I saw them in Stockholm around that time, at The Strand. The band were a monster, and Mark was just Mark. He went backstage and performed the last three songs from the dressing room, and it was still a better show than almost any I have seen.
@@laszlozoltan5021 it's relevant to him running a tight ship! Many bands don't survive such a rotation but Mark kept the ship tight, to remain with the analogy, didn't he? Maybe you misunderstood my sentiment to be negative, that wasn't my intent.
I'm going to be a fifty-year-old man in roughly ten weeks and the world outside my door gets incrementally duller as I age. The pub is now virtually a no-go if I want to live to be sixty.
@@NothingToDismay Not when they're Fall fans! If you're not, that's fine. But it's like saying if you didn't like eating fish people that do are wrong.
We aren't wrong. I lost count of how many times I saw them. My Glastonbury 92 ticket was just to see The Fall and my mates thought me insane. I got to see Tom Jones too, so bonus in the surreal dept. I miss Mark too and was recently asked to explain the 'Wings' video to a female friend, who - on seeing the link I sent - asked what was going on? I explained The Fall weren't so much a band you saw, or listened to, but rather 'experienced'. She still didn't get it. The Fall the Marmite of British bands. You either love them, or hate them. RIP MES.
@@boogieman.1698 I think they were EQ'd differently, but I can barely hear it. I'm not even sure. What made sense to Mr Smith rarely made sense to the average person.
I was so lucky to see them multiple times, but now he's gone I regret the times I didn't see them. None of my friends dug them so I used to go on my own. The ONLY band I've ever seen on my own.
wow. This has everything I loved about this era of the fall. MES amp fiddling, dictaphone, toy megaphone, keyboard interference, random mic moving. MES was a menace! 🙂 Band are on fire ! 'Timmy the tortoise has had a heart attack!'
So privileged to have seen MES & The Fall back in the day. Absolutely immense and....intense. This line-up, is also 'the dawgs'! (A rhythm section to die for!!!!).
@@victorgutierrez9169 Imperial Wax Solvent You've got a lot of albums ahead of you - I recommend Youtubing "Repetition," "Cruiser's Creek" and "Sparta FC" for a starter set.
Check out Tracks " Slang king" and " Stephen song" ( ft Gavin Friday). In fact check out the Album "The weird and frightening world of The Fall" .I'm sure you will love it
The only gig you go to smiling and leave smiling we need the Fall now more than ever.Sadly Mark has gone but he remains in the annals of music history.Would have loved to hear his take on UK 2020 .
@@AKAtAGG haven't a notion but it's a fascinating window into his mind. Always clearly intelligent from his evocative symbolic lyrics but the drink hides that from people who aren't willing to put the effort in to see. Book hits that aspect of him with a spotlight.
@@iain2080 It may not all be strictly true but it IS great. Especially those sorta "stream-of-consciousness" interludes; "...where have all the lithe smooth-headed youth gone with their bags of sub-quality bugle and their girlfriends with coffee-stain tans..." (I'm paraphrasing but they have a real elegiac and wistful quality to them). Both The Hanley Bros. books are well worth a read too especially if you like recording minutiae...I love Steve and Paul's differing ways of describing the gestation of "Iceland" in the studio, it makes the hairs on the back of your neck tingle, like the song! I'm still not convinced as to what "roll up for the underpants show" means though tbh!
Absolutely cracking set from the Imperial Wax Solvent LP (one of their best, full stop--certainly one of their best oughts albums). The group are at their bulldozing best and M.E.S is on top form! WICKED, thanks so much for the upload!
He's just the epitome of cool. Never will there ever be another. He's like a precious gemstone. His lyrics are like the discovery of egytian hieroglyphics. Genius level.
The Fall war auch so eine Band die mein Leben verändert hat, wie Hüsker Dü oder die Cramps,. Ein völlig anderes Konzept von Rock"n' Roll eben Punk in seiner wahren bedeutung. Danke für mich eine bewusstseinserweiternde erfahrung. Dankeschön!!!
