Returning for another belated look at this newest of wee series on TVV, highlighting the run of singles released by The Fall on Beggars Banquet between 1984 and 1989.
I said before and I don't mind repeating myself.....the Beggars Banquet singles are for the most part absolute classics. The Fall you can easily dance to.
Three great singles in 1984 had stalled at #93, #91 and #99 in the charts
Two even better singles in 1985 had stalled at #90 and #96.
It took until 7 July 1986 for the next single to appear. A bit more downbeat than the previous five efforts, it has a lyric that was as Morrissey-esque as anything Steven Patrick had written:-
Crow's feet are ingrained on my face
And I'm living too late
Try to wash the black off my face, but it's ingrained
And I'm living too late
Sleepless, in-control spleen
Agreed ace family
Must have stump tripod in the genes
I'm immune to things
In my dreams
I saw through the trees
O'er the poison river locks
Talk treacherous would beat
But still my heart it is rock
Finally going through old parasite gate
But there's a 24-hour clock watch
And I'm living too late
Sometimes life is like a new bar
Plastic seats, beer below par
Food with no taste, music grates
I'm living too late
Once talking was my favourite while
But now I know a conversation's end
Before it's done
Maybe I'm living too long
I see trouble on the streets
Fearing catastrophe to meet
Walk down the devil's boulevard
But still my heart is hard
They say them cellars were't evil black
But I know they're wrong
Think it's one
Been Living Too Long
And I'm Living Too Late
Great tune that you can dance to....for the most part....but there's a couple of really weird bits where it goes all trippy and psychedelic leaving the listener a bit disorientated. As such it was never a candidate for daytime radio exposures,
BEG 165T, released as a 12" single only, it stalled at #97. However, it would be another eleven singles and four years before a single by The Fall had its chart progress halted in the 90s
mp3 : The Fall - Living Too Late
The next one was a hit....of sorts.
5 comments:
Great tune, don't know how you would dance to it though
Me....I can dance to anything....might not look all that pretty a sight but I can throw shapes to 'Living Too Late' (except for the trippy sections!)
Oh send him some proper dance records someone, do (Drew)
ROFL
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