Pet Shop Boys first ever tv appearance 1984 "west end girls"

the first ever tv appearance
from belgium in 1984 live on "hit des clubs" performing "west end girls"

[@princessozmaofoz5242]

This song turns 40 today (9/4/24) and was the start of their career. Thanks for the awesome music, Chris and Neil. You made many lives happier. Long live the Pet Shop Boys❤

[@Buc_Stops_Here]

New album just came out this week called Nonetheless. The first single is actually pretty good called Loneliness and it is a full album with: Loneliness Feel Why Am I Dancing? New London Boy Dancing Star A New Bohemia The Schlager Hit Parade The Secret Of Happiness Bullet For Narcissus Love Is The Law

[@auxmike718]

September isn’t here yet!

[@princessozmaofoz5242]

@@auxmike718 it's April 9th. In my country that's how you say the date: day, month, year.

[@siotibi827]

It could be argued when a musical group actually starts. Their career usually commences once they go professional. By that definition PSB were still considered an amateur formation, but in March/April of '85 came the turning point when they signed with Parlophone, hired a manager, Neil quit Smash Hits and the band went full time. The rest is history.

[@SRT54]

@@auxmike718😂

[@williamdavies2375]

Chris dancing and no hat. Amazing

[@66marymagdalene]

Maybe he didn’t like wearing hat at that time. 😆😆😆

[@pooystuy]

Ha ha! So true 😂

[@procta2343]

I think chris changed is image roughly around the early 90s, i think with the comments of him standing behind Neil, in the west End girls video. Gave him the idea of just standing there playing a few riffs, which he has kept to this very day. Neil has become more lively on stage.

[@juanjuanes2201]

Es increible lo que se puede ver hoy en dia.

[@finlaybiddlesden2426]

Maybe he wears a hat because his hair’s thinning, still got the sunglasses on though…

[@AnaCarolina-dn4es]

At the end Chris dances, happy to be done, as if he has been set free. This video has a priceless value.

[@khv_dv_jungle]

Он очень любит танцевать .Это везде заметно. Вообще контраст. Либо как вкопанный у клавиатуры. Либо танцует ..весь🤗🧡

[@joseitsme]

Their will never be another great duo like Pet Shop Boys.

[@daniellovett4687]

First heard this in a club in Honolulu in 1984 on Navy leave and thought it was the coolest song I ever heard !

[@ianisguerin4075]

Pet shop boys is 40 years old. Happy Birthday. Love from Bordeaux. France.

[@abfab7830]

le Schtroumpf près de la gare, le Différent cours Victor Hugo, le Privé quai des Chartrons j'y étais

[@WilliamWebbarquitecto]

I am impressed to see them dancing somewhat to the music...

[@PAN-THEE-AVENGER]

Same, the dancing added a bit of extra flavor to the song...actually had me moving also haha 😊

[@andreabelle478]

Yeah.

[@robertflynn6686]

Hope I am not being somewhat boring🙃

[@spkanava]

Belgia

[@elenatria]

Indeed what a rare gem, to see them dancing. 😍

[@bwest6275]

They’re really good. I reckon these lads have a future career in music.

[@callummarch3970]

Jokes about as old as this performance

[@crystalidentity]

@@callummarch3970 They're alright, but synth bands are on their way out. *~ signed, a man at Decca*

[@lazybelphegore6748]

Lol

[@nicholasbradley-zq4fw]

What a great , early live performance. This track was a huge backdrop for me playing in the backstreets of Leeds when I was 15 . Respect to the Boys.

[@futurefreak8789]

I don’t think they knew then how BIG they were going to be..Great Band

[@VovanMeloman]

What a video! Real rare! Never seen! Neil singing "Ah-Ah-Ah-Uh-Uh" and Chris dancing! More lyrics! Wow! Made my day! Thank You!

