5 February : "Austurbaejarbio (Live in Reykjavik 1983)", "Backdrop" & "A World Bewitched" albums released
February - August 2001 : lineup # 43 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Julia Nagle (guitar, keyboards), Ben Pritchard (guitar), Jim Watts (bass), Spencer Birtwistle (drums). (The latter three were Trigger Happy, who were fronted by Ed Blaney on vocals)
Saturday, 24 February 2001 Red Box, Dublin
Thanks to Maurice Leahy for the ticket. Reviews on the Fall news.
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The Netherlands : 5 - 7 April
Thursday, 5 April 2001 Bolwerk, Sneek, The Netherlands
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Friday, 6 April 2001 Patronaat, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Sons of Temperance / Two Librans / Touch Sensitive / Antidotes / F-'Oldin' Money / Hot Runes / Way Round / Ketamine Sun / Midwatch 1953 / Mr. Pharmacist / Dr. Buck's Letter / He Pep (instr.) / Das Katerer / Cyber Insekt / Ibis-Afro Man / Birthday Song (instr.) / Paintwork
- "They had (...) CD of The Beatles. They were very excited." (amended lyrics to "Two Librans")
- "Go down, look around. Advice for young travellers. The world travel and tourism. Organsssssss." (before "Touch Sensitive")
- "(Rogue depress). Goes up, this set. It goes up and up and up. Cheerful songs, one after the other. " [Laughs] "One, two, three. (Rogue skin depress)." (before "Hot Runes")
- "And in the bakery, they all laugh. They laugh at you in the bakery." (before "Way Round")
- "It's so nice to go travelling. One! (...) 2022 by dire warning of devastating gales and lakeland thunder. We are waiting for 'Dr. Buck's Letter'." (before "Dr. Buck's Letter")
Some good photos of the Sneek and Haarlem gigs are here, thanks to Martin Kremers. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Saturday, 7 April 2001 Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sons of Temperance / Two Librans / Touch Sensitive / Antidotes / F-'Oldin' Money / Way Round / Ketamine Sun / Midwatch 1953 / Mr. Pharmacist / Cyber Insekt / Ibis-Afro Man / Serum (tape.) / Dr. Buck's Letter / Hot Runes / Birthday Song (instr.)
- "Go down, look around. Go down, look around. Advice for young travellers. Advice for young travellers. The world travel and tourism organisation. Slow down, look around. I'm just filling in. Get on with it, all right? Don't worry about it. One, two, three, four!" (before "F-'Oldin' Money")
- "Cyber! One, two, three, four!" (before "Cyber Insekt")
Sons of Temperance / Two Librans / Touch Sensitive / Antidotes / F-'Oldin' Money / Way Round / Ketamine Sun / Devolute / Mr. Pharmacist / Dr. Buck's Letter / I Am Damo Suzuki / Hot Runes / Cyber Insekt / Ibis-Afro Man / Midwatch 1953 / Touch Sensitive (again)
"Strangetown" (Groundhogs) lyrics before "Hot Runes" - "Two Librans sat on a hill. What did they find? A low ceiling. And they were very happy." (after "Two Librans")
- "Where is... where is the great bridges built by the Scottish? They are disintegrating now. I've got my passport with me. Devolute. Sorry, I forgot where I was with that one." (amended lyrics to "Devolute")
- "In the land of Grolsch... in the land of grubby Grolsch. Where's the torches? In this area, I am used to torches and people singing." (more amended lyrics to "Devolute")
- "Mr Pharmacist, words cannot express... and he can't remember the line." (amended lyrics to "Mr. Pharmacist")
- "I was in the realm of Tong. It wasn't Super Furry Animals or the Stereophonics." (amended lyrics to "Dr. Buck's Letter")
- "Still can't hear myself! One!" (before "I Am Damo Suzuki")
- "Hot runes, summer afternoon. My garden is overgrown and the weeds are (...) on my home. (...). The life-long leveller... they were methodic." (before "Hot Runes")
- "Lovely (...). You (...). 1, 2, 3, 4!" (before "Ibis-Afro Man")
- "Do 'Touch' again." (before the second "Touch Sensitive")
The Joke / Two Librans / F-'Oldin' Money / Cyber Insekt / Dr. Buck's Letter / Mr. Pharmacist / I Am Damo Suzuki / Touch Sensitive / Ketamine Sun / Way Round / Antidotes / Hot Runes / Ibis-Afro Man / Devolute (tape) / Paintwork (aborted) / And Therein
- "And violent little sweet baggies of Walker's Crisps descend over you." (amended lyrics to "The Joke")
- "They were two Librans sat on a hill and they were in Penny Lane in Brighton. It was very amusing for them all. One, t... hup!" (before "Two Librans")
- "I am Mark E Smith, these are my folk festival boys. Looking out for a grant. One! From the state culture 2000 of Suffolk." (before "I Am Damo Suzuki")
- "Right. Right, we'll do 'And Therein'. Can you do that, Ben? Yeah? 'And Therein', yeah. Yeah, one, two, three, four." (before "And Therein")
- Ben: "We were The Fall. Thank you very much! Good night!" (after "And Therein")
David: "After three years without The Fall I decided on the spur of the moment to watch them perform in my home town. It helped rejuvenate my interest, because they weren't bad at all. Mark behaved himself, the band seemed pretty together and - best of all - Julia Nagle's keyboards were inaudible. They performed a stunning I Am Damo Suzuki with Mark going on and on and on, while the rest of the band watched him/each other with anxious expressions. I seem to remember a snatch of Paint Work but that could well be wishful thinking on my part: however, they definitely played a second oldie and that is the one that sticks in my mind for some reason.
