‘Go West’ by the Pet Shop Boys has the privilege of being the only song that I ever purchased as a ‘cassette single’ and I did that because I had no access to my CD player when I was working away from home back in 1993.
This song is a cover of a song originally by ‘The Village People’ who were perhaps more famous for giving us ‘Y.M.C.A’ and ‘In The Navy’ but as someone who quite enjoyed ‘Y.M.C.A’ in the innocent and less enlightened times of the late 70s I love the songs of ‘The Village People’ and like this one very much. I remember the group made a film called ‘You Can’t Stop The Music’ in 1980, which I went to the cinema to see and all of the hits ended up in it! I can’t say I’ve ever seen it on TV but it is a great film.
I have always enjoyed the music of the Pet Shop Boys too as I love the way that they manage to produce so many wonderful sounds from their totally electronic music. Neil Tennant has a strange and bizarre voice as well, which adds to the style and in this song the use of a male voice choir as well as a collection of wonderful synthesized patches creates a truly wonderful version of an already great song.
Now listen to the song….
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