The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith 1/9

[simonthompson27]

always nice to see Franz Ferdinand attempting to take the moral high ground concerning bands which attempt to immitate other bands....NOW...whats that thing they write on the internet?...oh yes..ROFLMAO

[ronaldvanderkleij]

Garage bands my god thats Nirvana not the Fall they are much more than that!!!!!!!!!!!

[jaytown2]

the taint

[hufclufc]

One of the great tragedies of modern times was Peely dying without hearing the last 4 Fall albums

[nath909]

2:56, franz ferdinand there tryin to look cool well, it dosent work.

[JackM2409]

whats the song at 2:23

[littlelord]

@JackM2409

Green Eyed Loco Man

[eigendunk]

Why does Captain Beefheart's Dali's Car start at 5:43?

[RolandDeschain1]

And I thought Megadeth had the record for the most sacked band members.

[shabbamanuk]

can anyone tell me the name of the bass player who's in the studio with them?..he's also playing the piano at the beginig of this clip...many thanks.

[rkeltie]

@shabbamanuk Steve Trafford

[seivad9]

@shabbamanuk Steve Trafford I believe

[EuchridEucrow1]

You know I hate to say this, because I really like The Fall and I'm quite anxious to learn more about Smith, but I am having a fuck of a time trying to understand what he says.

He mumbles quite a bit when he talks.

[kogler]

Just google it:

The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith transcript

[HaurTotale]

@EuchridEucrow1

Part of the Fall

Part of the Fun

[tescocadaver]

Read the sleeve notes seivad9 - 'Romping travesty' - Genius steals. Saw the Stooges at Benicassim, take or leave 'em. Saw the Fall in Manchester 2 (two) months ago. Mighty.

[paulboggan]

the difference between you and us is that we have brains!

so good!

[seivad9]

I'm a big fan, but the song at 4.00 Elves is a rip off of the Stooges' I wanna be your dog. Great song tho'

[salmonico]

Its not a rip off, is more like an obvious homage/borrowing. The Fall has always paid homage to their past influences in a bunch of covers or like in Elves, taking a legendary riff and take it to the Fall language. Other examples are I Am Damo Suzuki (they do Can) and Touch Sensitive (they do Velvet's Waiting for the man) and The War Against Intelligence (Son Of A Preacher Man).

Anyways, we're all Fall fans, great doc, cheers.

[kogler]

Hey! Don't forget "Athlete Cured" AKA "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" by Spinal Tap ...

[Takac1979]

Thank You very much for sharing Kogler!

[deanjb]

whats the song song at 3:00??

[deanjb]

Sorry, found it...touch sensitive if anyone was wondering?

[jasonbigelow]

what's the song,at 1:47?

[littlelord]

dead beat descendant

[TheBitterWeed]

cock music for failures

[SKIZINGDRUG]

whats the song playing during 2:26 ? and if possible which video is it?

[newbigprinz]

Green eyed loco man from Real new Fall LP. The videos are from other songs - Kicker Conspiracy, Ghost In My House and Cruisers Creek

[Fran100]

whats the first Fall song they play?

[kogler]

"Intro." from "Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never)"

[Gangjoyful]

What is his genius? is he one? or has he fooled people in to thinking you are daft if you don't think he is one?

[stephenmyers99]

mark e, ah bless...

[TheIkaraCult]

only bad thing about the post is that prat from Franz Ferdinand - at least youre not ripping off Talking Heads!

Aside from that, thanks for posting, Northern White Crap that talks back

[jonnywotsit]

Absolutely nothing beats The Fall. I will never get bored of listening to them. Genius.

[FlamingFairy]

MES is beyond all things. He doesn't care, and neither do i.

[Anarchy4daUK]

What's song at 2.36????

[kogler]

C.R.E.E.P.

[merked1980]

Hey Luciani

[littlelord]

nope. C.R.E.E.P.!

[Bassmaster86]

yes.....you are right.

[davepx]

Missed both the UK screenings of this all those lineups ago through being in France - many thanks for posting it!

[madcapoperator]

Anybody noticed how much Mark E looks like Billy Casper from the film Kes?

[Broomehall]

The Alex "Hurricane" higgins of the music world, god bless em both !

[meserostalking]

I need a translation into English. He sounds like a frog trying to talk.

[willbaird]

poor comment

[meserostalking]

Oh, well in that case I totally understand his slurred speech!

Give me a break. This guy is a musical and lyrical hero of mine and has been forever, and I can't even point out that you can barely understand him without some gits coming on to criticize ME for saying anything.

I'll try to make better comments in the future! May I ask everyone's forgiveness?

[tiadoran]

I'm pretty sure it's "Touch Sensitive."

[Anarchy4daUK]

It is!

[SPQR5]

whats that song that starts at 4:00?

[saw2thunbound]

Elves - The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall

[St4rdog]

It sounds like I Wann Be Your Dog... which came first?

[willbaird]

it does innit....... pretty sure I wanna be your dog was first.... but who's not tried to rip off I wanna be your dog??

this is by no means a criticism of mark e smith and/or the fall, legends, fucking love them... oh, and Iggy.

[newbigprinz]

sorry to be a bore, but it's not Elves - it's a more recent one called "Clasp Hands".

[fallfanuk]

Anyone who wants to give this video less than a 5 star rating is either really bored or an ex Fall member.

[spineboy]

Crap - he's only 51 years old. Looks like a life of drinking and smoking is.........not so good for looking young.

