Lyrics
For the record
I have only had two conversations with you
For the record
He would be paid more than he had, in fact, asked for
For the record
No real arrangements were made
For the record
Very standard industry procedure
For the record
You were abusive
For the record
Way beyond what anybody should have to reasonably deal with
Firstly, may I take this opportunity to apologise to you all for the situation which developed
I at least owe you an explanation
Both myself and the crew were subjected to both verbal and physical abuse
For the record
Words fail me
For the record
How offensive a human being you are
For the record
They are very professional crew
For the record
And very good at what they do
For the record
All this complete debacle could have been avoided
For the record
You would have known what and how it was going to happen
For the record
Treat people as you want to be treated
They were swearing, throwing newspaper with snotballs (snotballs!) and spit at us across a plane
And physically slapping members of the band
I had to threaten him and then I told him that if this continued I would have to review my position
For the record
You have to start making the right moves
For the record
You really do need someone
For the record
You really do need someone
For the record
You never actually did the interview
For the record
You never actually did the interview
For the record
It had had a negative impact on you and your band
For the record
You really do need someone
At ten p.m. the crew and myself went to our rooms after being out for just over an hour and fifteen minutes for a bite
We had not had any sleep due to travelling times
Began banging on doors and then what sounded like throwing himself against both mine and the crew's hotel room door
How nobody in the hotel didn't complain, I have no idea
This is becoming unbearable
I believe this concludes my mail
For the record
I have only had two conversations with you
I believe this concludes my mail
For the record
I have only had two conversations with you
I believe this concludes my mail
For the record
I have only had two conversations with you
I believe this concludes my mail
Snotballs!
Commentary
< Post in progress >
AKA “Portugal (aka Debacle (For The Record))”.
Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Portugal” [Archived]
- Ford, Simon (2003). Hip Priest: the story of Mark E Smith and The Fall. London: Quartet Books.
- Mackay, Tommy (2018). 40 Odd Years of The Fall. Place of publication unknown: Greg Moodie.
- Pringle, Steve (2022). You Must Get Them All: The Fall on Record. [paperback edition]. Pontefract: Route Publishing Ltd. [Online store]
- Smith, Mark E. (1985). The Fall Lyrik & Texte Von Mark E. Smith. In Deutsch & Englisch. With Drawings by Brix. Berlin: The Lough Press. [AKA The Orange Book. Available online in The Internet Archive]
- Smith, Mark E. (2008). vII. The Lough Press & AMarquisManipulationProductions. [AKA the Blue Lyrics Book]
- Smith Start, Brix (2016). The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise. London: Faber & Faber. [Text available online in archive.org]
- The Track Record: “Portugal”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide: a memoir. Trowbridge: Strata Books. (2nd edition published by Route Publishing, 2017).
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