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@jamelakajamal3 жыл бұрын
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@ramirezhernandezeliascharb45573 жыл бұрын
Hey Bro last video i saw a comment saying about a song of brinsley schwarz "the ballad of a has been beauty queen" and ive been requesting that song for a long time bro and i woul like to see your reaction bro
@peck4043 жыл бұрын
My Jam 1985 ...verrry 😎 COOL
@evilvolts3 жыл бұрын
can you react to 2 early Journey songs from their 1st album both are instrumentals this was right after Neal and Gregg had left Santana. "Kohoutek" and "Topaz"
@timspellman473 жыл бұрын
Please react to sweet freedom by Michael McDonald.
@nemesiomunoz22883 жыл бұрын
Please do a reaction video to El Cuervos -El Pastor- thanks!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbZ1atdotZvPg4E.html
@msbeaverhausen72263 жыл бұрын
The West End London girls were posh and the East End boys were the working class. This is the English synth-pop version of Billy Joel's Uptown Girl! The Pet Shop Boys were awesome!!
@roxannemoser3 жыл бұрын
This is much better than Uptown Girl
@msbeaverhausen72263 жыл бұрын
@@roxannemoser I'm not comparing which is the better song, I am comparing the meaning of the songs which was the privileged and unattainable girl who was attracted to the bad boy.
@jaquettajones3 жыл бұрын
@@roxannemoser no lie. I can't with BJ and Uptown Gril
@pamelajohnson98533 жыл бұрын
I am married to a very rare specimen...an east end boy who is from a somewhat posh family but was very laddish in his youth...best of both worlds for this girl 😊
@rachel-in-the-2083 жыл бұрын
I love your take - you nailed it!
@awwgez3 жыл бұрын
80's new wave is a highly underrated genre, awesome classic. On a great set of speakers this is some of the best music around.
@lynnarthur14113 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@daveversion2.23 жыл бұрын
We did It justice on the mega watt dance floor booth!
@rachel-in-the-2083 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY!
@leandabee3 жыл бұрын
So true💝🇦🇺
@shahfacekillah3 жыл бұрын
So many good artists
@allisonreed76823 жыл бұрын
They made a fantastic song with Dusty Springfield called “What Have I Done to Deserve This.” It’s really worth checking out!
@chezellis3 жыл бұрын
I second this!
@hdufort3 жыл бұрын
Totally. Amazing duet and the video is gorgeous.
@debler3 жыл бұрын
Yes!! 😍
@jackiegoodall26243 жыл бұрын
I agree - this one is my favorite by them.
@ScarletVoodoo3 жыл бұрын
YES! Dusty's vocals on that track are everything!
@benjohnson16333 жыл бұрын
The low profile “secret service agent”😂 is keyboardist Chris Lowe. It’s him playing all the keys, including the synth bass.
@DarthD00bius3 жыл бұрын
And programming the drums I believe (could be wrong).
@Poshnoodles3 жыл бұрын
Yah, but unless they show it, those not in the know won't get it. 🤣
@enriquefn3 жыл бұрын
Yep. He is the mastermind. Neil Tennant just sings.
@mindislife2 жыл бұрын
I always love and respected Chris Lowe for being so humble and always quiet and cool in the background. It's almost like he shuns the limelight, so cool in his own skin.
@jameskemp59112 жыл бұрын
@@mindislife Totally agree, it was him who put the cool in them all those years ago, and what a synth wizard he was too! one on the best.
@benharrison58163 жыл бұрын
Can't deny this song has a dope beat.
@surlechapeau3 жыл бұрын
agreed. if Jamel's shoulders are movin', its got a dope beat!!
@Ramiiam3 жыл бұрын
Everything about this song is dope. I guarantee you will be never get that line "Oh West End boys a dead end world" out of your head. 33 years later, it's still in my head.
@kathynicholson25803 жыл бұрын
It was a great clubbing song in my college days!
@nancy94783 жыл бұрын
That it does.
@cherylhurst70932 жыл бұрын
This was on one of my workout cassettes I made back in the 80s.
@fotostuf30313 жыл бұрын
The “West End” is a posh area district while the “East End” is the much rougher area of London, so the song has many levels of meaning...
@TuckertonRR3 жыл бұрын
That was true in the 80's....not so much in 2021
@MichaelJWane3 жыл бұрын
Including the pervasive classism in the U.K... I always got the vibe that it was a longing for something that you can’t have, and the music reflects that as well.
@MichaelScheele3 жыл бұрын
Jack the Ripper's murders were in the East End of London. It had been a rougher section for a long time.
@TuckertonRR3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelScheele Yes, but look at Canary Wharf, Canning Town, even Deptford. Not that way at all. Mile End, Barking, & Bethnal Green are exceptions, at least the last time I was in London.
