PET SHOP BOYS - King's Cross (VJdustin 2013 edit)

Track taken from the album "Actually" (1987).
Written by Tennant/Lowe.

[@MoondawnHuDMFanClub]

Who listening in 2024?

[@madpaul6520]

Still brilliant

[@lauriegook8885]

What a PSB classic still great to hear in 2024

[@ЛюдмилаЛопатенко-з4ж]

❤❤❤❤❤кн5😅5❤г❤

[@brendonmcmorrow3886]

Genius song. Not sure why I suddenly felt the need to listen to it but I’m glad I did. The opening seconds were like time travel, taking me back to the 16 year old who heard this song for the first time and adored it then just as much as he adores it now. It has a haunting sound that completely encapsulates the 80s for me.

[@steve06030]

Ive literally just done the same..song came into my head after 33 year lol

[@steve06030]

Realy does capture the 80s , dunno why but it does

[@outrun2outnow]

You instinctically did the right thing listening to it. Also the Video is awesome.

[@Missmoneypenny7]

Same

[@ninasazonova2511]

Same

[@marioramus9681]

A Masterpiece from Neil and Chris. Actually is definitely their best Album.

[@LeeWarne-qi6bk]

Amen.

[@nickunderwood6175]

🎉

[@WillieWagglestick]

"Actually", in my opinion, was one of the best albums ever released by any artist.

[@Ocfannumberone]

WillieWagglestick I agree with u. This Song in particular is superb

[@ArcturanMegadonkey]

100% agree....actually please and actually was the two best albums ever released by an artist.

[@marclawrence66]

Agreed, perfect record really. They were the biggest group in England at this time. Halcyon days...

[@Famintocozinhapratica]

Concordo!!

[@garrymathers9]

Agreed love this song heart and rent

[@risticnenad73]

Who listening in 2020? PSB Forever!

[@mikamaka970]

Great music and beats. Best composition without a doubt.

[@borninmiami8334]

I'm Russian GS.13.07.2020.

[@rafaelponcedeleon9504]

real people listen to great tunes that never go out of style, like this amazing one from 85, HUGE back in those days and still BRILLIANT today

[@girishbj3403]

Right now in Bangalore India my all time favorite song

[@borninmiami8334]

@@girishbj3403 Sit on the botle(I joke,I joke).Sit on the bottle-no kidding.

[@privs1711]

Such a unique sound, both in their music and Neil Tennant's voice. A brilliant example of British music at it's best.

[@benazizalassaad6909]

💞💞💞💞

[@CarlinaSautron-kv3yx]

Love Neil Tennant's voice 🥰❤️

[@depechebest]

Who’s listening this Gold-Epic song in 2022? 🎵 Brilliant and genial band Favorite music now and always

[@Stig10001]

Neil Tennant said in his book One Hundred Lyrics & A Poem that this song was a hymn for the rejects of Thatcherism. In the 80's the Kings Cross area was a magnet for homeless people, prostitutes, drug dealers etc - all life's rejects. This was the first thing you saw of London if you travelled from the north to the capital, and the negative impact of Thatcherism was right in your face, immediately. I think this song was either released as a single very briefly and then withdraw almost immediately, or was intended to be released but was withdrawn - because its release coincided almost exactly with the terrible fire in the Kings Cross tube in the '80's. It was an unbelievable coincidence, and if you didn't know you could be forgiven for thinking it was actually about the event itself. The lyrics - "good luck, bad luck, waiting in a line...." "Dead and wounded on either side....." The lyrics, and the release date, are unbelievably coincidental and painful. I loved this song immediately when I bought the album for its powerful synth lines, but I can remember at the time being utterly speechless at the coincidence of events and the lyrics.

[@suecondon1685]

#Stig10001 Same here. Absolutely astonishing and heartbreaking. The tragic fire was a really bizarre coincidence.

[@josephmclaren2789]

it was never released as a single. PSB were asked to release it as a "charity single" by EMI but flatly refused a decision for which I applaud them. This track and The Theatre from Very are very similar in both their beauty and their content ......

