Pet Shop Boys Life in Pop DVD review

Pet Shop Boys' Life in Pop is a basically a visualized biography/autobiography/documentary about the life and continuing legacy of the Pet Shop Boys. It's about two hours of jaw dropping, fascinating information about the boys, plus other artist's and colleagues'/associations' views on the Boys themselves which include Brandon Flowers, Robbie Williams, Peter  Robinson, Tim Rice-Oxley, West End Girls, Jake Shears, Bruce Weber, David, Trevor Horn, Tony Wadsworth, Richard Blade, David Walliams, Matt Lucas, Pete Gleadall, Dr. Wayne Studer, Derek Jarman (pre - filmed), Liza Minnelli (1989),  and Frances Barber. It also consist of clips from their concerts, music videos, multiple media footage used chronologically, not to mention if also have on location shots which I personally like, especially reminiscing about. The one of Blackpool definitely reminded me of some footage Soft Cell  did on something called BBC Young Guns: Go For It. Something like that and it was about Soft Cell, so the location looked familiar because Dave Ball of Soft Cell is from Blackpool as well. It was originally broadcasted on Channel 4 in May 2006 but have an extended version that is on the DVD. It was directed by George Scott, this can be appealed to any audience because it's artsy, in depth information and it's very intriguing, for example, I didn't know Neil dyed his hair red to dress like David Bowie, I knew about the blonde hair thing thanks to Annually but the red thing had me baffled, or even Chris worked as a waiter or something. It's  like they can honestly relate to just about anyone that's seriously struggling. Even have well known performers and people, to take out time to speak on their behalf on the musicians is quite dynamic. It also include bonus material like music videos: "Miracles", "I'm With Stupid", "Minimal", and "Numb".
Their first ever televised appearance on Hits des Clubs. Namur, Belgium performing "West End Girls" and finally two BRIT Award sequences "What Have I Done to Deserve This? 1988 with Dusty Springfield and "Go West" 1994 with Welsh miners' choirs conducted by Richard Niles. This is a perfectly formatted DVD that would be considered highly suggested, if to do some research or wanting to learn what are the Boys really about, well one of them materials anyway. It's definitely worth it.
I even showed my mother the closing ceremonies footage few days ago and she was shocked that it was only two people in the band, she thought it like five people in the band because they are so powerful, she was blown away herself. I haven't showed her any concerts yet but she's definitely into the music so this band is a-okay in my book, even my mother's and that's her era really. I thought I throw that in there if I haven't already. 

Ultimate Deluxe edition review

This is the special edition cover.

This is the standard version cover.

This compilation was released last year on November 1^st. There’s two versions: One being the standard or regular version with the songs in chronological order including the new song “Together”, which If I’m not mistaken was the idea from EMI and the other one is the deluxe or special edition, which also includes a DVD with 27 BBC performances from mostly Top of the Pops 1 and 2, with a few exceptional appearances from Old Grey Whistle Test, Wogan and Brit Awards and finally includes as well the Glastonbury 2010 performance which pretty much like their Pandemonium tour minus “The Way It Used to Be” being in the track listings. The color scheme on this version is different from the regular, I guess to avoid confusion. The standard version of it has a color scheme of cool colors: green, to blue.  While the deluxe edition have warmer colors with one cool color: pink, orange, orange yellow and purple. I gotten this from a fan as a gift, I guess from buying the Life in Pop on DVD for the person. It’s a really choice idea because if you’re a newbie fan and want to test out their material at first hand, this is one of them because you get the idea what the Pet Shop Boys are all about, as well as Life in Pop DVD and PopArt the DVD(their videos) and if you have more of a fascination then getting their compilations like PopArt CD, their B-side sets: Alternative and Format, bookwise Introspective, Catalogue, Annually, Special, Literally and Pet Shop Boys vs. America are something else to get into. If not then there's their concerts: Highlights/MCMLXXXIX (VHS) which is only 30 minutes of it(more can be found on YouTube, Performance, Somewhere, Montage/Nightlife Tour, Cubism/Fundamental Tour, Discovery(VHS) more can be found on YouTube, and Pandemonium tour which includes a CD version, but it has lesser songs than the DVD. I’m not saying to get all at once because fans work on their own paste but whatever that is in your interest definitely test these out if you haven’t already. The deluxe edition also includes a little booklet of silhouettes of the musicians with a color schemes I mentioned earlier on each of them and it has the credits for both the CD and DVD. I would definitely consider this for an artist's choice. 

Soft Cell: Live in Milan DVD

Soft Cell: Live in Milan was released as a DVD back in 2002. It was one of the concerts that Soft Cell toured in the early 2000's as a reunion tour. Not really to stay as a band but let others know that they are still around. This was for supporting their new album at the time Cruelty Without Beauty and their compilation The Very Best of Soft Cell. You can also find similar live productions of this concert but in the UK form, in Soft Cell Live and Soft Cell Save Hello, Wave Goodbye Live which are basically the same double CDs collections with the same tracks and more songs than the Live in Milan DVD. This was filmed during a sold out stop at the Rolling Stones in Milan, Italy.  They were under new management, even though Stevo was executive producer Arto and Perko limited. And Cooking Vinyl records was their new record label too. Their style changed you can tell obviously. The choices of the songs were a brilliant mixture of all five albums in one list. Their best songs and classics fans know and love. I liked the way they toured after nearly 20 years. This and the Non Stop Exotic Video Show are the only DVDs I know of that Soft Cell and company made published. The other concerts back in the 80's can be found on YouTube, well some and most are in audio. This is recommended if you don't own this. I gotten another one because the previous one I owned, doesn't work anymore, I used to play it a lot when I younger, and this is really cheap. I gotten this at Wherehouse, it's another good store, if you don't want anything just mainstream. Amoeba is still better, but Amoeba didn't have it shockingly.  There is bonus material and that is Marc Almond and Dave Ball being interviewed and discussing about the past how things happened and it's pretty exclusive. This is also PS2 compatible. I think if i'm not mistaken, they were one of the bands that was suppose to tour with the Pet Shop Boys, something called Wotapalava that the management of the Boys   planned but never happened. I wished it did though. I guess things really do happen for a reason.