Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices

[@MrJdp1968]

Condolences to anyone that didn’t live through 80’s music 👌🏻

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Amen!

[@nc5809]

I was conceived to 80s music, I imagine.

[@nuriolivares2756]

Really!!!! ❤

[@markrich7171]

Spot on

[@christendomdefenderbeready3251]

INDEED. 07

[@christiansabin871]

Big shout out if you heard this song on an advert and remembered just how top this song truly is!! 💕

[@TheDJMTBizzle]

literally why im here!

[@paulineguerreiro9976]

Same here 😃

[@lisaspain100]

Yes definitely 👍

[@Robert-v3o2e]

YES!!! Loving it so much. BRILLIANT!!

[@lindaduffy5063]

Yip same here , I saw them this year in Glasgow and boy are those 2 boys as brilliant as they've always been . ❤

[@davidhubbert9445]

Just heard bits of this in a TV advert what a great tune this is .

[@dom9882]

Exactly the same. But I can't even tell you what the advert was :)

[@helenbunt6654]

Me too 😊

[@simonreeves828]

EE Broadband ‘devices’

[@swiminthesea6724]

Reminded me too 😂

[@Sharon-ic8dg]

Me too, loved this tune 👌

[@jimbo6059]

What a decade the 80s was. It will never be repeated.

[@DK-yq5nx]

This and Being Boring are possibly my two favourite pet shop boys songs. Oh, and Love Comes Quickly. But it’s so hard to choose, isn’t it?

[@AçoFlamenguistaraiz]

For me its quit the same

[@daviderossi951]

Me too the same...

[@mk5294]

Left to my own devices and Go West are my favorites!!

[@StephenLewis-im6wu]

Maybe add domino dancing and surburbia with this and being boring

[@paulroberts635]

Rent is my favourite 😊

[@cs.0903]

The lyrics to this song are pure genius. And I think everyone who has ever been an outsider can identify.

[@rickogden204]

It is nice to see the Pet Shop Boys music is still alive and kicking in 2024. I have adored their music from the beginning way back in the 80's with West End Girls.

[@danielayalmanianf.pedrosa5898]

I was 5 years old when I first listened to this song. This song inspired me to speak English and I became an English teacher. I´m 36 now.

[@invisibleray6987]

Wonderful story

[@kapilsingh5234]

@sam, nobody is gay, homosexual lgbt its our thinking that's how we enjoy our life.

[@billygillespie8233]

I’m 66 years of age, and I still like this song.

[@j.s.1016]

congratulations

[@laudojr9783]

What a fantastic bit of story. Thanks 4 sharing. Hope you've found what you were looking 4.

[@arseniolupin8851]

one of the best things about 50 years old,is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and i am grateful !!!

[@ProjectSINUS]

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[@lynseymcgarvey5496]

Mine were the 60s #forevergrateful #ALLthedecades

[@prager_handgriff]

Me too.Thanks a lot

[@zaaraha5092]

And another 50yr old agree with you

[@jamesdoyle3885]

Totally agree! Best period ever!

[@teamcrumb]

forgot how much I used to love this song. man alive I have so much love for the Pet Shop Boys

[@rickogden204]

58 year old PSB fan here...everything they have ever done is just pure musical joy to me.

[@jramjee100]

Best duo ever! Been a fan of them since '84 and Discography is still on my regular playlist.

[@aeroflopper]

TV add brought me here but i never forgot

[@kimberleymcintosh1171]

@@aeroflopperMe too, and I was surprised to realise I still remember the lyrics!

[@samanthajackson758]

I was lucky to be a teenager during the 80s. Miss those days.

[@stephenjackson6415]

90s

[@80ssynthfan48]

@@stephenjackson6415 Nope this is 1988 :)

[@brianbale9511]

You are not alone

[@jermainesimpson834]

During that Christmas period of 1988 I was born that year

[@rickogden204]

You and me both. Best 10 years of my life. So many bands, so many haircuts I had and so many clothes I bought and discarded 6 months later. Lovely to hear from a fellow survivor of the wonderful 80's.

[@AlexWestLondon24]

Aged like a fine wine ❤

[@wendybroadbery3008]

Just heard this on an advert so came for a bit of my youth.

[@Phil4-13]

Yep I did the very same 👍👍👍

[@rickogden204]

Same here. I had completely forgotten about this gem from the boys. You Tube came to my rescue.

[@poppamic]

Same mate 🕺

[@sheryldaniels9929]

Me too.

[@simonreeves828]

EE - 'Devices'

[@alexcorreia9476]

1989 - this song is awesome! 2020 - this song is awesome!

[@artrock100]

2024 this song will still be awesome, don't worry.

