A pushpin to keep your place in Life. Two left feet (and both on the same ankle), and even I could move to this. ".... A good beat, and I can dance to it" fumbled into the mic by sooo many BANDSTAND alumni. Somewhere, DICK CLARK is smiling. The soundtrack of a lot of people in the 80s. Dark enough to make you dance, think, and feel all at the same time
@user-jr2vy2el6f GREAT STORY. We poor souls on this side of the Big Pond can only sign and fantasize about all the colour and verve inside outside and all around the town. I will have to visit someday
One of rhw most influential 80's Europop bands of all time. Timeless is the musical influence which still reflects today. PSB....thank you for sharing your talents to bring music to so many
There's something about 'West End Girls' that embodies the duality of the 80's-a mix of carefree energy and the anxious anticipation of a world on the verge of transformation.
It's almost inevitable. Opposite sides of the planet for the men & women of the 80's. Too this day the artists from abroad have my admiration since the 80's.
😮to me it's an existential cry for help and hope in a world that constantly tries to forget u. It takes me back to my old hi school and that neighborhood. It had one dive bar country no less. Always wondered how the people coming out of that bar got on in life. The bar was called Lucifer's then later Lil Nashville
To anybody reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind may clarity replace confusion. may peace and calmness fill your life.
Ohh God ! Do I evr ! I loved my 80's music ! Still listen to my 80's music! Those were my teen yrs ! Gr8 memories ! Love PET Shop Boys especially, " West End Girls Song " ! 😂😂❤❤🎉🎉
@@hilltophouseIt really puts the proverbial "icing on the cake" in the song. "The trumpet solo in this version was played by Hague on the Emulator. According to Jacob, "it took about six hours to get the trumpet to sound genuine, purposely playing wrong notes to make it sound more 'jazz'".[14] I'm thinking maybe it's why none of their live versions have the trumpet in them.😒
80's music was the best, hands down. The variety of pop, metal, rock, industrial, new wave, and rap! Best decade for exploring live music, radio, and cassette. Awesome times!
It's the survivorship bias effect- you're less likely over time to even remember or have exposure to the bottom 50% of 80's songs. The 80's become less associated with the copious bad music from the 80's and more with the stuff people still want to listen to.
No, it's not your English. I'm English. The OPs post was nebulous. He (or she) didn't include the pronoun "I". Just "30 years old". I assumed he meant the song too. @@RealfishingNL
The 80's is the future compared to the post-SEPT 11, 2001 DYSTOPIAN ERA of LIES & AMNESIA-causing events like SEPT 11, 2001 was to everyone who GOT MAD/ANGRY & didn't percieve the INSIDE JOB...
I know that sir it was to take care of everyone cuz back in 1970 to 1980 to I mean I mean 1990 to 1999 cuz back then everybody helped everyone including their friends and the family
As a man of color I loved this group, and used to catch hell because I liked their music, but didn't give a fuck because I was doing me.. still listen to them to this day.. salute Pet Shop Boys.. #musichasnocolor
TR RCH great taste, they were a good pop outfit, had some great melodies and interesting songs, i got into most 80's UK pop that was catchy and I am Australian, like whatever you want to :)
Makes ya wanna go hear stories of the times from ya parents more likey ya grandparents just listen youll learn of lots fun stuff not like all last 30 years that went negative
i remember listening to this song in the 7th grade. 84' was rough year. my dad had died the year before at 36. but this song was on MTV constantly. this took me back. good shit 💯
You had to be from the eighties to realise and appreciate how different this was to everything else around at the time. A true masterpiece that had an impact on music for the rest of the decade. Like a lot of eighties music, it sounds as fresh and modern as anything today.
@@yankees29what exactly is a "west end girl" tho? I kno it's some English slang, but as an American to me a "west end girl" is a girl with a big bootay lol Why? Because a person's "end" is their butt. And the western part of the US is bigger than the eastern part, so a "west end girl" in American means "bigger butt girl" 😂 I bet you'll never listen to this song the same way again lol
@@KoolKeithProductions I’m from NY myself. But what I understand west end girls were the daughters of the rich folks and east end boys were the tough, blue collar boys from the other side of the city
nada se compara con la cultura de los 80 y 90, esas dos decadas dieron luz a los mas geniales musicos y artistas, este y miles de otros temas/cantantes/compositores son la muestra de la excelencia de una epoca que hizo y seguira haciendo historia.
It’s so strange..... growing up I thought they sounded so futuristic. Now that the future has become the past, I appreciate how damn 80’s this sounds. Love it!!!
Why is it that once you start listening to these fire 80's hits (no matter what musical genre it was 'cause they were all bangers), you end up binging on all 80's music for hours on TH-cam? Nothing and I mean straight up nothing will ever dominate the music, culture and fads of the 80's! So blessed to have lived and experienced the enlightening 80's. This 54 year old will always be an 80's child!
I live in Iran. Our country was at war in the eighties. We lived almost with minimal means. At that time, we received this song through radio transmitters of neighboring countries because there was no free music in our country. In it I wanted to know how a western teenager lives and this song always brings me back to that era. sadness and hope
@faramarzradafshar8520 So sorry to hear my friend, no one should live in fear with only sadness and hope as a future. Get out if you can..From a Christian in the US..
Yo, I know Iran is a wonderful and beautiful country, but if you ever have to move to America, move to Michigan. We have a lot of Iranian folks in a town called Dearborn. It’s a lovely town.
My dad loved this song and most of Pet Shop Boys' work. Last year when they came to Mexico City, he was very excited with the amount of people that attended the show. He sadly passed away a week ago. I'm sure he's listening to this alongside me.
