The Fall - Reformation

[wdamian]

Mark E. is one used-up looking sod. Thankfully, he still rocks the fooking house.

[routeamelie]

M.E.S...GENIOUS..



[loquality]

this is the riff!!

[thediesel387]

That is the face of one hard partying fella.

[peaeater1]

The coolest Salvation Army doss-house on Earth.

[pavlatoar]

super song

[maxwall7755]

Fuck me he looks like Bruno Ganz.

[TheEnchantingWizard1]

Mark E.  Smith is the coolest man alive, and when he dies, he'll be the coolest man dead.

[hilarion22330]

jouissiffffff !!!

[TomVfan]

After the piss poor Fall Head Roll came Reformation, an album with a set of bollocks. The Dudes were awesome.

[madcapoperator]

this is just inane. worst fall album. still good

[hufclufc]

@madcapoperator One of my favourites. You pays ya money, ya takes ya choice

[madcapoperator]

@hufclufc I just cant believe a year later they did imperial wax solvent which for my money is one of their very best ever

[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...

[mradamcooley]

3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3...

[senordeviscaya]

I F$% LOVE THESE GUYS!!! SINCE '84-85. MARK E. SMITH.. ROCK ON.

[ronaldvanderkleij]

get your danceshoes on babe

[acewhatnot]

MARK E SMITH



[MySPANGLES]

Mark E Smith is a consummate genius with a face like a withered, rusty spanner.

Oh yeah! Lloyd Cole got smashed in the face with Busta Rhymes' jawbone, hy-yep!

Sodom and Gomorrah went to my primary school and had hot dinners-ahh!

Everything The Fall does is bound to be a winner-ah!

[Lytton333]

Here is the news..

A ramshackle and raddled old Mancunian sot has today sang disinterestedly about the ramblings of his decrepit mind.

[MrJuicejohn]

TOTALLY AWESOME.

[Kento617]

Does anyone understand the lyrics? Are they suppose to not make sense? oh well, this is REALLY HEAVY!!!!!!!!!!!

[MegaKevorkian]

@Kento617 Oh wow mann, this is really heavy. I dont understand the lyrics. Another freaking peasant, with a showcase for poor comments!. Its all about repetition,repetition, repetition, we dig it, we dig it, we dig it, but obviously you dont!.Persevere, n you might just get what the mushy penned lyrics are all about!. Like the I ching says, perseverence furthers!

[Kento617]

@MegaKevorkian oh im a peasant now am I? Im a peasant because I want a little more depth with my lyrics? Im a peasant because im not going with the flow? That's fine with me. Im not trying to talk junk about this band, I just thought this song would have some concrete lyrics or something. Perserve, perserve what!? GOLDFISH BOWLS!? *whispers* goldfish bowl...

[MegaKevorkian]

@Kento617 Ever hear of the I ching?. Perseverance furthers!. With the Fall. its all about repetition!. If you at first listen, and cant understand lyricall content, keep listening, persever, n keep listening again, until you hear the lyrics. You will understand after so much repetition mate!

[Kento617]

@MegaKevorkian I did look up what the I ching was and it was some kind of old chines book. But I will give it a shot, maybe his way in writing songs is just another way for us fans to dig deeper into music?

[MegaKevorkian]

@Kento617 Hey Matey, Did you find the Book of Changes, or the I ching helpfull with Perservering with Fall REPETITIOUS lyrics, in deeper understanding, or help with your own lyrics, n writting for your goodself?.Hope I have given you something new to further your cause,Possitivity prevails.Megakevorkian, Go matey!

[MegaKevorkian]

isnt this what it sounds like!.what reforming went on in your mushy head?.oh this is the best one yet!. get off thy knees, n stop worshipping the fall, n this is the best. far too many wanna bee gees sychophantic ranters talking timpppaage!.

[Kento617]

@MegaKevorkian I try not to worship bands Im too busy trying to come up with my own music. I only worship God. I wish people didn't worship bands to the extreme though...

