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May 03, 2006

"Fuck ‘em. Elvis never did encores. Never."

I can't comment much on the Fall show from last night as I got there right before the encore (after paying $10. Thanks, Stubb's staff.) due to a previous engagement. I was hoping that maybe we'd get something like "Big New Prinz" or even "Mr. Pharmacist." I love "Fall Heads Roll," so anything off of that would have been sufficient. We did get one of my favorite tracks off that LP, "I Can Hear the Grass Grow," but that was only two verses. It was disappointing because the last show I saw at Emo's had been a blast.

From reading the comments at the Fall discussion board, I didn't miss much. Following only seven songs, Mark E. Smith abruptly left the stage. For those who paid $20 + service charges, that amounts to about $3 per song. For better or worse, MES and the Fall's unpredictable live legend lives on.

Posted by timothompson at May 3, 2006 02:35 PM