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''Suburbia'' is a song by UK synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was remixed and released as the fourth single from the album ''Please'' in 1986 and became the band's second UK Top 10 hit, peaking at #8. ==Overview== The song's primary inspiration is the 1984 Penelope Spheeris film ''Suburbia'', and its depiction of violence and squalor in the suburbs of Los Angeles; in addition, the tension of the Brixton riots of 1981 and of 1985 hanging in recent memory led Neil Tennant 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 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 ''PopArt'' compilation in 2003. The video was directed by Eric Watson, and features footage of the duo in a Los Angeles suburb, as they happened to be there for that year's MTV Video Music Awards. The B-sides to the single were "Jack the Lad" and "Paninaro". "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 ''Disco'', and were later collected on the 2001 2-disc re-release of "Please". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suburbia (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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