[MegaKevorkian]

@Kento617 well done my freind, creation is a gift of the gods!, let these petty peasant theif louts get on their knees in false idolotry, biggots the lot of them!

[Kento617]

@MegaKevorkian I know right!? thanks man. This is why I don't like listening to good music because I get caught up with just listening to them. I just keep sating to myself "I can do better. I can do better."

[hufclufc]

Theres always someone picking some obscure Fall track and saying," This is their best", but well, THIS IS THEIR BEST!

[MegaKevorkian]

Salutations to the reformation of M.E.S, and co, after the rolling of previous Fall heads!.Let em rock n roll.Keep on keeping on.

[crustyeyegoop]

So like should America teach Americans and or South Africa that MES and what not!

fi;isi

[weedniac]

Awesome video!!! long life to the trash music styles and the fucking rock!!!

[flachi32]

Wish he'd spend his time writing short stories or a novel. I lost my interest in the Fall around the turn of the milllenium but play Hex Induction once a week to remind me how great they were.. if I had been 17 years old when Reformation came out I doubt I would be as bothered as I was when I first heard Mere Pseud mag ed for example, but fair play to MES he has bills to pay if not the rates

[YouGotWoodRolled]

@flachi32

The Fall have released some damn good albums since 2000.

[MegaKevorkian]

@YouGotWoodRolled The Fall have released some damn good albums since 1977, starting with Live at the witch trials!

[YouGotWoodRolled]

@MegaKevorkian lol true. In fact, they've never released a bad album. Everything has been good to excellent. A few have been flawed but flawed Fall beats everything else, in my book.

[MegaKevorkian]

@YouGotWoodRolled Too right my Fall appreciating friend!.Agreement all-round.

[YouGotWoodRolled]

@MegaKevorkian I split Fall albums into 4 different categories: good, great, really great, and excellent. I rank Reformation TLC somewhere between "great" and "really great".

[MegaKevorkian]

@YouGotWoodRolled I dont split Fall albums myself. Theyre all M.E.S, and various incarnations of the Fall, Teyre all the mighty Fall to me, and thats that asa far as Im concerned.

[Barbarakerr1]

Yep, Mark E Smith pushes all the boundaries of music . . Reformation - awesome, incredible track . . I love it when they end the live performances on this track !!!

[MrPabz9]

Mitherin Mitherin

[pienchen07]

Marc, I have seen you twice about 20 years ago in Hamburg. you´ll always look great.

Manfred

[pieplateindustries]

fkn fantastic... they ended on this last night at the powerstation, Auckland, NZ. Sublime

[jarmchairpilot1]

he makes very interesting music-and facial expressions aaahh-

I wish my band armchairpilots had the Fall intensity

Mark E Smith aaa Genius

[octaedre77]

I was there that night. They did a couple of Wham covers I seem to remember. Mark E was in fine form, collecting glasses and blagging setlists "for a fan's forum" (so he said). Very polite mind. I'll never forget it.

[19680606Doud]

@octaedre77

I am very "jalou" not to be with you at this performance. What do i miss first, you or them? nevermind i have some arguments... - 1 i am french and faaar from London just for one day... and - 2 i did not know that you will be there... so,

may be for 2 or 3 days could i make an arangement with my boss, soooooo

may be for the next date... in Paris

kiss

[raymercify]

I saw the Fall live at Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1942. It was when they had a guy called Morrissey as their singer and Iggy Pop played the triangle. I will never forget the night because after the gig we were in a pub and Mark E Smith was there and he was canvassing for the Tory party. He came to our table and asked for our vote,I'll never forget it becausewe said 'No,thanks mate' and he said 'ok, have a nice evening'. I'll never forget it.

[josefsilacek]

Nope! That's why he's a genius!

[MrPeterpancakes]

I don't want to offend any fans of The Fall, but in all seriousness, is there a song where Mark E.Smith actually sings?

[bolderiks]

@MrPeterpancakes about pancakes...

[KuriousOrange56]

Reformation Post T.L.C. has a great song called ''scenario' which mentions

Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica.I wonder if mark listened to that

album in his childhood days.

