The Fall

SGR · 05-10-2022, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't need to hear some wankers chat on The Fall

That's basically what all of us in this thread are doing tho

SGR · 05-10-2022, 07:02 PM

You could make that case, possibly, but only when you finish your Fall journal. It's common knowledge that true Fall authorities finish their Fall journals.

jadis · 05-11-2022, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SGR

That's basically what all of us in this thread are doing tho

That's right

jadis · 05-15-2022, 06:50 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 · 05-19-2022, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

how much can they really matter when you need liner notes to understand them, was thinking about that

definitely awesome lyrics on Fall songs though, MES writing style influences the character of the music too I think, he has as unique a voice on the page as into the mic

I'm guessing the "intended audience" of the songs, inasmuch as such a thing exists, would've spoken the same working class Mancunian dialect

Never not obsessed with this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQGKyI3YP70

SGR · 05-19-2022, 09:37 AM

This is my pick for the best Fall tune of the '90s - represents the band's ethos very well.

The band always had interesting b-sides too - even in the '90s. This one in particular sounds quite unlike the majority of the rest of their work, partly due to the absence of MES in the track.

Queen Boo · 05-19-2022, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jadis

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

Wait a sec, those were actual English words Mark was using?

All this time I thought he was singing some made up alien language like Magma or something.

jadis · 05-19-2022, 03:28 PM

It takes some work to get your ears used to it but British regional dialects is where the true beauty and creativity of English is at, for me. You got working class blokes speaking in ditties and rhymes, coming up with crazy puns and parodies on the spot etc. What Jakobson calls "the poetic function" is hyper active with them.

MES is an amazing wordsmith but it's a cultural thing too

jadis · 05-19-2022, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SGR

This is my pick for the best Fall tune of the '90s - represents the band's ethos very well.

Love it

jadis · 10-28-2022, 10:58 AM

Such an interesting one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfvFUfLz1Hk

05-10-2022, 07:02 PM	#222 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,325	You could make that case, possibly, but only when you finish your Fall journal. It's common knowledge that true Fall authorities finish their Fall journals.

05-19-2022, 09:37 AM	#226 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,325	This is my pick for the best Fall tune of the '90s - represents the band's ethos very well. The band always had interesting b-sides too - even in the '90s. This one in particular sounds quite unlike the majority of the rest of their work, partly due to the absence of MES in the track.

05-19-2022, 03:28 PM	#228 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,359	It takes some work to get your ears used to it but British regional dialects is where the true beauty and creativity of English is at, for me. You got working class blokes speaking in ditties and rhymes, coming up with crazy puns and parodies on the spot etc. What Jakobson calls "the poetic function" is hyper active with them. MES is an amazing wordsmith but it's a cultural thing too

10-28-2022, 10:58 AM	#230 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,359	Such an interesting one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfvFUfLz1Hk