So I Went To A Pet Shop Boys concert

brandondrury · #1 (**permalink**) 10-26-2006, 04:13 PM

Well,

I took a chance. Me and my brother (the only person I could find to go) went to Pet Shop Boys concert the other night. I had never been to a non-rock/metal show before. I must say that it was "different".

First off, before we get to the music / show, I must say that there were a lot of guys at the show. Even metal shows have a fairly even distribution of dudes / chicks. For whatever reason (I think it may be fairly obvious) there were a lot of 40 year old guys who had went with their "fishing buddy".

With music being entire electronic, I was curious how a show like this would be performed live. I believe the singer called it a night of "elec.... tronic entertainment".

Being that there are really only two guys in the Pet Shop Boys (based on my understanding), I was curious if this would work live. It appeared that one guy controlled all the beats and played keyboards. The other guy sang.

If it wasn't for the overdone visual, I don't think it would have worked well. They had some extremely unique lighting which was really cool. The 2 dancers on stage were ....uh.....weird.

I thought that some of the songs were much better live than on the cd but other songs were much better on cd than they were live. I guess that's typical though. There was a difference between listening to a "group" like this on a cd and seeing them live.

Overall, I've decided that I'm glad I went, but I don't think I'll be doing any shows like this again.

Brandon

snoopy · #2 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 03:37 AM

Where was it at??
Pet Shop Boys have been a favorite of mine since the first single...."West End Girls"

lumpy · #3 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 08:16 AM

Brandon,
The wife and I are breathlessly anticipating Rick Springfield on 12/8. You and the better half wanna tag along?
Lump

brandondrury · #4 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 09:20 PM

Hmmm. That could be a fun one and probably a lot straighter than the Pet Shop Boy show. Let me run it by the woman. This sounds like fun.

Brandon

brandondrury · #5 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Where was it at??
Pet Shop Boys have been a favorite of mine since the first single...."West End Girls"

It was at The Pageant in St. Louis. Apparently, the bible belt just recently opened it's doors because the Pet Shop Boys had never been to St. Louis before.

lumpy · #6 (**permalink**) 11-06-2006, 10:57 AM

Brandon,
You guys wanna go see Rick Springfield? I'm buying tix this week. Lemme know.
Lump

kliffee · #7 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006, 03:49 PM

depeche mode is similar to pet shop boys but live they have a live drummer.
made it more insteresting.

brandondrury · #8 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006, 11:09 PM

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made it more insteresting.

Made what more interesting and what was it more interesting than?

Brandon

kliffee · #9 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006, 11:14 PM

Having a live drummer at the Depeche Concert is more exciting than 2 guys like the PEt Shop boys standing there and programing drums.
they also have a very energetic front man.

brandondrury · #10 (**permalink**) 12-09-2006, 04:54 PM

When did you see the Pet Shop Boys?

Brandon

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