[@spkanava]

Belgia

[@benbom]

James Brown's Ah

[@claraharriis1103]

Great video thanks Chris grooving cool

[@RicTezz33]

that's because this is the BOBBY ORLANDO Produced version.

[@oscarnieto8635]

Bravo Bravo. Hey 2024 and still listening that song. I love pet shop boys uno de mis favoritos ❤ west and girlssssss

[@ninhil2]

talented guys. hope we'll hear more of them.

[@Fortaz107]

This was before West End Girls was re-released in the version we know today.

[@chordsnstrums]

Yes! The original version! My favorite!

[@drssexy2142]

Thx Sherlock

[@ronaldwilkin5662]

I’m 64 this was my times happy times I feel so young hearing this take me back to the 80s

[@mikew.andbrad8614]

Thirty years later, they are still very popular.

[@LilRedRidingHood]

The pet shop boy were my favourite band as a kid I only saw them in the mid to late 90s ... Thanks guy's it was wonderful seeing them in the 80s 💕

[@mikew.andbrad8614]

Tracey ƸӜƷ Many years ago, I was told to try this record out, see if the dance crowd would like it...and they did! And the rest, as they say, is History. Their music is still awesome.

[@sumanth5087]

Cuz of gta5 maybe?

[@curly_wyn]

Yep. In the early 90s they were denounced by America as a “gay band” and never any commercial success here again. But, in the UK, they remain popular, respected, loved, and revered even to this day!

[@curly_wyn]

They definitely finished what Suicide started!

[@n.i8539]

The 80's music!!❣️ These guys were certainly unique!

[@brody5211]

Are !

[@dylanwilliams121]

The era of post disco and post-punk/new wave. Timeless music

[@user-xy9mf7hi6b]

Вот это да! Крис танцует в конце видео!👍🔥Какое счастье увидеть моих любимых Pet Shop Boys!

[@khv_dv_jungle]

Ага😊 и у него это как-то даже по- женски мило получается . Мне часто приходит мысль, что в него есть южные корни, Испания, Лат. Америка в крови. А Нил на 3:34 кидает вдребезги виртуальный стакан👌💥

[@DJJezzebella]

@@khv_dv_jungle I know! Break it baby at (-3:34)

[@albertz2392]

Насколько ПШБ этой композицией опередили то время (1984) на самом деле! На 2-3 года минимум!

[@barriemoore6369]

My Boys !!!! The best times of my life with my bestfriend , the soundtrack to my fun , fantastic 80s !! I Wish I could go back and do it all over again ...No one will ever be like these 2 EVER AGAIN!!! ❤

[@alviilmie1869]

That Neil’s shirt is a beginning of his style!And Chris’s dancing is just epic!Was hard to believe that the dive bar was shut down...

[@crystalidentity]

Which one - d'you mean Raymond's Revue Bar from the promo video? I went and photographed the sign when our family vacationed to England for the first time! Got a pic of me outside King's Cross station as well. God, I was soooo obsessed with PSB!!! 😻💓🎶

[@alviilmie1869]

@@crystalidentity 🎹👍😁

[@AveryBrown66]

that dance at the end

[@annalizardi]

Wow, this is a gem. Yes, the final version is much better, but there's some magic here, something about this performance is beyond fantastic.

[@user-xs1yx9tc9m]

Yes, I like to hear what early and demo versions are like, even if I don't like them ! I like to see the creative process, how things develop.

[@annalizardi]

@@user-xs1yx9tc9m Absolutely! That's why early and demo versions are truly gems lost in time, because you can hear the real evolution of great bands!

[@user-xs1yx9tc9m]

@@annalizardi I'm interested in how many things begin and form, music, art, design. As the saying goes, The journey is more important than the destination. In the 1990's I used to photograph local indie bands, but not many had any success. What other groups have you listened to for the early sound. ? Adrian: UK/England

[@annalizardi]

@@user-xs1yx9tc9m That's fantastic, some of those bands surely had the talent to be more than they were, but sometimes the lucky day never came. I have listened to Seymour, that became the succesful Blur, early songs by A-ha (pretty different), some early demos of The Stone Roses (they were always like a sunshine, even in their firsts attempts) and Jesus Jones, for example. Love to listen the difference between the start and the aftermath. It's beautiful.

