American Reacts to How Manchester Became MADchester!

[@vaudevillian7]

These music documentary reactions are peak JJLA, more of this please!

[@whitedwarf4986]

Watch 24 Hour Party People with Steve Coogan playing Tony Wilson. Great film, it explains a lot. Starts at the Free Trade Hall gig and ends with the implosion of The Happy Mondays. A lot happens in between.

[@SteveCrook-pi4ll]

Now you’ve reminded me of that great film, I might watch it again tonight if I can find it

[@philiphibberd9490]

Absolutely agree. Book is worth a read too

[@iisotter8944]

Amazing film, binge night launched: 24hr Party People, Control and Quadrophenia.

[@BernardWilkinson]

They recreated the Hacienda in a closed down Boddington Brewery's warehouse which (it was to be demolished a few days into the new year) was located next to Strangeways Prison. They held a massive New Years Eve rave. I was there. A great night.

[@kchodron406]

Glad James got a mention. They usually get overlooked & are vastly underestimated. Brilliant band! This is making me all nostalgic for my home town 😊.

[@yutehube4468]

I love James. "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)" one of my favourite songs of all time.

[@Rachael-iv4ee]

James are my favourite manchester band and come home is one of my favourite songs of theirs.❤

[@trevorcook4439]

I think Charlatans get overlooked too to be honest

[@laylasean-u3n]

They were brilliant live circa 1985.

[@davee4508]

You need to watch the Movie 24hour party people. Steve Coogan plays Tony Wilson.Its all about the Madchester scene. It's brilliant

[@louvirago]

OMG yes, JJ would love it. Live review pls!

[@djjohntab]

Can't thank you enough for making this vid. As a fellow American, but who grew up in that period, it was exciting to hear the music changing/evolving so quickly. So many different influences were colliding into each other (house, hip-hop, ecstasy, post-punk, jangly indie rock, industrial, synth-pop). American rock artists didn't respond to acid house/house or any of these influences. The major labels stateside were way too powerful and the early 1980s experimental feel of MTV was dead by 1986. If anything American rock artists rejected all of this outright. But the Brits on their quirky island, not only embraced it but gave birth to the rave scene that is still around to this day. The late 80s/early 90s were revolutionary. It was so obvious that in 1990 Tony Wilson, owner of Factory Records, led a music panel discussion in New York provocatively titled, "Wake Up America, You're Dead."

[@eezZzee]

Hi JJLA, Scarbourgh fair wasn't wrritten by Simon, Garfunkel. It was an old English folk song. Scarbourgh is a seaside town in the North of England. It's in a county called Yorkshire.. Kids in the Uk sang it in choirs at school. So the bands that used it after Simon and Garfunkel didn't steal it from them. By the way... I love you and this channel. You are bloody brilliant.

[@GS44691]

Fair.

[@titanium_di2402]

Thank you. Came here to say the same!

[@UncleNewy1]

Sorry, but I have to. Mainly because I'm from Yorkshire, but also because I'm an anal pedant........It's SCARBOROUGH

[@BernardWilkinson]

Paul Simon lived in England for a while playing the folk scene.

[@CowmanUK]

@@BernardWilkinson Homeward Bound was written while waiting for a train at Widnes railway station in Cheshire

[@voiceofraisin3778]

One thing to consider with Northern soul. Manchester and Liverpool were ports. Ships travelling to and from America werent always full so they used to ballast the ships with all sorts of disposable junk. That included everything from old Marvel superhero comics to leftover vinyl records by obscure bands that had bombed in the US. They got snapped up by British kids who werent familiar with the sound, adopted and turned into club stars. DJs used to fly over to raid junk shops in the US for bands no-one cared about and bring over a sound so rare even the obsessive autists of the Northern soul crowd hadnt heard about it. There was a sort of pride in being able to track down five guys in Detroit whose career died ten years before, telling them to drag the suits out of mothballs and get on a plane because they had a British tour coming up. Theres something so adorable about middle aged guys convinced somebody is playing a joke on them, who are struggling to remember dance steps and who were bottom row of a support act list getting off a plane and suddenly being treated like returning olympians.

[@CowmanUK]

Very much where local DJ Pete Waterman excelled, Northern Soul stuff, and ended up starting his own record label. And then we ended up with Kylie Minogue and Steps. Hmm.

