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SUBURBIA (THE FULL HORROR)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/2460158aca88cb/
SUBURBIA (ARTHUR BAKER CLUB VOCAL MIX)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/2460303f788932/
SUBURBIA (ARTHUR BAKER DUB MIX)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/24605072339fbc/
from
http://bornagain80s.blogspot.com/2007/06/pet-shop-boys.html
Suburbia, released on September 22 1986, was the fourth and final single from Pet Shop Boys' debut album Please. The track was also the third top ten single from the album peaking at #8 in the UK singles chart.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/2460158aca88cb/
SUBURBIA (ARTHUR BAKER CLUB VOCAL MIX)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/2460303f788932/
SUBURBIA (ARTHUR BAKER DUB MIX)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/24605072339fbc/
from
http://bornagain80s.blogspot.com/2007/06/pet-shop-boys.html
Suburbia, released on September 22 1986, was the fourth and final single from Pet Shop Boys' debut album Please. The track was also the third top ten single from the album peaking at #8 in the UK singles chart.
The song's primary inspiration is the 1984 Penelope Spheeris film Suburbia, and its depiction of violence and squalor in the suburbs of Los Angeles; in addition, the tension of the Brixton riots of 1981 and of 1985 hanging in recent memory led Neil Tennant of the duo to thinking about the boredom of suburbia and the underlying tension among disaffected youth that sparked off the riots at the least provocation.
The various versions of the song are punctuated by sounds of suburbian violence: rioting noises and smashing glass, as well as snarling dogs on the re-recorded single version (extended even further on the music video), which were derived from scenes in Suburbia. The Please version of the song sounds very sparse in comparison. Another interesting note is that the song's bassline is based on Madonna's Into The Groove.
Here are three mixes of Suburbia, the well known Full Horror mix and 2 rare "promo only" Arthur Baker mixes released by the EMI Manhattan label which were only available in the US.