@raygunsforronnie8473 жыл бұрын
@@TuckertonRR In the USA we call the up-scaling of a neighborhood "gentrification." Eventually the immiserated or their landlords sell out to new money, resulting in further displacement of the underclass. Ones satisfaction with this process is determined by which side of it one is on.
@edgarcia47943 жыл бұрын
"MOM! I'm leaving to go shoot my video." - "Take your brother with you."
@ankiking3 жыл бұрын
Can’t be a Pet Shop boy...
@dannybaldridge35293 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 I love it!
@sandylee60253 жыл бұрын
That's funny! 😂
@gcmbaw3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@GeeCdiaz3 жыл бұрын
For real🤣🤣
@suttonssuperstars76793 жыл бұрын
Depeche Mode “enjoy the silence” the groove will get you brother
@loritajohnson56643 жыл бұрын
He reacted to 'Enjoy the Silence' already. Great song...
@suttonssuperstars76793 жыл бұрын
@@loritajohnson5664 yes. I did find it. I can listen to that song in repeat.
@CRAZYHORSE196820033 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 80's was AWESOME.
@lisazaccardimeunier83783 жыл бұрын
It sure was! We could use some 80’s now.
@kimberlinibambini19883 жыл бұрын
Understatement right there!
@nessaseetah18053 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia is real. ♡
@amandab84333 жыл бұрын
Best part was NO SOCIAL MEDIA🤣🤣🤣!. Thank goodness for that, because my kids think I was an ANGEL as a teen 😇👀🤣. Little do they know. One of my absolute FAVORITE memories was partying backstage with the groups INXS and PIL. My mom's cousin was the bass player for PIL, and I got to meet/see them in SF when they toured together. The experience lived up to many a teen idea about what happens backstage. Again that goodness there wasn't social media 🤣🤣
@aurorabarrera12723 жыл бұрын
So true! No Covid, no masks, didn’t have to wonder if someone was smiling at me, no vaccinations, plenty of toilet paper.........
@robynnjasper38433 жыл бұрын
“In a big country” by Big Country is a great song!
@roxannemoser3 жыл бұрын
I remember a friend at work would always say " I love Big Country". I'd ask him who sang it "Big Country" What's the name of the album "Big Country"
@porridgeandbananas3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Imo the best song ever to come from my wee Country.
@wheezyjefferson91363 жыл бұрын
Ships is my fave BC song.
@grobinson75073 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! I forgot about Big Country. Going on my playlist. Man the 80’s were awesome
@susanoneill3703 жыл бұрын
Think I already requested this one after someone suggested "Run Runaway."
@no2all3 жыл бұрын
Couple of other 80's suggestions of this type: "It's My Life" - Talk Talk "Send Me an Angel" - Real Life "Wild Wild West" - Escape Club "You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record)" - Dead or Alive "I've Been Thinking About You" - Londonbeat
@monicamad12853 жыл бұрын
Great tunes!!
@bbb462cid3 жыл бұрын
19 by Paul Hardcastle One Night in Banghok by Murray Head Let the Day Begin by the Call
@kathynicholson25803 жыл бұрын
Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield , " What have I done to deserve this?"
@denisefallin80423 жыл бұрын
U just listed my college music and takes me back!!!!
@mickeyrob75323 жыл бұрын
My teenage years in a list.
@Alithia4513 жыл бұрын
One of the most recognizable voices in music history.
@laurenyoung93343 жыл бұрын
He sounds an awful lot like Al Stewart to me.
@bleedingreen40183 жыл бұрын
This song is so 80s my mullet has grown back.
@kimberlinibambini19883 жыл бұрын
😂 I’ve witnessed some others as well-
@lindak59543 жыл бұрын
🤣
@diannadawson44293 жыл бұрын
Best music EVER made. My opinion of course.😂
@Micegift3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@sageanimist483 жыл бұрын
The joys of a COVID lockdown
@Ontir3 жыл бұрын
Neil Tennant is the singer. Chris Lowe the musician. For years he was like Teller to Penn, never speaking. The Eastenders are working class. The West End is London's Broadway. Posh, cultured, expensive. I was in London a year before this song was released. Every time I hear it is a sense memory flashback to London. Blondie did Rapture in 1979-80. This song was 1985.
@seancassidy6743 жыл бұрын
also hard or soft option: work or go on the dole
@joeyrobison66293 жыл бұрын
"What Have I Done To Deserve This" featuring the late great Dusty Springfield, "Rent", "Love Comes Quickly", "Opportunities", "It's A Sin", "Domino Dancing", "Suburbia", "Left To My Own Devices" and many other great hits by The Pet Shop Boys, brings back so many memories for me. Thanks for reacting to "West End Girls".
@laurakal3 жыл бұрын
You can also check their “Suburbia”, “It’s a sin”, “Rent”. Pet Shop Boys have many great songs.
@coralinos75443 жыл бұрын
"Rent" is so underrated, I love that song!
