The Arches, Glasgow, Thursday, 30th April 2009

Disappointing, very disappointing. Half the time in festivals you feel it is just a case of show up, do your allotted time slot and shove off.

Sounds promising, do tell more...

Not long back from the gig and it was in my opinion really good,i thought the sound was great (confirmed by the ringing in my ears) which i liked cos the sound in the ferry is'nt the greatest to be honest,though the arches is a different kind of venue

Good to see mark out the wheelchair,i cant remember the setlist song by song but they played strange town,wolf kidult man,one iv never heard,my door is never,50 year old man,iv been duped,and they played white lightening as an encore (mark singin offstage)

Really enjoyed it but to be honest i hope they play on a tour soon cause i basically paid £25 for a ticket to see the band play for 40 minutes,also the hinterland festival seemingly only sold about 1,odds of the 6,00 tickets .They are giving away tickets for free now

Good crowd though very subdued compared to a ferry gig,the crowd did slowly disperse,my mate who has never seen the fall was really impressed with the band,who were solid,it was a good thing they played the festival though as the crowd was very different to normal fall gig,well from my experience anyway,heres hopin a few become fans now.

All in all it was quality but they would have played for at least another 30-40 mins on tour but no complaints about the gruppe.

I WAS PROVOKED!

Can i just point out i meant to put this in the hinterland thread

Too late!

A Consortium secret agent has made a statement as follows -

Strange town
Wolf kiddult man
New song or maybe 2 new songs, might have been Chicken George with a My Bloody Valentine tribute tacked on.
My Door
I've been duped
50 Year Old Man
Another new song - this one sounds excellent, not a clue what its called. There may have been a line about wolverines in it, or maybe not.

Only 1 encore - a longer than usual White Lightning.

So there you have it.

It can't have been as bad as a Style Council gig I was dragged to once?

Can it?

Crikey. That's a shame. But I'm sure it couldn't have been worse than a Queen gig I went to in 1975ish. We walked out cos of Brian May's eternal noodling. Oh, and I once heckled Crosby and Nash.

It was an ok to good gig, not a great one. If it had been longer it may very well have been a very good gig.

The new songs sounded excellent.

If that's the worst gig you've ever been to then you've been very lucky.

well i enjoyed it

Mark's hair is getting long - think Paul Merson

I was a bit tipsy when I posted that, sorry for the vehemence.

What I meant was it was the worst Fall gig I have been to (I've been to about 10 since 2006), well the worst since the Croyden walk-off. It was like, "show up, do the allotted 40mins, then we're off".

The nob twiddling is bearable in a half decent venue, but the Arches acoustics compounded it to unbearable proportions.

I suppose my real conclusion is that the Arches is a duff venue - why can't the Fall play somewhere like the ABC when they are in Glasgow...

Crikey. That's a shame. But I'm sure it couldn't have been worse than a Queen gig I went to in 1975ish. We walked out cos of Brian May's eternal noodling. Oh, and I once heckled Crosby and Nash.

Are you scared of Stephen Stills?

Chicken George - lyrics sound great (perhaps a reference to the original George Bush perhaps), what about the tune?

8 Songs - tight set

It can't have been as bad as a Style Council gig I was dragged to once?

Can it?

You obviously didn't have an unhealthy interest in prog in your youth, I've seen Camel, and more than once. mine you if your into real pain forget poor old Safi Snipper (who at least is batting for the same team) no for real torture Tangerine Dream are your men (or was that Devo)

No its too late now you've gone and said it now.

Mark's hair was always long, and lank, and so was mine, think Eddie qnd the Hot Rods meets Oxfam

Anybody get a recording of it? - Id l ike to hear the new stuff

I believe the Consortium's Northern correspondent recorded this. It should be made available once it has been through quality control at Consortium HQ.

*cough cough* not so sure about this, would certainly be nice though

Give the poor boy a chance.

I once said the same thing myself after a Brighton Concorde 2 gig in 2005. I too (I have to confess) was ‘off my fucking nut‘, only to realise a day later that I had witnessed something quite magical.

I even thought the Yanks were a pile of pants after I heard the first recording from the US tour.

‘When you wake up in the cold light of day, you realise The Fall can be better than when you were totally fucking shit-faced’

To quote Pam Ayres.

Give the poor boy a chance.

I once said the same thing myself after a Brighton Concorde 2 gig in 2005.

The first one or the second one?

It can't have been as bad as a Style Council gig I was dragged to once?

Can it?

You obviously didn't have an unhealthy interest in prog in your youth, I've seen Camel,....for real torture Tangerine Dream are your men (or was that Devo)

Or Tin Machine, that was true fucking torture. Surely no amount of dirge could completely eradicate any joy from the experience of David Bowie being three feet from your teenage fanface in a small club?

Yes it could.

Set list was as follows -

Strangetown
Wolk Kidult Man
Cowboy George
My Door
I've Been Duped
50 Year Old Man
Bury
off stage
White Lightning

There appears to have been some confusion with Bury being a new song.

But it is Bury.

The gig sounds like a Munsters goth Elana keyboard fest.