© their respective dates by their respective owners. What it's about: Neil's succinct statements on what a song is "about"Īll text on this website aside from direct quotations (such as of lyrics and of other nonoriginal content) is copyright © 2001-2020 by Wayne Studer.The early tracks that the Pet Shop Boys recorded with Ray Roberts and Bobby 'O'.The key signatures of selected PSB songs.Songs in which Chris's voice can be heard Available on the Further Listening bonus disc with the Introspective reissue.Wilde's actual turn of phrase is, "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." This image has proven appealing to quite a few other songwriters as well, with one of the best known examples found in the 1981 Pretenders hit "Message of Love," written by Chrissie Hynde: "We are all of us in the gutter / But some of us are looking at the stars." "We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars" – A paraphrase of Oscar Wilde's famous line from his 1892 stage comedy Lady Windermere's Fan.The time, "I think it's safe to say that Neil's subconscious is very active." Annotations His tongue may have been planted in his cheek. It's enough to make you wonder how firmly To do with sex, instead suggesting that it expresses his excitement about being The Introspective re-release booklet, Neil denies that it has anything It adds a whole new dimension of poignancy to this song. Serves to heighten his "excitement." If that's indeed the case, then To whom he's speakingis probably sharing those same thoughts and feelings Could these be the thoughts of a gay man only now becomingĪware of his sexuality? His realization that his friendthe "you" Why" and the narrator's apparent anxiety about what others will think ("the More in it, particularly in the recurring "I don't know why, I don't know Looking at the stars." One of my site visitors, however, has noted something One of his most famous epigrams in the line "We're lying the gutter, but we're Setting, though uplifted by its oblique lyrical reference to Oscar Wilde, paraphrasing Regarded it essentially as a song describing mutual lust in a rather grimy urban Single (so it therefore saw release before Introspective). But Neil and Chris re-recorded it early during the Introspective sessions and released it as the b-side of the " Heart" In fact, its early demos betray the very pronounced influence of the Bobby O-produced cult classic "Passion" by the Flirts. This song dates back to the Boys' pre-fame Bobby O days. Other releases - b-side of single "Heart" bonus track with single "So Hard" Subsequent albums - Introspective 2001 reissue Further Listening 1988-1989 bonus disc Home > Alternative > I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
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