Favorite Number Songs #7 - "Two Divided by Zero"
@teamfreak16 (43684)
Denver, Colorado
June 26, 2017 6:32pm CST
We get into a bit of 80's synthpop with #7 in my Favorite Number Songs (the number in the title being spelled out:) "Two Divided by Zero" by Pet Shop Boys. @FourWalls is also doing the same countdown, so be sure to check hers out as well. We have matched one song, but not today. Anyway...
From their 1986 debut album, Please, "Two Divided by Zero" was the leadoff track from that popular record (over three million copies sold thus far.) It was not released as a single, therefore it saw no chart action.
(Interesting Fun Fact: the "two divided by zero" sample in the song is taken from a talking calculator that vocalist Neil Tennant purchased for his father.)
Ostensibly, the song is about two people who are running away from their lives, headed for New York. According to Tennant, one of them might or might not be pregnant, and there is no way the couple makes it to New York together.
Please was a great synth pop album. "Two Divided by Zero" set the tone ("West End Girls" sounds even better following the tune.)
As always, enjoy!
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@FourWalls (86940)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Division by zero is meaningless! This song, however, is not. I remember this song from the 80s.
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@teamfreak16 (43684)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Jun 17
It's my second favorite from the album, after "West End Girls."
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
27 Jun 17
This was a really great tune Scott!!
Love the old Pet Shop Boys.
Wonder what they are doing now?
Love the old Pet Shop Boys.
Wonder what they are doing now?2 people like this
@teamfreak16 (43684)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Jun 17
Oh, they are still going strong. My impression is that they are big with the gay disco crowd. Which makes sense. Neil Tennant is gay, and gay bars play awesome music.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
27 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 They certainly do
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@AliCanary (4459)
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27 Jun 17
I'm a PSB fan. I don't have all their albums, but I do have a multi-CD collection of their stuff and a CD of remixes of theirs ("Absolutely Fabulous", etc). My faves by them are "It's a Sin" and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" I know "West End Girls" was a gigantic hit, but it's a bit boring for me, tbh.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jun 17
Yes. You are speaking my language!
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@teamfreak16 (43684)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Jun 17
I had a feeling you would approve. What do you think, 80's HOF?
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
27 Jun 17
Im going to go ahead and admit, that I have never heard this song.
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@teamfreak16 (43684)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Jun 17
Unless you owned the album, odds are you wouldn't have heard it.
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