Fall documentary on BBC 4 friday 21st jan

[Lady E]

Yippee!


since i saw some footage of "i am curious orang" and other Fall collaborations with Michael Clark on the Leigh Bowery documentary last year, i have been gagging to see some more.

got to get the bloody VCR working in time.

[Hagbard]

Mr Smith was talking about that programme in the interview he did yesterday in the Grauniad:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1391362,00.html

Wish I could get freeview down here in Bournemouth.. too many things i'd like to see on bbc4.

[mdk]

Originally posted by Steev
Mr Smith was talking about that programme in the interview he did yesterday in the Grauniad:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1391362,00.html

Wish I could get freeview down here in Bournemouth.. too many things i'd like to see on bbc4.

i'll tape it for ya mate..

if you spot owt else you'd like gis a shout and i'll record it...

[Norn Thorsen]

looking forward to seeing this on bbc2 one day.....

78ish albums! blimey..

[Lady E]

78 albums - it's crazy isnt it?

how many of those are compilations though? quite a lot of those seem to be released.

you only ever see the same ones in shops and as for vinyl - well it's tough to track down

i only own 9 albums and one 12"

i have to rush out and get the re-issued 'hex enduction hour' - it's widely believed to be one of their best, and a record i have been searching for for some time.

[Boing!]

I must admit that whilst I have respect for Mark E Smith, I've never really "got" the Fall. I liked "I am Kurious Oranj", "Cab it Up" and "Dead Beat Descendant" but a lot of it has passed me by.

[Lady E]

fair dos.

the first album i got into was 'i am curious orang'. cris and i still are a bit obsessed with his version of 'jerusalem'. could be a desert island discs contender for me, that one.

[Lady E]

btw apologies for continuously spelling curious with a c and not a k.

[Norn Thorsen]

similarly, while i always seem to enjoy their tracks when i hear them i don't actually own any albums. only thing i have is the 'victoria' 7"

i have seen them live once though and they were great. it was at reading festival at sunset..mark e smith standing at an old school wooden lecturn, papers blowing off in the wind and the setting sun reflecting in the bass drum...

i'll have to check out that 'hex..' re-release i think! i'm guessing he probably does funny little single album deals or summat...although i have no idea to be honest..

[Boing!]

"I was er..walking down the street..when I.err tripped up on a discarded brick...er... trick... it was the government's fault.."

[Lady E]

well some of them seem to be self -released. but yes it is a bit of a mystery how it all works. the most recent one was on action records, whoever they are.

[mag]

i like the frenz experiment the best :)

[TimB]

Nice. Must make a point of watching this.

[nikrem]

i actually went to that i am cuious oranj gig with michael clark all those years ago, and still think about it from time to time...*stares dewily into middle distace*

[Norn Thorsen]

right, gonna get meself one of these fellas...compiled with the blessing of mr.smith apparently..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001WPSI6/qid=1105973894/ref=pd_ka_0/026-1775197-6516448

[Hagbard]

I know this guy who engineered on a fall album at a studio in the midlands, he said Mark E Smith wouldn't leave the studio without his gun...

[namshub]

my fave is an early comp called 'palace of swords reversed' which has heaps of their early punk stuff like 'man whose head expanded' etc, hard to find these days tho....i love the fall.... hopefully tha doco will come out on dvd...?

[V Knid esq]

I think the only Fall I own is 'This Nation's Saving Grace', and a couple of singles - High Tension Line and Victoria... I am obsessed with "SPOLTAAAH VIGTORNAAAH CHAALDAAH" off TNSG.

[Hagbard]

I can listen to 'totally wired' on loop for so long, I did it for like 5 hours a few months ago. It's got so much fucking energy, it makes me want to instantly dance like a fucking tapper. Love it.

[Lady E]

cristian did a really good edit of 'totally wired' to play out...we were going to get barry to put it out but then we forgot about it.

[namshub]

I WANNA HEAR!!! totally wired is a killah!

cmon Chrisian post up a mpfree.....pulease:o)

[Hagbard]

Yeah I gotta hear that :)