The Fall - Victoria

[victoriaestelle]

i'm actually named after this song<3

[hmgnoob]

himym bring me here :D

[the94vid]

@hmgnoob me 2 :D s07e02 :D

[shakercoola]

There is a Beates White Album feel about this song. Long live The Fall

[Noiseryuu]

the kinks and the fall ROCKS!

[nath909]

Brix was great. Not as great as the great MES, but still great.

[pbatommy]

I meant the Kinks

[pbatommy]

Don't forget a thumbs up for the Links who first recorded this!

[Labyrinthman]

I know about this song for long but when I heard it in the HIMYM it reminded me to listen it again. BTW I first time heard about this song from Sonic Youth cover of The Fall.

Thumbs up if you like HIMYM, Sonic Youth and of course The Fall !

[pumbadvr9]

every song sounds better in how i met your mother

[Bikinirubdown]

Sucks that when you put The Fall in youtube some shitty band called the fall of troy comes up first

[sweet518]

@Bikinirubdown Fall of Troy are awesome. Just not The Fall level of awesome.

[AQDeathstar]

@Bikinirubdown

No. Bad. Wrong. The Fall Of Troy are brilliant.

[TomPhilip92]

nvermind the buzcoxs lead me here

[Krossbyr]

Thanks "how i met your mother"!

[fullmetalshinigami]

i was watching an old episode of Nevermind the Buzzcocks the other day and this was on it, and today i was watching How I Met Your Mother and it was on that too.

[riquebq]

I would like that cake

[rebelVHS]

Is there anyone who still hasn't heard 'Cheap Space Chant' ?

In YouTube, search for 'Timekode, Mark E Smith'

and listen to the strangest and best MES/Fall

collaboration of them all...

[kronos66]

Mark E Smith singing Ray Davies - wonderful!

[pricklyphlox]

The Strokes made me nostalgic for The Fall

[sclapione]

@pricklyphlox ugh, how embarrassing why mention that JUNK on here ? lol

[lurch321]

What year was this from?

[CR4GETH]

I fucking love the Fall, even their covers are amazing

[tomd2103]

Ahh the good old days of perimeter fencing at football grounds!!

[popnjs]

Great clip - Brix looked a lot better pre-botox

[kinksboss1]

ok...nowhere near as great as KInks original

[hufclufc]

I know mark thought he was doing something wrong round this time, but I loved this period. Brix made them have more fun, bless her

[GlobalPunditOrg]

fuckin ace

[lvosmik]

Rise sounds like Victoria. The Kinks did Victoria in 1969. Public Image Ltd released Rise in the 80s

[ZLUGGO]

Sounds a lot like "Rise", the P.i.L song,

[cretinbob]

@ZLUGGO This sounds nothing like Rise

[davidsan01]

@ZLUGGO You must be deaf! :-)

[mickdimas]

+0p$#!+

[aerowayne1]

WOW the kid from Two and half men is all grown up, and he sings.

[p1nkAcid]

@aerowayne1 if you come here ill kill you

[p1nkAcid]

@aerowayne1 if you come here ill kill you. Dont forget we owned you

[aerowayne1]

@p1nkAcid KILL yourself and do the world a favor.

[steveOoutonbail]

@aerowayne1 I would but i got unfinished business with mother fkas like you. Dont mess with what you dont understand you wannabe hick dick chaser

[aerowayne1]

@steveOoutonbail Oh I understand, but I don't deal with male asshole fuckers like you. So shove it where you enjoy it. Ass fucker chaser.

[panzercat1939]

I use to think that somehow Mark E Smith traveled back in time and preformed this song and that the Kinks ripped it off.

[Fashizle20]

Great Cover,Great Band!

[levertrevel]

does anybody know why he is not keeping that ...toria at the end of the chorus?

I've always thought that it added some stronger connotation to the conservative attitude of the monarchy

[PussmasterX]

why did the Fall do such a straight cover of this song? I would have expected them to screw with it somehow. Either way, I love the Fall and the Kinks so whatever.

[agateplanet]

@PussmasterX

because it's hard to better ?

[Milo52c]

Leaves me pining for Ray and Dave.