@laurakal3 жыл бұрын
@@coralinos7544 yes!🙌🏼 I also love their “Being Boring”, especially the video. It’s a masterpiece!
@timwirasnik58783 жыл бұрын
When i was in the Navy in the mid 80's we would port all over Europe, and no matter where we were you would hear this track ( malls, clubs,bars it did not matter) this track was HUGE back then in EUROPE!
@deborahk57923 жыл бұрын
We were stationed in England in the late 70's and then again in the mid-80's. Loved that time, with new wave and pirate radio stations.
@MichaelScheele3 жыл бұрын
When I visited the UK in 1998, I kept hearing the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" everywhere I went in London.
@tobykenobe3 жыл бұрын
I spent the mid 80s stationed in Wales and 89-90 in Scotland, great times.
@StephBer13 жыл бұрын
I'm in Australia. This song was huge all over the world. The Pet Shop Boys had hit after hit in Australia.
@MrGomjabber3 жыл бұрын
God this song at Ft. Carson, same time obviously. Constant air play.
@notsogood94493 жыл бұрын
Man... it's just something about 80's music that just does it for me.
@TwitchyMcgee03 жыл бұрын
More Pet Shop Boys “Suburbia” “What have I done to deserve this” “Opportunities (Let’s make lots of Money)
@Dima_Barnaul3 жыл бұрын
NO! BEST CLIP AND SOUND " HEART"! russian copy XD kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7RmgtSJ1LbYe4k.html
@JamesSerapio3 жыл бұрын
You forgot "Being Boring" and "Domino Dancing".
@VJRoGeRsBS3 жыл бұрын
SO HARD
@VJRoGeRsBS3 жыл бұрын
"LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES"
@Sinic8183 жыл бұрын
"Love comes quickly"
@deborahcarson37353 ай бұрын
This song brings tears of joy to me EVERY TIME I hear it!! The 80s for me were EPICALLY OUTSTANDING!!❤❤❤😊😊😊 All of the 80s groups and bands and Especially the English bands!!!❤❤
@c4lderone6493 жыл бұрын
There wasn’t a boombox on the beach that wasn’t playing this in the summer of ‘84.
@Polyglot85to903 жыл бұрын
1985, not 84
@neilt88633 жыл бұрын
More likely 86 as it didn't come out until the very end of 85
@rediron443 жыл бұрын
Ughh. Not many listened to them where I was living..lol
@annother33503 жыл бұрын
In 1984 Frankie said play your boombox on the beach...
@kerrycrismon28543 жыл бұрын
I wasn’t but 8-9 yr old. But this was my fav for so long. Lyrically I didn’t understand but the beat was awesome
@rockgoddess18643 жыл бұрын
I love this song. It was HUGE in the’80’s.
@cherrymcgregor5353 жыл бұрын
His diction is so clear the songs were used to teach spoken English!
@MattSingh13 жыл бұрын
FYI- this is regarded as one of the greatest debut singles in pop music history. It's also regarded as one of the defining songs of the decade (80s)
@Gerard-yt3dz8 ай бұрын
TOTALLY 80's!!!!!! And that's never a bad thing. 66 yrs old...............by the way!
@Mark-zu6oz3 жыл бұрын
Pet Shop Boys: "Opportunities" "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" "Suburbia" and more... No, the other guy doesn't say anything. They are the Pen & Teller of music.
@peck4043 жыл бұрын
Opportunities
@jocelynhaeberle14013 жыл бұрын
What he said!
@evie97323 жыл бұрын
Yes, all good songs
@DarthD00bius3 жыл бұрын
"It's A Sin" I also like "Can You Forgive Her" but that might just be me.
@1SFOD3 жыл бұрын
Domino Dancing
@user-gt2uf8cq9y3 жыл бұрын
"What Have I Done To Deserve This?" (with Dusty Springfield) and thier version of "Always on My Mind" should be next.
@titools43753 жыл бұрын
I feel like this song, even nowadays would sound perfectly in a fashion show in Soho, New York, just so classy and perfect.
@DBrownCo3 жыл бұрын
The Styling and Music was ahead of its time.
@Shawney-jf6kc3 жыл бұрын
Wish we could go back...wasn’t perfect then but better than today.
@sirgalahad52083 жыл бұрын
Man I miss the 80's/90's
@broskiez26413 жыл бұрын
you probably didn't even live in that time so you have no right to assume it was better
@Shawney-jf6kc3 жыл бұрын
@@broskiez2641 yes I did live in that time.
@sirgalahad52083 жыл бұрын
@@broskiez2641 sorry kid. I was quite aware by the time of fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin wall. Why would you say something like that anyway?
@frbyrd-tg5co3 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, Shawney, Jamel-AKA-Jamal is gonna take us all back there again. Looking forward to seeing him try to make sense of Boy George - HA!