[@averwee]

Too right!!!!!!!

[@paulinemorgan2939]

One of my favs!

[@craigmccall583]

Who sings this years version of the song?

[@artrock100]

@@craigmccall583 the pleasant problem, if one can say, about Pet Shop Boys' songs is that with Neil's absolutely unique but highly focussed singing is that he makes even not so ordinary songs sound greater than great, he's that good. Quite unmatched. At least among British singers, if Freddy Mercury's vocal range is regarded as being among the widest, I am sure Neil Tennant too has his own place. And may be Robert Plant would also rank among the best.

[@pamelamanriquez7397]

2023 y sigue siendo genial esta canción, gracias Neil y Chris, por tanta música de excelencia ❤

[@simoniron]

An absolute timeless classic.

[@MARCELODELL]

Áutoestereo Alpine

[@ciceromendonca4027]

The original and long version ia even better!!

[@roseholmes535]

Definitely

[@beatc]

are there classics that are not timeless?

[@aldoperosa9195]

yes yes

[@richardknott2021]

One of the best groups of the 1980s,and beyond..excellent dance music.

[@Coyb1866]

Ahhhhh the 80s what a wonderful time to be alive.

[@jeremymarks5126]

One of their best songs without a doubt.

[@gilmacarico]

La mejor

[@carolinefinley5632]

I haven’t heard this for age’s but I still remember every word.A classic.👌

[@giovannimarrabellissimmaaa8446]

Le canzoni dei Pet Shop boys vanno anche per il futuro... Secondo me sono troppo belle

[@smainsadji7928]

The background orchestra is simply magnificent! No one could compare to Pet Shop Boys.

[@tqft]

Listened to this on vinyl in 1988 and still play that same record today in 2022! Timeless!

[@josehenriquealvaresbatista6112]

I m too, but at in 1989...

[@richardfairlamb9728]

Pet Shop Boys + Trevor Horn = Perfection.

[@trandli]

Ah Neil Tennant and Trevor Horn , 2 brilliant NE lads. Add in Sting from the 80s and NE England ruled the world. 😊

[@scottfraser4298]

Don’t forget Lipson, Richards and Niles. They also helped made this a masterpiece.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Neil Tenant used to be the editor of Smash Hits magazine in the 80s. They were based in Carnaby street and me and mates knocked on their office door one day and he and staff were incredibly lovely and they showed us around the office. Answered all our stupid questions like ‘what’s Simon Le Bon really like?’. They were lovely and patient. Such great memories

[@simonreeves828]

Yes he did . That’s superb 👌

[@borisaguilar5294]

Happy Birthday to Neil who is 70 today! I Live & Lo❤e the Pet Shop Boys Truly.

[@darrendunn134]

Looks 60

[@ahmedzafar9778]

Neil Tenant is my favourite vocalist, you can literally transcribe every word of the song when he sings. His clear elocution does not even for microsecond means, losing the rhythm and meter of this song. Awesome band, through and through

[@carolecochrane8173]

Well said, I agree with your comment 😀😀

[@rosycandyhaven]

I love the almost speaking quality of his singing.

[@BossySwan]

Maybe if Neil’s with me we’ll do some shopping

[@Matrice0409]

do you know Freddy Mercury?

[@sandraduranie1975]

I thought the same with "West end girls"

[@donaldyeoman8914]

Long live the 1980s/1990s..such a truly wonderfull era..you had to be there to experience this truly amazing time..I miss these years so much!👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PSh-r3i]

Oh you aren't wrong man cool group

[@michiveritas1420]

Yes, music seemed to still have that originality despite previous/contemporary content... Now, fuck me! What shite!!

[@andyhowlett2231]

Never heard this song before the 'EE' TV ad. Had to find it. So strong and dramatic, one of their best.

[@rickogden204]

No idea how old you are but you should have lived through the 80's 90's and early 2000's as a relatively young person like I did. Every day on the radio a new song would be released and they were all in their own way ground breaking.

[@andyhowlett2231]

@@rickogden204 As a 71 year-old I've lived through 60's, 70's and 80's but lost interest in the 90's as my tastes were changing. I like quite a lot of the PSB releases but missed this one.

[@photoshoott2022]

Amazing song. From the first note to the end, beautiful melody and lyrics. Great 80s tune that keeps coming back and making us remember the beautiful era in music. Great music is timeless and this is another example of it.

[@philliscetagriffith6591]

The pet shop boys music is FANTASTIC. Good music to dance to. I'm black and i've always loved their music, I still do. Well done THE PET SHOP BOYS. People will still be playing your music for years to come.

