― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 19:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Seb (Seb), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link
I believe that Susan has said that she lives in San Francisco.
― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, at least nobody that I talk about music with. I don't know any total rock purists. Most people I know are either music nerds like me who like a little bit of everything, or else they are very casual music listeners who have a few acts that they listen to, which might be pop, neo-folk, rock, country or whatever, but though they might have a favorite style they usually profess to like a few things outside that style as well.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link
Yes, they did have that look, although they didn't appear a lot on the video. BTW I live in Montreal too.
I wonder if they're so thoroughly off the radar partly because of Tennant coming out in '94, letting programmers shunt them into a 'gay' cul de sac.
OTM
― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Likely because Much Music caned that video when it came out. "What Have I Done to Deserve This" and "Go West" also got a fair bit of airplay, but nothing close to what "Domino Dancing" got.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Koens (Koens), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Really? I wish I could've seen your costume!
― Seb (Seb), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Zilch.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link
As for the Eminem song, it was all the talk in rockcrit circles for a couple of months (Dre even considered issuing a response record), but no one else knew about it.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:47 (nineteen years ago) link
That further proves my point! They were the only people talking about it!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
"The Night I Fell in Love", it's on Release
― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Yes there was. There were also hot guys.
― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Koens (Koens), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link
May take a minute to load.
― Koens (Koens), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Seb (Seb), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Koens (Koens), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 23:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― James, Wednesday, 15 June 2005 23:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Basically, it's like New Order but with a witty gay dude as a singer/lyricist instead of an illiterate moron, not a bad idea!
Opportunities seems to define the 80s pretty well, or at least the 80s as I imagined it was in NYC from movies as a child...Gordon Gecko, Less Than Zero, etc...
So, yeah...Pet Shop Boys...sweet.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 19 June 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Yes!
― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Sunday, 19 June 2005 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 20 June 2005 00:40 (nineteen years ago) link
(nb I love New Order, esp. nowadays)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 20 June 2005 02:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 20 June 2005 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Good dance floor is a different matter, House was the real problem for PSBs. Their great love is hi-energy/italo disco and that slightly naff sensibility worked great when remixed by mid 80s greats like Pettibone. Like Madonna, who similarly does disco naiff really well. they produced some thrilling pre-house disco moments when guided by the right collaborators. However come the great death of songs that was House they sounded very old fashioned. At the time I was surprised that they never did a blue monday.. ie a real vocal less dance floor hit. Maybe they had house alteregos? Or maybe Chris isn't actually as good as Neil thinks he is. That is probably the million dollar question.
Few real club classics despite two decades of trying - they work better as home music than house...
― Guy Beckett (guy), Monday, 20 June 2005 09:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 20 June 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link