I have to admit that despite knowing about them forever it's the new wave of bands like Girl Band, Protomartyr and Ought that are finally getting me to Mark E Smith and The Fall
Tight AF band and MES's genius ramblings. Only MES could stick the mic straight in the stage monitor and get away with it without being lamped by the sound engineer.
All due respect to Scanlon, Hanley and the rest ... but this final lineup of The Fall might have been their best because they stayed together so long. The communication here is almost telepathic, they could turn on a dime.
No I don't agree, this lineup is incredible, but remember Scanlon and Hanley recorded Grotesque to This Nations Saving Grace. These tracks don't overpower them albums.
The Fall Full Set | From The Basement 0905am 7.9.23 are the young un line-ups just kids of ex band members or kids of fall fans? this isnt the best fall line up, sorry... you could say original fall line up was the best as they began it all... then you'd obviously say: hanley and scanlon etc are the be-all and end-all of the band, the fall. all i know is that i know sod all about the fall or the fans or the musicians... i am ignorant. which is cool. the band are the types to follow you about in shopping centres, i feel... whether that's due to their desire to get out the chloroform or attack one, i do not know...
That is a great description especially when he walked out there, we will never see or hear new material of this Genius ever again sad state of affairs RIP Chief
I spotted the Tannoy when in my local Tesco. Not that I'd be incline to yell into it. I could wander round confusedly though, looking for Marmite when it's out of stock.
I know it's a gross generalisation but to my mind virtually everything the Fall recorded after Extricate were were degrees of "drunk bloke shouting in an underpass".
I think the Fall shifted in 87 from the dense lyricism of NWRA or New Face In Hell or Garden with a million words to sloganeering and catchphrases ‘I’m a latch key kid/I’m a 50 year old man/we are Sparta FC’’ I like the second version better - without it The Fall could be compared to new order or wire but by evolving the form where in a few words he could be simplistic and direct he made The Fall the best rock n roll group of the 2000s
Band: Playing their asses off in super tight precision and in total awe of MES MES: "eh, they're barely adequate - imma gonna do my own thing and ignore them" Awesome !
Great quote, it wasn't true though imo. The best Fall lineups, gigs and recordings were made up of well rehearsed, hard-working and dedicated individuals.
@@kwd-kwd I believe the actual quote was "If it's me and your Granny on Bongos then it's a Fall gig". Steve Hanley was still in the Fall when Mark said it. On the plane after Mark had sacked half the band, and they were on their way to the next gig, Steve said "Where's your Granny on Bongos now?" to which Mark replied "Fuck off Hanley". *edit* And just because Mark said it, doesn't mean I have to agree with it! I think sometimes people mistake Mark E Smith for the Fall. Don't get me wrong it's a great quote, and Mark was a genius, I just think it discredits the band members a tad. I saw Mark perform with Ed Blainey, with Mark on glockenspiel and Ed on guitar, it was far from a Fall gig! Peace.
The sound quality is good, apart from the soundguy(s) having neutralised most of Smith's trademark interventions. The track listing is wrong; the whole first part of '50 year old man' is tucked after 'wolf kidult man'.
This is magnificent. The opening track is... action-packed, it has "brillliant movie theme" written all over it. The Fall should have done all the Bond films, I think, same with Eurovision song contests. The Fall are Britain, at its best. I guess I should say 'were Britain'. RIP MES, the band, that Britain. God knows, we need you now.
Remember the “will you lot fucking get it together and stop showing off” on Totales Turn - looks like this lot got the message! Such focus and discipline writ large. Oh the power that was MES. Gotta love him. Thanks for the memories.
Stable line-up is the best Fall. Eleni with bass heavy keyboards (at fucking last), The Eagle and Keiron locked R section includes nodding and Greenway's Ennio guitar. AND I LIKE IT!