@omnibus41573 жыл бұрын
The singer, Neil Tennant, was a staff writer/editor for a pop music magazine called Smash Hits around the time this was recorded (and in the US, that magazine had all the lyrics to the top 40 songs; I think the UK version had more substantial content). If anyone should know how to put a hit together, it'd be a guy like him.
@susanklasinski18053 жыл бұрын
Their style is called kitchen sink realism, a style that originated in England depicting every day life usually focusing on the working class. PSB have a rich catalog. Bigger in The UK than America, but well known in the dance club circuit in the States. Reminiscent of another English band that came before them, Soft Cell who had one hit in America- Tainted Love (but more in the UK).
@Ramiiam3 жыл бұрын
PSB refer to Soft Cell in their lyrics. Speaking of kitchen sink, "I want to wake up" has these lines: I stood at the kitchen-sink, my radio played Songs like "Tainted Love" and "Love Is Strange" As I listened and the words hit my ears I cried sudden tears
@susanklasinski18053 жыл бұрын
@@Ramiiam You're so right!
@rogerlie41763 жыл бұрын
West End Girls reached billboard #1 and they had four other top ten hits, so they still did pretty good in the states.
@susanklasinski18053 жыл бұрын
@@rogerlie4176 I didn’t realize they had five top ten singles in the States. Still they were huge in the UK, and revered there till this day while being mostly forgotten about in the US.
@davidviteris3 жыл бұрын
Pet Shop Boys: "It's a Sin", "Domino Dancing", "In Denial"
@sunburnedshirts37243 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Opportunities
@ecj17cel3 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the song with the hook "what have I done to deserve this?" That's a good one too.
@alphonzodarty70213 жыл бұрын
@@ecj17cel lol That's the name of it.
@jimdolezal12573 жыл бұрын
They had a great song called Opportunities . Worth a reaction
@carm3d3 жыл бұрын
That was a very brainy thing to suggest.
@tjmctube3 жыл бұрын
Check out "It's a Sin" by the Pet Shop Boys.
@belindascott69163 жыл бұрын
Ohhh yes!!
@porridgeandbananas3 жыл бұрын
Their best song 👍
@susanoneill3703 жыл бұрын
Love that one too!
@ericdstraus3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song!
@kellitrevino6503 жыл бұрын
The best!
@Jessicat763 жыл бұрын
This song came out the week my papaw died. I was 9 years old. Everytime i hear it i go back to that night i was awakened from my sleep by my Moma telling me my papaw had just died. I had seen him that night at his home. He was sick. The last thing he told me was “I love you!”. RIP Papaw. I love you!
@distantbabble3 жыл бұрын
The other guy: only does everything else: keyboards, synthesizers, programming
@louisehesketh30183 жыл бұрын
Chris Lowe sings in
@ronaldrodriguez77093 жыл бұрын
You gotta react to Talk Talk- It's my life
@Jillyconjem3 жыл бұрын
Please!
@jocelynhaeberle14013 жыл бұрын
The remake is great, but this one...I 🥰
@fligler3 жыл бұрын
I love them. "Happiness is Easy"
@Jillyconjem3 жыл бұрын
And “Talk Talk” is a favorite. And “Such a Shame” and “Living in Another World”. “Live at Montreux 1986” was such a great show. I watch that often. Mark Hollis was genius. RIP 💜💜💜
@hustler3of4culture33 жыл бұрын
Love's what you make it is a great song too
@Venthrac3 жыл бұрын
My brother you have to watch the Pet Shop Boys song “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” next. It’s great!
@no2all3 жыл бұрын
With the incomparable Dusty Springfield. Oh yeah!
@monicamad12853 жыл бұрын
💖💖
@clairebarnett49943 жыл бұрын
And then we can go into a Dusty Springfield odyssey! Hurrah!
@no2all3 жыл бұрын
@@clairebarnett4994 Dusty singing "The Look of Love" is the most sensuous and sultry song of all time.
@Venthrac3 жыл бұрын
@@clairebarnett4994 Gladly! She's fantastic.
@evie97323 жыл бұрын
Please do The Cure, "Just like Heaven".
@GreenGhostGalahad3 жыл бұрын
The Cure From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea.
@sito71863 жыл бұрын
Lullaby from Cure
@Bacopa683 жыл бұрын
A song that could have been number one except for its long instrumental introduction. It's still the one of the best young love songs ever. But its really about a married man a few years out still as strongly in love as he was when he was young and dumb.
@AJ17_3 жыл бұрын
Or Love Song, Pictures Of You, Hot Hot Hot, The Lovecats, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Boys Don't Cry, Friday I'm In Love...
@WelshCeltic3 жыл бұрын
Prayers for rain
@susanoneill3703 жыл бұрын
We all done any Depeche Mode yet? The Fixx? "One Thing Leads To Another" ?? The groove! Jamel will love!!
