[kj] The Fall

[Mike Cooper]

Sounds highly entertaining - I'd would have had a go and I am not sure which end you hold drumsticks!!!  I have only seen them twice and to be honest wasn't a massive fan.  Always been aware of them and liked the odd song but about 3 years ago something clicked with them for me and have been a Fall obsessive since, but in that time not caught them live which is criminal really!

I think Fall Heads Roll is one of my favourites along with Infotainment Scan,  Nations Saving Grace, Country and Grotesque.  The new one is rapidly getting up there though and have also been playing constantly since I got it.  Not sure what went wrong with PR TLC - probably their only bad album!?!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren A. Peace 
  To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)' 
  Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [kj] The Fall


  I think that The Fall are a force of nature, and have loved them since "Bingo Master's Breakout". I go and see them as often as I can, as there's always something entertaining going on. Recently (18 months or so ago), they turned up four hours late at the Bristol Bierkeller minus a drummer, and co-opted the drummer from the local hair metal support act, who had clearly never heard a single song of theirs - songs would pause between the verse and the chorus as band members huddled around him making human beatbox noises. Funniest gig I've seen in a long time. Last time I saw them, MES was wearing trousers that still had the dye-filled alarm thing pinned to them. They're a truly great band, and MES is even more like the person you really don't want to be sitting next to on a bus, which is a good thing in a singer, I think.

   

  The new album is their best since "Country On The Click" (although I preferred the leaked mix), in my view, although "Blindness" from "Fall Heads Roll" is magnificent. I didn't really rate "Post Reformation TLC" (which I understand sold less than 9000 copies worldwide!), but the thing about Fall albums is that if you don't like the latest, there'll be another one along in a couple of weeks. "Imperial Wax Solvent" has, according to iTunes, been played by me 43 times since it came out!

   

  Darren

  Hungerford, UK

   

  From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Mike Cooper
  Sent: 02 May 2008 23:15
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
  Subject: Re: [kj] The Fall

   

  The new Fall album Imperial Wax Solvent is a real cracker and a real return to form after the last outing Post Reformation TLC which for me was disappointing.  The track 50 Year Old Man is vintage Smith and probably a taster of the wit in his new book which is next  the list.

   

  Anyone else got views on either?

   

   



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