Pet Shop Boys'la tanışmam; o dönemler TRT'de sıklıkla yayınlanan "It's a sin" klibi ile olmuştur. Neil Tennant'ın geçmişte aldığı sıkı katolik eğitime ithafen yazdığı parçanın; alegorik tarzdaki bu klibi beni nedense çok ürkütürdü. Hele ki bir keşişin ateşin önünde attığı ürkütücü bakışı asla unutamam..
Genel olarak gruptan bahsedecek olursak; Synthpop tarzında müzik yapan Pet Shop Boys 1981'de Londra'da kurulmuş. Solisti Neil Tennant ile klavyecisi Chris Lowe bir elektronik eşya dükkanında tanışmışlar. Bakmışlar ki müzik zevkleri aynı; hadi bir grup kuralı-m demişler.. Gruba, evcil hayvan dükkanlarında çalışan arkadaşlarının anısına Pet Shop Boys adını vermişler.
80'lerin sonuna doğru ünlenmeye başlayan İngiliz grup; o yıllarda özellikle "West and Girls", "One More Chance", "It's a Sin", "Always on My Mind, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", "Domino Dancing" gibi parçalarla listelerde kendisine yer bulabilmiştir.
Pet Shop Boys günümüzde de yeni albümler çıkarıp, kariyerine başarı ile devam etmektedir..
(Twenty seconds and counting... T minus fifteen seconds, guidance is okay) ? ? When I look back upon my life It's always with a sense of shame I've always been the one to blame For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to It's a sin
At school they taught me how to be So pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to It's a sin
Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care And I still don't understand
So I look back upon my life Forever with a sense of shame I've always been the one to blame For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to - it's a sin It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
(Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa) [trans. 'I confess to almighty god, and to you my brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, act and omission, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault']
a aa evet Rock'n Coke ta artık sahneden inmelerine yakın eski parçaları sölemeleri onların kurtuluşu oldu. Ben sevmem aslında eski şarkıları çoook fazla lakin pet shop boysta beni alıp götüren bişi var sözleri de çok süper deil ama bilmiyorum,çok rahatlatıyo.Annemler de dinliyomuş hatta eski kasetleri var evde ve sanırım hastasıyım :) Yeni şarkılarını pek fazla dinlemiyorum yalnız
Meselam eskilerden bir 'Left to my own devices' vardı..
LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES
I get out of bed at half past ten Phone up a friend, who’s a party animal Turn on the news and drink some tea Maybe if you’re with me we’ll do some shopping
One day I’ll read, or learn to drive a car If you pass the test, you can beat the rest But I don’t like to compete, or talk street, street, street I can pick up the best from the party animal
I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would
Pick up a brochure about the sun Learn to ignore what the photographer saw I was always told that you should join a club Stick with the gang, if you want to belong
I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy In a world of my own at the back of the garden I didn’t want to compete, or play out on the street For in a secret life I was a round head general
I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would Oh, I would
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age Would I write a book? or should I take to the stage? But in the back of my head I heard distant feet Che guevara and debussy to a disco beat
It’s not a crime when you look the way you do The way I like to picture you When I get home, it’s late at night I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the tv, look at a book Pick up the phone, fix some food Maybe I’ll sit up all night and day Waiting for the minute I hear you say
I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Come on, baby, say goodbye I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would
Out of bed, at half past ten The party animal phones a friend Picks up news about the sun And the working day has just begun
Sticks with the gang - at the back of the street Pass the test - and you don’t compete
Drive the car, if you’re with me Che guevara’s drinking tea He reads about a new device And takes to the stage in a secret life
Left to my own devices, I probably would If I was left to my own devices, I possibly would
If I was left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would
I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would Come on, baby Left to my own devices, I probably would
'I'm not scared' var idi.