@notsogood94493 жыл бұрын
This song was a huge hit in the 80's and was also big hit on black radio back in 80's too. Straight up classic!
@marklawrence46913 жыл бұрын
Love this song! Old school new wave rapping!!
@angiehh5163 жыл бұрын
I was a tiny girl when I first heard this song on an episode of Moonlighting way back in the 80s. I fell in love with it then and I still love this little odd song today. 💚💚💚
@stephaniemiksell4193 жыл бұрын
Man Jamel it’s been a while since I’ve heard this. The ‘80’s really had some great music. 😎❤️🇺🇸
@michellewilliams96753 жыл бұрын
Do “Always on my mind” by Pet Shop Boys since it’s a cover by Elvis Presley. Willie Nelson also covered it.
@belindascott69163 жыл бұрын
Great track but God Elvis was bloody good!
@ezeziel14983 жыл бұрын
Performed by Elvis, the writers are: Wayne Carson, Mark James and Johnny Christopher. Elvis himself wasn’t a songwriter.
@belindascott69163 жыл бұрын
@@ezeziel1498 der
@michellesmith73233 жыл бұрын
My favorite version of the song.
@charlieross-BRM3 жыл бұрын
@@ezeziel1498 Damn right. Willie Nelson sure as hell wrote songs though. He provided some great ones,. Generally he never performed them himself.
@bluefriend623 жыл бұрын
You might want to check out "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" by the PSB, another one of their big hits.
@sr71ablackbird3 жыл бұрын
with dusty springfield
@MeesterSteefy3 жыл бұрын
Good call!
@jasonsears84073 жыл бұрын
Now explore Swing Out Sister’s “Breakout”
@phatpharm063 жыл бұрын
I still love this song.
@mistabook2 жыл бұрын
YES! Such a great song.
@jaytrace10063 жыл бұрын
Oh, my brother! You have shot down a rabbit hole here! So many good songs by this duo out there. “Domino Dancing”, “Go West”, “It’s A Sin”, “Opportunities”, “What Have I Done To Deserve This” with Dusty Springfield, and many more.
@2869may3 жыл бұрын
"I Can Dream About You" ~ Dan Heartman.
@Dee-gx7yb3 жыл бұрын
Great song! Hope he does that one.
@kimbozw18083 жыл бұрын
Hartman
@2869may3 жыл бұрын
@@kimbozw1808 Thanks, with an error like that he may have never found the right song....
@kimbozw18083 жыл бұрын
@@2869may he can now!
@2869may3 жыл бұрын
@@kimbozw1808 Thank god.. you were here here to make it right.....
@hdufort3 жыл бұрын
"Being Boring" is a work of art.
@jennifert81083 жыл бұрын
Yes. It's my absolute favourite PSB track.
@Katehowe30103 жыл бұрын
Nail on head Hugo! Such a sophisticated pop song.
@thegigglertreatment23 жыл бұрын
Incredible song
@davedrd88293 жыл бұрын
Great lyrics too - Never being boring...
@ronniearnold91652 жыл бұрын
"What Have I Done To Deserve This?" is also one of their classics you should review with The Late Great Dusty Springfield, R.I.P.
@SillyUncleAndy3 жыл бұрын
The actor David Tennant (Dr Who, Harry Potter etc) is actually called David Mcdonald and chose his stage name as Tennant after Neil Tennant from The Pet Shop Boys
@elaineschell25553 жыл бұрын
And here we are on the 80s new wave club culture music. A deep dive into this genre would be very welcomed and worthwhile. I was around when a lot of this music came out and I still find myself intrigued by it. Truly, this is where great music lives.
@Bluemgwes3 жыл бұрын
"Major Tom - Coming Home" by Peter Schilling
@grandadneal81143 жыл бұрын
Earth below us drifting falling floating weightless.......great choice
@kbusby48243 жыл бұрын
Peter posted a recent version of this song. He still sounds fantastic.
@Starlesslight3 жыл бұрын
Love the song, but strangely enough I've come to prefer the Shiny Toy Guns version. The original is still good too though. Really just depends on my mood which version I listen to.
@deborahpaley213 жыл бұрын
Favorite.
@MrRezRising3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was my "first song". I got my first radio and that was being played in high rotation here in NYC. WPLJ 🤘🤘
@taniaPBear3 жыл бұрын
Chris Lowe without a synthesizer, doesn't have much to do, does he. lol
@fannyprice75292 жыл бұрын
The KINGS of 80s new wave dance! Many many classic songs - epitomize the era but are still badass today!
@missbelled67003 жыл бұрын
Stank face on that bass is absolutely CORRECT. Such a smooth beat. West. End. Giiiirrrrls...
@Isleofskye3 жыл бұрын
How I miss those West End girls back in the day in Central London. They were very friendly :)
@karinlindae-fregoso8023 жыл бұрын
So funny, I hear as "rapping" now too... But not when it was new. It was so different and seductive... Would love to drive around listening to it over and over...