@@kennixox262 he was 1 in 1980 and 11 in 1990, so he was old enough to not mis out the petshop boys, because i started to love popmusic at the age of 5, and when he was 5 in 1984, the petshop boys started to become famous, so right on time.
You're absolutely right! The atmosphere was incredible! I don't think we knew it at the time, but that's what it was. And that's why nothing has come close since then.
@@brimstonebrimstone8617 It's so unique. I was born in 1984, so I'm thankful I got to at least witness the late 80's with my own eyes. The people, the fashion, the music. All of it, whether I was outside with friends or watching TV.
Absolutely. In a way we can do that with our kids. Buy them a nice synth, a decent microphone to record with and get them going with making some edgy new wave.
Yeah, popular culture was much edgier then - it was kind of pre-health&safety, pre-political correctness, etc. Today in 2024 I don't think one would have a pop singer crooning "which d'you choose, the hard or soft option" while dressed and made-up very obviously to look like an H-addict.😵💫
This song was out at the time I met my husband Gareth & it takes me right back there. We were together for 34 yrs. I lost him in 2020 to cancer at 58 yrs.These 80's songs take me back to that special time. Love you Gar. Miss you love. ❤️❤️
I’m very sorry for your loss! I believe but can’t prove each of us, including Gareth, is an immortal spirit. LOVE always find a way….always and forever!
LOL 58 here. TH-cam seemed to think I the memories I guess. Im ok with it. I was making such bad choices when this song came out. LOLOLOL ohh the 80s did it really happen.
You got that right Matteo!!!! I love 80s British music, it just gives me a feeling that I can't describe, but I can tell you this much, it's a good feeling :-) :-)
Oh....YeS........I am from the NORTH.........EAST & WEST............GO NORTH.................................................................................................
I realized whats so great About this song, its so atmospheric, the tidal flow of synths, the syn horn solo, along with the punchy electronic drums and thick ynth bass and lyrics create a real life story thar literally puts you there along with the video, that first 30 sec or so, one of the best song openings ever, such a vibe
I am 70 got all their songs on a USB pen plugged into my car sterio, play them at least once a week. Magic era even though I am a child of the 60's come to think of it the 70'd and 80's as well. My mates call me Mr Nostalga :-))))
I came here after some Erasure. The two best gay pop duos imo. Lol. I'm not gay at all not that it matters bit the woman in domino dancing is a 10. Omg
53 years, and addicted to PSB. Just stare the video and let the song flow run through my ears.... Amazing body gesture, amazing sound and voices. Excellence is here
When I was a little kid in the 80s this song fascinated me...I loved neils voice and I liked his trenchcoat...they looked like the future to me... As an adult today when I hear this song it sounds like the 80s, the nostalgia this song brings me is unreal..and I am still fascinated by this song and this video.
For me, it's like the 80's lasted from about 1983 until 1993, musically speaking. Maybe my age has something to do with it, the phases of my life, but those years seem to go together as a set or have some common thread between them. Hall & Oates were tremendously popular in the 80's, but to me don't have an 80's sound at all. On the other hand Sting's "Fields of Gold" sounds totally 80's.
I commented under a Captain of my heart video that the 80's was the last decade of good music and someone replied saying me and all my "likers are stuck in the past and don't realize music has evolved and is better now."
I was born in 97 and I love it, it’s what music should be, most music today just don’t got the soul in em like they had back in those days, it was truly a different world
It was the best time for everything. The 21st century so far doesn’t compare. Questionable how much of the 21st century remains given global warming, dying democracy, anger and malignant hate.
This is embarrassing to say because I'm a guy, but this song makes me cry because it brings back memories of my teenage youth. I really miss the 80's, it was such a simpler era to grow up in. Today the struggle is real in order to survive.
hey Chris B, don't be embarrass, same here, the 80's brings me so many memories too, good memories mostly, and that's why i listen and watch these videos some people might say i'm living in the past, i say to them no... i'm not living in the past; i'm bringing the past back to my life to get me through this present the world is living now and hopefully carry me some more years in the future, and it helps; that's how i see it, and so far i'm so glad and happy that i lived my teenage years in the 80's
I feel sad thinking about the 90s. Feel like the last generation who grew up most of my childhood without cell phones and widely available internet access then in the late 90s it took a turn. Change is fine I just wish times when human interaction was social media before we became disconnected
this is a signature song of the '80s, .. I remember going to school, I had to walk across town and play that song on my walkman, it's a song that fits perfectly that environment, walking by every store, every cafe..people going about their day, you catch the whole vibe of the city in one glance everywhere you look.. and that song just carries you along perfectly.. great song...
Exactly - that's it in a nutshell, the role of music in our lives. Couldn't have put it better than that - soundtrack to the movie of our youth. You have a kindred spirit here
What you said...... the Walkman days. That was such a genius idea for back when. I too play music scores to video in my mind, well, you were reflecting on what you experienced, not from your imagination . Unfortunately I never took it further.
I'm not from the UK, never been there, but I got a feeling how it might look like from this video and Only fools and horses, loved that show when I was a kid :D probably a lot has changed with the look of Britain in 30-40 years, do you older guys have that same feeling about your cities/country now compared to then ?
quanto e bello ascoltare questo pezzo!!!!! Mi mette sempre serenita felicita e mi da carica!!! Vabbe la verita e che la musica degli anni 80 .....e semplicemente MAGICA!!!!!
I will give the English their due, but America produced voices like Elvis, Steve Perry, Steven Tyler, Chris Cornell, and Mariah Carey. Let’s just call it a drawl.
I won’t say they are incomparable to American singers, because we have some insanely gifted singers but yeah, it’s borderline unfair how the UK dominated the charts for so long with artists like Queen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, The Beatles, Adele, etc.
