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Track: Prole Art Threat
Artist: The Fall
Album: Slates

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Name: The Fall
Spotify Genres: post-punk, madchester, new wave, deathrock, proto-punk, cold wave
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Post-punk band from Greater Manchester, UK. 1976 to 2018. Mark E. Smith was the lead singer, lyricist, frontman and only constant member of the formation. He died on the morning of Wednesday January 24th, 2018. Formed in 1976 through a poetry-style collective beginnings, The Fall released around 50 singles, 34 studio albums, and well over 50 live and compilation albums as well as releasing a play 'Hey Luciani' and a Ballet 'I am Kurious Oranj'. They also recorded 24 sessions for John Peel's Radio 1 show between June 1978 and August 2004. The band went through numerous personnel changes over the years (with well over 30 different line-ups). From July 2007 The Fall comprised: Mark E. Smith, vocals; Pete Greenway, guitar; Dave "The Eagle" Spurr, bass; Elena Poulou, keyboards; Keiron Melling, drums. For a year (2014-15), Daren Garratt became a full-time member as a second drummer. Poulou's (Smith's then wife) last gig was 28th April 2016. Mike Clapham joined on keyboards from 23rd May 2017 until their final gig.

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Release: The Fall - Slates
Year: 1981
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave, Punk

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LYRICS

Pink press threat!
MAN WITH CHIP: I'm riding third class on a one-class train.
I'm cranked at nought like a wimpey crane.

I'm a pink prole threat.

GENT IN SAFE-HOUSE: Get out the pink press threat file

and Brrrptzzap* the subject. (* = scrambled)

MAN WITH CHIP: It's de-louse, safe-house time

(now v. bitter) When I get to the safe house

Hanging rhyme

Hang this crummy blitz trad. by its neck

Pink press threat

I escaped the pink prole effect

GENT IN SAFE-HOUSE: It's a new prole art threat

It's recluse, safehouse time

NARRATOR: Then the clan began

Agenda Item One

Scene: Safe-house Give them nail files, soon

GENT AND STAFF- And looking at this agenda, we have a bit of

now revealed a problem here

to be m.i.9 Get out the pink press threat file

New prole art threat the subject

It's safehouse, safehouse time

(ALL: Everybody hears the hum at 3:00 a.m.)

But in the safehouse, it's not around

Pink press threat

GENT: Get out and apply the wet lib file

Vs. this new prole art threat

Safehouse, safehouse tone

MAN WITH CHIP, That clan has gotten away with 100 years

dissipated and knacked, of sheer brilliance

at home, video reach, --Up till now

stereo bog etc.