@briannicholson52053 жыл бұрын
Pet Shop Boys, though forming in 1981, have been consistently been making great dance music with thought provoking lyrics ever since. Last year they released "Hot Spot" which was their 14th studio album. That is an impressive catalog and doesn't even touch a lot of their work released as EPs and singles. Please check out "Adgena" which was released in 2019 and was a biting commentary of the events of our times. Great stuff by PSB already and looking forward to more. Thanks Jamel, for reacting to them and introducing them to a new generation!
@silverdoeGirl3 жыл бұрын
This song is 37 years old this year! Now that's legendary and scary both at the same time if you remember it when it was released!
@jennhurl3 жыл бұрын
😳OMG!
@claude-emiliecloutier81863 жыл бұрын
Ouch! This hurt me bad!🤣 But I still love that song as the first time I heard it, a long, long time ago!
@dreap2433 жыл бұрын
The amazing part, he still sounds the same ..saw the lockdown version on KZfaq
@Filbi3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, one of the two guys in Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant, used to be the editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics UK and presided over the creation of a lot of their original characters like Captain Britain and X-Men's Psylocke.
@ByronRTroy3 жыл бұрын
Oooh. That is some comics knowledge I lacked!
@Skeezer663 жыл бұрын
I never knew it was the SAME Tennant! Wow!
@FeaturingRob3 жыл бұрын
Chris Lowe (the one not saying anything) is the keyboardist for the duo, while Neil Tennant was the singer. Neil was also a journalist (and I think still is when he is not touring). The West End of London is the glamour area including the theater district like Broadway is for New York City. An interesting story...A young actor from Scotland who grew up loving this band had to change his name to join Equity (the actor's union) when he decided to become a professional actor because he was born David MacDonald. Since no two actors may have the same name in Equity, young David changed his last name professionally to Tennant after Neil Tennant...he became David Tennant. If you don't know who David Tennant is...he is best known and loved for his portrayal of The Tenth Doctor on the BBC science fiction series 'Doctor Who'. The best songs by The Pet Shop Boys are: "It's A Sin", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money), and "Go West" (a cover of the Village People hit).
@d.l.loonabide99813 жыл бұрын
You'll never run out of music but just in case: Brilliant Trees by David Sylvian. She's in Parties by Bauhaus Chaos Said the Captain by Stump Wax and Wane by Cocteau Twins Big Hollow Man by Danielle Dax. I got more if you run low.
@lclark68543 жыл бұрын
Nightporter by Japan (David Sylvian) is stunning.
@AJ17_3 жыл бұрын
Gentleman Take Polaroids, Visions of China, Ghosts, and Adolescent Sex by Japan... totally underrated band (and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran totally stole David Sylvian's look LOL!).
@robertotostado23643 жыл бұрын
Great songs!
@melp.19423 жыл бұрын
New Wave in the 80s was/is everything! Whenever I am doing something around the house, cleaning, baking, etc., I put on my 80s playlist and it gets me moving every single time!
@almostideal13063 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie Pet Shop Boys is a huge rabbit hole you're gonna dive into.
@susanoneill3703 жыл бұрын
Bigger than most would think. Love these boys!
@almostideal13063 жыл бұрын
@@susanoneill370 Awesome videos and awesome music who wouldn't love them.
@electromaniac13 жыл бұрын
Love them too, ever since the beginning.
@Katehowe30103 жыл бұрын
They're best known as a singles band, but i personally find 'My October Symphony' to be PSB finest moment!
@ingridfong-daley58993 жыл бұрын
"The Theatre" is a really moving PSB song--the lyrics are heartbreaking.
@hugosequeira29973 жыл бұрын
It's like "You got the brawn i got the looks...let's make lots of money", Chris Lowe is the brawn, the DJ and Neil Tennant is the looks, the singer and lyrics...and they are doing it!
@stephskipcain45993 жыл бұрын
This is my absolute all, time favorite song! ~Steph
@paulmarynissen3 жыл бұрын
This has been my fav song since it was released, yes, I’m old
@cdpgbc-mw2kz3 жыл бұрын
Paul Marynissen: No, I would say we are well aged........so many great tunes from the 80's, and MTV in its infancy.
@shannonprintz35993 жыл бұрын
We are not old! We are older. We still know great music and appreciate the fact that we grew up in a time with some of the greatest music ever made. Imagine, some of us can still remember when John Lennon and Elvis were still alive! We know there will never be another Michael Jackson, Elton John, Freddy Mercury, Madonna, George Michael or PRINCE just to name a few. No matter how hard they may try. I’m happy that I’m older now, because I got to experience the greatest music from the beginning of modern rock through my mother with the 50’s & 60’s, then the first songs I remember in the 70’s until today and beyond.
