The former, which is mainly an instrumental with a few snippets of lyrics/dialogue thrown in.
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But never fear, I’ve the promo video to provide the full version:. The version on offer today is taken from the compilation album, and it is a couple of minutes shorter than the original single, which ran to over six minutes in length, released on 7″ and 12″ vinyl, with the 7″ playing at 33 ⅓ RPM. Whether he was comparing the agonies of an office party at one of his former places of employment on Salford Docks with having to spend days at sea with the extended Salenger family, we can only make an assumption…… It seems that MES, in trying to escape all the fuss that was happening throughout, retreated to Cruiser’s Creek where he did some writing, seemingly using the location for the title but making the narrative about an office party. One of the most astonishing things to emerge in later years is that Cruiser’s Creek was the name of a library on a ship on which MES had spent time with Brix’s family after her grandparents had taken all the relatives on a fiftieth wedding anniversary cruise.
Reading them written down many years later and there’s confirmation that MES is having a sly dig at two of the year’s biggest happenings in the music world – Red Wedge and ZTT Records. I’m thinking he was referring to the utter danceability of the song, with a pacey riff and sing-along-chorus, albeit so many of the words in the verses are hard to pick out or fathom. Mark E Smith, in a contemporary interview with one of the music weeklies, said ‘it’s a party lyric with a party twist’. Putting the backstory together nowadays is much easier, thanks to the internet and the various fan sites devoted to The Fall, but trying to work it all out back in 1985 was a very tough task. I have, however, danced to it loads of times over recent years as I always made a request for it at the Little League nights when they used to take place, and John was always willing to indulge me.Ĭruiser’s Creek is brilliant. Why am I telling you all this? I suppose it is partly confessional as Cruiser’s Creek is up there as one of my favourite of all the songs written and recorded by The Fall and I really wish I had been aware of it at the time of its release, and not a few years later when I got my copy of The Fall 45 84 89 compilation. Besides, most other folk in my office (i.e 100%) were a tad more straight-laced when it came to music….something that only changed when Jacques the Kipper appeared on the scene some five years later. I was also not yet familiar with the alternative scene in Edinburgh, and so wouldn’t know the clubs or places that would likely play The Fall or indeed any of the music I liked. It proved to be the beginning of my drifting away, for the most part, from music for a few years. The three of us all worked – mine was office based with regular hours, but the flatmates worked in hotels and bars, often on night shifts, which meant there was little opportunity to play records or tapes without causing a disturbance. Money was tight, and much of my salary went on the rent for a room in a shared flat, albeit in a very nice part of the city. My excuse being that I had graduated from university a few months previously, moving almost immediately to Edinburgh to start my first job in July 1985. Sexton is Bob Dylan’s lead guitarist for most of the last 15 years.Another song that I only picked up on a few years after its release as a single in October 1985. Notably, all the guitar on the recording was played by guitar legend Charlie Sexton. Jones is a prodigious and prolific producer for artists, including Richard Julian, Over The Rhine, Tim Easton, Josh Rouse, Jill Sobule, Marshall Crenshaw, The Autumn Defense, Chuck Prophet, Hayes Carll, Dolly Parton and many, many more. In 2013, Matt finished his fourth studio album, 700 Miles, with Nashville producer Brad Jones at his studio “Alex the Great”.
He has played in many varied venues in central Ohio, played regularly in NYC and other cities in the NE and Midwest, played several times in Austin, TX, and even played in Germany on Ramstein Air Force Base for 6 months In 2004-2005 Covers usually include songs of Sinatra, Beatles, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Billy Joel, Elton John, and other hall of fame artists.Īs an artist who has averaged over 200 performances a year over the last 16 years, Munhall has learned to adapt and improvise well, keeping audiences of all ages and backgrounds engaged and entertained. Concert set lists usually include a wide variety of classics in addition to songs from his six full length albums.
His performances are always evolving, and his delivery and direction of his band show he is a seasoned professional. Matt Munhall is a pianist, composer, recording artist and performer whose songs are stylistically diverse and inspire reflection on the journey of life.
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