[@klaxoncow]

Bez is the best. Everyone loves Bez. A bloke famous for just being off his head "dad dancing". That was his job in the band. Just to dance.

[@nolaj114]

Is Kevin from Northern Boys a nod to Bez?

[@philiphibberd9490]

@@klaxoncow didn’t he get sold from one band to another?

[@garethm3242]

Great video, your behind-the-scenes insights into production and industry issues enhance these already fascinating overviews, cheers from Ireland

[@milton1969able]

The 'baggy' reference came from wearing baggy clothes when you were 'pilled up' (ecstacy) it was more comfortable to wear loose clothes when you were sweating in a club compared to tight fitting jeans etc

[@yutehube4468]

And the CND symbols, De La Soul, mushrooms and The Beatles.

[@mana3735]

Growing up in Manchester in the 80s for music was amazing. We were spoilt!

[@dougalportree603]

Growing up in Manchester in the 90s was the same lol

[@MARKSTRINGFELLOW1]

Northern Soul never went away

[@kildogery]

Keep the faith ✊

[@vanburger]

Correct!....it's still out there on the floor.

[@CowmanUK]

@@vanburger My knees have never been the same

[@marktodd7397]

I think the missing link here is "ELECTRO" which is Breakdancing music from the 1980s. A lot of people from that scene turned into DJs. After that all the different scenes from Indie to HipHop to early Rave clashed and i personally could see it happening after reading NME every week at that time. There was definitely something building. In 1989/1990 it was announced by lead singer Jazzy B from the group "Soul II Soul" that this was the new Summer of Love. The soundtrack for that Summer was Soul II Soul's Keep on moving and despite having some of my favorite tunes, that song was my baseline. Those years IMO were the best ever for English music totally experimental and i was lucky enough to see it. Some of the songs from Grunge , Brit pop are still fantastic but nothing will ever compare to the time when all those different styles culminated. Great video a blast from the past.

[@mej6519]

I left school 82, got into breakdancing/graffiti, joined a little local b-boy crew, learnt how to dj from one of the guys, saved up some cash got my first pair of decks mid 84, been dj'ing ever since. I've seen the UK music scene change and evolve. But for me once intelligent jungle and atmospheric dnb came around it was what I was searching for. Ltj bukem & mc conrad, blame's 720 degrees. Future engineers, pariah. To me it's more than music, it's more than a feeling or a vibe. Turn on the dex, tune out and mix. It's become more like therapy these days.

[@trashandcheese3636]

"It's time to rock" - but not as you know it, Jagger.

[@nolaj114]

I actually learnt about Northern Soul from my son (I'm not British) kind of by accident. I bought him a vintage t- shirt at a weekend market because I thought he'd like the owl logo and wording "Northern Soul - up all night" because he and his friend had a midnight to dawn radio show. He practically screamed when he saw it ..loved it.. and proceeded to explain how northern soul was "a thing" to me. I mean, I already appreciated the music, just wasn't aware of the "thing". 😊

[@petersullivan3012]

One of the greatest "things" ever for those involved in the Northern Soul scene! I'm so glad you bought that T shirt.

[@Uk5haky]

my first concert was Happy Mondays Pills n Thrills tour in early 1991. Andy Wetherall DJed and the support act was Donnovan, the English Dylan.

[@CowmanUK]

Donovan is an amazing and lovely guy, huge in the 60s and had quite an influence on The Beatles. He taught Lennon how to play a particular guitar finger picking style that Lennon went on to use in Dear Prudence (68)

[@DavE-bh8lz]

Great reaction - my daughter currently lives in an apartment in the Hacienda building.

[@fayesouthall6604]

I was thinking it was apartments.

[@MatthewForman-b9o]

I moved to Manchester in 1997. I had just moved from Antwerp in Belgium which had an amazing cafe culture. I couldn't believe that there was no dress code like my home town of Birmingham. You could move around town and have 3 different nights out all with in walking distance around Manchester. Oxford road, canal street, the northern quarter and ancoats all could be easily walked to. Also Manchester took on the feel of Antwerp for me as bars would have their own dancefloors and you could stay all night if you liked....great venues, people and I particularly loved 'the electric chair' at the old road house...even nights at paradise factory with 6 different floors...we had to pretend to be gay just to get in😂....still in Manchester..married my then partner who I would visit as a trainee teacher in Didsbury. We have 3 kids all now Mancunians..Great memories and best nights out everxx

[@jam-nc8ut]

I watch a few reaction channels, but yours is the only one that I'm aware of that would react to something like this, and I respect you so much for it. This original video is genuinely invaluable as a lesson in how Madchester came to be - with so much wider musical history knowledge to take from it - and it is made even better by your reactions and insight. So, so good to watch this. I'm from just outside Manchester, I grew up in the early '90's addicted to music, particularly The Smiths, James, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and some other 'Madchester' acts, which led me back to a lot of the other acts mentioned here, so I just soaked all this up with a little bit of nostalgic glee. Thank you.