Saw this band in Edinburgh (Picture House) MES did 4 songs then fucked off and an audience member took over for a few songs before the bouncer threw him off stage. Then MES came back after being retrieved from the pub across the road (Shakespeare Bar). One of the best gigs I have ever been to. The Fall, always different but always the same...Peel.
Very misunderstood story. True version is - stage lights came up during a gig and the soundman was eating a salad Smith had given specific instructions about the light show, and rightly felt for an hour or two a night he had to work he should focus on his job. Much like the 'brown m&ms' story which is used to call rock bands divas with ridiculous riders, but the reality was explained later by David Lee Roth - "Van Halen was the first to take 850 par lamp lights - huge lights - around the country,"Roth said. "At the time, it was the biggest production ever." In many cases, the venues were too outdated or inadequately prepared to set up the band's sophisticated stage. "If I came backstage, having been one of the architects of this lighting and staging design, and I saw brown M&Ms on the catering table, then I guarantee the promoter had not read the contract rider, and we would have to do a serious line check" of the entire stage setup, Roth said.
Kinda like an 80s90s version of Trout Mask Replica. The underlying structure is similar but the time scale is different and more suitable to the period.
interesting reference, I was just listening to spotlight kid album on repeat last night- interesting that a '69 LP connects 50 years later- seems like culturally speaking you have already had a long journey, good on you man. cheers!
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I saw them in Stockholm around that time, at The Strand. The band were a monster, and Mark was just Mark. He went backstage and performed the last three songs from the dressing room, and it was still a better show than almost any I have seen.
This is just absolutely one o the very best live shows ever. The band is like a wall of sound, and mark has his same 80's voice. Incredible.
i wouldn't say that's his 80's voice. voice is different but still great in a different way
This is the exact same lineup I saw. Wolf Kilduldt man and Damo Suzuki were great live
Give that man a third mic
RIP, mate
We see Him in His "Garden" One Day!
MES ran a tight ship. Those musicians are killin' it. So so good.
There's a lot of discipline in sounding so discordant.
Tight ship? Lol! 66 musicians in 40 years says it all!
@@StuartwasDrinkell that's irrelevant
@@laszlozoltan5021 it's relevant to him running a tight ship! Many bands don't survive such a rotation but Mark kept the ship tight, to remain with the analogy, didn't he? Maybe you misunderstood my sentiment to be negative, that wasn't my intent.
I'm going to be a fifty-year-old man in roughly ten weeks and the world outside my door gets incrementally duller as I age. The pub is now virtually a no-go if I want to live to be sixty.
Was almost an annual event going to see Mark's Fall for 4 decades, really miss it nothing like fall fans... 50,000 cant be wrong!
50,000 can definitely be wrong.
@@NothingToDismay Not when they're Fall fans! If you're not, that's fine. But it's like saying if you didn't like eating fish people that do are wrong.
We aren't wrong. I lost count of how many times I saw them. My Glastonbury 92 ticket was just to see The Fall and my mates thought me insane. I got to see Tom Jones too, so bonus in the surreal dept. I miss Mark too and was recently asked to explain the 'Wings' video to a female friend, who - on seeing the link I sent - asked what was going on?
I explained The Fall weren't so much a band you saw, or listened to, but rather 'experienced'. She still didn't get it. The Fall the Marmite of British bands. You either love them, or hate them. RIP MES.
0:03 best entrance ever
Thought it was Agent Cooper or Bob; thank God it was Mark.E.Smith
That made me laugh... brilliant!
he probably wanted to exit straight again but the door was shut
Ha ha 👌
He got lost on the way to the 🎤 mic.
Mark E Smith: too much personality for just one microphone.
why he use two?
@@boogieman.1698 I think they were EQ'd differently, but I can barely hear it. I'm not even sure.
What made sense to Mr Smith rarely made sense to the average person.
@@boogieman.1698 right speaker was jealous.
