Neil Francis Tennant (born 10 July 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and music journalist, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys,...
16 KB (1,609 words) - 14:37, 6 May 2024
synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records...
100 KB (10,622 words) - 09:04, 29 August 2024
David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the sci-fi...
68 KB (6,588 words) - 06:19, 21 August 2024
co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981. Lowe attended Arnold School, an independent school in his home...
10 KB (911 words) - 17:52, 29 August 2024
(disambiguation), several people Neil Sedaka (born 1939), American musician Neil Simon (1927–2018), American playwright Neil Tennant (born 1954), British singer-songwriter...
10 KB (1,274 words) - 18:32, 24 August 2024
Ackland, Neil Dickson, and Gareth Hunt. In the early morning, dancers are warming up on an English beach (Clacton-on-Sea, Essex), and Neil Tennant appears...
18 KB (2,520 words) - 11:48, 5 August 2024
Neil Tennant (born 1 March 1950) is an American philosopher. He is Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Ohio State University;...
4 KB (301 words) - 06:13, 27 April 2024
West End Girls (category Songs written by Neil Tennant)
Girls" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. The song's lyrics...
52 KB (4,612 words) - 01:04, 21 August 2024
commentary and danceable music. All songs written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant "The Lost Room" – 4:12 "I Will Fall" – 4:38 "Skeletons in the Closet" –...
2 KB (198 words) - 22:13, 26 April 2024
"Perfection as a Hipster"; Neil Hannon with Catherine Ireton (performer) "No Regrets" by Robbie Williams – backing vocals with Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys The...
21 KB (2,044 words) - 18:00, 28 July 2024
the majority of their output between 1989 and 1998, collaborating with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys on three tracks in their early years...
19 KB (1,236 words) - 09:51, 5 September 2024
Getting Away with It (category Songs written by Neil Tennant)
of New Order, ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, and guesting vocalist Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1989. Musically, Bernard...
16 KB (1,498 words) - 11:46, 10 June 2024
"sometimes quite complicated" demos more minimal in arrangement. Singer Neil Tennant also shared that "every track has an orchestra on it [...] with electronics"...
17 KB (1,482 words) - 20:57, 20 August 2024
Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Chrissie Hynde, Guy Garvey and Neil Tennant which were held to benefit the Kate McGarrigle fund. In 2019 Jones announced...
12 KB (1,125 words) - 00:32, 5 August 2024
It's a Sin (category Songs written by Neil Tennant)
their second studio album, Actually (1987). Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, the song was released on 15 June 1987 as the album's lead single. It...
32 KB (2,756 words) - 01:54, 4 September 2024
heard that Minnelli had just been signed by Epic and suggested that Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of The Pet Shop Boys could work with her on the album...
15 KB (1,027 words) - 15:19, 21 July 2024
the United Kingdom and by EMI Manhattan in North America. According to Neil Tennant and music historian Wayne Studer, Actually loosely critiques Thatcherism...
32 KB (2,654 words) - 05:40, 2 August 2024
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (song) (category Songs written by Neil Tennant)
album Dusty in Memphis was often acknowledged by Neil Tennant as his favourite LP. But according to Tennant, EMI Records — parent company of their record...
30 KB (2,981 words) - 16:37, 23 July 2024
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys, to accompany the 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein. It is performed by Tennant,...
7 KB (732 words) - 23:45, 26 May 2024
Savage as one of the greatest songs of the 1980s. Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant included the track in a 2006 edition of the Guardian's "Soundtrack of...
3 KB (172 words) - 22:42, 20 August 2024
written with Pet Shop Boys soon after their collaboration with singer Neil Tennant on "Getting Away with It" in 1989. Several other songs were also completed...
20 KB (1,661 words) - 04:20, 3 August 2024
Go West (song) (category Songs written by Neil Tennant)
duo selected "Go West" as the song they would perform. Though singer Neil Tennant was unable to remember the lyrics during that performance, the two decided...
43 KB (4,133 words) - 19:17, 8 August 2024
Johnny Marr; Marr and Neil Tennant previously worked together on the 1989 Electronic song "Getting Away with It". Later, singer Tennant reflected on the different...
30 KB (2,788 words) - 13:21, 29 August 2024
performed by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. The album was released on 14 March 2011 by Parlophone. Tennant and Lowe proposed...
18 KB (1,665 words) - 10:58, 26 January 2023
called their "coming-out" album, since it was during this time that Neil Tennant had publicly discussed his long-rumoured homosexuality. "Generally this...
34 KB (2,808 words) - 16:27, 3 July 2024
category. All tracks are written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted All tracks are written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted...
30 KB (2,029 words) - 19:44, 23 May 2024
were inspired by the duo's life in London at the time, with lyricist Neil Tennant assuming different characters and occasionally writing satirical lyrics...
20 KB (1,513 words) - 15:14, 2 September 2024
I'm Not Scared (song) (category Songs written by Neil Tennant)
mix. Pet Shop Boys also released their own version of the song, with Neil Tennant vocals, on the album Introspective. In his review of the song, John Wilde...
13 KB (1,250 words) - 07:42, 24 July 2024
commercial and creative peak simultaneously. The phrase was coined by Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys to describe the group's feelings on their career...
6 KB (479 words) - 19:27, 12 August 2024
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (category Songs written by Neil Tennant)
written during the Pet Shop Boys' formative years, in 1983. According to Neil Tennant, the main lyrical concept came while in a recording studio in Camden...
21 KB (2,055 words) - 20:59, 21 August 2024