2018 Newsnight on the Death of Mark E Smith

[@ichhasseamerika]

Goodbye you brilliant madman. Will love and miss you forever. This band was so entertaining to me as a kid, distracting me from my horrible childhood and providing some solace and identity (The Fall had a HUGE underground following even in the States thru kids like me). . Mark E. had this uniquely quirky lyrical composition an presentation that we will never see again. We have lost another musical Everest, never to be replaced. Kids today are incapable of this cuz they have no character, they are slaves to the popularity contest that is (anti)social media. Mark E. stood on his own and wouldnt give a toss about 'likes'. Rest in peace buddy. Peace out to Kids of the 70s/80s!

[@jibjibtv8368]

So eloquently put .... can't imagine my life without his brilliance. Such a loss , yet another amazing artist gone way to soon.

[@900BEN]

Nice one , succinct

[@cquilty1]

@ichhasseamerika Private Eye, Pseuds Corner much...???

[@WayneOakley-dr1xg]

Well said

[@cquilty1]

@@WayneOakley-dr1xg Thank you.

[@nwo4life708]

He was the only constant member of the fall because he was the fall!

[@Nellywetlegs]

He credited most of the early fall sound to their long serving bass player stating it wouldn't have been possible without him, so no he wasn't the fall

[@HELLHAMMERHANDHIX]

Love him or hate him ,he was indeed a great visionary, and will be missed by many. I still listen to my original fall vinyl.

[@colonisedtartan9539]

You could only love him sir ...there was no hate or marmite shite . As he would say . . No pop or .dare I say it pretence . So don't contradic. .. there was no love or hate there was love .. then bullshit

[@HELLHAMMERHANDHIX]

@@colonisedtartan9539 ...tell that to Mr Riley mate.

[@colonisedtartan9539]

@@HELLHAMMERHANDHIX I plead ignorance to your statement . Mr Riley. You say . I hang fire 🔥 and will take the bullets. . Allow me to come back once I learn

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

More than 50 members of The Fall. You were The Fall Mark. RIP mate.

[@ozmonaut1]

If you turn on the auto-generated subtitles, it calls MES, "Marquis Smith". How apt

[@bigandycraik]

Loved that what Tim is doing in this interview is channeling the nature of Mark by irrelevant answers to the daft questions - laughing along at his own mischievousness 😂 and i’m sure Mark was looking down and laughing along too

[@neilmoore5387]

Tim wasn’t from Salford either! Emily Maitliss is a clueless lefty.

[@diveinnjim]

is Tim in his grandads caravan? and a little bit wired?

[@davidcowan4942]

Total cringe fest. Its like the Minister describing one of your loved ones at their funeral when its clear that they have never met them. No excuse from so called journalists at the top.

[@TheIkaraCult]

yeah I know, but its nice that mainstream culture gave him the recognition upon his passing. We don't have to be all precious like he was OURS

[@pena.3302]

Just t read your excellent lil piece on the loss of M.E.Smith(Ahh!)+Totally agree he took the Fall thru many times that if they didnt have the stuff(?/Wouldve not lasted..thanks for writing+you onto it Kids in General today just wouldn't Have anyway to recognize The Falls +Mark e Smiths Brillance.et al !Id like to add Totally Wired is gotta b one of the best track/Single ive ever heard..also the Falls cvr of 'Mr Pharmacist'..+Victoria..are sheer brilliance R I.P.Mark E.Smith..

[@lofi-guy]

He died in 2018? Seems like last week. Ain't missed much has he

[@malcolmcog]

Everybodies lovely when they're dead

[@discoverydavid]

Yep, I'm going to put "WHAT A C*NT!' on my gravestone, people won't know if they're being insulted or not and better yet nobody to argue with.

[@900BEN]

Apart from the smell

[@cquilty1]

@@discoverydavid Oooooh...edgy.

[@discoverydavid]

@@cquilty1 Thanks.

[@cquilty1]

@@discoverydavid You're most welcome.

[@Drivingformoney]

I hear you telephone thing…. Listening in.

[@derekhannah9763]

The fall had originallity.

[@nicoladouglas3270]

He ain't Dead..just play his stuff

[@gargantuk]

Did she say 'sometimes fearsome capo of The Fall'?

[@pen2199]

Tim, can I be your friend. Yeah I was Mark's window cleaner

[@RaiseThePressure]

Elaborate?

[@PAULLONDEN]

Alcohol....the most debilitating dope (if misused) dahh....

[@16hacker]

He couldn't have been as bad as he wanted everyone to think.

[@jemima216]

Tim Burgess is lame in this interview.

[@silverapples75]

He's alright man, lighten up. 🦆🎈

[@myaphextwin807]

@@silverapples75 He's a dipstick here

[@k.avilla8061]

Burgess has the same snub nose as another Manc - Barney ' Sumner'. It must be a Manc nose.

[@finnkdy]

I wuz lame for a week and a half after it. maybe it was a fortnight.

[@jemima216]

@@finnkdy 😂 Hilarious.

[@norfolkronin6307]

I think livin in Holt has got to Burgess in some way!😆What the f?? i do wish Mark stayed about abit longer. Really missed. RIP.

[@jackanderton7270]

Tim Burgess not adding much there

[@jemima216]

Also I don't think they were friends, that's why Tim Burgess has nothing to say.

[@TheIkaraCult]

yeah i think youre right there, but to commemorate his passing they needed to get someone to provide the appropriate level of respect.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Tim is a nice lad, not that it matters of course.

[@GOFFMEISTER]

They met plenty of times as it happens. I know this because I read an interview with Burgess years back.

[@jemima216]

@@GOFFMEISTER Mark always used to put him down. I know he put 99.5% of people down but he laid into him.

[@davidnewbrook8628]

@@TheIkaraCult q

[@silverapples75]

Weird Al Yankovich!?! 😂

[@scotfree21]

Why was it this guy like John Lydon who were both very intelligent people just so into talking so much bolloxk ?

[@myaphextwin807]

Tim Burgess looks more annoying than he sounds. Loved the Charlatans but fffffk..

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Hello, Richard David James!

[@eelponna3145]

Ironically RDJ sounds more annoying than he looks

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

By the bbc .

[@Zionist-Occupied-Government]

Tim ? .. Tim who ? Tim au Tay or Timmed Tomaters ?? Tims tache mushed have been shaved because hes got a bikini tash line above his wide upper lip . .

[@sonicdiablo8968]

Never heard of The Charlatans?

[@mrthai-rg9nv]

was you marks drug dealer?jesues sort your self out muppet