Since surprising fans with the announcement earlier this month that they’ve got a new album set for release in June, the Pet Shop Boys haven’t said much about the forthcoming Stuart Price-produced Electric. On Friday night, at the first concert on the band’s Electric tour, however, the duo debuted two of the new tracks — including a Bruce Springsteen cover.
Performing at the Cumbre Tajin festival in Mexico, the band, which just released its 11th album Elysium six months ago, previewed the Electric tour — which gets going in May — with a set that featured two songs off the forthcoming album: “Axis” and Springsteen’s “The Last to Die,” off his 2008 album Magic, the latter of which you can see posted above (and check out the original below).
Stream: Bruce Springsteen, “The Last to Die”
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I would have to hear the album version before I make up my mind. I like “Axis”, but not so sure on this one yet. I am sure the studio version will make a big difference.
Have to say, Springsteen’s original is better. Power of the song is lost in the cover
Sounds to me like the Pet Shop Boys have personalized the song – instead of “The last to die for a mistake,” they’re singing “The Last to die for OUR MISTAKES.”