From March 1994, a #5 hit in the UK charts:-mp3 : Blur - Girls & Boys
Really should have been #1 if you don't mind me saying.
The record label had actually asked Pet Shop Boys to consider producing the track, but by the time they were available the marketing plans for the single were well in hand. As a result, it was a remix that PSB eventually worked on, and it found its way out as a b-side on To The End, released three months later:-
mp3 : Blur - Girls & Boys (7" remix)
mp3 : Blur - Girls & Boys (12" remix)
The remix, in the words of Chris Lowe,was much more electronic which replaced the original bassline with an electronic bass part and some sequencer lines.
Later that year, PSB performed the song live when they toured South America:-
mp3 : Pet Shops Boys - Girls & Boys (live in Rio)
Hopefully, normal service will resume tomorrow. Thanks for continuing to visit while I've been away.
4pm Update
Seems the links have gone down (see comment from swiss adam).
This most likely means
(a) someone has been in touch with my file hosts to claim copyright and that inevitably the post itself will disappear as well with blogger being hit with a DMCA: or
(b) there is a general problem with the file host .
I will try and resolve things ASAP.
JC
4.15pm Update
It was (b). And I've now resolved it. Had forgot to update credit card details for payment purposes!!!
3 comments:
PSB remix better than the original.
Links have gone JC
Having no real love for much of any Brit Pop, I do have to say that this is the best Blur song for me. Song 2 could be up in there too, if it didn't feel like Nirvana bandwagoning to me.
Have to agree with Ted though, the PSB version or remix or just plain imprint on the song lifts it to an even greater level.
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