Incorrect date - this is Talkabout from 14th April 1981, not 6th April. See annotatedfall.doomby.com/pages/the-annotated-lyrics/fortress.html . The reference to the space shuttle Columbia re-entering the atmosphere proves it. See also: www.tapatalk.com/groups/thefall/c-h-1-o-c-h-2-o-11-and-g-o-h-o-h-o-9-o-bbc-radio-1-t8935-s49.html
The song "fortress" was written about this interview Two hours! With four left wing kids I spent time in Nazi Fortress Much discussion in room see-H-1-O-see-H-11 I did not understand why I could not accept the fact That I'd accepted the contract Much discussion in this institution Much discussion in boiled beef and carrots [BBC] ....... He apparently was pretty pissed off that he had gotten roped into this bullshit, and listening to the programme some 40 years later, I can see why - real cringe worthy stuff, with Cockney proto-Greta Thunbergs ranting about "the system" and "the establishment" but not really saying much about anything, and some Daily Mail journalist trying to reason with them like a school teacher - Mark can be heard making bored (obligatory) comments now and again.
Mate - WHERE do you get this stuff from? Talk about "deep vault" stuff .... goodness gracious. Keep up the good work.
many thanks! I guess the goal is to keep youtube stocked with MES and Fall work, particularly things not widely available
Presumably Mark went home and penned “Fortress” after this.
mon 6th apr 81, the day I was born......
Incorrect date - this is Talkabout from 14th April 1981, not 6th April. See annotatedfall.doomby.com/pages/the-annotated-lyrics/fortress.html . The reference to the space shuttle Columbia re-entering the atmosphere proves it. See also: www.tapatalk.com/groups/thefall/c-h-1-o-c-h-2-o-11-and-g-o-h-o-h-o-9-o-bbc-radio-1-t8935-s49.html
The song "fortress" was written about this interview
Two hours! With four left wing kids
I spent time in Nazi Fortress
Much discussion in room see-H-1-O-see-H-11
I did not understand why
I could not accept the fact
That I'd accepted the contract
Much discussion in this institution
Much discussion in boiled beef and carrots [BBC] ....... He apparently was pretty pissed off that he had gotten roped into this bullshit, and listening to the programme some 40 years later, I can see why - real cringe worthy stuff, with Cockney proto-Greta Thunbergs ranting about "the system" and "the establishment" but not really saying much about anything, and some Daily Mail journalist trying to reason with them like a school teacher - Mark can be heard making bored (obligatory) comments now and again.
You’ve worked it out! I think that’s a pretty watertight analysis. Have you seen the website the Annotated Fall?
Tracy
Sweet
Thanks!!!
'Tracy' sounds suspiciously like Kathy Burke.....
Could be.