blindness the fall

[shakercoola]

MES on top form. Brilliant composition.

[BillMinworth]

There is a beautiful shot at 2.48 approx of bass player and moog in motion.

[yippitydodah]

@BillMinworth tip friend, on youtoob, put a colon before the minutes and seconds as here 2:48 , and it can be clicked, but leave a space before and after. And yes, totally agree with you. This is my favotite track from Jools ever, closely followed by Boots from Blackpool appearance as here,

watch?v=4cHX-znop8Q

nice left hand O-O JOOLS, you dorty dorty man... like it

[yippitydodah]

@yippitydodah between, not before, even

[gav240z]

A friend put me onto this it's so fucking raw, I love it. I told him I was sick of all this polished Hollywood style videos bullshit that seems to be getting churned out with every "new and upcoming artist" these days.

Whilst I love the beat and rhythm here I just wish I knew what the fuck he was singing yo!

[mspubquiz83]

them starting early & mes leaving the mic on the keyboard, fucking great

[mapple432]

Blindness is Classic Fall. Been a fan since Hex and still I am excited to hear new Fall music. Seen them 20+times...always a mixed bag but mostly great. As for them not liking the states...he probably has a more rabid following here than in England. It's so expensive to tour a band these days....I think that is the issue. I love that Robert Plant came before MES. Oh England My Lionheart....

[YouGotWoodRolled]

It's a shame that The Fall will probably never play the states again. I really wanna them live.

[yippitydodah]

@YouGotWoodRolled The US disturbs Mark, I guess, and I can sadly even for myself see where is is coming from there. He loves Europe, and all it is, which US tend to turn their nose up at, and tend to be ignorant where it is at.

[YouGotWoodRolled]

@yippitydodah

Actually, I've gotten the impression that the opposite is true.

[yippitydodah]

@YouGotWoodRolled Nope! Better the devil you know syndrome it is from Mark.

[yippitydodah]

Plank before - pretencious crap. The Fall - The Truth.

[917BRUNO]

this is the way step in...

[DonVanVliet83]

the girl at the keyboard is really Beautiful :-)

[THEFFAL]

Classic!

[raymondotudwell2]

Ive listened to the fall for bout 20 years now cos im old, this is up there with my favs, loves it :)

[MacLabFever]

what did he say?

[weapon26]

@MacLabFever he said you're blind

[yippitydodah]

Good luck to all that are seeing The Fall live gigs now at the moment coming up, O2 wotsit and shit. Should be an experience.

[PeregrineTrousers]

It's like watching a bunch of hot musicians entertain an alcoholic. A right gummy fu*ker apparently according to some reviews.

[yippitydodah]

@PeregrineTrousers 35 years into a session you fucker. See how gummy you will be after that long.

The Fall in Oslo,

watch?v=_godSE6RJy0

copy paste, and shit, and search.

[PeregrineTrousers]

@yippitydodah Thanks for the link. I note he appeared more slaughtered. Now pass the bog-roll.

[yippitydodah]

@PeregrineTrousers Mark E Smith is a heck of a character. Have always liked the bugger. He was in the press recently saying "computers are so middle-class". Brilliant comment by him. Google him and the quote for the full story.

[yippitydodah]

@yippitydodah oh yes, enter Mojo as well for the original article.

[yippitydodah]

Robert Plant can stick one right up his arse, if you do not mind me saying, Jools.,

[yippitydodah]

Pick up a couple a couple of roadsweepers, a nightclub bouncer and the hat-check girl, and enter BBC studios and do Jools Later, and blow everything else there away.

[babawawaba1]

thisissofuckingfuckingfuckingc­oolio

[TheJrix]

The E is for extraordinary. zanzibar79 is a cunt

[theorangebox999]

My dad's friend was the drummer for this band.

[stuthorr]

@theorangebox999 My dad was this band

[theorangebox999]

@stuthorr Wow awesome!

[stuthorr]

@theorangebox999 It's alright.

[epicstl]

@theorangebox999 Everyone's dad's friend was the drummer at some point for The Fall.

