Why does anyone like the Fall?

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Why does anyone like anything?

✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 6 March 2016 01:56 (ten years ago)

Felt grossly under-dressed.

to be fair I think he makes everybody feel that way all the time

the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Sunday, 6 March 2016 02:17 (ten years ago)

Riley is tall. And there's that Creppers song that goes "I'm a tall guy I'm taller than him but he's really bigger."

everything, Sunday, 6 March 2016 03:37 (ten years ago)

Isn't Cave like 6 4?

robbie ca$hflo (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 6 March 2016 03:53 (ten years ago)

i'm 6'4" and i spoke with cave once and he was not as tall as me. 6'1-2" sounds about right.

new noise, Sunday, 6 March 2016 03:56 (ten years ago)

Is anyone taller than Jim Sclavunos?

Master of Treacle, Sunday, 6 March 2016 05:01 (ten years ago)

Why does anyone like The Tall?

StanM, Sunday, 6 March 2016 05:19 (ten years ago)

There's no way Iggy is 5'7"

Hadrian VIII, Monday, 7 March 2016 01:04 (ten years ago)

Mark is short. The Fall are short.

dlp9001, Monday, 7 March 2016 02:25 (ten years ago)

Felt grossly under-dressed.

Can we leave Lawrence out of this please?

Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Monday, 7 March 2016 12:16 (ten years ago)

Eric Bachman from Archers of Loaf/Crooked Fingers is really tall

robbie ca$hflo (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 March 2016 13:49 (ten years ago)

this thread has taken an incredibly amusing turn

bernard snowy, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:00 (ten years ago)

if you think about it there's an incredibly wide range of height among people who do music, from really short to kind of short and then you've got tall, regular tall, very tall

Hadrian VIII, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:12 (ten years ago)

"when I sit down to listen to them, all I hear is an unrehearsed band with a tone deaf lead singer, and absolutley no hooks."

this is why we like them

akm, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:15 (ten years ago)

those reasons and also the heights of the various members of the band

DID YOU KNOW? If you take the average height of all of the members of The Fall over the years, that equals... the same height as MES #spooky

Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Monday, 7 March 2016 14:17 (ten years ago)

I read that book The Fallen and I forgot who it was but one former member didn't even have a height

Hadrian VIII, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:21 (ten years ago)

I really can't believe that average. Nobody's been as much taller than MES as Brix was shorter have they?

Stevolende, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:24 (ten years ago)

For a couple months in 1997 or 98 Tommy Crooks and Neville Winding were exactly the same height, that didn't last

Hadrian VIII, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:28 (ten years ago)

if the fall were in a hole, what would the minimum depth of the hole be if you cannot see the top of mark's head when observing it from a distance? assume that he is not standing on the face of one of his bandmates

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Monday, 7 March 2016 14:32 (ten years ago)

you've got to provide a distance—curvature of the earth etc.

Hadrian VIII, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:33 (ten years ago)

And the answer is.. Mark Riley!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/Fallinahole.jpg/220px-Fallinahole.jpg

Mark G, Monday, 7 March 2016 14:33 (ten years ago)

"Ten times my age, one tenth my height"

Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Monday, 7 March 2016 15:04 (ten years ago)

Finally!!!

RECORD STORE DAY 2016 > The Fall - The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)

Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2016
Release Date: 4/16/2016
Format: 12" Colored Vinyl
Label: Narnack Records
Catalog: NCK 7067
Release type: 'RSD First' Release
MORE INFO
Having not been avail outside of a 2k pressing in 2004 – Narnack Records represses for Record Store Day of one of the strongest The Fall albums in the band’s 30 year existence. This re-mastered, limited edition, features red/black a/b-side vinyl and a download card as well as two new tracks and two alternate mixes.

Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 22:51 (ten years ago)

wary of colored vinyl but I have been waiting for this

Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 22:51 (ten years ago)

cover of this rsd release is very wtf:

http://recordstoreday.co.uk/media/2224/fall-bingo-masters-at-the-witch-trials.jpg

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 22:56 (ten years ago)

sorry for hueg

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 22:57 (ten years ago)

Gross.

