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40 Odd Years Of The Fall

The original Story Of The Fall website has now been updated and converted into a book - 40 Odd Years Of The Fall - with illustrations for each year by Greg Moodie and a foreword by Aidan Moffat. You can buy the book here.

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1989

 

Race With The Devil

BackdropGene Vincent cover, the follow up to Be Bop A Lula, as performed at John Peel's 50th birthday bash and learned especially for the occasion, as MES states at the beginning. Fairly straightforward rocker with nice rumbling bass and mumbled lyrics catching the drift of the original if not the actual words.

 

 

 



posted @ 13.05 PM, April 3, 2007

 

Mollusc In Tyrol

BackdropTaped in MES's front room, possibly in Edinburgh. This obligatory lo-fi experimental track actually sounds like it could be no bad, given a full-blown studio treatment. But then, that would destroy its 'charm' I suppose. According to an interview with Fall producer Craig Leon in issue 3 of The Pseud Mag, this song is actually MES vocalising over the music from an instrumental track on Leon's solo album, Nommos. The enhanced instrumental part was used as an intro and outro tape at gigs at the time, hence its appearance on 27 Points.

 


posted @ 13.05 PM, April 2, 2007

 

H.O.W.

BackdropOr History Of the World. Another neglected masterpiece. How underrated is Seminal Live? The basic grumbling Stranglers-esque bass line carries the tune while the lyrics are a marvel of exploration in the possibilty of distorting and exploiting scientific explanations and historical interpretations. The omnipotent narrator revels in his abilty to manipulate and distort orthodox worldviews, lurching from the misreading of Easter Island to altering tree-rings 'so that what you are after/You will not ever find with a surfeit of lumber.' Brilliant lyrical invention, along with the Hiss Hiss Hissing of History like a pantomime villain. Probably my new favourite Fall song. (This, of course, will change).

 



posted @ 14.20 PM, March 30, 2007

 

Pinball Machine

BackdropA song for broken hearted truckers everywhere, this country and western cover of a Lonnie Irving single from 1960 details the sorry tale of an old road hog who leaves his family in favour of an old truck, whisky and pinball machines. A cheery tale, especially when his wife commits suicide after her babies die of pneumonia. Against this tragic scenario, Steve Hanley plays a mean and delightfully slightly out of tune banjo.

 

 



posted @ 13.45 PM, March 29, 2007