Mark E Smith

PhiladelphiaChris · Post by **PhiladelphiaChris** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:24 pm

Mark E Smith,lead singer of the Fall has died today. Really gutted about this,so many great songs and so unique.

Cheshireclaret · Post by **Cheshireclaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:26 pm

Just logged in to post this. A music legend in my eyes, so many great tracks. RIP Mark E Smith.

CHEWBACCA · Post by **CHEWBACCA** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:29 pm

Was talking about him only last week with work colleagues,R.I.P. anti hero .

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:30 pm

Gutting. What a character.

Up the stairs mister.

RIP MES

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:34 pm

Mark Is Dead.
https://youtu.be/p9zTSvEpt_8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:35 pm

Sad news indeed

Longsidebovril · Post by **Longsidebovril** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:35 pm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LctPleLOgqk

Mark E smith AND Turf Moor.

What’s not to love

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:42 pm

Wow, I'd sen he recently had trouble with throat/respiratory tract but that is a bit of a shocker.
He was falsely reported to have died last year but, unfortunately, it seems to be factual this time.
For me, the Fall's output was very patchy but there was some very good stuff amongst it. He was an uncompromising character and very true to himself, pretty much anathema to today's music scene.
RIP Mark E.

EarbyClaret · Post by **EarbyClaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:45 pm

Knew he was seriously ill so not a surprise but still a shock. Given his lifestyle probably never destined to live long into old age.

As has been said unique talent and hugely influential. The Fall always sounded so fresh because of the regular turnover of personnel, due in no small part to the fact that MES was notoriously difficult to work with.

So many fantastic songs over 40 odd years, for those of a certain age another part of the fabric of growing up in the late 70s/early 80s passes on - genuinely sad news - RIP

CHEWBACCA · Post by **CHEWBACCA** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:51 pm

My favourite has to be this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGI3fKFpbsA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:54 pm

Loved watching this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1aCCS05O9Y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Duffer_ · Post by **Duffer_** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:56 pm

Popcorn double feature, the whole world's a funny farm.

RIP

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:56 pm

Gutted.......one of the best! R.I.P.

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:59 pm

Sad news indeed, always a big fan of The Fall.

Cheeseontoast · Post by **Cheeseontoast** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:00 pm

Fella knew how to bang out a tune. R.I.P.

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:03 pm

My first ever gig was seeing The Fall at Clitheroe Castle in 1985. Thirty years later I booked them to play in Clitheroe at The Grand. They came to record some of their more recent material at The Grand recording studio in Clitheroe too. Managed to get one last show in 2016 - which was recorded live and released.
Cantankerous as his reputation was, he was always nice as pie in my dealings with him.
Not checked all the YouTube links but Kicker Conspiracy filmed at the Turf seems most fitting for now.
No doubt Radio 6music will be the place to wallow in all things Fall for a few days.
RIP Mark. Twisted genius.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LctPleLOgqk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bordeaux · Post by **Bordeaux** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:03 pm

50,000 Fall fans can't be wrong

KLClaret · Post by **KLClaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:04 pm

RIP ffs

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:14 pm

Very sad news.
A mate took me to see them at Band on The Wall yonks ago.
I returned the favour when they played the Moonlight in W Hampstead a year or so later.
Saw them at the Marquee a couple of months after that too.
Never compromised with his music.
I loved their early stuff.
R.I.P Mark.

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:41 pm

I knew it was coming and yet I am genuinely shocked and saddened. What a man. I was at that Clitheroe Castle gig Cubanclaret and I think I met you after a Grand gig, the one where Mark E sang from the dressing room! Fall gigs have punctuated my life since about 1980, always different always the same as someone once said. There will never be another like him. R.I.P.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:15 pm

6music playing an hour's worth of Fall Peel Session tracks until 11.00 for those who are interested.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:09 pm

Longsidebovril wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LctPleLOgqk

Mark E smith AND Turf Moor.

What’s not to love

Nice shot of the beehole end

COBBLE · Post by **COBBLE** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:21 pm

One of those moments was lying in bed listening to John Peel's festive 50 and him saying
here's the Fall and Lucifer over Lancashire. Amazing pairing.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:22 pm

Saw the Fall live. I thought they were live but they might as well have already been dead, they were so dead-pan. The gig equivalent of a 0-0 draw.

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:34 pm

He has an obit in the New York Times.

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 6:55 am

Pstotto
...............Maybe it's YOU that's boring!....ever thought of that?

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:29 am

R I P M E S

A world without M E S is a poorer world.

A good morning tune for those left here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_tSeSWonow

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:32 am

- not quite getting The Fall.. though I like 'Fantastic Life' [with Marc of 'Marc and Lard' fame] and 'Lucifer over Lancashire'.

The bass player does a great job.

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:51 am

M E S
who can take your place? Very sad.

Sit at your desk and click this,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60wQc6bzjCk

walter the softy · Post by **walter the softy** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:54 am

I saw The Fall as a schoolkid sometime back around time of Frenz Experiment. MES with megaphone, leather trenchcoat and what looked like jackboots was proper intimidating. That was before he even started singing/ranting. Great stuff!

I can get that it is an acquired taste and maybe some of the output has been patchy later on but you will not find one dud record from the 80s. Not one. And when you think how prolific The Fall were, that is some going.

RIP Mark

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:04 am

And Gary Glitter is still alive.

Curse you, God!

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:47 am

Lord Beamish wrote:And Gary Glitter is still alive.

Curse you, God!

"Better dead than smeg" AJ Rimmer

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:27 am

RIP MES. I'll give "Grotesque' a play later on.
Thanks for all the great tunes , the north will rise again.

brigante · Post by **brigante** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:26 pm

Mark E Smith was a real one off. It's unlikely we'll see another artist quite like him with the longevity and honesty that he and The Fall had. To the earlier comment about later work, their newest album is great and definitely worth a listen.

Their drummer is from over Colne way; he's a top bloke and a great drummer, been with The Fall for 11 years which is a hell of an ...achievement! I'm sad as a fan of The Fall, he's lost one of his mates and that chapter of his life is coming to an end too, which adds to the sadness.

Lots of good clips and anecdotes in social media today. I'm not sure what the man himself would say; probably that he's not really arsed.

RIP. Maybe not in peace, to be fair.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:51 pm

- a feature on Ch 4 news in one minute...!

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:27 pm

hampsteadclaret wrote:- a feature on Ch 4 news in one minute...!

That was a good tribute in the time available, summed a lot of him UP, albeit briefly, to many people like my girlfriend who had no idea who he was.
I'm playing, 'live at the witch trials' right now. There will definitely never be an artist quite like him again. RIP.

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:15 pm

RMutt - yes I do remember speaking to you after the show.

Quite a night that. He was on good form and he couldn’t believe I was young enough to have been in attendance at the Clitheroe Castle gig. Charming man

I’ll be doing a two hour radio tribute on Ribble FM 106.7 on Monday night with rammymike should anyone be interested, hopefully including some footage from said Clitheroe gigs and an interview with a lifetime pal of MES

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