El synth pop, tecnopop o electropop de los 80 tiene en Pet Shop Boys unos representantes de excepción. El dúo británico, que se conoció por casualidad a cuenta de un piano electrónico, publicó su primer álbum en 1986 y hasta la fecha han vendido más de cien millones de discos en todo el mundo.
It's a sin, uno de los singles de su segundo álbum -Actually- publicado en 1987 les reportó una popularidad y éxito incuestionable tanto en Inglaterra como en el resto de Europa y también en Estados Unidos.
El tema fue compuesto por Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant; la letra corrió por cuenta de Tennant que confesó haberla escrito en 15 minutos inspirándose, de modo crítico, en su educación católica. El video merece verse y disfrutarse sin perder detalle de las localizaciones entre las que está nada menos que la Catedral de Westminster.
When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand
So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to - it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
(Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres, quia peccavi nimiscogitatione,
verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maximaculpa)
[trans. "I confess to almighty god,
and to you my brothers,
that I have sinned exceedingly
in thought, word, act and omission,
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault"]