[KuriousOrange56]

Reformation Post T.L.C. has a great song called ''scenario'' that metions

captain beefhearts TROUT MASK REPLICA.

[smithmarke]

Repitition in the music and they've never lost it, thankfully.

[joshfletch1290]

Literally one of the best videos ever made.

[MrJuicejohn]

@joshfletch1290 That's what I was gonna say

[MegaKevorkian]

@MrJuicejohn Hey Juicy, you just missed out there matey!

[atruveteran]

is mark e smith american!!!!!! LMAO 

[ravbarring]

Coooool

[ftooc]

Wow! while J. Rotten is selling butter on TV, Mark E. Smith exudes the raw creativity that you think is only associated with youth. Pure genius!

[coptersoisoi]

repetitive shit gone super cool. why does this song rock and yet it breaks the stereotype of all repetitive structured music sucks? Maybe i'm being bias.

[longfirm71]

This is the business...Mark E Smith is stii on form...

[nath909]

And do you think she took him round to meet the in laws, in the mother country. Id love to have seen that. A sort of out of control, alcoholic, rubber faced dwarf. And some Russians

[PatrickAlanMcL]

@nath909 She aint Russian. She's Greek

[glowgod]

i got slapped by a 60 year old female drunken lush in the Salutation when i was at uni....we got driven out with pool cues....lovely boozer!

[longfirm71]

Still going strong! 'REFORMATEEON!'

[marjlyons]

Is this entertaining???

[lifepod2036]

what does reformation of martin luther have to do with umm Wisconsin ?? Cheese state... lol. this shit is funny. He's loved because he's apart of some secretive esoteric society and mr Peel favored him ... it's all a conspiracy and I wanna be in on it :|

[stankler]

ah.....this line up rocks..is it current.?

[NeverQuitChocolate]

@stankler nope, its the previous one!

[lifepod2036]

what a trip this is him today? 

[ZEMTRASH]

that´s cool power......great

ZEMTRASH

[DavidAngelMedina]

very repetative

[jespi005]

@DavidAngelMedina It's called "Post-Punk". The whole point is for it to be minimalist and repetitive.

[321bytor]

@DavidAngelMedina you can say that again. Joke. It's great.

[ravjohl]

The best band in the world by a long way !

Stunning song

[thegreatreverendx]

I'll bet Mark E. Smith starts every morning with this song.

Of course for him that probably means 12:01 am.

[RevTwoSheds]

yeah like some continued bollox cos the shit thing don't take more than 500 charxcters .. so... let's Fuckin avit [3/4 minutes a la longerisms if poss] kicks arse @ about 60%if measured by genericFallOutput&leNerds can suk it~i'll glady give y'my pole if y'wannaget started[or if y'wanna work up to it on generic FM,I'll go flaccid2give 'em a head start ]soOKit's in the"note books out plaguarists"style eg.somewhere

[RevTwoSheds]

....else like"did he die"bySeeds(sure as hell a good start)but who's countin'all the arseholes who dissTheFallwho wanna make theirown records~like know wot I mean innit[hic]F'k theC**ts coz I can't be arsed toDJpearls before swine to yer bollox

[lanoviadepetedoherty]

fuck!!!! mark e smith are god!

[mradamcooley]

AMAZING song. 3-0. 3-0. 3-0. 3-0.

[AlabamaManWhore]

I love this man so much.

[Belgenmop1]

When does the next Fall album comes out?

[megamarkd]

@Belgenmop1 Your Future Our Clutter came out 4 months ago. It's abit soon for a new album even for The Fall!

[thatseverin]

While most will agree that MES is the real fucking deal a individual in the best sense of the word..... few want the life he has. But, it would be a gas to get fucked up with him.

[hermanmerman18]

i love the music and the singer is cool as shit but i cant dig the singing

[Belgenmop1]

@hermanmerman18 Messy MES : )

[UnhingedMars]

This is a fantastic video under what must have been very trying circumstances !

[johnnycheck99]

Mark E Smith- the hardest man in the music business and the biggest drinker.