I NEVER get tired of this song/video! I grew up in the 60s-70s and there was a lot of great music from then. But the 80s were a fantastic time to be alive!!
im from new zealand in those days you could go out with your friends 11 -15 boys and girls no on threatend you or tried to take you--when it got dark it was time to go home--and as a 11 year old there was no girls we were all boys------
Born in1970 and listened to 50s 60s music then the 80s. Not to knock the present generation off but I have not heard any music to grab my attention even techno music sounds good
Theses tracks truly represented what the the 80’s was all about, there was so many things happening then. The beat and the artist singing to end off the track is beautiful.
I grew up in the 80's and surely wanted to visit London after experiencing the great music coming from there. I'm sure I missed out, because I truly doubt I'd experience the same vibe
I was a young girl when I watched this video on TV for the first time. It impacted me so much that I knew one day would go and see the real London, and I did. I lived there for five years. Great learning experience for life
Same! This was my roller skating song in the '80's. I too moved to London in the mid 90's and I worked in a pub and I had to get off at Fulham station everyday and everyday, I'd get this song in my head. I miss London and the UK and I've been trying to get back there for so long!
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I'm not sure why, but I always feel like 80's music represents a more futuristic world than the world turned out to be.
it's hard to notice it when you are actually living it. 😉
So true
@@m4lmg-playmaker154 1984, check your sources kiddo
I love that concept
@@joey2789 jeez chill boy
80s music keeps getting better
90 s best time
AGREE ❤
Absolutely true.
80s music overflowing with talent
AAaAasssslll😅lk😊 KK kk😅kkkkplo😊kp@@soultraveller5027
I am now 64 years old and reminiscing profusely - still. Takes me back.
Thank you for your contribution to this earth
A pushpin to keep your place in Life. Two left feet (and both on the same ankle), and even I could move to this.
".... A good beat, and I can dance to it" fumbled into the mic by sooo many BANDSTAND alumni. Somewhere, DICK CLARK is smiling.
The soundtrack of a lot of people in the 80s. Dark enough to make you dance, think, and feel all at the same time
it affected me so much I regularly board the same bus as in the video!
@user-jr2vy2el6f GREAT STORY. We poor souls on this side of the Big Pond can only sign and fantasize about all the colour and verve inside outside and all around the town. I will have to visit someday
Canción perfecta para irse a restaurantes caros
One of rhw most influential 80's Europop bands of all time. Timeless is the musical influence which still reflects today. PSB....thank you for sharing your talents to bring music to so many
If you’re reading this, you have the best music taste ever.
thanks
thanks
kwon firee, how do you know? 😀😀😀
@@krysmag1521 cuz this is the best type of music
You think?yeh you rite!x😁
The 80s were the best decade for music. Love this song!
films too
Until early 90s then returned to rubbish
Falsa retorica. OGNI DECENNIO HA LA PROPRIA BELLA MUSICA. sa
London 🇬🇧❤
Ummm.....not hardly. You're showing your youth with that answer.
There's something about 'West End Girls' that embodies the duality of the 80's-a mix of carefree energy and the anxious anticipation of a world on the verge of transformation.
The end of the cold war and the beginning of the digital and computer age.
Amo as musicas do pet shop boy
It's almost inevitable. Opposite sides of the planet for the men & women of the 80's. Too this day the artists from abroad have my admiration since the 80's.
💯
😮to me it's an existential cry for help and hope in a world that constantly tries to forget u. It takes me back to my old hi school and that neighborhood. It had one dive bar country no less. Always wondered how the people coming out of that bar got on in life. The bar was called Lucifer's then later Lil Nashville
TEENAGER IN THE 80s ~ nobody had better and more diverse music. We had the best of so many genres. 💙
To anybody reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind may clarity replace confusion. may peace and calmness fill your life.
Thank you bro God bless you 🙏
Thank you.
You don’t know how much I needed to read that right now. Thank you
Obrigado 🙏
This fantastic song was years ahead of its time. I never stop wanting to hear it.
Although you don’t hear this on the radio anymore. I feel this song is still timeless.
2023 still. Listening😮
Indeed
I just heard it the other day on a totally 80s segment.
I hear it on the radio😭😭😭
heard this on H&M speakers today, it reminded me of this masterpiece 😭
The video and the song will always remind me of what the 80s looked and felt like. Crazy it will never be replicated
For 3 minutes 54 seconds I was transported back to 1986. I really miss the 1980’s😞.
🎶 same here 🎶
Ohh God ! Do I evr ! I loved my 80's music ! Still listen to my 80's music! Those were my teen yrs ! Gr8 memories ! Love PET Shop Boys especially, " West End Girls Song " ! 😂😂❤❤🎉🎉
me too. ❤️the 80’s
Man I wish I was alive back then
Yep, love the 80's... MJ, Dire Straits, Madonna, Breakfast Club soundtrack, Duran Duran, Wang Chung, Eurythmics... what more can I say
The synth bass on this song is freaking WOW
Also that Emulator trumpet solo
@@hilltophouseIt really puts the proverbial "icing on the cake" in the song.
"The trumpet solo in this version was played by Hague on the Emulator. According to Jacob, "it took about six hours to get the trumpet to sound genuine, purposely playing wrong notes to make it sound more 'jazz'".[14]
I'm thinking maybe it's why none of their live versions have the trumpet in them.😒
This is a hip hop song in disguise 🥸
Synth bass is ALWAYS fantastic lol.
Analog synthesizers man
This song is a literal masterpiece. Always will be.
i agree!!
It is. So mesmerizing........
Maybe the best song of the 80's, and that's saying a lot.
Gwars cover is gold
@@drjones8176 I...Ummm, I'm not...shit, hang on a minute.
Edit:
OK, I admit I was skeptical, but that was awesome - thanks, Doc!
