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Day 047 of 365 02-16-2023 Go West

"Go West"
Original Version
from the 1979 Village People album by the same name 'Go West'
Written by:
Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, and Victor Willis
Produced by :
Jacques Morali

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"Go West"
Pet Shop Boys Version
From the 1993 Pet Shop Boys album 'Very'
Written by:
Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, and Victor Willis with additional lyrics Chris Lowe And Neil Tennant
Produced by:
Pet Shop Boys

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Come on, come on, come on, come on

(Together) We will go our way
(Together) We will leave someday
(Together) Your hand in my hand
(Together) We will make our plans
(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell all our friends good-bye
(Together) We will start life new
(Together) This is what we'll do

(Go West) Life is peaceful there
(Go West) In the open air
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do

(Go West, this is what we're gonna do, Go West)

(Together) We will love the beach
(Together) We will learn and teach
(Together) Change our pace of life
(Together) We will work and strive
(I love you) I know you love me
(I want you) How could I disagree?
(So that's why) I make no protest
(When you say) You will do the rest

(Go West) Life is peaceful there
(Go West) In the open air
(Go West) Baby you and me
(Go West) This is our destiny
(Go West) Sun in wintertime
(Go West) We will do just fine
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West, this is what we're gonna do)

There where the air is free
we'll be (We'll be) what we want to be
Now if we make a stand
we'll find (We'll find) our promised land

(I know that) There are many ways
(To live there) In the sun or shade
(Together) We will find a place
(To settle) Where there's so much space
(Without rush) And the pace back East
(The hustling) Rustling just to feed
(I know I'm) Ready to leave too
(So that's what) We are gonna do

(What we're gonna do is
Go West) Life is peaceful there
(Go West) There in the open air
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do
(Life is peaceful there) Go West
(In the open air) Go West
(Baby, you and me) Go West
(This is our destiny)
Come on, come on, come on, come on

(Go West) Sun in wintertime
(Go West) We will feel just fine
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do
(Come on, come on, come on, come on)
(Go West)

This song has some personal history for me along with the fact that I really like the Pet Shop Boys version. There was a bar/dance club/drag bar in Portland called "Embers" and there were a handful of times me and my then boyfriend, Gary got up on the 'drag' stage and lip-synced to Go West in front of a bunch of people. Saturdays they gave people the opportunity to come up on stage between drag shows and dance or do comedy or lip sync to songs.

So there I was on stage lip-syncing (playing the part of Neil Tennant) while my boyfriend 'played' a borrowed large keyboard (playing the part of Chris Lowe). I was flanked by 3 guys to my left and right wearing short shorts that made up the color of the rainbow. They lip-synced the parts of the lyrics in parentheses in the song. Those performances were wonderful memories.

The original Village People version was about going West to San Fransico, the 'gay capital' of the USA.

The Pet Shop Boys version was more about Russia (then known as the Soviet Union and moving to a more western political thinking and away from communism. The Pet Shop Boys version adds a new coda and a bridge...

There where the air is free
we'll be what we want to be
Now if we make a stand
we'll find our promised land

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Taken in: United States / California / Castro District (show map)

Taken on: February 16, 2023

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/9.0, 1/320 sec, 48mm (=72mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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Focal Length:	48mm (35mm equivalent: 72mm)
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