The Pet Shop Boys were a band I was never particularly into back in their heyday, which is surprising when you consider the similarities between them and my favourite synth group Erasure. Sure, I loved West End Girls, It’s a Sin, Always On My Mind and pretty much every track on their “Please” and “Actually” albums, but I never paid much attention to what they produced after that until only a few years ago. Boy, was I missing out!
Having said that, I always had a fondness for Heart. Released in 1988, it entered the charts in March at number 30 before rightfully reaching the number one spot the following month where it stayed for a few weeks.
Pop Quiz – When not being Gandalf, what famous actor played Nosferatu in the Heart music video?
The answer…. Well, I didn’t realise until only recently that it was none other than Sir Ian McKellen.
Ahhhhhh… I was just 11 years old at the time. Life was so much easier (and less stressful) back then.
