I do so ever so much love this kind of sound, yeah, you know, the music, and the words, and can you call it singing? Oh, yeah, that, too. It makes me want to wriggle around and also to open my window and do a big squawking noise, and whistle. Take it easy and take it diffy at the soym toym. Know what I mean. Eh!
i was turned on to the fall by cedric of at the drive in/mars volta fame and i can see this bands influence in thier seemingly chaotic music....i just love music, it never ceases to amaze me. iwonder how many other gay dudes listen and are interested in this kind of music...hmmm, lol
@keef78 Same here, when he said: "This song is dedicated to the band from the UK, called The Fall. If you don't know who the Fall is, you're obviously listening to too much hip-hop and heavy metal... this is for Mark E. Smith!"
Then I asked myself, who or what is the Fall? First 3 albums I got my hands on were Hex, Witch Trials and This Nation's... now I'm a freak, lurking in the demented, damp places, always craving for more live gigs and unreleased footage.
@pbrick6301 That's probably because nobody would go with you in the first place. The cocky way you're talking that's what it sounds like is happening. Anyway great song.
You guys did a great job shooting and editing this. He makes me laugh just watching him. No one seems to agree that in his later years as he gets older he looks a hell of a lot like Johnny Cash. Anyways, thanks for sharing this video Kleiler. Im going to favor it.
@lifepod2036 I was only thinking the other night that he's started to look like Johnny Cash especially in the 'Reformation' video. So when I read your comment I had to reply and agree with you.
Hallo..das waren noch Zeiten, großer Song, großes Video.
Wenn sich irgendwann einmal ein gewisser Jürgen W. - mit mir einer der größten The-Fall-Fans, Taxifahrer, Punkplatten-Tape-Beschaffer und, vor allem, getreuer Schachpartner, Freund in den 1980ern in Braunschweig - hierher verrirren sollte, ich würde mich über eine Kontaktaufnahme sehr freuen...mehrenbe@aol.com
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LIKE COMPARE IT MAN JUST LIKE ENJOY IT MAN LIKE YOU KNOW MAN YOU KNOW LIKE ITS ALL JUST LIKE WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAN JUST ENJOY IT LIEK YOU KNOW.
pavement & mary chain were spermatozoa when MESmith hit the scene.
The Real New Fall LP in the early 2000s was the best thing he did in ten years (since Extricate). But now once again, he has declined into crapness- merely outputting pap, providing his latest Eastern bride with vocation.
I like Fall Heads Roll but his last 3 LPs i think are poor. Von Sudenfeld is okay, but I wouldn't say it was good. And no- I think Gorillaz are utter drivel so I didnt bother watching. I've not seen him live since Extricate.
@Glassis6000 yeah, they last played in '92. don't like or listen to gorillaz but to see him on that level in front of however many, headlining glastonbury (with two drummers and two members of the clash backing him) live on the bbc...i am a romantic at heart i guess (aswell as a little soft). some of the ten or so gigs i've seen in 4/5 years (all in mcr) have provided me with a handul of totally transcandental memories forever to look back upon...
eeer the fall were part of punk new wave and anything else you care to mention in the last 30 years. They have never sold out/ spent hours on a clever act. Pavement were 10 years! I like them but your putting apples next to a very fine old wine. Mark E is a national treasure.
Some of you are just complete morons, "wahh NO FALL NO PAVEMENT NO PIXIES NO SHUT THE FUCK UP" these people are talented fucking musicians, they all have different influences and incorporate that into their music. In NO WAY does one band ever make another. Think fucking critically. I love any band that puts out enjoyable music and thats all that realy matters. Pricks
@tescocadaver yeah. just like no J&C Chain no Pixies. No pixies no nirvana. no nirvana no...I dunno...seether I guess. Also no Velvet Underground no fall. Part of the fun of falling in love with a band is finding what artists they ripped from. it's all great music yeah?
