tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post6804339657911625949..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: FFB: The FallenK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-85507165147202703822011-07-08T12:52:28.385-04:002011-07-08T12:52:28.385-04:00I refuse to comment on the Phil.I refuse to comment on the Phil.Kit Marlowehttp://www.kit-marlowe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-78905423003944004252011-07-08T12:51:52.527-04:002011-07-08T12:51:52.527-04:00Well, but given the nature of the beast, once the ...Well, but given the nature of the beast, once the band members <i>weren't</i> in The Fall, I figured what's the point. It's the blindness of obsession. Or he just asked me on a cranky day...Kit Marlowehttp://www.kit-marlowe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-19764639023221602682011-07-08T12:49:42.254-04:002011-07-08T12:49:42.254-04:00(The Kinks being an example of a band that never d...(The Kinks being an example of a band that never did stay in a single bag for a long stretch, and yet lasted forever somehow, albeit with fallow periods. Hell, the Stones made efforts to be protean, but pretty much were over being terribly fresh by the time of Jones's death, though I'm still fond of TATTOO YOU. And Phil Collins/latter-day Genesis can be taken more easily if somehow shorn of lyrics...)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-526112332066923312011-07-08T12:46:14.523-04:002011-07-08T12:46:14.523-04:00I remember when Marko asked if I had got The Falle...I remember when Marko asked if I had got <i>The Fallen</i> yet and I said, "Nah, I'm really only interested in MES, don't think I'll be interested."<br /><br />--Really? But wasn't the Fall kind of the center of Smith's professional and artistic life, at least? (As in, I'm not understanding that attitude...but I'm easily confused at times. But it does seem like being a huge fan of Brian Wilson or Ray Davies and resisting reading a book about the Beach Boys or the Kinks.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com