So "Undertow" is going to be the third single and that's all

[daveid]

I don't think Chris was involved with the track at all?
Maybe this is at least why it was not included on Format.

In fact, somewhere back in 2000 or 2001 PSB OS made a clear statement that "Break 4 Love is not Pet Shop Boys release without any Chris involvement".

That wasn't my quote you quoted there...

[Palpatine]

I don't mind "Absolutely fabulous" to be left off. Unless you're a fan of the TV series it's a totally pointless track. Personally I hate it.

"How can you expect to be taken seriously?" is of course a true single, released as a double A-side with "Where the streets have no name"; yet only the latter song appears on compilations. The strangest thing is that the single version of "How can you expect..." is yet to be released on an album! Why wasn't it included on Behaviour/Further Listening?[/quote]

You're absolutely correct. It's a travesty that we still don't have the 7" of Seriously in CD quality twenty-five years after it was originally released. It wasn't on Discography because of space limitations. Neil said it wasn't on PopArt because Streets got 90% of the airplay and, consequently, is the one everybody remembers. Still doesn't explain why it wasn't on Behaviour FL. I think it comes down to neither of them liking it very much.

[panda magic]

You're absolutely correct. It's a travesty that we still don't have the 7" of Seriously in CD quality twenty-five years after it was originally released. It wasn't on Discography because of space limitations. Neil said it wasn't on PopArt because Streets got 90% of the airplay and, consequently, is the one everybody remembers. Still doesn't explain why it wasn't on Behaviour FL. I think it comes down to neither of them liking it very much.

I would have absolutely swapped out DJ Culture (which was already widely available on Discography) on the Further Listening bonus disc for the 7" mix of "Seriously." In my opinion the Brothers in Rhythm mix of "Seriously" is the definitive version of the song and is one of my favorite PSB tracks of all time. I seldom listen to the album version but when I do I'm always surprised at how flimsy it sounds next to the BIR production. So it would be nice to have the 7" mix on CD but isn't the "perfect attitude" mix nearly the same? (minus the "you gotta have fun" sample of course.)

I can't imagine Neil & Christ not liking the 7" remix anymore, though they've had baffling opinions before so I suppose it's possible. I seem to recall reading somewhere that Brothers In Rhythm had initially presented them with a totally different remix of "Seriously" which Neil & Chris weren't into at all, and then they said "oh well we also did this version" which the Boys vastly preferred and presumably that's what was finally released. So it seems as though they liked that remix at some point in history. (Oh and also it was the version they used for the "Performance" tour.)

[NotInvisible]

I don't mind "Absolutely fabulous" to be left off. Unless you're a fan of the TV series it's a totally pointless track. Personally I hate it.

Agreed... but it's clearly a Pet Shop Boys song and rewriting history re: compilation albums doesn't change that.

[Old Soak]

I don't mind "Absolutely fabulous" to be left off. Unless you're a fan of the TV series it's a totally pointless track. Personally I hate it.

Agreed... but it's clearly a Pet Shop Boys song and rewriting history re: compilation albums doesn't change that.

It's one easy edit to make Absolutely Dubulous into a great dance track, removing any trace of the Ab Fab girls by excising about 1 minute.

[Drem]

That wasn't my quote you quoted there...

Sometimes quotation goes wrong... there something in forum's engine to deal with it.

[Pod]

I can't imagine Neil & Christ not liking the 7" remix anymore

Wow! Some divine intervention there!

[panda magic]

whoops

[E-Mail Vampire]

At this rate we will be luckyto get a 2nd single!

[PoloPony]

So this is like the worst single selection of an album, ever. Did they pick the worst songs on purpose? Do they really want to be forgotten by the charts?

[jules]

I wonder if this could have been an inspiration for undertow ? I have just discovered this great song, and saw that it's coming from the album "balls", with the big dots ! Some parts in the song even make me think to undertow.

https://www.discogs.com/fr/Sparks-The-C ... ter/186107



The part from 2:05 could be the "guardian angel" bridge.

[Palpatine]

So this is like the worst single selection of an album, ever. Did they pick the worst songs on purpose? Do they really want to be forgotten by the charts?

They were forgotten by the charts ten - fifteen years ago. Nothing they release will chart. I'm actually shocked that some people still think they have a chance to a have big chart hits thirty years after their first hit. Taylor Swift isn't even old enough to be one of the babies in the It's Alright video. That's how old they are. The Pop Kids was the obvious choice for lead single, Twenty-Something is the obvious second single and a slightly remixed version of Undertow or Say it to me would be a fine third single. I like Burn but I'm a bit tired of it.

[Tom Angel]

So this is like the worst single selection of an album, ever. Did they pick the worst songs on purpose? Do they really want to be forgotten by the charts?

They were forgotten by the charts ten - fifteen years ago. Nothing they release will chart. I'm actually shocked that some people still think they have a chance to a have big chart hits thirty years after their first hit. Taylor Swift isn't even old enough to be one of the babies in the It's Alright video. That's how old they are. The Pop Kids was the obvious choice for lead single, Twenty-Something is the obvious second single and a slightly remixed version of Undertow or Say it to me would be a fine third single. I like Burn but I'm a bit tired of it.

I agree - the single choices are excellent. Albeit a little too far apart to ruin momentum. But I even agree with Undertow as 3rd single. If only the beat was slowed SLIGHTLY, but it's superb.