Why do people keep comparing the Fall to Pavement? I've heard both compared to Sonic Youth; hell, I've heard Pavement compared to early Jesus and Mary Chain (I don't hear that one). They all take cues from the Velvet Underground, update elements of them (deadpan delivery, poetic lyrics, feedback). Why not just love all the bands? I do. :)
If it sounds good it sounds good. I f it sounds like a pack of horny dogs participating in dirty dog buggery it sounds like a pack of dirty dogs participating in dirty dog buggery. Thankfully only half of the fall legacy sounds that way
now pavement when asked shake their heads as to why people compare them to the fall and go yeah we arrived at the same malaysian island via the groundhogs and krautrock -now i understand if yr american this does not compute but really its the truth-no fucker thinks lcd sound like the fall-the happy mondays sound like the fall--because the fall were ground zero like the velvets but in adifferent way
actually, i'm english. i just stay in cali now. so i see the importance of UK's punk roots and California's melodicism. As for the Happy Mondays, I always thought Shaun Ryder was on Mark's same wavelength, but I think he added his own spin to it, call it nihilism, or escapism.
When Pavement played Belfast I said to Stephen (while he was on stage tuning his guitar): 'Do you realise The Fall didn't get this big a crowd when they played here a month ago?'
'Yeah,' he grinned.
'Which is a shame', I said, 'Because they're a better band.'
@LomaxMcGee3 The reason why people compare Pavement with The Fall is that before & during Slanted and Enchanted, Malkmus was copying The Fall's sound very obviously. The comparison between The Fall, Sonic Youth & Pavement is that Moore & Renaldo were big fans of The Fall when they were forming the band & because Malkmus is also a big fan of Sonic Youth's early records and you can also hear instances of thieving their sound. If you are gonna steal, steal from the best. They all took from VU.
pavement and the fall sound alike but each have their own distinct flavor and are thus distinctly different. the fall have kind of an english punk vibe while pavement has that whole west coast melodic thing. you know when which one is playing on the radio. they're both good in their own way.
I don´t remember where I read once many years ago that Pavement consider themselves a resurrected The Fall. In their freaking dreams!!. The Fall was a huge infuence for the alternative bands in late 80´s, listening to them you would know where music was heading to. They were the Velvet Underground of their time.
@paulboggan: "new face in hell...best track of slanted and enchanted ;-)"
LMFAO
It's funny because it's true. Love The Fall, love Pavement. Rip-off? Homage? Who cares. THEY'RE BOTH AMAZING. It's hilarious when fans start flamewars over them, lol...
@chetumalkid I'm pretty sure Pavement said they liked Echo and the Bunnymen more. They did take a lot of influence from The Fall in their early work, but they were very much their own band as early as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (though for the record Loretta's Scars, one of their most bald-faced The Fall rip-offs, is my favorite song of theirs).
haha no way, only those 20 seconds mean more than "take me out", just because introduces you to a wonderfull- no so strange song, it needs a caotic part
The first twenty seconds of faint intro was "borrowed" by Franz Ferdinand for "Take Me Out", the groove, tempo and chords are identical or near as ....
"50 Ways" would just be too optimistic for someone from Manchester to believe possible. Just learning about The Fall. I could have learned so much if I'd found them in the Midwest 25 years ago.
Rubbish. Haven't these idiots heard of melody? Anyone can do what The Fall do and their singer, Malcolm Smith has no clue about vocal melody. I saw him being interviewed and he was also being a smart ass. He needs to wise up and get with the program...
Calm down! It doesn't sound that much like the Smiths. Sounds more like the Teardrop Explodes. Still 'shit in your ears' is such an eloquent expression. You're a real poet, aren't you?!
This is off middle class revolt and is one of my fav. Fall albums of all time.I remember listening to this in Uni. It took all the pop stylings from the Brix era, but also took into acct. the sound of early 90's UK. Brilliant LP. If you can, give it another spin. The production is on the polished side, but there's a denseness to it.
