ImmersiveAmbientModecolor: #eee4dd (color 2)
Video Format : 22 (720p) openh264 ( https://github.com/cisco/openh264) mp4a.40.2 | 44100Hz
Audio Format: Opus - Normalized audio
PokeTubeEncryptID: 5b3ec8f5eb11d8d20bd0f64b39430785cb4cfe8f5ee0d420ca6070f12939ee8836e2d7aed3db3c3acbf3238e5f445471
Proxy : eu-proxy.poketube.fun - refresh the page to change the proxy location
Date : 1714718625479 - unknown on Apple WebKit
Mystery text : bnBMdGRBdUF5dzAgaSAgbG92ICB1IGV1LXByb3h5LnBva2V0dWJlLmZ1bg==
143 : true
208,469 Views • Feb 15, 2024 • Click to toggle off description
Hi-NRG bombast and extraneous countdowns. This is New British Canon and this is the story of "It’s a Sin”.
#petshopboys #80spop #musicdocumentary
Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.
00:00 Introduction
00:41 The Beginnings of Pet Shop Boys
06:18 A Dead End World: "West End Girls"
16:46 It's a, It's a, It's a, It's a: It's a Sin
24:49 Actually: The Imperial Phase
31:55 Enduring Legacy: When An Empire Falls
Pet Shop Boys, Literally by Chris Heath, 1990, William Heinemann London
Please Liner Notes by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe, 2001
Actually Liner Notes by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe, 2001
“Pet Shop Boys: The South Bank Show” (1992) dir. Steve Jenkins
“Neil Tennant” Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs, Feb 2007
“The Pet Shop Boys: An ex-Smash Hits Writer and the Grandson of a Nitwit” Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, Dec 1985
“The Pet Shop Boys’ music mixes New York hip hop styles with lots of English irony” Jon Savage, Spin Magazine, Feb 1986
“Pet Shop Boys: What Does It Take To Make These Men Happy?” Chris Heath, Smash Hits, Feb 1986
“Track Record: West End Girls” Jim Betteridge, International Musician & Recording World, March 1986
“Take: 1 Wasteland, 2 Pet Shop Boys, 7 Deadly Sins, 15 Monks” William Shaw, Smash Hits, 1 July 1987
“Pet Shop Boys: Cheeseburgers, Carrot Cake and Coffee (yum!?)” Chris Heath, Smash Hits, Mar 1988
“Outsiderdom: The Pet Shop Boys” Mat Snow, Q Magazine, Aug 1988
“Pet Shop Boys: Tum-Ti-Tum!” Tom Hibbert, Q Magazine, Dec 1990
“Pet Shop Boys: Oh Mister Songwriters!” Adrian Deevoy, Q Magazine, January 1992
“Pet Shop Boys: Our Back Catalogue Is 25 Years Of Social Commentary” Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, Mar 2009
“Classic Tracks: Pet Shop Boys 'It's A Sin'” Richard Buskin, Sound on Sound, Dec 2010
“For Hard-Core Petheads: The Tennant Interview In Full” Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, Jun 2009
“Poptimism: Imperial” Tom Ewing, Pitchfork, May 2010
“Pet Shop Boys: cab drivers ask us if we've retired” Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, Sep 2012
“Neil Tennant: The Mojo Interview” Ian Harrison, Mojo Magazine, Aug 2013
“The Lowdown: Pet Shop Boys” David Burke, Classic Pop, Nov 2018
“Pet Shop Boys: 'The acoustic guitar should be banned’” Alexis Petridis, The Guardian, Jan 2020
“Neil Tennant on West End Girls: 'It's about sex and escape. It's paranoid’” Laura Snapes, The Guardian, Jun 2020
“It’s a Sin — pure pop provocation from the Pet Shop Boys” Arwa Haider, Financial Times, Oct 2021
“Pet Shop Boys interview – SMASH the system” John Earls, Classic Pop, Jul 2023
“Pet Shop Boys: ‘Music has ceased to be ageist’” Laura Snapes, The Guardian, Feb 2024
Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
You can also follow me here:
Twitter: twitter.com/TrashTheory
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TrashTheoryYT
Instagram: www.instagram.com/theorytrash
Or support me on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/TrashTheory
Views : 208,469
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Feb 15, 2024 ^^
Rating : 4.965 (81/9,289 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-03T02:48:19.476757Z
See in json
YouTube Comments - 962 Comments
Top Comments of this video!! :3
Being Boring is such a masterpiece of a song. Majestic yet intimate.
470 |
People didn't like Opportunities? Damned fools. That song is fucking brilliant.
296 |
The Pet Shop Boys getting thrown into the same category as Depeche Mode, New Order and Tears for Fears is a great compliment. All fantastic acts.
97 |
Your skill as a documentary maker is really outstanding.
362 |
"They didn't quite succeed" might be the most British line ever.
235 |
Pet shop boys still kill it live. Saw them with new order and paul oakenfold in 2022 and it was a wonderful show
110 |
The most surprising part of this story is The Pet Shop Boys found inspiration in ZZ Top and Europe's Final Countdown.
157 |
I was a young teenage boy when I got into The Pet Shop Boys. I already liked Queen, and later I would get into Erasure. My older brother used to take the pish - why are all the groups you like gay?
When I went to Uni, I came home and all my LP's had disappeared. My older brother had his own flat, he asked me to come around to check it out. There, next to his sound system, were all my LP's.
70 |
Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat. This band is so important.
127 |
King's Cross is my favorite Pet Shop Boys song, from the sound of the trains, to the lyrics, the feeling of being the anthem of a station of lost souls makes it a masterpiece
66 |
I was a true prog rock, pop hating teenager in the 80’s. However I knew all the words to all the pet shop boys singles. This was a brilliant episode. Thanks.
56 |
“The Catholic Church, traditionally not being big fans of homosexuality”…. That’s my favourite line of yours. Another amazing insightful video, never picked the relationship between west end girls and the message, see it clear as day now!
100 |
Loves Comes Quickly is massively underrated. Such an emotional and beautiful song.
7 |
West End Girls' beat is out of the world
54 |
Some omissions, or merely glossed over...Introspective, for me really brought House music into crystal clear focus. Their cover of Sterling Void's It's Alright was a personal standout and probably one of the most euphoric closers of any album. Always On My Mind, at least in the UK is pretty much canon. What they did to make it disco is the subject matter for any musicologist's dissertation. I mean, this is Willie Nelson/Elvis Presley's hallowed ground, and uptempo bombastic dance was, and still is entirely unexpected, but it worked so brilliantly in its reconfigured context. Possibly one of my favourite tracks of the 80s, from one of my absolute favourite acts. Unsurpassed.
59 |
Paninaro.
A hidden classic, at least from the general population. Also their cover of Girls and Boys was fantastic.
32 |
My #1 PSB track is "Only the Wind." It's an obscure one, but it's my absolute favorite piece of music. When I got to see them perform it in person on their "Nightlife" tour, it was one of the best moments of my life.
52 |
"Zazou, what you gonna do?
There's a lot of people coming for you".
44 |
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" is one of my favourite duets of all time. The contrast between Dusty and Neil really works.
19 |
@TrashTheory
2 months ago
Every now and then I get people asking for a playlist of every song mentioned in my videos: Well here's a Spotify link for this one: open.spotify.com/playlist/07PDG18fNa0qOui2aRGf5c?s… and the YouTube Music one: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSale64V5_y52rNi…
85 |