hippriestess: Curiosities of The Fall - No 10 of 15(ish) - Blindness “Blindness”? A curiosity? For sure it is… It’s less a song than a bass riff and, as Jim Watts later admitted, said riff is copped from “Witness (1 Hope)” by Roots Manuva. The Fall pitch it down a semitone and sharpen the note at the 7th beat, thus avoiding a lawsuit and adding a sense of menace their inspiration lacked. The versi