Well, yeah, as i said, i´m not an expert, nor have listened to all of the fall albums...But it seem (to me) that this non-melodic song, with a very simple but catchy guitar,a great lyric and a non very common lead singer voice it´s something that remind me of the smiths. Maybe i´ll change my mind later. Anyway, it´s a great song
No, he's right. Try to listen past Mark E.'s vocal track. That could easily have been an early Smith's backing track that Morrissey would have sung a different melody over.
well,maybe you disagree because you are a fan of the fall...once again, if you search in the wikipedia for the fall, the article says that they influenced the smiths! so, maybe you´re happy now, because it´s morrisey who took some thinks of the fall sound
Outstanding!!I was a bit worried to find out on the net that Karl Burns seems to have vanished off the face of the earth.Anyone know if hes turned up yet??(an old pal of mine back in the days as was Funky Simon)
Why is everything worth listening to and talking about on an obsessive level from Manchester? We owe the North everything they owes us nothing! The Smiths/Mozzer,Joy Division/New Order,Stone Roses,Buzzcocks,The Happy Mondays,Vinnie Reilly,The Fall...what else is there?
why skip add, please fuck off Youtube
Azoicum 3 weeks ago
uploaded on my escape the womb day yea:) love it good song :)
Crustiefuk 1 month ago
Minor work from their later period? Not!
boerbeat 1 month ago 2
@boerbeat
definitely- one of my all-out fall favourites
dqkq23 3 weeks ago
I'm from Prestwich, where the band formed. Basically, if you don't like them then don't worry because you are not welcome.
shakercoola 1 month ago 2
Love the raised eyebrows at the end, a pose I've never seen Mark strike before
Farmlandsfallfan 2 months ago
I like the Wollstonecroft/Burns drum solo.
FallFanCan 2 months ago
"it's not as easy as it looks.."
milkowaif 2 months ago
I do so ever so much love this kind of sound, yeah, you know, the music, and the words, and can you call it singing? Oh, yeah, that, too. It makes me want to wriggle around and also to open my window and do a big squawking noise, and whistle. Take it easy and take it diffy at the soym toym. Know what I mean. Eh!
kramschoolkid 2 months ago
Steve Hanley, didn't he once leave the Fall for 3 months to work in a petrol station? One of greatest bass players ive ever heard.
nath909 3 months ago
fall rules
swampdodger33 4 months ago
Hey man, great video! The idea of them playing in the streets dragging their amps is cool, plus its so fun to see The Fall doing a clip.
salmonico 6 months ago
AAFUCKUSA THIS IS WORKERS MUZAK
findlaymcarthur 7 months ago
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305 Fall Fans can't be wrong!
alternatereality85 8 months ago
Classic Fall. Accept no substitutes.
decontrol909 8 months ago
9 dislikes? There's 15 ways they can get fucked
destructivedandy 8 months ago 14
i was turned on to the fall by cedric of at the drive in/mars volta fame and i can see this bands influence in thier seemingly chaotic music....i just love music, it never ceases to amaze me. iwonder how many other gay dudes listen and are interested in this kind of music...hmmm, lol
keef78 10 months ago
@keef78 this aint faggot music pal
findlaymcarthur 9 months ago
@findlaymcarthur -shut up dumbass it's for everyone, fuck you.
Bakersfieldsucks777 8 months ago
@Bakersfieldsucks777 its not for everyone fuck you. def workers muzak
jonnyjaywick 3 months ago
@keef78 Same here, when he said: "This song is dedicated to the band from the UK, called The Fall. If you don't know who the Fall is, you're obviously listening to too much hip-hop and heavy metal... this is for Mark E. Smith!"
Then I asked myself, who or what is the Fall? First 3 albums I got my hands on were Hex, Witch Trials and This Nation's... now I'm a freak, lurking in the demented, damp places, always craving for more live gigs and unreleased footage.