[@elektricni]

music is universal

[@simonreeves828]

3 things i love about this video : 1) Neil Tenants elocution - evey word is perfectly spoken 2 ) Chris Lowes quirky dancing 3) The way they over - accentuate the 'Come on baby' at 4:04 👌👌✅✅🫢🫢😂

[@Changingtimes2024]

I should of loved the 80s but in 83 I was in care by unprofessional people your descriptions tells me a lot about yourselves and it certainly helps in positivity All take care enjoy the sun the blue skies in R&C Monday October 14th 2024

[@jaysmith6327]

Remember getting this xmas 88.....I was 12...omg 12... Loved the album all.their songs are just so good still are...only band I bought their stuff b4 you hear most of the songs you know they will be solid...even their B sides were quality Not many bands stick around 4 decades....

[@CBlargh]

Glorious.

[@RobertJohnson-zg6bc]

The orchestral arrangement introducing the song before going into an incredibly infectious beat throughout, the original words, these high points combined make it their (Pet Shop Boys) masterpiece from 1988.

[@waynemiller7357]

Same keyboardist as Buggles.

[@diggerfox7194]

Timeless

[@allihowells5189]

orchestral by the legend Anne Dudley

[@artrock100]

@@allihowells5189 for you and chris burke, this is a great production by Trevor Horn, for long associated with Yes.

[@vargisdeath1216]

I read this As if Patrick batement was saying it

[@marioramus9681]

Still great, even after 34 Years. A Masterpiece!

[@depeon1]

My favourite PSB song and the production is just superb, best version to be found on the introspective album

[@NickLiddicoat]

Great to hear this again, one you tend to have forgotten, I was 18 when it came out!

[@petersimms4982]

Fabulous

[@grahambythesea]

I always loved the Pet Shop Boys and a lot of other "alternative" music from the U.K. I don't know WHY others, here in the U.S. , never truly appreciated their talent. I have always been in my own little world of non-mainstream music. I am happy for that! The Pet Shop boys are so talented and this song, is truly fantastic and a true piece of artistic talent.

[@MrQwerkafleeg]

Best first 55 seconds of any music ever recorded. It's absolutely stunning. Goosebumps every time.

[@D.jBernard]

Yo diria que 4:45 min con la piel de gallina.El inicio es el mejor inicio de una cancion de la historia para mi...

[@jonathanturbin5667]

There's something about this song that is simultaneously playful and deep. It gets at me.

[@simonkenny3497]

My favourite track from PSB. Sounds as good now as it did then. Timeless.

[@jorgeramirezboza7757]

La Música de PSB ha envejecido espectacularmente bien. Siempre suenan tan actual, siempre ajenas al paso del tiempo, como una especie de hits de eterna vanguardia.-

[@daniellucena9694]

Te diria q no ha envejecido.Se conserva como todo un clasico.Sigue siendo espectacular este tema.

[@jonathancr7587]

Tengo 35 años y tiene toda la razón

[@biglunn]

I’ve come here YEARS after first listening to the PSBs in the 80s and have fallen back in ❤ with them! So many timeless classics, but THIS was the most playful especially with the orchestra! Amazing

[@PalladiumTV]

So have I. Love the Pet Shop Boys

[@andyj639]

Great track one of their best. Brilliant orchestral intro.

[@bevhendry4558]

Magnificent musical arrangement . If I could compose music like this , I probably would.

[@blackcougar1959]

Left to my own devices I could listen to this song all day long.

[@maureensaul8417]

😄💖

[@eckoalbino1623]

Maybe if you were left to your own devices

[@simonreeves828]

Or maybe write a book or take to the stage ?………

[@josebenito15]

PSB Will always be remembered not only for the wonderful music they created but the spectacular Videos and "mise en scene" they forever have. Two great Pop Artists.... Long live to PSB 🍬

[@geoffgarfield2325]

A wonderful song with superb arrangement😊

[@NuovoPiero]

The Pet Shop Boys masterpiece - no question.

[@jaimesoaresjj]

It's PSB Bohemian Rapsody

[@pablonunez7437]

BEHAVIOR.

[@SolemAris]

Energy recharged every single time I play this masterpiece ❤❤❤❤

[@meliroq]

I hadn’t really heard this song before but the guy sitting next to us at the Hollywood concert absolutely loved it when they started playing it. We were touched by his enthusiasm and now I can’t get enough of this song. Rediscovering the PSB and loving it!

[@BossySwan]

Sounds like the guy was left to his own devices

[@JCCyC]

@@BossySwan Well, she could leave and say goodbye.

[@gildardovalenzuela9605]

Masterpiece ❤

[@glynisjones8128]

One of the best bands of the 80's!

