Tag: Pet Shop Boys

The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 127 with Lauryn Gaffney and Sharon Sexton

On this week’s show I was delighted to be joined by two ladies involved in the Camden Fringe in London this week. Both productions are running at the London Irish Centre.

Lauryn Gaffney speaks about Big Shot The Musical

First guest on the show today was Lauryn Gaffney from Dublin, who wrote and is now directing Big Shot The Musical. For someone who is just 23, Lauryn has achieved a fantastic amount.

You can find out about Big Shot The Musical here and follow on Twitter and Facebook.

Lauryn is also writing songs for other people. You can keep up to date with here on Twitter.

Sharon Sexton speaks about Somewhere Under The Rainbow – The Liza Minnelli Show

Sharon Sexton was a previous guest on The London Ear and this time was here to tell us about ‘Somewhere Under The Rainbow – The Liza Minnelli Story’.

Sharon is a founder of Biscuits for Breakfast, a London based Irish Theatre Company who are also seeking submissions to be a part of the first London Irish Short Play Festival. You can find out all the details on the Biscuits for Breakfast website.

You can find out more about Somewhere Under the Rainbow – The Liza Minnelli Story on Twitter and follow Biscuits for Breakfast on Facebook.

The London Ear Show 127 August 13 2016 // Playlist

Here’s what happened on Show 127:

1. Wild Beasts: Big Cat
2. M83 feat Mai Lan: Go!
3. Music from Big Shot The Musical: What’s a Man to do?
4. Chat with Lauryn Gaffney from Big Shot The Musical
5. Music from Big Shot The Musical: Coffee Shop Song
6. Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Summer
7. Daniel Woolhouse: Map of the Moon
8. Robyn: Dancing On My Own
9. Chat with Sharon Sexton from Somewhere Under the Rainbow – The Liza Minnelli Story
10. Liza Minnelli and Pet Shop Boys: Losing My Mind
11. Caan: Changes
12. George The Poet: What do you reckon?

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August 13, 2016
Tune of the Week 23/06/2013: Pet Shop Boys – Electric

After a lifetime of playing music together, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are still awesome. When other acts seem to go through lulls, Pet Shop Boys just get better. Their new album ‘Electric’, produced by is out on July 15th and ‘Vocal’ is taken from it. Electric is produced by Stuart Price, aka Jacques Le Cont and has also worked with Kylie, Lady Gaga, Take That and Scissor Sisters. The video was directed by Joost Vandeburg

I’ve been playing ‘Electric’ all week, it makes me want to get up and dance, so I’ve named it This Week’s Tune of the week. Can’t wait for the album.

June 23, 2013
Neil Tennant’s Smash Hits Christmas: Radio Documentary

I didn’t get a chance to listen to this at Christmas but I’ve just found it on YouTube and had to share it with you. This is a fantastic documentary which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on December 20.

Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys worked as a journalist for Smash Hits. This documentary tells the story of Neil Tennant’s work in Smash Hits and the journey of Pet Shop Boys early days. Of course the whole thing is backed up by, and I’m not afraid to say it, some of my favourite music ever! Amazing job!

January 3, 2013
Take That: Progressed Review

It’s not too surprising that Take That have chosen to release Progressed as a two disc edition rather than a brand new separate release. Just as the original five get back together on tour for the first time in fifteen years, the two disc edition is a nice little shot in the arm for the fastest selling album of the century. Plus every die hard fan will want it.

Lead single from ‘Progressed’ is ‘Love Love’, taken from the soundtrack to ‘X Men: First Class’, a little bit gritty and electro than a lot of Take That’s previous releases. While lead single from ‘Progress’, stayed pretty much in line with what the group had released with Beautiful World and The Circus, you can hear a more electro Robbie Williams influence here. Even the production on Don’t Say Goodbye has a certain Pet Shop Boys vibe.

‘Man’ is an interesting, a dance track with a phat bass, it features vocals and a vibe that will bring die hard fans straight to the early ‘Do What You Like’. The Mark Owen led ”The Day the Work is done’ is a decent mid tempo track, while the thumping ‘Beautiful’ reminds me The Killers/Brandon Flowers.

To these ears, Love Love is the best of the eight tracks. If Take That were to push another track from Progressed, it would probably be the nostalgic ‘When We Were Young’, which would be ideal to close the Progress chapter.

Every fan will buy it and it will be probably be number 1 by the end of the week. (more…)

June 15, 2011