[robgeorge87]

i imagine thats how mark e smith makes his way around his house just on a run of the mill afternoon......

[jerrydem298]

@robgeorge87 Yeah and ain't it beeuutiful! As a 51yr old Chicago punk, M.E.Smith is ..coool. 

[TheGameKat]

@robgeorge87 love it. and quite possibly true.

[shueln]

@robgeorge87 Oh naturally. I imagine him to always be the most hateful spiteful man. A british male version of my grandma, who rolls down her windows to scream obscenities to children playing in their yards. In fact, my grandma is single, maybe I can hook them up. He's a little younger but at a certain point I think age doesn't matter... god that would be so cool to have Mark E. Smith as my step grandpa.

[makuus12]

@shueln no offence to your grandma but see the woman in the video? Thats his wife. Your grandmas gotta be pretty damn attractive to beat her.

[shueln]

@makuus12 True true. My grandma couldn't beat her. But I like to imagine in a world where Mark E. smith didn';t have a wife. Maybe my grandma and him can just be good friends.

[jonanjello]

The greatEST

[comradegonzo]

certainly the best looking Fall line-up ever

[alinryde]

a not very great fall song - but made interesting by the appearance of richard campbell ......

as noted by someone on youtube - that guy mark smith should have a drink from time to time - would make him a bit less cheery

[thetempsband]

Discounted tickets for The Fall in the Liverpool 02 Academy 2 on the 19th of May. They're normally £17 but we have them for £10. Send us a message on this if you'd like one!

[hexicola]

@thetempsband i'd like one, how do i get hold of u?

[thetempsband]

Awesome song!

[murraymartin1234]

Legendary don't give a fuck badass!

[sharonwithtracey]

perfect song. I loved the US line up . They were great live at that open air norweigan concert on youtube.

[LIFEONPLANETBECK]

Mark E should indulge in a drink now and then........ LMAO

[ataraxiapathy]

Cheese stix? No thanks.

[frankbough1955]

Zis iz the bfuking bisiniz

[CapeLinuX]

wonderfully mesmerizing !!!

[LOLwut36]

the unstoppable Mark E Smith. I salute you

[turquoisebeachangel5]

Remember my name! It's like every rising superstars dream and every little kid who dresses up and goes around singing and dancing (pointing at me =D). This song is great. NEW VERSION ROCKS!

[DETHANDREW]

i could listen to this song for days

[saggybitch]

Alchohol has fucked him up!!..

Still great music!!!! first saw The Fall when i was 16 at woolwich cinema..

44 now and still listening... 50.000 and 1 Fall fans cant be wrong..

[pistermickles]

Nice to see the old cunts still got menace.......long live Mark E Smith

[MemphisKol]

I love this song ! so much tense in the voice and in the music ! I love it

[j0nnyism]

reminds me a little of hex enduction hour. its great to see them at their best again

[peterchoyce]

that looks like the hippys of YO LA TENGO with Mark E in this?

This from the new 2010 release? anyone?

[pencildives]

@peterchoyce I don't see hippies or Yo La Tengo

[cruiserscreek]

@peterchoyce nah, already a couple of albums ago now...reformation post t-l-c, then imperial wax solvent then 'your future, our clutter', out last month, which is as you'd expect - great.

[sharonwithtracey]

@cruiserscreek I went to HMV to buy TLC LP and it's been deleted! Why? Someone said maybe limited pressings. It's only 3 years old!

[cruiserscreek]

@sharonwithtracey don't think it'll be limited pressings...although what may be true is what's out there is all there'll ever be (until re-issue time in a decade or so)...assume there will be some left scattered about in shops but physical buying is in it's death throes...any shop i go in has 3/4 fall albums, randomly selected era and taste wise. best bet is youtube/streams or torrents unhappily. if worst comes to worse, get in touch.

[sharonwithtracey]

@cruiserscreek Thanks. Have ordered it on Amazon and got in Imperial Wax too. The deletion's given me a sense of urgency.

[leary1968]

Love it - Fall make video for £5.50 (cost of 6-pack for Mark)!

