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Captain Beefheart 'Beatle Bones and Smokin' Stones'.But mainly always different.Īnyway, click here to listen to our Spotify Playlist of songs The Fall have covered.įor those without access to Spotify, the playlist contains: Covering heavy metal, psych rock, garage, rn'b, country, folk, surf and rockabilly. Below there is a playlist of some (but not all) of the songs The Fall have covered, two of which ('Victoria', 'There's A Ghost In My House') would be among their biggest hits. This would explain why he has such antipathy towards other bands (he once said to the Editor: "Look, if you don't think your band is the best in the world, there's just no point in you doing it"), never giving his seal of approval to anyone, relying on strange video artist Safy Sniper as main live support instead of a more well known band.Īt the same time though this means he has no problems at all in celebrating his own taste in music and idiosyncracies. He wants to be held in the same cult regard as his heroes. Smith, like Billy Childish, is aiming for the kind of return that can't be measured in album sales or column inches. Of course there is more to this than meets the eye. And woe betide any interviewer who asks him about Sonic Youth or Pavement.
He has gone on the record, for example, saying he would hire a lawyer and sue anyone who bandied about his name. He certainly doesn't have any time for most other 'indie' groups, reserving titanic scorn for those foolish enough to hail him as an influence. When you think of Mark Edward Smith of The Fall, perhaps you think of an over-protective man who is as keen to put as much distance between him and other bands as possible.
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