Over yonder on another thread there is a great cry about New York city boy and Hold On being embarrassing.
But really, please allow me to try to explain...if you're around people who like harder music, or rap, etc, most PSB sounds very embarrassing. Left To My Own Devices is fab, but if I play it for a non-pop fan, it sounds a bit embarrassing.
So what songs are least embarrassing to play to a general audience who may not like pop or is more indie/metal/goth etc.
It's A Sin may make the list, despite being pop. It's very 80's but has plenty of bombast.
This Must Be The Place has some indie cred to it and is quite dark and atmospheric.
Fluorescent, It's Alright 7 inch, We All Feel Better In The Dark.
West End Girls, Being Boring, This Must be the Place, Rent (maybe the spoken bit is slightly embarrassing?), Drunk, Nothing Has Been Proved.
More than a dream, say it to me, leaving, indefinite leave to remain.
I'm both an indie kid and a pop kid, and I think the Pet Shop Boys are pretty well respected by indie fans as far as pop acts go. I'm a member of a Mansun fan group on Facebook, and yesterday there was a thread about the first albums people bought. I mentioned that "Please" was mine and got lots of positive replies. I was definitely not the only PSB fan there!
Too many to mention. I can't pick a single song or a handful of songs. I'll just agree that most of the songs mentioned here so far are very not embarrassing.
No....NO! Not "we all feel better...."! Chris was way too horny when he came up with "And now I'm really horny...."
Least embarassing....most of their songs but I'd go with: Fugitive. It's just damn cool.
I regularly drive down the street with What Keeps Mankind Alive booming with a subwoofer, all windows open.
11. My head is spinning.
13. We came from outer space.
There are more - many many more.
Hahahahaha. Its dreadful and should have been on the other list, I hate it that much I had eradicated from my memory.