[svecter]

Brix sure as hell had him at the bottom of a white sweet pack.

He grown real theese daze ... thank "god".

:-)

[damobrfc1875]

@dav2777 Thanks very much for that! I shall take your advice and go forth! Not sure Ill get to Bath anytime soon mind!

[damobrfc1875]

Whats Christiano Ronaldo doing in the middle of a Fall video?! Weird! On another note, just getting into The Fall, anyone recommend a couple of thier albums to start me off?

[LazyGigolo]

Another useless cover... But Una Baines is hot !!

[slacker37]

Mark E. Smith has been and always will be a prick. But he's a talented prick.

[leftnutnamedchancey]

@slacker37 He's a prick for a good reason!

[Pansy1788]

this versions ok but i LOVE the Kinks

[pbrick6301]

I am not intelligent enough to be a fan of the Fall.

[ktsnowrider]

@pbrick6301 at least you cop to it

[Totalreformer]

Talk about a PR for the royal society as well as the occult society.

But talking about the music itself, it's damn good. =)

[ifanbates]

Dare I say it, but MES was quite a good looking young chap. Best British band...

[cjwaynefresh]

Doesn't matter whether you are whatever, metal , hip hop, punk, whatever, you cannot front on the fall.

[SPERANZA65]

This was filmed at Heaton Hall in the park... so long ago now...13 odd years...blimey!

[Houdinitreehouse]

"aka The Selfish Gene" :)

[breakfast37]

sex me fist fuck

[lifepod2036]

This is one of the few songs that went mainstream on alternative stations in the US. But They had lots of great creative songs in their day.

[lifepod2036]

I love this song... damn I have forgotten to many bands name from them. In his older years now this guy looks a lot like Johnny Cash

[UltimateVenom]

spoilt victorian child

[Patricklucey5]

indeed

[lazerjim1]

i keep singing this song to my missus called victoria n i think shes on the verge of kicking me out

[alrioart]

I love THE FALL

[Leekduck]

this should be the british national anthem

[nabokov261070]

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

[toribuss]

glad my names Victoria

[renotsecniv]

Nice version of a great song.

[kinksboss1]

pretty good version, Cracker does a good version, but nothing will ever compare to Ray and Dave's vocal harmonies on that chorus

[579461sf]

The riff reminds me rise from PIL

[jhd75fish]

queen victoria was a pathetic little lackey of her mother and her boyfriend and then later all she did was pine after her dead husband...what the fuck did she actually do other than that....why the fuck is this cunt famous?

[boosra]

@jhd75fish

I guess the rest of the Brits were kicking ass at the time, and she gets all the props.

[custer1968]

Uhmm..anyone who dosen't get the Fall....dosen't get the Fall...your loss

[madmexart]

Don't like the Fall? Chinga tu madre

[44buckwheat]

These guys took a brilliant song and put it in a blender and fucked it up. This version blows like no other. These guys can Fall off the earth.

[44buckwheat]

These guys took a brilliant song and put it in a blender and fucked it up. This version blows like no other. These guys can Fall off the earth.

[tl350125go]

@44buckwheat

mate, it's a pisstake.

the song was kinda wank anyway. i think mark just wanted to have a laugh with it.

[salvadorGOLLY]

@44buckwheat It sounds exactly like the original...

[commonperson]

Happy Victoria Day!

[CanaryCake]

i dont love this song. but i do love queen victoria. we canadians get may 24 off because of this chick.

[grobo11]

@CanaryCake YOU LUCKY BASTARDS! We don't get any kind of day off lol.

[cheifguggletram]

This guy can't fucking sing. He's no Ray Davies, I'll tell you that much

[Damnedsoul53]

ew omg!

[manumaker]

love the kinks love the fall

[DirtyDanchez1]

this is wonderful. a brilliant rendition of a brilliant song!

I wish Mark E Smith would cover every kinks song!!

[birdandthe]

the fall in decline thanks to that bimbo from usa

[bubbigumgirl]

One of my all time favourite "Fall" songs. But did you notice the Union flag on the cake was backwards?!!!! lol

[Omie789]

I think thats why the camera lingers on it!

[luistownmassacre]

Mark's sunglasses and cheesy smile at the end crack me up.