I'M NOT SCARED
Your life's a mystery, mine is an open book If I could read your mind, I think I'd take a look I'm not scared Baby, I don't care
What have you got to hide? What do you need to prove? You're always telling lies, and that's the only truth I don't care Baby, I'm not scared
Tonight the streets are full of actors I don't know why Oh, take these dogs away from me Before they, they bite
What have you got to say of shadows in the past? I thought that, if you paid, you'd keep them off our backs Where do we have to be, so I can laugh and you'll be free? I'd go anywhere Baby, I don't care I'm not scared
Tonight the streets are full of actors I don't know why Oh, debarasse-moi de ces chiens Avant qu'ils mordent Avant qu'ils mordent Tonight I fought and made my mind up I know it's right I know these dogs still snap around me But I can, I can fight
If I was you, if I was you I wouldn't treat me the way you do If I was you, if I was you I wouldn't treat me the way you do - you If I was you, if I was you I wouldn't treat me the way you do If I was you, if I was you I wouldn't treat me the way you do - you
I'm not scared Baby, I don't care I'd go anywhere Baby, I'm not scared
J'ai pas peur J'ai pas peur
I'm not scared
..ve ben özellikle 'if i was u..'bölümlerine hasta oldum..Böle soluksuz sölemesi..Sürekli tekrarlaması(ki bu sıkıcıdır çou zaman) bişileri uyandırdı.
Yer aldıkları toplama albümler Crying Game Film Soundtrack (1992) Blur – Park Life (1996) – Prodüksiyon ve remiks Culture Club - Greatest Moments (1999) - Prodüksiyon The Bloodhound Gang Mope (2000) – İngiltere # 1 Best of David Bowie (2002) – Prodüksiyon ve remiks
Synthpop ve new wave türünün şarap mahiyetindeki, tadı yıllar geçtikçe güzelleşen ikilisi, zeki, küstah, romantik ancak her zaman keyifli ve dans pistlerinin yıllardır vazgeçilmeyenleri arasında olan bestelere sahip. 20 yıldır dillere destan Christopher Lowe (mimar) ve Neil Tennant’tan (o zamanlar 80’lerin en prestijli müzik dergisi “Smash Hits” yazarı) oluşan bu entellektüel pop ikilisi “West End Girls”, “It’s a Sin”,”Domino Dancing” gibi hitleriye tüm dünyada zirveye tırmandı durdu.
1984 yılında çıkardıkları “West End Girls”ün ilk versiyonu çıktığı hafta Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Belçika ve Fransa’daki gece kulüplerinde en çok çalınan şarkı oldu. Aynı single ABD, Kanada, Finlandiya, Hong Kong, İrlanda, İsrail, Yeni Zelanda ve Norveç’te bir numaraya yükselirken tüm dünyada 1.5 milyon adet sattı. İkiliye üç farklı uluslararası ödül getiren single’ın ardından “It’s a Sin” ile grup daha da ünlendi ve yine bir çok single listesine birinci sıradan girmeyi başardı. Yine listelere bir numaradan giren 1988 yılı single’ları “Heart” Pet Shop Boys’a ingiltere, Almanya ve İtalya ‘da “En İyi Grup” ve “En İyi Hit” ödüllerini kazandırdı. İkilinin, Dusty Springfield ve Liza Minelli gibi divalarla yaptıkları ortak parçalar, synthpop’un efsanevi lideri Bernard Sumner (New Order) ve yine hala eşsizlik statüsünü başkasına kaptırmayan The Smiths’in kurucularından Johnny Marr ile oluşturdukları Electronic ikilisi ile her taşın altından çıktı Pet Shop Boys.
80’lerin electro ve synthpop’undan house ve techno’ya “Bilingual” albümleri ile latin ritimlerine kayan ancak her zaman gündemi yakalayan yorumlarıyla Pet Shop Boys en son “Release” albümünü çıkarttı. İkili, yeni çalışmalarıyla da elektronik ve dans listelerinde bir numaraya kadar yükseldi.
