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Hi, can anyone please tell me if Neil Tennant was ever supposed to be included in all of the Electronic releases?I know that many may disagree,but I think that it is real shame that Neil only featured on two of their singles.I would have loved to have seen Neil contributing to their later material.
Darren.
I remember him talking about wishing to contribute something to Raise The Pressure in 1996, but that it was impossible for him as the recording of it lasted for so long and he had to get back to record something with PSB that later would be called Bilingual. Very badly scheduled I guess... Or was it just because of Bernard being on Prozac all the time?! 
Rainmaster wrote: I remember him talking about wishing to contribute something to Raise The Pressure in 1996
How cool would that have been?
Oddly enough, I had a dream a few months ago in which Neil Tennant sang on 'How Long' which was a single. Not really wishful thinking, though. I thought three songs was enough.
digital mike binoche wrote:
How cool would that have been?
Not very, he's a TWAT
Diggy Mike, the only person here, who i suspect would indeed have wanted the pet shop boys to have recorded blue monday. 
Rainmaster wrote: I remember him talking about wishing to contribute something to Raise The Pressure in 1996, but that it was impossible for him as the recording of it lasted for so long and he had to get back to record something with PSB that later would be called Bilingual. Very badly scheduled I guess... Or was it just because of Bernard being on Prozac all the time?!
I read in some interview of Electronic that the song "Flicker" on the "Twisted Tenderness" album was partially inspired by Neil Tennant and Karl Bartos. Barney was saying that Neil apparently knew a song where the lyrics sounded like newspaper headlines and Karl, while in Kraftwerk, would have songs written about what fans had said about them or something like that. But nonetheless, I still enjoy the songs that Neil collaborated with Electronic.
Twas three tracks;
Getting away with it.
Disappointed.
Patience of a Saint.
By the time of Twisted Tenderness, Electronic had become something that I very much doubt Neil would have enjoyed...
craig's digitalwaters wrote:
By the time of Twisted Tenderness, Electronic had become something that I very much doubt Neil would have enjoyed...
and TT was all the better because of that..
I thought the original concept of Electronic was absolutely spot on. "Getting away with it" is one of my favourite songs of all time.
Neil Tennant's input was first rate and I would have liked to have seen more. The first album is definitely of its time, but raised high expectations for album two. I remember at the time there was great talk that Electronic could surpass NO, especially in sales.
But Raise the Pressure was a disappointment. We waited too long and Barney's experiments with Prozac didn't help. Maybe with Tennant's input, songs like Dark Angel, One Day, and How Long would have had more production control on them. With tunes like Forbidden City, Second Nature, Out of My League, Freefall and Time Can Tell on it, RTP should have been a classic. As it were, the weaknesses dragged it down immensely.
By the time TT came out nobody gave a shit, except us the fans.
On reflection I feel Tennants contribution would have had a positive effect rather than a negative one.
leather_girl wrote:
Rainmaster wrote: I remember him talking about wishing to contribute something to Raise The Pressure in 1996, but that it was impossible for him as the recording of it lasted for so long and he had to get back to record something with PSB that later would be called Bilingual. Very badly scheduled I guess... Or was it just because of Bernard being on Prozac all the time?!
I read in some interview of Electronic that the song "Flicker" on the "Twisted Tenderness" album was partially inspired by Neil Tennant and Karl Bartos. Barney was saying that Neil apparently knew a song where the lyrics sounded like newspaper headlines and Karl, while in Kraftwerk, would have songs written about what fans had said about them or something like that. But nonetheless, I still enjoy the songs that Neil collaborated with Electronic.
The song wouldn't have been "A Day In The Life" from the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's..." album by any chance? Lennon's lyrics were inspired by headlines in the papers ("I read the news today oh boy, 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire..." etc).
I find it hard to believe that Barney and Jonny Marr wouldn't have known this, so find it hard to believe that they would give a nod to Tennant on this. 
Barcaboy99 wrote: and Barney's experiments with Prozac didn't help.quote]
How do you work that out?
I'd even climb Crystalline fine For you to see With every pill That I take I see every song That you make
