Agreed about Lost in Music. One of my absolute favourite songs anyway, and then Mark E Smith-ified. It's louche and grand, and rakish and whimsical. I saw the Fall 3 times, the first being at a festival when I wandered into a tent at random. His words and performance did something inexplicable to me almost immediately. Was he having a seizure on stage ? Is he ok ? Is he all there ? I don't know but I've got tears running down my cheeks and I have to see the Fall again as soon as possible. And then on stage in small venues, just electric. The combination of again the vocal performance but with the kraut rock / Can guitars. They were tight. A tight band with highly repetitive songs and stream of consciousness, rambling, often incoherent lyrics. I don't know how to analyze it, but "fiercely this". It's a touchstone for any music, for me: looking for that same reaction of "fiercely this".
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