Written by: Mark E Smith, Ed Blaney
Studio releases:
- 2G+2
- Rude All The Time (EP) (entitled Rude All The Time (Mix 15),an alternate take of the track as appearing on 2G+2}
- Are You Are Missing Winner, 6 (track as released on 2G+2)
- The Fall Box Set 1976-2007 (track as released on 2G+2)
- The Fall: A Sides 1978 – 2016. (Distilled Art Mug (Mix 15))
- The Fall: Singles 1978 – 2016, Cherry Red CRCDBox 30; 24 November 2017 (Distilled Art Mug (Mix 15))
Originally recorded for the scrapped EP “The Present”, this is an acoustic strumalong song, features a second distorted second vocal which is rather difficult to make out. The lyrics, more interesting than the actual music, are an attack against the computer manipulation of faces. Contains seemingly random numbers (as in Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room and ROD, among others). The version on the Rude All The Time EP doesn’t differ greatly from the 2G+2 version, perhaps being better mixed. It has never been played live.
Someone is playing something that sounds like a Jaw’s Harp throughout – not clear who