History YMMV / PetShopBoys

* IAmNotShazam: Neither of the band members ever worked in a pet shop. Some mutual friends of theirs did, and they thought "Pet Shop Boys" sounded like an English rap group, so they ran with it.

* MagnumOpus: Everybody has their favorite PSB album, so it's rather difficult to pin down to just one, though the most popular bets on this, [[http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/surveys/2014.htm#week683 according to survey,]] are ''Behaviour'', ''Very'', ''Actually'', ''Introspective'', ''Electric'', ''Yes'' and ''Please''.

** ''Disco 2'' contained remixes of a rather low overall level of faithfulness to the original songs (of which "Liberation" took the biscuit by [[InNameOnly inserting completely new vocals ''after'' eliminating all that was left of the original track (vocals included)]]), segued and often length edited. It is often considered the worst album they ever released.

** ''Disco 2'' contained remixes of a rather low overall level of faithfulness to the original songs (of which "Liberation" took the biscuit by inserting completely new vocals ''after'' eliminating all that was left of the original track (vocals included)), segued and often length edited. It is often considered the worst album they ever released.

** Also some LesYay in "Girls Don't Cry".

** The video for Kings Cross (the ''It Couldn't Happen Here'' clip [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kRfIpuZIXE]], not the ''Projections'' montage) shows a man on fire, whereas the song itself talks about the (presumably figurative) "dead and wounded on either side" all around Kings Cross station. Two months later, there is a fire that kills 31 at the Kings Cross tube station.

** They mentioned Armani and Versace (the Italian designers) in their first version of "Paninaro" in 1986. When they re-released that song in 1995, the PSB decided to drop Versace (but keep Armani) from its lyrics, because they thought he didn't fit well with the meaning of the song. A couple of years later, Versace was killed.

** As far as the songs go, "If Love Were All", "I'm With Stupid", "Euroboy", "Sexy Northerner", "Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)", "The Truck Driver And His Mate", "The Night I Fell In Love", and everything in ''Closer to Heaven''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The "Perfect Immaculate" remix of "Integral" (which drastically changed the style of music) was the version released as a digital single, in order to promote the remix album ''Disco 4''. This provoked this reaction from fans of the original version from the ''Fundamental'' album.

* MagnumOpus: Everybody has their favorite PSB album, so it's rather difficult to pin down to just one, though the most popular bets on this are ''Please'', ''Introspective'', ''Behavior'', ''Very'', ''Yes'' and ''Electric''.

* [[AccidentalInnuendo]]: "Did you see me coming", "Love comes quickly". PSB mention in the ''Yes'' iTunes commentary that they were concerned that the title "Did you see me coming" might unintentionally come across as lewd.

* [[AwesomeMusic/{{Music}} Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The medley they performed at the BRIT Awards. Imagine the [=CMoAs=] of their best hits (and mind you, there are '''lots''' of them) all smashed into thirteen minutes. Amazing.

* HoYay: The sheer amout of hoyay in the "Domino Dancing" video pretty much shifted the entire demographic of their American fanbase. As far as the songs go, "If Love Were All", "I'm With Stupid", "Euroboy", "Sexy Northerner", "Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)", "The Truck Driver And His Mate", "The Night I Fell In Love", and everything in ''Closer to Heaven''. An unreleased song they performed live, "Homosexuality", has a pretty obvious song title. The version of "In private" they performed with Elton John is also quite hoyay as the song had been originally written to be performed by a woman (namely, Dusty Springfield). Also some LesYay in "Girls Don't Cry".

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: "The Sound Of The Atom Splitting", and ''It Couldn't Happen Here'' (the movie).

** The video for Kings Cross (the It Couldn't Happen Here clip [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kRfIpuZIXE]], not the Projections montage) shows a man on fire, whereas the song itself talks about the (probably figurative) "dead and wounded on either side" all around Kings Cross station. Two months later, there is a fire that kills 31 at the Kings Cross tube station.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: "The Sound Of The Atom Splitting", and ''It Couldn't Happen Here'' (the movie). Many fans didn't like the sound shift from their characteristic electronic-pop style to a more rock, guitar based sound in their album ''Release''.
** The "Home and dry" video amounted to camera footage of rodents on the London Underground, which didn't help the success of ''Release'' much.

** The "Home and dry" video amounted to camera footage of rodents on the London Underground, which didn't help the success of Release much.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: "The Sound Of The Atom Splitting", and ''It Couldn't Happen Here''. Many fans didn't like the sound shift from their characteristic electronic-pop style to a more rock, guitar based sound in their album ''Release''.

** The video for Kings Cross (the It Couldn't Happen Here clip, not the Projections montage) shows a man on fire, whereas the song itself talks about the (probably figurative) "dead and wounded on either side" all around Kings Cross station. Two months later, there is a fire that kills 31 at the Kings Cross tube station.

** The video of Kings Cross shows a man on fire while the song talks about the dead and wounded all around Kings Cross station. 2 months later there is a fire that kills 31 at Kings Cross station.

* MagnumOpus: Everybody has their favorite PSB album, so it's rather difficult to pin down to just one, though the most popular bets on this are ''Please'', ''Introspective'', ''Behavior'', ''Yes'' and ''Electric''.

* MagnumOpus: Everybody has their favorite PSB album, though the most popular bets are ''Please'', ''Introspective'', ''Behavior'', ''Yes'' and ''Electric''.

* [[AwesomeMusic/{{Music}} Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The medley they performed at the BRIT Awards. Imagine the [=CMoAs=] of their best hits all smashed into thirteen minutes. Amazing.

* [[CrowningMusic/{{Music}} Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The medley they performed at the BRIT Awards. Imagine the [=CMoAs=] of their best hits all smashed into thirteen minutes. Amazing.