[luistownmassacre]

Hmm I believe this is the first Fall song I ever heard/saw. I saw it on VH1 Classic.

[tomsega]

Not necessarily to suggest I even prefer The Fall, but they certainly make the Pixies look slightly less influential. It's not The Fall's fault fewer people in the US had heard of them.

[radioheadicta]

at least this is better than the original one.

[muzpunk]

Love them both, but Ray Davies' is the best!

[oncydium]

Mark Smith can sing!

[indevelopment]

@oncydium Funny I was just thinking today it's one of the few Fall tracks where Mark does sing.

[19NORGE78]

Shit, that looked like a good cake.

[LittleLeopardPeople]

This is great. I heard this version before i ever heard the kinks original and much prefer this. And I love Mark E Smith's voice in this... the same way I love Peter Perrett's voice in The Only Ones 'Another Girl, Another Planet'.

[fenderstratguy]

This version is pretty good and I think if Ray Davies sang on it with these guitars, it would be the best version of the 3.

[llenllenllenl]

How could you possibly prefer this to the original Kinks album version?.

This is a good version. But really..

[LittleLeopardPeople]

Whats it to you...? It's my preference. I very much like the Kinks version but this, in my opinion, is better. It's a matter of taste.

[sjames1955]

@LittleLeopardPeople Remember the original is 20 years older done in a rock & roll style. See the Kinks live in Providence version it may be the best of the 3.

[MOONST0MP]

I agree mate, I love the Kinks, I think they are the dogs bollocks but I really do think this version is better than the original.

[boardy777777]

dont give a fuck !! salford forever !fuck of

[jasonbigelow]

great cover,but it's weird to hear regular lyrics coming out of MES's mouth

[spurtfather]

love scanlon dressed up as a wee urchin! ha ha

[debkatz]

The Fall was way ahead of their time. And I love Mark Smith's voice.

[Landshark23]

Give me Mark E Smith over whatever good singer is winning the tv talents shows any day.

[Belgenmop1]

@Landshark23 Agree

[frobo666]

Love this.

[unfloppo]

beauty, clark.

[thestevo46]

nothing against a fellow brit,but ive heard my best mate sing better in the pub,i think you are mark e smith aintcha,what a load of old cobblers

[StrummerLivesxxx]

whether he can sing good or not doesn't matter.

[firefist5]

so everybody has someone who can sing better than them

[Melkvision]

What makes a better singer? It's personal taste. If your mate was so good, he wouldn't be singing in some silly old pub. He'd have made 27 studio albums and have a huge cult following throughout the world. He doesn't though, does he? The Fall do. :)

[spiccybaby]

Love the original, love this. Just a great song.

[izzycalledfizz]

i cant be the only person who first heard this on never mind the buzzcocks and loved it from then on xD

[RH98]

Me too! I have always loved The Fall, but as they have 21,978 albums this gem had passed me by until about a week ago when I found out that Stephen Fry had been on Buzzcocks and just had to look it up.

[Polystyrofoam]

THAT WAS THE ONE WITH MATT SCHULTZ

gotta love cagetth elephany

[coelacanth23]

wot original?

[burlearth]

by the Kinks.

[Melkvision]

The Kinks did this first, I love both versions though.

[JackM2409]

fuckin hell, this is amazin, the fall rules lol

[masgtai]

Victoria= my nomination for rallying cry of Steampunks.

[Zmitk]

2:03 like it

[Alessieta]

Love the little part where the dude is doing "tricks" with the football. I'm assuming it is a dig at some of the other footballing nations styles?

[tiahol6]

i think it might be more of our english arrogance the victorian attitude that we gave the world all the greatest things including football

[barrieev]

Great cover. The guitars make it a more brittle, less cheery song. Perfect tone.

[Ulmeyda08]

BEST LYRICS EVER.

[SKIZINGDRUG]

I like this cover much better than te original

[Vicbelle87]

yay! my name =)

Love this song!! ♥

[MemphisKol]

fantastic song.... The Fall are the Best !

[datingrobots]

We love The Fall.

We hate the kooks.

[Polystyrofoam]

the kinks did the original no the kooks...

