Author Topic: The Fall (Read 75254 times)

Red in Korea · « **Reply #280 on:** May 9, 2013, 11:02:21 am »

Quote from: Red in Korea on May 9, 2013, 10:59:59 am

Some tracks which will probably feature on RE-Mit (as different versions) were released as an EP for Record Store Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhvPb8IQt8&list=UUrlNfrIF5btzKozbcC1bRIg&index=1

"Sir William Wray" in particular has got me excited. It's funny how if you haven't listened to the Fall for a while and then you hear a new song, just how fresh they sound.

While posting the above, i also found some live versions had been posted on Youtube as well:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TraderWoody?feature=watch

Red_Mist · « **Reply #281 on:** October 7, 2014, 06:42:42 pm »

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMudC0CtIs

Filler. · « **Reply #282 on:** October 13, 2015, 10:11:26 pm »

Two songs:

A Lot of Wind:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/5pydsotCAMs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/5pydsotCAMs</a>

Kicker Conspiracy:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/JjyQkt04Urc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/JjyQkt04Urc</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #283 on:** October 14, 2015, 10:20:29 pm »

I should have kept it to two songs. It was this whole FIFA thing.

Desperate for entertainment
So I turn my TV on
There's people jumping up and down
Then they have the panel on
And they talk a lot of wind
They talk a lot of wind
Then they have the weatherman on
He used to teach all our friends
He talked a lot of wind
He talks a lot about the wind
Then they have Carl Lewis on
He's got a ponytail and he's a vegan
He talks a lot of wind
He talks a lot about the wind

Love ' A Lot of Wind'.

One day, the Fall will be gone.

MichaelA · « **Reply #284 on:** March 5, 2016, 12:11:20 pm »

Happy Birthday to the old git, I'm celebrating with an extended trawl through the extensive back catalogue.

Filler. · « **Reply #285 on:** March 7, 2016, 09:00:49 pm »

And next year he's bloody 60! Feels like the other day they released '50 Year Old Man'. Frightening. Enjoyed their last EP. Tell you an album you might like... Wolfhounds: 'Middle Aged Freaks' (2014).

Slung on Shift Work after seeing your post... love a bit of 'A Lot of Wind':

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/-QKPp6RE6fo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/-QKPp6RE6fo</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #286 on:** October 7, 2016, 07:54:41 pm »

Quote from: Still A C☆nt on October 6, 2016, 10:08:19 am

Like The Fall I'm a bit daunted about where to enter _{with the Oh See's. What's their best?}

Just Open the box... open the box... Open the goddam box

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/E6wKnPlC0kI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/E6wKnPlC0kI</a>

(from their 23rd studio LP, The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) from 2003)

Filler. · « **Reply #287 on:** October 27, 2016, 10:26:29 pm »

Was just thinking of Jose tonight...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Yo9p9CI1iKg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Yo9p9CI1iKg</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #288 on:** December 9, 2016, 12:09:48 am »

Listening to The Fall today, and I came up with a wonderfully accurate portrayal of the machinations of Mark E Smiths lyrics in my head. I absolutely nailed it. I forget it now, but... it was something along the lines of 'take a lump of clay... form a large solid rectangle. Stick something to it... drill a hole through it... remove the stick, do something else'... I went on like this for ages and created a sculpture. The sculpture, after a days work, looked a complete and utter mess, so I was then forced to 'tidy' it up a bit, so I was allowing myself to lose the freedom, and start 'thinking' and 'deciding' - that awful point. I kept on trying to keep to the script, but I then kept up tidying, and 'forming' something. I was doing this for a while, and then I threw it on the floor. It was a mess again, and now bin-worthy, but it still needed picking up... so I picked it up, and made it look sort of OK again. Something like that.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/BoVbq1K74f0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/BoVbq1K74f0</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #289 on:** March 4, 2017, 01:37:39 am »

He's 60 tomorrow. I thought he was 50 only the other year?

Excellent playlist on offer tracking some selected tunes in the recent Happy Birthday from the Quietus. 60 on offer... incredible that you'd whip off a good few dozen tunes you'd want selected, or added. Really good compilation tho.

http://thequietus.com/articles/21904-the-fall-mark-e-smith-60th-birthday-the-quietus-and-guests-favourite-fall-songs

Filler. · « **Reply #290 on:** March 11, 2017, 11:16:18 pm »

Very concerned about the big man. Everytime my phone bleeps I get pensive.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/rH1KhxKh1YA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/rH1KhxKh1YA</a>

elbow · « **Reply #291 on:** March 12, 2017, 06:51:26 am »

Quote from: Filler. on March 11, 2017, 11:16:18 pm

Very concerned about the big man. Everytime my phone bleeps I get pensive.

