Song of the Day #5,696: ‘Always On My Mind’ – Pet Shop Boys

Writer-director Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers is another movie with multiple memorable musical moments.

The obvious pick might be Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s ‘The Power of Love,’ which bookends the film and scores one of last year’s most powerful and poignant endings. Or Blur’s ‘Death of a Party,’ used to great effect during a pivotal nightclub sequence.

But I’m going with the Pet Shop Boys cover of ‘Always On My Mind,’ which soundtracks yet another incredibly moving scene.

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Song of the Day #1,573: ‘West End Girls’ – Pet Shop Boys

Given all of the sampling of 80s music done by modern rap artists, it’s refreshing to listen to an 80s song that was actually inspired by a rap hit.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the writers and performers who made up Pet Shop Boys, have said that their 1985 hit ‘West End Girls’ drew inspiration from ‘The Message’ by Grandmaster Flash.

If you listen to it with that in mind, it totally makes sense.

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