沈悶時代的失落---PSB's king's cross

king's cross 是pet shop boys在 1987年的成名專輯〈actually〉裡頭的壓軸之作，相對於冠軍曲west  end girl很少見到討論，但憂傷的電子音樂曲風很輕易地感染憂鬱的情緒。

口語化的歌詞裡講得其實很隱晦.國中時聽著卡帶其實並沒有看懂歌詞。

King's Cross"

The man at the back of the queue was sent
To feel the smack of firm government
Linger by the flyposter, for a fight
It's the same story every night
I've been hurt and we've been had
You leave home, and you don't go back

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

Only last night I found myself lost
By the station called King's Cross
Dead and wounded on either side
You know it's only a matter of time
I've been good and I've been bad
I've been guilty of hanging around

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

So I went looking out today
For the one who got away
Murder walking round the block
Ending up in King's Cross
Good luck, bad luck waiting in a line
It takes more than the matter of time

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee
And there's still no guarantee
There is still no guarantee

開頭第二句的SMACK不知是否影射海洛因.第二句歌詞唱得不像是抄來的版本，存疑中?

從英國的流行音樂文化中，這類的歌曲尚有THE SMITHS 1984年同名專輯裡頭的Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now大致上反應的是青少年酒精濫用的情況。

1996年的電影Trainspotting談的同樣是毒品濫用的問題，但影片中描述的像是 80'S的蘇格蘭。其中描述吸毒幻象的配樂Perfect Day是LOU REED寫於 1972，

也許該去查一下 1972-1996英國青少年問題的文章.是否符合流行音樂文化的這個序列。