Christ, the absolute groove on that son of a bitch. Not a huge fan, but I have crystal clear memories of dancing to "Telephone Thing" at the Hacienda in 1990. Another monster groove.

Filler. · « **Reply #292 on:** March 15, 2017, 06:38:11 pm »

Quote from: elbow on March 12, 2017, 06:51:26 am

Christ, the absolute groove on that son of a bitch. Not a huge fan, but I have crystal clear memories of dancing to "Telephone Thing" at the Hacienda in 1990. Another monster groove.

It's a beast.. as is Telephone Thing.

That playlist that one or two readers put together based on the Quietus article is really really special. Except for a bit of Ween and Nina Simone this week+, it's gone round and round and round on virtual constant repeat since it was published (1 to 60, not on shuffle). I hardly ever listen to The Fall in shuffle mode, or in compilations, but it's, by complete accident I think, a beautifully paced compilation. It's a great way for anyone to explore them... give it a whirl

60 songs for his 60 years, and it's missing dozens of tracks... you could double it and there'd still be gaps. Quite incredible really. Spanning the near 40 years of their existence... it's almost an essential portrait of a hell of a band (the greatest ever I'd argue). The number of times you want to reach for the volume button...

Sadly I can't find 'Das Vulture Ans Ein Nutter-Wein' from 'The Light User Syndrome' LP from 1996 on youtube... so having to make-do with the one that follows immediately after on the compilation... the banging 'Dedication Not Medication' from Sub-Lingual Tablet (2015)

Happy Birthday Mark E Smith! The Quietus' Favourite Fall Songs:
https://open.spotify.com/user/thughes0197/playlist/4D1Cm3XbRiz8o1r7LLqHWj

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ykkikn44sU&list=PLwN6MP1UO6uveBVW2FJ0Tv833BczJ2LFP

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/dawTMn6fG-g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/dawTMn6fG-g</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #293 on:** May 8, 2017, 10:23:28 pm »

Quote from: elbow on March 12, 2017, 06:51:26 am

Christ, the absolute groove on that son of a bitch.

Yep... and now (rather sadly)... used for a new Nike advert. I just hope the band have been royally reimbursed. I won't link it... that would be rude.

'Have you just woken up to Fall Sound?'

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/1ijEg4SsI3g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/1ijEg4SsI3g</a>

the twat who put up the original has disabled embedding. What sort of tool does that? Anyway... the one I'd want to be listened to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0P7p7kwzz0

Filler. · « **Reply #294 on:** May 18, 2017, 09:35:12 pm »

In other news (see here), I managed to bag a ticket for the Fall, live at The 100 Club, for the princely sum of £5.00.

I got a heads up somehow at around 12:00pm today. They'd just announced it... 5 quid!!? First time the Fall have ever played at the 100 Club?! Cue absolute panic. Click... click click... fucking website was down - white screen-nada.... click refresh, refresh, f5, f5, f5... then... Sold Out. FUCK. THAT. SHIT.

I'm not sure what happened after that, but I for some reason, just kept clicking the f5 button... half out of annoyance. Screen was white everytime again... nothing happening... until it decided to allow the page to come into being... '1 ticket available'.

ARGH!!!!

Wife needed to use the computer. 'You're doing what? Oh for fuck's sake.'

I then had to register etc... I still don't know if it's real, but yes, I think I got the last ticket. I think.

5 quid. Much more like it. Reckon that's going to be a blast.

Filler. · « **Reply #295 on:** June 10, 2017, 10:49:08 pm »

... and I read somewhere that they'd sold out 5 nights at a famous venue in the States... Brownies... is that in New Jersey or New York? Not even sure when they are there, but sold out in four hours. Is it me or are people starting to hunger for a bit of Fall these days? Yhere just seems to be a growing edge about them.

Have to say... but anyone even remotely interested in music should go and see The Fall at least once. 'Yeah, have never really liked the Fall'... go see them before the arch angel of Britain finally croaks.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/6ykkikn44sU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/6ykkikn44sU</a>

cloggypop · « **Reply #296 on:** June 11, 2017, 10:51:12 am »

It should be an annual pilgrimage whether you like them or not.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #297 on:** June 11, 2017, 12:38:07 pm »

Ive lost count how many times Ive seen the Fall, from my first time at Erics, with a coulple of light bulbs as 'stage lighting'..to gigs that where stunning to those that where shite...I even fell asleep on the floor at one ( Tip: Dont go to a Fall gig..or any gig for that matter when you've been on your works Christmas do in the daytime)...last one was about 4 or 5 years ago when supported by John Cooper Clark...I didnt enjoy cos my mate was pissed and casued me to leave early. So I think Im due a Fall gig and a good'un.