He is dead and all respect but i feel that the band behind him is a lot stronger than Mark himself.
@@Finsami71 As Lemmy said. The Fall is Mark E Smiths band .like Motorhead is his
A half an ounce of speed vs a crate of lager in a beautiful tug of war
The band know who they're playing with...so on it...miss MES so so much. This is a truly classic performance.
Kick arse band! Love it. Didn't realise late Fall was this good.
One incarnation of the Fall
I was so lucky to see them multiple times, but now he's gone I regret the times I didn't see them. None of my friends dug them so I used to go on my own. The ONLY band I've ever seen on my own.
And sometimes those are the best gigs!
wow. This has everything I loved about this era of the fall. MES amp fiddling, dictaphone, toy megaphone, keyboard interference, random mic moving. MES was a menace! 🙂 Band are on fire !
'Timmy the tortoise has had a heart attack!'
"MES was a menace! " 😆🙃
A menace lol, so true
So privileged to have seen MES & The Fall back in the day. Absolutely immense and....intense. This line-up, is also 'the dawgs'! (A rhythm section to die for!!!!).
Oh what a find! I turned 50 this year, '50 year old man' is fing beautiful, the whole performance is class
this is one of the best things this website has ever provided anyone.
Never heard of this band before… they’re quite something!
Band sounds insanely great.
Tighter than a North Korean.
heavy stuff. love it.
This band is insanely great
Right? I mean M.E.S. isn't going to disappoint but the band....fkn smoking
"I tell ya, the Dutch are weeping, in four languages at least" - gone but not forgotten Mark E. Smith.
And Timmy the tortoise has had a heart attack.
goddamn the pedantic welsh
Thats a slick band right there, the drummer and bassist are incredible.
Kieron Melling - one of the top Fall drummers.
super tight. he's a complete fucking beast on drums.
Agreed. Him, Simon, Karl and Hanley were the best
This is the first thing I've ever seen or heard from The Fall.... I think I love this guy.
Yo same. Wondering what album these songs are from .
@@victorgutierrez9169 Imperial Wax Solvent
You've got a lot of albums ahead of you - I recommend Youtubing "Repetition," "Cruiser's Creek" and "Sparta FC" for a starter set.
Welcome to the wonderful and frightening world of the fall
welcome
Check out Tracks " Slang king" and " Stephen song" ( ft Gavin Friday). In fact check out the Album "The weird and frightening world of The Fall" .I'm sure you will love it
I always love the sense of chaos Mark always oozed - it is the sense of freedom needed
I really love Mark's technique on the synth at 16:14
The only gig you go to smiling and leave smiling we need the Fall now more than ever.Sadly Mark has gone but he remains in the annals of music history.Would have loved to hear his take on UK 2020 .
mumble mumble chuckle mumble and smile....
Millions of bands out there with the same instruments. These 5 made it work so well.
well said there man- kudos to you
None of this sh*t would be happening if ME Smith were still here. He wouldn't have it!
That was the best I've ever heard The Fall play....incredible..
damn the band is tight
Def Operator
They certainly are. Shame about the senile old bloke in the black jacket.
hyena131 um wtf he’s the leader of the band hahaha gtfoh
@@defoperator7993
Really? I thought it was some slow geezer they let on stage for a novelty. I'll be damned.
They always had to be. Going right back to 1978. Part of the genius (in my opinion) of MES is the loose riffing over the solid riffs
That goes without saying: It's The Fall ;)
For those out there who can't appreciate MES and The Fall, I will quote MES himself and say "You don't deserve Rock and Roll".
Those bits at the end of the albums where he whispers something are always great... ‘believe it kids, I have seen it allllll’
His book is tremendous. Highly recommend it to anyone vaguely interested in the man.
@@iain2080 It really is a fantastic read. No clue how long it took him to write but it can't have been a quick one.