LiveAtReykjavik 2 months ago
I love this single. Picked up the yellow 7" a few weeks ago. I can't stand that short stretch in the beginning before the song starts however.
fasolplanetarium 1 year ago
@fasolplanetarium so get over it ..
findlaymcarthur 7 months ago
@findlaymcarthur No. I don't think I'm going to do that.
fasolplanetarium 7 months ago
no woman will ever leave me so i dont have to worry about that crap.
pbrick6301 1 year ago
@pbrick6301 That's probably because nobody would go with you in the first place. The cocky way you're talking that's what it sounds like is happening. Anyway great song.
wowhelloashleigh 1 year ago
LOL THEY ARN'T AMERICAN
GaryGoodJob 1 year ago
You guys did a great job shooting and editing this. He makes me laugh just watching him. No one seems to agree that in his later years as he gets older he looks a hell of a lot like Johnny Cash. Anyways, thanks for sharing this video Kleiler. Im going to favor it.
lifepod2036 1 year ago 3
@lifepod2036 I was only thinking the other night that he's started to look like Johnny Cash especially in the 'Reformation' video. So when I read your comment I had to reply and agree with you.
ftooc 1 year ago
Hallo..das waren noch Zeiten, großer Song, großes Video.
Wenn sich irgendwann einmal ein gewisser Jürgen W. - mit mir einer der größten The-Fall-Fans, Taxifahrer, Punkplatten-Tape-Beschaffer und, vor allem, getreuer Schachpartner, Freund in den 1980ern in Braunschweig - hierher verrirren sollte, ich würde mich über eine Kontaktaufnahme sehr freuen...mehrenbe@aol.com
nabokov261070 1 year ago
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LIKE COMPARE IT MAN JUST LIKE ENJOY IT MAN LIKE YOU KNOW MAN YOU KNOW LIKE ITS ALL JUST LIKE WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAN JUST ENJOY IT LIEK YOU KNOW.
james0apple 1 year ago
pavement & mary chain were spermatozoa when MESmith hit the scene.
The Real New Fall LP in the early 2000s was the best thing he did in ten years (since Extricate). But now once again, he has declined into crapness- merely outputting pap, providing his latest Eastern bride with vocation.
Glassis6000 1 year ago
@Glassis6000 you not heard OFYC/YFOC then? or Fall Heads Roll? Or Von Sudenfed? or him headline glastonbury with Gorillaz? or any live gigs recently?
cruiserscreek 1 year ago
@cruiserscreek Agreed with those 3 lp's dude. The new one is probably the best thing they have done in 25yrs.
Claudian99 1 year ago
@cruiserscreek
I like Fall Heads Roll but his last 3 LPs i think are poor. Von Sudenfeld is okay, but I wouldn't say it was good. And no- I think Gorillaz are utter drivel so I didnt bother watching. I've not seen him live since Extricate.
Glassis6000 1 year ago
@Glassis6000
I think I saw him at Glastonbury a few years after Extricate- I just remembered. Probably 92 or 93. In any case, not recently.
Glassis6000 1 year ago
@Glassis6000 yeah, they last played in '92. don't like or listen to gorillaz but to see him on that level in front of however many, headlining glastonbury (with two drummers and two members of the clash backing him) live on the bbc...i am a romantic at heart i guess (aswell as a little soft). some of the ten or so gigs i've seen in 4/5 years (all in mcr) have provided me with a handul of totally transcandental memories forever to look back upon...
cruiserscreek 1 year ago
@cruiserscreek
They did a great gig at the Hacienda in 1990. One of my favourites- you would have liked that one.
Glassis6000 1 year ago
you cant compare anyone band its all art its like trying to compare cofee and icecream
lsufolk 1 year ago
his voice is a iggy pop and lou reed mix
robasci00 1 year ago
no no no this is very clever and i love mark
LAZARE64 1 year ago
yeah, do your homework. it all started with vu
faceinembryo 1 year ago
eeer the fall were part of punk new wave and anything else you care to mention in the last 30 years. They have never sold out/ spent hours on a clever act. Pavement were 10 years! I like them but your putting apples next to a very fine old wine. Mark E is a national treasure.
jiffcat 1 year ago
pavement?, jesus n mairy chain? sonic youth?....THE FALL IS THE FALL IS....
pavementchaser 1 year ago
not my cup of tea but gave it a listen anyway
TrancetasticWilza 1 year ago
stop comparing bands to each other, it's like comparing different shades of colors to each other.