[dancupid]

the amphetamines don't help much neither

[yesparadox]

does anybody know what the name of the 'northern white crap' song at the beginning? and what cd it can be found on?

[SqueakyProductions]

Its a live intro from a 1979 gig, I have it on a CD called 'Totale's Turns'. That said it could be on any number of releases this is The Fall after all.

[mradamcooley]

Captain Beefheart is the greatest band ever.

But the Fall are close...

[asonofleemarvin]

I totally concur! I thought their last album was damn good and bordering on beefheart genius, but the critics didnt acclaim it or whatever, he's got a new line up and I bought the new album yesterday and I love the track taurig. One of their best albums. the cover art reminds me of a beefheart or can album.

[Kagemusha22]

Yeah Imperial Wax Solvent was fucking good. Really critics didn't like it? the reviews I've read gave it 4 out of 5 stars. (Stewart Lee even called it a career high for them)

And I agree over that "Taurig" is a fucking mint track, my fave though is stuck between "Strangetown", "Is This New", or "Senior Twilight Stock Replacer".

[asonofleemarvin]

no critics didnt like reformation post tlc and they're calling imperial wax solvent a 'return to form' I think smith's always on form really, its like peel said once - it's like the fall may produce something thats not what you expected or what you neccessarily like or up to their usual standard - but it's the fall = it's what you need.

[dannychung1]

they are the fall and that's all you need.

[TheIkaraCult]

John Peel = correct as always

[thejumpingfrog123]

whats that song at 2:40?

[kogler]

It's C.R.E.E.P.

[sparkalot]

One of, if not THE best lyricist Britain has ever given the world...vastly under-rated, especially in North America. A veritable Van Vliet scholar(nudge, nudge, wink, wink..)

[Triplesod]

Good but no Van Vliet.

[written12]

Taking nothing away from the Fall, I think Triplesod is right. Beefheart's music has greater range.

[GolumTR]

At 5:45, that's Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (Hair Pie?), not The Fall. I hate to say it on this forum, but Captain Beefheart is better than The Fall. I love the Fall, but Captain is the Emperor of Ice Cream as far as I'm concerned.

[gombro]

Thanks for posting. I saw them in the early 80s at New York's Danceteria. I always really liked the 10 inch "Slags, Slates, Etc"

[Islwynpaul]

The Mighty Fall are the greatest band ever. I feel priveledged to love them so much. Mark E Smith is a genius. Fall fans must keep the secret

[hthzobel]

What's that music at 5:06?!

[littlelord]

The Seeds 'The Other Place"

[dlync05]

Is there anywhere you can download this?

[joggler85]

go to google and search for the vdownloader program. Put it your pc and then you'll be able to download youtube videos

[ebtv]

Lessee... about 95% of music out there is bollocks so that makes another 95% of poor wankers. Ever wonder who is the doctor's doctor? or the coppers' copper?

The Fall are easily the rocker's rockers. No one else comes anywhere near close.

[seoulstar]

mjd88, before you totally make your mind up please check out the tracks : No Bulbs, Powder Keg, Cruiser's Creek, Feeling Numb, Edinburgh Man, How I wrote Elastic Man. This is just for starters and take it from me that these are SERIOUSLY good. Or maybe I'm wasting my time trying to explain class and talent to some arse-wipe from Wankville who fantasises about playing bongoes in Huey Lewis and the News.

[KuradiUuserneim]

I am retard!

[mjd88]

I've never heard such total crap in my life. Lets see, I'm Mark Smith, I'll find some kids who can barely remember three chords and I'll walk in circles and start mumbling at the floor-ALL NIGHT LONG. And then all the stupid-ass British people will think I'm a genius and buy me tons of drinks!! Sounds like a plan!

[ponypunk64]

HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! C**T

[ManuelHung]

Go back to your Matchbox 20 and Creed albums, douchefuck.

[mjd88]

What makes you think I like those bands. Could it be because you're a retard.

[sparkalot]

The best british band of all time. Virtually unknown here in North America. Went to NYC twice just to see them, well worth it needless to say.

[bluelines1988]

does anybody know if the first track on this video is a version of like to blow? if so what version when where, where can i find it? and if not what track ios it? cheers

[james91ocr]

heya, its crap rap from the totales turn album.

[ManilaSyndicate]

Thanks for uploading this. Although I could barely understand what Mark is saying, it's good to finally see an in-depth show on the man and his group. It's about time.

[StartWearingGogol]

Thanks very much

Been dying to see this.

[pathoplastic]

thank youuuuuuuuu!

[jjj7477]

or could speak a modicum of english....

[theworldlooksred]

it might help understanding him if you are from up north

[MankindCartoons69]

what the fuck is mark saying! damn you drunken slurred mumbling!

[jahwob]

cool but could u not have posted whole thing to google vid instead of breaking it up and people coulda shared thanx doe

[ricbear]

Thanks for posting this - good to hear John Peel again as well.

[joeyramoney]

yay for the fall!

[jjj7477]

maybe you should learn english....

[breakfastmachine]

been dying to see this for ages. too bad i cant understand a fuckin word mark is saying. thanks for putting it up tho.

[MtFujiInMyPantsSUGOI]

cheers from canada...

[tupelooo]

thank you so very much ive been wanting to see this for a long time

[sonicreducer001]

been dying to see this

[ManuelHung]

Thank you for putting these up... thank you very much.

[BrettCelinski]

YEAH!!!!

[jjj7477]

at last ,good to have the full thing here, many thanx for your hard work kogler, many people especially the americans might appreciate this....