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More like The Resurrectionist, Integral and Fugitive.

Less like Numb and Luna Park.

kimphilby wrote:...or Fugitive if we're allowed to include songs from Fundamentalism.

Even if I meant only "Fundamental" (not "Ism") songs, as you can see, most of us regard it as hidden bonus track of the album (hidden on another CD), so...
For me:
+: Minimal
-: Numb
Yes, very predictably.

DominoDancing wrote:More: Minimal
Less: Indefinite Leave To Remain

Actually I have to add something: That does NOT mean I want them to turn into New Order II, and it also doesn't mean that I don't want them not to do any more ballads.

Same here . But if you cut off this Hook-ish bass in coda, don't you think, it will sound more like Pet Shop Boys' song than like New Order'?

glennjridge wrote:i'm really liking that parkinsons version of its a sin.

so I guess the closest to that arrangement wise would be twentieth century even though I generally dont like the tune.

I adore "Twentieth Century" greatly but don't like this version of "It's a Sin", and can't find any resemblance in their arrangements. Maybe something wrong with my ears?...

DominoDancing wrote:More: Minimal
Less: Indefinite Leave To Remain

Actually I have to add something: That does NOT mean I want them to turn into New Order II, and it also doesn't mean that I don't want them not to do any more ballads. I just think that that ILTR is too middle-of-the-road.

I think ILTR is the best song on Fundamental and one of their overall best tracks ever. And I know a couple of other PSB fans who agree with me. I think you should give the song a re-try. Listen to the great production, the string arrangement, the outstanding lyrics... - And what's wrong with a song sounding middle of the road? PSB mainly produce mainstream pop music and always did so. There's nothing 'cutting edge' about their records, apart from the incidental things like The Sound Of The Atom Splitting...

dVTB wrote:
I think ILTR is the best song on Fundamental and one of their overall best tracks ever. And I know a couple of other PSB fans who agree with me. I think you should give the song a re-try. Listen to the great production, the string arrangement, the outstanding lyrics... - And what's wrong with a song sounding middle of the road? PSB mainly produce mainstream pop music and always did so. There's nothing 'cutting edge' about their records, apart from the incidental things like The Sound Of The Atom Splitting...

I have listened to it like a hundred times (simply because I've listened to Fundamental a lot). I'll admit that the lyrics are clever, but the song itself just doesn't seem that special to me. It's "nice", but that's it. It doesn't even offend me, instead it became boring after a few times. Perhaps it's the arrangement, which sounds like something I could've come up with, which just can't be a good sign . Anyway, I don't HATE the song like I hate New York city boy, so even if the next album should turn out to be 50 minutes of ILTR it still wouldn't be that bad.
Actually that just shows you that I'm pretty happy with Fundemantal.

Numb
Twentieth Century

I like everything on Fundy a little.

Numb-very little but it is OK.

I think fundy plus a few more uptempo tracks would be great. hell we could keep all the tracks on it as is and add two or maybe three more fast tempo songs and it would be possibly the best they have ever done.

By the way- Casanova is great!!! One the of best songs they have ever done I love it!!!!!!

(+) Casanova or Numb
(-) ... urm... nothing.... like em all... except im bored by the dance remixes... bring back PSB extended versions

jasonjohn wrote:im bored by the dance remixes... bring back PSB extended versions

I agree. I always like the "normal" extended versions more than remixes which sound completely different from the original.

More like the Resurrectionist and less like Numb.