[YouGotWoodRolled]

@epicstl  hahahahahaha

[hufclufc]

@theorangebox999 Cummon everybody's got a relative who once played in the Fall

[yippitydodah]

@hufclufc my uncle had a friend's cousin that played for the Fall, but he could be bullshitting me, but I might be wrong...

[davidhaysbuckley]

@yippitydodah Everyone's uncle had a friend's cousin that played for the Fall and they all could've been bullshitting us and we all might be wrong.

[hufclufc]

Hey, this band's got potential. They should make an album

[hufclufc]

These comments are awesome. Could weave a BBC4 documentary out of this performance and these comments.

title: "Who the fuckin' 'ell is this?"

[nath909]

The Fall, like having a disease that's good for you.

[MrPharmacist1982]

Having Robert Plant at the begining and Jools Holland at the end, with The Fall in the middle is like having the best sandwich filling ever only to find that the bread is stale and mouldy.

[yippitydodah]

Jools is a bit of a wanker, isn't he?

[zanzibar79]

@yippitydodah

Absolute rubbish. Jools is a *lot* of wanker.

[yippitydodah]

@zanzibar79

Agreed, but I was trying hard to be polite. Have a listen to what he says at the end of this Little Boots guest of his, copy search and shit,

watch?v=4cHX-znop8

Duke fucking of Edinburgh-like or what?

[yippitydodah]

@zanzibar79

OK let us both agree, Jools is gallons of total southern wank. Yes?

[Punorss]

Mark says to his wife.....what does this button do?

[Stevetv100]

Cowell ! Britain has got

 talent but you are looking in the wrong place

[takitsune629]

Who is the band which claps the hands ?

[Yobotistan]

@takitsune629 That's the Robert Plant, a Led Zep has been.

[yippitydodah]

Mark E. Smith turns up at Jools at the beeb with his wife who is a bit of a keyboard player, and asks the audience and beeb staff, security included, who can play the drums and bass and lead guitar? Right, your in.....

[boredvesuvian]

The X-factor should do a Mark E. Smith night. With a live performance at the end, possibly of this song. This is my fantasy. I'd call it a subversive enlightenment for the apathetic, moronic masses.

[mcnulty70]

That guitarist ? I'm sorry not one of the Fall greats

[PeregrineTrousers]

Shit stinking rhythm section.. Fucking Bang on..

[nath909]

...but a genius cunt

[jaytown2]

just words



[TheDaveburr]

guitar sounds lush!!!

[mos323]

Lol @ that clapping shit at the start.

[hangableauto]

Tutt....well i for one can't see what all the fuss is about.

Flash in the pan popsters. They'll never last.

[JasonVS2011]

After showing her up like that on live T.V at the beginning i bet she gave him a right bollocking when they got home.

[Timeplant]

i think its a jolly good band, i can see them going places

[dja51]

She is a flower of Gaia!!!

[MegaKevorkian]

@dja51 Never mind that, she is a flower of the Gee Juice!, open pettal, slippery, juicey, n spunky!

[StinkiwinkiPoo]

wow he looks much older^^



[autorock1987]

Robert Plant and his band of clappers wanted to rewind their lives after watching this.

[MegaKevorkian]

@themollusc Yes, I work hard, do you?,The only deluded work, if you can call it work that I can see you doing, is repeating Fall lyrics verbatum, whats the point, pray tell?

[suereed]

shut up

[johnwrickel]

i would pay a shilling to watch mr. smith have anal sex with justin beber while hi-5-ing lady gag me

[MegaKevorkian]

@johnwrickel Too right mate.Perverted language, n clutter,, n just pure, purile filthiness!, Im with you there, you dirty bastardo.

[bigjamcunt]

As someone once said, they were post punk before punk. 

[getheroutofthetruck]

That fucking hand clapping outro got what it deserved.

[gurtsmunta]

i was at bestival one year ,i came into the main arena to what i thougt was bad sound test but soon i was entranced by what i was hearing .madness and geunius are close buddies.

[SonofaReaperMan]

I wish my wife was as dirty as that bass-line.

[MegaKevorkian]

@SonofaReaperMan I wish M.E.S wife was as dirty with me as the bass line.I was only on one leg, the middle one! Ha

[MegaKevorkian]

@MegaKevorkian Yeah matey, shes a gorgeous wench!, I dont know how the gummy bastard has got his self into her musshy gusset!. Wish it was me instead of him

[Taikamya]

@MegaKevorkian you just answered yourself buddy, calm down. hahahahahaha.

