13 January 1978 Huddersfield:
- "Our new bass player, who is from York... (garbled)" (before Repetition)
22 July 78 Deeply Vale:
- "We're going to knock you down, we're going to come inside your head. Thank you and good afternoon...right, Psycho Mafia take one" (before Psycho Mafia)
- "We like to be in tune, this being our first experience of open air festivals." (before Rebellious Jukebox)
- "Right, all you skinheads...like to blow...you're on the slack(?)..." (before Like To Blow)
- "This one's about radios, videos, on a (?)...a note of your own choice, boys and girls..." (before Mess Of My)
- "I dream about taking some terrorists out for a quiet drink and getting them to stick a bomb up the architect's arse, the TV popman's (?) arse, you know, dreams, you know, when the only solution is retribution." (extra lyrics in Mess Of My)
- Right the new one" (before It's The new Thing)
- "Another slow one for you - a song of contrasts, for my mother and my sister."
- "Martin, reach out and tell one of Industrial Estate. I can't see one that makes a change. Get up for Industrial Estate-ah." (before Industrial Estate)
- "Do Futures and Pasts, Martin, yeah? We're a democratic band, y'know. We're just going for a conference to talk about our futures and our pasts." (last bit in American accent).
- "Last number now, right, come on Martin, sing a song, you can do it." (sung to the melody of Ding a Dong, Eurovision Song Contest winning song of 1975 (before Music Scene)
23 August 78 Oldham:
- "When I was at the Witch Trials in August it was You're Rurrrr ruurrr, rrrrururrr right NOISE! (before Repetition)...."We'd like to slow things down now so we'll just calm down" (before Frightened)..."This next one is a sequel to the last one" (before Stepping Out)..."This is the history lesson in our set. We're bringing you a bit of culture." (before Various Times):
- "Nice relaxed atmosphere down here in Oldham. The next one is just for you. Er...it's about videos. Which you don't get a lot of in Oldham. A note of your own choice, boys and girls. (before Mess of My)
-"Thank you. Another one from the vaults."(before Futures and Pasts)
- "This one's for John." (before Industrial Estate)
- (Martin Bramah) "Is it all right if we do another ? (calls to off-stage) Mark...? This is our party piece...Mark's just putting his make up on, it splits in the heat, you know..."
- "Thank you Martin, man of the people...Er, the next one is Music Scene, you asked for this. Ten minutes of it at least."
22 August 78 Mr Pickwick’s Liverpool:
- Ready now."; "I'm all right" (other group members) MES "I'd like to blow...sorry about the interruption...! (into Like To Blow)
- "Thank you...Two Steps Back...no it wasn't. Stepping Out ...We're going to give you a slow one" (into Stepping Out)
- "The last line of that song was ' Our affections are turning grey...so it's all slow. Two Steps Back· (into Two Steps Back)
- "Crackerrap - a place where you get into the working routine again, rehabs for no hopes,
prefab for jobless dopes...the old sheiks used to give themselves worms so they could eat a bit more, just like you lot” (during Two Steps Back)
- “Thank you. The next number is about videos and the signals in...a note of your own choice gentlemen” (into Mess Of My)
“Swedish singers with DLT [Dave Lee Travis?]...South African heroes...I dream about taking some terrorists out for a quiet drink, yer know...and getting them to stick a bomb up the TV man’s arse...the hedonist’s slideshow bullshit’s arse...yer know, where the only solution is retribution” (extra during Mess Of My; similar to 22 August 1978)
- “You start Bingo or...[indistinct] (before Bingo Master’s Breakout)
“Thank you. Slow one, ha ha, again. I looked in my pocket and look what’s come out, a slow one” (before Frightened)
- “Thank you. Left handed...” (before Industrial Estate)
- “Drop dead. We’re not doing that one tonight. Sorry. Psycho psycho...drop dead deadhead drop head drop dead deadhead” (into Psycho Mafia)
- “We’ve got a novelty here, we’ve got a bass player with three strings“; it’s the avant garde part of the set (Martin Bramah: Avant garde a third string.") [The gigography suggests that Bramah replies here, but with a question mark to show doubt...]...(Other group member:)”It’s too late to fucking (?) MES: We’re going off in a minute...Sing a song you can do it...baby it’s a big hit in...pop stars “ (sung in unison to the tune of Ding a Dong (see entry for 22 July 78)
“Thank you. That’s yer log. Have to go now, time’s up” (after Mother-Sister)
22 September 78 Belfast:
- "Good evening, we had a few, er, equipment problems, but ah we're all sorted out now. For all the tourists in tonight ... it's worse than last night, because we've only got two amps."
