Twentieth Century

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Calippo-Man · #46 Post by **Calippo-Man** » Wed 03 May 2006, 8:36 pm

Lets face it, this track is bloody awful. Twee naff lyrics, silly boppy tune. The chorus is laughable.

CroMagnon · #47 Post by **CroMagnon** » Wed 03 May 2006, 8:58 pm

We know that they're not going to release SAGS; EMI have blocked the idea. I think it's highly unlikely that we'll get 4 singles, so how about:

1) I'm with stupid
2) Integral
3) Numb / Minimal (double A-sde)

Minimal and Numb would be a good combination, commercially, as (hopefully) the soft-rock stations (Heart FM etc.) would pick up Numb, while we'd get lots of Minimal remixes; I'd hope, too that Minimal has the potential to be a sizeable club hit.

drunk14 · #48 Post by **drunk14** » Wed 03 May 2006, 9:09 pm

EMI said only: TSAGS will not be FIRTS single, but EMI not said :TSAGS will not be generally release as single.

stew · #49 Post by **stew** » Wed 03 May 2006, 11:55 pm

i swear people are doing these threads just to lay into the people who jhavent heard these tracks yt!

howver i still wait till released.

kimphilby · #50 Post by **kimphilby** » Tue 23 May 2006, 4:44 pm

I'm loving Twentieth Century at the moment.

"Sometimes the solution is worse than the problem
Let's stay together"

A great Tennant lyric.

Syncratic · #51 Post by **Syncratic** » Tue 23 May 2006, 5:25 pm

It's not fantastic by any means but it's better than I thought it would be from the 'reviews' and I feel it's stronger than CIH and Numb which try too hard. It's not really an album track though.

I not sure about the way he's singing it, in a low clipped voice as if he's a bit embarassed about it.

ceejay · #52 Post by **ceejay** » Tue 23 May 2006, 9:57 pm

I really love Twentieth Century. In the short space of time since I`ve bought the CD I`ve played that and Luna Park much more than the rest of Fundamental yet.

Deschanel · #53 Post by **Deschanel** » Wed 24 May 2006, 1:17 am

I really love it. I've read people dissing it too, but I prefer it over Casanova and Indefinite .. and Sodom for that matter.

Danimal · #54 Post by **Danimal** » Wed 24 May 2006, 3:26 am

In a way, it is sort of a sequel to "Why don't we live together?"

kimphilby · #55 Post by **kimphilby** » Wed 24 May 2006, 3:52 pm

It's very Miserablism. Which i love.

cannibal · #56 Post by **cannibal** » Wed 24 May 2006, 8:43 pm

I don't dislike it, but it sounds uncannily like Momus - circa early nineties (without the eye-patch).

nekko · #57 Post by **nekko** » Thu 25 May 2006, 2:39 pm

I always feel it's going to fade into Minimal from 3:50... Am I the only one ?

It also uses the same "whispering" sound as "Rent" in this ending part.

Well, that's what my ears belive

Janet Street-Porter · Fri 26 May 2006, 1:10 am

I like this a lot more in the context of the album than I did as a mp3. It does sound extremely Behaviourish, doesn't it?

Tomas · #59 Post by **Tomas** » Fri 26 May 2006, 8:51 am

Lleonard Pler wrote:I'd say that this bit:

"when the statues fall
Everyone came to destroy what was wicked
But they killed all that was good as well "

Is about Irak's invasion.

But the song is supposed to be about 20th century?

So either it's mis-titled, or is it some general picture (though I'm not sure which worldwide-known 20th century invasion should be blamed to bring 50 % good and 50 % bad (and I'm not sure that Irak's invasion either).

Tomas · #60 Post by **Tomas** » Fri 26 May 2006, 9:00 am

Vince wrote:they never released 4 singles in Bilingual

Before, Se A Vida É, Single-Bilingual, A Red Letter Day.
Plus we might count Somewhere which was out to promote Somewhere show but maybe also the Bilingual special edition set.