PET SHOP BOYS | This Used To Be The Future | |
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I can remember when this was the future Where it was gonna be at back then Why don't we turn the whole bloody lot down And make a new start all over again? I can recall utopian thinking Bold mission statements and tightening of belts Demolition of familiar landmarks Promises made and deals that were dealt This used to be the future Where it was at back then Let's turn the whole bloody lot down And start all over again But that future was exciting Science fiction made fact Now all we have to look forward to Is a sort of suicide pact Was it the dear old future That created the problems we face? How do we deal with the fallout Of the age we used to call space? I can remember planning for leisure Living in peace and freedom from fear Science that promised to make us a new world Religion and prejudice disappear I can remember when this was the future Where it was gonna be at back then Now religion and nuclear energy have united To threaten, oh God! Amen This used to be the future Where it was at back then Now religion and nuclear energy have united Oh God! Amen Was it the dear old future That created the problems we face? How do we deal with the fallout Of the age we used to call space? This used to be the future Where it was at back then Let's turn the whole bloody lot down And start all over again Amen |
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The song laments the future once promised us...no 2000AD, silver Blake's 7 outer space tunics or friendly robots...
Like the Richard X track 'Fundamental', we think that people will end up wishing that this track wasn't hidden away on the limited edition of 'Yes etc'
It starts of a bit like 'Being Boring' with a similar keyboard lead before going unusually weird and wonderful.
The track features extensive vocals from Chris Lowe and he's in good voice.
The track is very, very catchy...
Philip get's to sing the line 'This used to be the future...' and he sounds very dramatic - it is quite wonderful hearing Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe and Philip Oakey in quick succession to some banging analogue electro.
This is pop history in the making.
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