The Fall - "What about us?"

[martinfallfan]

Still The Best Group On The Planet

[revol148]

and remember kids if it wasn't for John Peel this tiresome band would have vanished from view in the early eighties!

[coffeyaddict]

jesus, people, can you do anything but snap pix? this is rock n roll for crying out loud, TRY TO STAY ALIVE FOR A FEW MINUTES PLEASE

[keg64]

great band

[emile235]

i am surprised that MES allows that guy have that beard

[JimboCelt]

I guess they were waiting for someone else. Still, good show by The Fall. maybe one convert.

[jhj061]

@JimboCelt Propably they even didn't know the great work of Mark E. Smith aka the Fall during the last few decades.

[yippitydodah]

Anyone at this gig know if he splits his stereo channels by having two mics? One for music coming from left then right hand side speakers? Bet it was. Mark E Smith is like that at doing things. Left-Right politics?

[yippitydodah]

seven minutes and forty seconds of bliss

[omiroe]

see blondness the fall at jools holland

[yippitydodah]

@omiroe

watch?v=We_mND4HpTg

copy paste youtube search.

Glad to help you friend.

[yippitydodah]

@omiroe Juste réalisé que vous êtes de la France. Je suis vraiment heureux de vous aider.

The Fall, brilliante? Qui?

[omiroe]

seems he's eating between two lyrics but it's a great song ,!!!!

[Stenkle]

A bit more punk than punk me thinks.

[woodyeckerslyke]

Shipman

[invitriol123]

A totally intrinsically White festival.

Just an observation. 

[echobears]

@invitriol123 shut up you moron hipster faggot

[econnofoot]

Always thought Mark kinda has started to look like a skinny Johhny Cash as he's aged...



[morratilbollis]

I could hang around all night in oslo train station, I was sorta happy...

[TheRooneyTune]

not suprised the guy @ 3:38 has got ear plugs in !

[fulcrum300]

Just. Fking. Ace.

[ozseppo]

Hit the Norse!



[mikkifly]

@ozseppo very good

[claviecroz]

difficult crowd again

[twowheeltonyracing]

Opie? Sons of Anarchy rockin' with MES

[staygee1]

I Want to like the Fall i really do but it's not happening for me i can see hear the talent but zilch they truly are like marmite!!!!

[accumulatortechs]

this is bloody amazing ..thanks for putting this on you tube.

everyone should listen to THE FALL at least once a day.

peace

[woodyeckerslyke]

I was a rabbit from East Germany

[getheroutofthetruck]

LOL at the "punk" with his earphones in @ 3:37

[alternatereality85]

@getheroutofthetruck lol yeah that dude always cracks me up, very punk like eh? Plus that smug look on his face like I'm listening to one of the best bands on the planet right now, and its my tune.

[StinkiwinkiPoo]

the pianio-girl looks beautifuel

[maleslate]

@ reykjavik did i mention the classic fall being anything but great? i've as little to be doing as yourself to be correcting comments

[LiveAtReykjavik]

They should, or HE should change the name of the band. After Kurious Oranj that isn't the Fall. Well, at least not after Scanlon and Henley left.

[hipppriest]

Smith adopts a dual mikerphoney stance in order to occlude a fieryjack-like dentition. More horrorfice than orifice, close-ups of his shocking pie-hole have been known to turn the boddies-lined stomachs of the most hardened proles and agitprops. Look away now Manchester, while your favourite son takes a denture break.

[maleslate]

one of their best lineups, the americans were great, i hope they re-unite one of the days, elani is a fox in this one, swoon

[LiveAtReykjavik]

@maleslate What are you talking about?! You've clearly my friend are lacking of good taste. What about the line up Smith, Henley, Scanlon, Riley, Burns and P. Henley? And then the Riley-Brix switch? I would also include Martin Bramah, Simon Rogers and OF COURSE mrs. Brix Smith. Those were the best lineups. Oh, and Lee on Dragnet.

[couscoustv]

A Mohican with earplugs!?!?!?

[goducks20101]

Norwegiens: cool exterior, whilst they're moshing/ crowd-surfing in the interior; look at 'em go-go !!!!!

[leesawford]

how can they all listen to this and just stand there?...why are they at a musical event at all?..go home..watch some gardening programmes,read a book.

[georgemacewan]

must be the only fall drummer that was allowed to smile.

[MonstersOnChristmas]

two mics!!!! utmost class, mark.