"Unfortunate memorable moment: during the first or second song, someone threw a full glass of beer over MES. The band stopped playing, MES barely reacted and they carried on with the next song as the relevant party was led out, looking like he chewed bricks for breakfast. Not sure why you'd pay to get in and then throw your beer during the opening numbers, but there you go.
"More pleasant memorable moment: a girl of about 17 or 18 who stood erect throughout (no jokes, please), absolutely beautiful with long blonde hair and a full-length white dress. This sticks in my mind for some reason ... "
Saturday, 21 April 2001 Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes
The Joke / Two Librans / F-'Oldin' Money / Cyber Insekt / Dr. Buck's Letter / Mr. Pharmacist / I Am Damo Suzuki / Touch Sensitive / Ketamine Sun / Way Round / And Therein / Hot Runes / Ibis-Afro Man / He Pep (instr.) / Sons of Temperance / Antidotes / Touch Sensitive (again) / Midwatch 1953
- "This is the revenge for 'Who Wants to be A Millionaire.' We've come back to pay you off. 1-2 ... You invented it, you invented it. We're back, ii! 1-2-3-4" (before Cyber Insekt)
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Sunday, 22 April 2001 Zodiac, Oxford
The Joke / Two Librans / F-'Oldin' Money / Cyber Insekt / Touch Sensitive / Mr. Pharmacist / Ketamine Sun / I Am Damo Suzuki / Antidotes / Way Round / Dr. Buck's Letter / And Therein / Ibis-Afro Man / Hot Runes / Paintwork / Touch Sensitive (again)
Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down), and thanks to Claire for the photos.
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Monday, 23 April 2001 Mean Fiddler, London
The Joke / Ketamine Sun / F-'Oldin' Money / Cyber Insekt / Dr. Buck's Letter / Mr. Pharmacist / I Am Damo Suzuki / Touch Sensitive / And Therein / Way Round / Antidotes / Ibis-Afro Man (w/Race with the Devil lyrics) / Paintwork
According to David Williams, band on at 9pm sharp, bar closed at 10, band off at 10:05, audience forcibly ejected by 10:15. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
Ibis-Afro Man / Antidotes / Way Round / Mr Pharmacist / I Am Damo Suzuki / Touch Sensitive / Dr Buck's Letter / Cyber Insekt / F-'oldin' Money / Ketamine Sun / Bourgeois Town (?) / Hot Runes / Midwatch 1953 / The Joke / And Therein / 2 Librans
In May, Mark fell down a hill at a rockabilly festival in Great Yarmouth and broke his shin bone on a post.
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Monday, 2 July 2001 Rockwave Festival, Athens, Greece
Festival (or at least the day the Fall were to play) cancelled due to a bad storm.
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4 June : "Liverpool 78" & "Live in Zagreb" albums released
August 2001 : "Rude (All the Time) / I Wake Up in the City" single sent to those signed up on Flitwick's mailing list (thanks A.C. ! )
August - late November 2001 : lineup # 44 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Ben Pritchard (guitar), Jim Watts (bass), Spencer Birtwistle (drums) + Brian Fanning (guitar, at least at the October UK gigs) + Ed Blaney (occasional vocals)
Saturday, 11 August 2001 The Bulldog Bash, Long Marston Airfield, Warwickshire
"A Race Odyssey" according to the event's website.
