. Several times throughout the evening, Tennant referenced that the Pet Shop Boys had not taken the stage in Salt Lake City for more than a decade, lamenting that fact and saying it had been far too long. He's right. On Saturday night, he and his bandmates witnessed first hand a rabid fan base still enthralled by not just the synth pop hits of decades gone by, but the ones fresh out of the studio. 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URL: From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Oct 29 22:42:41 2016 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 22:42:41 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on whether Neil is a great lyricist, poet, both, or neither Message-ID: <5a8f3bb5-e6cb-c786-b526-3c49f385a34d@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they consider Neil Tennant a great lyricist, a great poet, both, or neither. And the response that received the most votes was: * "I consider him a great lyricist, but not a great poet," chosen by 47.7% 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 navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. Since last week's poll focused on Neil, I felt it only right that this next one should concentrate on Chris. Recently I've received a few emails from site visitors expressing their disappointment that in the Super Tour Chris has once again decided against performing any live vocals in the show, just as he hadn't during the previous Electric Tour. So I'm wondering how you all feel about this. So please take a moment to check out the various viewpoints I'm listing right there on my home page and make the choice that comes closest to matching your own. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! I hope you all have a superb week ahead! And I wish you all (at least those of you who observe the holiday) a very happy and safe Halloween! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From pauldj6 at gmail.com Mon Oct 31 03:33:22 2016 From: pauldj6 at gmail.com (Pdj) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:33:22 +0100 Subject: [Introspective] Review: Pet Shop Boys deliver after a decade away - Daily Herald In-Reply-To: <20161029.120437.13384.0@webmail03.vgs.untd.com> References: <20161029.120437.13384.0@webmail03.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: I loved reading this. Thanks! On 29/10/16 19:04, Don Ackerman wrote: > Review: Pet Shop Boys deliver after a decade away > Scott Tittrington Daily Herald Updated Oct 24, 2016 > > http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/music/reviews/review-pet-shop-boys-deliver-after-a-decade-away/article_ecf6a2b3-0d0d-598e-bbfc-f3efaf7adfa3.html > > When my wife and I moved from suburban Los Angeles to Utah in 2014, one of the things we most looked forward to was the opportunity to see live musical acts without having to take out a second mortgage. > > The greater Salt Lake area, complete with numerous top-notch live music venues, has become a hot tour stop for bands and performers, and Heidi and I have taken advantage to the tune of some 15 shows in the past 30 months. > > I provide that context to offer the following -- I can't speak for her, but Saturday night's performance by the Pet Shop Boys at The Complex in downtown Salt Lake City is the best concert I've seen during our time in the Beehive State. > > Yes, you read that correctly. The show by a group that hasn't been exactly musically relevant since I was in high school (I'm now 42), by a band visiting Salt Lake City for the first time in more than a decade, trumped several big-name popular acts performing in big-time venues that I've had the chance to see in the past 2 1/2 years. > > This wasn't the case of a nostalgia act looking to simply capitalize on its popularity of years gone by more than a quarter decade later. Live-music fans have had several opportunities to see such concerts this past summer -- good in their own right, but centered almost completely on radio-friendly hits from the past and offering up nothing new to reinvigorate the passion. > > Instead, the Pet Shop Boys -- vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe -- released a new studio album titled "Super" in April and have literally been touring the world in support of it. > > Backed by three additional musicians -- two percussionists and an additional keyboardist/violinist who all dabbled in background vocals -- Tennant and Lowe played for just shy of two hours Saturday, delivering a high-energy, visually stunning performance inside Rockwell, the largest of The Complex's four separate venues that holds 2,500 patrons. > > Several new tracks off "Super" featured in the first half of their set compare quite favorably with the band's historic catalog, and the boys weren't shy in pulling tracks from across their discography rather than focusing solely on the hits that made them famous when they first burst on the American music scene in the late '80s. > > The variety was such that three of the Pet Shop Boys' biggest commercial hits -- "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)," "Suburbia," and "What Have I Done to Deserve This" -- didn't even make the cut for Saturday's show, and so strong was the effort that no one really seemed to mind. > > Tennant's vocals were on point the entire evening, and the energy offered up by the now 62-year-old was inspiring and impressive. Lowe's keyboard work was as strong as ever, the backing musicians more than proved their mettle, and the accompanying light show, as well as the right-sized venue, rounded out the memorable performance. > > Several times throughout the evening, Tennant referenced that the Pet Shop Boys had not taken the stage in Salt Lake City for more than a decade, lamenting that fact and saying it had been far too long. > > He's right. On Saturday night, he and his bandmates witnessed first hand a rabid fan base still enthralled by not just the synth pop hits of decades gone by, but the ones fresh out of the studio. > > With that in mind, it's a safe bet it won't be another decade before local fans have the chance to see the Pet Shop Boys again. > > ... > ____________________________________________________________ > How To Fix Your Fatigue (Do This Every Day) > gundrymd.com > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5814d6dd3178f56dd2cbest02vuc > > _______________________________________________ > introspective at lists.jameslick.com delivery to pauldj6 at gmail.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/options/introspective/pauldj6%40gmail.com > https://lists.jameslick.com/mailman/listinfo/introspective >