Pet Shop Boys: 'Love etc.'

If their Brits performance taught us anything, it's that Pet Shop Boys aren't really like other pop groups. Neil Tennant took to the stage wearing a bowler hat and oversized sunglasses; Chris Lowe opted for a fluorescent pink wig. The greatest hits medley that followed - accompanied by dancing Japanese businessmen and Lady GaGa - was arty, understated and a bit spectacular all at the same time. Oh, and they didn't actually collect their Outstanding Contribution gong - not onstage anyway.

Sandwiched between 'Suburbia' and 'Left To My Own Devices' on the night was 'Love etc.', the lead single from the duo's Xenomania-produced Yes album. It's not the firecracker many were hoping for, but this perky electropop shuffle, with its call-and-response chorus and "love is for free" message, really hits home the third or fourth time you hear it. Did we ever doubt them? Course not - something else that Brits performance taught us is that Pet Shop Boys don't really do bad singles.


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