- "Thank you. This next one is our new single, and should be out about 1995, [with a bit of luck?]" (Into It's The New Thing)
- "Right, we'll have a bit of a rest now ( ... ) Sorry about that last one, we really got into it [Bramah: yeeah] we really got into ourselves on that one. So now we're gonna make up for it! Stepping Out, Stepping Out!"
- "This song is about nothing. The words just fit the music. So anything I say, take no notice of it, but it sounds good, know what I mean? Mother Sister."
- (MES): "I never liked him, I never liked that Smith. So I'm gonna take his place, Ok?, haha. Industrial Estate, c'mon, before Smith comes back!"
17 December 78 London:
"First time we played here we had a lot of hassle with chains and pins, and things have changed around here..."..."this next one is about what people from Cleveland would call, 'Neat, really neat'." (before Industrial Estate)
14 February 79 Altrincham: (early show):
- " Good evening, we are The Fall playing in front of a town without pity, about a city with no pity..."
- "You'll get what you're given and be happy with it."... "We don't do Industrial Estate anymore. You'll get what you're given and be happy with it."
- "We have to calm down for the next one. The last time we played this number we had to evacuate the stage so I don't want that to happen again, all right? It's one we wrote in 1976 when me and the lads got together, ha ha. Psycho Psycho!"
- " This next one is about a visit to the doctors which you definitely do not need and it's called Underground Medicin...and it starts off with acapello with me and Martin...(unclear...some problems with Bramah's guitar?)...we'll carry on, Martin." (before Underground Medicin)
-"It's another old song from the days they were made out to be great they were not that good so you you didn't miss anything." (before Stepping Out)
-"This is a new one...it's so bloody new we don't even know it. It's very good though, couldn't have missed it out, not for you kids." (before Let's)
- "The alternative hit for you shits." (It's the New Thing)
- "And it's Psycho again for the second time, very sorry...Martin's very sorry as well because he's very slow." (before Psycho Mafia)
14 February 79 Altrincham: (late show)
- "The next one is Put Away. Nearly together. We nearly got it together in the matinee. We might just get it together now."
- Member of audience : "Last Orders !"
- Mark : "Last orders half past ten. Martin - are you ready ? Hey you horror-face...."(into Printhead)
- "This next one is another deep, meaningful one. It's called Mess of My and it starts off with a bit of avant-garde from the band-ah. A note of your own choice, boys and girl....."
"This is a nice pleasant song, but it's out of season, but it's er.....it's earned its place in our set... "(before No Xmas For John Quays)
- "This is a song....this is a song...this is a song...this is...... "(into Rebellious Jukebox)
- "This next song is a new song and...er...we haven't quite got it together yet. I hope we do get it together for your ears....er....it's an objective song....Let's."
- "Right, this is a song me and the boys wrote back in '76" (before Psycho Mafia)
- Martin - "Calm down, we're only human you know..."
- Mark - "This is very embarrassing, we've got to (incomprehensible) the fucking banner here...and then you can have Stepping Out. This is a different version. A different version (silly voice) from the album version, know whorrimean ? Well, good for you, Marc, good for you...right.... "
(Music Scene includes a couple of lines from Wall Like A Man.)
25 February 79 Lyceum, London:
- "This one's a slow one, dedicated to H.P. Lovecraft. The psychologist said that he thought the shadow was his father. The shad was his dad." (before "A Figure Walks")
- someone: "(...) these dicks at the front?" (after "A Figure Walks")
(?) February 79 London:
- "This is the last one 'cos we've had enough even if you haven't" (The Fall were second on the bill in between Generation X and UK Subs and had spent the entire set being pelted by cans and plastic glasses.)
27 March 79 London:
- "This one's a slow one, dedicated to H.P. Lovecraft, xxx said that he thought a shadow was his father, a shadow was his dad" (A figure walks.)
- "The next one's going to be cool, too, for my mother. It's Mother's Day: is that why you're all so uptight." (Underground Medicin)
(?) May 79 Cambridge:
- "This songs about what makes Alf Roberts really happy"
(Intro to Rowche Rumble.)
9 August 79 London:
- "Good evening, All the groups imitate us but they always underrate us. We are The Fall, hello, hello, a scratchy wall of sound. White crap talks back. Witch Trials, brandy, Dragnet, Dragnet..."..."Come on Riley!" (in introduction to Put Away)
- MES: "This next ones called Stepping Out."
