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#1 Post by mole973102 »

Keep playing Minimal even now...really grown on me.
Think I prefer it slightly to I'm with stupid...odd as I didn't like it as much to start with.
I really like pumping out the Minimal (M-Factor mix). Might make myself a Disco4 soon.
In fact even some of the mixes done by Minimals I like listening to... :)

Played a lot of their tracks on the ten or so dull hours on a coach to Newcastle to see a sexy Northerner.
Fundamental I am addicted to still...I thought I would be bored of it by now.

It occurred to me in one of the many thoughts you have when stuck looking out of a window for ten hours (twenty if you include return) that some of the b-sides that are slow are quite nice. They tend to try catchy dittys as a-sides. Some b-sides are quite nice songs and maybe would be interesting to see how they would fair had they been a-sides.

Also at least three PSB songs are also tv shows.
Like I'm with stupid (which came first?), Absolutely Fabulous and I forget the third...not Clothes Show though...
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#2 Post by raggatwin »

I thought that Minimal would be a much bigger hit. It is much better than I'm With Stupid.
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#3 Post by Kris »

Minimal is a better song but I'm with stupid is a much better single - it's a classic four-minute, radio friendly and catchy pop record. Minimal is my favourite track on Fundamental but right from the start I questioned whether it would be a good single as it is lyrically quite sparse and lacks the hooks necessary to be a big hit.
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#4 Post by Drem »

My favourite too. To my great disappointment, Neil & Chris didn't make an extended version (or maxi-mix, or whatever they like to call it) of Minimal :cry:.
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#5 Post by GalataPSB »

a good song but not the best from fundamental.. Mixes are crap! :x
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#6 Post by ! »

Not one of the best off Fundamental. It's certainly not better than I'm with stupid but the Tocadisco remix of it is fantastic 8)
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#7 Post by Phillip »

'Minimal' was the first single release not to reach number 1 on 'My chart that does'nt count' since 'New York City Boy'.
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