New Pet Shop Boys single, "Love Etc"

Me like, very much. Quite original song. I like the red/purpple colors on the youtube clip.... the song sounds very warm, almost like red and purple colors coming out of the loudspeakers.

You need more (9x)

Well it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine
And a boy needs a girl
It's about getting out of a rut
You need luck
But you're stuck and you don't know how

(Don't have to be)
A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive)
A super car to go far
(Don't have to live)
A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be)
Beautiful but it helps
(Don't have to buy)
A house in Beverly Hills
(Don't have to have)
Your daddy paying the bills
(Don't have to live)
A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be)
Beautiful but it helps

You need more
Than a big blank check to be a lover, or
A gulf stream jet to fly you door to door
Somewhere chic on another shore
You need more (6x)
You need love

You need love
You need love

Too much of anything is never enough
Too much of everything is never enough

Well it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine
And a boy needs a girl

It's about getting out of a rut
You need luck but you're stuck
and you don't know how

(Don't have to be)
A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive)
A super car to get far
(Don't have to wear)
A smile much colder than ice
(Don't have to be)
Beautiful, but it's nice

You need more
Than the Gerhard Richter hanging on your wall
A chauffeur driven limousine encore
To drive your wife and lover to a whiter ball
You need more (6x)
You need love

I believe that we can achieve the love that we need
I believe, call me naive, but love is for free

(Don't have to be)
A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive)
A super car to go far
(Don't have to live)
A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be)
Beautiful but it helps

Beautiful but it helps
Beautiful but it helps

Pet Shop Boys: "London"

Continuing my Russian/Soviet theme, I think this Pet Shop Boys song about two Russian immigrants in London is a masterpiece. Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant is a big fan of all things Russian, and there have been Russian connections in several of their songs:

We came from the far North summered in Crimea
deserted the armed forces
had to disappear
made it to the free West
on a chartered flight
so we could see
what we trained to fight

Chorus: We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law'."
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is

Looking for hard work
or credit card fraud
What do you expect from us?
We come from abroad
to get ourselves a new job
on a building-site
They work you so hard
but we trained to fight

Chorus

My father fought in Afghanistan
His widow's pension ain't worth a damn
My mother works and goes home to cry
I want to live before I die

Chorus

Pet Shop Boys: "The Sodom and Gomorrah Show".

"Sun, Sex, Sin, Divine Intervention, Death and Destruction" - this song from the most recent Pet Shop Boys album should have been a huge single, unfortunately the record company was a bit concerned about the mix of religious themes and hedonism. So it was an album-only track. Boo to them! Don't miss this should-have-been-a-classic - watch this unofficial Youtube video here! Brilliant music, perfect lyrics!

I lived a quiet life
a stranger to champagne
I never dared to venture out
to cities of the plain
I'd heard about their way of life
took it with a pinch of salt
The freedom and the time to play
a life so easy
it intrigued me
when you called to say:

"Are you gonna go
to the Sodom and Gomorrah Show?
It's got everything you need for your complete
entertainment and instruction
Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention,
death and destruction
The Sodom and Gomorrah show
is a once-in-a-lifetime production"

I think it's true to say
my life was changed that night
In the liberated
atmosphere
all around me
Someone found me
whispered in my ear

"Are you gonna go
to the Sodom and Gomorrah Show?
It's got everything you need for your complete
entertainment and instruction
Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention,
death and destruction
The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
is a once-in-a-lifetime production"

Then we went on
after-hours
there was place down below
It was there I realised
the meaning of the show

You've got to love
to learn to live
where angels fear to tread
I did it and I don't regret the day
Even now
I think of how
you turned to me to say:

"Sun, sex, sin, death and destruction"

"Are you gonna go
to the Sodom and Gomorrah Show?
It's got everything you need for your complete
entertainment and instruction
Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention,
death and destruction
The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
is a once-in-a-lifetime production"