[@noraxi5702]

@Mack Sarnie Indeed.What all of us do?But Nail did enough with his music

[@losedarkhorse]

I will be more than happy to swap today’s London for 1980’s. We had our share of trouble like every other nations but it was just our trouble. We had the spikes we had the drugs we had the leather jackets but society wasn’t as f****d up as now. What have we done to our country!!!

[@PeterPanQuails]

@@losedarkhorse Agree. London in the 80's is still better than London today.

[@johnrichardson5713]

Probably their best "non single" track, such a powerful melody, beautiful stuff. I am 51 years old and grew up on these two. So grateful for their music.

[@B78.Axx10]

Thank you Pet Shop Boys for making my life better with your music! I will always love you

[@kayratisdell1552]

Listening to this song brings all sorts of feelings, so many memories... Thank God I was born when I was born and was able to enjoy and love the 80's. Til this day, i refuse to enjoy anything else.

[@benazizalassaad6909]

As well as me

[@lsmoulton]

@@DanGorMusic A timeless Masterpiece !

[@raminarman8683]

✋️🤗🌹❤️

[@danielgyllenbreider]

First crush. 12 years old. This new song was playing in the background. Forever stuck.

[@marclawrence66]

Pet Shop Boy's finest hour. Just listen to those synths. Genius at work in this song.

[@maciejgatkowski724]

I love Pet Shop Boys forever.......

[@marceloarthurminaier390]

I love Pet Shop Boys, your songs have marked my life.

[@retrosound72]

Für mich persönlich einer der schönsten PSB Songs.

[@shabbircalcuttawala907]

Agree,my school days released pet Shop boys 1st album 😊

[@captainjacobs235]

Für mich tatsächlich DER Schönste ❤️

[@daveyr5462]

It's eerie that this song was released before the Kings Cross fire. A burning man walking to a train, engulfed in flames. Dead and wounded on either side (every platform). Lost by the station called King's Cross. You know it's only a matter of time. Waiting at a platform with the smoke all around. PSB had a phone number where you could listen to this song and the money would go to the fire victims. It's eerily prophetic.

[@sharonvass8700]

yes very sad

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Listening to this when it first came out and buying the album only seems like yesterday, so sad. How the world has changed!

[@OntarioGothic]

Please let’s go back to that time! Remember looking at the cover on the way home and reading the lyrics on the bed while playing it on the stereo. If you want to hear the tune you can call me at night when I’m home watching my favourite show. If I do not answer, I may have went out to buy milk.

[@kevinwilkinson2972]

Agreed

[@forzafury4981]

So refreshing to hear this tune in 2021. Who agrees?

[@PPBeti]

Me! Love this song since I was little

[@kevinwilkinson2972]

Definitely

[@rajatviswas242]

I want to go back to 80's

[@ignitedmind4235]

You can't, but you can recreate it with your 80s friends and music. All the very best

[@eddiebaglan76]

I will come with you

[@peterk1345]

Me too. .. I was so young then...

[@sebastiaoalvessoares4608]

Me too.

[@AlineRibeiro-ou8sz]

Me tooooooo!😭

[@naveen755]

Excellent, Excellent Song by the one of the World's Best Music Bands, The Pet Shop Boys'. What a Masterpiece. Simply Incredible.

[@louisecampbell2628]

The Pet Shop Boys BRILLIANT. Loved them in the 80's and still do.

[@manoelamanuca4239]

Amo essa música, fez parte da minha adolescência. Que saudade!

[@simonmaverick9201]

Still bring a tear to my eye today......

[@simon5005]

Masterpiece of a song.

[@stevehoulihan726]

Man with burning coat. "Dead and wounded on either side, you know it's only a matter of time". The song and album came before the Kings Cross fire disaster, but it's the first in a line of PSB "predictions". They talk of Diana crying ("Diana dried her eyes, and looked surprised") in Dreaming Of The Queen, then she dies in a car crash. Then they drop Versace from the new version of Paninaro, then he died. I asked them about this once via the fan magazine Literally, their response was "Spooky".

