Comments on: YMGTA #30 – Are You Are Missing Winner https://youmustgetthemall.wordpress.com/2019/09/07/ymgta-30-are-you-are-missing-winner/ "It's the whole body of the work that is to be applauded" Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: fabulous_rich🎵 (@fabulous_rich) https://youmustgetthemall.wordpress.com/2019/09/07/ymgta-30-are-you-are-missing-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:41:11 +0000 http://youmustgetthemall.wordpress.com/?p=580#comment-417 I always liked the album cover! It’s a little reminiscent of Pearl Jam’s ‘Ten’, and the title looks like it’s presented in a ‘Star Wars opening crawl’ style. Possibly a co-incidence that Pearl Jam and Star Wars were name-checked in a couple of The Fall’s 90s songs. Alternatively, we could have ended up with the “un-inverted” version, as per https://4dd65568-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/reformationposttpm/fall-officual-releases/are-you-are-missing-winner-album/ayamwneg.jpg – and I think we might have been all the poorer for it. And ‘Crop Dust’ – borrowed elements, sure, but it’s especially Mark’s delivery on it that ensures I keep coming back to that song again and again.

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By: Gareth John https://youmustgetthemall.wordpress.com/2019/09/07/ymgta-30-are-you-are-missing-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:02:00 +0000 http://youmustgetthemall.wordpress.com/?p=580#comment-402 This is about where I would rate it, (although if we ever meet we will have a robust exchange of views about Code Selfish, one of the strongest Fall albums. Mystifying to me why you rate it in the bottom four.) I recall reading somewhere that when they recorded AYAMW they did it in a rush because MES was flat broke- he said in an interview once that he was declared bankrupt in 2001, so that fits. Most of it sounds like it was written quickly in the studio, although I do have an enduring fondness for Bourgeois Town, possibly because that was the first bass part I ever learned by ear. A nice, bouncy 1-4-5 figure that just goes to show how you can make something fun from very basic ingredients.

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