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Mark E. Smith Self Interview Lyrics by ​The Fall

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[Unknown Bloke]
"...probably sold more of these tapes than anything else
And that's a remarkable self interview, by the -- rather out of it -- Mark Smith, of the Fall. Well let's kick off now."

[Mark E Smith]
I shout for the Fall, and I'm about to interview myself. For my fee arena friend Grant, in his bid to clean up the market interested in what emperors and latter-day art heroes, like myself have to say

Hang on I'll just get my line -- I mean... urgh, lines

Yeah I could go on about, errm, what a load of shit the music biz is 'n all that, and how Melody Maker is becoming a threat to the proletariat

I sincerely believe that

My mother just told me that errm the person, or rather the group that recorded Turning Japanese, "turning Japanese you know I'm turning Japanese..." is a fucking liar!

Can you believe that? Can you believe it!

So I'll stick to my band and just say, the Fall have got a single coming out about June, on a record label I'm not prepared to disclose

(And he's not...)

"How I wrote 'Elastic Man'", which is about how the public kill off their heroes' creativity, err and City Hobgoblin, which was originally entitled "Case for the Jews", not that that's got anything to do with the song. Presently... about to be released...

Go into your record dealer, and ask why... ask your local record dealer why he is such a dick

City Hobgoblins is err... it's good
It's, err, peons of paranoia number 1 aisle 9-7

We've got a new drummer on it errr, called Paul Hanley, who is Steve's brother. Who couldn't be here at the moment 'cause he's at school. Erm, the rest can't be here at the moment 'cause I wouldn't let them come here at the moment

Err yeah, Paul took over from Mike who left the band a while back, for various reasons... in fact we got a... there's a fanzine interview with him and I quote, they asked him about the Fall's relationship with drugs and he says... heh...

He says, "Let's get this straight... haha... drugs have killed and maimed thousands of people and it's about time some more working-class heroes stood up and said something about it."
Well, Mike was always a good contrast to the band...
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