[@FloorEncer]

Not that the war is over, we are still in fatigues. Afghanistan. Very topical. Theatre still hits me...northern parts and Scottish towns... We were in London/Tell it like it is Maggie: And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families.[I believe you believed that!]

[@daveyr5462]

It is eerie. A song about Kings Cross station and then said station erupts in flames. Burning men walking to a train covered in smoke. Dead and burnt on every platform.

[@caledoniatardivo8537]

A surreal, dreamy and ethereal song!

[@yennx5258]

I agree....it will change your mood

[@danielsampson7530]

So so true! I want to take your hand and dance with the song....

[@claudioiturracidclaudioitu9417]

yes

[@benazizalassaad6909]

Yeah

[@hondac7028]

Just left school when i bought actually on LP in 1987 53 now still listening to it .👍

[@ayusyz]

the most poetic melody ever written

[@vaidaszapereckas4655]

That girl at the beginning is so beautiful. And great song obviously.

[@ColdKatri]

Nostalgic! Always one of my favourite songs by Pet Shop Boys. Great Actually album.

[@zecarlos7224]

Katri Kuusisto

[@maciejgatkowski724]

The sound of Pet Shop Boys is excellent and the quintessential of synagogue pop music of the eighties.

[@themoores9817]

This really is a work of art! It’s their best song, and the lyrics are haunting especially with what happened after at Kings Cross Station. Premonition? It’s a crying shame this was never released as a single.

[@АлександрРумянцев-щ7д]

They were offered to release the single - after the accident itself, for a charity purpose. Apparently, Tennant rejected the offer, as he thought it would be an inappropriate move

[@themoores9817]

@@АлександрРумянцев-щ7д that is actually false. 1) Chris and Neil co-wrote the song…. So they never would have been ‘offered’ the chance to release it as a charity single. It would have had to have been their r idea 2) it was actually the tabloid newspapers that approached the lads to release it as a single .at the time,I was working in local radio,and I still have the cuttings from the local paper as I got to interview them .; 3) it was actually covered 20 years after the train station incident by a woman who’s known here in the U.K.

[@koisneurotypical]

Just like Dreaming of the Queen…. Singing about a lady Diana drying her eyes….. it’s just so eerie how prescient they are 💜

[@metsot]

Yeah, it really is a work of art ..especially now in hindsight.

[@holgerschink1341]

Perfect classic tune...still the best

[@RadioactiveKiddie]

Brilliant Track, Brilliant Album. 30 years, where does it go..

[@andressamorais7004]

Que música! Que música!

tesão de música

[@lucianofogolim8926]

Essa música eu viajei de Mogi Guaçu até Ribeirão Preto muito da hora linda música meus tempos de garoto eu 16 anos

[@fenandobritorelampago1249]

maravilhosa sempre

[@borninmiami8334]

Beauty! Hello I'm Russian GS.

[@macanudo1808]

compare el s.XX con el presente.

[@thehighwaycowboy2822]

I used to listen to this on repeat for hours when I was a teenager, I'm 51 now and it sounds as riveting now as it did then and takes me back to those days when times were simpler

[@RANIAGOUNARA]

Α masterpiece 💎

[@TimothyFeather]

The finest song ever produced by Neil & Chris. A masterpiece.

[@ur6337]

Мощнейший трек переживший себя минимум на 40 лет , респект зоошникам 😉

[@vitalyo1152]

Можно слушать бесконечно,хочется вернутся в то время и остаться там на всегда

[@lenaa396]

Я плакала, честно!!!

[@ДенисКатунин-р9г]

@Angelina Petrovskaja да

[@ДенисКатунин-р9г]

Мне кажется только я знаю эту песню

[@ДенисКатунин-р9г]

Никто не знает

[@ДенисКатунин-р9г]

Нил красава

[@kidgmusic]

Most favorite track off Actually!

[@awolpw70]

When I listen to this song, I find myself just off in a daze, can't explain.

[@a.b.6972]

"Actualy" (1987) is the Greatest pop album in music history

[@markkoford1053]

It is

[@MrGreen2986]

Wake up in the morning, and there's still no guarantee...

