The Fall - Big New Prinz (The Other Side of Midnight, Granada TV, live 1988)

[@PsychedelicGoo]

Brix Smith looks so iconic here that it's like looking at a moving Andy Warhol print.

[@tuna2k10]

love how her Rickenbacker's nearly as big as her too, looks really cool in this vid

[@user-oo8xp2rf1k]

If it's Mark Smith and one of Brix Smith's eye lashes, it's the Fall 👍

[@Johnconno]

@@user-oo8xp2rf1k If it's Stephen Hawking and your grannie on bongo's it's The Fall.

[@thedoc1210]

she looks like Jacqueline Mccafferty in the thumbnail

[@PsychedelicGoo]

Just looked her up. NO she doesn't! No returns. 😊​@@thedoc1210

[@JohnJones-mz2tc]

Brix is exuding something so compelling its impossible to look away...amazing.

[@TheIrishmanFootball]

It's called Fear

[@JohnJones-mz2tc]

@TheIrishmanFootball you think ?

[@TheIrishmanFootball]

@JohnJones-mz2tc lol Yeah, kinda. Seems nervous to be on camera, but she's definitely giving it good attitude

[@JohnJones-mz2tc]

Either way I think it's a good look. 😁

[@RoystonVaseyJobclub]

When Richard & Judy were cool.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Who are either of those people?

[@islaws4589]

​@@user-wl2xl5hm7kIf you want to know who Richard is google Alan Partridge 😹

[@RoystonVaseyJobclub]

@@user-wl2xl5hm7k Two English daytime TV presenters, who look a little bit like Brix Smith & Mark E Smith,

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

@@RoystonVaseyJobclub Ah, thanks for explaining

[@a34rwl]

They were always cool, just ask Tony.

[@garybridge-ku7bf]

There will never be another Mark E Smith and the Fall, thank god for youtube and clips like this to keep me going. 😊

[@thegigguy]

Saw Mark E Smith & The Fall many times live in Manchester UK 🇬🇧 . Some were awesome , some were absolutely dreadful . He had a bit of a reputation as being hard to work with , no wonder there were so many line - up changes in the band over the years . But yeah, a unique band .

[@starmersbarber]

What an immaculate performance. I loved this version of the Fall.

[@rayking6118]

Yes, me too. I saw them several times during the Mr Pharmacist era and they were awesome live. And I miss John Peel....

[@stewartmurphy3692]

Fantastic track,I challenge anyone to listen to it without tapping there feet,I used to be in love with brix,beauty and style❤lol

[@thewildbirds6070]

Brix is mesmerising

[@spritecut]

Brix gave me her heart shaped pluck at the end of a live gig back in the day. I Fell in love! ❤

[@Lincoln12933]

Er..pick?

[@intheclarts]

Plucking ell

[@lioii]

You plucky bastard...!

[@gummboote]

@@Lincoln12933 Plectrum, as is used for playing guitar. I've got one of Brix's old plectrums (plectra?) myself.

[@stevenpeiper5538]

I don’t think it’s too grandiose to say what we have here is the summit of human cultural development and everything since has been an inexorable decline and descent into the abyss.

[@alexfenton229]

Can't argue with that mate 👍😊❤

[@stevenmoore3480]

One lame riff repeated over and over does not a genius make. The pinnacle of emperors new clothes mor elike.

[@stevenpeiper5538]

@@stevenmoore3480 I’ve decided your opinion is worthless, just because I can't

[@stevenpeiper5538]

Can

[@stevenmoore3480]

@@stevenpeiper5538 smooth

[@jawarholol4651]

Bless you for uploading this; I've only ever seen this performance on what looked like a busted VHS tape. Pure class The Fall were here

[@andrewknapton8121]

Heard this from tv 2 days ago on Guy Garvey The Vaults for the first time. Where have i been... can't stop playing this

[@jameseadie7145]

I'm only watching it for the blonde, she's stunning

[@griff9of13]

​@jameseadie7145 that's Brix Smith. She married Mark E Smith, the guy singing. He was definitely punching above his weight. But that's talent for you. 😊

[@simonhaslam]

Marsha and Brix adding some much needed glamour.

[@stephenpowers51]

I'm very pleased to say I saw the Kurious Oranj show at Sadler's Wells, with Michael Clark's lot leaping around in wigs, Brix on a big burger, giant french fries falling from the sky, and a game of human table football. I thought it was epic, my then-girlfriend not so much. Love The Fall so much, must have at least one dose a day. Thanks MES, and the 66 (?) others who came and went over the years. Always brilliant to see and hear you.

[@lodger9]

Wow. If I could go back in time for any concert that would be in my top 10

[@sandyatkins6978]

I am across the pond in America. I was introduced to the Fall via college radio (WVVS, Valdosta State, GA.) in the late '80s and was almost immediately hooked. With their releases in that era I just knew they would eventually break big. Great riff driven but sneakily complex songs with excellent musicianship. And a quirky, magnetic leader. But I suppose the world was not ready.