[@sugarynugs]

i saw EMF live as a supporting band for Adamski in Bristol in 1990. good trip down memory lane 🥳

[@1967AJB]

Fantastic original video, so much work to make that, fantastic reaction video. Loved it, but then I’m from Manchester :)

[@krupauk]

This is when i started to get into music and finding my own tastes The Roses just hit home

[@KateSander22]

Just booked the Shiiine on weekender at Butlins Skegness for next March, has lots of bands from this era. Headline acts include The Wonder Stuff, Ash, Peter Hook & The Light, Inspiral Carpets, Neds Atomic Dustbin, 808 State, Glasvegas, Jim Bob, Jesus Jones, Utah Saints, Dub Pistols, The Wedding Present, Dodgy, Space, K Klass, Echobelly, EMF, The Boo Radleys, Cud, The Real People and The Primitives. Bez is even having a pool party apparently!😂

[@louvirago]

Holy shit! Damnit I wish I had friends who were into that music too, that sounds like a mega weekend!

[@mana3735]

That's a lot of elderly people. Is it at the local garden centre?

[@iisotter8944]

Neds, I am looking to book now! You did not mention the Wonderstuff, the greatest pop band ever, were playing.

[@chashopkins6667]

I'm Mancunian, Ian Curtis/Joy division were my youth basically. But while Manchester was important so was Liverpool's music scene and the "friendly" rivalry between the two cities :-) Northern Soul was a big movement, you should check it out. Lastly The Hollies were a great Manchester band, 60's sound of course but great lyrics and Graham Nash went to the west coast, was part of the Laurel Canyon scene and was the Nash in Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young).

[@CowmanUK]

The Hollies hit Bus Stop was written by Graham Gouldman who went on to be founding member of Manchester group 10cc

[@chashopkins6667]

@@CowmanUK Cool! Never knew that. Bus Stop is one of my fave hollies tracks.

[@carlscrimshaw2963]

Mate...you've absolutely nailed it with this reaction. Your best ever. Love it 👊👊

[@FilterHQ]

I am eternally grateful to have lived through this era in music...amazing times. Stone Roses at Glasgow Green was the best gig I ever experienced :)

[@leegreenhalgh6677]

Id just left school in 88 , up North from Manchester to The disused mills of Blackburn it was a time that will never be forgotten..

[@scousenotenglish2819]

My first concert was Spandau Ballet at the Liverpool empire in 1982 when girls climbed up the drain pipe after the show, and that was hilarious. I peeled down a poster and it's still in my mums loft software rolled up. The 2 lads fro OMD where in the audience that night and I got both of their autographs.

[@nobbyclarke9166]

Hint, for further entertainment on this topic watch movie bios: - Control - Ian Curtis/Joy Division - 24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays (more of a comedy but definitely sets a good scene)

[@stoopot100]

American bands of the time didn’t morph into dance act simply because they didn’t go to raves and take E. once you’ve done that your mind and heart was open. Loads of us ravers were all indie kids who got an E down our neck and we was welcoming the mix of sounds.

[@secondartists]

In the 40's and 50's Black American Gi's intergrated into British Dance Halls and Puibs, bringing their music.The Mods listened to Soul then Reggae.

[@meeshelle1397]

I really enjoyed this JJ, I was a bit too young when this era popped but older siblings of my own and friends played these tunes, a LOT - it’s good to piece it together :)

[@martinrossiter8714]

The main reason is geography and state funded broadcasting. Britain is small enough to have radio that covers the whole country. Radio 1 was the main pop station from the late 60s and to cater for everyone it played a much wider variety of music that the siloed stations of the US. That meant that all these musicians grew up listening to a much broader spectrum of music than kids across the pond. For a long while we didn’t have any genre specific stations so musicians would merge genres naturally. I think this is a key factor in why we have always punched above our weight globally.

