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From 1988's 'I Am Kurious Oranj'

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[vrsq]

people don’t commit to art like this anymore. fucking beautiful.

[chelseapoet]

Nobody expected the Fall and modern ballet together but it was fecking brilliant

[gerrydean]

Went to high school in Houston TX. in the 80s. Me and my best friend were the only people at our school that listened to the Fall or even knew who they were.

[DawnDee]

RIP Mark E Smith 😢
The world is a duller place without you

[petercorbett]

It’s Smith’s utter singlemindedness, the clarity of what he wants this band to sound like and his refusal to negotiate on any of it - that’s the genius. This has been cut and polished with precision. Bo Diddley appeared with them on The Tube way back, mid 1980’s, and he was as In Awe of them as they were of him.

[mjc]

After all of these years, I have never seen the ballet I Am Curious Orange... THANKS!

[clairecarlia-jones]

I only discovered this band a month ago. They've made me so happy. Mark E. Smith was a genius❤️❣️

[rickbuckley]

I remember that crazy night vividly, sitting in the stalls at Saddlers Wells on a cold autumnal evening in 1988. Opening with an orated pornographic text, with a huge image of the Houses of Parliament as a backdrop, followed by Brix Smith playing guitar on a giant hamburger, Leigh Bowery pushing a grand piano across the stage, Mark.E.Smith howling, whilst Micheal Clark & Company manoeuvred so majestically through the whole melee. Artistic endeavour today seems so tame and strategic in comparison.

[thatandrewboardman]

Still mind blowing 30 years later. RIP Mark E Smith.

[JfK--OBJECTivE]

The Fall, John Peel's favourite band. At the time I couldn't understand it. Now I finally get it - they're brilliant!

[markwells]

When Mark E Smith arrived at the gates of heaven St Peter said to his assistant "Before we let him in check the guy's track record".

[marcopervo]

This should have been the big pop hit of 1988, with a killer beat and the best advice ever given in a chorus.

[matthewcoombs]

the rhythm section of this era of The Fall was amazing. All the truly great bands have a great rhythm section, drum and bass. The bed

[calebrush]

A million miles from anything we've seen and heard, let's go there..

[Bliss-ucwq]

Surely one of the most underrated British music acts, Mark E absolute genius, this song being my favourite

[SunsetScotty]

This was my first introduction to the band, seeing this video late one night when it came out in 1988. I could only think to myself, "What the hell IS this?" It wasn't until many years later that I realized I actually found the song to be brilliant. RIP, Mark E. Smith.

[iantaylor]

To be serious; this is a great example of how the U.K. produced brilliant underground music equivalent to Velvet Underground. Dare I say that Mark in many ways equalled John Cale and Lou Reed.

[pdbloke]

The greatest British rock and roll band in the last 40 years

[drahcir]

He is appreciated and will be sorely missed. Our poet laureate.

[hughjassole]

I'm 60 and id like to tell any youngin's out there who are trying to be retro-alt cool, that may have or may on the horizon have tattoos cooler than Hank Rollins- save your gwop..( I said gwop )...and obtain The Fall: I am Curious Orange LP ( I said .. ) in its entirety. When first released, and now- though I rarely play it- there is really nothing more genuine. I'm not a Fall fan, but you need to have this in your collection and play every 2-3 years. Trust me.