[Tombsquad]

New Year, another new year as a fan of the mighty fall

Give us strength

[smallinson]

He's turning into Alex Higgins-ah

[nath909]

why's he turn the monitor round

[kogler]

@nath909 It's called live mixing. ;)

[nath909]

@kogler

well scusssssseeee meeeeeeeee!

[leesawford]

@nath909 because he's Mark E smith and it was his want...:-)

[woodyeckerslyke]

@nath909 About 4:20 does it show the monitor he turned round says: The End is Near

[invitriol123]

HOLY FU**!!!

What a bunch of Waistoids!!!!

Is this the future of GB?

[kogler]

@invitriol123 No it's the future of Norway.

[hufclufc]

@kogler Norway is Number 1 place to live acording to the Human Development Index. Thats the look of self contentment

[MegaKevorkian]

@kogler What the fuk has Norway got to do in the scheme of things?

[costas2by4]

@invitriol123 Ho ho, if you think, that you are the world's future, then yes. They are THE MUSIC.

[MegaKevorkian]

@invitriol123 Where you been all these wasted years?. The Fall have been around since probably before you were born, you unappreciated peasant! The Fall have been the cutting edge future of the music scene since 1976, and always will be so! Get used to it.

[heathlfc5times]

@MegaKevorkian well said the fall are the law

[pfozzy]

@invitriol123 The future? They have been around since 1976!

[catbox]

Post TLC group.

[JBEAGLES1]

great tune

[MrGutley]

@JBEAGLES1 Yeah, Mark obviously thought so, as The Fall used it before in "Evrything Hurtz". However you can have too much of a good thing, as the "enthralled" audience are clearly showing.

[Gynecologist]

This video is true

[frankbough1955]

great pop tune ...3 chord thrash ...

[frankbough1955]

Dis is da fookin biznisss

[dumpfer]

to BurningSanct - stop burning, start drinking, mf - hotties will molest you

[svecter]

MES Needs to finally quit the f*king irritating fake yank slant, was way better authentic Manc' vocalist way back 70s/80s

Lets tell on next album whether he listens to sense.

[rs41160]

What's wrong with that old man? Why is he hanging around with those young people? Clear off!

[heathlfc5times]

@rs41160 no they are hanging around with him its his band

[rs41160]

His band you say. Are you sure? Do you think that they could be his children too?

[kavacom]

a song about Harold Shipman.. the worlds most prolific serial killer could only be delivered by the most prolific man in music !

[xyloplax]

This is seriously one of my favorite tracks on my favorites. I keep listening to this over and over. This is better than the album and the Peel version.

[jonanjello]

@ xyloplax, indeed. I love this track. Wolf Kidult Man is edgin up there too - especial kvman2007's live Basement performance

[BobNematode]

After all these years, MES still has it.

[w8fh33dkajlfe99faaa]

anyway

[missdeviance]

He has a HOT wife because SMART women know the not-so-perfect guys are actually the better lovers, the more devoted, and actually the more talented. Because they HAVE to be.

Think about it. The gorgeous guys get everything they want, so they don't need to learn how to give or be creative. So they end up being LOSERS.

And eventually the really hot women begin to realize this.

(And the smarter hot girls figure it out sooner.)

[unseenwires]

...and there are no exceptions to the rule. miss deviance's world of black and white said so! Mong

[sirdoug3]

I meant, yeah - how does he always end up with an Ultra Hot Wife! - Mark would likely pour a pint of beer on me head for saying that - but, is a compliment to ya' Mark, along with about 30 years of great music -

[xyloplax]

Good singing, Mark!

[BurningSanctuary]

How does he always have a hot wife?!

[sirdoug3]

Really !!! Damn!

[Doublegoat1]

yeah. i've wondered that.

[dudeman1999]

@BurningSanctuary Is that Birx? His first wife??? She is holding up well if so.

[swampthing20]

@dudeman1999

Nope, its not Brix.

[dancupid]

@BurningSanctuary Because he's a notorious old Cary Grant style romantic and bon viveur

[kevfullo]

@BurningSanctuary , for someone who looks like a cross between skeletor and a weasel he always has cracking birds! , he's done better than paul mcartney anway....

[ListenToBigFace]

@kevfullo Shes not his bird really you whopper

[bhantu]

bring back the dudes...they were great

[fosterch]

awesome

[wrigparv]

saw them at elephant fayre in 1984. can't remember a thing. mark E had all his own teeth then.

