8. Pet Shop Boys - "Your Early Stuff"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLBN6CAs8oY It's the number one criticism of bands who have suddenly made it big: "Sure, the new album is fine, but I much prefer their early stuff." That phrase is the quickest way for music snobs to assert their hipster credibility. As with any band that's been around for three decades without reaching The Rolling Stones' level of iconic status, The Pet Shop Boys were no stranger to that phrase. By the time 2012 rolled around, they were still tied to the hits of their first albums, "West End Girls" and "It's a Sin" forever marking them as a band of the 80s. Everything after that was considered, as one might guess, "fine... but not as good as their early stuff." The band claims they heard that from nearly everyone they met. They'd have frequent conversations with taxi drivers who, upon realizing they were talking to a Pet Shop Boy, asked why the group had disbanded, even though they most definitely hadn't. In fact, they'd literally never gone more than a couple years without releasing an album. "Your Early Stuff" digs into the idea of a musician's initial releases being "the holy grail" of the discography, "before the money and fame" corrupted them, even though singer Neil Tennant thinks they released some of their best work later on.
You've been around but you don't look too rough (Hey, what's your name?)And I still quite like some of your early stuff