Tune of the Week: The Fall

While The Fall’s Mark E. Smith’s main legacy is certainly his distinct vocal cadence, his obtuse lyric writing is a close second. Sometimes the words to songs would sound like gibberish or the result of some sort of Burroughs-esque cut-up technique. In this case the inspiration seems to have come from a fairly ordinary conversation and then extended to a four and half minute song through extensive repetition. It just goes to show that becoming legendary is not necessarily strictly born out of having extraordinary ideas. Sometimes it’s just as valid to focus on the mundane and that you really can make a song about anything.