Filler. · « **Reply #298 on:** June 19, 2017, 10:26:42 pm »

Lovely place for a kip

This 100 Club gig apparently is the first airing of their new LP so I'm pretty excited. There's a Ltd Ed. 10" Double LP out at the mo. Must do that. Wish I wasn't going on my own tho. It said '1 ticket remaining'... so... argh! Clickclickclickclick.

Only been to the 100 Club once to see The Gossip... so I know that I have a hugely prized 'ticket' here as it's so small, but you've been to some I seem to remember...

Filler. · « **Reply #299 on:** July 11, 2017, 03:20:21 pm »

One for fans of The Fall and perhaps Greggs Bakers too...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/AQnPELV7BxM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/AQnPELV7BxM</a>

ToneLa · « **Reply #300 on:** July 11, 2017, 05:04:10 pm »

Having dipped into the Fall over the years, but never getting hooked... Though certain songs have obsessed me at times (Ketamine Sun is ace!), maybe it's time I saw em.

What's up with MES lately, looks unwell to put it mildly... $:-\$

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #301 on:** July 11, 2017, 10:15:06 pm »

Heard a track of their new Lp on R6 tonight, sounded good!

Filler. · « **Reply #302 on:** July 28, 2017, 02:35:51 am »

Obviously I'm very drunk, so can't comment, but shit me... he doesn't look well. Don't think Smith was that arsed tonight. Too much focus or something, but he was almost sheepish. He disappeared very early on. I was quite shocked at the state of him to be honest. There was none of that great entry on stage of his, but the band played on. I think he ended up singing from backstage. Again. No Merch either. Was hoping to grab the album. Not sure who the woman was who almost took his place on stage... she looked a bit like Siouxsie. She was good. She got dragged in off stage. Ha. Jeremy Vine was there with his brother.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #303 on:** July 28, 2017, 12:47:20 pm »

Quote from: Filler. on July 28, 2017, 02:35:51 am

Obviously I'm very drunk, so can't comment, but shit me... he doesn't look well. Don't think Smith was that arsed tonight. Too much focus or something, but he was almost sheepish. He disappeared very early on. I was quite shocked at the state of him to be honest. There was none of that great entry on stage of his, but the band played on. I think he ended up singing from backstage. Again. No Merch either. Was hoping to grab the album. Not sure who the woman was who almost took his place on stage... she looked a bit like Siouxsie. She was good. She got dragged in off stage. Ha. Jeremy Vine was there with his brother.

He's just played a song from the concert on Radio2. Apparently he sang from the VIP area as he was pretty unwell.

Filler. · « **Reply #304 on:** July 28, 2017, 09:46:41 pm »

Quote from: Ziltoid on July 28, 2017, 12:47:20 pm

He's just played a song from the concert on Radio2. Apparently he sang from the VIP area as he was pretty unwell.

Cheers.. will have a listen to that.

He's gone off stage to sing before when he was well... last night tho, he had the face and neck of Alan Brazil. Usually when he walks on stage there's a huge roar, but those cheers were pretty flat when he appeared... like me, most were in a bit of shock I think. Great gig tho... mental, bizarre and surreal at times but much fun was had. Bumped into 2 old friends of mine too which was nice.

The support band were excellent too... 'Goat Girl'. Cracking drummer.

Filler. · « **Reply #305 on:** August 22, 2017, 02:03:40 pm »

New album took a while for me to 'get into', but have been really enjoying it this morning. Read one review that said it was 'awful'. It's a bit of a grower granted, and I think it will get better with each listen, but it's certainly not awful!

My song of choice at the moment tho is this beauty from their Levitate LP (1997). If I was on the team bus tomorrow night, this would be the song playing in my ears as I step out of it and into the stadium. Absolute banger.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/I4UTpUnrrEA?rel=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/I4UTpUnrrEA?rel=0</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #306 on:** March 21, 2018, 06:47:06 am »

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I want a facebook troll
I want a fucking facebook troll
I need a facebook troll
I want a facebook troll

You must know, you must be able
To find a facebook troll
And when I find my troll, I'll give him presents

All of my life, I am surrounded by mere imposters
I want a Facebook imposter
I say to you
I want a facebook troll
I want a fucking facebook troll
I want a facebook

I will expect the 2.50% of my royalities

I want a facebook troll
I want a fucking facebook troll
I want a facebook troll

And the past today is a new future tomorrow

I want a facebook troll
I want a facebook troll
I want a facebook troll
I want a facebook troll
I want a fucking facebook troll
I want a facebook troll

Shut up, shut up!

