One of the things I enjoy most about curating this blog is the fact that so many folk come forward with guest contributions, and it is from one of those back in 2017 that today’s song had been plucked.
The post came from Jonder, and was the first of what proved to be a number of ICAs by The Fall that he would submit in due course. ICA#137, published in September 2017, had the title ‘Elena’s The Fall’, and focussed on the ten-year period between 2007 and 2017, and was pulled together to acknowledge the contribution to the band by Elena Poulou, who had married Mark E. Smith and joined the band prior to 2003’s “The Real New Fall LP”, and then departed when the marriage fell apart.
The post included this bonus song:-
mp3: Shuttleworth – England’s Heartbeat (Brazilian Ambush)
Here’s what Jonder had to say:-
A 2010 World Cup song created by ex-Fall member Ed Blaney, Mark E. Smith and Jenny Shuttleworth. Blaney has remained on good terms with Smith, a feat unmatched among the scores of former Fall members. He and Mark made several records credited to “Smith And Blaney”, and Smith appears on Blaney’s 2016 album “Urban Nature”
Fancy a look at the low-budget video?
Great fun!
Oh, and I’ll just mention in passing that England got through the group stage but were then hammered 4-1 by Germany in the first knock-out round. At least they made it to South Africa…..Scotland fans were sitting at home and watching on television.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 