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Post by Mike Floorstand on Jan 25, 2018 19:33:43 GMT
Appreciate this may be a minority interest on an acoustic guitar forum. He was responsible for at least a few misspent hours of my youth.
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Post by cottonopolis on Jan 25, 2018 21:59:33 GMT
Saw the Fall a few times in Manchester, always a great gig as you didn`t know what to expect. Original, grumpy, gobby and a fantastic lyricist. RIP Mark.
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Post by 007 on Jan 26, 2018 13:55:45 GMT
I've just heard The Fall as the biggest band in the world not to make it big never really knew their stuff but quite like this
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Post by stringdriventhing on Jan 26, 2018 15:56:45 GMT
I was never a massive fan of The Fall, but I did like some of their stuff. They were probably a big influence on other bands I was into, like The Wedding Present, Pavement, Pixies, etc. Sad to see him go.
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Post by nkforster on Feb 6, 2018 6:25:39 GMT
Ah...I went to see them at Newcastle uni in '87. Got there three hours early and didn't have enough money for a pint, not that getting served was easy when you looked about 12. The Fall were brilliant. I do recall I was wearing shorts so Mark E Smith and Brix signed me legs with a felt tip.
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Post by Riverman on Feb 6, 2018 21:36:46 GMT
I was wearing shorts so Mark E Smith and Brix signed me legs with a felt tip. I love the way you say "so", as if the latter was an inescapable consequence of the former...
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 6, 2018 21:37:37 GMT
....................... I do recall I was wearing shorts so Mark E Smith and Brix signed me legs with a felt tip. Don't tell me; you've never washed them since... Keith
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Post by Mike Floorstand on Feb 6, 2018 23:17:57 GMT
I think the first time I saw the Fall was at Sheffield Leadmill in the mid-80s, part of the tour to promote the Wonderful & Frightening World Of The Fall album. At this time (I assume at least partly thanks to Brix) they were simultaneously becoming both weirder and more commercial. I don't recall many details now but remember thinking for quite a long time it was one of the best gigs I'd ever been too. Unfortunately as I was by this time wearing long trousers I didn't get either of my legs signed.
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Post by nkforster on Feb 8, 2018 22:17:39 GMT
I was wearing shorts so Mark E Smith and Brix signed me legs with a felt tip. I love the way you say "so", as if the latter was an inescapable consequence of the former... Seemed like a perfectly reasonable thing to do at the time...
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