Brix Picks

Go back a couple of weeks to see more by The Fall and Brix (Adult Net) and of course Mark E Smith, but today's pick is focused on Brix E Smith-Start and her non-Adult Net work. And not everything, I didn't include anything beyond her stuff with the Fall and the Extricated. There's more than enough here and it really gels together. The post Adult Net stuff as Brix and the Extricated sounds very much like The Fall without Mark. No surprise since there are old members of that band recruited to play with her. I like this stuff! And her contributions to The Fall make a lot more sense hearing it away from Mark and makes her case (from her book) that she did a lot more than she was allowed to get credit for. From one of her early tracks with the Fall through all her Extricated work, this samples much of it.

Brix Picks

01 Brix & The Extricated - Dog Face (Lost In Gdansk)

02 The Fall - Couldn't Get Ahead

03 The Fall - 2 x 4

04 Brix & The Extricated - Unrecognisable

05 Brix & The Extricated - Strange Times

06 The Fall - DKTR. Faustus

07 The Fall - Hotel Bloedel

08 The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist

09 Brix & The Extricated - Feeling Numb

10 Brix & The Extricated - Something To Lose

11 Brix & The Extricated - Alaska

12 Brix & The Extricated - Valentino

13 The Fall - New Big Prinz

14 The Fall - Hey! Luciani

15 The Fall - Victoria

16 Brix & The Extricated - Moonrise Kingdom

17 Brix & The Extricated - Heavy Crown

18 The Fall - Cruisers Creek

19 Brix & The Extricated - Pneumatic Violet

20 The Fall - Shoulder Pads 1 #

21 The Fall - Bombast

22 The Fall - C.R.E.E.P.

Fall Do Overs

The last couple of days I've had picks that were somewhat related to The Fall, so I figured I should get right to the heart of it. These are all by the band covering other people's songs. A "do over" for them. I've always liked the band and especially their covers, so here are as many as I could figure out. I go against my rule of only putting enough songs in these playlists that end up being CD length (up to 80 minutes in my world). This is almost half hour too much. Sorry, but I didn't have the heart to cut any and I know I should have. You are just going to have to suck it up and deal with my shortcomings. I wanted them all in one place.

Fall Do Overs

01 The Fall - Junk Man

02 The Fall - Loop 41-Houston

03 The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist

04 The Fall - Black Monk Theme Part I

05 The Fall - Gotta See Jane

06 The Fall - I'm Going To Spain

07 The Fall - This Perfect Day

08 The Fall - Higgle-dy Piggle-dy

09 The Fall - Lost in Music

10 The Fall - Funnel Of Love

11 The Fall - Bound

12 The Fall - F-'oldin' Money

13 The Fall - Last Chance To Turn Around

14 The Fall - Stout Man

15 The Fall - Jungle Rock

16 The Fall - War

17 The Fall - Kimble

18 The Fall - Just Waiting

19 The Fall - Stay Away (Old White Train)

20 The Fall - Why Are People Grudgeful

21 The Fall - A Day In The Life

22 The Fall - White Lightning

23 The Fall - Victoria

24 The Fall - I'm a Mummy

25 The Fall - I Can Hear the Grass Grow

26 The Fall - White Line Fever

27 The Fall - Strangetown

28 The Fall - Rollin' Dany

29 The Fall - The Legend Of Xanadu

30 The Fall - I'm Not Satisfied

31 The Fall - There's a Ghost in My House

32 The Fall - Shut Up!

Mark E Smith

I am a Mark E Smith fan, especially in The Fall. And was happy to find him on other recordings besides the millions with the Fall. He did some guest spots and he was sampled and he did some side projects. This pick is a sampling of all that. Not as popular in the States as he was back home, but he definitely had some followers here. I figured he was probably a drunk and an ass, but anyone who could put out music like him was worth my time. He always looke dlike he would be yelling at someone to get off his lawn. Just my kind of guy!

Mark E Smith

01 Mouse On Mars - 21Again

02 Tackhead featuring Mark E Smith - Repetition (Repetition)

03 Coldcut featuring Mark E Smith - (I'm) In Deep

04 Gorillaz featuring Mark E Smith - Glitter Freeze

05 Edwyn Collins - Seventies Night

06 Shuttleworth featuring Mark E Smith - England's Heartbeat

07 DOSE featuring Mark E Smith - Plug Myself In

08 Blaney featuring Mark E Smith - Thinking Of You

09 Jan St. Werner featuring Mark E Smith - Back To Animals

10 Von Südenfed, Mark E. Smith, Mouse On Mars - The Rhinohead

11 Mouse On Mars featuring Mark E Smith - Cut the Gain

12 Ghostigital - Not Clean

13 12 Inch featuring Mark E Smith - Inch

14 Mark E Smith - Dissolute Singer

15 Mark E Smith & Ed Blaney - Real Good Time Together

16 Inspiral Carpets featuring Mark E Smith - I Want You

17 Long Fin Killie - The Heads Of Dead Surfers

18 The Clint Boon Experience - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down

19 The Fall - Totally Wired