The Fall

SGR · 04-14-2022, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

the bend sinister stuff I like is actually the more uptempo garage stuff

the dirgy stuff unfortunately is like diet Joy Division and I remember reading in MES autobio that he really wasn't satisfied with the production

I think the rumor was that Bend Sinister was mastered at a speed a tad slower than was intended - that's part of what gave it that slow gothic vibe, I think. I don't remember if it was intentional or not. I wouldn't take MES's autobio too seriously though, as I think it was ghostwritten. I do remember enjoying it though.

But regardless, I'd take Bend Sinister over either Joy Division record.

Gross Chapel - British Grenadiers is their best tune to me - at least right next to Hexen Def. - Strife Knot. I think objectively PBL is probably a better album, but a gun to my head, I can only choose one Fall record, I'm taking Bend Sinister (with the caveat that it's the American version closed out by "Auto Tech Pilot", one of their most underrated songs, and the perfect closing song to that record).

SGR · 04-14-2022, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

his autobio reads as if he spoke it to the writer and it was just barely edited to make sense, (and then at the start of chapters there's pieces of MES writing) I think it's a pretty good reference

But how fluent was the writer in MES-speak?

jadis · 03-19-2022, 05:58 AM

Great fan video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnpedhvseA8

jadis · 04-10-2022, 06:44 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE-6xoh1khg

jadis · 04-10-2022, 03:04 PM

I like the idea of a goth Fall though, which is how I hear parts of Bend Sinister. It's an interesting record at any rate

jadis · 04-14-2022, 04:30 PM

Well, in the North of Carolina, way back in the hills
Me and my old pappy and he had him a still

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwad0cqB3oQ

Americana sung in the MES accent is

jadis · 04-14-2022, 08:54 PM

Between the Fall and JD I'll take... BOTH! Atrocity Exhibition, 24 Hours, She Lost Control and a few others are as we say in French "incontournables". Can't do without 'em

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Originally Posted by SGR

I think the rumor was that Bend Sinister was mastered at a speed a tad slower than was intended - that's part of what gave it that slow gothic vibe, I think.

A lot of what's best in art is what they didn't intend

jadis · 05-04-2022, 02:50 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVtz...=TheFall-Topic

jadis · 05-15-2022, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by jadis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVtz...=TheFall-Topic

Like this demo even more than the album version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwDXNMvmIBk

jadis · 05-06-2022, 03:14 AM

I wish Fall fans uploaded some lyrics videos to YT, it's unfair you need to open a whole new tab to listen with the lyrics. Of everything I listen to they're the one band where lyrics really matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zD5...StylistJukeBox

03-19-2022, 05:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,425	Great fan video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnpedhvseA8

04-10-2022, 06:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,425	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE-6xoh1khg

04-10-2022, 03:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,425	I like the idea of a goth Fall though, which is how I hear parts of Bend Sinister. It's an interesting record at any rate

04-14-2022, 04:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,425	Well, in the North of Carolina, way back in the hills Me and my old pappy and he had him a still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwad0cqB3oQ Americana sung in the MES accent is

05-04-2022, 02:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,425	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVtz...=TheFall-Topic

05-06-2022, 03:14 AM	#10 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,425	I wish Fall fans uploaded some lyrics videos to YT, it's unfair you need to open a whole new tab to listen with the lyrics. Of everything I listen to they're the one band where lyrics really matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zD5...StylistJukeBox