Why does anyone like the Fall?

this thread has taken an incredibly amusing turn

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Ten times my age, one tenth my height"

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.

wary of colored vinyl but I have been waiting for this

cover of this rsd release is very wtf:

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

sorry for hueg

Gross.

Is this just another random comp?

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

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

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

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

omg that cover

EMERGENCY EYEWASH STATION

Thank you

$50 for reproduction / unlimited print run, seems resonable

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

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

Definitely my favorite from the last album.

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

Hearing that MES and Elena split up :(

Fol De Rol

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

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/

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

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

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.

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

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

the most stripped down since granny played the bongos

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

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

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

This lot have been in situ since Imperial Wax Solvent! Longest stable line-up ever

Yeah basically
This is almost all the people who made OFYC so potential for stupendous excellence is real

love OFYC

i dunno, honestly i was hoping he would shake-up the lineup a bit i feel like this band has codified this sort bruising, precise repetitive heavy riff thing a bit too much

though the one aspect of the i DIDN'T want to see go was Elena...though I suppose that change has zero to do with music.

lord i bet she could write a book and a half

My post-OFYC mixtape:

Taking Off
Dedication Not Medication
Greenway
Mister Rode
Monocard
No Respects Rev.
Auto Chip 2014-2016
Jetplane
Jam Song
Loadstones

i have no idea who's in The Fall of the 21st century besides MES.

xp I would also like to put in a word for All Leave Cancelled.

Jetplane and Loadstones are two of his best songs regardless of era imo.

man, I really need to catch up on the last few. I know they're on Spotify, I should just buy CDs.

I thought Sub-Lingual Tablet had some winning Grotesque-like moments

can anyone comment on the CD vs LP differences on that one?

Some versions of tracks are quite different (the recording/arrangement even) between the two versions. I heard the CD first so that might have prejudiced me, but overall it seems to me the material there is sharper. When The Quietus gave the album a bad review (sort of bizarrely, given that they usually support the band and arguably SLT is their best work this decade), one of the commenters mentioned that several of the review's criticisms seemed to pertain to the vinyl version and were redressed by the CD. I would concur.

thank you! I see one song is also slightly longer on CD