[@LolPleb]

Agree, and I'd also add that the much-derided TotP actually supported this, because everyone watched it and everyone from every genre played on it. No gatekeeping or siloed genres.

[@rubyreign3759]

Great vid I really like how you're taking things you're genuinely interested in to carve your own niche in this trans Atlantic react genre l, don't get me wrong I like alot of other America reacts to British... but when the reactor is actually intersed it comes across

[@conkersbadfurday356]

After this and the blue monday reaction I think it's time for you to watch the film 24 HR party people . 😎

[@garybradbury9526]

Proud Ardwick Manc here, ar kid ❤

[@JakeWarrington]

I'm from Manchester and my dad frequented the Haçienda and actually had his stag do there in the early 80s, truly a special place for music and culture

[@m-arky66]

Went to the Hacienda a few times with workmates in the early nineties, and a few was enough. What an eye opener!

[@laylasean-u3n]

The NME C86 cassette was really the best of 1985...I'd already seen a lot of those bands before the NME gigs at the ICA.

[@hedge68]

Ahh me and my mates lived through this and it was an amazing time to be local to Manchester.

[@yutehube4468]

The actual turning point IMO was when New Order brought out Blue Monday.

[@fayesouthall6604]

The House music and acid house music is my favourite genre of music. Knew every single song!

[@tomfoolery9749]

This is pretty much my record collection. I left school in 86, so this was my time. I saw the Happy Mondays and The Farm at the Elland Road, Leeds football stadium, it was a great show!

[@mana3735]

I've got the live album of that one.

[@tomfoolery9749]

@@mana3735 Do they mention the guy that climbed the floodlight?

[@timglennon6814]

I remember all the House, and Acid House Music tracks that were played on this video. The Inspiral Carpets came from my hometown of Oldham, near Manchester. 808 State, what a great Acid House band.

[@stuart4238]

Big Audio Dynamite getting a mention has made my day. So underrated.

[@scotmax8426]

i'd already seen this vid, and what a great one it was :D loved this reaction! cheers. ran right through my early years into adulthood lol. memories ~ wee music notes ~ 808 state were awesome! all the music was then though.

[@scottneil1187]

Bez is a freakin' legend and a hero to my generation. My musical awakening happened to The Happy Mondays (helped by my first joint!).

[@petersullivan3012]

You should watch 'Northern Soul -This England'. The 'northern' scene is definitely the forerunner of the rave scene, again the music is not exclusively American soul, but at least 95% of it is. The Northern Soul scene is still well alive an kicking with scores of regular venues around the UK, Japan, Australia and many other countries around the world. Some American soul artists who are virtually unknown at home are loved and respected over here, and some of them don't even know it. It's the ultimate underground way of life which just won't die as long as people who lived it are still alive.

[@spruce381]

Was lucky to live in snd around Manchester various times in the 80s. Oct 89 - mar 90 was the best time - lads on strange ways roof added to the mad. Dry 201 early Friday, was good for band member spotting. Great reaction. marrs was a game changer guy called Gerald too. ❤️👍🏽👍☘️

[@afterthemouse]

There are a couple of excellent Norther soul docs on here - look out for the Granada TV filming at the Wigan Casino... there is a guy in Oxford bags (trousers) a white vest and a bandana... or as I call him Uncle Roy!

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

You must really must look up the " Northern Soul" The DJs used to fly to the USA all the time ( sometimes weekly ) to find new records that nobody had played and it was not unheard of them leaving their clothes behind to fetch more records back . The B side of the records were played all the time There are plenty on KZbin , enjoy Northern Soul was so big that fans used to go to the clubs from Scotland and London etc etc

[@aaronpage3841]

As someone who grew up in a Northern Soul fanatics (i.e my dad!) house, I would say the Northern Soul scene is still as big as ever

[@flea1683]

You needed to become a member to get in the Hacienda when it opened. I remember having to go in the office and have a pic taken. Amazing club in the late 80s which was several years after it opened. Nude for Northern souls.

[@Roger-er7be]

this is the film to watch, Northern Soul (2014). it will give you an idea of what was the scene was like, and northern England in the 70's.

