Title: Name Checks of the Fall
Description: by other bands
moonie - August 4, 2004 04:27 PM (GMT)
We are very familiar with The Fall denigrating other bands in their songs, but what about other band's who make reference ot the fall in their songs.
Only one I can think of is Alternative TV's Cold Rain on the Strange Kicks LP, where Mark Perry is very complementary.
jane_from_occupied_europe - August 4, 2004 04:36 PM (GMT)
there's a song by Pavement called Mark E. Smith, bout a guy who says MES stole all of his lyrics from him when they worked together on the docks :lol:
never released, but they've played it live a number of times, i think
josef - August 4, 2004 06:09 PM (GMT)
"never been hit by Mark E Smith" - I ludicrous
"einer schutzenfest und die totten essen pizza mit mark e smith" - some german band
"southern mark smith" - Jazz Butcher
fallfandave - August 4, 2004 06:29 PM (GMT)
loads on that perverted by mark e double lp
how i wrote mark e smith by knarf rellom & dj patex with phil hayes
mark e smith and brix by woog riots
the ex members of the fall club by the container drivers
pervitis par mark e smith by les sourires trompeurs
the salford lad by rockformation diskokugel
fallchase - August 4, 2004 06:32 PM (GMT)
I am curious to find this Perverted by MES album.
Cleanville Tziabatz - August 4, 2004 06:55 PM (GMT)
"Mark E. Smith and Brix" by Barabara Manning, I believe originally appearing on her 1988 Lately I Keep Scissors LP. I believe the Woog Riots one is a cover of this.
"Eau De Mark E. Smith" By Farces Wanna Mo (1990).
Jimbo Smalls - August 4, 2004 11:44 PM (GMT)
There's a great Half Man Half Biscuit song about niggling those musical snobs called "Irk The Purists" which opens their ace "Trouble Over Bridgwater" album. It's the same tune as that "Sing Hosanna to the King of Kings" hymn. The line that takes us to the first chorus is "Michael Ball or the Fall, I can listen to them all in the twilight or the afternoon".
Belle & Sebastian (who'd've thought?!) have a sweet little track on the "Fold Your Hands, Child, You Walk Like A Peasant" LP called "Nice Day For A Sulk" which contains the line "Nice day for a jam: The Fall, Manfred Mann". I kid you not. I can't think of two bands more different musically, and yet The Fall and Belle & Seb are equally brilliant so in a way it's unsurprising Belle & Seb should harbour a Fall fan or two. Whatever next, a Fall guitarist in a Bonzo Dog Doodah Band covers act? Good music is good music.
Toubleoverbridgewater - August 5, 2004 12:52 AM (GMT)
That Half Man Half Biscuit verse in full....
Give me Love, Give me Can, Give me Meatloaf.
Give me Rush, Give me Marquee Moon
Michael Ball or the Fall I can listen to the all in the twilight of the afternoon.