@@AKAtAGG haven't a notion but it's a fascinating window into his mind. Always clearly intelligent from his evocative symbolic lyrics but the drink hides that from people who aren't willing to put the effort in to see. Book hits that aspect of him with a spotlight.
@@iain2080 It may not all be strictly true but it IS great. Especially those sorta "stream-of-consciousness" interludes; "...where have all the lithe smooth-headed youth gone with their bags of sub-quality bugle and their girlfriends with coffee-stain tans..." (I'm paraphrasing but they have a real elegiac and wistful quality to them). Both The Hanley Bros. books are well worth a read too especially if you like recording minutiae...I love Steve and Paul's differing ways of describing the gestation of "Iceland" in the studio, it makes the hairs on the back of your neck tingle, like the song! I'm still not convinced as to what "roll up for the underpants show" means though tbh!
Drummer absolutely killed it. What a beast
He aint nada without a fearless Bassman.
@@rasta3578 the Fall always had a proper rhythm section. Unmatched tbh
Absolutely cracking set from the Imperial Wax Solvent LP (one of their best, full stop--certainly one of their best oughts albums). The group are at their bulldozing best and M.E.S is on top form! WICKED, thanks so much for the upload!
Guys was a legend. Performing in a wheelchair, gets standing ovation.
He's just the epitome of cool. Never will there ever be another. He's like a precious gemstone. His lyrics are like the discovery of egytian hieroglyphics. Genius level.
The Fall war auch so eine Band die mein Leben verändert hat, wie Hüsker Dü oder die Cramps,. Ein völlig anderes Konzept von Rock"n' Roll eben Punk in seiner wahren bedeutung. Danke für mich eine bewusstseinserweiternde erfahrung. Dankeschön!!!
I have to admit that despite knowing about them forever it's the new wave of bands like Girl Band, Protomartyr and Ought that are finally getting me to Mark E Smith and The Fall
It demonstrates what legacy they left, and probably more appreciated now than they were back in the 80s.
Удивительный коллектив !! Слушать и смотреть обязательно ! Этот перфоманс заходит особенно .
Tight AF band and MES's genius ramblings. Only MES could stick the mic straight in the stage monitor and get away with it without being lamped by the sound engineer.
Its-ah the basement-ah sessions-ah
sessionsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssuh
Ha ha ha ha - ah - ha
"There's A Party Going On Around Here ! " Mark E Smith , 😎
Shirt tails flappin in the breeze............. 45 minutes last night ....parallel crease, POW
that drummer is just beating the bejesus outta those drums
Have you seen the performance of "Mister Rode" using 2 Drummers magic performance!
At some point he will have seen Mark telling drummers to 'hit that drum harder'.
Wow. I just realized I still want to live for the next 17:49 minutes!
Come spend the best 17mins and 49secs of your life with, THE FALL
Guys I'd never heard of the fall till my 50th birthday, and i don't wanna talk bout it,lol, I love my tunes ,buzzing band 49 members in total
All due respect to Scanlon, Hanley and the rest ... but this final lineup of The Fall might have been their best because they stayed together so long. The communication here is almost telepathic, they could turn on a dime.
U rite
Although I agree with you, this lineup had only been together a year at the time of recording
No I don't agree, this lineup is incredible, but remember Scanlon and Hanley recorded Grotesque to This Nations Saving Grace. These tracks don't overpower them albums.
The Fall Full Set | From The Basement 0905am 7.9.23 are the young un line-ups just kids of ex band members or kids of fall fans? this isnt the best fall line up, sorry... you could say original fall line up was the best as they began it all... then you'd obviously say: hanley and scanlon etc are the be-all and end-all of the band, the fall. all i know is that i know sod all about the fall or the fans or the musicians... i am ignorant. which is cool. the band are the types to follow you about in shopping centres, i feel... whether that's due to their desire to get out the chloroform or attack one, i do not know...
Just discovered them . Awesome 🤘
Love it, it's like watching a confused man wandering around Tesco yelling into the Tannoy
That is a great description especially when he walked out there, we will never see or hear new material of this Genius ever again sad state of affairs RIP Chief
Fantastic comment!
