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| “Being
Boring” was launched in 1990 as the second single of “Behaviour”,
the fourth studio album of the band. The photographs used on the front
cover of the single were taken by the UK photographers of the moment “The
Douglas Brothers”, specializing in obscure images that referenced the
work of such nineteenth-century photographers as Julia Margaret Cameron
and Eadweard Muybridge. The session was shot in Pet Shop Boys’ west London
offices with Neil wearing the same Thierry Mugler suit he wore for the
“So Hard” video and Chris wearing a Mitchko inflatable coat and Jean-Paul
Gaultier sunglasses. The photographs were originally taken for the American
magazine CREEM, but the group liked the shots so much that they bought
some of them to use not only on the “Being Boring” cover, but in the cover
of the american edition of their book “Literally”, in the ‘songbooks’
for “Behaviour” and “Discography” and in fan club magazine “Literally
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The
sleeve design was made by Mark Farrow and he had the intents and purposes
exactly the same as “Behaviour” cover, but it had two pictures on instead
of four. Three different photos were used for every format released:
one for the CD Single showing Neil & Chris in 3/4 Front photos and including
the B Side “We all feel better in the dark” and a Extended Mix of “Being
Boring”; the second one used for the 7” Single with Neil holding a picture
frame and Chris in 3/4 back photo; and the third one for the 12” Single
with Neil posing frontwards and Chris posing sidewards including de
Extended Versions of “Being Boring” and “We all feel better in the dark”.
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| The cassette
single used the same photo as the CD Single. A second Remix Single was
released only in 12” format in the UK and titled “Being Remixed” by Mark
Farrow, who repeated the use of typography only and enlarging the catalogue
number on the back, as he did on “So Hard” releases. This release included
a new remix of “Being Boring” by Marshall Jefferson and 2 new remixes
of “We all feel better in the dark” by the Brothers in Rhythm. Later a
Being Remixed Limited Edition CD was released in Germany only, becoming
a collectible item, not just for its limited production but for the song
being a favourite for the fans. |