[@heather7305]

precious...these two make me proud to be British

[@pepinillosazucarados6743]

what about the pink floyd !!!

[@FriendofDorothy]

@@pepinillosazucarados6743 "the" pink floyd??

[@devinthierault]

​@@FriendofDorothywhich ones Pink!?

[@XGemz18X]

Chris showing us his skills on the Casio keyboard at the end.....Love it !! 😂

[@tusia2651]

Masterpiece! ❤

[@suhailmahmood4097]

It's 2022 now and i still listen to their songs. Never failed to buy their albums since first listening to them in 1983. Marvellous music.

[@edisakhnovich7207]

Yeah, it 10000000000 times better than all this modern music

[@oxyv7285]

Very good 👍

[@Adriana1111000]

This is a treasure. The start of the Kings of Pop. PSB Forever!

[@sindyduarte9234]

Adriana1111000 correction my dear, erasure are good too, they are a kings of the synth music too

[@alphasoundboard2864]

Cindy Duarte how many kings can you have lol.... You sure you mean kings lol

[@yaser5572]

he was so young man😍

[@adri4931]

woah now settle down, i wouldn’t say king of pop

[@iroczo6627]

Hello The King of Pop IS and ALWAYS will be Michael Jackson

[@MissPerriwinkle]

legends

[@milestanesic9058]

So HANDSOME man and sooooo British

[@gettinoveritgettinoverit1062]

REASONS TO BE (CHEER)ful by N.Stibbe///If Phoebe Waller-Bridge's FLEABAG were a bored teenager in the BRITish Midlands circa 1980 instead of the wayward owner of a contemporary LONDON diveBAR(oops) guinea-pig café, she might be a lot Lizzie Vogel. A dentist's assistant more by accident than design---previous stints at a senior home & a garden center didn't work out, & the options in LEICESTER-shire are slim ---she has a crush on the cute bookish bandboy who delivers lab samples, a mum who writes erotic psi-fi for kicks, & a Xenomorphic boss who can't even properly pull a tooth out @ the root.(from an EW article with some Narrative LIEsense by MEME:)

[@gordonalain]

Yeah, this song was a hit in Belgium long before it became a world wide hit. Guess we have good taste here in Belgium.

[@80ssynthfan48]

I was surprised to learn that.

[@drssexy2142]

Belgium also worshipped the band 'Live'. So, no.

[@chrislowe1840]

I love you so much PetShopBoys 💚💜🖤❤️💛💙

[@MattKeith-xl9np]

This is where it all started for trance , techno and 90s dance music.i have studied it all and this and a few other acts kicked it all off.they are godly

[@jasonritchie8475]

Wtf? Ever heard of Kraftwerk?? I can't stop laughing 🙈

[@Logans3Run]

​@@jasonritchie8475 👍 Arguably, the first track that was the precursor to 'House' music, was 'Situation' (1982) by Yazoo and another one of their b-sides 'State Farm' (1983). Vince Clarke obviously had his own music influences and combined with Alison Moyets brilliant vocals, they set a trend, in their own right.

[@jnnx]

Strange you don’t know about the Mute record label.

[@jasonritchie8475]

Seriously dude, these guys were late to the party. They jumped on a bandwagon. They followed a tried and trusted formula that started years earlier - one person on synths and one doing vocals. And a sequencer sat between them. Soft Cell and Blancmange both did it a year earlier. Vince Clarke the year before that. Go back to the 70's and you'll find a couple of New Yorkers called SUICIDE were making it an artform. Cabaret Voltaire were doing some very interesting things too

[@dejantetickovic4478]

Please invest more time in your research.

