Home | Theme Song: "Happiness Is an Option"

May 9, 2009

In 1999, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their seventh studio album under the Pet Shop Boys name, Nightlife.

1999 was the year I moved to New York City and, really, nothing reminds me more of that summer than the tracks "New York City Boy" -- not even all that great a song -- and "Never Been Closer to Heaven."

My favorite song from the record, though, was "Happiness Is an Option," a mid-tempo piece where the band takes a philosophical turn that is fairly in sync with my own views on the world.

(I sometimes annoy people who ask if I am happy by telling them that happiness is an approach to take in dealing with the world, rather than the result of achieving outcomes I want.)

Anyway ...

Click on the forward icon below to listen to "Happiness Is an Option" by Pet Shop Boys.

Great song ... Pet Shop Boys albums can be very uneven, but Nightlife had a lot of winning tracks. "In Denial," a duet with Kylie Minogue, was one of them.

-- Aaron | Link

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