[nantito2]

Σαπουνάκη Θεέ!

[gptvproductions]

Mark E has still got it! Bad Ass!!!!

[frankbough1955]

mark smith what a fucking annoying face ,....what a wanker!!!!!

[DJC9909]

@frankbough1955 let's see you do what he's done then...

[frankbough1955]

@DJC9909 dont need to do wat hes done asshole..he is a twat just makin rubbish noise that pricks like you like to pretend is really cool so you can be so interesting .get a life you arseHOLES

[kingmonkey82]

I gave it 2 stars by accident, is there anything I can do about that? I love this song.

[meoma1966]

first impression: great song. second impression: mark would have great chances in a johnny-cash-look-a-like contest

[jonanjello]

Freaking great song.

[salmonico]

Just usual awesomeness from The Fall.

[Gringobadges]

fanfukkintastik...... :)

[PatrickAlanMcL]

The legend that is MES deserves a knighthood. Arise, Sir Mark. If you agree, join the Facebook group... "We humbly request Her Royal Highness makes The Fall's Mark E Smith a KBE"

[jalle8700]

i wanna be mark e smith...hes the fucking coolest man alive

[lanoviadepetedoherty]

Impresionante, ¿porque sera que mark e smith me vuelve loca? Impressive, is because it will Mark smith, me crazy?

[eccy1991]

I live next to that pub :)

[MarkRoberts63]

@eccy1991 good beer there?

[fiddelerselbow]

Holy shit this is great.

[catbox]

Fan Base Solid.

[yuryiodizadebee]

♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫

the legacy lives on ive listed me rare the fall album trumps on ebay ...enjoy

♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫

[wagwaneasy]

does he say "cheese tits"?

[McNeillR]

@wagwaneasy "cheese states"

I always pretend it's "cheese steaks"!

[fiddelerselbow]

@wagwaneasy I hope so

[TheRanTanWaltz]

apparently we have a Live At The Witch Trials thing going on, particularly in our song England Isnt Mine. would be interesting to know what other people think. cheers

[paraxicosis]

THE MIGHTY FALL

[jonanjello]

This song's badass

[mepjohnson]

I personally wish I could be as mental as Mark, if I caught it and took it to a Dr it's two weeks automatically.

[Timmybear]

Story is this clip was made after he canned just about everyone in the group. This was like a going-away gift.

[bartpierson]

"You wouldn't even know if the sun was up unless there was a press release on it"

-Mark E. Smith

[adamndirtyshame]

yeah i get it, but as a promoter i can tell you that press releases are a crucial part of modern music marketing. i found out about this band on a blog, which probably found out from a magazine, which probably first heard of the band from a press release sent out by their label, who learned of them in the first place from ANOTHER press release announcing their gig!

[cjwaynefresh]

@adamndirtyshame else so that they don't miss out? Thank God for people like you.

[adamndirtyshame]

thank you.

[adamndirtyshame]

still think press releases arent useful??? imagine if the sun actually WASNT going to come up anymore, if the government or scientists didnt issue a press release about it to warn us, thered be mass panic. people might die. promoters do a thankless job and its not right. i bet the Fall's promotion team worked their asses off getting the bands name out to tastemakers and potential consumers. obviously they did a good job, no thanks to mark smiths hypocritical philosophy.

[bartpierson]

I don't think that quote is supposed to be taken completely seriously. His sense of humor is pretty dry and is opened to all kinds of interpretations. Honestly, me quoting that was totally random.

[alejandro15187]

Yeah, Mark E. Smith is from the country Mark E. Smith.

[gestapojohnson]

Whoa, guys - this band are frickin' great!!! Is the singer American?  I frickin' love these guys! Jeez - Where are they from? Are they called The Autumn in Europe or are they still The Fall? This is badass!!!You frickin' rock!!!

[dangerouskitchen21]

This is The Fall. English band Mark E Smith is from Bradford. do a wikipedia cos i really dont know where to start. saw them in liverpool last nite for the third time. BEST BAND EVER

[paddyoshea55]

england