In 1984, when I was 16 years old, the first English record I bought in my hometown of Taiwan was West End Girl by Pet Shop Boys.
@@Exsubmarinersprobably just got the dates wrong give them the benefit of the doubt
I feel privileged to have grown up listening to 80’s music!
Yes! More great hits in one month that there’s been for 20 years.
Me to! Born in 1981!! So graceful ❤❤
Me too oo
I was already grown up but I loved the 80s and still do!
I was born in 2000 but feel like a should have been born in the 80s the best music for sure
I’m convinced this is one of the best songs ever made
I was 7 years old I remember it like yesterday.
It really is
Why because your bent?
@@wezlo8733 I’m not gay.
This and cara Mia are the best songs ever
80's music was the best, hands down. The variety of pop, metal, rock, industrial, new wave, and rap! Best decade for exploring live music, radio, and cassette. Awesome times!
Agreed!
This ☝🏼 🔥
@@gabrielrispoli359yuj
And house music, and reggae music used to chart regularly too.
True music lover
I bet u dream in colour & could write autobiography using only music well loved. 🎉❤
Thumbs up if you're an 80s child and prefer this era of music.
I'm an 80's adult 24-34 years old bach then.
I'm a lat 1950s child and I love this era of music along with a couple other eras.
I'm with ya, 11/2024
I'm a 2010s child but absolutely love 80s-90s music
i didn’t exist until 2008 but i still like this music 😅😅
This song hits different when it comes on when youre cruising round Los Santos
improves handling while at max speed :))
Yussssss XD
🤣💀🤣💀👌🏽 fuckin facts
rourki yeah.. that’s why I’m here😂
...in the rain.
You don't get much more 80's than this song. It's still a masterpiece.
The song and the video are so 1980s
@@petermortimer6303, in such a lovely way.
The Fine Young Cannibals have entered the chat.
It really is a perfect representation of the times.
Fiona Brown-Right? Look at his coat...all over him and almost to the ground! That was THE look and I had one like it!
My husband died yesterday, he loved this song it soothed his soul. RIP Beautiful soul ❤
Very sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss. take care of yourself
Ahw im so sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss...He is now gettin to hang out with those West End Girls!!!
Sorry to hear that, god bless
Why are 80·s songs sounding better as each year passes
Weil es diese tolle Art von Songs nicht mehr gibt
It's the survivorship bias effect- you're less likely over time to even remember or have exposure to the bottom 50% of 80's songs. The 80's become less associated with the copious bad music from the 80's and more with the stuff people still want to listen to.
Because music sucks more and more every year now.
NOSTALGIA 😢
Soul , Spirit , love , Light 🎉
2024. 30year old. Still better then 99% of music now a day
40 years old actually
@rezamohammadkhani5893 was talking about myself🤣
@@RealfishingNL 😂😂 I thought you were talking about the music
@rezamohammadkhani5893 whahaha yhea i now what you mean. Maby its my english. Dont use the right words 🤣
No, it's not your English. I'm English. The OPs post was nebulous. He (or she) didn't include the pronoun "I". Just "30 years old". I assumed he meant the song too. @@RealfishingNL
Music from 80s still feels like it's coming from the future.
1984 started the future 😊🎉❤😂
Totally agree with you
The 80's is the future compared to the post-SEPT 11, 2001 DYSTOPIAN ERA of LIES & AMNESIA-causing events like SEPT 11, 2001 was to everyone who GOT MAD/ANGRY & didn't percieve the INSIDE JOB...
In a way.. it is.
Analog synths ftw
The 80's was not a fad. It's a way of life. Take care everyone.
I know that sir it was to take care of everyone cuz back in 1970 to 1980 to I mean I mean 1990 to 1999 cuz back then everybody helped everyone including their friends and the family
And there's another song LOL play it's called t i l Tuesday
Til Tuesday the voices will carry
That was 19 83
I didn't even experience the 80's i'm 15 and I randomly found this song
As a man of color I loved this group, and used to catch hell because I liked their music, but didn't give a fuck because I was doing me.. still listen to them to this day.. salute Pet Shop Boys.. #musichasnocolor
Same shit I would hear about Krs 1 and channel live and Rakim
TR RCH lack of individuality is sad, like what you like - forget conforming!
TR RCH great taste, they were a good pop outfit, had some great melodies and interesting songs, i got into most 80's UK pop that was catchy and I am Australian, like whatever you want to :)
TR RCH Well said and so true!
TR RCH You're class mate!
Wandering around central London, this song playing in my head(23/12/24)
First heard this on GTA...love it!!!
Black Berry yes is music fantastic
Fagulho Guest absolutely!
ClandestineOstrich indeed #Ms. BlackBerry
What about "Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf" and "A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran"?
Black Berry es cierto
Pet shop boys was my dad's favourite group, we lost him in 2017. We played this song at his funeral ❤
Meus sentimentos 💔
May god bless you all
May he rest in peace :)
wow !!
❤❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 may he watch over you as his guardian angel
Musically, the 80's stands alone. So many timeless and highly catchy greats
So true!
So many unique genres created in the 80s that were just reiterated since.
Makes ya wanna go hear stories of the times from ya parents more likey ya grandparents just listen youll learn of lots fun stuff not like all last 30 years that went negative
@moto Line Yes, it was actually! :)
True true 80's were totally magnificent
I was so young when this came out and yes I'm a West End girl...love Pet Shop Boys ❤️
37 years later and this song is still slammin!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Straight 🔥 brotha
I think this song was in my dream last night. I woke up with it in my head. I love it!!
i remember listening to this song in the 7th grade. 84' was rough year. my dad had died the year before at 36. but this song was on MTV constantly. this took me back. good shit 💯
Way better than alot of garbage today
Am 12 and here coz of GTA V song is fire 🔥 👌
You had to be from the eighties to realise and appreciate how different this was to everything else around at the time. A true masterpiece that had an impact on music for the rest of the decade. Like a lot of eighties music, it sounds as fresh and modern as anything today.