Neil Tennant - vokaller/ klavye, Christopher Lowe - syntizayzır, klavye, elektronik programlama, bilgisayar
It' A Sin
Pet Shop Boys'la tanışmam; o dönemler TRT'de sıklıkla yayınlanan "It's a sin" klibi ile olmuştur. Neil Tennant'ın geçmişte aldığı sıkı katolik eğitime ithafen yazdığı parçanın; alegorik tarzdaki bu klibi beni nedense çok ürkütürdü. Hele ki bir keşişin ateşin önünde attığı ürkütücü bakışı asla unutamam..
Genel olarak gruptan bahsedecek olursak; Synthpop tarzında müzik yapan Pet Shop Boys 1981'de Londra'da kurulmuş. Solisti Neil Tennant ile klavyecisi Chris Lowe bir elektronik eşya dükkanında tanışmışlar. Bakmışlar ki müzik zevkleri aynı; hadi bir grup kuralı-m demişler.. Gruba, evcil hayvan dükkanlarında çalışan arkadaşlarının anısına Pet Shop Boys adını vermişler.
80'lerin sonuna doğru ünlenmeye başlayan İngiliz grup; o yıllarda özellikle "West and Girls", "One More Chance", "It's a Sin", "Always on My Mind, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", "Domino Dancing" gibi parçalarla listelerde kendisine yer bulabilmiştir.
Pet Shop Boys günümüzde de yeni albümler çıkarıp, kariyerine başarı ile devam etmektedir..
80'lerin dijital çığlığıdır.
80lere damgasını vurmuş guruplardan bir tanesi.. En son Madonna'nın sorry şarkısını remixleyerek hala formda olduklarını kanıtlamışlardır.
Flamboyant.
A aa evet evet..
'It's A Sin'
(Twenty seconds and counting...
T minus fifteen seconds, guidance is okay)
? ?
When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand
So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to - it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
(Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione,
verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)
[trans. 'I confess to almighty god,
and to you my brothers,
that I have sinned exceedingly
in thought, word, act and omission,
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault']
Onlarla ilgili ilk aklıma gelen kesinlikle
It's A Sin
a aa evet Rock'n Coke ta artık sahneden inmelerine yakın eski parçaları sölemeleri onların kurtuluşu oldu.
Ben sevmem aslında eski şarkıları çoook fazla lakin pet shop boysta beni alıp götüren bişi var sözleri de çok süper deil ama bilmiyorum,çok rahatlatıyo.Annemler de dinliyomuş hatta eski kasetleri var evde ve sanırım hastasıyım :) Yeni şarkılarını pek fazla dinlemiyorum yalnız
Meselam eskilerden bir 'Left to my own devices' vardı..
LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES
I get out of bed at half past ten
Phone up a friend, who’s a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you’re with me we’ll do some shopping
One day I’ll read, or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But I don’t like to compete, or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang, if you want to belong
I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn’t want to compete, or play out on the street
For in a secret life I was a round head general
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Oh, I would
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book? or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Che guevara and debussy to a disco beat
It’s not a crime when you look the way you do
The way I like to picture you
When I get home, it’s late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the tv, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I’ll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute I hear you say
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby, say goodbye
I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Out of bed, at half past ten
The party animal phones a friend
Picks up news about the sun
And the working day has just begun
Sticks with the gang - at the back of the street
Pass the test - and you don’t compete
Drive the car, if you’re with me
Che guevara’s drinking tea
He reads about a new device
And takes to the stage in a secret life
Left to my own devices, I probably would
If I was left to my own devices, I possibly would
If I was left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby
Left to my own devices, I probably would
'I'm not scared' var idi.
I'M NOT SCARED
Your life's a mystery, mine is an open book
If I could read your mind, I think I'd take a look
I'm not scared
Baby, I don't care
What have you got to hide? What do you need to prove?
You're always telling lies, and that's the only truth
I don't care
Baby, I'm not scared
Tonight the streets are full of actors
I don't know why
Oh, take these dogs away from me
Before they, they bite
What have you got to say of shadows in the past?
I thought that, if you paid, you'd keep them off our backs
Where do we have to be, so I can laugh and you'll be free?