Filler. · « **Reply #307 on:** March 21, 2018, 11:31:56 pm »

One day. Maybe not tonight, or maybe not tomorrow, but one day soon, you'll want to listen to a 20 minute version of a 10 minute song. Cracking later years Fall recorded live in 2016.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/HgcFX4TEja0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/HgcFX4TEja0</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #308 on:** July 27, 2018, 11:37:24 pm »

One day, everyone will understand. Mark my words

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Filler. · « **Reply #309 on:** July 27, 2018, 11:40:23 pm »

Shhhh

We are private detectives onward back from a musical pilgrimage
We work under the name of the Fall.
Who would suspect this?
It is too obvious.
Our office is secluded.
Those there to suspect
Would not see the wood for the trees
We were six like dice but we're back to five
Up here in the North there are no wage packet jobs for us
Thank Christ
While young married couples discuss the poverties
Of their self-built traps
And the junior clergy demand more cash
We spit in their plate and wait for the ice to melt

I must create a new regime
Or live by another man's
Before the moon falls
I must create a new scheme
And get out of others' hands
Before the moon falls

I could use some pure criminals
And get my hands on some royalties
Before the moon falls

A problem of this new scheme
Is answering obscene phone calls
Before the moon falls

Gotta stop drifting around
Kill this ugly duckling
We've got the power
And must not misuse it
Cos life is short and full of thought
I use the power

And will forever end this reign of terror
Before the moon falls
Before the tide subsides
Before the moon falls for the fifth time
Before The Fall swoons

Filler. · « **Reply #310 on:** September 9, 2018, 12:27:10 am »

My html skills are on fire here...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/rH1KhxKh1YA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/rH1KhxKh1YA</a>

Never forget this old banger.

Filler. · « **Reply #311 on:** October 10, 2018, 11:28:16 pm »

30 years since the release of I Am A Kurious Orange LP this week. So that's 10th Oct 1988. Punk band teams up with ballet troupe, just so happened to involve Leigh Bowery etc. Confounded Fall fans and the ballet community. My son is 8 and still does ballet. It's good for his football!

All time top 10 Fall LP. The colour Orange has been getting a really bad press recently, so this comes at a crucial time. Viva the revolution for the colour orange!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/x63n85Qrt_I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/x63n85Qrt_I</a>

(p.s. and yes, bring back those orange shirts you stupid wankers)

Nick110581 · « **Reply #312 on:** December 30, 2018, 07:22:10 pm »

Quote from: Filler. on October 10, 2018, 11:28:16 pm

30 years since the release of I Am A Kurious Orange LP this week. So that's 10th Oct 1988. Punk band teams up with ballet troupe, just so happened to involve Leigh Bowery etc. Confounded Fall fans and the ballet community. My son is 8 and still does ballet. It's good for his football!

All time top 10 Fall LP. The colour Orange has been getting a really bad press recently, so this comes at a crucial time. Viva the revolution for the colour orange!

(p.s. and yes, bring back those orange shirts you stupid wankers)

Brilliant album.

cloggypop · « **Reply #313 on:** December 30, 2018, 09:29:14 pm »

I saw The Fall on that tour at the Royal Court. Mad mix of ballerinas and Mark E Smith with a megaphone.

Filler. · « **Reply #314 on:** January 25, 2019, 10:56:46 pm »

A year on from when the big fella died.

Heard a song yesterday by the Fall that was totally unknown to me previous. This seems to be part of the journey when it comes to the Fall.. you hear songs previously unknown to you, and you find yourself shouting the shit out of it somewhere in some dark corner of the interweb,.

https://youtu.be/V0pA5xIaeMs

8:25 in.

'Words of Expectation'.

Nick110581 · « **Reply #315 on:** March 17, 2019, 08:47:23 pm »

Bend Sinister on at moment.

Love it.

Filler. · « **Reply #316 on:** March 17, 2019, 11:26:26 pm »

Quote from: Nick110581 on March 17, 2019, 08:47:23 pm

Bend Sinister on at moment.

Love it.

Likewise!

Tho did wonder earlier if this was The Fall's highest view point:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/oHlT38XZzO8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/oHlT38XZzO8</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #317 on:** April 23, 2019, 12:04:58 am »

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/DqrDlUNtCUQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/DqrDlUNtCUQ</a>

Fucking yes all day.

Filler. · « **Reply #318 on:** April 23, 2019, 12:10:02 am »

You just can't resist air drumming those last whacks. Can't.

Filler. · « **Reply #319 on:** June 22, 2019, 12:29:50 am »

Forget it. Seriously... forget it.