{"id":7172,"date":"2025-08-03T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=7172"},"modified":"2025-08-03T07:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T07:07:03","slug":"chillout-track-of-the-day-to-face-the-truth-pet-shop-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/03\/chillout-track-of-the-day-to-face-the-truth-pet-shop-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Chillout Track Of The Day &#8220;To Face The Truth&#8221; Pet Shop Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/odesli.co\/embed\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsong.link%2Fs%2F2UbyvLb36kAgthNYl6fQI0&#038;theme=light\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9187.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9187.jpg 729w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9187-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9187-330x350.jpg 330w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9187-56x60.jpg 56w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>I recently had a chat online with <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weeblade\/\">@weeblade<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/petshopboys\/\">@petshopboys<\/a>\u00a0and it made me think of this song. It was never released as a single, but was on their Behaviour album from 1990. This is typical of that era of the PSBs, it\u2019s moody, and having been recorded on analog synths, it gives off that warmth.<br \/><br \/>Lyrically it\u2019s a little \u201cgrown up\u201d, the song talks about having to face the truth of an unrequited love from a relationship that\u2019s ended, it\u2019s a little more than teen angst. It\u2019s at this point that the writer wants to give up because of the pain of having to chase around with no return.<br \/>\u201cYou know it hurts me when you lie,<br \/>Sometimes it even makes me cry,<br \/>If you don\u2019t believe what I have said,<br \/>Take a look my eyes are red.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The melody for this verse just warms my heart for some reason, it\u2019s just one of those things that sticks with you.<br \/><br \/>Musically, this is slow, the bassline pulses, over an 808 pattern, there are synth pads over an electric piano, I\u2019m going out on a limb to say it\u2019s a DX7 e.piano patch. In the chorus there\u2019s a synth sound that\u2019s repeated it sounds like a heavy processed organ. There are also synth strings mixed with live strings that come in later to lift the track, over the pained vocals\u2026 this is definitely one of my favourite\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/petshopboys\/\">@petshopboys<\/a>\u00a0deep cuts. I remember playing this a LOT when I first got the tape in 1990, and I still pull it out of the archives from time to time. Thanks Louise for the memory!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a chat online with @weeblade\u00a0about\u00a0@petshopboys\u00a0and it made me think of this song. It was never released as a single, but was on their Behaviour album from 1990. This is typical of that era of the PSBs, it\u2019s moody, and having been recorded on analog synths, it gives off that warmth. Lyrically it\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,42,118,229,129,174,31,132,30,151,288,37,180,149,142,150,81,183,287,162,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-band","category-bass","category-composer","category-drums","category-electronica","category-keyboards","category-lyricist","category-music","category-orchestra","category-pet-shop-boys","category-piano","category-pop","category-pop-music","category-producer","category-songwriter","category-strings","category-synthesizers","category-track-of-the-day","category-uk","category-vocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7177,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172\/revisions\/7177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}