I want to go back! 😢
Had to be from the 80's? Lol..WTF is WRONG with you? Arguably the DUMBEST thing I've heard in years
They remind me of Mormons or Jehovah’s Witness. Lol
@@yankees29what exactly is a "west end girl" tho? I kno it's some English slang, but as an American to me a "west end girl" is a girl with a big bootay lol Why? Because a person's "end" is their butt. And the western part of the US is bigger than the eastern part, so a "west end girl" in American means "bigger butt girl" 😂 I bet you'll never listen to this song the same way again lol
@@KoolKeithProductions I’m from NY myself. But what I understand west end girls were the daughters of the rich folks and east end boys were the tough, blue collar boys from the other side of the city
As an American I've always loved 70s and 80s English bands. God Bless our brothers and sisters across the pond!
I remember first time listened to this was in GOODWILL stores in CORALVILLE IOWA 🇺🇸USA IN 2017/18
The "pond"? Okiedokie
@@okapmeinkap7311 pretty common term for the atlantic ocean
@@vanrajsindha9918 that was your first time? I first heard this in the 90s and I was born in 05.. not sure how but I did
And god bless you guys too my American friend ♥️
nada se compara con la cultura de los 80 y 90, esas dos decadas dieron luz a los mas geniales musicos y artistas, este y miles de otros temas/cantantes/compositores son la muestra de la excelencia de una epoca que hizo y seguira haciendo historia.
It’s so strange..... growing up I thought they sounded so futuristic. Now that the future has become the past, I appreciate how damn 80’s this sounds. Love it!!!
Ahead of its time
This 👆❤❤
I remember when they hit No.1 on Top of the Pops and I wasn't sure of the song at first, as it seemed so different from what was in the charts.
So much sweetness, soulfulness, a song hinting of alienation in society. Sometimes the newer music seems to have no soul.
The synthesizer was God's gift to man kind
One of the greatest tracks ever recorded.
Nope.. not even close. Stairway to heaven is better then this, easily.
@Kris Putt
lmm
Glastonbury 2010 live version in front of a crowd of thousands.
certainly
@@christianeric9899 why are you even comparing? They literally said one of the best. Not “the best” foh
What a classic. Still sounds good today as it was decades ago.
It really does, one of my 80's favorite.
Released Sunday, April 9, 1984. (I have autism.)
Yes, I know that book.
It a remaster....
yeap! stunning track
It is 2024, I am 74 years old and still loving this like the day I first heard it.
im 16 and love this song
im 53 and i guess its normal for me to like stuff from around 20102015 as well as some new stuff .
You guys have the best taste in music. 🙌🏻
Good taste never fades ,💯
Im 54...love to The Police ❤ since I was 11...
That baseline creates an irreproducible cocktail of uniqueness, flow, and enigma in the song. Easily one of the greatest songs EVER.
That's why this song is easily a masterpiece
Bass line, it’s Bass line
✝😎💕💕💕💕💛💛💛💛💛🖤
🧭💫💫💫"Fact"💫💫💫🧭🦍
Emulator 2 sampled kick drum pitched, backed with a DX7 and Jupiter 8 make that bassline THICC.
I think back... the 80's clubs with this. The beat, lights, dance floor. The music is so intoxicating. I love this.
The girls with '80s hair dressed in black...
Cocaine
AIDS
Remember that wierd dude that that dressed up like George Michael?
@@adhamh3665 hahahaha
From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station. Reminiscing to the max. 65 years old - in one month. Love it.
That synth bassline.... right into my veins.
Those are some of the best basslines ever, the synth ones!
im ur 444th like for that
Why is it that once you start listening to these fire 80's hits (no matter what musical genre it was 'cause they were all bangers), you end up binging on all 80's music for hours on TH-cam? Nothing and I mean straight up nothing will ever dominate the music, culture and fads of the 80's! So blessed to have lived and experienced the enlightening 80's. This 54 year old will always be an 80's child!
literally doing it now. Joe Jackson to Style Council then morrisey, ABC, Petshop boys....
@@nzihatebarney awesome taste in music! 🔥👍
I'm 39 ( 80's baby) and all I listen to is 80's music. It reminds me of my parents and such happy times. No other music compares!
@@sarahmauchline4059 I completely agree!
What u said Bunny,I'm 57 n ur so right
I miss when I could just sit and watch MTV all day. Life in the 80s was good
Why can't you do that now?
Cause MTV turned out to be the channel for dumb shows instead of music
Yes it was
@@stephenhowe4107 has to work xd
@@stephenhowe4107 Not on MTV. sitting at a computer--not the same
Born and raised in West Baltimore back in the day, this was one of my favorite songs . Westside girl.💖 3:29 ✌️💖
My father listened to Pet Shop Boys in the 80s, I found his vinyls and now I love their music
I'm one of those Dads with a teen life back then! 😁👍 Give him some props from me! 👊🤙
Nice!
Your father probably got tag teamed by bums on a freight train.
@@RP-rc3hc Sounds like projection dude.
@@RahulAeri lucky you :)
British musicians in the 80s,they ruled the world of music.
MTV
I used dance this inmanhattan day n nite
Sweden though?
@@Alex-yz6uq Alex what u no about petshop boys..nice beat I love dancing to that alot with the girls til late...
@@Alex-yz6uq how about you..
