What is a Pet Shop Boy anyway? — Forum Archive

27 May 2006, 21:11

Prolly a dumb question 20 years later but is the name "Pet Shop Boy" a reference or sly joke to something?

27 May 2006, 22:00

Code for Gay , i think ?, I'll check with the Rocket he loves em

27 May 2006, 22:41

This is such a stupid question, but I heard that Neil and Chris had a friend who worked at a pet shop, hence the name. Also, I've heard that they thought the name sounded vaguely hip-hop ish, as well.

27 May 2006, 23:47

leather_girl wrote: This is such a stupid question,

:nono: :nono: :nono:

Rude . Just answer the question.

28 May 2006, 00:47

Digital Mike Binoshed wrote: Code for Gay , i think ?, I'll check with the Rocket he loves em

Their mates woked at a PET SHOP.If their mate had worked at a garden centre the titlle would have been..... SHED SHOP BOYS :lol:

28 May 2006, 01:07

:rolleyes: :lol: :)

28 May 2006, 01:46

Someone who pops in for their weekly hamster?

28 May 2006, 02:23

James Thomas wrote: Someone who pops in for their weekly hamster?

They must be very accomodating lads, you'd surely just have to start off with a gerbil?!

What next: a Coypu?! :eek:

28 May 2006, 02:34

i only came in here to see if anyone had made hamster up bum gags. Well done JT and Al.

Tho I may add that there's apparently a lot to be said for wrapping a hamster tightly in gaffer tape so it gets some fun too.

28 May 2006, 02:55

Steve Campbell wrote: i only came in here to see if anyone had made hamster up bum gags. Well done JT and Al.

Tho I may add that there's apparently a lot to be said for wrapping a hamster tightly in gaffer tape so it gets some fun too.

Watch it! You're gonna get moderated if you start making gay jokes! :nonono: :nono:

SHEDi xxx

28 May 2006, 03:14

Gnome Alone wrote: Watch it! You're gonna get moderated if you start making gay jokes!

that's Neil Tennant's ma yer mixing me up with there :D

28 May 2006, 04:49

Richie Soans wrote:

don't give a toss if they are or not :nono:

Love them for their music and will see them later on this year!!! :clap:

28 May 2006, 05:03

Gnome Alone wrote: Watch it! You're gonna get moderated if you start making gay jokes!

SHEDi xxx

It's not a gay joke though, is it?!

Straight people like all sort of stuff shoved up their backsides too. :nod:

28 May 2006, 05:23

Christopher Owens wrote:

leather_girl wrote: This is such a stupid question,

Rude . Just answer the question.

I also think that name-calling is rude too. Besides, I was just speaking my mind.

28 May 2006, 05:25

Al Jarvis wrote:

Gnome Alone wrote: Watch it! You're gonna get moderated if you start making gay jokes!

SHEDi xxx

It's not a gay joke though, is it?!

Straight people like all sort of stuff shoved up their backsides too.

Well, gay in the sense 'lame', perhaps... :laugh:

And I'll take your word for the second statement, Al... :nod:

SHEDi xxx

28 May 2006, 05:26

leather_girl wrote:

I also think that name-calling is rude too. Besides, I was just speaking my mind.

You'd be right in thinking that, but there's no need to say that it was a stupid question. What if someone genuinely didn't know?

28 May 2006, 05:49

They were on Radio 2 last night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/whatson/petshopboys_live.shtml

28 May 2006, 19:23

so i guess i'll just assume it has something to so with cruising for men in London then

28 May 2006, 21:06

pet shop boys = gathering of like minded male on male sex people on certain LONDON commons. sorry to say its spread to the north now :laugh:

28 May 2006, 23:30

I thought it's a common knowledge. I picked up the name in the early 80s because they found it cool that it sounded like a hip-hop crew.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS :idea:

29 May 2006, 10:58

bansheeman wrote: pet shop boys = gathering of like minded male on male sex people on certain LONDON commons. sorry to say its spread to the north now

Where on earth did you get this data from mate or x mate? i was going to ask you what you was doing this saturday but don't think i will know. :brow:

29 May 2006, 15:03

BITCH!!

29 May 2006, 15:04

girl afraid wrote:

Richie Soans wrote:

don't give a toss if they are or not

Love them for their music and will see them later on this year!!!

Iwona! where are you seeing them? Liverpool or Tower of London?

30 May 2006, 01:38

pumped full of drugs wrote: so i guess i'll just assume it has something to so with cruising for men in London then

No, it's got nothing to do with cruising for men in London. The word for that is, er, cruising. Whether it be London, Mancland, New York, wherever.

As has been alluded to here it's allegedly to do with a practice which involves, in the main, small rodents such as gerbils. Or hamsters. Which can be bought in pet shops.

Apparently these small rodents borrow even deeper if they get sniff of a rat somewhere behind them too. Ouch.

But again, have no idea if this is just all Urban Myth or whatever.

:uhoh:

30 May 2006, 04:47

"Clear up the hamster stories.

The hamster story is... I personally don't believe anyone's ever put a hamster up their bum. Chris and I had some friends who worked in a pet shop in Ealing and they used to be referred to as the pet shop boys and we used to say that they should start a group 'cause it sounds like a rap group. There were B Box Boys and the Peech Boys and the Beastie Boys were just coming up then. Do you know anyone who's ever done that? Have you ever met anyone in your own life who's done that?

