Category Archives: Music

PSB Winner #3 – Jealousy

3rd of 10 blogs devoted to the 10 best Pet Shop Boys songs of all time, not presented in any particular order. Each has an A side and is followed by a B side, a song so good it nearly … Continue reading

Posted in Gay shit, Music, Pet Shop Boys | 1 Comment

PSB Winner #2 – West End Girls

This is a series of blogs devoted to the best ten Pet Shop Boys songs of all time, not presented in any particular order. Each has an A side and is followed by a B side,  a song so good … Continue reading

Posted in "Art", Gay shit, Music, Pet Shop Boys, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Pet Shop Boys unveil “Winner” video – but what are the all time PSB winners?

If you scrutinise this blog carefully, you may find a few subtle indications that Pop Lifer are Pet Shop Boys fans. In fact, we think they are the greatest pop act of all time, and our towering achievement in life … Continue reading

Posted in "Art", Gay shit, Music | 16 Comments

Important rock’n’roll announcement

So there you go – rock’n’roll is not dead. Don’t be fooled by our name, Pop Lifer bows to nobody in our love of rock’n’roll. Not even Joan Jett. So you can imagine how relieved we were to see this t … Continue reading

Posted in Music | Leave a comment

“I get to be a hero” – Frank Ocean takes centre stage as music’s man of the hour

Over in the states, Frank Ocean has kicked off his first major tour since revealing his first love was a man. As Ocean has wryly noted on Twitter, “And the women still scream in the front row, contrary to what the naysayers … Continue reading

Posted in Music | Leave a comment

Picture This #4

Alison Goldfrapp – official Pop Lifer hero – in one of the most gorgeous pop images of the last decade. If you haven’t bought Goldfrapp’s 2012 singles collection yet, you should correct that immediately: as i’ve written elsewhere, it offers a chance to assess their wayward, … Continue reading

Posted in "Art", Music | 1 Comment