[@javiersaiz6250]

King's Cross, eterna, mágica, triste, romántica,la mejor balada de siempre y de los Pet Shop Boys, por supuesto.

[@malcooool]

always think of the fire when i here this classic song. used to visit london alot in the 80s and went down the underground many times where the fire was. i feel spared. rip to those poor souls that perished.

[@Elio36]

This will be the main theme song of a film coming up in a few years, which hopefully will encompass all the feelings everyone is sharing here when they listen to it

[@JenCole2107]

Awesome memories 💜 Walking downtown in Zweibruecken, 1984. Loved living in Germany.

[@raulreyesjesus63]

Amazing song 🎵 unbelievable sound and voice 🙌 👌

[@raulgovea665]

I agree, it's a masterpiece of a song, it's absolutely beautiful!

[@Alis-vu3ft]

A premonitory song, mysterious and with a deep meaning both in the text and in the video. I loved it from the first listen ❤🔝

[@powerpoint3990]

This is one of Pet Shop boys best songs.. phenomenal 80's classic. 0:15 that girl has a great body😮❤.

[@lanceshelton5024]

I m pretty sure GOD has Pet Shop Boys on his IPOD !! Their music has always been amazing! Their music shaped me through the 80 s and 90s! Neil and Chris both are so talented and memorable with their synthesizers and beats, while Neil brings that soft angelic voice and harmony in everything to deliver the message! Thank you Pet Shop Boys !

[@ciprianbodoga2914]

Thank You For All 🙏🙏🙏...PET SHOP BOYS ❤️❤️❤️

[@dennisrodriguez5375]

God loves every one

[@bicyclist2]

I used to listen to this all the time in the 80's and 90's on cassette tape. So many memories. I used to lip sync to this in the mirror. Thanks.

[@ignitedmind4235]

Stay blessed

[@SheTheDee1971]

From the moment I first head this track way back in 1987 as a 16-year old (listening to 'Actually' on my little cassette player) it sums up one thing and one thing only for me: London. Anyone who was born and raised in London feels this song and can identify with it. I distinctly recall that it coincided with the horrendous fire at King's Cross Station. That was a terrible irony. I am now almost 50 years old and I still love this track like it is the first time I am hearing it.

[@joebloggs4845]

wow there is actually an English person in this thread lol

[@YWednesday]

[Verse 1] The man at the back of the queue was sent To feel the smack of firm government Lingered by the flyposter for a fight It's the same story every night I've been hurt and we've been had You leave home and you don't go back [Chorus] Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee [Verse 2] Only last night I found myself lost By the station called King's Cross Dead and wounded on either side You know it's only a matter of time I've been good and I've been bad I've been guilty of hanging around [Chorus] Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee [Interlude] [Bridge] So I went looking out today For the one who got away Murder walking round the block Ending up in King's Cross Good luck, bad luck waiting in a line It takes more than the matter of time [Chorus] Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee [Interlude] [Chorus] Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee [Outro] And there's still no guarantee There is still no guarantee

[@serpente-legno]

Very poetic sweet melody to listen with nostalgic in 2019.

[@svenjachmann-fernsehredakt2857]

I found myself lost by a station called King's Cross...probably the best Pet Shop Boys track ever.

[@StefUllrichMusic]

You're so right. Read it in a book, or write it in a letter, wait until tomorrow and there's still no guarantee. This line always got to me.

[@benazizalassaad6909]

That make me cry great words

[@arpadkorosfoi7166]

Their entire carrier is just undescribable, something amazing!

[@paulhoratio1560]

This song often makes me cry and I don;t know why. I have tried to find out just what the song is really about.

[@fabianlucero709]

@@paulhoratio1560 It's about Zionism and King Arthurs (Hyperborean). Esoteric deep. Look the soldiers of the Third Reich 4:40; and the snake.

