[kj] The Fall

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

I like The Fall a lot, bt man their output is uneven. Everything before 
1980 is great. "How I Wrote Elastic Man" is a cool song. Hit and miss 
elsewhere.

Some Peel Sessions from 2002 or so of for ex. "Mere Pseud Mag Ed" are 
great, much better than the album version, with the guitars having some 
real bite.

I go through my phases where I think The Fall are the coolest thing 
ever, then I get over it, then back again after 6 months have passed.

-Oliver


Darren A. Peace wrote:

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> I absolutely understand how people can be irritated by The Fall. On 

> paper they seem farcical, particularly in respect of the adulation 

> broaching no critisism they often receive from people like Peel, and 

> they often take the Krautrock monotony to extremes. Smith has a sort 

> of polarising anti-charisma, and I’m certainly more generously 

> disposed towards them because of several milestone albums whose 

> release coincided with particularly meaningful periods in my life, 

> most notably “Hex Enduction Hour”. I suppose the biting satire of the 

> lyrics has a lot to do with it for me, which is weird as I usually 

> have limited tolerance for “funny” songs as the joke usually only 

> works the first time, but The Fall (I still laugh at “I’m Into C.B.” 

> and “Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul” after nearly 30 years) occupy that 

> special niche for me with the Monochrome Set and Half Man Half 

> Biscuit. Guess I’m a sucker for intelligent lo-fi bands.

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> Darren

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> Hungerford, UK

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