Saturday 7 May 2016

The Pop Kids (Pet Shop Boys)

This single is the first off the Pet Shop Boys' new album SUPER,  which reached number 3 in the UK and German charts a few weeks ago. The single failed to chart, but made it to number 1 on the Billboard dance charts.

I'm sure many pop fans identified with this song as soon as they heard it. I've seen several tweets saying things like "it's the story of my life" referring to this Pet Shop Boys single. The song is excellent, with a retro-nineties sort of vibe, and the lyrics take you on a melancholic trip down memory lane. Yes, we were the pop kids, we loved the pop hits and we quoted the best bits.

Hope you like my interpretation. Comments here or on Twitter.