17: Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls" | Beverly Hills Cop | BY REQUEST

This episode is our first 'by request' episode, courtesy of Todd's friend Mike (thank you, Mike!), and it finds us exploring what the Guardian newspaper controversially called the greatest UK #1 song of all time, "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys. Not sure we'd agree with that designation, but it's unquestionably a great and very interesting song, and it certainly deserves a deeper dive. Our movie this time is the 1984 Eddie Murphy showcase, "Beverly Hills Cop," an action comedy about a black Detroit cop who plays by his own rules and finds himself in ultra-white, ultra-ritzy Beverly Hills, where they do everything 'strictly by the book,' and the hijinks ensue. RELATED LINKS: Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls" official video, on YouTube Pet Shop Boys on Spotify Our West End Girls playlist, on Spotify Our Cover Your Ears version, by BooBoo'zzz All Stars, on YouTube The supremely beautiful Cover Your Ears runner-up, by Brian Molko and Fiona Brice, on YouTube Beverly Hills Cop, at IMDB Eddie Murphy, "Party All The Time" official video, on YouTube Eddie Murphy on Spotify