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06-18-2016, 06:04 PM | #1 |
Virgo
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I think Elph is right
The Fall just might be the greatest rock and roll band in existence.
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06-19-2016, 06:32 PM | #2 |
Braindead
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Ofc I'm right they check every box on what a good RocknRoll band should be
Everyday I'm blown away |
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06-19-2016, 06:35 PM | #3 |
Braindead
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I mean Rock is this thing where you take all the traditional genres and put them in a blender and play them with a reckless attitude and I can't think of anyone who does that better than MarkESmith
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06-19-2016, 06:36 PM | #4 |
Virgo
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06-19-2016, 06:37 PM | #5 |
Virgo
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I've finally been checking out their later works (past 1980) and I'm stunned
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06-19-2016, 06:37 PM | #6 |
Virgo
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can you give me a list of your top 5 albums?
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06-19-2016, 06:40 PM | #7 |
Braindead
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And if you think SP has an impressive back catalogue you haven't seen anything
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06-19-2016, 06:43 PM | #8 |
Braindead
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Like MarkESmith is a working man and music is just his job and he treats it that way.
So you got at least 2 albums worth of material every year for about 20 straight years |
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06-19-2016, 06:45 PM | #9 |
Virgo
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06-19-2016, 06:45 PM | #10 |
Virgo
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traditional rock and roll has a built in death sentence
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06-19-2016, 06:48 PM | #11 |
Virgo
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watch this for about 20 seconds starting at 3:45 and tell me where the drum beat is coming from
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06-19-2016, 06:52 PM | #12 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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I've said it before, but getting fat and old and dying of a prescription overdose on the toilet is just about the most rock and roll thing I can think of
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06-19-2016, 06:55 PM | #13 |
Braindead
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It's because The Fall never made it big (MarkESmith says this is entirely by design) and they could never break up because it has one member and a bunch of hired hands at all times
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06-19-2016, 06:58 PM | #14 |
Braindead
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Marky writes in his book that there was an exact moment early in his career where he chose to always be an outsider
He could have written an album full of chart toppers he has an amazing ear for hooks but he chose to go the other way |
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06-19-2016, 07:02 PM | #15 |
Virgo
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lol he says
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06-19-2016, 07:04 PM | #16 |
Braindead
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Yeah he also says he can sing on key but chooses not to no joke
Remember that thing you said about watching a Rock show is watching someone utterly convinced of themselves |
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06-19-2016, 07:06 PM | #17 |
Braindead
Location: TX
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He also believes he's psychic, I mean for real magic type psychic, he writes about that too
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06-19-2016, 07:10 PM | #18 |
Braindead
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Top Five albums:
1. Grotesque after the Gramme 2. Dragnet 3. Live at the Witch Trials 4. The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall 5. Perverted by Language |
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06-19-2016, 07:16 PM | #19 |
Braindead
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Grotesque is Amphetamines, restlessness, paranoia, and lots of shit talking the UK all of it in a way that is abstract, scattered, insane and yet incredibly literate almost articulate
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06-19-2016, 07:21 PM | #20 |
Braindead
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Dragnet has the most horror literature influence both in lyrics and sound, its very Lovecraft mixed with his belief in psychic stuff and tarot cards
Along with his usual indictment of the world around him particularly the music industry |
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06-20-2016, 12:29 AM | #21 |
Immortal
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They're P good, I went through a phase and got a little burnt out
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06-20-2016, 12:36 AM | #22 |
Apocalyptic Poster
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what the fuck is this unmelodious bullshit
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06-20-2016, 12:39 AM | #23 |
Braindead
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Everyone's first reaction pictured above
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06-20-2016, 12:44 AM | #24 |
Braindead
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the first few albums are punk rock so if you really want the focus to be on the melody you want the second half of The Fall
Or if that's still bullshit to you, you might have to go even further to That one has me holding my brush up to my face pretending to be a singer "this the greatest time of my life, these are the biggest times of my life" Last edited by Elphenor : 06-20-2016 at 12:50 AM. |
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06-20-2016, 03:14 AM | #25 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: František! How's the foot of your turtle?
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checking every box isn't very rock and roll.
treating it like a job isn't very rock and roll. |
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06-20-2016, 03:52 AM | #26 |
Braindead
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1. It wouldn't be if it was intentional
2. I think it is because it's the opposite of your boring party rockers who are just pop stars |
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06-20-2016, 07:17 AM | #27 |
Minion of Satan
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That sounds a little like a false dichotomy invented to maintain a previously-held belief in the face of contradiction, to me.
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06-20-2016, 07:42 AM | #28 |
Banned
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So many better post punk bands from that era: Echo and the Bunnymen, The Chameleons, Talking Heads, even Comsat Angels were better than those guys.
Of course you guys would pick the most obscure experimental inaccessible post punk band from that period because most of you are hipsters. |
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06-20-2016, 07:58 AM | #29 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: František! How's the foot of your turtle?
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can you post those bands in an ordered list, please? otherwise i don't know what to think.
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06-20-2016, 08:56 AM | #30 | |
Braindead
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Quote:
You are as bad as Fuzzy |
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