I wish he had done that and put it out as an EP.
I spotted the Tannoy when in my local Tesco. Not that I'd be incline to yell into it. I could wander round confusedly though, looking for Marmite when it's out of stock.
I know it's a gross generalisation but to my mind virtually everything the Fall recorded after Extricate were were degrees of "drunk bloke shouting in an underpass".
his voice literally hasn't changed at all since 1980
I think the Fall shifted in 87 from the dense lyricism of NWRA or New Face In Hell or Garden with a million words to sloganeering and catchphrases ‘I’m a latch key kid/I’m a 50 year old man/we are Sparta FC’’ I like the second version better - without it The Fall could be compared to new order or wire but by evolving the form where in a few words he could be simplistic and direct he made The Fall the best rock n roll group of the 2000s
@@JoshuaRoss2 You do not understand the difference between simplistic and simple.
Really? I can barely make it what he is saying due to the poor fake Southern American accent. He used to sound Manc.
Por essa eu não esperava. Se soubesse, teria até me arrumado pra ver esse vídeo.
Band: Playing their asses off in super tight precision and in total awe of MES
MES: "eh, they're barely adequate - imma gonna do my own thing and ignore them"
Awesome !
And fuck with their amps! 😂
Love the Fall in their garagey rock'n'roll moods.....
"If it's me and yer granny on bongos, it's the Fall" Mark E Smith
Great quote, it wasn't true though imo. The best Fall lineups, gigs and recordings were made up of well rehearsed, hard-working and dedicated individuals.
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@@kevlavis8736 he said it, it was after the last group with Steven Henley in it left.
@@kwd-kwd I believe the actual quote was "If it's me and your Granny on Bongos then it's a Fall gig".
Steve Hanley was still in the Fall when Mark said it. On the plane after Mark had sacked half the band, and they were on their way to the next gig, Steve said "Where's your Granny on Bongos now?" to which Mark replied "Fuck off Hanley".
*edit* And just because Mark said it, doesn't mean I have to agree with it! I think sometimes people mistake Mark E Smith for the Fall. Don't get me wrong it's a great quote, and Mark was a genius, I just think it discredits the band members a tad.
I saw Mark perform with Ed Blainey, with Mark on glockenspiel and Ed on guitar, it was far from a Fall gig!
Peace.
@@kevlavis8736 you reading too much into this, all I said was he said it. And he did. what you think about any gig is another issue.
His perfectly timed stroll into the mic at the start and the walk out at the end ... And the band ... Phew!
The older I get, the more I start to get the fall.
The sound quality is good, apart from the soundguy(s) having neutralised most of Smith's trademark interventions.
The track listing is wrong; the whole first part of '50 year old man' is tucked after 'wolf kidult man'.
Thinking exactly the same mate....
This is magnificent. The opening track is... action-packed, it has "brillliant movie theme" written all over it. The Fall should have done all the Bond films, I think, same with Eurovision song contests. The Fall are Britain, at its best. I guess I should say 'were Britain'. RIP MES, the band, that Britain. God knows, we need you now.
Excelente...... Que mejor que esto para hacer tributo al legado de Mark E. Smith
can only imagine sound engineers' reaction when he turns up bass and guitar amp after 2:50
RIP Mark E Smith
Remember the “will you lot fucking get it together and stop showing off” on Totales Turn - looks like this lot got the message!
Such focus and discipline writ large.
Oh the power that was MES.
Gotta love him.
Thanks for the memories.
How many times can i "like" this! Sound quality of this recording is tops. MES ❤
My favourite Fall lineup, might actually have been the longest lasting.
Don't quote me but I think you could be correct cock ✌️
Thanks for this! Mark E Smith is alive, baby!