[MegaKevorkian]

@Taikamya easy done matey, especially when wasted!

[GrungeRockabilly]

@MegaKevorkian He is Mark E. Smith, nuff said

[elbeanboymanchester]

Love his black glove.....like an anti MJ.



[MegaKevorkian]

@elbeanboymanchester Oh, a nice, sweaty, M.E.S, glove, thats been anywhere you deem to think!, Loveley, he might ave been wankin with it, Micheal Jackson in reverse on it, or even sweeter, fingering his gorgeous wife with its leather gusset!.Oh you kinky thing

[worldlywordy]

Thanks for feeling sorry for me guynextdoor but there's really no need, i've spent a fair amount of my hard earned listening to and following the fall, every penny well spent. Obviously the fall aren't the band for you, if you want to hear some cunt warbling go listen to mariah fucking carey !

[cquilty]

47 people are ex Fall members

[antihostile]

I love the fact that this video starts with that idiotic clapping, so painful, and then...THE FALL.

[alternatereality85]

Gotta say M.E.S's leather glove look scares the shit outta me. Damn this rocks!

[theguynextdoor61]

I thought I'd branch out and listen to some hipster bands. Never again will I do that. Is the singer mentally challenged? He is fucking terrible. I don't care if your shouting/mouthing nonsense is supposed to be poetic or symbolic - it's retarded and I feel bad for the people who had to spend money on this shit. And why would you be a D-Bag and leave your mic on the keyboard? ass-hole. Can't believe Robert Plant played in the same room as these idiots. On a side note, the chick is hot.

[TheIkaraCult]

@theguynextdoor61

as a Fall fan, your response makes me exponentially happy

[dobbiemark]

@theguynextdoor61 You will always be the guy next door. Stay inside so you don't need to think. Keep your door as closed as your mind and you will be safe..

[theguynextdoor61]

@dobbiemark I can't tell if that is a compliment, diss, or threat? So thanks/blow me/bring it

[dobbiemark]

@theguynextdoor61 You appear to be american in which case any explanation would be utterly futile.

[alternatereality85]

@theguynextdoor61 Yeah its his missus, so he's doing something right somewhere, even if you think not.

[theguynextdoor61]

@alternatereality85 that's actually not logic. She could just be as mentally retarded as he is. good try though.

[hufclufc]

@theguynextdoor61 On a side note, youre a twat

[MrFrontallobotomy]

@theguynextdoor61 Oh Dear.



[theguynextdoor61]

@MrFrontallobotomy no need to call me 'dear', i'm not into guys. That's cool that you are though, is the singer too? I figured.

[MrFrontallobotomy]

@theguynextdoor61 No, the singer is married to the rather lovely keyboard player.

It's not often you are right........ and you are fucking wrong again.

[theguynextdoor61]

@MrFrontallobotomy you mad? it's okay calm down buddy, i bet your boyfriends a wonderful listener

[MrFrontallobotomy]

@theguynextdoor61No need to call me buddy. You just keep on sucking old mens cocks for a dollar a time.

[theguynextdoor61]

@MrFrontallobotomy  .....real clever....lol wow

[increiblo]

@theguynextdoor61 No, it's not poetic or symbolic, or any of those (to put it in some way) "sofisticated" things, really. Quite the contrary, it's stark and bold, their music is about the raw power of the repetitive rythm; that sort of sound usually favors a disciplined tightness, but the Fall has always played with chaos; the hypnotic thing about it is how they manage to balance between keeping the sound together and let it fall apart.

[blaqwizards]

only person robert plant should clap for is mark e smith lol

[MegaKevorkian]

M.E.S. forever, sounds like some some sychophantic, god loving groupy!. have mercy on you!.hes a mere mortal, just like the rest of us, thrown out of the garden of eden for partaking in the tree of knowledge, not an apple, as the men in black would have us entertain.

[hufclufc]

Nearly 400, 000 hits. Thats more than the total number of records they have sold.

[tommygloans]

Brilliant way to follow Robert Plant's clapfest. MES forever!

