Senior Twilight Stock Replacer

Lyrics

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Time to wonder
Bury zero seven seven (3)
Fifty-eight
Driver B
Released Albion
Late to reclaim (4)

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See
S.N.I.P. (5)

To think about more
Plants
And more time to wonder
Where more gas and food is coming from

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Big day in omnipresence in Trafalgar

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St. Gabriel's medical centre (6)
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Get free calls for a year
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Reclaim in the Lord

Notes

1. This opens with a chant that in its cadence is reminscent of "Guest Informant." As compared to that number, on the other hand, the music is both funkier and statelier, making it one of the Fall's more anthemic efforts. But what the hell is a "Senior Twilight Stock Replacer"? It would seem to be a store employee who stocks shelves on the evening shift. Google turns up a surprising number of queries about such a job at places like Tesco (a British grocery chain), but none of them seem to be entirely serious and, even more suspiciously, none seem to predate the release of Imperial Wax Solvent.

2. MES's vocal comes in on this line, and, puzzlingly, it is mixed very loud while the whole rest of the track simultaneously dips in volume, which gives a synthetic and disjointed feel to the song at this point. Like the interjections on "Can Can Summer," this seems an ill-conceived move that sabotages the track a bit.

3. There seems to be a row of stores at this address, which may be where stock is being replaced.

4. These lines vaguely suggest some sort of wholesale transactions are occurring; "Albion" is an old name for the isles of Britain and is still sometimes used in that sense.

5. No, I don't know do you?

6. St. Gabriel's is in MES's home town of Prestwich.

More Information

Senior Twilight Stock Replacer: Fall Tracks A-Z

Comments (6)

1. npru | 26/01/2014

Quite possible that this song is about a job opportunity at the Tesco superstore in Prestwich, which was one of the first in the UK to have 24 hour opening. Its telephone number has a 77 in it. The Twilight Stock Replacers start work around 10.30pm when the customers are few.

St Gabriels is just a Health Centre, not a hospital

2. Andra Lex | 24/03/2014

This site here gave me much a laugh, when I searched after the Fall´s
Senior Stock Replacer with Bing Search. The first thing which was shown under the Annotated Fall was such a funny text, when read only
on the Bing list. I thought just the same as quoted: The Fall text can only mean, that an older person is looked for to refill the supermarkets shelves before dawn. To be more exakt, at about five o´clock to maybe ten. That is what I can whatch at my place anyday.