My Pet Shop Boys Blog: A Loving Tribute To Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe

Although David Bowie had massive success as a singer/song writer/style icon for many more years than many of his peers in the glam-rock genre. Success came with a price: Bowie snorted one hell of a lot of cocaine (hence earning the nickname "The Thin White Duke).  He kept his liver disease out of the limelight, thus leaving his fans shocked. RIP In 1977, the unlikely duo of David Bowie and Bing Crosby teamed up for a Christmas duet. Bowie sang "Peace On Earth" while Bing crooned "The Little Drummer Boy" simultaneously. Talk about  an unlikely duet. The end result was fantastic. We miss both of you. "Farewell." I actually wore a "Raspberry Beret" back in the day. The most surprising is that I still have it. Michael Jackson seemed to have the world at his feet, but underneath  was far from happy. I hope you will rest in peace. So sad.  Whitney Houston was a  complex, terrifically talented phen...

Crossing the threshold from sublime to unhinged. Slipping on shards of broken mirrors and falling hard On your unenlightened prejudice and condemnation. We're not criminals.  We don't belong in your cages.                   The stigma is overwhelming. Fools stare at us through bars. We are not side show freaks.  But your morbid fascination Is keeping us prisoner. Do you realise this? Look at yourself in an intact mirror before shattering it. Perhaps this generation will see past the unfounded hate. Anti-bullying is all the rage. Teenage suicide is front page news. How would you cope with the mental disintegration Of your child, should he or she plunge into a psychotic hell? This is a problem compounded by a technological boom. Children get sucked into a dark vortex.  Overwhelmed Social media is quickly deeming parents obsolete. Love squelched, sexual predators lurk...

I would bet that Neil has a few uses for this  weiner. And give me some attention, grl I'm a party animal I don't want to be a pirate! Not sure if this is what they call a Romantic shirt. But I don't want to be a pirate either Here's Neil reacting to the question "Aren't you too old to be rock stars?" Chris   reacted the same way. Could we possibly end this interview?I'm about falling asleep here. \and Chris were listening to the hit songs of 2002 and when our pride from \Napanee Ontario, Avril Lavigne, who wowed everyone when her hit record, Let Go chararged up the charts when she was just 17. Here's what Neil and Chris were not exactly enamoured with her at all. Chris hates her, Neil couldn't understand why Avril Lavigne's album was  big hit in the UK. She's ghastly. We usually don't have that sort of Bollocks, do we?" There was more in the article, but I think we shouldn't ba...