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UK / Europe : 8 - 30 October, 2001
Monday, 8 October 2001 Cockpit, Leeds
Intro / Jim's "the Fall" / Two Librans / Bourgeois Town / Kick the Can / F-'Oldin' Money / My Ex- Classmates' Kids / Crop-Dust / Way Round / Touch Sensitive / Mr. Pharmacist / The Joke / And Therein / Cyber Insekt / instrumental / Hot Runes (instr.) / Ibis-Afro Man
Many thanks to John Thorpe for the tour dates poster and Josef for the set list. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
Touch Sensitive / Jim's "The Fall" / Bourgeois Town / Two Librans / I Am Damo Suzuki / And Therein / The Joke / Mr. Pharmacist / Way Round / Crop-Dust / Kick the Can (instr.) / F-'Oldin' Money / Dr. Buck's Letter (instr.) / Ibis-Afro Man (instr.)
Saturday, 13 October 2001 University of Liverpool Student Union, Liverpool
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Bourgeois Town / Jim's "The Fall" / Crop-Dust / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Mr. Pharmacist / Antidotes / Way Round / And Therein / Two Librans / My Ex-Classmates' Kids
The above from the band's set list, thanks to Stephen. Reviews and 3 photos on the Fall news (scroll down).
Wednesday, 17 October 2001 The Bierkeller, Bristol
The Joke / Cyber Insect / Bourgeois Town / Crop Dust / Kick The Can - F-Oldin Money / Mr Pharmacist / Antidotes / Way Round / Bastardo / Gotta See Jane / Two Librans / Hot Runes / Touch Sensitive / Ibis Afro Man / My Ex-Classmates Kids / Dr Buck's Letter (Instrumental)
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Touch Sensitive / Bourgeois Town / Jim's "The Fall" / Crop Dust / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Mr. Pharmacist / Antidotes / Way Round / And Therein / Two Librans / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Dr. Buck's Letter / Gotta See Jane / Hot Runs / Afro-Ibis Man
Saturday, 20 October 2001 Zall Spuugh, Vaals, The Netherlands
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Touch Sensitive / Bourgeois Town / Jim's "The Fall" / Crop-Dust / F'-Oldin' Money / Kick the
Can > F'-Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Mr. Pharmacist / Antidotes / Way Round / And Therein / Two Librans / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Hot Runes / Ibis-Afro Man / Dr. Buck's Letter / Paintwork (Ed Blaney vocals)
"Race With The Devil" lyrics in both "Touch Sensitive" and Two Librans. - "Everything you need to know about your (...) in the green and white (...) that you own. Hup!" (before "Kick the Can")
- "How you doing, you all right? Before there were three members and now suddenly there's six. It's the United Nations." (before "Mr. Pharmacist")
- "Two Librans sat on a hill and both went on to can a pineapple over the long, long, long, long, lonesome days." (amended lyrics to "Two Librans")
Some great photos here, thanks to Ini. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Monday, 22 October 2001 De Kade, Zaandam, The Netherlands
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Touch Sensitive / And Therein / Crop-Dust / Bourgeois Town / Kick the Can / F-'Oldin' Money / Mr. Pharmacist / Antidotes / Way Round / Two Librans / My Ex-Classmates' Kids // I Am Damo Suzuki (aborted) / Hot Runes / Ibis-Afro Man / Dr. Buck's Letter / Ey Bastardo / Gotta See Jane reprise
"Race With The Devil" lyrics in both "Two Librans" and "Ibis-Afro Man". "Dr. Buck's Letter" is kind of a duet between MES and Ed Blaney.
- "I go to the park for some fresh air, some fucker with a gun and his family asking me why I'm there." (amended lyrics to "Bourgeois Town")
- "And when liberty is screwed, the school teacher rules. So British. Carry on, son, carry on." (amended lyrics to "Antidotes")
- "Do 'Afro Man', yeah." (before "Ibis-Afro Man")
- "Sometimes, things can be too fast. Sometimes, things... drumming too slow." (amended lyrics to "Ibis-Afro Man", causing Spencer to speed up)
- "Then I turned the radio on. I heard the DJ Ed Blaney." (amended lyrics to "Dr. Buck's Letter"
Tuesday, 23 October 2001 Kantine, Cologne, Germany
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Jim's "The Fall" / And Therein / Crop-Dust / Bourgeois Town / Mr. Pharmacist / Way Round / Antidotes / Two Librans / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Hot Runes (guitar + bass only) / Hot Runes / Dr. Buck's Letter / Touch Sensitive / Ibis-Afro Man
"Race With The Devil" lyrics in both "Jim's 'The Fall'"
and "Two Librans" . MES starts some "Ibis-Afro Man" lyrics before
"Dr. Buck's Letter" - "You all right?" [sings] "You walked through the valley that you created (...)" [coughs] (before "Way Round")
- "I can't get my arse out of my bed. I can't get my arse out of my bed. I eat with my fingers. I pick my nose. My name is..." (amended lyrics to "Ibis-Afro Man")
Thanks to Martin for the ticket. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Wednesday, 24 October 2001 Logo, Hamburg, Germany
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / And Therein / Jim's "The Fall" / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Bourgeois Town / Crop Dust / Mr. Pharmacist / Way Round / Antidotes / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Two Librans
Many thanks to Sebastian Cording for the setlist and these photos. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Thursday, 25 October 2001 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Friday, 26 October 2001 Sticky Fingers, Gothenberg, Sweden
Sunday, 28 October 2001 Festival@Berns, Stockholm, Sweden
MES gave a poetry reading in the afternoon...
