Here’s a 23 minute interview with Neil Tennant on Ireland’s John Murray Show on RTÉ Radio 1.

A few snippets:

On the Olympics Closing Ceremony experience. “I’m an Olympic performer now”

On Elysium: “Age is a taboo subject. Pop music is meant to be young… It’s a a beautiful album… quite optimistic..” “The name suggests that it’s a different, more dreamy sound…”

On motivation? Have you contemplated retirement? “No. We have a creative urge. … The songs keep coming…”

On that Xmas battle between PSB vs Pogues: “The battle was actually between Pet Shop Boys and Rick Astley”.

On X Factor: “It promotes professionalism over ideas… people will get bored of it soon.” “It’s like the weather; it happens”

On what’s he listening to: “‘Bon Iver’ and “96.3, a Spanglish radio station in LA playing very up remixes of Adele…”

On the Dusty collaboration: She did the last bit “We don’t have to fall apart..” in two takes.

On their legacy: “We’re not politicians; we don’t think about legacies…”

The John Murray Show (Podcasts)