I live in Iran. Our country was at war in the eighties. We lived almost with minimal means. At that time, we received this song through radio transmitters of neighboring countries because there was no free music in our country. In it I wanted to know how a western teenager lives and this song always brings me back to that era. sadness and hope
I admire how you people went through so much, and still do. Music should be an universal human right.
@faramarzradafshar8520
So sorry to hear my friend, no one should live in fear with only sadness and hope as a future. Get out if you can..From a Christian in the US..
Yo, I know Iran is a wonderful and beautiful country, but if you ever have to move to America, move to Michigan. We have a lot of Iranian folks in a town called Dearborn. It’s a lovely town.
Real ship my friend
Damn, thats deep
1982 born, 42 now, which means I have lived through the best eras of Pop, RnB, HipHop, Ragga, House, Garage and Jungle..truly thankful
And nu metal
The older I get the more I reflect back on the 80's. I really was happy back then and the music was great!
I totally agree ❤
So was I
@ronnie doorzon Yeah the 80s were great...except for all the wars and AIDS and stuff...
We all were.
The best era of music.
My dad loved this song and most of Pet Shop Boys' work. Last year when they came to Mexico City, he was very excited with the amount of people that attended the show.
He sadly passed away a week ago. I'm sure he's listening to this alongside me.
I'm so sorry for your loss, losing your Dad is beyond tough, I know 😢 Your Dad had wonderful music taste ❤
@@Kelly-n1o He truly did, there's no doubt about that.
Mi mas sentido pesame....Animo amigo
@@pedroregino4047 Gracias we
lamento tu perdida
That trumpet blasting in the middle of synths...pure magic.
GTA 5
Probably a sample played on an EMU sampler. I believe they used EMUs, what Depeche Mode also used on stage.
Definitely a brass synth lead. And yes Loic is right, their debut album used a heavy amount of synths from the EMU II.
True 😘😪😪
@@LoicRathscheck clavier midi
Chris Lowe had a little dance move around 2:27
Hot. ❤.
At 43, I am proud to have been around, when the Pet Shop Boys were knocking out their amazing songs in the 80s and 90s.
The 80's were so far ahead of time and space: nothing before nor after equalled 80's music!
42 here and this is what the 80s were all about.
You must have been very young in the 1980's.
@@kennixox262 he was 1 in 1980 and 11 in 1990, so he was old enough to not mis out the petshop boys, because i started to love popmusic
at the age of 5, and when he was 5 in 1984, the petshop boys started to become famous, so right on time.
You and I are the same age. The 80s and 90s were a glorious time.
Man....the atmosphere of the 80's was something else. I really do miss those days.
So true ❤
You're absolutely right! The atmosphere was incredible! I don't think we knew it at the time, but that's what it was. And that's why nothing has come close since then.
@@brimstonebrimstone8617 It's so unique. I was born in 1984, so I'm thankful I got to at least witness the late 80's with my own eyes. The people, the fashion, the music. All of it, whether I was outside with friends or watching TV.
Absolutely. In a way we can do that with our kids. Buy them a nice synth, a decent microphone to record with and get them going with making some edgy new wave.
Yeah, popular culture was much edgier then - it was kind of pre-health&safety, pre-political correctness, etc. Today in 2024 I don't think one would have a pop singer crooning "which d'you choose, the hard or soft option" while dressed and made-up very obviously to look like an H-addict.😵💫
This song was out at the time I met my husband Gareth & it takes me right back there. We were together for 34 yrs. I lost him in 2020 to cancer at 58 yrs.These 80's songs take me back to that special time. Love you Gar. Miss you love. ❤️❤️
I’m very sorry for your loss!
I believe but can’t prove each of us, including Gareth, is an immortal spirit.
LOVE always find a way….always and forever!
🙏🙏🙏
❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing! I needed those words. You inspired me with renewed hope with something I'm dealing with. Thanks, and have a great life!
I'm so sorry 😞
We're all here together, forever, it doesn't matter the exact date ❤
I'm 48 and still listening to The Pet Shop Boys in 2021 and this is still one of the best songs ever produced.... I miss the 80s!
Lol im 66
LOL 58 here. TH-cam seemed to think I the memories I guess. Im ok with it. I was making such bad choices when this song came out. LOLOLOL ohh the 80s did it really happen.
37 soon, ahhh youth
Yes! Partytime!
Ao old people
Never gets old. Here we are in 2022...and this song still...you add the word.
I'm listening now. I'm from Brazil.
SLAPS!! it's 2 good I'm embarrassed for today's music!😆🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎧
@@rachelr3230 me too
So am I listening to this song now. I am here in Taiwan, a good place loved by me.
....Kicks it! :)
There's something about the aesthetic of 1980s London that looks so awesome. It's like looking into the future but if the future was the past.
It looks really futuristic
I know the feeling. Reminds me of when I first saw the movie "Orlando" where you get a good look at early 90s London
Twas peak London.
The air looks fresher back then
Now it's just a complete shit tip.
Can we just appreciate how much cleaner everything was back then
Yes. With just the native folk
Historic song!
'80's british pop music at its finest.
You got that right Matteo!!!! I love 80s British music, it just gives me a feeling that I can't describe, but I can tell you this much, it's a good feeling :-) :-)
This beat is so sick. Man the memories.
HONESTLY !!!! there’s just something about the beat that sits so right with me
East coast rappers West coast rappers,,,,west coast rappers ,,bump bump bumpbump
Exactly. I remember when this tune came on the radio and loved it then. Now, even more!
Man, you're so right . Memories, memories and more memories.
This was house music before there was house music ..wish I could go back...I'd be in my early 20s!!!
This is a song that stays in your brain. The beat is amazing
Great music to listen and dance to.
I know that they're different songs and different tempos, but I'm wondering if the sound inspired George Michael's Father Figure.
Epic for Epic events.
