Hank Wiseass© wrote:
Fire Island is the name of the remixers not the remixes.
It's Farley and Heller.
Here's my fun college story. I had a gay roommate (don't ask, don't tell rules apply) and he was looking through my CDs and when he saw the Regret single he basically said, "a Fire Island mix, are they gay?".
I don't think any members of New Order are gay, but I'll throw fuel on the fire:
Yes, Farley & Heller are remixers that have gone under the name Fire Island. But is the choice of the name merely coincidental?
They choose a name (Fire Island) that has strong gay connotations, they do a remix for the Pet Shop Boys (Go West), and the song is a cover of a Village People song. Regret and Go West were both released in 1993.
While some interpret the original "Go West," as about a gay utopia, Neil Tennant stated that the PSB version “tried to bring out the elegaic quality of a utopia that couldn't be realized.” "Regret" also is elegiac. And the cover of Regret is a western theme: Two male cowboys watching a sunset while one is lighting a cigarette for the other. Are they watching the sun set on the gay utopia that cannot be realized? Is that Farley and Heller on the horses, or is it Neil and Chris? Should the cowboys have pink parasols?