If you're ever lonely, if you are alone stay that way

Winner-Pet Shop Boys

For most other bands, this would be a decent song.  For the Pet Shop Boys, not so much.  Its the first single off of "Elysium"...boy, is it a clunker.  It sounds like it was either recorded for the closing ceremony of London 2012 or for Gay Pride London 2012.  Like I said, its not horrible...it just dunno, lyrically...this is not a good first single

A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi"-Pet Shop Boys

As usual with PSB, the b-side is worth the purchase.  Definitely more of a going out song...this would sound great early in the evening at a gay club.

Invisible-Pet Shop Boys

English treasure.  Probably still an underrated band, despite so many hits.  And the best chronicler of gay life of the last 30 years.

After being for so many years
the life and soul of the party
it's weird
I'm invisible
Whatever I
have said or done
doesn't matter in this chatter
and hum
I'm invisible

Kinda brilliant, no?

Piles Of $$$-Caged Animals

Don't know jack about this band.  Not sure if all their other songs suck.  Don't care.  This is this brilliant gloopy fucked-up 80's Zapp/Frank Ocean/Prince r&b that i love.  Prepare to listen to it oooohhhhh about a million times.  The whole "no one calls me by name/I'm gonna rock with you tonight" slays me

Work It-Eli Escobar

Proving once again that in most dance music, less is more.  Sounds like late 80's/early 90's acid house shit.  A woman moans and then says "yeah baby, that's how it work it....oooh, that's how i work it".  Clubs go nuts to this.  One of my tracks of the year for sure (see Caged Animals above).

Beautiful Life-jj

Been going through a jj phase.  What is it about Sweden?  Not only does the country provide the producers and writers for most of the songs on the radio, then they churn out this brilliant pop like a volvo factory.  Was it the whole raised on ABBA thing?  It's gotta be.  This song is a weird is a remarkable mix of melancholy and joy mixed together.  Coulda soundtracked Melancholia, Mr. Von Trier.  Fucking love

Day Four-Bloc Party

Let me first confess that I have a massive crush on Kele Okereke.  The fact that he is gay (or bi) does not help.  So I suppose to pre-love alot of his songs (not true).  Anyways, this song....crazy sad late night beauty...it so reminds me of NYC and walking home late at night after going out (sometimes very late).  I wrote a bunch for my first post in ages...and thought I could write so much more about this song.  Guess i can't