Pet Shop Boys - Yes, Pet Shop Boys Interview.

Tracklist

1	So, Here We Are Again, For The PSBs' Tenth Studio Album. It's Called 'Yes'. Why?	0:42
2	So The Album Was Produced With The (Many) Hands Of Production House Xenomania On The Steering Wheel. Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper And Their Staff Are A Bit More Associated With Pure Pop Outfits Like Girls Aloud And Sugababes. So Why Plump For Them?	0:44
3	And Did Their Style Of Working Suit You?	1:34
4	So, Another Big Year For The Pets. New CD Of Course, But In February, The Outstanding Achievement Award At The Brits. Wow!	1:18
5	So, There Are A Number Of Tracks With That Fave Pet Shop Boys 127/129 Euro Beat On. But There Are Some Odder Tracks As Well. How Do You Decide Which Tracks Go Where On The Album? And Come To That, Who Decides?	0:54
6	Let's Talk About The Album, Then. 'Love Etc.' Is The First Single - How Did That Come About?	1:08
7	'Love Etc.' Has This Rather Roughhouse Chant On It - "Don't Have To Be" - Almost An Echo Of Chumbawamba's 'I Get Knocked Down'. Slightly Out Of The Way For The Pets, Neil?	2:00
8	Track Number Two, 'All Over The World', Has A Line From The Tchaikovsky 'Nutcracker' Ballet Music, Possibly Better Known As 'Nut Rocker', By B Bumble And The Stingers. Can't Help Asking, Why, Chris?	1:57
9	Track Three, Chris. 'Beautiful People'.	1:52
10	And This Track, Along With A Few Others, Features The Manchester Guitar Hero, Johnny Marr...	0:22
11	'Did You See Me Coming?' The Next Track, Has (Like All The Songs On The Album) Some Great Tennant Lyrics. One Of The Best Is... Neil, You Tell Us.	2:31
12	Next Up Is 'Vulnerable'. Is This About You, Neil, Or Is This You 'Being' Another Character?	0:32
13	Next Track Is 'More Than A Dream'. How Did This One Come Together?	2:31
14	Chris, 'Building A Wall' Is Next, Also Featuring (Ex Smiths, Electronic, Currently Modest Mouse) Guitar Hero Johnny Marr. Now, You Presumably Only Get Him For A Day Or Two. How Do You Decide Which Tracks You Want Him To Play On?	3:07
15	Neil, 'King Of Rome', The Eighth Track, Is Absolutely Beautiful. Sad And Romantic.	2:47
16	'Pandemonium' Is The Next Track, A Song About The Attraction Of Danger. There's An Interesting Story About How It Was Written. Neil?	1:05
17	The 'Way It Used To Be' Is The Tenth Track. Such A Neil Tennant Title!	2:14
18	And At The End Of The Album We Get 'Legacy', A Song It's Actually Quite Difficult To Say 'I Understand That' About. Any Clues, Neil?	2:08

Credits

• Edited By, Producer – Kevin McCabe, Tony Hale

Notes

This CD contains 18 audio cuts, taken from an interview with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe - Pet Shop Boys - in London in January, 2009. As always, ins, outs and durations are given. The first seven cuts are generic; then follow examination of each track on the new album, with suggested question areas. Please feel free to reshape this material to suit your format and/or show.

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