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Sunday, 28 October 2001 Kagelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden
...and a gig in the evening.
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Tuesday, 30 October 2001 Maria Am Ostbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Thanks to Sebastian Cording for these photos. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Three further dates were planned for the above European tour, but I don't think they happened (Munich, 31 Oct; Vienna, 1 Nov; Innsbruck, 2 Nov.)
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5 November : "Are You Are Missing Winner?" album released (although it was available at gigs about a month beforehand)
Saturday, 10 November 2001 The Forum, London
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USA : 13 - 25 November
Tuesday, 13 November 2001 The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, California
MES poetry reading. Some great photos by Kamil Kutra. Reviews on the Fall news.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2001 The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, California
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / And Therein / Bourgeois Town / Crop-Dust / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Mr. Pharmacist / Jim's "The Fall" / Antidotes / Way Round / Two Librans / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Dr. Buck's Letter / I Am Damo Suzuki
Some "Race With The Devil" lyrics in "Jim's 'The Fall'") - "Book of film, film of book on DVD. Railtrack, British Rail. Soundtrack." (amended lyrics to "Cyber Insekt")
- "I wanna go to see some sport, all I get is some twat telling me how
he runs Manchester United F.C. and the figures in rows." (amended lyrics to "Bourgeois Town")
- "Strewn on the new riverside Salford development as the rain hurtles down." (amended lyrics to "Crop-Dust")
- "He said, 'You don't qualify.'" [To the band] "Don't fuck up now."
(during "F-'Oldin' Money")
- "And if liberty is screwed, the sports teacher rules. The sports
teacher rules. And so secondary modern British Carry-On film, 'Carry
On, Sir', 'Carry On, Sir'. No more inner city for you, Jimmy."
(amended lyrics to "Antidotes")
- "You walk into glass crystal mazes as the S.S. Viking regiment did.
Into black. Into space. Into (...). You walk down into valley of
kings. Out of glass. Out of space. In seventies disco lights."
(amended lyrics to "Way Round")
Thanks to Skip King for the setlist.The Voiceprint edition is missing Two Librans, My Ex-Classmates' Kids and I Am Damo Suzuki.
Thursday, 15 November 2001 The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, California
The Joke / Touch Sensitive / Two Librans / Cyber Insekt / And Therein > walkoff / Bourgeois Town / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Mr. Pharmacist / Way Round / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Crop-Dust / Jim's "The Fall" / I Wake Up in the City // Ibis-Afro Man / Dr. Buck's Letter // I Am Damo Suzuki // Antidotes
- "Welcome to the third part of The Fall. (Let offset)." (before "I Am Damo Suzuki")
I Wake Up in the City has plenty of My Ex-Classmates' Kids lyrics. My copy's missing Crop-Dust and Jim's "The Fall", but they might've been removed from the CD to make room for the rest. Thanks to Slang King. Reviews on the Fall news.
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Monday, 19 November 2001 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Two Librans / And Therein / Touch Sensitive / Crop-Dust / Bourgeois Town / Kick The Can > F-oldin' Money / Mr. Pharmacist / Sons of Temperance / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Enigrammatic Dream / I Wake up in the City / Reprise: Jane - Prof Mick - Ey Bastardo / Way Round / I Am Damo Suzuki
Tuesday, 20 November 2001 Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, Washington
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Two Librans / And Therein / Touch Sensitive / Crop-Dust / Bourgeois Town > walkoff / Sons of Temperance / Mr. Pharmacist / Kick The Can /F-'oldin' Money / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Enigrammatic Dream / I Wake Up In The City / Ey Bastardo / Way Round / I Am Damo Suzuki
- "We plough the hills and scatter the low grade lichen of mankind" (before Cyber Insekt) (also spoken in other gigs before this song)
- "Turn this up please, Jack. Thank you. One! Nice new microphones! One!" (before "Two Librans")
- "And this is what happens when you hire in good equipment. Hey! One, two, three, four!" (before "Bourgeois Town")
Thanks to Nick Hough for the setlist and to Jack DeGuiseppi for these photos. Reviews on the Fall news.
