A classic, simplistic and snotty are the only two words you can sum up this cracker from one of the most raging Fall albums out there.
Song: Industrial Estate
Album: Live At The Witch Trials
Year: 1979
Even with it being so simple, the lyrics still have that other-worldly attention to detail that Mark has become known for, pull away the punk elements (of which this is undeniably influenced) and you have a genuinely British-sounding diatribe:
Get off the ind. est.
Get off the ind. est.
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
Well you started here to earn your pay
Clean neck and ears on your first day
Well we tap one another as you walk in the gate
And wed build a canteen but we havent got much space
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
And the crap in the air will fuck up your face
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
Boss can bloody take most of your wage
And if you get a bit of depression
Ask the doctor for some valium
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
Yeah, yeah, industrial estate
Incredible, just a rallying cry against petty mindsets and the way things are done, but also an affectionate look at workers' spirit, quite angry and a good five years before mining strikes in 84, for which this could easily be an anthem, gritty and with two fingers up. Its also fitting that this still sounds fresh after 32 years!
I'd be tempted to go through the rest of LATWT as one, long, gushing post but that'd be daft, keep on keeping on, this is getting interesting now.
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