[MegaKevorkian]

are you all blind?.this song wants to make you buy a Subaru SUV?.You sure you havnt been subliminally encoded 4 the wrong car?. A Corsa 4 example?. Have mercy on you!.Synch out the beautifull note.

[crustyeyegoop]

This song makes me want to buy a Subaru SUV

[Scribblebop84]

the synch is pretty annoying

[mankymonkey389]

mark e smith is a cunt. 

[conorryan79]

@mankymonkey389

Indeed, check out the NME interview with Mark, Shane MacGowan & Nick Cave from a while back.

Shane & Nick: 1 Mark: 0

[TYSONHAWKE]

@mankymonkey389 he'd probably agree with you

[hufclufc]

@mankymonkey389 but in a good way

[surrealistrock]

老当益壮！

[CosmosLoyal]

This video is certainly useful dialectical purposes. Between the sheer dreary tossery of the clapping to the utter insanity of MES. Then there is Tracey Barlow on the keyboard. Absolute class!

[hawkie30]

this band/guy is gonna shape pop music 4a long time

[TJJG76]

The 3:00 to 3:30 section is my favourite part. It's all strangely brilliant, it shouldn't be - he's out of tune yes, but it really works and that the mystery of MES and The Fall...I can't explain it any better than that. Awesome vid :)

[StinkiwinkiPoo]

nice the keyboarder is beautifuel.whos she?

[halfleper]

@StinkiwinkiPoo

That's Elena Poulou, MES's wife.

[StinkiwinkiPoo]

nice

[weedniac]

I can watch and listen this performance 1000 times and still feeling shaked, Legendary

[K6BBQsHamShack]

Just rereading about John Peel today and wanted to listen to some songs of the band who Peel owned the most of their records compared to any other band's records that he had

[Islwynpaul]

The Fall are the greatest band ever on planet earth, build a bridge - get over it. This is the whole truth, if you cannot see it you suffer from blindness - accept it. Great video, the Fall on top form - genius. Stays in the mind and in the blood and then you maybe halfway there because it has to get into your jism.

[66AGR]

@Islwynpaul

[MuckyGhost]

On that note! Oh God, Jools' complete and utter brilliance.

[carlwelden]

Love that he wedged the mic cable into the keyboard before walking off, creating sonic hostages with one note for an extra :33 seconds after the song ended!

[TheDanrocket]

...Robert who......?

[geert421]

the FALL : the only band in the world !

[hufclufc]

The reason the Fall have had so many band members is because if they ever smile, MES throws them out. I think they survived this performance intact.

[BobDylansPet]

the fall is so underground, not even mark e. smith has heard of them.

[charliehenryrufus]

@BobDylansPet you realize hes there lead singer dum shit

[MegaKevorkian]

@BobDylansPet Got to vote this shite down.Theyre so underground, their overground!.Stop laptop talking to your mates, Its a bussiness line, not a chat line!.Its cluttering comments such as this that, that make youre comments null n void, n the falls clutter!

[MegaKevorkian]

@BobDylansPet You Ave already seen my previously posted comment!. The Fall are so underground, theyre, overground!. No laptop talking to youre mates, its the Fall Sound!.Its tough luv mate, Im sure M.E.S, is spitting venom to youre clutter!.Why dont you stick to be , Whant a nembutal Bob?.Im sure M.E.S, knows hes heard of his own band , keep on keeping beeing Dylans pet wanker!. Poor bastardo!

[itsthearistocrat]

Robert Plant. King of the cunts.

[coptersoisoi]

Hey.. can you re-edit this and show Robert Plant's performance as well. I'm a fan of both. Hell, I'd like to see the entire show if you could up it in parts.

[plingplongy]

This is the dogs bollocks.

[hufclufc]

This is awesome. Shows up Plant for the pussy he really is ha ha

[JurricaChiannaNycole]

I don't understand why the Fall get so much grief thrown at them,this song is great!

[erikacornia]

What stage even includes Robert Plant and Mark Smith in proximity? Wild. Hate to be his keyboardist, though.

[mrdavidlea]

@erikacornia It's his wife! Far too pretty to even be in the Fall, let alone married to him IMO

[fromthecentre]

Been going to Fall gigs since the 70's .... still one of the best bands on the planet.

