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| Hello girls! Mark E. "Mark" Smith and his Funky Bunch, yestiddy! |
Anonymous, in a comment somewhere below, whines about the absence of The Falls here on th' Io'F©. Ever keen to kow-tow to the demands of random anonymous internet grifters, I decided to give mean n' moody Mark [above - Ed.] another listen. I've been wrong in dismissing many bands, only to find real worth and enjoyment in their records decades later, so it was with a commendably open mind that I listened anew to the happening sounds of this oh-so-challenging contemporary combo!
Still shite.
ya not wrong...
ReplyDeleteI am partial to The Fall's cover of the Rockabilly classic "F-oldin' Money," particularly the solo break, where the guitarist quits after five or six notes. If the rest of the band only had that kind of courage.
ReplyDeleteDr. Zhivagogo maintaining the high standard of commentage for which th' IoF© has become justly famed.
DeleteAlso their cover of Sister Sledge Lost in Music if pretty good.
DeleteI saw the Fall live at a few festivals, always entertaining, however as Dr.Aftervoi said I wouldn't recommend it to anyone either.
I'm not proud--the "F-oldin' Money" is pretty great...off to listen some more.
DeleteLook, I'm sorry, I don't like to disagree with anyone's opinions here, th' IoF© is nothing but a broad church, but I've just listened to this and ... I like it better, just, fractionally, than Cliff Richard singing LIvin' Doll:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Wv9rItIt4
But this is setting the bar very low, because I can't stand Cliff Richard.
I was listening to "Bingo Master's Breakout" yesterday. I like it. On the other hand, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Also like "Totally Wired" and "How I Wrote Elastic Man." What the heck he's ranting about, though...I have no clue.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
ReplyDeleteThere is music, there is anti-music and The Fall had the power of going from anti-music to becoming a firm and a brand. What else to do. As Pete Waterman said: "Be a pop-star, best job in the world' and within the diy streaming, they did a lot themselves. They didn't need everybody on board, just enough to keep economy going, not enough to have consequences.
ReplyDeleteIn this way The Fall stumbled along for 40 years, where the Jamms only lasted four.
I loved them from the day I heard Frightened.
"Faut aimer"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bsqF66Vk8&list=PLMynaxX_I0z-NGz22ve_-D6CJzuW6UnRO&index=3
not for everyone for sure. i think they were brilliant and Mark E Smith was a true poet and gifted voice.
ReplyDeleteI was listening to the Edgar Broughton Group yesterday, and I really like some of their stuff, but in a similar way that I like The Fall I don’t think I would recommend EBG to anyone either. These groups were not afraid to be difficult, and were not ‘easy on the ear’. See also Henry Cow, Beefheart, Dharma Quintet etc etc.
ReplyDeleteAnyway meanwhile back to Cliff - Wired for Sound, was this song the inspiration for Totally Wired by the Fall?
The Broughtons were a very posh family with a big house in Warwickshire, with Mummy a Mayoress or Councillor or something along those lines. Not that it in any way affects the music, but it's something Edgar (EDGAR, right?) didn't exactly advertise.
DeleteI didn't know that. I still find it a bit strange that Foam featured Lewis Taylor played guitar for them.
DeleteBTW I've just realized my question (above) about Cliff is very wrong, because The Fall song was released BEFORE Wired For Sound, and I wasn't being ironic.
You can imagine the Brothers Broughton practicing in the three-car garage, and Mumsie coming in with sandwiches - "That's nice, darling! What's it called?" "Out Demons Out. I hope you've cut the crusts off those sandwiches, mother."
DeleteAfter Mitch Ryder, pioneers of the mashup - "Apache Dropout" was a clever idea. fro a while.
DeleteNowadays they'd form an activist cell of Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Palestine Action and BLM all mashed up into one disdainful double-barrelled-named pleb-baiting ethos of priggery.
DeleteSteady on, old chap, you'll scare the horses.
DeleteThe thing about The Fall is, Markie's singing/declaiming style is addictive-uh...
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