I'd go anywhere
Baby, I don't care
I'm not scared
Tonight the streets are full of actors
I don't know why
Oh, debarasse-moi de ces chiens
Avant qu'ils mordent
Avant qu'ils mordent
Tonight I fought and made my mind up
I know it's right
I know these dogs still snap around me
But I can, I can fight
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do - you
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do - you
I'm not scared
Baby, I don't care
I'd go anywhere
Baby, I'm not scared
J'ai pas peur
J'ai pas peur
I'm not scared
..ve ben özellikle 'if i was u..'bölümlerine hasta oldum..Böle soluksuz sölemesi..Sürekli tekrarlaması(ki bu sıkıcıdır çou zaman) bişileri uyandırdı.
It's a sin parçası ve klibi 80 kuşağı için unutulmazlar arasındadır..
Rock'n Coke un ağır bombasıydı geceyi kurtarmıştı
Bütün Londra'lılar aynı değilmiş gözlerimle gördüm sıcak ve espirili :)
bi de hatırlarsanız geçen yaz Rock'n Coke nedeniyle B.Çekmece'deydi..
Katıldıkları festivaller
Roskilde Festival – Danimarka (1997)
Gay Pride – İngiltere (1997)
Stockholm Water Festival – İsveç (1997)
Creamfields – İngiltere (1999)
Yer aldıkları toplama albümler
Crying Game Film Soundtrack (1992)
Blur – Park Life (1996) – Prodüksiyon ve remiks
Culture Club - Greatest Moments (1999) - Prodüksiyon
The Bloodhound Gang Mope (2000) – İngiltere # 1
Best of David Bowie (2002) – Prodüksiyon ve remiks
PET SHOP BOYS (Londra)
Synthpop ve new wave türünün şarap mahiyetindeki, tadı yıllar geçtikçe güzelleşen ikilisi, zeki, küstah, romantik ancak her zaman keyifli ve dans pistlerinin yıllardır vazgeçilmeyenleri arasında olan bestelere sahip. 20 yıldır dillere destan Christopher Lowe (mimar) ve Neil Tennant’tan (o zamanlar 80’lerin en prestijli müzik dergisi “Smash Hits” yazarı) oluşan bu entellektüel pop ikilisi “West End Girls”, “It’s a Sin”,”Domino Dancing” gibi hitleriye tüm dünyada zirveye tırmandı durdu.
1984 yılında çıkardıkları “West End Girls”ün ilk versiyonu çıktığı hafta Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Belçika ve Fransa’daki gece kulüplerinde en çok çalınan şarkı oldu. Aynı single ABD, Kanada, Finlandiya, Hong Kong, İrlanda, İsrail, Yeni Zelanda ve Norveç’te bir numaraya yükselirken tüm dünyada 1.5 milyon adet sattı. İkiliye üç farklı uluslararası ödül getiren single’ın ardından “It’s a Sin” ile grup daha da ünlendi ve yine bir çok single listesine birinci sıradan girmeyi başardı. Yine listelere bir numaradan giren 1988 yılı single’ları “Heart” Pet Shop Boys’a ingiltere, Almanya ve İtalya ‘da “En İyi Grup” ve “En İyi Hit” ödüllerini kazandırdı. İkilinin, Dusty Springfield ve Liza Minelli gibi divalarla yaptıkları ortak parçalar, synthpop’un efsanevi lideri Bernard Sumner (New Order) ve yine hala eşsizlik statüsünü başkasına kaptırmayan The Smiths’in kurucularından Johnny Marr ile oluşturdukları Electronic ikilisi ile her taşın altından çıktı Pet Shop Boys.
80’lerin electro ve synthpop’undan house ve techno’ya “Bilingual” albümleri ile latin ritimlerine kayan ancak her zaman gündemi yakalayan yorumlarıyla Pet Shop Boys en son “Release” albümünü çıkarttı. İkili, yeni çalışmalarıyla da elektronik ve dans listelerinde bir numaraya kadar yükseldi.
Neil Tennant - vokaller/ klavye, Christopher Lowe - syntizayzır, klavye, elektronik programlama, bilgisayar