Oh....YeS........I am from the NORTH.........EAST & WEST............GO NORTH.................................................................................................
@@lindahoeymakers8898 where did you want to go with that? Still have mind in gutter. Raise the vibration, not on the Vibrator.
This beautiful song never get old,I've came from Brazil 1985 back them there was VH1 BEFORE MTV,I LISTEN SINCE THEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE.
One of the best songs from the 80s
Absolutely!
💯❤❤❤
I’m so thankful to have spent my 20’s in the 80’s.
I was born in 1980. Glad I was able to witness some of the 80’s.
Yes. I agree.
This song is timeless. Love it today as much as I did in the 80’s.
West in Pittsburgh
the sound, the lyrics, the voice,
the video, everything is great !!
so youre still a tossa then
Hey Alfred E. Newman! How ya been buddy? Thought you were dead.
I know that feeling 🔥
I realized whats so great About this song, its so atmospheric, the tidal flow of synths, the syn horn solo, along with the punchy electronic drums and thick ynth bass and lyrics create a real life story thar literally puts you there along with the video, that first 30 sec or so, one of the best song openings ever, such a vibe
This song is almost 40 years old but it seems so fresh for my 67 year old
these feelings from the past don't get old, thank goodness
I just heard this song for the first time ever recently. Music like this is timeless, I hope I will be here commenting when I am your age.
@Paulo Cesar 67 is no age these days. Look at Jagger dancing in his late 70's.
Me too, same age…. Those were the best of times for me. Truly!
I am 70 got all their songs on a USB pen plugged into my car sterio, play them at least once a week. Magic era even though I am a child of the 60's come to think of it the 70'd and 80's as well. My mates call me Mr Nostalga :-))))
me too. 68.
This song has aged like a fine wine
VAPORWAVE NOSTALGIA it really has
It's crazy how many people come back to this everyday. This song is legendary
Classic.
Tahiti
I came here after some Erasure. The two best gay pop duos imo. Lol. I'm not gay at all not that it matters bit the woman in domino dancing is a 10. Omg
ARTHUR MA BOAH
Especially it mentions lake Geneva, where I grew up in Switzerland
53 years, and addicted to PSB. Just stare the video and let the song flow run through my ears.... Amazing body gesture, amazing sound and voices. Excellence is here
When I was a little kid in the 80s this song fascinated me...I loved neils voice and I liked his trenchcoat...they looked like the future to me...
As an adult today when I hear this song it sounds like the 80s, the nostalgia this song brings me is unreal..and I am still fascinated by this song and this video.
I was born in 1988 and and even I can relate to what you said. Though give I was obviously introduced to 80's music in the 90'and 00's
Me too!
The 80s were the best.
Nothing compare to the 1980's.
I love this too It’s amazin isn’t it ❤❤
One of the most perfect songs, ever. This song crystallized the 80's.
This song is the 80s to me..I was a kid during this era and it's strange what you remember...
@@delilasloan8914 Well said.
"crystallized" I like that! I"m 51 and just can't get enough from the 80s the last 10 or so years, just about all I listen to!
This was the 80's
@Heid The Ba' Not quite, Generation X baby! Second best generation, after the Greatest Gen- WWII folks, of course.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
like 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 and just what I needed by the cars
It's like you reached right in and plucked that comment right out of my head. Salute!
It’s one of the few 80s pop songs that does anything for me but this song never stops bringing me back to those days.
YES!
For me, it's like the 80's lasted from about 1983 until 1993, musically speaking. Maybe my age has something to do with it, the phases of my life, but those years seem to go together as a set or have some common thread between them. Hall & Oates were tremendously popular in the 80's, but to me don't have an 80's sound at all. On the other hand Sting's "Fields of Gold" sounds totally 80's.
Been feeling nostalgic all day - so what do I do? Bang TH-cam on and search for Pet Boys! Feeling better already
💯
80s will shine forever.
can i be your friend ?
No😎👍
@@eleuteriovaltermuchanga1549 you r
I commented under a Captain of my heart video that the 80's was the last decade of good music and someone replied saying me and all my "likers are stuck in the past and don't realize music has evolved and is better now."
80s music sure made its mark on the media
This song will never get old
1985
No it won’t
That's true Tamra, never. How i miss those 80's so bad. 🎸 🎶
I miss the 80s.
1985 is old
Best Era in music in my opinion. Grew up with it. Showing my kids all this now. Keeping it alive. Spread the love.
My kids love 80’s music for years, I played it for them when they were young
🙏🤘
I had a coworker who's fathet called 80's music "booty music" cause he HATED it!
I was born in 97 and I love it, it’s what music should be, most music today just don’t got the soul in em like they had back in those days, it was truly a different world
90’s takes the win. This song is 10/10 tho
Helena Springs on backing vocals.... There's a voice to shout about 😊
I was born 1983 and my brother Brian is in this video 💯❤️🇬🇧
There are some songs that one simply cannot get sick of. This is one of them. That opening....wow.
✝😎💕💕💕💕💛💛💛💛💛🖤
Amen
Yes!
The 80's were a great time for music!
For:
Music
Movies
Presidents (Reagan)
@@bradwilson5552 Fuckin' A!
You got that right!
It was the best time for everything. The 21st century so far doesn’t compare. Questionable how much of the 21st century remains given global warming, dying democracy, anger and malignant hate.
Also the 80s were best for fashion and cartoons!
This is embarrassing to say because I'm a guy, but this song makes me cry because it brings back memories of my teenage youth. I really miss the 80's, it was such a simpler era to grow up in. Today the struggle is real in order to survive.
