European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Pop s pets Ponder popularity by Sandy Adzgery associated Pressw Hen Neil Tenn it of he Pel shop boys ponders popularly he comes up with such nuggets As in 1986. The Pat shop boys were popular cute has been heard irom them the year 1986 was indeed a terrific one Lor tha British duo of Tennant and cons Lowa Thoy sold 7 million records worldwide. Sull they accept thai in could All end tomorrow having seen Haise and Lall of numerous pop stars while he was assistant editor of smash hits Britain s top pop Magazine. Ten Nail knows fans can be Vickie once you decide you like being a pop Star he Public decides otherwise Tennant said. Their first single. West end girls Well to no 1 in Boh the United Stales and Britain and was followed up by oppor unifies f let s m3e toys of inc Ney which reached the top 10. The next release love comes quickly tailed miserably much to their dismay. It was ouf Mavorite record Hermanl said. Everyone Al the record company in America said this is a hit it s a crossover. You la get Black play dance play pop play and everyone loves it 01 course that added up to a record that a huge mop " Thoy Lake Mure in Pineir slide you shrug your shoulders figure it sovet and say i was Nico while it lasted Tennant said Tennant and Lowe met in 1981 in a London he to shop began talking and realized they both were interested in synthesizers Al the Lime. Tennant was working in Book publishing and Lowe was an architecture student. Tennant joined smash has but to and Lowe had already begun to write songs together. They took their name from two friends of Lowe s who worked in a Pel strop and in 1884 recorded Nifte lire version of West end girls it ailed to Chart but generated enough interest that Emi records muted hem away from than jobs the following year. " was 30 Yeats old when i let smash hits and to give up a Good Jot to join a pop group. I must have been mad Tennant said. Now32. The Singer does t feel his age is a hindrance. Pop music in t a Young person s business anymore and i think Ihal s really bad. Wilh people like Peter Cetera and Phil Oakey the average age of Arliss in the top 10 must be about 34, Tennant said partner Lowe who is 27. Added with our name being boys it dual Register in kids minds that we re Young even though we Aren in a recent poll of smash Hils readers the Pel shop boys were the no. 2 group Neff Tennant Tell Chreti look Knock again Forth pet Stop boys behind a a and in Iron of Duran Duran. However then Young following has t prevented them from appealing loan older audience As Well. We Are very Lucky in that we get second in the smash i sex but we also get the Puppy Market 1he compact disc Tennant said. Their next tout is expected to gel rolling no i september and Lowe promised 1 Iii toe Worth the Wail. We wanted to gel the set designer and director of the English National opera because we did t want the usual Rock n Roll show. It will be quite an expensive show with costume and set changes Lowe said. They be just released an album of dance remixes called disco but it in l tie official 1olow-up to hair please up they Are currently working on new material or their second up and one song will be a duet with 1960s Singer Dusty Springfield Tennant said he occasionally worries thai their next up might not live up to he Promise of please but he does t lose sleep Over in. When you release a record you really Don t aspect anything. Either it will be a hit or it won t. There s no Way to predict it term ant said. No Mailer fial happens ii t still better than being run Over by Willie Nelson film fulfils lifelong dream by Jim Lewis United press International Illie Nelson dubbed an outlaw because he fought the country music establishment and won will realize a dream in february when red headed stranger comes to the big screen. I be been wooing on this since i was a the bearded country music original said in a rare interview this has been my no. 1 priority. Every time i would get i almost ready logo. Something would although Nelson has been working on the project in his mind much of his life he did t begin to work on the null and bolls until about 12 years ago. Nelson believes Hal the Western Saga will be the crowning achievement of his remarkable career As an entertainer. In some ways the storyline parallels the Singer s episodic Rise to tame asked if Hal thought the movie was Good. Nelson replied yes i think so. I really do think in turned Oul better Ihan i thought. It turned out much belter. The directors and actors everybody wanted to see it the Concrete idea for red headed stranger came about a dozen years ago when Nelson was working on his first concept album for lbs. It was my first with lbs records. I had just signed with them and one of the provisions in the contract was whet i have Complete creative control. It was the first Lime i eve Rob thai and in meant so much to me i could t decide whal to do. It was Connie my Wile who suggested i do a concept a bum on the red headed stranger. Cd done a couple of theme albums before. Since i d always loved that song i d been singing it Damn near All my ale putting together the album was easy he recalled. Nelson s contract giving him control of his product cannot be underestimated in the history of country music. Today there Are lots of artists who Are Given much More Freedom by record executives to do their own thing and country music is All the better for in. The concept which has now sold about 25 million units included the classic Blue eyes crying m Ifie rain a song which won a grammy for Netson. Nelson explained the movie is an Oulu Iowah of the album ii is about preacher Julian Shay played by Nelson who sets out for Drscoll Mont from Philadelphia wanting to bring salvation and Hope to the wild Frontier. When he arrives in Driscon. Shay discovers a town in near slavery o a Man who has control of the. Only water Supply. Shay wants to dig a Well Lor the town soil won t be under the thumbscrews of the bad Guys Shay s wide. Played by Morgan Fairchild comes with him and finds Frontier Tite not at All what she had anticipated. One schemes o have an old Toyei come to Montana to Rescue her from the wilderness the Lover does and the preacher goes crazy tracks them Down and mis them. To see How his abject remorse Urr s into redemption Nelson assures will be interesting viewing. A 30-minute special on the making of the movie has been prepared and presents behind the scenes highlights of Nelson and the film s cast and Crew wishing to transform the album into a motion picture ii includes footage from the film interviews with the cast shot on location As Well As footage shot by the network during a recent interview with Nelson. Background music a from the album red headed stranger. Nelson said at the time he was writing songs for his album he thought the idea would be great Lor a Western. Nelson said the movie is about love toss revenge and salvation the Good Guys get together and fight the bad Nelson co produced the movie with Biff with fill who wrote a screenplay. The project. Nelson said was under budget and under schedule he added the idea of having a preacher be the Central character was a natural. In the Early 1950s Nelson had been a Baptist sunday school teacher in fort Worth Texas until the elders demanded he Stop singing in Honky tonks on saturday was a Lime i seriously considered becoming a Nelson said. But his love of music triumphed. Nelson said completion of bib movie project will free me up to look ahead. His next big do is farm Aid Iii in Lincoln neb., next september 1986 readers poll the ballot below Iata tha second annual Stan and stripes Raad efs poll. Let us know your favorite artists album Sand singles of 19bb whether it s country soul jazz or Rock n Roll. Just fill out the ballot Cut it out and mail it to readers poll stars and stripes ap0092tt,o to the German address readers poll Stais and stapes. To Suachit 14 37. 6100 Darmstadt 11, West Germany entries must a postmarked no la Lei irian Jan. 19, 1987. Of results Wil be announced he and of january beit Artis favorite single Best band Best new act Mala performer 8t comeback Faaet performer. 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