Is this just another random comp?

Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 23:00 (ten years ago)

hard to tell what it is, but strongly do not want

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 23:05 (ten years ago)

Here's the track list, assuming it's an early show

1. Repetition
2. Psycho Mafia
3. Rebellious Jukebox
4. Frightened
5. Steppin Out
6. I Like To Blow
7. Mess Of My
8. Mother Sister
9. Industrial Estate
10. It's The New Thing
11. Futures And Pasts
12. Music Scene
13. Bingo Masters Break Out
14. Brand New Cadillac

Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 23:09 (ten years ago)

I am assuming it's this July 78 show, with the two missing tracks restored and the three anomalous ones removed. Nothing to get excited about.

https://www.discogs.com/Fall-Live-At-Deeply-Vale/release/3285430

everything, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 23:52 (ten years ago)

And the two missing tracks are not unreleased either. Who's going to want this on vinyl with that terrible cover?

everything, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 00:05 (ten years ago)

omg that cover

Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 00:29 (ten years ago)

EMERGENCY EYEWASH STATION

the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 01:12 (ten years ago)

Thank you

Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 01:23 (ten years ago)

$50 for reproduction / unlimited print run, seems resonable

http://www.canstockphoto.com/bingo-winner-3019929.html

soref, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 01:30 (ten years ago)

two months pass...

Never thought I'd say this about a Fall song but Auto Chip 2014-2016 is revelatory through earphones

And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Thursday, 2 June 2016 20:01 (ten years ago)

Definitely my favorite from the last album.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 2 June 2016 20:39 (ten years ago)

OMG dying at emergency eyewash station, had not seen that before.

Dan is a ‪#‎VegetablePuppet‬, he is NOT REAL. ‪#‎flatearth (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 2 June 2016 21:13 (ten years ago)

Hearing that MES and Elena split up :(

scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 June 2016 22:18 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

Fol De Rol

http://thequietus.com/articles/22610-brand-new-the-fall

StanM, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:03 (eight years ago)

Also, they are playing in NYC for the first time since forever. A five night stand!

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-fall-playing-five-nights-at-babys-all-right-in-september/

or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:06 (eight years ago)

Yes! They announced a Kentucky show a few weeks ago and I was worried I'd have to make some very complicated plans.

cwkiii, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:12 (eight years ago)

i'm having trouble deciding which night or two to go to, though! I can imagine first night being the best because of momentum or being a shitshow because of travel exhaustion. I can imagine the last night being the best because of comfort w/venue or being a shitshow because MES did too many bad things in NYC. Etc etc

or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:14 (eight years ago)

If I had a choice I'd probably go with one of the earlier shows. Realistically, the only one I can make is probably the last one since it's a Saturday.

cwkiii, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:24 (eight years ago)

pretty hard rock :/

btw
ed as always by Mark E. Smith, and featuring Peter Greenway (guitar, synth, backing vocals). Dave Spurr (bass, Mellotron, backing vocals) and Keiron Melling (drums).

did him and Elena split??? i don't really hear synths....that sucks if true she was the most interesting musical thing going on

Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:28 (eight years ago)

yes they did, it's sad. I really liked her contributions. However, this is the most stripped down lineup he has used in a looong time, and that interests me

or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:38 (eight years ago)

the most stripped down since granny played the bongos

black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:45 (eight years ago)

i like a stripped down lineup but these guys are so...i dunno..."good" in a not interesting way, like they have a real session vibe to be

i dunno like there's an almost like 80s metal vibe to that main riff that weirds me out

though i react poorly to a lot of new fall stuff then sometimes end up loving it

his vocal sound unhinged like emphysema-as-autotune

Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 16:34 (eight years ago)

This lot were behind OFYC so I have some faith (and every album since has had a couple of great tracks at least), sure Elena will be a big miss

imago, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 16:39 (eight years ago)

good to know abt OFYC lineup, I can't keep track anymore

sleeve, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 16:42 (eight years ago)


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