[@provatos]

If this song has defined your youth and then your whole life, we are brothers in music. Be well, be happy! 😎😎😊

[@fabipascal]

Simply the best of their master pieces...you will love and adore it it in 1000 years...

[@adamslowikowski3085]

I love this song! It is so awesome! Late 80s Rave Acid House Psychedelic style! Wonderful mixing of masterful 19th Century French Rosicrucian composer Claude Debussy! A Trevor Horn masterpiece! And philosophical reflections on individualism a la Nietzsche, Steiner and Crowley! Thank you so much Pet Shop Boys!!! Love is the Law! Love under Will! 🙂🌻💛🙏

[@ColletteRoseSummer]

Beyond their time

[@gauravrainck]

EVERY SONG FROM PSB IS A MASTERPIECE, AND HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.....

[@emillion4470]

To be young and hearing words and music reflecting exactly how you felt, loved and lived is the greatest gift.

[@emersondossantos8654]

Esta musica marcou muito minha adolecência em um clube da zona sul de São Paulo, chamado Ypê Clube, era a última da noite Left To My own Devices em 1989 momentos inesqueciveis

[@nilceliadossantosdasilvaca8712]

The Best Music The Pet Shop Boys

[@ThomasRay-dq2ru]

Masterpiece....we love you Neil and Chris!

[@heisenberg560]

Masterpiece!. Nothing more to say.

[@marygonzalez8291]

+Heisenberg i agree.

[@unitpoint3369]

masterpiece indeed.....not compared with the blue stuff you used to manufacture though.

[@nachoschg]

1,000 times better than a Chuck Norris seal of approval.

[@aldoalda7970]

Yesss! Nothing more to say. I was in high school when this was on the radio and almost 30 years after this song is relevant and the voice and music .... intense way ahead of the time. PSB is incredible. I am so happy that been in their concerts 4 times. Greatful to the life that let me experience them live

[@gasparmarty]

With a genius video clip - those movements of Chris!! ;) And Neil is drop-dead gorgeous, as always... nothing more to say :)

[@mandana1403]

Amazing , amazing & amazing Song .... With Neil's magical voice ... Love you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CarlosCadenas-s8d]

Qué gran grupo Pet Shop Boys! Forman parte de mí desde que los escuché hace ya tanto tiempo! Éste tema me encanta tanto el original como cualquiera de sus versiones. Mis mejores deseos a los Pet Shop Boys!!

[@rayjay1975]

Memories for ever love the Pet Shop Boys ❤ one in a million 👍

[@ivanricardobolanosiglesias9590]

Los Reyes de La Música Electrónica no tienen rivales en la actualidad seguirán siendo los mejores

[@markdowse3572]

Lyrics and Orchestration are GENIUS. One of The Boys' best!!! :) :)

[@jamescurrier9699]

I have to admit, I'm a kid of the 80s and loved the earlier PTBs material.......BUT never really cared for this tune. It was a BIG club hit and had major play on USA radio, but still it didn't do much for me. NOW, listening to it again - MAN, what was I thinking!!! It scores an Aplus on all levels.....melody, lyrics, production, orchestration, etc. If only todays dance music artist were half as talented!!!

[@NigelMondesirdunwell]

They started leaving fans behind in the late 80s early 90s with groundbreaking style I remember buying the behaviour album in 1990 and thinking it was crap but came back to it a couple of years later and thought it was amazing

[@goprodaga1239]

Они своей музыкой опередили время, их музыка до сих пор звучит потрясающе, качественно и современно. Невероятная группа, каждое произведение уникальное.

[@Drinadraws]

I was 16 when this came out! Loved the PSB always! ❤ My kids listen to them so I’ve done something right. They think it’s 80’s vintage chic! I’m so old! 😂

[@russellwoodward8889]

A truly incredible song

[@brummyneil]

I so love the Pet Shop Boys, have since I was a teenager, am 44 now. They are still going strong. The latest album ELECTRIC is fab as they all are.

[@rudyrivera718]

brummy neil agree!

[@shereelouiseedwards9793]

Yeah

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Neil Tennant’s ‘rapping’ is iconic

[@simonreeves828]

If you pass the test you can beat the rest 👌👌✅✅

[@luissanchezvalerio500]

Ves que pasa el tiempo y los Pet Shop Boys no son superados, versátiles, inteligentes, hacen canciones para bailar pero no bailan, disfrutan de hacer el mejor Pop de este Universo, dejaron la vara alta para lo que venga, GENIOS

[@julielewis5051]

I love Chris' moves!!!! 👏 👏 👏 😂 No one else like them!!

[@anapaulacunha8963]

Quarentena Brazil 2020.