[@iljalawrentyew8712]

Auch dieser Song ist fast 40 Jahre alt aber immer noch geil!

[@drssexy2142]

Well yeah, that's what i was thinkling

[@ColdKatri]

Pure golden!!!! I love Pet Shop Boys. They are so lovely 💖💖💖💖💖😍😍😍

[@Pinerocks]

I bought the Bobby O release at the time and hated the new version initially...obviously in time it grew on me!!

[@adollar3445]

This is the first rap pop tecno KInd of mixed song I heard when I was a toddler But still so fresh Its always always good to hear pet shop boys songs

[@procta2343]

i recon these set the foundations of the dance era, that came later.

[@RicTezz33]

And it was the first version, this is Produced by BOBBY ORLANDO.

[@raquelmartinez2853]

Esto es una joyita papá!!!! 🇵🇾❤️ Saludos desde Paraguay

[@FiatLuxSayRelax]

Hehe, this was the first version I ever heard of West End Girls when my dad played it on his sound system when I was a kid back in 2008 and absolutely fell in love with it! So glad Belgians adored the song and made sure Neil and Chris got recognized. Thank you, Belgium! Much love!

[@andycleaver9135]

40 years on and still going strong. I bet nobody hears anything of Ed Sheeran and whingebag Adele in 2064, they will be long forgotten by 2034

[@josephkissel6062]

No need to lift something up by pushing something down ...

[@Patrickmorris80]

Think both Adele and ed Sheeran will still have there music played in the 2060s but not the spice girls and anything from X factor ?

[@no834]

I disagree with your rant

[@no834]

​@@josephkissel6062right on.

[@sinwithsebastian]

Chris is soooooooo cute …. I love when he dances

[@khv_dv_jungle]

У него этот как- то по особенному получается. Женственно даже как-то. Вобщем довольно мило. Он очень подвижный

[@madmode101]

Vielen Dank-eine Perle!

[@Nexus-le9bb]

first time i saw the cover of the maxi single west end girls i was sure they were italien....same style like italio disco..lol that playing the synth on a low stand and moves reminds me of depeche mode video just cant get enough.

[@verucasalt9182]

I was going to comment the same . Clearly they fed from that style and even the looks here is very Italian .

[@SuperMike1955]

Awesome song. Brings back so many memories ❤

[@arletedasdoresribeiro2463]

Como eram ingênuos e estilosos!Muito show!I Love Pet Shop Boys!

[@henry-lee-music]

Neil's got some fantastic dance moves goin' in the intro. 🙃

[@bundesficker5366]

Oh man, ist es wirklich schon so lange her? Es ist eine Hymne meiner Jugend! Ich war damals gerade 20 geworden & war jung und heiß und sexy...so wie die beiden.

[@Florcitax]

His voice remains the same

[@colagirl1972]

It's a good thing Chris stopped with the thrusting oh mys I wouldn't get anything done 😍

[@suburbia2050]

Just sprayed my earl grey all over the tablet

[@no1cullenfan]

I love the thrusting. Beautiful Chris.

[@USAPethead]

This comment and the reply from the person who spit out their tea 🤣 I come back to this thread when I need a smile 😊

[@glamnesianouveaux2039]

I LUUUURVE the Bobby O version so much. Chris Lowe was SUCH a BABE when he was younger, sigh.

[@tatianaprada13]

Love them 😍😍😍

[@BasiltheDragon]

Hahah, Neil was a lot more lively whilst singing in this! And he looks really young when compared to the official video for this in 1986 (and also rather cute). Great upload, thanks!

[@madgemuso7314]

Yes he looks like a handsome public schoolboy here. Hugh Grant style hairdo.

[@LaralittleTV]

God you were good even then! ❤ 40 years ago … honestly. Where the life has gone?!!

[@trumpnado5559]

Best version of this song

[@drssexy2142]

Hipster!!!