[@craigcottrell944]

The stone roses debute is one of the best debute albums

[@MrJimithee]

Happy Mondays are just the greatest band EVER! If you ever saw them LIVE in their prime, they made every other band seem insignificant... It's a shame it rarely comes across on the live recordings, but "Call The Cops" live in the USA comes close... beautifully filmed

[@Millennial_Manc]

We still party harder than London. We have plenty of bars and a few clubs that are open way later here… 6 / 7 / 8am when London seems to go to bed at midnight - 2am. Plus you can get to know bar owners and end up in an after hour lock in.

[@petersullivan3012]

Londoner here (well, south coast now), and I agree! 78-82 I travelled up regularly for Northern Soul nighters, then again to the Hacienda amongst others, fantastic times. The London jazz funk scene was brilliant and I love the music to this day, plus the M25 raves were great too, but the atmosphere at the Manc/northern venues was always something different.

[@repooctrebor1]

Great video , I went to the Hacienda , just can’t remember a great deal about it lol 😅

[@anwenpoole2115]

The 90's in the UK was an amazing time to be growing up and going out. Great times! ❤️🤘🎸

[@UncleNewy1]

The Northern Soul movement is till very much alive and thriving in the north of England. Mostly among the Mods, who still go to large rallies on their Vespas and Lambrettas........A good friend of mine DJ's all around Yorkshire playing Northern Soul, Ska, Two Tone, Reggae and Funk. He makes a nice little earner.

[@leetaylor13]

Just to link further back in time, Free Trade Hall where the Sex Pistols had that gig is the same venue where Bob Dylan received the "Judas" heckle for playing with an electric guitar after starting on an acoustic.

[@chrisharris5497]

The Spandau Ballet song is called "True", it was later used in PM Dawns "Set adrift on memory bliss" . Isn't it incredible that with all the samples MARRS used, all those artists who werein it for the music had no issue but the one person who is in it for the money raised a lawsuit.

[@trashandcheese3636]

Breaking down the key samples in Pump Up The Volume they somehow missed the one which was the show-stealer, which came third-hand from My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - "yet again, they done ya, Younes!"

[@katherinethompson4500]

LOVED this! I Love you reactions I think he only misses is how it was everything , whole week living for the weekend . I went to hacienda as a teen a few years before it closed. Going to mad Chester to the upcoming designers getting mad outfits, following huge crowds, police searching as we sang candi staton at them 🎉, When it closed, .. I am still furious it is pricey flats

[@timglennon6814]

I was 16/17 years old when Madchester started. What a great time for music.

[@whitedwarf4986]

Lol @ "there's something in the water" All our water is from Thirlmere Reservoir in the Lake District, so you may be onto something there. 😂

[@wulfgold]

Good catch on the AIC song. A Certain Ratio are banging, picked up a bunch of their album's cheap on vinyl about a decade back. "This is how it feels" is probably my favourite song out of Manchester + there's a lot of good contenders there. As an aside, for further perspective, it might be worth looking into the history of recreational dr*gs in the UK and the music scenes that went alongside historically.

[@ChelseaPensioner-DJW]

If you like Electric sounds try the 'British Electric Foundation ', from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The B.E.F artists went on to become UK hit bands Heaven 17, ABC and the Human League.

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

Born in 1965 Manchester. I missed all this (Thankfully) Though my older brother went through it. To my amusement. lol I rebelled and became a Metal head.

[@siryogiwan]

man, I'm Ozzie but that took me down memory lane, back in 90s, I wanted to party in Manchester

[@QTGetomov]

I saw the Mondays once, and Bez seemed to make eye contact with everyone watching all at once while he was doing his Freaky Disco. Every band needs a Bez. Halleluja! (Also, Rowetta was wearing a merkin on her chin. Fuck, the 90s were bonkers!)

[@sc3pt1c4L]

Makes me proud to be a Mancunian!

[@trevorcook4439]

Need to be proud of something, it’s grim up Norf 😂

[@nolaj114]

21:36 "True" by Spandau Ballet 😊

[@SH-yo3du]

When I first went to the Hacienda I was turned away at the door after being told it wasn’t my style and so I walked around the corner, ripped my jeans, rubbed my tshirt against the dirty road and 10 minutes later was allowed in. If your clothes weren’t shit you weren’t allowed in. A shop around the corner called Aflecks Palace sold crappy clothes. I bought a complete outfit from Aflecks for £1.80

[@Millennial_Manc]

Afleck’s around the corner from Hacienda? You must have had some strong pills!