[@janw.69]

Fantastic SONG and Video👍👍 PSB forever ..!!! Greetings from 🇩🇪

[@jmay3754]

No.1 Pet shop boys song

[@ОксанаПримаченко-е4ь]

Beautiful composition-Their music is great.I love their music.Thank you.Pet Shop Boys.

[@samnigam3451]

Neil's voice was quite soothing back in the 80s. A brilliant example of Brit music n lyrics at its best. Kings Cross has great tunes n superb beats. Simply a artistic masterpiece.

[@theonemesis5217]

4:40....Hey guys....will you believe it, if I would tell you, that when I heard it, for the first time, back in '87 (.....when I was still a teenager) the first thing that came to my mind, were British soldiers of the first world war?! And I'm not even a Briton! I'm a Greek....and yet, thanks to my vast military historical knowledge (....in my free time, I'm an amateur but avid military historian) I could picture this image, in my mind! It's incredible, how can a masterpiece, such as this one, can become a constructive "food" for the brain and imagination! Indeed, Pet Shop Boys, have done an incredible job here! Well done boys! Our love from Greece!

[@FernandoJimenez-go1yf]

This song is masterly. The next station will be called King's Cross. Congrats's to Neil Francis Tennant and Christopher Sean Lowe.

[@Sebastian-ow9uh]

Nie ma co za dużo pisać, nie ma co gadać "actually" z 87 to ich najlepszy album. Piękne wspomnienia i magia dzieciństwa.

[@krzysiok]

Moim zdaniem Bahaviour jest lepszy niz Actually, pzdr

[@jeshkam]

Najlepszy wg. mnie to "Alternative".

[@marioramus9681]

Their best Song! I've been a huge Fan of Neil and Chris from ever since.

[@viktorial1642]

Обожаю вас! Одна из моих любимых песен в юности.

[@Tomdelcastillo]

Escuchando esta joya en enero de 2020!!!

[@eulalialatorre9381]

Me too!

[@douglasfernandes9969]

for all life.

[@ernesto1978]

Que temazo, Dios!!

[@fenandobritorelampago1249]

eu tambem

[@anizio19]

Me too in 12 February 2020! Eu também em 12 de Fevereiro de 2020 :)

[@RydahlJensen]

Such beautiful piece of music

[@josephsmall4270]

Another one of my favorites from the Pet Shop Boys.

[@josephsmall4270]

I agree.A beautiful song that got overlooked years ago.

[@latinapulchra]

me too

[@sandri5525]

Me and my parents love Pet Shop Boys, Its band of my childhood, even tho Im 13 right now I love 80s. :D

[@PERAMELANA]

The best song from the best album.

[@adamshaw8649]

One of their very best songs ~ if not, The Best song from the Pet Shop Boys.

[@conspiracyoftruth6770]

You will find me here or very near when the clock strikes 2050, 2075 or when that magical 3000 strikes and I’ll be part of the wavelength carrying It’s Alright and other petshopboys songs (whether or not they actually wrote the lyrics) out to infinity and beyond!!! Love you guys with all of my 💙💚💛🧡❤️💜🤍🖤🕉☯️☮️♋️♐️♐️⚛️🆘💟✅❎♻️⚠️🆗🆕🆓🆒🆙🚸🚹🚹

[@Kondii21]

Classic of electronic music.. Pet Shop Boys one of the Best Electro Music Band!!.. Memories from 90's... :)

[@sinisass]

From 80s !

[@Kondii21]

90's as well.. :) I've started to listen this music on 90's.. :)

[@mkb3333]

Zgadzam sie z Panem;)

[@lvnmhh]

My all time favorite song from PSB.

[@zippy2175]

I was 18 when this released simply amazing

[@yennx5258]

I.love them.....its history .....ever since their young age till now.....pop songs ....their style of singing and quite unique ....trust me....this song will change your mood ....keep it up ya

[@maciejgatkowski724]

Hit of all time ...... amazing song ...

[@-kparus1057]

まだ幼いころに、汚れていない純粋なころに見た 不思議な夢みたいなPVと音色。 このクソみたいな世の中に順応している連中には、 この高原みたいな美しさはきっと伝わらないと思う。

[@zagortenay114]

Coronavirus?

