Brute Fury
Susan Whitby was 15 years old and had been playing saxophone for a little m… Read Full Bio ↴Susan Whitby was 15 years old and had been playing saxophone for a little more than six months when she joined her friend Marion Elliot (aka Poly Styrene) and formed the great English punk band X-Ray Spex in 1976. At this juncture, Whitby renamed herself Lora Logic and brought her honking and squawking to X-Ray Spex's guitar-propelled punk rock, staying in the band long enough to record the seminal feminist-punk single "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" Prior to the recording of their debut album, Logic abruptly left the band to follow her own quirky songwriting muse and formed the wonderfully named Essential Logic. Eschewing fast and loud guitars for off-kilter rhythms, "bluesy" sax playing, and forays into dissonance and atonality, Essential Logic created some of the most liberating, exciting music of the early post-punk era. Along with her primitive, exhilarating sax playing, Logic displayed a wildly imaginative vocal style that conflated the subtle eroticism of Patti Smith with the epiglottal spasms of Yoko Ono. Singing, braying, and screeching her implicitly (at times explicitly) feminist lyrics while her backing band crashed and bashed in the background, this was almost a punk version of that most despised of genres, art rock. And while the subjects of most of her songs were serious (alienation, sexism, poverty, urban isolation), there was a bratty tongue-wagging raffishness to Logic (and band) that placed them a cut above the rest. After one album as Essential Logic, Lora Logic disbanded the group to go solo. After one great solo record, Logic left music to join a London-based Hare Krishna sect with old pal Poly Styrene. Recently, Styrene issued some music in England, and it was rumored that Logic played sax on the recording. But regardless of her current activities, Lora Logic's short recording career will always be marked by its intelligence, creativity, and fun.

Brute Fury
Essential Logic Lyrics


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Fury
Brute fury
They couldn′t find the answers
They couldn't find the answers

Fury
Brute fury
They couldn′t find the answers
They couldn't find the answers
But they wanted to
But they wanted to

And I am part right, and I am part wrong

Daddy has a temper, a temper, a temper
Daddy has a temper
Before it made him stronger, and wiser, and stronger
Daddy has a temper
Before it made him calmer, and calmer, and calmer
Daddy has a temper
Before it made him stronger, and wiser, and stronger
Daddy has a temper

And I am part right and I am part wrong

Fury
Brute fury
Brute fury
They couldn't find the answers
They couldn′t find the answers
But they wanted to
But they wanted to





And I am part right
And I am part wrong (right)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Essential Logic's song Brute Fury are complex and open for interpretation. The phrases "fury" and "brute fury" are repeated throughout the song, suggesting a sense of anger and aggression. The lines "they couldn't find the answers, but they wanted to" may refer to a sense of frustration and helplessness in the face of difficult questions or problems. The phrase "daddy has a temper" is repeated several times, suggesting that the anger and violence associated with "brute fury" may be inherited or passed down through generations.


The lines "before it made him stronger, and wiser, and stronger" and "before it made him calmer, and calmer, and calmer" suggest that anger can both strengthen and calm a person, and that there may be multiple sides to the emotion. The repetition of the phrase "and I am part right, and I am part wrong" hints at personal conflict or a sense of uncertainty about the singer's own feelings and beliefs.


Overall, the lyrics of Brute Fury suggest a complex and ambiguous relationship with anger and violence, highlighting both the destructive and potentially transformative aspects of these emotions.


Line by Line Meaning

Fury
A strong and violent anger that cannot be controlled


Brute fury
A savage and uncontrolled anger that is purely instinctual


They couldn't find the answers
They were unable to solve their problems


But they wanted to
Despite not knowing how, they had a strong desire to find the answers


And I am part right, and I am part wrong
I have some understanding and some misunderstanding about the situation


Daddy has a temper, a temper, a temper
My father experiences intense episodes of anger


Before it made him stronger, and wiser, and stronger
In the past, his anger helped him become more resilient and knowledgeable


Before it made him calmer, and calmer, and calmer
Now, his anger has become more controlled and he is becoming more calm over time


Fury
A strong and violent anger that cannot be controlled


Brute fury
A savage and uncontrolled anger that is purely instinctual


They couldn't find the answers
They were unable to solve their problems


But they wanted to
Despite not knowing how, they had a strong desire to find the answers


And I am part right
I understand some aspects of the situation


And I am part wrong (right)
However, I also have some misunderstandings about it




Writer(s): Susan Whitby Lora Logic

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