“I took this orange speed,” he begins, unbelievably, but the detail of the story is lost within the whirlpool of his voicebox. The gist is: the orange speed, taken some time ago, slowed his urinary function. Amazing. One of his new songs, Dedication Not Medication, deals with the reverse of this condition, accusing “Pierce Brosnan” of prescribing “bedwetting pills.” It’s about Smith’s doctor.
Dedication Not Medication, taken from Sub-Lingual Tablet (2015).
via The Annotated Fall website & Q Magazine, 2015:
Likely he was prescribed lasix or some diuretic for fluid overload due to congestive heart failure, likely caused by all of the speed he took during his lifetime.
Still miss you MES RIP
The Fall
“I took this orange speed,” he begins, unbelievably, but the detail of the story is lost within the whirlpool of his voicebox. The gist is: the orange speed, taken some time ago, slowed his urinary function. Amazing. One of his new songs, Dedication Not Medication, deals with the reverse of this condition, accusing “Pierce Brosnan” of prescribing “bedwetting pills.” It’s about Smith’s doctor.
Dedication Not Medication, taken from Sub-Lingual Tablet (2015).
via The Annotated Fall website & Q Magazine, 2015:
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