Zedzilla 1 year ago
Some of you are just complete morons, "wahh NO FALL NO PAVEMENT NO PIXIES NO SHUT THE FUCK UP" these people are talented fucking musicians, they all have different influences and incorporate that into their music. In NO WAY does one band ever make another. Think fucking critically. I love any band that puts out enjoyable music and thats all that realy matters. Pricks
myothercariseva01 1 year ago 2
lulz, why would anyone even consider comparing 'The Fall' to 'Pavement' . The Fall is awesome.
SufferingLuka 1 year ago
fuckin love ya forever babes !! your the f,,kin best ,xxxxxxxxxx love ya forever
boardy777777 1 year ago
i'm tAKING THE MONEY SHOT ON THE CHIN
odyjamess 1 year ago 2
No Fall no Pavement. Simple.
tescocadaver 1 year ago 2
@tescocadaver yeah. just like no J&C Chain no Pixies. No pixies no nirvana. no nirvana no...I dunno...seether I guess. Also no Velvet Underground no fall. Part of the fun of falling in love with a band is finding what artists they ripped from. it's all great music yeah?
Zombien20 1 year ago 2
really great video !
bobzillagrr 2 years ago
I think the Happy Mondays sound like The Fall. This is one of my favourite tunes. It's nice to see an artist make consistant good music.
sonetlumiere12345678 2 years ago
Agreed, good call.
beowulven 2 years ago
Why do people keep comparing the Fall to Pavement? I've heard both compared to Sonic Youth; hell, I've heard Pavement compared to early Jesus and Mary Chain (I don't hear that one). They all take cues from the Velvet Underground, update elements of them (deadpan delivery, poetic lyrics, feedback). Why not just love all the bands? I do. :)
LomaxMcGee3 2 years ago 36
If it sounds good it sounds good. I f it sounds like a pack of horny dogs participating in dirty dog buggery it sounds like a pack of dirty dogs participating in dirty dog buggery. Thankfully only half of the fall legacy sounds that way
crankfrank76 2 years ago
bla bl bleargh
b4 pavement
ppl didnt do this shit
imagine not being as young as u are
now pavement when asked shake their heads as to why people compare them to the fall and go yeah we arrived at the same malaysian island via the groundhogs and krautrock -now i understand if yr american this does not compute but really its the truth-no fucker thinks lcd sound like the fall-the happy mondays sound like the fall--because the fall were ground zero like the velvets but in adifferent way
odyjamess 2 years ago
actually, i'm english. i just stay in cali now. so i see the importance of UK's punk roots and California's melodicism. As for the Happy Mondays, I always thought Shaun Ryder was on Mark's same wavelength, but I think he added his own spin to it, call it nihilism, or escapism.
LomaxMcGee3 2 years ago
Pavement
When Pavement played Belfast I said to Stephen (while he was on stage tuning his guitar): 'Do you realise The Fall didn't get this big a crowd when they played here a month ago?'
'Yeah,' he grinned.
'Which is a shame', I said, 'Because they're a better band.'
'They WERE a better band.'
odyjamess 2 years ago 3
@odyjamess fuck off you prick
frankbough1955 1 year ago
@odyjamess Icd? Don't you mean Icp? Man, I love that Insane Clown Posse
thelivingsped 1 year ago
@LomaxMcGee3
i do too, and i feel good :D
OnclePop 1 year ago
@LomaxMcGee3
i agree with you except that you forgotten the cramps in your "a la prevers" list. bye thank
19680606Doud 1 year ago
@LomaxMcGee3 The reason why people compare Pavement with The Fall is that before & during Slanted and Enchanted, Malkmus was copying The Fall's sound very obviously. The comparison between The Fall, Sonic Youth & Pavement is that Moore & Renaldo were big fans of The Fall when they were forming the band & because Malkmus is also a big fan of Sonic Youth's early records and you can also hear instances of thieving their sound. If you are gonna steal, steal from the best. They all took from VU.
cactaceous 11 months ago
@LomaxMcGee3 Surely you mean compare Pavement to the Fall (40 odd albums from 79 onwards)?
