From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Nov 2 22:18:07 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 22:18:07 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on your favorite synthpop duos aside from PSB Message-ID: <61fa2a46-ad46-43b3-997b-412116ee6b4c@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick your favorite synthpop duos aside from the Pet Shop Boys. (You are all Pet Shop Boys fans, aren't you? ;-) )  If you haven't made your choices 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 kick off 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 Nov 4 22:00:34 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 22:00:34 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on favorite synthpop duos aside from PSB Message-ID: <014d9537-c242-cfb1-67f0-293d984113c8@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to identify their favorite synthpop duos aside from the Pet Shop Boys. And the synthpop duo that received the most votes was: * Erasure, picked as a favorite by 51.7% of the voters (the *only* act chosen by more than half of them, by the way). 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 lists what I believe to be all of the songs recorded and released by the Pet Shop Boys during their first decade of massive worldwide success (up through 1995) that, as far as I know, they have *never* performed live in concert. I'm asking you to pick the five songs from this list that you would *most* like for them to hear them perform live, perhaps on their next tour. So please take a few moments to make your five choices right there on my home page. (You may choose fewer than five if you wish, but no more than that.) In the meantime, thanks 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 Thu Nov 9 21:09:15 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 21:09:15 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on "unperformed" 1985-1995 songs you'd most like PSB to perform live Message-ID: <3ced413f-1855-72a5-30d1-9ec80b3f8fd8@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick up to five songs from the Pet Shop Boys' first decade of worldwide success that they have never performed "live" in concert -- the ones that you would *most* like them to perform live, perhaps on a future tour. If you haven't made your choices yet, please take a few moments to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and place your votes 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 From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Nov 11 22:01:16 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 22:01:16 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on "unperformed" 1985-95 PSB songs you'd most like them to perform live Message-ID: <50e8a140-ce27-dae9-5d46-c3a99551bed8@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to pick, from the songs the Pet Shop Boys released during the period 1985-1995 but which they have never performed live, the five they would most like to hear PSB perform live at some point in the near future. And the six songs that received the most votes -- I'm listing six rather than five because there was a tie for fifth place -- are: * "I Want to Wake Up," chosen by 40.0% of the voters, * "Miserablism," picked by 38.8%, * "The End of the World," selected by 35.9%, * "Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend," picked by 30.1%, and * "I Want a Dog" and "A Different Point of View," each chosen by 27.6% 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 is a direct sequel of last week's. I'm asking the exact same question again, only this time the song choices come from those released by the Boys during the years 1996-2001 (with two exceptions from before 1996 -- songs I had inadvertently left out from among last week's choices even though they "qualified"). Once again, which five would you most like PSB to perform live? So please, when you get the chance check out the list there on my home page and make your choices. 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 Nov 16 21:17:26 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:17:26 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on 1996-2001 PSB songs not yet performed in concert Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick up to five songs from among those that the Pet Shop Boys released from 1996 to 2001, but which they have never performed live in concert, that you would most like for them to perform live at some point. 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 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 stupendous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Nov 18 22:09:37 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 22:09:37 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on unperformed PSB songs from 1996-2001 Message-ID: <7e7f1e63-e55a-6816-c356-7ee5fe03a84a@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to pick, from the songs the Pet Shop Boys released from 1996 to 2001 but they haven't yet performed live in concert, the five they would most like to hear them perform live. And the five that received the most votes were: * "It Always Comes as a Surprise," picked by 42.5%, * "Up Against It," chosen by 38.6%, * "Radiophonic," picked by 36.1%, * "Delusions of Grandeur," selected by 34.4%, and * "Hit and Miss," chosen by 30.7%. 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. I hope you're up for one more round. I'm asking the same question one more time this week, only this time from among PSB songs released 2002-2007 that they've never performed live in concert. So please take a few moments to choose, right there on my home page, up to five that you would most like them to perform live. (And, in case you're wondering, I am *not* planning to ask this question next week about songs released after 2007; I think it's too soon to do so.) Thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead -- and I wish a very happy and safe Thanksgiving to those of you who observe the holiday! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sun Nov 19 08:53:16 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 08:53:16 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Mistake in my current poll Message-ID: <3e1ee03d-f042-8157-6251-b9ffe11ed6c6@geowayne.com> I just want to alert voters in my current Pet Shop Boys poll that I had made a serious mistake to include "Fugitive" among the choices. As it turns out, the Boys have performed "Fugitive" live in concert (during their Electric Tour), so it was erroneous of me to include it. I've now deleted it from among the choices, but for those of you who had *already* voted for it (and there were quite a few), I would very much like for you to send me your alternate fifth choice. So please feel free to do so via email (there's a mail link on my website) or using the "Comments" feature on the poll's "Current Results" page. I sincerely apologize for making this careless mistake in the first place. Wayne From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Nov 23 21:22:57 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 21:22:57 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on "unperformed" PSB songs 2002-2007. Message-ID: <56c13656-6b34-f1a7-16bb-883b6fba8f08@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick up to five songs released by the Pet Shop Boys from 2002-2007, but which they have never performed live in concert, that you would most like to hear them perform live at some point in the not-too-distant future. 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 terrific weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Nov 25 22:12:50 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:12:50 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on "unperformed" 2002-2007 PSB songs Message-ID: <25b2490a-5a78-c79e-9f59-238a2c80ae33@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to pick up to five songs released 2002-2007 that the Pet Shop Boys have never performed live in concert that they would most like to hear live. And the top five vote-getters were: * "The Resurrectionist," picked by 46.9% of the voters, * "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today," chosen by 40.5%, * "Somebody Else's Business," selected by 34.1%, * "Always," picked by 33.8%, and * "The Samurai in Autumn," chosen by 31.2%. 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 (at last) the concluding chapter of this month-long series, but I'm not asking about the period 2008 to the present, which I believe is too recent for this question. Rather, I'm doing something very cruel, though I don't feel guilty about it since I'm subjecting myself to the same cruelty. I'm having a "run-off," collecting the top vote-getters from the previous three polls and asking you to narrow them down to the final "Top 3." That's right: of the songs that placed in the "Top 5" of each of these surveys -- 16 in all since there was a tie for fifth place one week -- which *three* would you *most* like the Boys to perform live in concert at some point? So please take a few moments to remind yourself of these 16 past winners listed right there on my home page and make your final choice of three. And I promise next week's poll will be something completely different. ;-) Thanks so much 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 Nov 30 21:36:26 2017 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:36:26 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on final run-off of "unperformed" PSB songs Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which brings to a conclusion the series of surveys I've been running for the past several weeks. In other words, it's a run-off that collects the top vote-getters from the previous three polls (on songs that the Pet Shop Boys have never performed live in concert but which you would like for them to perform live) and asks you to narrow them down to the final "Top 3." In short, which threeof the songs that made the cut would you *most* like to hear the Boys perform live in concert? If you haven't already voted, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your final 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 great weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm