Comments on: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 68 http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kingofgriefhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-56585 kingofgrief Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:00:30 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-56585 Ya flatter me! Ya flatter me!

]]> By: musicmanatlhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-56564 musicmanatl Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:45:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-56564 Wow, I've gotta say I never thought that there would be this much PSB love in the room. Very interesting. I second just about every good thing people have said about them. Clever, touching, innovative - for 25 years now. Pretty cool.<br><br>I'm also a bit surprised at the ambivalence toward Tom Petty. I've pretty much always admired his work, and his music is not the kind of stuff I generally love. My personal fave might be "The Waiting", but there are plenty of other good ones.<br><br>Also love the Plimsouls - got their Geffen debut CD for 99 cents about 10 years ago. Great deal. :) Wow, I've gotta say I never thought that there would be this much PSB love in the room. Very interesting. I second just about every good thing people have said about them. Clever, touching, innovative – for 25 years now. Pretty cool.

I'm also a bit surprised at the ambivalence toward Tom Petty. I've pretty much always admired his work, and his music is not the kind of stuff I generally love. My personal fave might be “The Waiting”, but there are plenty of other good ones.

Also love the Plimsouls – got their Geffen debut CD for 99 cents about 10 years ago. Great deal. :)

]]> By: musicmanatlhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-56565 musicmanatl Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:40:01 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-56565 You, sir, are a great writer. I wish I could put things as cleverly and succinctly as you do. :) You, sir, are a great writer. I wish I could put things as cleverly and succinctly as you do. :)

]]> By: dominionhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-52204 dominion Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:21:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-52204 If everything goes as planned I will see the PSB up close in their concert in Lima, Perú on Oct 20th! Can´t wait! If everything goes as planned I will see the PSB up close in their concert in Lima, Perú on Oct 20th! Can´t wait!

]]> By: dominionhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-40774 dominion Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:21:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-40774 If everything goes as planned I will see the PSB up close in their concert in Lima, Perú on Oct 20th! Can´t wait! If everything goes as planned I will see the PSB up close in their concert in Lima, Perú on Oct 20th! Can´t wait!

]]> By: dominionhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-36504 dominion Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:21:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-36504 If everything goes as planned I will see the PSB up close in their concert in Lima, Perú on Oct 20th! Can´t wait! If everything goes as planned I will see the PSB up close in their concert in Lima, Perú on Oct 20th! Can´t wait!

]]> By: sneezebaghttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-36487 sneezebag Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:49:05 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-36487 Well, it's certainly nice to read so many positive things about Pet Shop Boys. Whenever I tell someone that they're one of my all-time top five favorite bands, they give me a look like they bit into a pice of rotten fruit. It usually takes one or two "No, really"s to proceed. Back in '84, our coolest radio station - WLIR in New York - played the hell out of the original "West End Girls" and that was all they had out. I bought it at the time and have remained a dedicated fan ever since. My accumulation of PSB vinyl and cds is bigger than most people's entire music collection. I can only think of one song that hits me wrong, and that's "New York City Boy" from the Nightlife album. It's a bottom feeder from 1999 (#53 - sales) and their only chart hit since 1991. That figures. But if it turned out that it's supposed to be an intentional dig at the Village People, I'd re-evaluate. <br>Also, along with Madness and perhaps Saint Etienne, they are without a doubt one of the best singles band ever. Once you get bitten by the B-side bug, you are hooked for good. Even to this day, some of their greatest tunes end up buried on 45 flipsides and cd singles, and yes, as exclusive tracks on the 12" singles.<br> You could pull any PSB album out of a stack with your eyes closed and most likely be satisfied, but the same cannot be said of Pink Floyd or Tom Petty. I am a rabid fan of both, but I cannot lie to myself anymore about the disappointments. I quite like Floyd's "Momentary Lapse of Reason" as well as *gasp* The Division Bell". "On the Turning Away", "Sorrow" and "Keep Talking" sound wonderful to me. On the other hand, I can't get into "The Final Cut" or "Atom Heart Mother" at all. However, "Animals" and "Meddle" will forever remain untouchable. Desert Island discs, both. As far as Petty, he seems so...I dunno... sleepy lately. He very well might be one of the coolest and most likeable men on the planet but it just sounds like he's on autopilot sometimes. Even so, we're running out of meat-and-potatoes rockers as it is, and you could do far worse than TP even at his lowest ebb.<br> As for next week's "worst remix", I'm thinking of a certain British trio...but that's a re-recording, not a re-mix. I'll have to wait and see... Well, it's certainly nice to read so many positive things about Pet Shop Boys. Whenever I tell someone that they're one of my all-time top five favorite bands, they give me a look like they bit into a pice of rotten fruit. It usually takes one or two “No, really”s to proceed. Back in '84, our coolest radio station – WLIR in New York – played the hell out of the original “West End Girls” and that was all they had out. I bought it at the time and have remained a dedicated fan ever since. My accumulation of PSB vinyl and cds is bigger than most people's entire music collection. I can only think of one song that hits me wrong, and that's “New York City Boy” from the Nightlife album. It's a bottom feeder from 1999 (#53 – sales) and their only chart hit since 1991. That figures. But if it turned out that it's supposed to be an intentional dig at the Village People, I'd re-evaluate.
Also, along with Madness and perhaps Saint Etienne, they are without a doubt one of the best singles band ever. Once you get bitten by the B-side bug, you are hooked for good. Even to this day, some of their greatest tunes end up buried on 45 flipsides and cd singles, and yes, as exclusive tracks on the 12″ singles.
You could pull any PSB album out of a stack with your eyes closed and most likely be satisfied, but the same cannot be said of Pink Floyd or Tom Petty. I am a rabid fan of both, but I cannot lie to myself anymore about the disappointments. I quite like Floyd's “Momentary Lapse of Reason” as well as *gasp* The Division Bell”. “On the Turning Away”, “Sorrow” and “Keep Talking” sound wonderful to me. On the other hand, I can't get into “The Final Cut” or “Atom Heart Mother” at all. However, “Animals” and “Meddle” will forever remain untouchable. Desert Island discs, both. As far as Petty, he seems so…I dunno… sleepy lately. He very well might be one of the coolest and most likeable men on the planet but it just sounds like he's on autopilot sometimes. Even so, we're running out of meat-and-potatoes rockers as it is, and you could do far worse than TP even at his lowest ebb.
As for next week's “worst remix”, I'm thinking of a certain British trio…but that's a re-recording, not a re-mix. I'll have to wait and see…

]]> By: stephenbiercehttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-36459 stephenbierce Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:04:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-36459 Because he only had Top 40 hits, not songs that qualify for the Bottom-Feeder list. Because he only had Top 40 hits, not songs that qualify for the Bottom-Feeder list.

]]> By: Tiffanyhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-36390 Tiffany Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:38:40 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-36390 You mentioned Jim Photoglo at the end, but he's not listed in the post. *confuzzled* You mentioned Jim Photoglo at the end, but he's not listed in the post. *confuzzled*

]]> By: WHarrisBullzEyehttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-68/comment-page-1/#comment-36354 WHarrisBullzEye Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:49:36 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=27306#comment-36354 They were never the same after Syd left the building... They were never the same after Syd left the building…

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