Blokes have emotions too. The only weakness is not to express them.
hey Chris B, don't be embarrass, same here, the 80's brings me so many memories too, good memories mostly, and that's why i listen and watch these videos
some people might say i'm living in the past, i say to them no... i'm not living in the past; i'm bringing the past back to my life to get me through this present the world is living now
and hopefully carry me some more years in the future, and it helps; that's how i see it, and so far i'm so glad and happy that i lived my teenage years in the 80's
I feel sad thinking about the 90s. Feel like the last generation who grew up most of my childhood without cell phones and widely available internet access then in the late 90s it took a turn. Change is fine I just wish times when human interaction was social media before we became disconnected
Aww it's gonna be ok cause you got this far.
I miss the 80's
Another Timeless, Unforgettable 80’s Hit here for sure…SUCH a good Song!
Doesn't matter if you came from GTA 5 or you're looking for some nostalgia, this song is amazing, let's appreciate it equally.
this song isn't in gta 5
@@tylerwhaley4872 yes it is
@@mirqh which radio is it on?
Non Stop Pop FM
@@ste9281 oh ok
2023... but nothing beats the 80's. That's why I keep coming back to this classic. How about you? ✊
Good music is eternal
80s as a teenager , great music ..life in general... you will never better it and its a shame but plenty of good memories
Same
AMEN
Same! I was a teen, I miss😢 and loveee💜 the 80's so much!
this is a signature song of the '80s, .. I remember going to school, I had to walk across town and play that song on my walkman, it's a song that fits perfectly that environment, walking by every store, every cafe..people going about their day, you catch the whole vibe of the city in one glance everywhere you look.. and that song just carries you along perfectly.. great song...
Exactly - that's it in a nutshell, the role of music in our lives. Couldn't have put it better than that - soundtrack to the movie of our youth. You have a kindred spirit here
Holy shit
Do you real eyes , you wrote , like a poet
Well said! The 1980s was a soundtrack itself
What you said...... the Walkman days. That was such a genius idea for back when.
I too play music scores to video in my mind, well, you were reflecting on what you experienced, not from your imagination .
Unfortunately I never took it further.
I'm not from the UK, never been there, but I got a feeling how it might look like from this video and Only fools and horses, loved that show when I was a kid :D probably a lot has changed with the look of Britain in 30-40 years, do you older guys have that same feeling about your cities/country now compared to then ?
quanto e bello ascoltare questo pezzo!!!!! Mi mette sempre serenita felicita e mi da carica!!! Vabbe la verita e che la musica degli anni 80 .....e semplicemente MAGICA!!!!!
These English singers are something totally different and incomparable to what we have here in the U. S. Pure freaking talent!!
I totally agree, I always say, the Brits owned "Punk " all the way, and we had "Rock " ///=^} ~
I will give the English their due, but America produced voices like Elvis, Steve Perry, Steven Tyler, Chris Cornell, and Mariah Carey. Let’s just call it a drawl.
@@82pythons85 Still, the British are pretty good when you consider some of their crooners like Matt Munro.
@82 Pythons yeah but when English bands cover Elvis and take it to another level th-cam.com/video/13iMsGNUHFo/w-d-xo.html
I won’t say they are incomparable to American singers, because we have some insanely gifted singers but yeah, it’s borderline unfair how the UK dominated the charts for so long with artists like Queen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, The Beatles, Adele, etc.
I NEVER get tired of this song/video! I grew up in the 60s-70s and there was a lot of great music from then. But the 80s were a fantastic time to be alive!!
I could not agree more with you Nancy :)
I'd rather have been a teen than a baby! I'm jealous!
Today so called music is TOTAL DROSS.
im from new zealand in those days you could go out with your friends 11 -15 boys and girls no on threatend you or tried to take you--when it got dark it was time to go home--and as a 11 year old there was no girls we were all boys------
Born in1970 and listened to 50s 60s music then the 80s. Not to knock the present generation off but I have not heard any music to grab my attention even techno music sounds good
Who else is on a 80's binge
me.
Big time!!
Born in 1989 I’m down for it anytime better then the crap you here today
Me and it always gives me the blues
Yeah. It started 40 years ago!
This song above all others, takes me back. 20 years old and the world in front of me. In the blink of an eye, its 39 years later.
Theses tracks truly represented what the the 80’s was all about, there was so many things happening then. The beat and the artist singing to end off the track is beautiful.
Hit me up baby Mama movie hit me up baby Mama movie what the hell
This song has rhythm will never go out of fashion I listen to it with headphones better
@@cecilioledezma9755 111,843,002 views as of 10/19/21 I think we ALL agree!!
I grew up in the 80's and surely wanted to visit London after experiencing the great music coming from there. I'm sure I missed out, because I truly doubt I'd experience the same vibe
Voyager voyage desire less
Dist
I was a young girl when I watched this video on TV for the first time. It impacted me so much that I knew one day would go and see the real London, and I did. I lived there for five years. Great learning experience for life
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Same! This was my roller skating song in the '80's. I too moved to London in the mid 90's and I worked in a pub and I had to get off at Fulham station everyday and everyday, I'd get this song in my head. I miss London and the UK and I've been trying to get back there for so long!
That’s amazing happy for you 😃
Oh thank you for your generosity. I'm sending you good vibrations. 🙇🏻♀️
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Si happy gracias
I remember playing GTA V with the homies while driving my zentorno at night and this song playing, fucking amazing, wish i could repeat It
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (12'' Extended Mix) is FIRE
Same bro gta is not the same anymore rip all the good days 😭😭😭😭
Honestly I miss playing with my old mate Dylan it used to be hard core and beautiful to experience
ZenPorno*
Always plays in the stripclub in GTA
Who can see their child hood and realize things wasn't quite that bad 45 years ago
you nailed it
All except for the "unofficial marriage" of RW Reagan and Maggie Thatcher.