Stable line-up is the best Fall. Eleni with bass heavy keyboards (at fucking last), The Eagle and Keiron locked R section includes nodding and Greenway's Ennio guitar.
AND I LIKE IT!
I love that the band is tight, and old MES is dottering around doing whatever. No clue how it comes together, but somehow it just does.
Oh my god, yes!!
OH MY GOD, YES!
He never quit!
I love the fact that the band are really tight and have obviously rehearsed hard and then Mark comes in on vocals...
I still hear The Steak Place when I go out to eat.
If it's Mark then it's THE FALL
Tooo fooookin right!
Mark E Smith uh, is really great uh, in this uh. The whole band uh, is really great uh, and so is the mix uh.
absolute genius
Saw this band in Edinburgh (Picture House) MES did 4 songs then fucked off and an audience member took over for a few songs before the bouncer threw him off stage. Then MES came back after being retrieved from the pub across the road (Shakespeare Bar). One of the best gigs I have ever been to. The Fall, always different but always the same...Peel.
that sounds awesome man - Im sure the band members playing mustve had a good laugh afterwards
The most original Artist....Ever!.. Pure Artistic Expression...His way! RIP Mark...love ya!
Watch The Pogues.
smith was right the bass needed to be louder
Ace love and peace glass banana real as egg and chips with a sausage on the side love it top vibe
waited too long for this performance to be released officially in all its glory. best group ever :)
Liking the smirk on Elena's face at the pissing on towel line
2:34 , 2:40, 5:48 ......That's a Rock N Roll Grandpa standing up for his Rock n Roll kids . TURN IT UP !!!!
Just pure fuckin brilliance.
MES sacking a band member for his crime of ordering a salad for lunch
I thought it was a soundman?
chocolates instead?
Very misunderstood story.
True version is - stage lights came up during a gig and the soundman was eating a salad
Smith had given specific instructions about the light show, and rightly felt for an hour or two a night he had to work he should focus on his job.
Much like the 'brown m&ms' story which is used to call rock bands divas with ridiculous riders, but the reality was explained later by David Lee Roth -
"Van Halen was the first to take 850 par lamp lights - huge lights - around the country,"Roth said. "At the time, it was the biggest production ever." In many cases, the venues were too outdated or inadequately prepared to set up the band's sophisticated stage.
"If I came backstage, having been one of the architects of this lighting and staging design, and I saw brown M&Ms on the catering table, then I guarantee the promoter had not read the contract rider, and we would have to do a serious line check" of the entire stage setup, Roth said.
This set is brilliant 👍👍 yeah I've never seen them live but I get the feeling it would be like this , pure amazing.
happy to have seen them in London a few years ago
Kinda like an 80s90s version of Trout Mask Replica. The underlying structure is similar but the time scale is different and more suitable to the period.
interesting reference, I was just listening to spotlight kid album on repeat last night- interesting that a '69 LP connects 50 years later- seems like culturally speaking you have already had a long journey, good on you man. cheers!
Greatest performance ever. RIP MES.
Awesome thanks for posting. Nobody sounds like MES and The Fall
imagine the trust level they must have to understand that he will in fact show up to a gig
Damn, that was good!
Utter perfection!
"And Terry the tortoise has had a heart attack"
The musicians are soooo tight!
YOU may not know all the songs from the 30 or so studios Albums by The Fall,
...but there are No bad Fall Songs.
I was never understood about my love for The Fall, 30 years later, I get hugs.
'............ah' poet/genius/piss artiste!
TOTALLY wired is an all time fave.
🎸🎵😎
Wow, que tiempos..
Steaming set, So good to hear. Cheers to all. 😎🖤
Having said that....this lineups top notch.
Yes!!!!!!! Been looking for this for ages!! So glad its back on RUclips!! MES IS A GOD!!
He's not a god. He just thought he was
Mark E Smith LIVED
Absolutely great!!
That drummer is spot on 16:02 👍👍..great sound ..great band That Latchkey Kid holy fuck that Good