Originally Posted by: LostSiren Originally Posted by: Michael Monkhouse
Glad this is a 'proper' single and not a one-off like Brutal.
I'm taking this the wrong way, surely, but Brutal was the start of a great 6 years of New Order productivity.
True, it was productive, but I'm not sure how worthwhile a lot of the songs that followed it were, but that 's just my opinion.
Personally speaking, I always think that 'Brutal' kind of set the template for a lot of bland songs that followed:
Brutal
60 Miles An Hour
Slow Jam
Close Range
Sabotage
Player In The League
Such A Good Thing
Who's Joe?
Hey Now What You Doing
I Told You So
Working Overtime
I'll Stay With You
Hellbent
Shake It Up
I Got A Feeling
...all sound fairly similar to me. I know some of these are a little bit different (Slow Jam, I Told You So, etc.), but there are definite similarities in a lot of of those tracks.
However, I think the point that Michael was making was that 'Brutal' was just kind of 'thrown out there', with no fanfare, wedged between other artists' tracks on a soundtrack LP.
It should be noted as well, that the song is barely heard in the actual film (it was played very quietly on a radio, in the middle of a storm).
A bit of a waste of a song (albeit, not a great one).
At least with 'Be A Rebel', the band have made an effort to promote it, even releasing it on vinyl and CD single.
(I still smart at the fact that I paid £15 just to hear 'Brutal' on 'The Beach' soundtrack).
Edited by user 22 September 2020 23:02:59(UTC)
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