jimch70 10 months ago
@LomaxMcGee3 The fall are like no other band and certainly not pavement or sonic youth.... although i understand the velvet underground reference
dckitchen 9 months ago
@LomaxMcGee3 Because even Mark E. Smith called Pavement a Fall ripoff. That's how all
interpolluter29 2 months ago
@LomaxMcGee3 That's one of the ways this all got started.
interpolluter29 2 months ago
whoever said pavement were better than the fall is a moran
buddyoke 2 years ago 4
pavement and the fall sound alike but each have their own distinct flavor and are thus distinctly different. the fall have kind of an english punk vibe while pavement has that whole west coast melodic thing. you know when which one is playing on the radio. they're both good in their own way.
darrius54 2 years ago 2
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darrius54 2 years ago
Pavement were better than The Fall. Although this is a great Fall track.
ratsinblackjackets 2 years ago
hahahaha!
shrew972 2 years ago
Mark? Is that you?
ablejack3 2 years ago
the fall are the fall, just enjoy music period
jureish 2 years ago
WHEN A BAND SAY THEY SOUND A BIT LIKE THE FALL...........no they dont
jasonbrown1987 2 years ago 2
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boardy777777 2 years ago
sometimes he looks so..sweet lol!
spillandambience 2 years ago 3
I don´t remember where I read once many years ago that Pavement consider themselves a resurrected The Fall. In their freaking dreams!!. The Fall was a huge infuence for the alternative bands in late 80´s, listening to them you would know where music was heading to. They were the Velvet Underground of their time.
chetumalkid 2 years ago 9
stephen malkmus said on a documentary a while back "a fall rip of??? no one would ever get rich by ripping off the fall"
new face in hell...best track of slanted and enchanted ;-) love both bands but the fall are mighty!
paulboggan 2 years ago 3
@paulboggan: "new face in hell...best track of slanted and enchanted ;-)"
LMFAO
It's funny because it's true. Love The Fall, love Pavement. Rip-off? Homage? Who cares. THEY'RE BOTH AMAZING. It's hilarious when fans start flamewars over them, lol...
boomstickblues 1 year ago
@chetumalkid I'm pretty sure Pavement said they liked Echo and the Bunnymen more. They did take a lot of influence from The Fall in their early work, but they were very much their own band as early as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (though for the record Loretta's Scars, one of their most bald-faced The Fall rip-offs, is my favorite song of theirs).
wetsuit101 2 years ago
i am whistler !
kavacom 2 years ago
frankiepanky are you serious ??? hahahahahahahahahahahaha
fede7mengo 2 years ago
Mark Smith corrects Paul Simon. 50 ways? No, 15 ways!
castingtherunes 2 years ago
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The first twenty seconds is Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand - thieving bastards
frankiepanky 2 years ago
haha no way, only those 20 seconds mean more than "take me out", just because introduces you to a wonderfull- no so strange song, it needs a caotic part
SKIZINGDRUG 2 years ago 2
do your homework
echoplus2020 2 years ago
The first twenty seconds of faint intro was "borrowed" by Franz Ferdinand for "Take Me Out", the groove, tempo and chords are identical or near as ....
frankiepanky 2 years ago
nah F**k that! middle class revolt as an album is bloody great!
pabloblack888 2 years ago
I saw The fall live around this time ! thanks.
jms5969 2 years ago
Quality tune. Good video too. Mark E Smith seems like such a twat in reality but really intellegent as an artist.
sonetlumiere12345678 2 years ago
"50 Ways" would just be too optimistic for someone from Manchester to believe possible. Just learning about The Fall. I could have learned so much if I'd found them in the Midwest 25 years ago.
barrieev 2 years ago
Hey, this period is oft-overlooked. I love this song! Too bad they got screwed by Matador.
mrl0p3z 2 years ago
fucking ay! nice!
thisrainykitten 2 years ago
steven Craig Feldman, Attorney at Law in California, owner of Feldman Law Center, Scammer, Cheat and Dead Beat Dad!
scamfighter100 2 years ago
Ye olde Falle groupe.
