Symbol Of Mordgan
The Fall · Other Songs - The Fall
CS. Er, grim.
JP: Grim? Really? Well once again,
you see, because people always assume that I've got
loads of technology available to me here and lots of
people rushing about giving me bits of paper like they
do on television. In fact I'm Just watching the television so erm...
CS: [...]
JP: Oh right yeah. Okay go on, tell us all about it
CS: Well I mean the first half we were all over them.
It's a typical City game, y'know.
Ye were like totally outplayed,
and they're rubbish anyway,
West Ham, it's got to be said.
[.. .] but erm no we were all over them in the first
half and I don't know what he puts in the tea in the
second half but erm we were like kinda zombies when
we came back on. There weren't any good players apart
from er Rocastle which I thought was <cut>
JR: [...] that one little thing where he sort of...
......
CS: Yeah we do we play lots of football,
loads of passing, they play too much football,
they're just kind of er. .
. everyone's like looking for a passing opportunity
rather than like a scoring opportunity.
JP: Not going to go down though, are they, Craig?
CS: Er.. .I don't know. Everyone else in er.
.. everyone else thinks we're gonna go down but they've
just like suddenly come out of closets,
y'know, they've like discovered their grandfather was a United fanfar.
JP: Right
CS: ...some years back It's like the whole of Manchester
at the moment anyway
JP: I was told you see, I was always told er the conventional
wisdom was that .... <cut> that isn't the case any more.
CS: Well the true Mancunian is the Man City fan, I find.
JR: (laughs)
CS: I mean they're all reds really aren't they and er. . . <cut>
What upsets you really is that the training that you
must have in discussion at your own level regarding
the existence of god is far greater than everybody
that's ringing in tonight.
Symbol Of Mordgan
Released by The Fall in 1981, 'Symbol Of Mordgan' stands as a defining track within the band's post-punk evolution. The song features the distinctive, rhythmic guitar work and vocal delivery characteristic of Ian Curtis's later period, blending industrial textures with melodic sensibilities. It appears on the album 'The Big Bang', marking a significant moment in the band's discography where they moved away from pure noise towards a more structured, albeit still abrasive, sound. The track exemplifies the Manchester scene's influence on emerging industrial and post-punk genres, serving as a pivotal recording that showcased Curtis's ability to fuse aggression with poetic lyricism. Its enduring presence in The Fall's catalogue highlights its status as a key work in the history of British alternative music.