[@JustinGarfield1]

I love how they blend that train engine sound at the end!

[@cemcemali1928]

My both favs ABBA and PSBoys. We drive together wth them all my travels

[@paul._david]

God, I love the Petshop boys. 2020 and I still love this album especially.

[@dhrubachakrabarty5257]

Always love to watch and listen this living legendary band . A respect from India 🙏🙏💎💎🎵🎵🎧🎧❤❤💙💙💚💚💜💜

[@rachelcarter9825]

One of my favourites

[@citizenoftheworld6363]

Toda vez que passo pela estação de King’s Cross, eu lembro dessa música. Eu amo muito.

[@luisalbertosullcaleon3706]

Viven en Londres? Saludos desde Perú debe ser muy complaciente escuchar esos sintetisadores celestiales cuando pasas por la estación king cross. Saludos desde Perúvian

[@citizenoftheworld6363]

@@luisalbertosullcaleon3706 Yo vivo en Londres. es realmente una locura. cada vez que paso por lugares icónicos que están en los videos de “west and girls” que chulo tu comentario. Espero que algún día tengas la misma experiencia. venir aquí un día. amo a la cantante peruana Yma Sumac besitos

[@MrGreen2986]

who is still playing in 2019, legendary track...…..

[@EricShans]

me :)

[@tingletangle1]

me!!!

[@MrGreen2986]

@@tingletangle1 glad you are....... 👍

[@Elio36]

Me!!!

[@MrGreen2986]

Glad you are too. Can't mess with these Tracks. Too good... 🙏👌👍

[@arsenjaho8854]

The most melancholic song from Actually album, similar to Behaviour songs. From the very begining(when I started to know and to like pet shop boys) i thought Actually is their best album. I still think so. And not only this, i think they are the best band in the world. Especially the period from their formation 1985 till 2003.

[@METALSONIC19891]

2020 y apenas descubro esta joya, suena tan nostalgica, en los 80's si que tenian mucha creatividad y lograban en sus videoclip atraparte en esa atmosfera unica de esa epoca...

[@Bosman-vu1xx]

genial escrito, conmovedor ... esta canción es muy relevante especialmente ahora, gracias mi amigo español, saludos desde Ucrania

[@bluenatural10]

He visto la letra pero no entiendo muy bien de qué es pero si me preguntan que me provoca me da una nostalgia unas ganas de llorar me evoca todo el dolor que uno ha pasado y te ha hecho crecer pero ahora viéndolo lejanamente rodeado de un halo de Soledad en la madurez

[@starman279]

King Cross es escrita por neil tennan por una tragedia ocurrida en la estación de metro de Londres si no me equivoco

[@NicoP3F]

2022 yo. Pensar que empece escuchando Suburbia o West End Girls... y ahora ya van 62 canciones

[@Sattel42]

One of best songs I ever heard!

[@ricardocarreira2274]

Em meio a tantos e tantas músicas épicas eis que eu escolhi essa canção como a minha preferida cara que obra de arte obrigado Pet Shop Boys por nos presentear com essa canção épica

[@josephmclaren2789]

A very poignant track about 80s Britain and to me possibly their greatest moment- this and The Theatre off Very both share the beauty and the heartbreak of London

[@TheDazorro]

This song was made before the tragedy at kings cross . I will never forget that time. I still have say us Brits do make the best music

[@andyfairhurst4828]

One of the best albums tracks by any artist anywhere

[@tubewatcher1979]

Goddamned this is a good tune. I can’t stop listening to it.

[@psbellbunny9382]

Very beaultful edition!!!! I love this song and this movie is crazy 😅 but I like it too!

[@douglasfernandes9969]

this album is one of the best of their careers as it has produced several memorable classics even today.

[@andyknight1]

Actually has to be my favorite album of their's. I know this song was written before the tragedy on the tube, but damn, it just stirs up feelings for those that didn't make it out that terrible night.

[@dominiques.4898]

Long time ago, i saw the movie and i loved it. this song is one of my all time favourites. so powerful.