Pet Shop Boys - Tennant Influenced By Lennon

PET SHOP BOYS singer NEIL TENNANT was inspired to pursue a songwriting career by late BEATLES legend JOHN LENNON.

The WEST END GIRLS star, who is famed for his unconventional lyrical approach to song-writing, adopted Lennon's personal style in a bid to stand out from the trite lyrical style which typified songs in the 1980s.

Tennant says, "The biggest influence on me when I first started writing songs was John Lennon talking about the writing of STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER.

"He said he wanted it to be more like a conversation, 'I think, er, no, I mean, er, yes but it's all wrong / That is I think I disagree.' I thought, 'That's great! That's what I want to do!'"