Chris Lowe
Chris Lowe
Christopher Sean "Chris" Loweis an English musician and songwriter, and co-founder of the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth4 October 1959
records favourite
Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly.
soap opera soap-operas
Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera.
ends entertainment-business position
Chart positions aren't the be all and end all.
being-in-love people feelings
There's nothing I like more than being on a dance floor with a thousand people feeling love for humanity.
radio internet feels
I feel like the Internet has really freed everything up to an extent, hasn't it? That radio maybe doesn't have quite the power that it had before.
strong eye thinking
I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.
letting-go writing scary
We never let go. Ever. Even with punctuation. It's frightening. I can't see anyone from any record company ever writing an email to Neil and not getting it back, with corrections.
along break decide economy fed order remains soft somewhere suspect
We suspect that if the economy remains as soft as it has been lately, the Fed may very well decide a break is in order somewhere along the way.
last looks statement striking three
What's striking is how much it looks like the statement from the last three meetings.
life shameless
Shameless self-publicity works, of course: living your life as a soap opera.
afternoon club dance dancing great italians life london mainly music secret sunday totally
There's a great club in London called The Secret Sundays, and it's on a Sunday afternoon and it's outdoors, and it's mainly Italians that go, and they all look great, and they're dancing on the tables, and life's a party, and they're totally into the music, going mental, and that's when dance music is really fantastic, I think.
came context dance good house music serious tech time
Dance music is about having a good time, and a lot of dance music is very serious now. When progressive house and progressive tech came along, it was kind of serious, but it's all context as well.
assume people please pretend says vip
There are people that have that confidence, who march into VIP areas. I assume I won't get in. I don't say, 'Do you know who I am?', but sometimes I'm with someone who says it for you. Then, I pretend to be all, 'Oh, please don't shame me!'.
trying
If I could, I'd be a recluse. I do want to be one. I'm trying really hard. But it's a difficult thing to pull off in this job.