[@holgerschink1341]

Masterpiece and timeless track.

[@marcovz1857]

Thay symphonic intro gives me chills, such a musical perfection achieved by two musical genius! That intro is epic!

[@richardfairlamb9728]

And the genius of Trevor Horn.

[@petersimms4982]

❤

[@jackydavis3719]

June 2023 This song is amazing

[@osvaldojoseecheverriacolla2231]

Beautiful memories. H. School jajaja 1991.

[@jamesnicholson2503]

Outstanding.

[@mgroup9350]

Thank you my dear pet shop boys for this song...This is my first song in my life..In my 10 years old...Thank you...Thank youu....

[@theonemesis5217]

PET SHOP BOYS RULES! I remembering us, listening to this awesome piece, in our country (Greece) back in the '80s, and got ecstatic the whole time! Those were indeed the days! Nowadays....total zero!....Unfortunately! Thank you Lord for blessing me, by allowing me to live those wonderful times as a teenager!

[@DrOiDjp]

U lucky bunny

[@theonemesis5217]

You may mock me, all you want pal! The bottom line however, is, that our times were far better than yours, nowadays.....whether you like that, or not! Meanwhile however, you keep mocking for all I care! That's the best you, and your stupid generation, can do anyway!

[@brandontomd]

THEO NEMESIS why do you have to talk in this tone? Does it make you feel good to be rude to call people stupid? You spout about our generation n yet you show it's true color of what it is. He was just merely stating his opinion n although I was born in 2004, I know the diff between

[@brandontomd]

THEO NEMESIS oops! Never mind! I just reread your message n realized I had interpreted wrong. Sorry, lol

[@theonemesis5217]

@@brandontomd Look my friend....I don't necessarily have something against neewer generations (I mean....HEEEELLLLL....once I was a teenager too) but when some of these people, mock or judge, without even know how our times looked like, then what else am I suppose to do? Congratulate them too?! Sorry but this can't be done! Respect is something that has to be earned...not demand (At least, that's what we say about it, here in Greece in such occasions)! If this guy, wants my respect, then he has to earn it...not demand it, while, at his end, he's doing absolutely nothing, so that I can earn his!

[@numbersareeverywhere9720]

I was a teenager in 1988 and "Introspective" was the very first album I bought (Cassette)

[@OldHoock2023]

Ouvi o primeiro trecho de LTMODevice em 1985. De lá até hoje meus amigos se chamam Pet Shop Boys...

[@brianpan6453]

80's supreme classic! Imagine all the boys on the dance floor moving to this!!

[@melaniecrevier1847]

I was model when I was younger and how many times I’ve been walking on this song 💯! This is good music!

[@grinch30]

Definitetly runway muzak

[@Stoker-yw8pm]

Pet Shop Boys...ahead of their time!!!! I was 16 when Introspective came out in 1988 and it remains my favourite album of all time.

[@paulmason329]

CLASSIC .

[@Serglione77]

Это не песня, это гимн!!! Первое моё знакомство с PSB началось с этого новаторского клипа.

[@mangelalvarez1668]

Banda sonora de mi vida y de mis mejores dias (y noches) 😊

[@petersimms4982]

😊

[@josephdevlin7528]

Just extraordinary. When you have never found true love and float through an endless life of relationships you can take or leave. Not just the Smiths you can dance to but Samuel Beckett to a disco beat. Imagine, this was mainstream pop music. Genius.

[@crystalidentity]

LOL - I'm imagining the _other_ Sam Beckett from *Quantum Leap* leaping into Chris Lowe's body and doing a dance to a disco beat!! 😸

[@petersimms4982]

❤

[@mooseyman74]

Can remember the lovely Sarah Greene talking to PSB about this song on Saturday morning as a kid 😄

[@user-ks9hs7xl6r]

Brilliant, so under estimated. They seem to go under the RADAR, but have many number 1 Singles. ❤❤

[@ianc4681]

love love love

[@DrumsTheWord]

They have always used the orchestra to give their songs WAY more depth. This is another example of how pop and classical can meet, be great friends, shake hands, nod with agreement and then calmly walk away with respect for each other. Such a great band and song!

[@crystalidentity]

Nooooo - Mr. Pop and Mr. Classical didn't merely shake hands, nod with agreement, and calmly walk away as "great friends". They met, made eyes, flirted, began to dance together seductively, then just started making out like crazy in the middle of the dance floor!!! 💞💓❤‍🔥At least THAT'S what this song is telling to me... The story of their passionate love affair! 😻🎶🎶

[@DjIceCnS]

nice comment!

[@marioramus9681]

Love this Track! I'm addicted!