From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Feb 2 20:37:49 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 20:37:49 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on imaginary studio album of popular b-sides Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to imagine a new Pet Shop Boys studio album made up of 12 of their most popular single b-sides (with the understanding that, in this imaginary scenario, they had never been previously released) and then to choose how you believe it would compare to all their other actual studio albums. 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 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 geowayne.com Sat Feb 4 22:09:06 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 22:09:06 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on quality of imaginary PSB studio album Message-ID: <7e5ef9f1-d6dc-b875-37ca-390bf8cf0a2d@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to choose what they feel would be the comparative quality of an imaginary Pet Shop Boys studio album composed of twelve of their most popular single b-sides (assuming, for this scenario, that they had never been previously released). And the response that received the most votes was: * "It would be an above-average PSB album," picked by 32.4% 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 I suggested this time a week ago, my new survey for the week ahead -- which, by the way, is my 800th poll -- is a sequel that I wouldn't run if most voters had felt that the imaginary record from last week's poll wouldn't have made a good PSB album. But seeing as how most voters *did* feel it would have made a good album, I'm now asking which of those three songs you think would make the best singles from such an album, and in what order those imaginary singles should be released. So please take a moment to make your choices from the options provided 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 fantastic week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Feb 9 20:37:37 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 20:37:37 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on the best singles from popular PSB b-sides Message-ID: <0c2a3a75-012e-830c-4b2b-21586fb587be@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick what you believe would have made the three best singles (and order of release) from an imaginary Pet Shop Boys album made up of twelve of their most popular b-sides. 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 launch 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 Feb 11 21:39:48 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:39:48 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on singles from imaginary PSB album Message-ID: <7718d28f-1a3e-5145-103d-7e6fbf1dce80@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to pick their choices of the first, second, and third singles from an imaginary Pet Shop Boys studio album consisting of songs that have proven among their most popular b-sides (assuming for the purposes of this scenario that they had never been released prior to this studio album). And the songs that received the most votes were: * "Shameless," picked by 29.4% of the voters as the first single, * "Fugitive," chosen by 17.9% as the second single, and * "Miserablism," selected by 10.3% as the third single. And the song that received the most votes overall (that is, as either first, second, *or* third single) was "Shameless," chosen by a total of 53.2% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.hm 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 returns to reality with a very simple question: what do you think of the new single "Let's Get Lost" by the Pretenders featuring Neil Tennant on co-lead vocals? (If you haven't heard it yet, I've provided a handy link right there along with the poll question.) So please take a moment to make your choice from the options provided on my home page. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a great week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Feb 16 20:35:51 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:35:51 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on "Let's Get Lost" Message-ID: <64fc6450-2981-f88e-b795-d8063e4e18cd@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks your opinion of the new single "Let's Get Lost" by the Pretenders featuring guest co-lead vocals by Neil Tennant. 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 kick off a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a really great weekend! Wayne From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Feb 18 22:06:23 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:06:23 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on "Let's Get Lost" Message-ID: <857ed687-033f-9ddf-9a84-0f76969e8892@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors their opinion of the recent single release of the Pretenders' song "Let's Get Lost" featuring Neil Tennant as guest co-lead vocalist. And the response that received the largest number of votes was: * "It's OK. It's really not the sort of thing I generally care for, but I don't dislike it," picked by 33.0% 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 from the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new survey for the week ahead is based on one of my website's "PSB lists": the one in which I've listed Pet Shop Boys songs that, based on things Chris and Neil themselves have said, one or both of them apparently don't particularly care for. Of these songs, I'm wondering which ones are (1) your own personal favorite, (2) your least favorite, (3) the one for which Chris's and/or Neil's dislike surprises you the most, and (4) the one that you feel is most "quintessentially PSB" -- that is, the one that best represents or typifies them. So please take a few moments to make your choices from the options provided right there on my home page. And thanks so much to Niall McIlroy for suggesting this superb question, which I've slightly expanded upon. Thanks as well 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 From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Feb 23 22:04:34 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:04:34 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on PSB songs they themselves don't like Message-ID: <9a6ffeb6-b1d3-3e3a-e4bd-0f361ce35d81@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to consider the Pet Shop Boys songs that Neil and/or Chris have themselves said they don't much like and indicate, of them, which ones are (1) your own personal favorite, (2) your least favorite, (3) the one that surprises you most that one or both of the Boys don't like, and (4) the one that strikes you as the most "quintessentially PSB." 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 marvelous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Feb 25 21:56:45 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:56:45 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on PSB songs they themselves don't like Message-ID: <15b2039c-b217-2c68-041a-bf2d69cb92a7@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors their opinions in various ways of the Pet Shop Boys songs that Neil and/or Chris themselves have indicated that they don't much care for. And the songs that received the most votes were: * "So Hard," picked as their song of the group by 33.0% of the voters, * "What Keeps Mankind Alive?" chosen as the least favorite by 41.8%, * "So Hard," picked as the one that most surprised them as not being liked by Chris and/or Neil by 36.8%, and * "So Hard," selected as "the most quintessentially PSB" of the batch by 37.8%. 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 a fairly unusual one in which I'm asking you the extent to which you believe Neil's upbringing in the Catholic Church has been a theme of and/or an influence on the Pet Shop Boys' songs. So please take a moment to make your choice from options provided right there on my home page. And thanks to Miney for suggesting this intriguing question. Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm