it's sort of incredible how after spending most of the 90s wallowing in mediocrity, MES and co. were able to return in the new millennium with some of their greatest records ever. 'Blindness' might be the best Fall song ever
Powerstation? I was there, drinking pints at Galbraiths at a table next to MES and the band beforehand ... My mate chundered on Mt Eden rd (not from drinking) as we crossed to watch the band play ... Very rock and roll...
This song is a lot darker when you learn its about the serial killer Harold Shipman who killed over 200 people and is believed to be the most prolific serial killer in UK history
Shipman was my mum's doctor before she died of heart disease. Luckily she was poor. Before the daze of the internet The Fall were singing about satanism and masonry and everything else. A boddingtons philosophy....like Leave the Capital.
Not just in UK history, the most prolific ever, in the world! Unless you take the absolute lowest estimates and compare them to the absolute highest estimates of Luís Garavito.
#6000000 in the "why MES was god"...."I am a rabbit from East Germany...." take that Baudelaire! Bob Dylan! Nick Cave! *insert yr wanker lit fave here" and that RIFF....yummmy.
I was going to Leamington in 2017 but a death in the family meant I could not go. Maybe for the best as from all acounts Mark struggled and was not a good night, but I would liked to see Mark one last time
Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Well, leg-end... living! We are living leg-ends! The living leg-end! I am a rabbit from East Germany I was very happy! And I could get anything I want I was so-oh happy! Then I moved to North Britain I became an immigrant I could frolic around all night In the green grass I was sort of happy! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! But then one night By the green grass By a rubbish receptacle I saw a newspaper I was not very happy! There was a man going round all the time He was dishing out drugs He was a doctor Dishing out morphine to old ladies I said, what about us? (Shipman!) What about us? (Shipman!) What about us? (Shipman!) What about us? (Shipman!) What about us, Shipman? What about us? (Shipman!) What about us, Shipman? What about us? (Shipman!) Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! I'm an immigrant from East Germany I was sort of happy I could frolic around a lot In the train station I could get anything I want There was a doctor going around He was dishing out drugs He was dishing out left and right To old ladies So don't get me wrong People in Great Britain Please don't get me wrong Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Please don't get me wrong! Hop! Hop! Hop! What about us? (Shipman!) What about us? (Shipman!) What about us? (Shipman!) What about us? (Shipman!) What about us, Shipman? What about us? (Shipman!) What about us, Shipman? What about us? (Shipman!) What about us? (Shipman!) What about us, Shipman? What about us? (Shipman!) What about us, Shipman?
I a;ways heard the lyric, after learning that the morphine is only for ladies as the dismayed yelp "What about us?! Shit, Man!" which is way better than a ref to harold Shipman. I run into alot of wrong lyrics that never get corrected online. Like the stones "live with me" official lyric is "she's fond of crazy horse" but its really 'Shes from the Crazy Horse" famous french strip/burlesque joint. Which also makes sense while "fond' is just gibberish. But a sexy french maid colud dig NeilYoung or a doomed noble warrior. Them dirty beatles think its funny to let it be wrong. Learning that shipman stuff nearly killed this song for me and it was the best in ages
his body of work is absolutely amazing. One of the all-time greats.
What do you mean one of?
Well said mate !
Who? Shipman's?
Another fine fine outing from one of the greatest bands ever.
Totally, it's a great album too. There are at least 100 songs I love by The Fall.
They're one of the greatest for sure.
it's sort of incredible how after spending most of the 90s wallowing in mediocrity, MES and co. were able to return in the new millennium with some of their greatest records ever. 'Blindness' might be the best Fall song ever
" i had only one leg the road hadnt been fixed , i had to get home by half past six " Thanks mark .
Let's face it: The whole world loves this band.
Although apparently their X Factor audition didn't go too well.
Nope 1% of people love them. But those of us in the 1% are lucky AF.
50000 fans can't be wrong
No longer a living leg-end ... RIP genius and great man ...
"I could get anything I want.
I was sort of happy."
Smashing tune. Another Mark E Smith top tune.
Killer tune, saw The Fall play it live tonight in Auckland, New Zealand
New Yawk, at Knitting Factory
Powerstation? I was there, drinking pints at Galbraiths at a table next to MES and the band beforehand ... My mate chundered on Mt Eden rd (not from drinking) as we crossed to watch the band play ... Very rock and roll...
RIP Total legend.
I met Mark E Smith once,he was speeding his face off at the time, oddly enough so was I . He was the guvnor,he knew the score.
a great song about Harold shipman...RIP...mark...living leg-end-ah...
Mint tune, sounds proper late 70s/early 80s... lyrically belting
A smashing belter
You could be forgiven for thinking this was early/mid '80s Fall
I did.
...and we're off!! Thank goodness for Mark eh? Gonna miss him.
He's a true genius!
This song is a lot darker when you learn its about the serial killer Harold Shipman who killed over 200 people and is believed to be the most prolific serial killer in UK history
Shipman was my mum's doctor before she died of heart disease. Luckily she was poor. Before the daze of the internet The Fall were singing about satanism and masonry and everything else.
A boddingtons philosophy....like Leave the Capital.
200 is the lowest estimate, 459 died while under his care, so probably a lot more died by his hand. Monster!
@@keithbentley6081 Shipman was on a different scale....
Not just in UK history, the most prolific ever, in the world! Unless you take the absolute lowest estimates and compare them to the absolute highest estimates of Luís Garavito.
Shipman=CARONTE
#6000000 in the "why MES was god"...."I am a rabbit from East Germany...." take that Baudelaire! Bob Dylan! Nick Cave! *insert yr wanker lit fave here" and that RIFF....yummmy.
Cheers for the upload.
Best Song Ever--- From, All The Gods.
I was going to Leamington in 2017 but a death in the family meant I could not go. Maybe for the best as from all acounts Mark struggled and was not a good night, but I would liked to see Mark one last time
Live this is a blast of sub lingual brilliance from living leg ends
There was a man going round town.. he was dishing out drugs.. he was a doctor.. he was giving out morphine.. to old ladies.
....but then one night, by the green grass, by a rubbish receptacle I saw a newspaper..... I was not very happy.....
@Richard Porter .....SHIPMAN!!
that was my lodger, now hes getting banged in a hardman jail..... I was sort of happy /// buuuuuTTTT
Intro tune to my last ever MES concert, Windsor 2009
Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba!
Well, leg-end... living!
We are living leg-ends!
The living leg-end!
I am a rabbit from East Germany
I was very happy!
And I could get anything I want
I was so-oh happy!
Then I moved to North Britain
I became an immigrant
I could frolic around all night
In the green grass
I was sort of happy!
Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba!
But then one night
By the green grass
By a rubbish receptacle
I saw a newspaper
I was not very happy!
There was a man going round all the time
He was dishing out drugs
He was a doctor
Dishing out morphine to old ladies
I said, what about us? (Shipman!)
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us, Shipman?
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us, Shipman?
What about us? (Shipman!)
Hop! Hop! Hop!
Hop! Hop! Hop!
Hop! Hop! Hop!
I'm an immigrant from East Germany
I was sort of happy
I could frolic around a lot
In the train station
I could get anything I want
There was a doctor going around
He was dishing out drugs
He was dishing out left and right
To old ladies
So don't get me wrong
People in Great Britain
Please don't get me wrong
Hop! Hop! Hop!
Hop! Hop! Hop!
Hop! Hop! Hop!
Please don't get me wrong!
Hop! Hop! Hop!
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us, Shipman?
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us, Shipman?
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us, Shipman?
What about us? (Shipman!)
What about us, Shipman?
“What about us, Shipman?”
BA BA BABA BABABABAAAA
your transcription misses a 'BA' in the final phrase :P
♡♡♡
"dishing out morphine....."
MES RIP.
ooosh ! RIP MES !!
wehay !!
Head's will all way's roll.
T' was in the time when the weirder you sang the better you sang.Can not really see such frolics beïng apprecïeted in 2021.
lol Yard Act Elton John's fave new band among many others proving you and all the ''bad singer is bad'' people wrong every year since Dylan etc
Good again
Still ' at it ' in 2015. Stamina. Protestant jerk effort. Tuneage.
Mark n Roll
Wonder if Harold Shipmans family know about this song
hahahahax
Are they still alive ?
The start of the Windsor night in 2009;
Good
soudns really close to VU early days
whup❤
Mark E=mc2 Smith*
👍👍👍
"What about us?"
Belting tune
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
also here: one "ba" missing😢
He was a doctor/ he was dishing out morphine...to old ladies
What about us, Shipman?
hahaha
I a;ways heard the lyric, after learning that the morphine is only for ladies as the dismayed yelp "What about us?! Shit, Man!"
which is way better than a ref to harold Shipman. I run into alot of wrong lyrics that never get corrected online. Like the stones "live with me" official lyric is "she's fond of crazy horse" but its really 'Shes from the Crazy Horse" famous french strip/burlesque joint. Which also makes sense while "fond' is just gibberish. But a sexy french maid colud dig NeilYoung or a doomed noble warrior. Them dirty beatles think its funny to let it be wrong.
Learning that shipman stuff nearly killed this song for me and it was the best in ages
'Shit, man' would be an utterly dreadful lyric compared to the wonderfully dark humour of complaining that Harold Shipman didn't give him any drugs.
jumpin' jack fuffa
Harold Shipman. .
OM MANI PADME HUM
so what about you?
Such an influencial band
Fa fa fa
Miss Mark. Music is ten times lamer without him.
dr bucks script
ooosh ! RIP MES !!