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Sunday, 7 June 2015

The Fall: The Aphid

Track of the Week - 7 Jun 2015

Yes, I know, it's the Fall again! Well I couldn't help it because...

... I was watching BBC TV's Springwatch with Mrs Tea at Johnny's on Thursday and there was a segment about some men who flew a large net under a kite/balloon thing. The net scooped up these insects from the sky and the men put the insects in a jar.

This song from The Fall's 1995 album Cerebral Caustic is a take on the 1960s craze for novelty dances and among the instructions from the caller is 'put the aphids in a jar'.  Its genius is that it sounds like a cover version of something much older.

What else was I supposed to choose when I know this?


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