Fall lyrics 'hard to hear', admits judge in copyright case

Former band member Julia Adamson and producer Steven Sharples contested ownership of the 1999 album track Touch SensitiveA judge ruling on a copyright dispute about rock band the Fall’s lyrics has admitted that the words were “hard to hear” due to frontman Mark E Smith’s vocal style. Recorder Amanda Michaels made the remark after listening to three versions of one of the Manchester band’s songs, in a court case in which Smith’s publisher Minder Music Ltd, former bandmate Julia Adamso