[AlbionsNumberOne]

fucking retarded?!?@!@?

[12345l6789]

@datingrobots

we love the kinks

we love the fall's cover

[3LARI]

@datingrobots We are the angry mob

[9999jpw]

I named my Daughter after this song! Now that she is a teenager she thinks it is rather cool, and yes she loves the Fall!

[joheyv]

has anyone ever listened to the lyrics?

it's like ya'll forgot about irony...that's why we LOVE the Fall.

[joheyv]

f**k all ya'll--the Fall is the best and way cooler than you'll ever be. Viva Mark E. Smith! btw i have the original on vinyl if anyone is interested...

[naughydude5110]

do they usally sound like that ?

im not trying to be mean but they do sound bad.

[Grazmataz37]

man, what a drug head

[MichaelC19fan]

Cute video. An an American Anglophile and Victorian wanna be loved the Crystal Palace cake!

[donnieluciano]

i like this version better cause i grew up listening to the falls my dad loved em

[ShasoDnarb]

Love this version. Respect to the Kinks, among others.

[heavyboxes]

Mark E. is a brilliant little dude.

[eyewoodsay]

this gets me boppin...great chorus...

[bandcouver]

Love the way they sing well off key on the 'A' in "Victoria". I'm sure Ray Davies ( writer of this splendid song originally recorded by him and his merry band of Kinks ) got a laugh out of this.

[willzyx23]

ia this 'Keep me hanging on' by Kim Wilde in the end?

[INewGeniousI]

Who was Victoria???o_O"

Ótima musica,mas eu não sei quem foi essa Victoria!

=P

[piro6220]

Queen Victoria

[alexdopalestra]

Victoria, foi Rainha da Inglaterra.

[KokiValentine28]

lol INewGeniousl the lyrics go "Victoria was my queen"

[masterj345]

are u retarded?

what does that chapel in saint pauls dedicated to the tens of thousands of americans who died defending britain stand for again?

[strangemonkey]

That's a nice Airedale terrier (0:48)!

[matiasrr86]

victoria

[23GreyRaven23]

Oh. My. Gosh. My name is Victoria and I cannot stop laughing when I hear this song. Watching the video is even worse because the seem to look right at you when they say Victoria, it's just so weird!

[youwinoneinternets]

lol tell me about, i hate hearing my name ranted out in any form of media xD

[23GreyRaven23]

i've actually just decided to change my name. now i'm Amara. I'll still get a kick out of anything with Victoria, though... lol.

[youwinoneinternets]

haha good idea, ill change mine to mark e smith and see how he likes it :p

[jpardey]

Alright, the NoMeansNo version is on Mr. Right & Mr. Wrong. Apparently, it's actually as The Hanson Brothers. All the same, I really want to hear that, especially with the lyrics about our town.

Someone post a link to it, if you know where to find it.

[thechriswheelie]

The Fall should never have made videos and that's why this is so wonderful. Apart from Brix, I've never seen a band look so awkward. Check-out 1.56 - classic. I love The Fall. And I love this song.

[BahmanG]

LOL.

[willbaird]

tooooo true!!

[thisrainykitten]

I do dare.

And he was.

He was cute.

Look at Telephone Thing.

He was really great looking.

[misterlepa]

youtube politicos are bellends! really think MES is a fan of imperialist illegal warmongers?

more to the point, what nomeansno version?? I NEED THAT!

[brand666]

YouTube politicos are funny.

[masterj345]

is this the music vid for the song or is this from some show?

i love britain.

shoulder to shoulder with the US when the times get tough there are only 2 or 3 countries the US can count on .

Israel and Britain and the top 2.

[perunatic]

Yeah, that's right. Israel will fight to the last drop of Anglo-American blood! Haven't you heard of the King David Hotel or the USS Liberty?

[masterj345]

yea but sometimes israel knows what best for america even when it doesnt .

like when reagan said no to destroying saddams nuclear reactor. the israelis did what no one else had the balls to do, and america benefited from it inthe long run.

[perunatic]

Iraq was a military ally of America until the invasion of Kuwait. Long before this Israel attackd the USS Liberty. Why didn't the Americans destroy the Israeli nuclear arsenal?