[@dannyechi3904]

This has become one of my Top 5 PSB Video's to watch. It's so early 80's (Pre polished & styled PSB) . My favorite part of this clip is seeing them both dancing here in their youth. #priceless

[@Radio_Activity]

Neil Tennant is actually a very young looking thirty year old here.

[@elenatria]

I love watching them dance too, so rare! It's as if they watched the video later and thought "Naaah, too much moving, let's be posh and stylish and aloof from now on, let people focus only on the sound".

[@brody5211]

@@Radio_Activity and they remind me of Dm aged 20 here. Hard to believe 30

[@svin7987]

@@Radio_Activity he looks in the 20s here

[@docktordoom577]

I was 15 when this song came out. I always preferred this version of the song vs the later one.

[@muskkichael7149]

Essa é uma grande prova de que tudo na vida pode ser melhorado. Grande Pet Shop Boys!

[@mariobottieri1034]

Over 30 years someone is doing something right we can only imagine how it all began and how it will end life has a special destiny for all who ventured !

[@drssexy2142]

i did a shit

[@immortus127]

one of the best songs of the moment and still relevant reflecting the situation in west london at the time

[@alexsegal4367]

смотрю это видео в 2023 и наслаждаюсь. 39 лет !

[@MrSetonBob]

So interesting before the Helena Lisandrello (Springs) backing vocals. Love this, and that’s my favorite part. Long live 1984.

[@MrSetonBob]

How much do you need? How far have you been?

[@citizenoftheworld6363]

If When Why What How have you got nowdays? 😂 have you reached to the Finland station?

[@lloydwinsf]

This was the version I heard on WLIR in New York. About a year later the revised version was issued with their first album and this one disappeared.

[@luisgomez-pf1pt]

Excelente video ,que recuerdos de los 80¨s. Un Mexicano más disfrutando de su musíca!!!!PSB

[@mytrp7616]

Ughhh Neil is gorgeoussss & so charismatic. Lemme build a time machine just to go back to this day! x'333

[@josephkissel6062]

People seem to forget before they fully ascended to PSB 2.0 ("Behavior" era?), they were as cute as their music ...

[@twnxn]

Classic. I always get a kick out of this “live” performance/lip syncing/miming. And also remember the fashion in 1984- Neil wearing a button shirt untucked, collar up over a sweater; and Chris wearing a bright button down shirt with a sweater tied around the waist. Again classic 1980’s (specifically 1984) style.

[@cdave2]

butternutcrunch Huh? He is lip-synching - he’s miming to the original 1984 single version produced by Bobby Orlando.

[@procta2343]

@@cdave2 I think the both are tbh,

[@72andres]

Amazing first time TV 📺 presentation. May God bless them all!

[@snoopytrekschannel]

.. this is so cool! A fan for so long, I've never seen this. It's so ironic they are still touring and still producing projects after all these years

[@josephkissel6062]

Who'd have thought?!?! But I've been a fan since Day 1 ...

[@immalasorsa1583]

Bellissimo Lui!!! ksi SeXy...e Tosto! Ti Adoro Neil!!!

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Chris's dancing bit at the end is classic.

[@khv_dv_jungle]

Похоже на paninaro'94, discovery, когда он с клетку заскакивает и там также танцует и улыбается. . Вот тут а начале kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5jNnZ2jibFlmdE

[@FM_User1]

So talented!!!!

[@soydechileyque]

INCREDIBLE MATERIAL. NOTE THE TRANSITION OF THE MUSIC FROM THE AMERICAN ELECTRO DISCO (EXAMPLE OLIVER CHEATAM - GET DOWN SATURDAY NIGHT 1982) TO THE EARLY YEARS OF THE BRIT SYNT POP LIKE THIS VIDEO. THE EVOLUTION OF THE DISCO MUSIC TROUGH THE TIME.

