Bill is Dead The Fall

Bill Is Dead from Snub Tv by the mighty Fall

[@susanFisher-mh1eq]

"One day "the series just reminded me of one of the best songs of the 80s

[@NatalieGutt]

Me too ❤

[@christiangot8898]

Me too. Just brought back such memories from back in the day...

[@beaumill]

1990

[@chrismorrison3696]

As a massive Fall fan, this one is so special. Mark actually sings here and it is blissful. So lucky to have had them in my life. I'm 58. Saw them live in 1988 and it was the greatest time of my life. For over 40 years the Fall have made me wonder at the wonder of all the wonder. "Got pasted in a bar."

[@rushshukla4636]

Mark E Smith probably wouldn't want anyone to remember him but it's in precious moments like these that we do. You are very loved and very missed. Rest in peace you miserable old sod!

[@syikdanish9431]

I came from "One Day" series too....i love how these shows got great music i had never listened to, and immediately search at KZbin ❤

[@joannemelbourne4921]

Me too! Found some very cool old and new songs, love it!

[@owenmartin3307]

What's one day

[@cleonicecavalcantecarneiro5282]

One Day

[@dogtanian9]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written. RIP Mark. A wayward, uncompromising, wonderful genius.

[@rodneyhull9764]

yeah,beautiful

[@brianwilson49]

...... sigh. im 17 years old again listening to extricate on repeat. just the finest song ever written.

[@Sage5000]

Me too ❤

[@terezajarnikova7542]

that feeling when cynics grin at hope, when colours are a bit brighter, because someone else just IS, exists, whatever, - I think they bring us to our knees far more than when somone is yelling on the pop charts about how hot their lover is. This is the best articulation of that very specific feeling that I've ever come across and I'm grinning this cold morning. Just lately, seeing you...

[@jamesward7721]

Great comment. ❤

[@mikeoleary1723]

I second that.

[@markkennedy4936]

Yeah

[@owenmartin3307]

Nailed it.

[@lotuseater7247]

aye

[@johnAsanz]

Extricate will I think always be my favourite Fall album, so many memories with this song, we played the Fall for five hours solid today at Fopp in Covent Garden and I loved every minute.

[@byrontonks1314]

He would've hated every minute. Southern fairy.

[@dr.k.vogel.]

Extricate is my fave as well, for many reasons, and balls to certain Northern types who think they own The Fall!

[@johnAsanz]

@@byrontonks1314 who is the southern Fairy mate???

[@stevetwohill4623]

Yes it is one on my favourite albums, I managed to see them in Sydney in mid 1990 around the time it came out and was blown away by how miserable and great he was.

[@mikeoleary1723]

I agree. Got it on cassette in Kings Road Chelsea. Straight in the walkman and an incredible journey started. Kind of wish he stopped a bit earlier. And do what?

[@hufclufc]

Great to know Mark can knock out a fantastic pop ballad if he feels like it. One of my fave Fall trax. Reflective, superlative.

[@DavobarX]

This song is like a long, comforting hug when you're feeling like shit..

[@dunbustin]

No it is not. It is an expression of joy when everything is perfect.

[@DavobarX]

dunbustin My comment was not an interpretation. This expression of joy makes me feel better when I'm down. I have other subjective opinions if you'd like to point-blank negate those too?... (rhetorical).

[@elizabethhann4028]

Yeah. You play it, and you remember that there's still love and tenderness in the world, and even a mean old reprobate like Mark E. Smith can feel it.

[@elizabethhann4028]

So much so. And I need it right now. I WOULD say the world needs it, but it's rather too personal a song for that. It' a song to comfort individuals; not nations. It's a song to comfort you and me.

[@jamesward7721]

@@dunbustin it's both.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

One of the best songs ever written. Tragic, elagiac brilliance

[@user-mr2de8mf7e]

Oh, Mark E.Smith, this song is tugging at my heart.❤. Thank you for every word & every vocal utterance . It helps that the Fall Sound cannot be duplicated. Forever Fall ❤.

[@berthancock5633]

I can't think of a better song today. Fantastic tribute to a legend. RIP Mark.

[@jamesmoriisumners9583]

absolutely my same thoughts A Fall Face forever James in Tokyo

[@rogeredmunds5806]

This song is an absolute gem. It's beautiful and should have been a top 10 hit. Thanks for your career Mark. You gave it your all and will never be forgotten.

[@Hapmorii]

I'd say RIP, but I think it would bore him. Mark was never one to go for rest or peace. I'm going to miss him!

[@darawaldron2020]

Always brings a tear. The sheer brilliance of MES in the clearest possible light.

[@billinawe]

My death is cancelled until further notice. However when I do decide, I would like this to played, just to emphasise what has happened. Thank you Mark E Smith.

[@strangemonkey]

What a great song. I remember it from college. It makes me feel fuzzy, nostalgic, and dark.

[@mikedenby6771]

"Freezing, Wheezing, got pasted in a bar" That resonates so much, memories of drinking in Manchester in my 20s!

