The icons and music pioneers that are Grammy winning English synth pop duo Pet Shop Boys were a massive success in the late 1980s. To this day the Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe continue to tour, and fans love them not only for nostalgia but because they are quite simply still belting out great catchy dance music with cool thoughtful lyrics. New album Nonetheless is their fifteenth album – and their first in four years and we can hear them taking us back to their late 1980s most famous sounds. Background In 1981 vocalist Neil Tennant was a journalist for British music magazine Smash Hits, and keyboard player Chris Lowe an architecture student. The two met in a hi-fi shop on the Kings Road in London. Their friendship grew over a shared love for electronic music and led to the formation of the duo the Pet Shop Boys. The two both listened to a lot of the music of the time from bands like OMD, Soft Cell, the Human League and Depeche Mode and also influenced by the music in gay nightclubs, began to work on their own songs. They say that their name came from friends […]
| pioneer | úttörő |
| synth pop | szintipop |
| to this day | a mai napig |
| to belt out | nagy hangerővel zenét játszani |
| catchy | fülbemászó |
| thoughtful lyrics | elgondolkodtató dalszövegek |
| critical acclaim | kritikai elismerés |
| timeless classic | időtlen klasszikus |
| winning streak | győzelmi sorozat |
| to commemorate | megemlékezni valamiről |
| smash hit | óriási sláger |
| departure | Indulás, itt: leválás |
| to showcase | bemutatni |
| bold | merész |
| relevant | időszerű |
| social issues | társadalmi kérdések |
| much anticipated | nagyon várt |
| uplifting | felemelő |
| reflective | elgondolkodtató |
| to span | átfog (időt pl.) |
| it’s not surprising | nem meglepő, hogy … |
| stardom | sztárság |
| enduring | tartós |
