This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2011) () 'Suburbia' by from the album ', 'Jack the Lad' Released 22 September 1986 Format,, Length 5: 05 (album version) 4:03 (7' mix) 5:11 (video mix) 8:55 (the full horror) /, singles chronology ' (1986) ' Suburbia' (1986) ' (1987) ' (second release) (1986) ' Suburbia' (1986) ' (1987) ' Suburbia' is a song by UK duo. It was remixed and released as the fourth single from the album in 1986 and became the band's second UK Top 10 hit, peaking at number 8. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Overview [ ] The song's primary inspiration is the 1984 film, and its depiction of violence and squalor in the suburbs of; in addition, the tension of the and hanging in recent memory led 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 suburban violence, riots 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 typical scenes in. Find a Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia first pressing or reissue. Complete your Pet Shop Boys collection. Shop Vinyl and CDs. Official lyrics to the Pet Shop Boys’ song “Suburbia”. The Please version of the song sounds very sparse in comparison. The version used for the video was the song that appeared on the compilation in 2003. The video was directed by, and features footage of the duo in a Los Angeles suburb, as they happened to be there for that year's. The B-sides to the single were 'Jack the Lad' and '. 'The Full Horror mix' of Suburbia and the Italian Mix of Paninaro, which appeared on the Suburbia 12', both also appeared on the Pet Shop Boys' album, and were later collected on the 2001 2-disc re-release of 'Please'. Track listing [ ] 7': Parlophone / R 6140 (UK) [ ] • 'Suburbia' (New version) – 3:59 • 'Paninaro' – 4:37 2×7': Parlophone / RD 6140 (UK) [ ] • 'Suburbia' (New version) – 3:59 • 'Paninaro' – 4:37 • ' [Shep Pettibone Mastermix] (Early Fade) – 06'12' • 'Jack the lad' – 4:30 • 'Suburbia Pt. General CommentA bunch of hopeless suburban boys are making their usual mess around their town and I assume it's for expressing a kind of revolt over the 'social system' where they are forced to live in, since they tend to consider they are excluded from it ('I only wanted something else to do but hang around'). And the line 'Break the window by the town hall' serves to show how revolted they are indeed. At the same time this same 'social system' repress their revolt with the policemen, but without considering to offer to them good opportunities for trying to conquer a better life for themselves.
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