West End Girls - Musica

I Pet Shop Boys Sono Un Gruppo Di Musica Elettronica E Pop Britannico Formato Da Neil Tennant Nato A North Shields Northumberland Il 10 Luglio 1954 Che Canta E Suona Le Tastiere E Occasionalmente La Chitarra E Chris Lowe Nato A Blackpool Lancashire Il 4 Ottobre 1959 Alle Tastiere E Occasionalmente Cantante. La Longevità Della Loro Carriera È Generalmente Attribuita Alla Loro Abilità Di Creare Musica Pop/dance Melodica Con Testi Intelligenti E Uno Stile Originale. Il Loro Duo È Fra Quelli Di Massimo Successo Nel Mondo Della Musica Pop Soprattutto In Europa. Dal 1986 Hanno Piazzato 38 Singles Nella Classifica "top 40" Del Regno Unito Compresi Quattro "numeri Uno" "West End Girls" "It's A Sin" "Always On My Mind" E "Heart". Recentemente La Loro Canzone "GO WEST" È Stata Colonna Sonora Il 9 Luglio A Berlino Dell' Alzata Della Coppa Del Mondo Di Calcio Da Parte Dei Fabio Cannavaro E Dell'Italia Nonostante Le Parole Del Brano Non Fossero Quelle Originali Di "Go West" Bensì "Stand Up For The Champions". "Go West" È Una Cover Dell'omonima Canzone Del 1979 Dei Village People Il Testo Dei Pet Shop Boys Contiene Delle Variazioni. read less

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"West End Girls" is a song by pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe and included in their debut album Please. The single became their first hit, reaching number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Official Charts in 1986. The lyrics were written in the early 1980s. The title and refrain refer to London's divide between the traditional and working class East End and the cosmopolitan, consumer-driven West End. The lyric "From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station" refers to the train route taken by Vladimir Lenin when he was smuggled by the Germans to Russia during World War I, and to Edmund Wilson's book on the subject, To the Finland Station. There is further Russian Revolution imagery in the Bobby Orlando produced version of the single, which includes the line, "All your stopping, stalling and starting, / Who do you think you are, Joe Stalin?"; this line was removed for the 1985 version. Neil Tennant has a degree in history and his interest in Russian history is evident in many other Pet Shop Boys projects, such as their soundtrack to the silent film The Battleship Potemkin. The single was first released in April 1984 through writer/producer Bobby Orlando's label, and although not a hit in the United Kingdom, it was a minor dance hit in The Netherlands, Belgium, France and the USA. This initial release, on Epic in the UK, featured a mainly instrumental B-side called "Pet Shop Boys". There have been numerous reissues and remixes of Orlando's version as he still owns the original recordings. The video featured Tennant and Lowe walking through the eponymous "West End" as locals. Having signed to the EMI label Parlophone and watching their first major label single—"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"—sink without a trace, the Pet Shop Boys decided to give "West End Girls" another release. After serious reworking by producer Stephen Hague, the track was re-released in August 1985 to greater acclaim. Stephen Hague suggested slowing the song down from its faster 1984 version. It was number one on the UK singles chart for two weeks and number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week (six months after its British chart success). It also was a Top 5 hit in Australia and throughout Europe. The success of the song helped the album Please climb into the Top 5 of the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. The video for the second release was directed by Andy Morahan and Eric Watson; it consists of shots of Tennant in various down-at-heel parts of London while Lowe glowers behind him. FIRST VERSION Written by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe Produced by Bobby Orlando Recorded New York, USA, Winter 1983 Released 9 April 1984 SECOND VERSION Written by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe Produced by Stephen Hague Engineered by David Jacob Recorded at Advision Studios, 1985 Additional vocals by Helena Springs Released 28 October 1985 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.