- Audience member: "Booo! Staff 9!"
- In Psycho Mafia, MES recites lyrics from Spectre Vs Rector
- "We lost our keyboard player this morning, so this is for her... it was one of, uh... it was number one for... in New Zealand for me and the lads, y'know. S'called Jukebox, pissers..."(before Rebellious Jukebox)
(So this puts a precise date on when Yvonne Pawlett left!)
- "Right... this next one's about time, which you are very into round here... even our record company has changed it's name to Step Backwards!" (before Various Times)
- "This is called Let's Get It Together" (before Choc Stock)
- "We've played all those before (something)... this next is about, uh, there's a lot of people who don't need records... this song's (something)... right... (screeches)" (before Psykick Dancehall)
- Audience member (after tape of Rowche Rumble fades out): "Fuck you, you cunt!" (before Put Away)
- "Right... this is a song about prison... it's called Put Away" (into Put Away)
15 September 79 London:
- "We get paid by the hour mate. Drag it on, man. Rowche!"..."We get a lot of letters asking who Frankie Lymon is."..."I'll tell you a secret. We are private detectives coming back from a musical pilgrimage. Who would suspect this? It is too obvious. We work under the name of The Fall, our office is secluded. We are six white guys... Up here in the north there is no wage packet jobs for us, thank Christ. As young married couples discuss the (policies?) of their self-filled traps. The junior clergy ,,, though. We spit in their plates and wait for the ice to melt." (intro to Before the Moon Falls)... "I met some people who weren't in a group the other day."
17 December 78 London:
- "(Take?) the sound off of Marc on the bass... he wants, uh, the sound playing in his ears... the next one is Jukebox..." (into Rebellious Jukebox)
- "The next one's a slow one so this little (garbled) can get removed for it"
Unidentified voice: "Is any Manicured Noise (support band) out, Mark?... Is yer bass on? Yeah? I can't find that - how d'yer turn it on?" (before Two Steps Back)
29 July 79 London
- "We lost our keyboard player this morning, so this is for her. It's one of our... it was number one in New Zealand for me and the lads (...). It's called 'Jukebox Pissers'" (before "Rebellious Jukebox")
- "Right, this new song is about time, which [is] very into round here. Even our record company has changed it's name to Step Backwards." (before "Various Times")
- "We've played one of those before (...). This next one is about, uh, the sort of people [that] don't need records. (...)" (before "Psykick Dancehall")
- Audience member: "F@&* you, you c&@#!" (before "Put Away")
1 September 79 JB's, Dudley
- "Good evening, we are The Fall. NWC that talks back. You can get wise at half the price. We were stepping, we were spitting. Cop out, cop out!" (introduction to "Before The Moon Falls")
- "We are The Fall, futuristic aides on long legs... as in from Heaven" (during "Before The Moon Falls")
- "We usually use this next song to insult the audience about the state of the pubs round in the area but, er, as we're an enlightened turn... the pubs around here are all right. Well... Jukebox Pissers!" (before "Rebellious Jukebox")
- "This makes The Pop Group look like simpletons, this next one... right, we don't need to prove it!" (before "Muzorewi's Daughter")
- "I sat and drank / For 30 years / I'm 45 / Like the U.K. Subs lead singer" (during "Fiery Jack")
- "(...) <laughs>... don't make a career out of it!" (before "No Xmas For John Quays")
27 October 79 Doncaster:
- "Good evening, we are The Fall. The difference between you and us is that we have brains."...""Will you fucking get it together instead of showing off?" (during No Xmas For John Quays)
4 November 79 Middlesborough:
- "This next one was a hit for me and the lads in Tibet." ( Introducing 'Rebellious Jukebox)
- "One, one... aaaaaaah! Futuristic aides on long legs... good evening, we are The Fall. Northern white crap but we talk back... we were spitting, we were stepping. Cop out, cop out! As if from Heaven. You can get wise at half the price... get wise at half the price. We are The Fall... as if from Heaven." ("Crap Rap")
- "Guitars through monitors A BIT" to soundman (that's a long "a")
- "You picked all the wrong ones tonight, I'm afraid. This one was a hit for me and the lads in Tibet, it's about drinking. Jukebox!"