[@chaioramos4616]

RIP Mark.... thanks for all the good times....

[@ericrhodes5174]

I'm crying right now. RIP to the heart and soul of a warrior who dedicated his life to the arts, to being different yet remaining the same. See ya mate!

[@deeohgee70]

My fav Fall song. I saw The Fall on tour when this came out. My Mate and I went to the Vine Hotel, Richmond, Melbourne before the gig for a few beers and found ourselves at a table next to Mark E Smith and the bands the guitarist whom he proceed to fire during a heated pub argument. Suffice to say the gig was suitably tense and bloody brilliant. Mark knows how to get the best out of his band - miserable bastard that he is!

[@elizabethhann4028]

Wow. Can't believe you got to sit next to Mark E. Smith in the pub - his natural habitat - and see him and his guitarist have a fight. Wish I'd been there. You're lucky to have seen them on tour, too.

[@jaolin6042]

@@elizabethhann4028 On the other hand: viewing the timeline of The Fall members one could argue that 60 % of the world's population has at least once sat at the table next to MS when he fired a member. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_Fall_band_members#Timeline

[@traceyjane4735]

One of the best songs ever written. RIP M.E.S a true legend.

[@DOAJAM]

So Beautiful. One of The Fall's best songs.

[@rodneyhull9764]

yeah,beautiful

[@theawecabinet]

"...No please don't touch those harps they took ages to tune.... Hey, those clouds have been carefully arranged that way! Excuse me, you can't just take a halo and throw it like a frisbee .....oh no, not my pipe organ ...." - God.

[@eamonnkane3892]

Wow

[@pearlharbour3300]

beautiful image that...be great if we could just pass into such thoughts

[@gilwood7530]

Thats really pretty funny ...Miss this guy !

[@MoKone5]

This song will always have a part in my life. "Great times".

[@rawcoyote]

this is the greatest times of my life. the fall rules forever. I love this song

[@matthewoakes4334]

Without a doubt one of The Fall’s best songs and their most beautiful I reckon.

[@captainfeedback1]

It is indeed one of their best - tied with Birthday Song for their most beautiful, since you're asking.

[@masterandmargharita]

Oh pasted in a bar. Bring back those good old days. The greatest time of my life.

[@davidrankin516]

RIP big man. These are the finest times of my life

[@ericrhodes5174]

Farewell my friend. Never change but never stay the same.

[@Anonymous-c4p]

🎶🥴👍🏻💞

[@moefoe7222]

“These are the greatest times of my life” Thanks Mark, RIP 🙏

[@mikeoleary1723]

Mark washing his hand at the start. An example to us all.

[@eamonnkane3892]

Came twice; you thrice. Wash your hands for 40 seconds; potentially 60. Scenes.

[@Twistedhippy]

I like the sniffing and rubbing the nose coming out of the toilets, wonder what you're doing there Mark? "Look at me, too much sp-speed"

[@Anonymous-c4p]

🎶🥴💞

[@joeabraham5696]

Ha ha

[@comingupforeire7050]

Doubt he'd have been a covid hysteric though

[@biglog63]

How i love The Fall...even now, nearly 50 years later. Mark E. Smith ploughed his own furrow in such a brilliantly creative way. I will never tire of listening to songs like this!

[@billgibbon2416]

Love it, the song they'll play as the curtains close round my coffin. BillX

[@mikeoleary1723]

You're 57 now like me.😉

[@jimihendrix6969]

Happy 2024. This still sounds amazing.

[@MrTommynew]

Beautiful song,, I'm 54 and these are my greatest time, love life

[@Anonymous-c4p]

...same, only 64🥴💞

[@brighteyes8474]

The Fall's finest hour.

[@dermot51]

I think i have to agree, a truly inspired song both musically and lyrically

[@joannamay101]

Only MES would write his heart out to a tune that would make the world whistle n call it 'Bill is Dead' ... Bless yr Naked Lunch, yr legs are so cool ...

[@arc69smith94]

I fucking love this song rest in peace mark thanks for all the great music .

[@brighteyes8474]

The late and very great tyrannical maestro that is Mark Smith. He wrote this anthem with Craig Scanlon.

[@Donkeyshed681]

My favourite song of all time...

[@manga329]

So beautiful songs!Thanks M.E.S

[@Harpdashian]

Still can't believe he is gone.

[@brighteyes8474]

Thumb to side of the nose on the way out. Never mind. A truly great song. Sniff sniff.

[@harryspurr3828]

R.I.P Hip Priest, music will never be the same

[@spudcustardx1]

creativity is hard work, and if you take that path you have to decide how far you are going down it MES wasn't stopping, I love some of the output, but I guess I wouldn't recommend the route. love spud

[@lancashirebomber9744]

rest well, smithy!

[@cosmicdrifter287]

this song should"ve been a massive hit.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

***** not if your name is bill of course.

[@elizabethhann4028]

Oh absolutely. It's their only really sweet and tender song; and it's gorgeous. Of course it should have been a hit.

