How Were the Pet Shop Boys in Live8 Moscow?

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Well?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I'd like to know that, too.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

They played a 45 minute version of "Domino Dancing," dedicated to Dan Perry.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

Over which they discussed how much they hated the b-sides to Introspective.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 07:04 (twenty years ago)

It's pretty incredible that they were asked to play for 45 mins. Perhaps Russia was just a lower-profile venue, what with it being only a former superpower.

― brittle-lemon, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 07:46 (twenty years ago)

When they showed them on the telly, they weren't announced, so I just assumed it was some rubbish Russian synth-pop.

― Peter Stringbender (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 07:51 (twenty years ago)

I was watching a-ha in Berlin while the PSBs were playing in Moscow, but switched over quick enough to catch 'em closing their set with Go West. Sounded incredible (as did a-ha, for the record).

― harvey.w (harvey.w), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

Watching a clip of them performing "Go West," it seems to me that the most awesome thing is when the camera pans over the crowd and you can see two people wearing the "Can you forgive her" stripey conical hats. Heh.

― brittle-lemon, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Where's the clip?

― davidsim (davidsim), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 10:10 (twenty years ago)

You people like making little cuts in my heart that bleed and bleed and bleed and never stop.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Davidsim, someone on a PSB list posted the clip, and the link still seems to be active:

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3IDIIP8LSRFGV1MVRAYEZ9D0E9

It's a large file, obvs.

― brittle-lemon, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

FYI, that's Mark Refoy of Spiritualized/Slipstream/Spacemen 3 on guitar with them.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)

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