From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Jun 1 21:27:55 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 21:27:55 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on favorite PSB song with "night" in its title Message-ID: <15c43375-2393-248f-079b-e540b0d59437@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past two weeks, in which I asked my site visitors to choose their favorite Pet Shop Boys song with "night" in its title. And the song that received the most votes was: * "In the Night," picked by 37.4% 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. My new poll is inspired by a recent incident when I happened to hear PSB's "Did You See Me Coming?" in a grocery store, at a time when I wasn't at all expecting it. So I'm wondering when was the most recent time something like that happened to *you*. That is, when was the last time you hear Pet Shop Boys music quite unexpectedly, when you weren't at all expecting to hear it? Please think about this and, when you're ready, make your choice right there on my home page. And if you're not sure, please take your best guess! In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in my previous survey! And I hope you all have a marvelous next two weeks! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jun 13 22:07:20 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:07:20 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Survey ends soon on your last "unexpected" PSB music Message-ID: <929438dd-aa86-e69e-e8cd-cc46546c82ae@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current survey, which asks when was the last time you heard music by the Pet Shop Boys when you weren't *expecting* to hear their music. If you haven't taken part yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select the appropriate option 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 marvelous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Jun 15 21:36:22 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:36:22 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on the last time you unexpectedly heard PSB music Message-ID: <3ed3359c-dde3-0166-8394-395e0dbf6557@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my survey of the past two weeks, in which I asked my site visitors, to the best of their recollection, when was the last time they heard music by the Pet Shop Boys when they weren't *expecting* to hear PSB music. And the choice that received the most votes was: * "More than a month ago, but less than a year ago," picked by 36.3% 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 for my new survey for the next two weeks, it's no secret that my absolute favorite PSB album is "Very." So I've decided to make the "Very era" the focus of the first of a series of several polls in which I list the songs recorded and/or released by the Boys during the period associated with a particular studio album -- including its associated single b-sides and other non-album songs -- and ask you to pick your three favorites. So please take a few minutes to check out the list of songs right there on my home page and choose your three favorites. By the way, I'm not yet sure whether I'll be doing a poll like this for every studio album, although I'm definitely planning on doing so for at least two others, "Behaviour" and "Bilingual." If they prove popular, I'll probably extend it to other "album eras" as well. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a wonderful two weeks ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jun 27 22:19:50 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:19:50 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on your three favorite songs from the "Very era" Message-ID: <216e7d59-d4ad-ccc9-219d-151febc4d309@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick your three favorite songs from the Pet Shop Boys' "Very era" -- that is, their albums Very and its rare "companion" Relentless, the b-sides of the associated singles, and a few other songs recorded and/or released around the same time. 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 kick off a new survey for the following two weeks. 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 Jun 29 21:40:35 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:40:35 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on three favorite PSB songs from the "Very era" Message-ID: <65797d2c-fe92-eb3e-3e24-cddf5319c7da@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past two weeks, in which I asked my site visitors to pick their three favorite Pet Shop Boys songs from the "Very era." And the three songs that received the most votes were: * "Can You Forgive Her?" picked by 40.7% of the voters, * "Dreaming of the Queen," chosen by 22.4%, and * "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing," selected by 18.8%. Actually, it came right down to the wire for IWNDTKOT, which slightly trailed (but occasionally tying with) "Go West" for nearly the entire period of the survey, edging past it (much to my surprise!) only in the final three hours. 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 next two weeks is the second in this series. This time I'm asking you to pick your three favorite PSB songs from the immediately preceding era, that of the album "Behaviour." So please take a few moments to check out the songs listed right there on my home page and, when you're ready, vote for your three favorites. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in the previous survey! And I wish you all a wonderful two weeks ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm