Mark E. Smith on Today Show: December 31st 2011

[@nathanielgrant3909]

good grief, imagine a nation of (largely middle class, largely Southern) people on their way to work listening to Mark E. Smith coming out of their radios

[@sidDkid87]

5:09 "Pseudo-Mystics - I'm the Real Deal, matey" . . . Mark E. Smith and The Fall are my absolute fave!

[@InstallaFriend]

Describing the BBC coming to Manchester as 'the mountain coming to Mohammed' is the best thing I have ever heard

[@Tracy-h9z]

I always thought MES was the mountain

[@willscomix]

I want to hear the full 40 minute conversation

[@niitsukid]

U can definitely see lee Perry’s influence on mes in the streams of consciousness- and delivery .

[@brokeoutbingomaster5039]

Shared the stage with The Fall at Deeply Vale Festival 1978, I was then with a band called Howard the Duck! It was an honour, Mark is a wonderfully difficult Salfordonian tw*t!

[@spennyfumepipe]

anyone found the full 45minute interview anywhere?

[@niitsukid]

spennyfumepipe be good to find it

[@justbeamensch]

Love to get the English translation for this

[@danieljamesmead]

He said, 'Vegetarian baaabaaaggeuuweee',

[@Tenskwatawa4U]

Yes! Yes, that must be it.

[@gromitpesley]

Donald Peoples barwbeguhhh

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Steward Lee is from Birmingham, Mark E Smith was from Manchester, both are in England and they are conversing in English to each other as they are in fact English.

[@nwo4life708]

I'm the real deal matey! That you are Mark, that you are, feeling privileged to be a fall fan.

[@Johnconno]

BBC executives in Manchester. 'It's like fuckin' Westworld now.'

[@lawrencescott2824]

Totally Wired, was in the NZ top twenty pop charts for several weeks, yep

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

🚬🥴myy heart and I agreee💞🎶

[@PeppyOoze]

Love Lee's West Midlands twang.

[@deletebilderberg]

West Midlands. World’s worst accent.

[@lifebeforemurdoch4860]

I've followed The Fall since the mid 80s and was born and lived most of my life in Manchester,am from a working class family and am white..I definitely don't feel displaced by immigrants ,I can't see this Islamification thing either ..I see a few mugs whose anger gets displaced onto people of different races by reading The Sun,Star and Mail etc.As for what Mark E Smith thinks ?..I don't know what he thinks .but it's totally irrelevant in regards to me forming my own opinion .

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

🎶🚬🥴🍺...'and the Dutch are weeping'

[@finnkdy]

@@Peter_Pepper_Love twee talig of drie talig.

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

@@finnkdy 🎶in 6 languages at least 🤷‍♂️💞

[@finnkdy]

@@Peter_Pepper_Love sauf cad e mar ta tu !! Ierse, to put you out of your misery. Groetjes uit Ulster. 💕 💚 😅

[@Sodhats]

Curious orange?

[@jiffcat]

I can't think of another singer who has a speaking voice so different to their singing voice.

[@morganrieder6281]

Donald Peoples, it's heavy Mancunian, but it's still English; just pay attention.

[@10fcull44]

Morgan Rieder 😁😁😁👏👏👏

[@jemima216]

Morgan Rieder Refer to Cheetham Hill, 'was he from Salford or Manchester'. Mark E talks Salfordian but drunken Salfordian.

[@kylesmith3555]

It's Salfordian, nothing like Mancunian

[@underdawg2743]

​@@kylesmith3555like there's any difference to a southerner

[@mohammadseddon577]

Don't be fooled by Manchester, it's no all it's cracked up to be.

[@Biigfish559]

Love MES but can't help thinking David Threlfall had inspiration from him for the iconic Frank Gallagher on Shameless; though I bet it's already been mentioned, ..

[@stevencowie7151]

Cheeky. Thewlis in NAKED is closer. MES was always dressed well when I saw them. Working class pride etc. Shameless FFS. CHEEK. RIP

[@richardspeziale]

love Mark E. and the Fall but what the holy fuck is he saying?

[@redlady935]

I know! 😂 Is hard enough when can see his mouth move on TV. Even harder here.

[@ludiekmagick]

It's a bit light on information - basically Stew having great fun chatting to one of his heroes - but it's enjoyable because of that sense of fun. Mark has the filthiest, most brilliantly wicked laugh! I missed this when it was on, so thanks @sambar0986 for bringing together three of my favourite things: MES, Radio 4 & Stewart Lee. :-D

[@Scitzowicz]

'Pseudo-Mystics... I'm the Real Deal MATEY

[@gromitpesley]

Have a barbecue vegetarian barbepushsh

[@krja1888]

5.08

[@lonefools3]

'Pseudo-Mystics...I'm the Real Deal Baby...'

[@markhornbogen4682]

the fall: a punk band??? nice one...

[@daveh5986]

Grab a listen of ‘LastOrders’ off the Electric Circus Mini-LP, punk all the way

[@gromitpesley]

COMBMUSIC The fall have huge “punk” elements

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

🚬🥴🍺...punk band??? what's that???

[@TheIkaraCult]

Frank Gallagher is actively workshy whereas MES is one of the hardest working artists around... I mean, the clue's in the name GALLAGHER

[@johnhawk1089]

I can only understand every second, third word.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Pseudo-Mystics, im the real deal. Indeed he was

[@oogifsesm298]

fuuuuuck aaaff

[@bklmsoul]

extremely weak. hand in your fall card. this is how one displays what PERTAINS

[@db0800]

All 3 wrong; full house. Salford is Salford and not Manchester. Mark is from Preswich, Bury. Fits in well with what I do and just refer to anyone from the south as a twat.

[@brutallyremastered4255]

No 1 in New Zealand because we don't take any shit, e hoa. Hex Induction Hour 1982

[@nwo4life708]

I'm the real deal matey! That you are Mark, that you are, feeling privileged to be a fall fan.