WATCH: Neil Tennant PSB Interview | The Quietus

WATCH: Neil Tennant PSB Interview

"Taylor Swift is like the Margaret Thatcher of pop"

Recently tQ Ed John Doran had the pleasure of speaking to Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys for his British Masters series over on Noisey.

Tennant, "one of the all time great conceptualists of popular music… as one half of Pet Shop Boys has been responsible for some of the greatest singles to ever grace the top 40.

In the interview he describes Taylor Swift as "the Margaret Thatcher of pop", the prospect of going to the Berghain at the age of 81, the idea of ‘West End Girls’ as a rap record and their new album Super.

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