Dave Stewart or The Pet Shop Boys?

[TrueFaith77]

Although I can't find the article now (anyone able to post this?), a few years ago the Pet Shop Boys indicated a real desire to make an album with Stevie Nicks. They said that they thought she was sounding great and would love to work with her and that if she is reading this, she should get in touch with them.

However, Stevie is not working on new material with the Pets (so far as we know). Apparently she is working with Dave Stewart. I was curious to know if Ledgies felt she made the right decision.

Here's some of the thinking behind my vote:

Pet Shop Boys

The Pets have a history of working with female artists yielding stellar results: Liza Minnelli (Results), Dusty Springfield (Reputation). They reinvigorated the career of the horrendous Boy George with his only good record ever ("The Crying Game"). They took a "Sorry" Madonna track and remixed it into her strongest track since "Bedtime Stories" (thank you, Bjork!). They breathed some life into another Gaga dirge (their remix of "Eh, eh"). They've worked with Kylie, Tina, Yoko, Alcazar ("love life"!), Pete Burns ("Jack & Jill Party"!), Elton John, The Killers, Sam Taylor-Wood, Girls Aloud, MGMT, SHIRLEY BASSEY. They produced/curated The Crying Game soundtrack. They wrote/produced(?) Robbie Williams' best-ever song--"She's Madonna". Their collaborations with Electronic yielded three of the greatest songs of all time: "Disappointed," "Getting Away With It," "The Patience of a Saint." They refer to their single "Home & Dry" as their Fleetwood Mac song. They often work with Johnny Marr--Lindsey Buckingham's rival in my heart. They've never faultered--their last album 2009's Yes joins the upper echelon of their work, which ranks among the finest outputs in the history of pop. (Also, they join FM as having moved100,000,000 units over the course of their careers.) Working with the Pets would also be an interesting way of honoring Stevie's gay following.

Dave Stewart

Dave Stewart made Annie Lennox listenable.

My Vote

The Pet Shop Boys