- "This next one is epic. Okey dokey!" (Muzorewi's Daughter)
- "I know it's been hard going so far, but you've got to face up to it one day. You are stock you are pop you are pop stock."
- "There's no requests tonight, sorry."
- "We'd like to finish off with a religious song, seeing as it's Sunday." (That Man)
12 November 79 Preston:
- "Blackpool's near here, isn't it? BLACKPOOL'S NEAR HERE, ISN'T IT?" crowd chants: "We hate Blackpool and we hate Blackpool."
- "Can we have more drums on stage, please? Very weedy, indeed."
16 November 79 Retford:
- "This is about a fellow who's hiding in a flat so he changes the window so you can see into him... maybe." (before Flat Of Angels)
- "This was a hit for us in Eskimo land, and I'm very pleased to be here tonight." (Rebellious Jukebox)
(?)November 79 London:
-"Good evening we are the Fall that's spelt F A Long Legs".
1 December 79 NYC:
"Good evening, we are The Fall. That's 'F A double L' - as if from heaven. A voice for cults. This is flack (?) and the number is Fiery Jack."
- "This song is about psychics so you've got to exercise the ectoplasm and become part of the quest, part of the quest!"
3 December 79 The Club, Cambridge
- "Turn everything up, Grant, please (...) transistor radio" (during "Psykick Dancehall")
- "This is about a disease that is rife in England. It was not the Black Death... the Black Death was nothing compared to this. It was the mass use of Roche A.G. tranquillizers, and it goes like..." (before "Rowche Rumble")
- "It's that lot back again... back! We are The Fall... this is flack... this is 'Fiery Jack'... not before his amp's warmed up. Very nice... no, wrong song. Shhhhh!" (before "Fiery Jack")
- "OK, we're pretty fed up anyway, so this is one from the vaults. We don't really know it but why offer excuses? Flack all the time... you've got to make it on your own 'cos you know that's cool." (before "Repetition")
14 December 79 L.A.:
- "Treat your liver in. Treat your liver in. Treat it like a bin. What is it there for? The (abuse) of your body is OK. But not... it's just a Swiss-nosed (...) This is the Gary Glitter part of the act. Do you like it? How many bucks will you pay next time?" (during "Rowche Rumble")
- "Your decadent sins will reap discipline, we are the new puritans, we are The Fall as in from heaven, as in from heaven...there are no wage-packet jobs for us as married couples discuss the polities of their self-built traps and your country demands more cash. Is there anybody there? Yeah!" (before Psykick Dancehall)
- "I tell you, the person that wrote this (...) bastard. He was a left-wing (...). All the left-wingers in England walk and drive around in false cars. I bet you didn't know that." (before "Stepping Out")
- "Your decadent sins will wreak discipline. We are the new puritans. We are The Fall, as if from heaven, as if from heaven. Ch-ch-ch-chew-ah! Ch-ch-ch-chew-ah! There are no wage packet jobs for us as married couples discuss the polities of their self-filled traps. And your country demands more cash. Is there anybody there?"
- "Do you want this up, Grant, or what. Turn yourself up a bit. Right, we did all the hits, we played some fucking hangar* before we came here. So we're going to mutilate this one." (Rowche) *Hope Street Hall, L.A.
- "This is Budweiser water you're selling here. [in posh accent] Okay, wot? Okay, right. This is a [hit?] for me and the lads in Eskimo land." (after Rebellious Jukebox: "That's a hit, murdered."
- "Pure pop for now people" (Could be Riley?) (after Your Heart Out)
- "Right, that was the loosest thing we've ever done. Thank you. Thank you ,,,. It's just like being at home in the front room. But you are pop, you are stock, you are still buying the single shit. Okey dokey!"
- "Sorry we have to be so miserable. This is tribal. This looks like a political club, huh? This is where all the intellectuals go, isn't it?" (during Muzorewi's Daughter intro)
- "You need summat a bit more instant. (...) get to the story. You all want summat quick and short... do it quick and short. This is (...)" (before "Dice Man")
- "Right, that was the loosest thing we've ever done. Thank you. Thank you for what it's worth. It's just like being at home in the front room. But you are pop, you are stock, you are still buying the single shit. Okey dokey!" (before "Choc-Stock")
3 December 79 Cambridge, Massachusetts:
- "Virgin Records is the home of the Antichrist."
14 December 79 L.A.:
- "the (?) keyboards need some discipline...this next one is more trash" (before Your Heart Out)..."Sorry that we have to be so miserable" (before Muzorewi's Daughter).