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[Jim Donahue]

I've been getting a kick out of Mr. Smith for years - all the things he says in the press just to get up peoples noses!

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On Fri, 12/20/13, MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@btopenworld.com> wrote:

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       surely all
 these stories are part MES messing with our heads -
 something his music does quite effectively but his
 mischievous side always comes out - I remember him saying
 hiw much he loved Ronnie Raygun's
 America.
        
 From: colin
 bray <colinbray@...>
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 I once (about 1992) read an MES
 interview in a Bristol listings magazine in which he claimed
 that Miles Davis had once asked if he could use The Fall
 rhythm section in his band. 
 
 MES said he turned Miles down, telling him he
 "doesn't lend the lads out." Surely nonsense
 but what fabulous nonsense.
 
 Colin.
 
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 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:27:15 +0000
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       The Fall/Motown story
 is quite amusing, but comes from 1984 when the Fall were
 having their customary label problems. According to
 "Hip Priest" by Simon
 Ford:
 "...One unlikely offer came
 from US label Motown, where an enthusiastic A&R man had
 offered Smith a £46,000 advance. 'The funny thing
 was', Smith said, 'this guy at Motown asked for some
 of our old stuff he could listen to and the only thing I had
 to hand was Hex Enduction Hour and the first line on that
 is, "Where are the obligatory ni**ers?" I thought,
 "When they hear that, we've had it." '.
 Smith was correct. It was not long before Motown's head
 office contacted Smith with its verdict: 'We see no
 commercial potential in this band whatsoever'
  "
 Cheers aye, Pete 
  
      On Monday, 16 December 2013, 8:48,
 "so_it_goes_2512@..."
 <so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
     
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       Good idea for a thread, Robin! Off the top of my
 head, I know it doesn't quite fit your criteria but
 it's the only one that came to mind.....The Fall
 recorded their 11th session in May 1987, around the time
 that 'There's A Ghost In My House' entered the
 charts (only making it as far as 30, though). I read
 somewhere that they were nearly signed by Motown: is that
 true, and if so, was this the incentive?
 Steve
 (TK)