Bedfordshire Bronco Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Dreadful/awful band and lead singer Close the thread John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSoutherner Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Dreadful/awful band and lead singer Close the thread John Agree 100% one of the worst gigs i ever saw was The Fall at Reading Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Dreadful/awful band and lead singer Close the thread John industrial estate see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 No No No !! The Fall and M.E.S. absolutely legendary. An anthem for RL heartlands. Hit The North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, Johnoco said: What’s brought this on? Flying Pickets, they've been sent to close the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Possibly the most bizarre of tracks, Paintwork, here with lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Dreadful/awful band and lead singer Close the thread John This post must be facetious. However determined a philistine, nobody could be so irredeemably benighted. Not when their location puts such scintillating cultural centres as Luton and Milton Keynes within easy reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 14 hours ago, SSoutherner said: Agree 100% one of the worst gigs i ever saw was The Fall at Reading Uni Many people say their worst gig ever was a Fall gig What year? I assume he was drunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 9 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said: This post must be facetious. However determined a philistine, nobody could be so irredeemably benighted. Not when their location puts such scintillating cultural centres as Luton and Milton Keynes within easy reach. Having a go at Luton?... Next time you want to buy a hat don't come running to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 12 hours ago, HawkMan said: Possibly the most bizarre of tracks, Paintwork, here with lyrics. Truly typical and truly awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 13 hours ago, Johnoco said: What’s brought this on? Saw him on telly the other day being interviewed in 1983....reminded me how much I always hated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I love The Fall - they made some of the most interesting music around for several decades. MES was a drunk, and almost everyone who ever worked with him, married him or interviewed him seemingly has some story about some horrible thing(s) he said or did. To produce so many memorable tracks in the space of forty years, using 60-odd musicians, at least some of whom were not particularly accomplished on their instruments, says a lot about his talent though. Gigs - I've seen some great ones, some terrible. Always entertaining though - you never knew if he was going to be sober, have a punch up, play something you hadn't heard for decades, do a rockabilly cover of a chart song, walk off after an hour or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 38 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Truly typical and truly awful Awful enough for record companies to invest in 32 studio albums, yes 32, and I met him once, shared a drink or three. But then I am weird, I actually watched Luton Town last night against Cardiff instead of Barca vPSG. Had happy memories at Kenilworth Rd in my youth watching Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 51 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Many people say their worst gig ever was a Fall gig What year? I assume he was drunk? For some reason, I like this video of The Fall playing a festival in Oslo, to an utterly bemused audience clearly waiting for A-ha or Bjorn Again or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, HawkMan said: Awful enough for record companies to invest in 32 studio albums, yes 32, and I met him once, shared a drink or three. But then I am weird, I actually watched Luton Town last night against Cardiff instead of Barca vPSG. Had happy memories at Kenilworth Rd in my youth watching Spurs. Ha! You like The Fall and Kenilworth Road???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superb Chops Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Totally Wired is, if I recall rightly-uh, a fine tribute to Wilderspool. Gets coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 A good piece of advice I was given was this: If ever a mate invites you to go and see their band and the whole performance is a bit of a mess as it’s one of their first gigs , don’t worry. If you get asked afterwards how they were then just say they were a bit like ‘The Fall’! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSoutherner Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Many people say their worst gig ever was a Fall gig What year? I assume he was drunk? likely 90 may have been 91 - i worked on every gig in the SU for 3 yrs (which was 2 to 3 a week) so all the dates roll into 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Keith Fowler Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Only got to one gig when presumably he was pretty ill. The band were good he wandered off stage for most of it. Big fan of the albums, well except the mid-90s ones. I was born to run a club like this. Number 1, I do not spook easily, and those who think I do, are wasting their time, with their surprise attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 The anthem for many a man married with 2 kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 19 hours ago, HawkMan said: Possibly the most bizarre of tracks, Paintwork, here with lyrics. I can't believe I fell for this and watched it. Its what is known in the industry as " a crock of expletive deleted." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 container drivers The Fall - Container Drivers (Official Video) - YouTube see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef K Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 19:30, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Dreadful/awful band and lead singer Close the thread John This must be some kicker conspiracy having a dig at The Fall. If only they were as talented as the christians or wet wet wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 17/02/2021 at 11:24, HawkMan said: Kenilworth Rd 9 hours ago, Josef K said: This must be some kicker conspiracy having a dig at The Fall. When the Millwall kicker conspiracy descended on Kenilworth Rd in 1985, the local rozzers must have felt like Alan Minter. I used to go to Burnden Park Bolton. At one game in the mid-70s, following extensive ructions a fortnight earlier, the police confiscated the laces from the boots of any likely-looking lads as they came through the turnstiles. Theory was that their boots would fly off if they tried kicking anyone. Honestly not making that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 18 hours ago, Josef K said: This must be some kicker conspiracy having a dig at The Fall. If only they were as talented as the christians or wet wet wet. Well, from what I saw, they are not... And that's saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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