Sorry, I meant "The Infotainment Scan"
9 Fall Infotainment Scan May 1993
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 19 January 2006 10:12 (eighteen years ago) link
this sounds about right, although i was hooked somewhere around the fourth one i heard.
― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 19 January 2006 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link
If I needed that much convincing I wouldn't (didn't) bother.
― Niall, Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
To quote the wise men above, many ways in and no way out, but small samplings and drive-by listenings are definitely not going to get you in. It helped me to focus on Smith's lyrics; if you can get a beam on his worldview the rest falls into place (hah).
Given your current situation I'd recommend their more sonically challenging outings such as Dragnet or Perverted By Language. One of the comps like Palace or 50,0000 Fans is a good place to start as well.
But if you're looking for killer bands with amazing production, The Fall are not really what you're after.
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 19 January 2006 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 19 January 2006 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
This compendium of Mark E. Smith’s onstage observations has the ‘journal of record’ feel of Alan Bennett’s diaries pic.twitter.com/9rdIjArJFb— Ben Thompson (@btfoshizzle) February 27, 2021
chuckled at: Good evening. This one is for Mark Ellen and his stinking breed.
― calzino, Saturday, 27 February 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
You can get it here:https://www.atlastbooks.com/shop/p/slangking-nickas-planck
Or you can just scroll through the gigography and read snippets from different gigs, here's 1982:https://thefall.org/gigography/gig82.html
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 28 February 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
Thirty quid?
― Mark G, Sunday, 28 February 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
wasn't this band just some bloke talking over a racket
― no (Left), Sunday, 28 February 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
not just any racket
― oscar bravo, Sunday, 28 February 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
Not just any talking.
― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 February 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
ffs Left
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 1 March 2021 01:19 (three years ago) link