Man whose head: A, Knew about politburo facade behind "Kicker" C, Who stole cafe's collection box B, Who applied cut-up technique literally to himself E, Who wore a red scarf to remind him of his fiancée G, And visitor esoteric Japanese says analyser Mr Alastair touched off the tragedy
"You can tell by the way... "
H, There's a claque that makes use of Lancastrian patronisation of blacks Their rep Jim Davidson The love of Paris infects the Civil Service Lichen on the N ...
I used to have this thing about Link Wray I used to play him every Saturday God bless Saturday God bless Saturday
We are The Fall
Palace of Swords Reversed
The man whose head expanded knew: A, Who stole cafe collection box B, Stupid facade behind Jurgen D, Who wore a red scarf to remind him of his fiancée E, The love of Paris, infects the civil service Lichen on the North
It was the time of the giant moths 1 In the neighborhood of infinity
I used to have this thing about Link Wray I used to play him every Saturday? God bless Saturday God bless Saturday
We are the Fall In the neighborhood of infinity
It was the time of the giant moths
It happens... It happens... Instincts lost... It happens... Lost through purple blossoms... It happens... The desire will turn rotten We are The Fall In the neighbourhood of infinity
Commentary
Footnotes
The previous line, “Lichen on the North” may be linked to the “Time of the giant moths”, by way of Bernard Kettlewell’s research on peppered moths, an example of evolution: industrial pollution killed off light-coloured lichens and darkened trees, which favoured a darker variation of the moth over a lighter variation.
To mark the centenary of Charles Darwin’s death in April 1882, ITV broadcast six talks presented by John Maddox under the title The Evolution of Darwin. “Darwin’s Theory”, with Sir Andrew Huxley (23 September); “Darwin and Heredity”, with John Maynard Smith (30 September); “Darwin and human purposes”, with Richard Dawkins (14 October); Darwinian controversies, with Ernst Mayr (21 October); Creationism, with Luther Sutherland (28 October); Subject unknown (4 November). Much of the ITV network seems to have shown the programme on those dates, but Granada TV’s schedule was: 27 September (Huxley); 11 October (Maynard Smith); 18 October (Dawkins); 25 October (Mayr); 1 November (Creationism); 8 November. Richard Dawkins’ The Extended Phenotype, which mentions the peppered moth, was published in 1982.
Whether any of this is actually anything to do with the song I have no idea, but the connections are certainly there. ↩︎
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Neighbourhood of Infinity” [Archived]
Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin.
