From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Mar 2 21:11:23 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 21:11:23 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on influence of Neil's Catholic background on PSB songs Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks to what extent you believe Neil's Roman Catholic background has provided a theme of and/or influence on songs by the Pet Shop Boys. 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 start 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 geowayne.com Sat Mar 4 22:08:29 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 22:08:29 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on influence of Neil's Catholic background Message-ID: <7fa5e554-a3d5-0589-c491-547987e331cc@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors about the extent to which they believe Neil's Catholic background has been a theme of and/or has influenced the Pet Shop Boys' songs. And the choice that received the most votes was: * "I think it's been an important theme or influence, but not really "predominant," chosen by 40.7% 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. My new poll for the week ahead asks you choose your three favorite PSB cover songs (that is, songs originally recorded by other artists) that have been officially released in studio versions but have *not* served as single "a-sides." In case you're wondering why I've added those assorted limitations, it's not only to restrict the choices to a more easily manageable number that are more likely to be familiar to most if not all voters, but also to make it more interesting. I mean, if I were to include popular single a-sides like "Always on My Mind" and "Go West" among the choices, is there any doubt that they would come out on top? This way, the poll outcome is much less predictable. At any rate, please take a few moments to choose your three favorites from the remakes listed 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! 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URL: From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Mar 9 20:34:02 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 20:34:02 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on three favorite non-single PSB cover songs Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to choose your *three* favorite cover songs by the Pet Shop Boys from among those that haven't been released as a single but have been otherwise officially released in studio rendition. 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 from the songs listed 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 Mar 11 22:08:54 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:08:54 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on your three favorite non-single PSB cover songs Message-ID: <3309f520-6dfb-335e-b27c-fc57616dfb65@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to choose their three favorite cover songs by the Pet Shop Boys that haven't been released as singles but which have been officially released in studio versions. And the top three vote-getters were: * "Losing My Mind," picked by 40.6% of the voters, * "Try It (I'm in Love with a Married Man)," selected by 38.0%, and * "We're the Pet Shop Boys," chosen by 36.7%. 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 one of my occasional questions derived from one of my PSB lists. In this case I've listed what I personally regard as Neil's most memorable lyrical personae -- that is, a "character" he portrays in the lyrics to a song -- and asking you to choose your own favorite. Or perhaps none of my choices is your favorite, in which case you can select the usual "none of the above" option and designate your own choice. So please check out the list I've provided right there on my home page and place your vote. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey. And I hope you all a marvelous week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Mar 16 20:35:44 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:35:44 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on your favorite "character" in a PSB song Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to choose your favorite "character" (other than himself) portrayed by Neil in the lyrics of one of the Pet Shop Boys' songs. 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. And, as a heads-up, I'm planning for next week's poll to be the first half of a special two-parter that you won't want to miss -- if I may be so presumptuous as to say so myself. ;-) In the meantime, thanks to everyone who has already voted in *this* survey! And I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Mar 18 22:02:16 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 22:02:16 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on your favorite character portrayed by Neil in PSB songs Message-ID: <204e516f-110e-dc37-80e2-4d1657ac78e0@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to choose their favorite narrative persona -- a "character" other than himself -- adopted by Neil in the lyrics of Pet Shop Boys songs. And the character who received the largest number of votes was: * "The reluctant autocrat in 'The Dictator Decides,' picked by 17.7% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and either 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 survey for the week ahead is the first of two parts, and it's something that I'm amazed I've never done up to this point. I'm asking you to assign ratings of from zero to five stars to most of the Pet Shop Boys' albums (those aside from hits collections and releases in which someone aside from themselves is the primary performing artist for most if not all of the songs) based on how they compare to each other -- that is, just to other PSB albums. Because you'll be comparing them only to each other, it's inevitable that some will receive higher ratings than others -- in fact, I believe that some should receive quite low ratings, whereas others should of course be rated quite high. (It's next week's poll where you'll be able to assign star-ratings to these same albums based on pop music releases in general by any artist.) Thanks so much to Andrew J. Smith for suggesting this survey! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you have a five-star week ahead! ;-) Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Mar 23 20:42:06 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:42:06 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon: 5-star ratings for PSB albums Message-ID: <04bb4baf-c613-7c64-5f62-e4a8e854c186@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to rate each of the Pet Shop Boys' albums (with a few noted exceptions) on a scale of 0 to 5 stars as they compare to each other -- not as they compare to other artists' albums. If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and "choose your stars" 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 (which will be "Part 2" of this survey, in which you'll be able to rate PSB albums as they compare to *other* artists). (I may, however, be a little later than usual making this switch on account of another commitment.) 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 geowayne.com Sat Mar 25 22:06:30 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:06:30 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on rating PSB albums compared to each other Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to rate each of the Pet Shop Boys' albums on scale of 0 to 5 stars based on how they compare to each other (that is, just to other PSB albums). And the album that received the highest average rating was: * Very, with an average rating of 4.468 stars. In all, three albums -- Very, Behaviour, and Actually -- were given 5-star ratings more often than any other rating, and a fourth album, Introspective, "tied" in its 5- and 4-star ratings. And one album, Disco 2, received a rating of 0 stars -- a "bomb" -- more often than any other rating. The most common plurality rating was 3 stars, which was true for ten of the albums. To see the complete, detailed results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and either 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 "Part 2" of this album-rating survey. Once again I'm asking you to assign each album a rating of 0 to 5 stars, only this time as compared to ALL other albums that you're familiar with -- not just with other PSB albums. So please mull this over and, when you're ready, make your choices 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 psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Mar 30 22:08:40 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:08:40 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon comparing PSB albums to albums by other artists Message-ID: <96d7b643-bf05-880e-d89a-2b6eba7a803f@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to rate each Pet Shop Boys album (with a few noted exceptions) on a scale of 0 to 5 stars as it compares to every other album -- by any and all artists -- that you're familiar with. If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at [b][url]http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm[/url][/b] and "choose your stars" 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 superb weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm