"I used to reject marriage as too civil," says Neil Tennant. "I thought: No, I don't want to get married! But now that marriage is for everyone, I think that's good. The bourgeois conventions are now applicable to all sexualities, and you have the freedom to participate if you want to, or just not. " The reason for the song was the wedding of an artist friend, whose paintings the Pet Shop Boys greatly appreciated. They wanted to give him and his bride a song to marry. The party on the banks of the Spree in Kreuzberg was also very surprised by the Pet Sh… read more
"I used to reject marriage as too civil," says Neil Tennant. "I thought: No, I don't want to get married! But now that marriage i… read more
"I used to reject marriage as too civil," says Neil Tennant. "I thought: No, I don't want to get married! But now that marriage is for everyone, I think that's g… read more
Pet Shop Boys is a British synthpop/dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe and were formed in London, UK in 1981. Post-modern ironists cloaked behind a veil of buoyantly melodic and lushly romantic synth pop confections, Pet Shop Boys offer wry yet strangely affecting cultural commentary communicated by the Morse code of synth washes and drum machine rhythms. After first emerging in the mid-'80s with "West End Girls" and "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)," Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe quickly established themselves as hitmakin… read more
Pet Shop Boys is a British synthpop/dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe and were formed in London, UK in 1981. Post-modern ironists cloaked behind a veil of buoyantly… read more
Pet Shop Boys is a British synthpop/dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe and were formed in London, UK in 1981. Post-modern ironists cloaked behind a veil of buoyantly melodic and lushly romantic synth pop confect… read more