[@MrSgm111]

Chris is smiling at the end 🪩😍

[@jocymarsales]

Que vídeo maravilhoso!! Uma relíquia!! Parabéns!!! Obrigado por compartilhar!! Eu Amo Pet Shop Boys!! ❤❤❤

[@pepinillosazucarados6743]

the only time i've seen them actually enjoying their music !!!

[@madgemuso7314]

Check out the live recording of their Performance Show for another later example of this. Especially towards the end of the show, Neil looks like he’s having a great time.

[@dunspik]

So strangee....but it took me back to the 80-s... really great great musicians.. one of my favorite psb-s song. thumbs up

[@Oldmotherhell]

That's just Chris's idea of a low-slung keyboard, all the way below his bollocks. Like Peter Hook. I love it.

[@curly_wyn]

What an interesting, peculiar, and striking first appearance on TV. I wonder if they’ll go far.

[@crystalidentity]

They're dressed very atypically for the Pet Shop Boys. I guess this was before they'd figured out their 'look'. I saw another live video from back then where Neil is dressed in a puffer jacket and trainers, whilst Chris is wearing a bowler hat and a long overcoat. They looked like brothers who'd decided to raid each other's closets, lol!!!

[@reinhardtpeter3001]

It's still the Bobby Orlando version with additional lyrics. So everything seems to be unpolished. Lip syncing to synthesizer screams is ridiculous.

[@TheOptimod]

Yawn.

[@RazSux]

WOW! They can actually move! PS - I'm glad they stopped this dancing lark.

[@bugnerrichard2]

Love You Neil

[@seanahmed9079]

GENIUS!!!

[@chowing08231]

the quality of the footage.......holy cow.

[@scottjohnson3226]

This is epic! I absolutely love it.

[@user-xy9mf7hi6b]

Да!очень нравится,на сцене они живые эмоциональные,настоящие)

[@khv_dv_jungle]

@@user-xy9mf7hi6b да...💛

[@lindaherrera8269]

I like this song

[@Sam4G0d]

Wow - iconic seeing this first performance!

[@summerlaverdure]

this was definitely a studio magic song XD

[@oscarnieto8635]

In centro y sur América we love pet shop boys I I want to wake up.yo quiero despertar

[@henrychannels5508]

Una gran produccion del gran genio del high energy Bobby Orlando

[@drssexy2142]

dont forget Del Boy

[@anitamarasco5000]

Great 😘

[@iliastsouktakos604]

Funny and lovely!

[@justinbarnett4868]

This is straight up AMAZING. I account for a substantial number of views on this gift to human ears......any ears.

[@jitlik]

Neil is so cute!!! XXXX

[@Monacomaverick]

I was born during the same year they released their first album. Seven years later they became my favorite group, period. This was released on Bobby O's hits volume 2 if I'm not mistaken.

[@dabeage]

the original version....I remember hearing the Bobby-O version (my fave,) but when I went to buy the record (in the states,) it was remade version, which very good and a classic but my dance-hall days went by the Bobby-O mix.

[@johnmc3862]

2 years before its re-release and it being a hit.

[@Endzeitstille]

neil was alm 30 years old in this!

[@Olga-sr1jz]

Хотела увидеть, как Нил танцует, ведь это так редко у него бывает. Всегда серьезный, в костюме, в галстуке, классный ❤

[@Pieriv]

on Belgian TV eheh, great video, I like this minimal version with kitsch sounds and Neil singing a little bit false, it has a lot of charm

[@realmrmojorisinmorrisonjr7917]

Classic&Awesome So80s and yet not outdated by any sense

[@rogerherrera9788]

LOS FABULOSOS 80'S!!!

[@ericolaser8546]

Top demais.kkk pet shop boys os melhores

[@iljalawrentyew8712]

Als dieser Song rauskam da war ich noch nicht, auf der Welt denn ich bin erst 1997 geboren ja

[@mrguystarr]

Amazing upload...love it.