Why was Fugitive on Fundamentalism?
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[quote="Naughty Zoot"]My initial, flippant response was: Because it escaped from Fundamental.
However, upon further introspection, I realize it screams Fundamentalism. It's just a smidge too politically charged for the mainstream release. After all, Fundamental has several Left leaning songs already = I'm with stupid & Integral - Liberal / Progressive songs to be sure.
Yet it certainly adds a lot to the expanded version of the album.
This is painting the whole issue with a somewhat broad brush but, here in the US, we're familiar with Fundamental religions - Baptists & Pentecostals, for instance - but we associate Fundamentalism with extremists - suicide bombers, as it were.
So, if you're looking for something a bit more daring --- Fugitive straddles the B-side / one-off territory. And that's why it's a Fundamentailsm track rather than a Fundamental track.[/quote]
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Plus it does sound like New Order, not PSB....er, like Minimal.
However, upon further introspection, I realize it screams Fundamentalism. It's just a smidge too politically charged for the mainstream release. After all, Fundamental has several Left leaning songs already = I'm with stupid & Integral - Liberal / Progressive songs to be sure.
Yet it certainly adds a lot to the expanded version of the album.
This is painting the whole issue with a somewhat broad brush but, here in the US, we're familiar with Fundamental religions - Baptists & Pentecostals, for instance - but we associate Fundamentalism with extremists - suicide bombers, as it were.
So, if you're looking for something a bit more daring --- Fugitive straddles the B-side / one-off territory. And that's why it's a Fundamentailsm track rather than a Fundamental track.[/quote]
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Plus it does sound like New Order, not PSB....er, like Minimal.