[weedniac]

Awesome, the lord ot the post punk sound is still on head

[TheCheck43]

He is about to pass out.

[MarkRoberts63]

Mark may not be able to sing properly but he is the Fall. They will be remembered long after the crap karaoke artists/boy bands have gone.

[PALMER142]

I dunno, that hand clap song was pretty outrageous

[Schas09]

irre

[helltopay1]

The bloke singing,surely hed be better off in a Daycare centre making cardboard boxes?

[o0mesopelagic0o]

This certainly is one of the finest videos on YouTube.

[mookie2637]

It does kick ass, but depressingly it kicks arse despite Mark, not because of him .The band is great on this song, while Mark is behaving like my mum on a temazepam bender. You can see how pissed off the rest of them are with him. The Fall should sack Mark. There, I've said it...

[PostRocker94]

@mookie2637 without mark there would be no fall.

[sduddy]

@mookie2637 how can the fall sack him he is the fall

[mookie2637]

@sduddy Well...yeah, okay. It's turning out to be a long and sorry decline though, with only occasional high moments like this.

[sduddy]

@mookie2637 yes but after 30years and still doing kick arse tunes like this wheres the decline

[mrdavidlea]

@mookie2637 It maybe unutterable, to quote a fall LP, but his vocals fokin ruin a stomping piece of music on this one. I would say he sounds more like a tramp after a day on the meths.

[LoftNuthouse]

what a prick, ledddzzeeepplin man

[ZanderoAwesomo]

its like he,s a hobo just after walking in on set and takes the microphone and starts ranting ,the band are like meh and do things as usual.

[TheIkaraCult]

weeeeearethefaaaaaaaaallll

[innitgov]

... it's a class act. ~ herein No.1 purveyors of proper top f'kin gear since the year dot, neatly shaft Hollandaise right up his very own stuffed shirt generic company store terrestial TV slot machine... very nice.

[dancupid]

Living leg ends

[MrTimothyWatts]

This is the strangest, all be it coolest thing thing I have ever seen!

[Technologic]

I'd give anything to see these crazy bastards live.

[plingplongy]

WOW!

[simonpatttttttttton]

Oh btw, if Jools Holland is still wondering what note that was, it's an E

[GrosUnited]

this is MUSIC, handclap idiots and now THE FALL, go MARK E!

[KlarnerUrukai]

@GrosUnited Robert Plant is an idiot? Wowwwww.................. nice going jackass. May want to delete that comment

[lebuzon]

This is the real "Don Sata"

[gust0o]

The bass tone is something else. Fucking dark tune.

[sunonthewindow]

Mark E Smith reminds of Labour Party NZ leader Phil Goff.

[SLK7318]

this is shitkicking music at its best! The Fall are the fucking business

[dirkvan3]

fucking outstanding is an understatement

[SciFiBuddhist]

I love the riff but could do without the vocals.

[blueastronaut1]

I could do without most sound but The Fall and M.E.S.

[newpuritan88]

@SciFiBuddhist mark e smith IS the fall, you dipstick

[SciFiBuddhist]

I love the riff, but the vocal I could do without.

[Jhensy2012]

Badass.

[jameyinegypt]

Poor

[MrPabz9]

I'm just glad to see people posting constructive comments again instead of mindless insults. I totally agree R P whilst in Led Zep (which is what I attempted to say in the first place). Stones , Beatles started with Chuck Berry covers. Zep went for Leadbelly & Willie Dixon covers. Even The Fall have done a fair smattering of covers.

[gorbashuk]

Please dont judge RP by this gay handclapping bollocks, remember without Plant and co in ledzep rock would sound a bit different. Fall blew them off the stage with that big fat riff though lol

[thepinkspidercompany]

please get a grip children.. and do learn how to type and Fall.. Xj

[MrPabz9]

Oh sent me that twice that means it'll take me twice as long to delete it.

[MrPabz9]

Ooh touchy what would I want your number for unless your the rent boy.don't give a monkeys toss if you like Rainbow , The Chipmunks or Bublé!. I mean , why would I still hiding behind a empty profile though hey