diskochimp 2 years ago 3
what can i say? nowt fukin ace
akastuntfish 2 years ago
one of the best british bands ever in my opinion. probably in the top 10
smithsfan92 2 years ago 3
Top 4
Dominicokey 2 years ago 2
So cool...
kerrisavage 3 years ago
It is hard to say "Man" the way Mark E. Smith says it, if you want to sing this song you have to find your own new way to say "Man".
catgumart 3 years ago 4
Yep, theres apparently fiftenn ways to leave yeurr meeyan-n-n-n
A fucking legend
scala20 3 years ago 3
middle class revolt one of the best works of smith
ALPINCHOS 3 years ago 3
Looking at this video, what strikes me is how much Mark E looks like the skinny guy from road trip. Biopic anyone?
sdj2uk 3 years ago 2
Lookig
sdj2uk 3 years ago
Any body know the song from Silence of the Lambs by The Fall that has been removed and replaced for TV? Great song why did it cut it out?
11xzxzxz 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's 'Hip Priest', I don't know why it was cut though.
jonahjones87 3 years ago
why randomly have a go at america? the doors were american and so was bill hicks that enough for a ones countries accomplishments
heartandsoul1988 3 years ago
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Agreed, there is no reason to have a go at America. Yet, Bill Hicks is the most overrated individual to come out of any country.
jonahjones87 3 years ago
I bloody love Mark E.
stevenuuu1212 3 years ago
great song
shawnnews 3 years ago
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Fuck America
stevemcgraw1987 3 years ago
No... America is awesome and so is the Fall.
shawnnews 3 years ago 10
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america sucks
stevemcgraw1987 3 years ago
you are a clown!...come join the circus..i recommend the rodeo
martywhitevan 3 years ago
@shawnnews the fall is from GB not from USA..
StinkiwinkiPoo 1 year ago
Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Stanley Kubrick, Edgar alen Poe, Soul music, Taxi Driver and milkshakes ?
edmundsampo 3 years ago
fuck you.
6billionghosts 3 years ago
why fuck me ?
edmundsampo 3 years ago 4
sorry, i dunno, it seemed like the right response at the time? i'm an idiot.
6billionghosts 3 years ago 3
your right there my friend.
edmundsampo 3 years ago 5
lol
brianwilson49 3 years ago
lmfao @ influenced by The Smiths bwahahahahahaha
skywalker1973 3 years ago
Whats the song at the start?
DotsyOO7 3 years ago
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Rubbish. Haven't these idiots heard of melody? Anyone can do what The Fall do and their singer, Malcolm Smith has no clue about vocal melody. I saw him being interviewed and he was also being a smart ass. He needs to wise up and get with the program...
jurgenphd 3 years ago
ill just say a word that some of you seem to ignore...Post-punk. Go read about it on wikipedia
biodumb 3 years ago
Go masturbate to your pretentiousness somewhere else. mmk?
Durruti765 3 years ago
well i guess ill have to run to the bathroom to take out theshit in my ears...i think it splash me from your mouth
biodumb 3 years ago
Even funnier!!!!!!!!!!!
rjmf24 3 years ago
it does sound like the smiths.your deaf/shit in your ears.
strabbs1 3 years ago
Calm down! It doesn't sound that much like the Smiths. Sounds more like the Teardrop Explodes. Still 'shit in your ears' is such an eloquent expression. You're a real poet, aren't you?!
katoblue 3 years ago 5
middle class revolt - yay!
nickytanner 3 years ago 2
This is off middle class revolt and is one of my fav. Fall albums of all time.I remember listening to this in Uni. It took all the pop stylings from the Brix era, but also took into acct. the sound of early 90's UK. Brilliant LP. If you can, give it another spin. The production is on the polished side, but there's a denseness to it.