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Friday, 23 November 2001 The Knitting Factory, New York City
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Two Librans / And Therein / Touch Sensitive / Crop-Dust / Bourgeois Town / Sons of Temperance / Mr. Pharmacist / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Enigrammatic Dream / I Wake up in the City / Way Round / I Am Damo Suzuki
There's some "Race With The Devil" lyrics in both "Two Librans" and "I Am Damo Suzuki".
- "Oh, Janice on the F.M. radio, please explain to me, please explain to me the dot com experience." (amended lyrics to "Cyber Insekt")
- [Coughs] "I blame United Airlines for the state of my throat. I will sue them tomorrow. Come on!" [Laughs] (before "Kick the Can")
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Saturday, 24 November 2001 The Knitting Factory, New York City
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Jim's "The Fall" / And Therein / Bourgeois Town / Crop-Dust / Mr. Pharmacist / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Touch Sensitive > walk off / Sons of Temperance / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Enigrammatic Dream / I Wake Up in the City / Antidotes / Way Round / Dr. Buck's Letter / Two Librans
"Race With The Devil" lyrics in "Two Librans" - "Oh, Janice... oh, Janice on the FM radio, I love you so much. Please explain the dot com to me." (amended lyrics to "Cyber Insekt")
- "I open my mail, there's plenty of letters from friends on the (...). All I get is a demand from the Chancellor of the Exchequer." (amended lyrics to "Bourgeois Town")
- "The immortals hold (...) of it. Enigrammatic idiocy. (...) with keyboards. With keyboards." (amended lyrics to "Kick the Can")
- "Speak English, mate. What does that mean? You are complete fucking cretin." (during "Enigrammatic Dream")
Sunday, 25 November 2001 The Knitting Factory, New York City
The Joke / Jim's "The Fall" / Cyber Insekt / And Therein / Bourgeois Town / Crop-Dust / Mr. Pharmacist / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Two Librans / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Enigrammatic Dream / I Wake Up in the City / Way Round / Dr. Buck's Letter / Touch Sensitive / Antidotes / I Am Damo Suzuki
- "(One more) day to go. You'll enjoy this (...)." (before "My Ex-Classmates' Kids")
- "Well, I went to the record company in America. I said, '(...) is still doing here. And you speccy-eyed bastard is all disappeared. And you've got three kids. Well, what a surprise, honey.' And the fat bastard went down. And he went down real quick, funny." (amended lyrics to "F-'Oldin' Money")
29 November 2001 - September 2002 : lineup # 45 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Ben Pritchard (guitar), Jim Watts (bass), Dave Milner (drums) + Ed Blaney (occasional vocals)
Thursday, 29 November 2001 Footage and Firkin, Manchester
The Joke / Cyber Insekt / Two Librans / And Therein / Bourgeois Town / Touch Sensitive / Ben's > F-'Oldin' Money > Kick the Can / Mr. Pharmacist / Way Round / My Ex-Classmates' Kids / Enigrammatic Dream / I Wake up in the City / I Am Damo Suzuki / Dr. Buck's Letter / Crop Dust
"Psykick Dancehall" lyrics in "I Am Damo Suzuki"; "Race With The Devil" lyrics in both "Dr. Buck's Letter"
and "Crop Dust". There's also some "I'm Frank" lyrics in "Crop Dust". - "Escape from New York. I owe you lot no fucking favours." (before "Two Librans")
- "There were two Librans, sat on a hill. And both were in the Manchester Evening News. Pineapple. Strawberry Fields." (amended lyrics to "Two Librans")
- Punter: "Who's that cunt on backing vocals?" (after "Touch Sensitive")
- "Ben's not used to having his own guitar. He'll have to put strings on it." (before "Way Round")
- "Sparta! Sparta!" (during "My Ex-Classmates' Kids", a hint at the forthcoming "Theme From Sparta F.C."?)
- "Moderninity. Is it Ben's new guitar or is it the contents that kept falling on the floor and getting messed and jumbled up?" (amended lyrics to "Enigrammatic Dream")
A generous 45 minutes of rehearsal time for the new drummer. Photos by Peter van der Bruck. Reviews on the Fall news.
