Lyrics
What a dynamic entrance
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
This I hear on a train
This I hear on a train
We had salmon on a bus
At Epsom no races lost 1
We don't bet we just take
We don't bet we just take
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
I put a check on the world
I put a block on the words
Listen boys and girls
Just closer on the clommererds
Just close off the words
I put a block on the words
The nine unknown men knew this 2
The nine unknown men knew this
Three sorts - the first, along Louie's life
The second, the complete restructure of your pretentious life
Three, the only reason you know this is that it was well documented
But I say
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
I put a block on the words
Here's an independent chart money-spinner
For all you people who've come a long way
Me and the guys played this for charity for spastics 3
We did it ten thousand times and raised five shillings and seven and a half pence for charity
Cary Grant's wedding
Hail new puritan, righteous maelstrom
Have you ever heard a Bill Haley LP
What is this shit?
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Commentary
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Footnotes
- “Epsom” refers to the racecourse at Epsom Downs (see Wikipedia). Specifically it’s likely a reference to the annual Derby Stakes, aka the Epsom Derby, or just “The Derby”, which is the most famous race to be hosted there (see Wikipedia). ↩︎
- The Nine Unknown is a novel by Talbot Munday, first published in 1923. However, Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier’s classic of occult history (i.e. made up but entertaining nonsense), The Morning of the Magicians has a whole section on the “nine unknown men”. This, rather than Munday’s book, is most likely MES’ reference here. Whether Pauwels and Bergier were inspired by Munday is unknown. ↩︎
- See the note on the use of the word “spastics” in the entry for “Live at the Witch Trials“. ↩︎
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Putta Block” [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.
- Munday, Talbot (1923). The Nine Unknown. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. [Available online in the Internet Archive]
- 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: “Putta Block”
- Wikipedia: Epsom Derby
- Wikipedia: Epsom Downs Racecourse
- Wikipedia: The Morning of the Magicians
- 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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