THE FALL ( Band ) - Mark E Smith interview - The Fall - September 2002

Interview with Mark E Smith by Jet Martin Celmins. Manchester, 19th September 2002.

[@michaelroche5744]

This is a genius. One thing I took from this is his need to not engage with the media noise, anything to do with being defined or to be placed within a pre defined context. His ‘function’ as he put it was, I think, just to be himself as an artist/person and to let things come through him in as pure and unaffected way as possible. This is what is lost in the race to ‘win’ or ‘achieve’ in the arts.

[@DanHintz]

best MES interview online due to the intelligent interviewer. you can tell MES was at ease and felt respected by the good thoughtful questions and the pacing.

[@CastlesinTheWhy]

Always come back to this... reminds me of finding an interesting person to talk to in the pub at 11am.

[@GNeuman]

I would have loved to have had a few pints with him...all the best and RIP, MES

[@nickmaffia1746]

Had a couple pints around time of 'extricate' with Mark. He was a gent and only playfully rude. Some say he was getting his teeth into Martin B again.

[@mikeoleary1723]

I knew him around Light User Syndrome. Great company in a surprisingly gentle way. RIP Mark.

[@stephenjamesdarknell8829]

What can you say…….. A Fucking Legend…….. Respect to you Mark………. RIP 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@nickmaffia1746]

Loved,missed and life goes on...my yearly, sometimes twice yearly fall treats no more but fuck me,what a history to play with and bring out into the now. All in all this sometime pain in the arse was a good bloke. Mural in Prestwich great tribute,beyond the need for eulogy.

[@FlintSL]

Always looks on the verge of laughter. Naturally funny man

[@kennethguitarfiend4493]

I miss him so much already... where’s my yearly fall album goddammit...

[@user-uw8dr1rw9v]

Real as it gets... shan't see the likes of MES again...

[@justmadeit2]

He seemed in a pretty good mood here

[@mcadeemcnasty2460]

Martin's a great guy and a good interviewer. Nobody's fool, I think Mark recognises that as he is so open: "I'm from Salford" To me, that's Mark gushing.

[@violinistoftaupo]

Clever, unique and interesting. We miss you, MES ❤

[@gazriley624]

RIP Mark. seen The Fall in Liverpool many times

[@PontiacS.]

"A Prophet knows No Honor in His own Home Town" Hence why Manchester never liked The Fall, according to Mark. They were definitely one of Manchester's Best.

[@sacha6530]

So much speed, so little time. ❤️

[@maxinemckenzie6076]

Genius. Excellent. Nuff said.

[@chancesareshewears]

he was lean and exquisite in 85..

[@thelaverie6137]

I love him

[@peterlawson777]

The best MES interview I’ve ever seen.

[@RayZappa]

A lot gets said about what a difficult interviewee he was. He seems pretty pleasant and forthcoming here.

[@frankboothsedated.7054]

Yeah, I imagine it depended on his general mood and whether the interviewer was asking banal, repetitive questions.

[@shadowstealer2790]

I met him on a number of occasions once to interview and he was fine with me. A unique visionary and bandleader who's up there with Sun Ra, Beefheart and James Brown in innovation.

[@markvalentine63]

@@SteveGad gormless is spot on. What a dull tw...

[@cjgaeilge4350]

All people have to do is treat the man with respect / obviously clueless journalists didn’t do that

[@cjgaeilge4350]

I’d the pleasure of meeting him & he was patient & very civil - signing autographs to my name etc

[@sebastianmunoz3945]

I love you Messi, wherever you are ❤️ rip

[@filled_soda]

"They don't bomb a university, cause they might get some of their own mates." Oof! 👌🏻

[@speeduser3597]

So true about intellectuals and rebels. Always intelligent and with a sense of humour.

[@beaumill]

when he takes a drag on his cig he doesn't exhale what a chad

[@escherpainting8622]

the smile he gives after he says "musicians collective", is amazing. Absolute cynic. Love him.

[@doyoumind9356]

Still looked well in 2002

[@Johnconno]

So did I. 😂

[@brianstockwell4069]

@@Johnconno Good one!

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

I was getting layed then

[@Looms29]

RIP Mark.

[@frankboothsedated.7054]

I still can't get used to the fact that we're in a post-Fall world now.

[@Warp75]

@@frankboothsedated.7054 & what a shit world it’s been

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

It's all to woke these days

[@hvhhproductions2339]

@@user-kl4bh4lq6r. Exactly. And Mark would’ve written about it.

[@James-ld2jc]

A great interviewee

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Jesus - like a cop interviewing a tertiary witness to a crime but it’s great when MES asks questions himself; keeping himself entertained.

[@God-Zin-uru]

RIP Hip Priest 🥴💞

[@austinpauxtataux8349]

He was a prophet. RIP MES

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

Love it!!

[@TrevorBarre]

The ever-genial Mark E.

[@redlady935]

Not sure why none of the comments are showing but anyway....I quite like this interview because, although its awkward like all his interviews, Jet just sticks to trying to elicit some interesting info rather than trying to be clever or get gossip like asking the age old question about his sacking people from the band

[@oscarstokes468]

Great interview

[@carbonlifeform666]

R.I.P M.E.S

[@thomasnygaard4514]

MES looks great here! And seems very patient.. You can tell the interview is a drag when he starts asking the journalist (?) what he was up to in ´77.

[@LondonDada]

Telephone Thing's distinctive kick beat and some of its lyrics were lifted from a fan's demo tape sent in.

[@PollisDrake]

"A layman's ear"!

[@stephen3511]

Flyman and The Fall zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 😆😆

[@andrewholburn3094]

Giz me the Crampzzz

[@stellaboulton9531]

Irreplaceable.

[@escaton74]

did The Fall even consider going on without him ?

[@amateurs7814]

I saw them with Damo Suzuki on vocals but it was an improvised set

[@monkeybone39]

Seriously 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikecondy6010]

Just a granny on bongos?

[@timleopardxolo]

It'd be like a church without Jesus

[@laszlozoltan5021]

@@timleopardxolo church of satan ?

[@Mauroleiicus]

He sounds and looks a bit like that old, incomprehensible drunk guy from The Fast Show who tells all these long winded stories and ends all of them with "...i must admit at the time, i was very, very drunk". Nice interview, some insights!

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

Right🥱

[@Johnconno]

Centre of face collapsing.

[@briancox9357]

Instead of watching this dull interview, just watch their 2015 Glasto performance.

[@vinylvipress5529]

Thanks for turning the volume down, cunts!!!!!!! 🤣🤣

[@wanderingboy8271]

The one chance you get to interview a legend and you come up with the biggest cliché questions you could ask.

[@ck891]

He asks some pretty decent set up questions and just doesn’t follow through at all. He ruins his own questions by not engaging.

[@casestudy2202]

Mark is trying to stay awake but he's obviously bored to death with this horrible interviewer. So many long silent pauses that Mark has to help him with

[@thomasnygaard4514]

- Did you see the film "24 hours"? - Yeah, I was in it. Embarassing to say the least. Crap research.

[@johncollins5552]

MES wouldn't mind as long as the journo got the pints in, but did he or was he a typical right git journo?