Neil Francis Tennant (born 10 July 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter and co-founder of the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Chris Lowe in 1981. He also was a journalist for Smash Hits, and was assistant editor for the magazine for a period in the mid-1980s.
Tennant was born in North Shields, a fishing port near Newcastle upon Tyne to William W. Tennant (1923–2009), a sales representative, and Sheila M. (Watson) Tennant (1923–2008). He has an elder sister, Susan, and two younger brothers, Simon and Philip. The family moved to a semi-detached house in Greenfield Road (opposite the corner of South Bend), Brunton Park, a relatively affluent suburb in Newcastle, shortly after Neil was born.
As a child, Tennant attended St. Cuthbert's Grammar School, an all-boys' Catholic school in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Tennant's songs "This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave" and "It's a Sin" refer to his early life in Catholic school and the strict upbringing there.
Neil Tennant (born 1 March 1950, South Africa) is Humanities Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Ohio State University. Along with Michael Dummett, Crispin Wright, and a few others, Tennant is one of the most notable figures in the contemporary realism/anti-realism debate. He has also written extensively on intuitionistic logic and other non-classical logics.
Tennant is currently the editor of the journal American Philosophical Quarterly.
The Clock or The Clocks may refer to:
The Clock is a 30-minute US anthology television series based upon the American Broadcasting Company radio series, which ran from 1946-48. The half-hour series mostly consisted of original dramas concerning murder, mayhem or insanity. Series narrator Larry Semon was the only regular; each week a new set of guest stars were featured. The title of the series was derived from a clock which was a major plot element in each story. The show's musical theme was "The Sands of Time". Ninety-one episodes aired on the American Broadcasting Company from 1949 to 1952.
Among its directors were Fred Coe, one of the pioneering producers in the Golden Age of Television.
Notable guest stars included Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Charlton Heston, Cloris Leachman, Raymond Massey, Jackie Cooper, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Sterling, George Reeves, Jack Albertson, Anna Lee.
The Clock is a radio suspense anthology series broadcast November 3, 1946–May 23, 1948, on ABC. Narrated by Father Time, the 30-minute program was directed by William Spier. The cast included Jeanette Nolan, Cathy Lewis and Elliott Lewis.
The Clock was originally a United States production. Starting in 1955, a version of the program was produced in Australia by Grace Gibson Productions.
Are you dancing with your partner, or are you pushing
them around?
Are you begging for attention, or do you love the one
you've found?
Are you giving up your Saturdays to waltz all over
town?
Or is everything a jolly holiday with a merry y'all
with now
You could give it all away, give it all and be
unstoppable
All away, everything is really possible, all away
You never really own it anyway, It'll all fall in place
if you just let go
Don't dress up your children like dolls from your past
Or They'll run from you madly, they'll never look back
And when they grow older, they'll do just the same
The world's a reflection of how children play
Well You could give it all away, give it all and be
unstoppable
All away, gonna make empty meaningful
You never really own it anyway, It'll all fall in place
if you just let go
When you're in the mood, baby
Hear just what your heart has to say
When the world is turning topside and turvy then you
better hurry back down
To the bottom of your soul and be loved
Your word is your access, your mouth is your door
Let's slide down inside there, and see what's in store
In the middle there's a rhythm picking, it's a freaking
hard beat
At the bottom there's a lot of water keeping your soul
deep
You could give it all away, give it all and be
unstoppable
All away, everything is really possible, all away
You never really own it anyway, It'll all fall in place
if you just let go
When you're in the mood, baby
Hear just what your heart has to say
When the world is turning topside and turvy then you
better hurry down
To the bottom of your soul