No, but I lead a very sheltered life.

I'd be very surprised. You've got to laugh anyway, if that's what people think we get up to. We're animal lovers, we wouldn't do anything like that. You thought it was Chris did you?"

From Pet Shop Boys unofficial website.

31 May 2006, 02:41

well i find this whole gay thing rather disgusting and ought to be outlawed.

31 May 2006, 04:46

I'm seeing them at the Tower of London Festival next month!

31 May 2006, 04:52

gerry jamieson wrote: well i find this whole gay thing rather disgusting and ought to be outlawed.

Apropos... The Pet Shop Boys were at a local radio station yesterday. They said they were homosexual, but not gay... Can anyone explain that to a non-english. I always thought that was the same thing. Are the gays perhaps those that are acting and dressing like a woman?

31 May 2006, 05:02

Bere wrote:

gerry jamieson wrote: well i find this whole gay thing rather disgusting and ought to be outlawed.

Apropos... The Pet Shop Boys were at a local radio station yesterday. They said they were homosexual, but not gay... Can anyone explain that to a non-english. I always thought that was the same thing. Are the gays perhaps those that are acting and dressing like a woman?

Gay and homosexual, are essentially the same to some extent, but some people may have different connotations they get out of those expressions. In other words, some may prefer one expression over another, as to how they define themselves. They may have used the term "homosexual" on that occasion.

31 May 2006, 05:14

Bere wrote: They said they were homosexual, but not gay... Can anyone explain that to a non-english.

What it means is that 'gay' can also be construed as being 'happy' and the Pet Shops Boys are, when all is said and done, actually just miserable cnuts.

QED: they're miserable homosexuals, not gay ones.

Have you ever seen the fcukers smile?!

31 May 2006, 11:17

Al Jarvis wrote:

Have you ever seen the fcukers smile?!

They were so happy in the Se A Vida E video. By the way, I still don't consider them homosexual or gay. Maybe Neil Tennant is a little bit, but Chris Lowe is not.

31 May 2006, 13:16

leather_girl wrote:

In other words, some may prefer one expression over another, as to how they define themselves. They may have used the term "homosexual" on that occasion.

Well thanks so far... Neil said: "We're homosexual but not gay...", that's where I don't get the difference... (They are not together btw. ;) )

In Germany you can't say: "Ich bin homosexuell aber nicht schwul.", thats completely the same... :scratch:

31 May 2006, 14:58

Midnight Blue wrote: I'm seeing them at the Tower of London Festival next month!

Bet you paid a mint for that! Mind you,the tickets I got off E-Bay for Liverpool.Ended up paying £140 for two tickets.At least they're five rows from the front!

31 May 2006, 18:24

The word gay lives thru another mutation in America. Now it doesn't necessary mean homosexual, but also may mean weird or stupid in verbal exclamations.

31 May 2006, 20:56

Bere wrote:

gerry jamieson wrote: well i find this whole gay thing rather disgusting and ought to be outlawed.

Apropos... The Pet Shop Boys were at a local radio station yesterday. They said they were homosexual, but not gay... Can anyone explain that to a non-english. I always thought that was the same thing. Are the gays perhaps those that are acting and dressing like a woman?

Actually, that remark kind of reminds me of something I read in an interview with the actor and director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He seemed to mean that he was a homosexual but he wasn't going to be flamboyant about it and shout it from the rooftops. I kind of see the same with the Pet Shop Boys. They may be gay but they're not a gat act, like the Indigo Girls, for example.

31 May 2006, 23:55

This blue-eyed boy that wants to be wrote:

Bere wrote:

gerry jamieson wrote: well i find this whole gay thing rather disgusting and ought to be outlawed.

Apropos... The Pet Shop Boys were at a local radio station yesterday. They said they were homosexual, but not gay... Can anyone explain that to a non-english. I always thought that was the same thing. Are the gays perhaps those that are acting and dressing like a woman?

Actually, that remark kind of reminds me of something I read in an interview with the actor and director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He seemed to mean that he was a homosexual but he wasn't going to be flamboyant about it and shout it from the rooftops. I kind of see the same with the Pet Shop Boys. They may be gay but they're not a gat act, like the Indigo Girls, for example.

I agree with you.

1 Jun 2006, 00:33

its strange i got my message deleted and i dont know why?

1 Jun 2006, 04:19

Richie Soans wrote: its strange i got my message deleted and i dont know why?

Probably you were rude.;) :ignore:

5 Jun 2006, 10:28

monty wrote:

girl afraid wrote:

Richie Soans wrote:

don't give a toss if they are or not

Love them for their music and will see them later on this year!!!

Iwona! where are you seeing them? Liverpool or Tower of London?

Warsaw :clap: http://www.summerofmusic.pl/

5 Jun 2006, 13:31

Below is a link to a Pet Shop Boys interview on a Swedish Music blog, where I thought they were talking about how they chose their name. However, I just read it again and they don't actually talk about that at all. :shrug:

Still, I think it's quite an interesting read to anyone who likes the band. Bernard Sumner also gets a mention near the end, although I don't think their comment is relevant anymore. Mind, this interview was originally published in 2004, before WFTSC.

Apparently Stephen Hague is not too fond of their use of orchestra hits. Not a big fan of trademark sounds, is he?

interview here