[@mariaelenamacioszek9216]

cosmicdrifter287 The Fall should've been a massive hit

[@brk754]

They never released it as a single. This video was purely done for Snub TV - a BBC2 show. Peel himself expressed surprise that it topped his 50.

[@dgbradman1]

yes

[@joeabraham5696]

Greatest song of my life Mark

[@musicwithmorals]

Number 1 in John Peel's festive 50 1990

[@dermot51]

Rightly so , a class tune

[@spudcustardx1]

only just found this, its flipping brilliant

[@philheaton2938]

Just gorgeous....

[@artistrobbagley]

I like this. I like the Fall. I will not get too excited though..... I'll be at 78th Fall gig in May. Always great. Always different. There is always The Fall.

[@justmadeit2]

He mentions crows feet under his eyes, he uses those same words on the song living too late from 86

[@juandelacal8343]

Te echaremos de menos Mark. En este mundo.

[@kathywood4955]

the best love song!

[@twatmang1]

But just lately, seeing you, I rise A.M. off pink sheets

[@simonthompson27]

... after a cold night out ....The Fall brought me here

[@masterandmargharita]

Came twice You thrice

[@jamesmoriisumners9583]

Fall face forever. This track ALMOST makes us cry. We probably aren't supposed to according to General Mark! Salute! Rest in peace fellow artist and alcoholic🙏 You are sorely missed as I believe John Peele put it 🌟

[@timcomley3241]

Best fall tune

[@gerryodonothing5889]

Saw the great man once, R.I.P.

[@Mikael909]

this is so great it can possibly stop time in the right scientists hands

[@anklamer]

these were the greatest times of THE FALL

[@themushieman]

May be my favourite Fall song

[@Twistedhippy]

RIP Mark

[@arbogastk310]

mark you gave me the greatest days of my life

[@Twistedhippy]

arbogast k Greatest times of my life

[@The_Vile_Vortices]

Great way to start a music video....Film mark in the gents bogs after taking a shit! Class.

[@Mhaza]

love that band !!!!!

[@25pappy]

Hammered, this is the greatest time off MY life

[@markthomas1668]

beautiful song

[@Fooliccini]

This is good stuff! I think the lowest album from The Fall is probably Bend Sinister, and even that is enjoyable.

[@justmadeit2]

Lowest? That's a great album, us 80s 90s etc

[@Sammypostman]

remember this from snubtv, edinburgh is one of the falls best

[@TheIkaraCult]

MES was the type to say lets not make a big fuss about his death, lets just get on with things.

[@anklamer]

Sad sad day. Unforgotten hero Mark E.

[@spudcustardx1]

Brilliant creativity is random, you have to keep trying it to create something like this, you cant do this by accident

[@whatamalike]

the toilets look like any championship league football ground ive ever been to

[@philtonge7522]

Lovely...

[@ianmackereth6721]

These are the greatest times of our life Wake up to the scamdemic and... Guess what? They can be. xxx

[@Twistedhippy]

Mark E Smith mysteriously rubbing his nose after coming out of a toilet booth. "Look at me, too much speeeed" - MES.

[@1doctoma]

4.5 minutes of my life well spent

[@ALDERSONPHIL]

what a song goodbye mark e smith

[@Kradiancy]

240p almost makes this seem better.

[@admacgillycuddy3174]

Wonderful

[@salmonico]

Came twice you thrice. Thats love.

[@Generatorhead]

Bless ya, Mark.

[@1pseudo]

RIP Mark E. Smith

[@timlloyd2129]

Beautiful Xxx

[@richardbamsey5242]

splendid probably got it via Mr Peel, too this day Im not sure why this is awesome, it just is, ignore me chums I know nothing

[@davidakroyd6651]

Snub TV - BRING IT BACK!

[@delays1]

Roy of the Rovers looks, verse off a king. Band.

[@VA-ph2ml]

Came twice, you thrice..

[@pieterkock695]

read that this song was meant as a bit of parody on new order and the smiths, having a laugh about them with a great song

[@jamesparkin]

My favourite music video based in a set of urinals EVER!

[@nachoelmir98]

RIP Mark, never got to meet you

[@TheRooneyTune]

that would have been Mark Riley. now a dj on bbc 6 music.. Mark arranged a photographer to picture him boarding the plane out of Oz then used the image on a record cover.. to really twist it !

[@booklover1086]

In the year Mark divorces for first time, and father dies...⚡️⚡️

[@robert1russell]

top notch track just shows u mark can do no wrong

[@tamersertoglu3496]

This was the closest time mark e. was to singing a song 👍

[@mcdutchboy]

R.I.P You beautiful drunken British boy

[@MadderMel]

Very nice.

[@cmcbride]

Nah if it was around the time of this song then it would have been Martin Bramah getting fired, I believe that did happen in Australia as well. Riley was fired about 7 years earlier.