Early song by The Fall, played live in 1979, which appears on the live album Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never) which came out in May 1980 on Rough Trade Records.

Possibly the closest The Fall ever come to a love song, it is also an early track that shows The Fall's pop potential. A simple track is based around a three note guitar riff with the bass echoing the guitar, and simple 1-2 drumming. Nice to see that Mark E. Smith put as much effort into thinking about convoluted, confusing lyrics in the early songs as he did later.

As an aside, I would love to play this song at a particular friends birthday/wedding/engagement party. All the necessary words only have to be slightly altered to make the song extremely relevent (I'd probably have to change this(1), or else I'd be in trouble).

THAT MAN


That man loves you
That man cares for you
That man loves a heathen(1)
That man loves you

He came down from Accrington
He came down from Hovis land

And

He washed the dirt from my eyes
All devils are exorcised
And sticky pants are ostracised(2)
Sermons with trad jazz guys

Screaming

That man loves you
That man cares for you
That man loves a heathen
That man loves you

You see, can't be holy
All you see can't be holy
All you see can't be holy
((backing vocals)) That man loves you
He really do

(2): I really hope this isn't what it sounds...


Cheers to Fall Lyrics Parade," by Jonathan Kandell & Jeff Curtis, still the best place for Fall lyrics

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