My all time favourite Fall track from a brilliant Album. MES said that it is a Sort of SCience fiction fantasy story, not to be taken literally. The moral is that if the north ever did rise again they would probably stuff it up. No way to explain everything, but some reference points
The NWRA - some people took this to be The North West Republican Army - MES always denied that.
The Arndale - enourmous shopping centre in Manchester
Sam Chppendale - the Dale in Arndale - one of the founders of the Arndale
Culloden - battle between the English and scots in 1745 - hence drunken highland (scottish) men looking for revenge
Joe Totale - the yet unborn son - presumably of Roman Total (RT XVIII ) the self created Fall review that they quote on some of the early albumn sleeves and the eponymous Totale's Turns.
My all time favourite Fall track from a brilliant Album. MES said that it is a Sort of SCience fiction fantasy story, not to be taken literally. The moral is that if the north ever did rise again they would probably stuff it up. No way to explain everything, but some reference points
The NWRA - some people took this to be The North West Republican Army - MES always denied that. The Arndale - enourmous shopping centre in Manchester Sam Chppendale - the Dale in Arndale - one of the founders of the Arndale Culloden - battle between the English and scots in 1745 - hence drunken highland (scottish) men looking for revenge Joe Totale - the yet unborn son - presumably of Roman Total (RT XVIII ) the self created Fall review that they quote on some of the early albumn sleeves and the eponymous Totale's Turns.
Check out the commentary here - very interesting thequietus.com/articles/03925-the-fall-and-mark-e-smith-as-a-narrative-lyric-writer