The Duchess, York, Thursday, 13th November 2008

Funny gig this, I thought. Nice pint in the Last Drop. Very surreal moment in the venue when the bouncer moved us to the side and Mark E. came through. Then the bouncer came back and thanked us for moving! The gig started thunderously - fantastic versions of Wolf, Wings, 50 etc etc - and ended thunderously with C B Man and an amazing Reformation, which has never been a favourite of mine. Sorta dipped in the middle. Mark looked pissed but seemed lyrically very together, an unusual combo. No encore, 1 hr 20 min set. The oddest thing was waiting outside to leaflet the crowd (desperate marketing concepts volume 67) and none of the buggers coming out. As far as I know, they're all still in there. Possibly at gunpoint.

No,I got out quick to get my car out of the Black Swan car park! I thought the 1st song was pretty dull-a new instrumental which MES mumbled something about long time dead at the end. The rest was fine though and a long set too with MES on throughout apart from making way for the unknown vocalist (still wearing parka) who did Tommy Shooter. Not a bad venue-the stage could have done with being a bit higher. The place holds 400 and there were 300 in, so not a bad turnout. High point for me was CB Man,and did they add a bit on to 50 yo man? I arrived at 9.20 and, with no support band in sight, feared the worst-but Safi didn't appear thank Christ.

Oh dear oh dear, thats what happens if you leave early, wonderful version of Blindness for the encore. Elena gave me the set list which I will post sometime tomorrow when I get the camera sorted

A fine gig. Carry Bag definitely the highpoint for me. Several others were a a bit ordinary at first but then really became something.

It appears that racing home to be first to post can cost a man his encore.

Yes indeed, by the way I also obtained the lyrics to Tunnel of Love written in Marks fair hand, again will post tomorrow, time for tea, toast and bed now I think, god I love The Fall

Hey look. I've been trying to upload my photos for the last fucking half an hour but photobucket has changed something and I can't do nowt.

They're really good photos.

Can somebody recommend me a decent uploading site that aint gonna fuck me about and a good 100 or so photos I'll put on here. Good ones too. Of the band and the audience and everything.

Unfortunately for you, all I can get on here is a photo of my daughter.

Infact, I can't even get that on.

Bollocks

It was a good show.

Fuck Photobucket.

This is driving me mad.

Here's a picture of my daughter though...

My Webpage

ah fuck this. i will try tomorrow... sorry...

It was a good "show" from the "gruppe" though!

try imageshack Chris:
http://imageshack.us/

Oh bloody 'ell!! No I wasn't racing home to post, I had to leave cos my mate who had to be up for work was driving and wanted to get off, and he said there wouldn't be an encore because they'd started dismantling the stage. I should have known... this is the Fall! They might do an encore even if there is no stage!
Bollix

curses

(as mojo jojo would say)

So you missed Karl Burns guesting on drums

Yeh it was great to see them together again, all smiles and pats on the back

Having fond memories of the last Fibbers gig in York i went to the Dutchess, paid £20 quid (?!?) bought watered down beer (£2 quid more than the pubs down the road) and wandered into something resembling a 1970's odeon cinema/bingohall/youthclub...

The new openening track was really promising, fall sound hitting the spot very nicely, kidult great,wings...well he remembered the words enough to sing a verse or two twice and seemingly not notice...after that it was all a bit sloppy, the band were tight, but MES wasnt...(or maybe he was??)

Tommy Shooter 'sung' by a roadie(?) MES impersonator, proving, not that we needed it, that only MES can be MES...but he was somewhere else staring into space, or chewing invisible things. (That £20 ticket started to weigh heavy on mind at this point...)

Carry Bag Man....nice to hear it again, but again sloppy MES delivery...at this point i turned to try watching him on the tv screen at the back of the room and it was like watching an over lit fall karaoke as he stumbled around.

And white lightening, ....please, ....please, stop playing white bloody lightening!

Not the worst fall gig ive been to and certainly not the best.

Oh and Mark, get a haircut!...

No I was chatting to him outside

Simpo was also surprised that Pritchard wasn’t still in the band.

where was Craig Scanlon? Anyway, let 'em get back to reviewing the gig... anyone got the setlist?

May have been a bit like this?

intro
?
fall sound
wolf kidut man
wings
50 year old man
tunnel of love
tommy shooter
carry bag man
white lightning
reformation

blindness

Only my third ever Fall gig, but a close second to Holmfirth in 2007. An hour and a half - is that a record? I'd told my son - it was his 1st time - that they'd only be on for an hour if we were lucky.

Blindness clocks in at 13:28. Possibly the longest version ever! Wonderful stuff!

on josefs account it is mjungblu

the setlist

chino
fall sound
wolf
wings
50 yr old man
duped
funnel of love
tommy shooter
reformation
latch key
carry bag
white lightning
blindness

changed a few and no latch key as as I remember.

thanks to nikki i got this list, lost it later in the lowther bar,
toby picked it up fortunately...

one of the best gigs I have been to. powerful surprinsigly and intense.
not anything wrong with this fantastic night!

er.... that would be me

Thanks again, reporters!

Can't load picture of set list, not very PC literate. Tried copy and paste, ideas?

Do you have a Flickr account, Hex En hour? You can upload the scan there, then copy the adress of the picture (=it shows in the adress of your browser), click "IMG" (second button from the left in your reply panel), put said adress there, ready. Photobucket works the same, I think.