Push Upstairs / Push Downstairs

Dirty0900 · #1 12-09-2011, 06:24 AM

Anyone have an idea of what came first? Given that Underworld can totally alter a track, I'm unsure about which originated first. I assume it would be PD due to it being more ambient and giving more to build on.

Still don't understand why both versions came on the BF and wasn't a b-side like Cherry Pie was for Rowla.

testudo · #2 12-09-2011, 01:15 PM

I feel like they wanted a downtempo track to wind down the album (before the blast of Moaner).

I believe they really wanted to have Please Help Me on the album, it just never fit the style of the album.

To me it is an awesome poetic/mirroring/rhyme , and makes total sense... as if it is a memory of the audio journey (to show how far your ears traveled)...

This was Underworld's last album that I went complete nuts over...

34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j · #3 12-15-2011, 07:02 AM

not really fond of "Push Downstairs" at all - definitely the low point of BF. interesting question though.

ultradave · #4 12-16-2011, 12:23 PM

So who is Tina and where is she now?

froopy seal · #5 12-17-2011, 02:57 AM

Her full name is Tina Schrödinger and right now she is most probably on the landing halfway between ground and main floor, somewhere in Berlin.

holden · #6 12-17-2011, 04:09 PM

Only guessing here, but since "push upstairs" is a term for promoting something, forcing the issue, pushing towards a conclusion, i think it must have come first.

Never had a problem with Push Downstairs. In fact, it strengthens the themes of the album, provides some chilled moments before further dancefloor madness, and in and of itself, is a quality track.

froopy seal · #7 12-18-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by holden

Never had a problem with Push Downstairs. In fact, it strengthens the themes of the album, provides some chilled moments before further dancefloor madness, and in and of itself, is a quality track.

Plusoned. Also, it is, of course, far superior to Jumbo, the only Underworld track I regularly skip... *takes cover*