[kazahkhstanians]

Top stuff, driving guitars, good vocals from a master and a tight band, Tommy below is a drumb krunt.

[tommy33441]

fuckin awful/always have been,overrated pish

[caudillo1]

wow. This puts literally every other band out there to shame. What vitality.

[melmisun]

Muito legal! I love!

[VUandChips]

Any of these guys still in the band? :)

[kogler]

Nope. Just the wife.

[toomilk]

The guitarist and bassist are now in Darker My Love, who are fantastic.

[Gjeorje]

-It,s a bit different from Michael Jackson`s original....

[VUandChips]

Hahahaha, thanks man, made me laugh.

[nosepilot44]

who is the girl and where can i find out more about her?

[reddul]

Her name is Elena Poulou Smith

[nosepilot44]

she's SO hot

[yerbafran]

its the singer's wife

[NovusTV]

Go to hell. Mark E Smith is a god. Do your homework.

[LoneConformist]

The way he's holding the mikes there makes it look like he's adjusting his dentures, you know, with two thumbs like old folk do. That cannot be his wife. Fucking vampires get ALL the chicks.

[timmysmi]

Can't believe this song's about Harold Shipman.

[dannycooke91]

i h8 that twat of a bass player with that fuking beard the best bass player the fall ever had was Steve Hanley

[sevendaughters]

He's a decent bassist, this lad. Hanley got sacked, not this guy's fault.

[dannycooke91]

yh true its not his fault but hanley was the best bassist he did play on the falls best tracks

[SPERANZA65]

100% CORRECT Dannycooke91!!!!, Hanleys bass WAS The Fall.Those who gave you negative comments for merely speaking the truth are mere slugs....or were born after 2000

[Punorss]

If she was my wife I would be happy-ah.

Bingo Masters Break Out!

[PutItAway101]

Jesus Christ this is boring

[JohnnyTrotz]

wish i was there

[comeonuirons]

uk passport maybe for her - he's happy - great great great song

[ExMachine]

Cheers for the vids kogler, i'm enjoying these...

[manpower3000]

Keyboard player is M E Smith's Greek wife " Elena Poulou "

[thejpg1]

Is the keyboard player really Mrs M.E.Smith? What does she see in him? Is she a big fan of Mr Magoo?

[MrGutley]

@thejpg1 Probably. And no doubt an even bigger fan of Paul Hogan's Wino character, whom Mark resembles more with every passing year. Or maybe she's deaf, blind and lacking a sense of smell, and Mark took pity on her.

[Patriarhio]

The best song of Mark by far!Theres no regret about that...

[j0s1e]

This is a right tune, What a legend ! !

[PhillyDickinson]

The keyboard player is enjoying it a little TOO much.

[fishingrhod]

The Fall without Mark E Smith? HE IS THE BLOODY FALL!

The End.

[SpaceJamEnthusiast]

"If it's me and your grandma on bongos, it's The Fall."

[jjj7477]

well organised, attended and filmed, unlike oslo!!

[avidconsumer]

Great sounding video, is thia from a TV station?

[kogler]

Yep. NRK in Norway

[psychicshopper]

TV seems a lot more progressive in Norway, that would never air on over the air TV in America. I saw the Fall in 2005, I think Marky Smith is the only orginal member, I couldn;t help but think, what a great band they would be if they got rid of him. Kind of like Pere Ubu.

[jjj7477]

I think you are not aware of how wrong you are....

[johnfish1]

u are very very sad

[gregasmc]

Mark E. Smith is really the only member. The rest are people he met on the street that morning. He married one of 'em.

[james91ocr]

who could replace mark e smith??

[zincalloy2]

I disagree; A conventional singer would make The Fall just another band from the riff-and-repeat mold. I love that Smith is such a polarizing figure. For every person who sees a wholly original talent with a knack for brilliant, biting commentary, there is another who sees an overrated, tuneless, grumpy alcoholic.

[jjj7477]

....and those that see that are fascile observers/wrong!

[johnfish1]

u just dont et it psychic i think its an american thing ur all very very fuckin dumb

[jjj7477]

you speak of yourself....

[johnfish1]

what u talkin about

[johnfish1]

oh i see u seem to think that only americans live in the us take a look round dublin u clown, lucky if u see a paddy.

[johnfish1]

u see im just well traveled peasant

[jjj7477]

A shithead is what you are.

[johnfish1]

sad boy on u tube at 5 in the morning

[jjj7477]

is what you are too.

[hooblah]

Well done.