I've only got into The Fall after Mark died. Id always known about them but knew nothing about them . They seemed too aloof when I was doing my thing in the 90s and I had no mates that were remotely interested in them and regrettably I never took a leap of faith and bought one of their records or went to a gig. After mark died I was out for a run and I thought I'd listen to some Fall songs to see what they were all about , after a bit Sparta FC came on. It went straight into my top 10 favourite ever tunes, I wanted to scream and smash something to bits I loved it , still can't get my mates into them.
Never heard this till last week and I have to say it's one of the catchyiest tunes I've heard in a long time. Loved them in the early days but never heard them much after that.
As much as it is possible to have a favourite song from a band with that many albums, this, for me, would be it. And as much as it is possible to have a favourite live video of that song from a band with so many videos, this, for me, would be it.
Missing a second guitarist - he is now on bass. The Fall were great. Never knew what u would get. The Fall WERE Mark E Smith. No more mark, no more Fall. Sad, sad, sad.
I love this. the fall are amazing. started listening to them in the '80s. bragging rights there; but it doesn't matter when you started to listen to them.
Just started listening to the fall lasted year when Hex Enduction Hour popped into my recommended videos. I mean it when I say the experience was life changing
Wow- even better than the studio version. Still, the Fall strikes me as a band to enjoy in a small sweaty club (as I did many times) and not an outdoor fest.
Is there anyone who still hasn't heard 'Cheap Space Chant' ? In RU-vid, search for 'Timekode, Mark E Smith' and listen to the strangest and best MES/Fall collaboration of them all...
Some of them would have remembered them and it stuck in their minds. When I was a kid in the 80s I went to see the Smiths, actually New Order where top of that bill, but the Fall were on before both of them and they always stuck in my mind. I started buying their stuff.
Much better live version when you search for this ong at Leicester Princess Charlotte. Four or five songs from that night up on here. Blindness is incredible.
best ever spoken intro before a song , "we are the fall.... we are the love corks (?)" please correct me if hearing it wrong i m non native and pretty deaf
I saw the Fall around this time and the gig lasted about 15 to 20 minutes before Mark walked off but it was the best 15 to 20 minutes I have had, they were fucking great and played this.
yes, this is what should occupy the monster people of the world - watch from down low, then leap up with 2 microphone horns & shout it back at them. yes, minotaur. In imperial Rome, Smith could have stood on roof of foremost attack chariot with 2 mics, shouting this song.
We need to cut our own trails now I've woken up I see I was often following carefully laid trails of crumbs non of them leading to truth goodness or lasting beauty just mamon. I will now sharpen my machete then salve my head wound and pray for mercy ✌
crowd looks like having a nice mellow trip to me. Half are silently mesmerized. Since when does a singer not want the crowd mesmerized? and a hypnotic singer, at that. i think there are a lot of Fall fans present. just not carrying on like dicks.
