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Phil Oakey gets around
News has broken this week that, Electro legend, The Human League’s Phil Oakey will be providing guest vocals for two SynthPop superstars.
First up, Pet Shop Boys have confirmed that Philip will be will appear on ‘This Used To Be The Future’ which will be on the limited edition 2 CD version of their forthcoming album, ‘Yes’.
Oakey has also recorded a duet, entitled ‘Symmetry’, with none other than Electro girl-of-the-moment Little Boots! It will appear on her, soon to be released, album. Apparently Phil approached Victoria after hearing her ‘funtime’ cover of ‘Don’t You Want Me’ on YouTube.
I love Phil’s vocals, he may not be the best singer in the world but he has a tone that lends itself perfectly to everything he does.
Both of these collabarations with top Electro acts have me salivating…can’t wait!
That Lady GaGa, Pet Shop Boys, reMix
A while back we reported that Pet Shop Boys were going to be providing one of the reMixes for Lady GaGa’s next single ‘Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)’.
Well, here it is!
♫ Lady GaGa – Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Pet Shop Boys reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
It looks like AOL were just giving it away in recognitions of their BRITs performance this week!
The single is out soon on Polydoor.
Pet Shop Boys at The BRITs
Last night, at the BRIT awards 2009, Pet Shop Boys picked up an award for ‘outstanding contribution to British music’, and well deserved too!
They played the finale of the show with guests Lady GaGa & Brandon Flowers (Of The Killers) performing a medely of their hits.
Congrats guys!
WestEndGirls drop Pet Shop Boys penned track
Seriously, what’s not to like about WestEndGirls?
For starters Isabelle is the daughter of Hans Erkendahl from The Mobile Homes, that makes them SECOND GENERATION SYNTHPOP!!! Who’d have thunk such a thing would ever exist?
Secondly, crazy dresses Swedish girls covering, exclusively, Pet Shop Boys songs…duh?!?!
Well, ‘covering, exclusively, Pet Shop Boys songs’, until recently. Now the girls are ready to release an original tune…written by Pet Shop Boys, how convenient! The track was originally going to be part of PSB’s 2001 musical ‘Closer to Heaven’ but never made it.
You can tell it’s a Tennant track, but I get a Depeche Mode vibe for it as well. See what you think.
♫ WestEndGirls – A Little Black Dress (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘A Little Black Dress’ is released on 9th February, and the girls last album, which is all Pet Shop, all the time, is still available.
New Pet Shop Boys single!!!
Dirty, dirty Internetz!!!! Gone and leaked the new Pet Shop Boys single everywhere!
PopJustice have been bigging up the forthcoming album, ‘Yes’, for a while now and if they are to be believed, it’s a serious return to form.
Decide for yourself by wrapping your ear holes round the single, ‘Love Etc…’:
♫ Pet Shop Boys – Love Etc… (zShare) (MediaFire)
I’m kinda’ digging it.
Roll up, roll up and grab your PSB:
Lady Gaga/Frankmusik soundclash!
Lady GaGa‘s next single will be ‘Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)’, which I thought was a pretty mediocre track on her début album.
However, reMixes for the single will be supplied, amongst others, by Frankmusik…
♫ Lady GaGa – Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Frankmusik Silverspoon reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
…AND PET SHOP BOYS!
Not too shabby, huh?
