只有旅行和藝術可以自己決定

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe - who are the Pet Shop Boys – met in London in 1981. “West End Girls” was their first single released in 1984, originally recorded with Bobby Orlando, a disco producer of Hi-NRG records, in New York in 1983. A new version was recorded with Stephen Hague and released in Oct’85. It went to No. 1 in several countries, including Britain and the US.

Original MV


“West End Girls”, though the first Pet Shop Boys single, already reveals their original ambition and characteristics – rigid rhythms with supreme use of synthesizer, offer the widest freest backdrop for extreme emotion. "West End Girls" with its half-sung, half-spoken verses, is a song about escape and longing, laced with urban paranoia and unlikely historical references.

This song reminas the most-heard Pet Shop Boys song to date. There are numerious remix versions.

Dance mix (SPECIAL VERSION FROM THE 1985 ALBUM PLEASE, EMI RECORDS.


Lyrics

Sometimes you're better off dead
There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a West End town
Call the police, there's a madman around
Running down underground to a dive bar
In a West End town

In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
West End girls

Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?
(How much do you need?)

In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
West End girls

You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone
Just you wait 'til I get you home
We've got no future, we've got no past
Here today, built to last
In every city, in every nation
From Lake Geneva to the Finland station
(How far have you been?)

In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
A West End town, a dead end world
East End Boys, West End girls
West End girls