5DeadlyRecords 3 years ago
Firt time i listened to the fall...it sound the smiths-like to me...hope nobody took this as a insult, i love the smiths!
biodumb 3 years ago
it is not a insult, but simply they DOESN'T sound like the Smiths.
youset1983 3 years ago
Well, yeah, as i said, i´m not an expert, nor have listened to all of the fall albums...But it seem (to me) that this non-melodic song, with a very simple but catchy guitar,a great lyric and a non very common lead singer voice it´s something that remind me of the smiths. Maybe i´ll change my mind later. Anyway, it´s a great song
biodumb 3 years ago 2
No, he's right. Try to listen past Mark E.'s vocal track. That could easily have been an early Smith's backing track that Morrissey would have sung a different melody over.
colujomes 3 years ago
Sorry, I totally disagree.
youset1983 3 years ago
well,maybe you disagree because you are a fan of the fall...once again, if you search in the wikipedia for the fall, the article says that they influenced the smiths! so, maybe you´re happy now, because it´s morrisey who took some thinks of the fall sound
biodumb 3 years ago
First Fall album: 1979.
First Smiths album: 1984.
End of the games.
youset1983 3 years ago
All good fun for both bands no?
fosterch 3 years ago 2
me too. Smiths - is one of those 80s pop groups like u2, echo & the bunnymen, etc..
the Fall (Mark E. Smith) is much more deeper and worthwhile..
(sorry for my english)
Zakshevsky 3 years ago
Echo & The Bunnymen were a fucking great band.
youset1983 3 years ago 2
they are not from Manchester =)
Zakshevsky 3 years ago
If you're not a Manc, you're a wank.
Janezlk 3 years ago
Hey, i love this song, it`s not a minor work!! and the video is super cool, nice work!
lacagel 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
just like ac/dc , m people , joy division and bonjovi, this lot might get somewhere if they had a decent singer.
stevee989 3 years ago
That is one of the funniest things I have read for a long time. Thanks.
tyroneSloth 3 years ago
who the fuck are m people and bon jovi is wank-rock.
Go stick your pretentiousness somewhere.
Janezlk 3 years ago
good song. great video!
valmurah1 3 years ago
Nice work pal. Never heard the song before. I've seen and heard a fuck of a lot worse.
catbirdtree 3 years ago
I think this video is fantastic mate. Well done. Not my fave fall song but nice seeing a few local places (Heaton park, Castlefield)
precinct 3 years ago 2
i'm really starting to reasses 90s fall stuff. i wasnt that keen, thought it was ok, but the more i listen to it the more i like it.
brianwilson49 3 years ago
sombre period,he,s jump started in the last two years,keep rockin M9.
mankchester9 3 years ago
ablsolute greatness
cisbrapbrap 3 years ago
great job mate. don't be humble about it.
wild and refreshing and a good view of the city.
mulchritude 3 years ago
The Fall at their 90's best!!
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
Outstanding!!I was a bit worried to find out on the net that Karl Burns seems to have vanished off the face of the earth.Anyone know if hes turned up yet??(an old pal of mine back in the days as was Funky Simon)
paul8469 4 years ago
he lives on a farm in the hills somewhere
oreoh8r2006 3 years ago
Karl is a friend of mine too, and believe it or not i whistled on this track... break now... karl lives on a farm in rawtenstall !
kavacom 3 years ago
Brilliant! Never seen this until now...
MES looking like he might be having fun. Who's the keyboardist, though?
tedmills 4 years ago 3
dave Bush... Went on to work with elastica
kavacom 3 years ago
I sure miss the original crew
LegledTrepteg 4 years ago 3
Why is everything worth listening to and talking about on an obsessive level from Manchester? We owe the North everything they owes us nothing! The Smiths/Mozzer,Joy Division/New Order,Stone Roses,Buzzcocks,The Happy Mondays,Vinnie Reilly,The Fall...what else is there?
paulbuss 4 years ago 2
not seen this before, great fall video, good balance stylistically, not too avant-garde as a video but not at all un-fall.
scatterkeir 4 years ago
Great post-punk band.
sendtomrc 4 years ago
The Fall is awesome. They are eternal.
trunxkam45 4 years ago
so is the fall of man
kavacom 3 years ago
someone missing brixs?
jiffcat 4 years ago
Yeah, there's no one to spontaneously break into laughter for no apparent reason. See Wings and Kicker Conspiracy to get what I mean
bluejeckett 3 years ago