@rosehawkins4993 жыл бұрын
We are not old. We get better and better with time. We were lucky enough to have been around during ba glorious time. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Rock on Boomer's Gen Xers Rock on 🤘 🤘
@paulmarynissen3 жыл бұрын
Blondie was rapping in Rapture before West End Girls
@elosoguapo81373 жыл бұрын
She was pretty terrible at it
@daveversion2.23 жыл бұрын
She was rapping in the 70’s.....I had the vinyl album.
@MrRezRising3 жыл бұрын
@@elosoguapo8137 How you gonna learn to rap in 1979 when you're white, female, coked up, and you're Blondie? Sugarhill was IT, not much else to learn from.
@elosoguapo81373 жыл бұрын
@@MrRezRising True. Rap was in its infancy and there was a lot of coke
@anthonyv69623 жыл бұрын
@@MrRezRising the downtown art scean in NYC had a unique mixing of art, urban music, punk/hardcore, art music, graffiti, clubs like CBGB, The Fever, The Kitchen, Max's Kansas City. Artists like Keith Hearing, Jean Michael Basquiat, Fab 5 Freddy, Madonna, TV soon to be Talking Head's, Beastie Boys, Bad Brains the list goes on and on. It was a mixing pot of culture.
@deborahdennehy99373 жыл бұрын
The Pet Shop Boys were brilliant, I loved watching them when I was younger.Just ADORE this song. I was in my 20's then believe it or not!! The other guy played on keyboard always.
@krissmgvlogs3 жыл бұрын
As a Londoner I grew up on this tune, always loved it.
@oreally86053 жыл бұрын
Talk talk "its my life" is another jam too. Dig it! The Pet shop boys first five albums are stone cold jams too. The quiet one writes all the music.
@stevebengel13463 жыл бұрын
Ship Of Fools by World Party was another good one
@Jillyconjem3 жыл бұрын
Yes, to both! 💜💜💜
@karaminalee3 жыл бұрын
Ooh this is a classic! And “What in The Flowers in the Attic is going on here?” 🤣🤣🤣
@Budman_Buds3 жыл бұрын
Another "Jamelism"
@karaminalee3 жыл бұрын
@@Budman_Buds gold! 🤣
@louisb55633 жыл бұрын
Riight?!👍😎
@kimberlinibambini19883 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen that movie- pretty sad one-good but sad-
@TracyfromNC3 жыл бұрын
I remember Flowers in the Attic.
@SurvivorBri3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those defining songs of the 80's.
@miaombak6553 жыл бұрын
This song was big in the '80s. The long cashmere coat, short hair was 'a look'. Blondie released Rapture in 1981 and Pet Shop Boys,West End,Girls in 1984. 😊
@Renkk173 жыл бұрын
Check out (Frankie goes to Hollywood - Relax)
@belindascott69163 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh fuck yes!
@cheebawobanu3 жыл бұрын
@@belindascott6916 Welcome to the Pleasuredome is a gem
@belindascott69163 жыл бұрын
@@cheebawobanu great chose there Sir! Pure genius!
@walterhull4683 жыл бұрын
Relax don’t do it!
@theplanetruth3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! Next: Life in a Northern Town
@paddyofurniture7053 жыл бұрын
That is a magnificent song. Missing home.
@theplanetruth3 жыл бұрын
Was 15 when this came out. It was like a first kiss. Soooooooo good.
@School_of_DejaVu3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I’ve been requesting them for a while now-one of my favorite bands and one of their best songs.
@School_of_DejaVu3 жыл бұрын
@@Rifkinn yeah, Love Parade is my favorite but they’re all good in my opinion
@shannonprintz35993 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing. Lol
@legalass173 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories. When MTV still had music videos. I was a young women just getting my life started. It was so much easier back then. Miss those days. Thanks for playing part of my soundtrack.
@davidandrews89633 жыл бұрын
Hey Jamal get their 1st 2 albums PLEASE and ACTUALLY they were and still are phenomenol pieces of work digital sound mid to late 80s way ahead of their time I love this band I'm 52 now so was an 80s teen and Pet Shop Boys are a huge part of me growing up romancing clubbing etc god I wish we could go back and do it again the best song for me on the 2 albums is called HEART give it a play it'll make you want to dance cheers from David in England
@kathyjam24823 жыл бұрын
This song and "Go West" are my favorites from them.
@kimbozw18083 жыл бұрын
Go west was originally by VILLAGE PEOPLE
@sageanimist483 жыл бұрын
Prefer the original of go west
@RitaBaumann3 жыл бұрын
The guy who doesn’t say anything is responsible for most of the keyboard sounds you hear. Blonde was first; Rapture was recorded in 1980 after Debbie Harry met Fab 5 Freddy and others in the then underground hip hop scene.
@claymccoy3 жыл бұрын
Another great Pet Shop Boys song - "What Have I Done To Deserve This?"
