Morning Aural: Pet Shop Boys
 
 

With the religious right accusing the gay community of singling them out (they weren't kidding about that whole martyr complex thing, were they?), we thought it'd be fun to dust off the Pet Shop Boys classic, "It's a Sin".

The video, directed by the late Derek Jarman, is filled with all sorts of subtext about Neil Tennant's Catholic school upbringing. By "subtext" we mean "muscle boys in underwear erotically dancing in unison while a whirling dervish nun looks on". We gays are a subtle people.

 
Nov 25, 2008 · Link · 9 Responses
Tagged:
 
Fark Facebook Digg StumbleUpon Del.icio.us Reddit
Comments (9)

No. 1 · Marc

I love PSB !

Now someone will comment that they are old, haggard and should hang it up.

Someone please, I dare you!

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 11:00 am
No. 2 · Tim

How about a Pet Shop Boys month? One beautiful cut after another for a whole bloody month, dammit!

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 11:25 am
No. 3 · ChristopherM

This isn't the original video I don't believe. The original is far campier and actually features the band. This is what I remember as the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7I5UaB7mx4

Still, nothing wrong with boys in underwear and any Pet Shop Boys song…they're still putting out amazing work.

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 11:53 am
No. 4 · Anarchos

Yay Pet Shop Boys!!

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 12:51 pm
No. 5 · Paul Raposo

Holy hell–Pet Shop Boys!

I take back every nasty thing I wrote about you on the bathroom walls, Japhy.

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 12:53 pm
No. 6 · Eminent Victorian

This is not Derek Jarman's video, you nitwit.

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 1:52 pm
No. 7 · Japhy Grant

@Eminent Victorian: Sure it is.

http://artforum.com/video/mode=large&id=20454

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 3:03 pm
No. 8 · Eminent Victorian

Art Forum is a great organization, but someone has made a mistake. I know people who worked with Jarman on the video, and the one posted in Art Forum is not that video.

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 3:36 pm
No. 9 · Paul Raposo

I believe this was one of several mini-movies Jarman produced for the PSB 1989 concert tour, to be played on screens behind the actual stage show. While the video we all saw featuring Neil as prisoner and Chris as his jailer was the commercial video. The Boys talk about the films in the book, "Literally".

Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Leave a Comment

It's easier to leave comments when you register for an account. It's quick.

Already have an account? Then log in!

By posting, you agree to our Comments Policy.

 
 
Scroll Posts
Florida Gay Adoption Ban Overturned « Next — Prev » California Fair Political Practices Commission to Investigate Mormon Church
Queerty Home | Advertise | Copyright 2009 Jossip Initiatives