[@martyjones1413]

I'm 57 years old. I'm deeply involved in this period when Manchester was leading the world in music and fashion.

[@neilfett1233]

really do recommend watching 24 hour party people. great fun film about that time

[@MARKSTRINGFELLOW1]

Graham Nash was in the Hollies

[@BigAndyK]

Bus Stop by The Hollies was written by Graham Gouldman, who was part of 10cc, another Manchester band. Also punks didn't hate Disco, it was Prog Rock.

[@nolaj114]

Oh wow..I didn't know 10cc were from Manchester.

[@paulleach3612]

I was just about a teenager when the '90s arrived in Manchester. Strange fruit and interesting times indeed.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Bus Stop was written by Graham Gouldman who became a member of 10cc

[@Ade2bee]

A lot more including Mick hucknall from simply Red, also one of the most important people the guy who went on to form the only indie music programme in peak tv time Tony Wilson

[@owenfitzgerald5928]

Been loving your videos reacting to music docs or vids recently and would like to see you react to mic the snares discog dives and i wonder if titling your videos like Audio engineer reacts to..... would get more traction like the way Dr Mike and Legal eagle and so on do

[@BKKMekong]

Being 60 years old now this is what I grew up with in Manchester. It was just normal for me

[@louvirago]

Love that the guy correctly identified the importance of Black gay dance music and didn’t omit it. He should’ve explained baggy though and a note on the clothes! JJ it was called baggy bc a lot of them wore really baggy jeans, I had my 12” perpetually damp-bottomed Joe Bloggs in 1990 😂

[@vaudevillian7]

Mick Hucknall was at that gig too, and Morrissey

[@Eltrop]

Great stuff

[@paulhusband9002]

Morrissey was also at the Pistols gig. Mick Hucknell (Simply Red), most of the people who would go on to form Factory Records and Jon The Postman!

[@paulhusband9002]

PS Blue Monday cover designed by the incredible Peter Saville. Check out his other work.

[@sg9222]

You've made it to 89, the next milestone is Jungle/Drum n Bass!

[@martyjones1413]

Rick was one year above me at school in Rainford.

[@carolinehering940]

I was in the Hacienda in the 90s when it inexplicably got shut down early one night. No one knew why. Rumour was the bouncers did something bad to someone.

[@1946FordDeluxe]

Can I just make a small addition, there were two The Birds in the 60’s. American group spelt it The Byrds, whilst the English group who predated them spelt it the traditional way, and who’s lead guitarist was Ronny Wood.

[@buffalo_7755]

Don't overlook the Scottish scene at this time. There's a good BBC doc called "Big Gold Dream: The story of Scotland's post-punk music scene". Think you might like it.

[@davidjb-750]

Best days of my life 😃

[@varalys]

Ah Manchester, city of my birth and my first degree, just at the tail end of this era when the Hacienda got closed down due to gangs and guns and the night life switched to the Gay Village instead. Some great music of course, but as a lesbian myself it wasn't a very woman friendly scene to actually go partying in, so I'm glad I was a little too young, and got to experience the flowering of places like The Paradise Factory and Canal Street in 1993 onwards, and I had a taste for the harder techno that followed too. Still, this is probably gonna take me back to my teens and the responses should be fun! ETA: The Hacienda is a block of very expensive flats now, with just a brass plaque commemorating where it once stood....

[@wiretom]

Thing is . In England the rock bands were taking ecstasy and raving in the clubs . Kinda made sense to follow the scene .

[@MrGrahawk]

My guess is that some people might be exaggerating their presence at the first Pistols gig.

[@bfmt42]

I know right...40 people. It's starting to sound like Woodstock or Glastonbury 😂

[@tracyconnor6166]

Most of this is my record collection.

[@BrianMac2601]

I like there was some glasgow references as we're known for our music also, ironically and unfortunately if oasis just skipped their Glasgow gig they might not have been a thing, i would be happy with that.

[@nolaj114]

This was a pretty elaborate Rick roll, JJ. 😅

[@MARKSTRINGFELLOW1]

No mention of the sandpaper record sleeve though

[@jamesstridgen6320]

The fall is an iconic Manchester band. The only way I can describe Mark E Smith is like a loose tooth. You know it hurts when you wiggle it but you can’t help it. You have to keep going back to it😅 A fantastic word smith RIP