The Fall Appreciation Thread

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Let's hear it for the mighty Fall.
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I would say my favourite album would have to be THIS NATIONS SAVING GRACE.

Mark E Smith is a treasure. Grumpy legend.

I demand a Mark E Smith smiley.
Applause Applause

Bless God for Mark E Smith

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PS you played Live at the Witch Trials yet?

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statto Wrote:Icon_yippee Icon_yippee

ps you played live at the witch trials yet?

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Yes

Xyxthumbs
That's the first Fall album, what's it like?

"You can leave me on the shelf
I'm an Edinburgh man myself"
I AM DAMO SUZUKI


Generous, valeric, Jehovah's Witness
Stands in Cologne Marktplatz
Drums come in
When the drums come in fast
Drums to shock, into brass evil



What have you got in that paper bag?
Is it a dose of Vitamin C?
Ain't got no time for Western medicine
I am Damo Suzuki



The fuck-up like red acid rain
Give it to me Daki every day
Who is Mr. Karlheinz Stockhausen?
Introduce me
I'm Damo Suzuki



Soundtracks, Soundtracks
Melched together, the lights
The lights above you



Listener was in cahoots with Fritz Lieber
And read him every day
Recipe for fear gas, amount of salt ash
I put by [cup of] meine fire, okay
I have no time for Western medicine
I am Damo Suzuki



May we go back to days pre-Virgin
Cannot get on clear vinyl
The handle that was brass, is now brass evil
The rock that was an egg, is in wrong cradle
The hand that cradles the rock, makes egg gooey
I am Damo Suzuki



Is this west latent pattern?
Run it, says Damo's spirit
Is this lesser European?
Speak it, says Damo's spirit
I am Damo Suzuki
unsane Wrote:that's the first fall album, what's it like?

it's probably my favourite fall album

amazing lyrics for a young guy and great rock drumming

Falcon Drums

recorded camden sound december 1978
engineered by alvin clark
produced by bob sargeant

personnel:
mark e. smith - vocals
martin bramah - guitar, vocals
yvonne pawlett - electric piano
marc riley - bass
karl burns - drums

tracklisting:
frightened (smith, friel)
crap rap 2 / like to blow (smith, bramah)
rebellious jukebox (smith, bramah)
no xmas for john quays (smith)
mother-sister! (smith, baines)
industrial estate (smith, bramah, friel)
underground medecin (smith, bramah)
two steps back (smith, bramah)
live at the witch trials (smith)
futures and pasts (smith, bramah)
music scene (smith, bramah, pawlett, riley)

credited songwriters
tony friel - bass
una baines - electric piano

they were the first two casualties of mark e. smith's radical personnel policy
by the next lp (dragnet) he'd sacked all the others as well Hahaha (apart from marc riley)
all right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Xyxthumbs




...i did a "the fall" appreciation thread on doa once... of course, nobody replied or knew wtf i was talking about!!!

-uh!
yeah - great band - still have their moments and Mark is still regularly sacking bandmembers

may fave 'Slags, Slates etc' or the one with Smile & Tempo House on

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Falcon
great band mark e smith is a legend, and of course he's got ANOTHER new line up for the fall Icon_eek there's so many albums in the back catalogue it's pretty hard to know where to start!!!
"knowing is not enough, we must apply.
willing is not enough, we must do."
Bruce Lee
Diddywahdiddy Wrote:Mark is still regularly sacking bandmembers
There was an article in the Guardian earlier this year about the many former members of the Fall. In case you missed it:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/stor...07,00.html
there was a wicked programme on bbc2 about them a couple weeks ago.... they're fukin wicked man, that mark e smith... Teef
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Lovesmilie
Xyxthumbs
back listening to The Fall again...


Falcon
I like Dr Buck's Letter and Hot Cake Yes

Nothe sure a out everything else, it's got barbed wire all over it for me.
Currently listening to tracks from Fall Heads Roll on youtube (since there's the option of buying it for £3 in Rough Trade), and...

wikipedia Wrote:Their twenty-fifth studio album, entitled Fall Heads Roll, was issued on 3 October 2005, preceded by the single "I Can Hear the Grass Grow". This was heralded as one of the best Fall albums in years, with the new line up being particularly acclaimed.

Nope. I have four of the five preceding it and all six after it, but Fall Heads Roll is crap. Thumbd

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