![]() So I listened to Trout Mask Replica, tutted and put on Live At The Witch Trials instead. “If you like The Fall you’ll probably like Captain Beefheart,” a passing cleaner once told me. We only have these excerpts…īEATLE BONES ‘N’ SMOKIN’ STONES (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, 1968) Taking in everything that’s inspired and influenced MES from country, rockabilly and garage grooves, to forgotten psychedelia obscurities, it’s a treasure trove of bloody-minded experimental reinvention from Prestwich’s lords of rudimentary rock ‘n’ repetition. Since that musical awakening, the tastes of the sole continual member of The Fall have travelled far and wide – as his choice of cover versions suggests. Smith bought at the age of 13 was Black Sabbath’s Paranoid. Influenced by a broader spectrum of rock than many of the bands you’ll read about on this very website, the first ever record Mark E. The Fall have recorded a myriad of fantastical and surprising cover versions over their fast-approaching 40-year career. No such dizzy altitudes of commercial success have been reached since, despite the popularity and ubiquity of latter-day Fall-composed favourites like Touch Sensitive and Theme From Sparta FC. ![]() They charted at 30 in 1987 and at 35 in 1988 respectively for Mark E. Dean Taylor’s Motown single remade as an indie-goth anthem, There’s A Ghost In My House (written by Holland, Dozier and Holland, originally released 1966), and their belligerent re-working of The Kinks’ 1969 hit Victoria. #DVD SNAP COVER VERSIONS FREE#Despite their own composition Free Range just making it to number 40 in 1992, those covers remain the band’s only chart hits to date: R. ![]()
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