TS: Bronski Beat v Pet Shop Boys

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Ladies and gentlemen, the dream we all dreamed of Boy vs Boy in the World Series of gay!

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 28 October 2004 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i go with Pet Shop Boys. Though Jimmy Sommerville is a classic.

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 28 October 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, Bronski Beat have had some nice tunes but there really is no competition here, the Pet Shop Boys win this by a LOOOONG shot. Just consider their longevity, the number of hits, the gorgeous melodies, the brilliant lyrics and arrangements, the fabulous live shows; there's just no comparison.

― Seb (Seb), Thursday, 28 October 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

you're joking, yeh? PSBs all the way. the bronskis were ace ... but like seb says, there is no comparison at all.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 28 October 2004 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i just wanted to type "world series of gay". there. i did it again.

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 28 October 2004 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The Pets, no question.

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Friday, 29 October 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Had the Bronskis stayed together longer, this might be an interesting competition, but alas, their catalog is dwarfed by the PSB's.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 29 October 2004 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)

throw in the communards and jimmy sommerville solo and i'd still take the pet shop boys.

"for a friend", though, is better than anything on (topically similar) behavior.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 29 October 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

If you had to take only one song from either PSBs or BB, it's going to be "Smalltown boy" so I reckon BB's career highlight is higher, but agreed, for sheer quantity the Pet Shop Boys have it...

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 29 October 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

At my "alternative" gay club nights in 87/88, you could divide the people there neatly down the middle: Communards fans or Pet Shop Boys fans. The former were more outspoken and directly politicised (Lenin badges on black MA1s); the latter were more reflective, nuanced...and affluent (designer togs, matt black dreamhomes). The former criticised the latter for their complacency and complicity; the latter yawned at the former's relentlessly dour and prosaic stridency.

Bronski Beat & The Communards went down much better on my dancefloors than the Pet Shop Boys, with the exception of the Disco Mix of "What Have I Done To Deserve This". Everybody sort of met in the middle with Erasure, who were liked but never loved.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 29 October 2004 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

another TS, i know, but i'd rather listen to Communards than Bronski Beat.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 29 October 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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