[Introspective] Final results of poll on choices for an imaginary PSB "Ballads" album

Wayne Studer psbfan at geowayne.com
Sat Jan 20 21:59:54 PST 2018


The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my 
site visitors to choose the 12 Pet Shop Boys songs written or co-written 
by Neil and Chris that they would include on an imaginary "Ballads" 
compilation. And the 12 songs that received the most votes are:

* "Being Boring," picked by 62.6% of the voters,
* "King's Cross," picked by 54.8%,
* "Jealousy," chosen by 46.2%,
* "Dreaming of the Queen," selected by 42.4%,
* "It Couldn't Happen Here," picked by 41.6%,
* "Do I Have To?" also chosen by 41.6%,
* "It Always Comes as a Surprise," picked by 41.4%,
* "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk," selected by 36.8%,
* "Only the Wind," tapped by 36.6%,
* "Later Tonight," chosen by 34.1%,
* "Liberation," picked by 33.8%, and
* "King of Rome," selected by 33.5%.

A pretty good album, wouldn't you say, even if it is imaginary? 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 something of a "flipside" to the one 
that I ran week-before-last, using the exact same set of songs. If you 
recall, two weeks ago I asked you to pick the PSB single that had 
reached (or had come closest to reaching) your "lifetime hearing quota." 
But this time I'm asking you to pick the single that is, in your 
opinion, the biggest earworm -- the one that, after hearing (or even 
after just thinking about it) is the most difficult to get out of your 
head. (This could be true right now or at any time in the past.) In 
other words, while the earlier survey dealt with songs you're not very 
interested in hearing again, this week's question concerns songs that 
(if you're anything like me) you actually become somewhat desperate to 
hear again, or at least keep "replaying" in your mind because of their 
"earwormy" quality. So please mull this over and, when you're ready, 
make your choice right there on my home page. And thanks so much to 
Richard A. for suggesting this question!

Thanks as well 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




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