@elainethomas99853 жыл бұрын
1984 was the best year of my young adulthood. Went to Germany for 2 years in 85 and would have given just about anything to have lived in London in that time frame. Any song from that era brings back so many memories.
@slamboy663 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my high school days.
@laurakali65223 жыл бұрын
“Come On Eileen” next please...
@michelleroberts66263 жыл бұрын
laura kali oh, yes!
@jamiethevis73563 жыл бұрын
I totally agree
@wreathsbybeth81043 жыл бұрын
I was going to recommend this!
@jbranum30873 жыл бұрын
Dexydrine kept the soul all nighters going from midnight to 8am. Hence Dexys midnight runners.
@sageanimist483 жыл бұрын
Oh god no
@mdennis94963 жыл бұрын
This song has more renditions and makeovers than Shirley McClain. Remixed more than any cake you’ve ever eaten. This version was the THIRD and most commercially successful. They went on to be 80s Icons in the Dance Scene.
@HipixOFFICIAL2 жыл бұрын
Third? I thought it was the second after the Bobby O version.
@mdennis94962 жыл бұрын
@@HipixOFFICIAL There was a German Remix by Tess also
@toocutepuppies65353 жыл бұрын
We have tickets to see Pet Shop next October in the Columbia River Gorge, USA! OMG! I just realized it's been 40 years since the '80's!😱
@jerrypetrillo29033 жыл бұрын
From the same time period you’ll probably like Level 42 - Something About You and Go West - We Close Our Eyes
@corkycobon14813 жыл бұрын
Lessons In Love is also stellar from Level 42
@jeremyfalkner92233 жыл бұрын
We Close Our Eyes by Oingo Boingo is better
@javamaninhongkong3423 жыл бұрын
Definetly Level 42... My favo band all time
@fusiliers3 жыл бұрын
@@corkycobon1481 Criminally underrated song!
@dwilborn12573 жыл бұрын
Something About You was one of my favs!!!
@CZA273 жыл бұрын
Pet shop boys cover of “always on my mind”
@rb70073 жыл бұрын
Jamel, back then when this came out I didn’t even realise it was a Cowbell that made that sound! But because of you, lately I listen out for it in every song! 😂 Blondie’s Rap was about 3 or 4 years earlier.
@Nozferatu463 жыл бұрын
One of the pop radio stations in Chicago used to have "No Pet Shop Boys Weekends."
@VirtualSatyr3 жыл бұрын
Virtual Satyr recommends "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House
@leandabee3 жыл бұрын
👍🇦🇺
@belindascott69163 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh yes!!!
@person24633 жыл бұрын
Yes! 🌸
@stefaniemezigian4143 жыл бұрын
Oh yes. Yes. Please do this one. Such a truly beautiful song
@AJ17_3 жыл бұрын
OMFG YES!!! And then "Better Be Home Soon". I always forget how much I adore Crowded House. Saw them 10 years ago and it was such a great show.
@dixiechatty9583 жыл бұрын
Try What Have I Done To Deserve This with Dusty Springfield. Their best and her great comeback.
@monicamad12853 жыл бұрын
Still on my play list! I love that song!! 💖💖💖💖
@kathynicholson25803 жыл бұрын
Been singing that a lot over the last year!
@jmrx122 жыл бұрын
This is their best song-by far.
@alphonzodarty70213 жыл бұрын
This song was on heavy rotation on R&B stations in Chicago in the 80s, along with early George Michael.
@andersmartinson17503 жыл бұрын
You may also enjoy...”My Ever Changing Moods” by The Style Council, another British blue eyed funky groove from the same era.
@notsogood94493 жыл бұрын
How about a "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson - reaction?
@rodneyprill46183 жыл бұрын
Got the Time
@shirlgirl9733 жыл бұрын
Good song!
@tbangert25843 жыл бұрын
Agree! Stepping Out is perfection.
@AJ17_3 жыл бұрын
So many great songs. Check out these by them: Opportunities, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Suburbia, It's A Sin, Heart... they even did a cool mashup covering U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name" and Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You". I've seen Pet Shop Boys live a few times and they are fantastic. Over the top, but so much fun. Fun fact: The singer, Neil Tenant, originally was a writer for the British pop music magazine Smash Hits... he left there to start Pet Shop Boys.
@spacecoffee32153 жыл бұрын
You just don't know how glad am that I'm you reacted to the Pet Shop Boys. These guys have the most amazing songs even to this day. I have listened to their music since I was 8 years old, in the 80's, in a >800 populated town in West Texas. This is saying a lot about how influential they were and still are. I visited London in 2018 and I was just searching for them everywhere I went. One of my favorite all time bands. Queen, Depeche Mode, OMD....oh so many amazing bands of the 80's, who still are making music today. Thank you for reacting to Pet Shop Boys. It says so much about your character and open-mindedness.