[@rkr6237]

I got into them in GA as well, in statesboro. Found a used cd (infotainment scan) in the town’s only indie music shop at the time, and that was the starting point for my weird and wonderful journey towards discovering The Fall. There was simply nothing else that sounded like them, and there still isn’t, a few pale imitations aside.

[@sandyatkins6978]

@@rkr6237 good to know another Fall fan in S. Ga.

[@t.o.408]

@@sandyatkins6978 I actually had a weird Georgia connection with my introduction to The Fall, but it was by way of Salem, Oregon in 1987. On clear nights I could pick up the radio signal of an independent radio station in Portland, Or. I was listening one night and they were interviewing the band Love Tractor, from Athens, GA. The host asked the band what other bands they were currently listening to, and the reply was something like "pretty much the only band we listen to these days is The Fall". Being a big fan of Love Tractor and the bands from Athens, I decided I needed to check out The Fall. 40 something album purchases later and I'm still a huge fan to this day. Thanks for the recommendation Love Tractor!

[@keironhiggspoet]

I was part of a discussion panel with Brix 2 years ago at a festival I was part of, discussing clothes and punk. she mentioned the green shirt she is wearing here which makes it more special as the quality been improved gives it more flair!

[@eggjoe122]

I love Marcia!

[@nmp290765]

Check her out as the stripper in Barry Adamson’s The Man With The Golden Arm video

[@BREN-t1i]

Loved a pint with Mark, Joseph Holts Bitter. Love you bro

[@nobbytart27]

As someone who had a bit of a dabble with The Fall back in the day this caught my attention with the Brix thumbnail, she is quite mesmering, good track which helps when you do a quick google on the lyrics

[@merlin5476]

The clearest quality of this vid I've seen.

[@arthurkettle3010]

lost count of the number of times ive watched this.....completely mesmerizing.....

[@driferdark4339]

I didn't know who Brix Smith before I watched this,but damn she's just wow!

[@MarkOLeary-x5e]

Great band, first saw them in Manchester 1983 and then in 1988 at Walthamstow Town Hall, playing this song! MES will always be an absolute legend!

[@QuoPaperPlane]

Please tell us you're taking the piss!

[@MarkOLeary-x5e]

@@QuoPaperPlane Just out of you

[@QuoPaperPlane]

@MarkOLeary-x5e 😁That was funny because YT thought it was a good idea to delete my comment and I did wonder for a moment what your reply was regarding. No offence, pal!

[@MarkOLeary-x5e]

@@QuoPaperPlane 😅

[@downundertuneage3875]

Marcia Schofield on keys. OMG 😍Gives Patricia Morrison a run for her money in the eye candy department...........Fab track. MES you crazy genius. Ok ,this misses the intro, but who's complaining? Great quality. 👍

[@thewildbirds6070]

Yes. . Straight out of Laura Ashley. And Brix looks lime she is about to have a "personal revelation" any moment. Mesmeric

[@keithbate9405]

Yes I loved looking at Brix. But it was Marcia who I really fancied like hell. She is supposed to have been a stripper in her student days before she joined the Fall.

[@downundertuneage3875]

@@keithbate9405 I'd believe that. Marcia has some smouldering dance moves in Barry Adamson's The Man With The Golden Arm music video. No wonder Brix wanted her in a fat suit for The Fall's Victoria video!!!

[@keithbate9405]

@@downundertuneage3875 Marcia just smolders . Did you know she is now a Doctor of Science (Biology I think ) and lectures at a Welsh University. The students think she is very cool for having been in the fall.

[@giri.goyo_yt]

LOVE! Thank you, ReleaseTheCanines! Memories of playing this full blast on a cassette mix, cruising in my 67 Mustang down the coast.

[@andrina118]

Brix's blouse is fabulous💘

[@JohnJones-mz2tc]

She said it was bought in a charity shop for 10p 👍

[@sepsis111]

Bought this when it came out..... still in my collection. Might be a good time to pull it out again.

[@panatypical]

I just found out about these folks through this video, don't know how I got here, but the watch History shows I was watching some video about 174 and 285 Hz solfeggio frequencies, which is the first of those frequencies videos that I dug for a change. I could almost swear they transported me to here. Then I watched a lot of other fall videos, looked up some bios and discographies. I really like these people, they are quite a bit like me....

[@greeny8365]

How you can put so much effort and look so dope into one basic riff is unbelievable. Brix is the epitome of cool and has never been surpassed and I’m no Fall fan really. Posers like PJ Harvey would have killed to be as cold as she was in the Fall. Awesome.

[@malkchatters1046]

Mark was a genius and so am i for liking him.

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

lol @ craig rockin the south paw westone thunder II - tried painting over the natural wood finish with some blue dulux

[@TheIrishmanFootball]

There's more Rock Star in one snap of his fingers than there is in Chris Martin's entire body of work.

[@keithbate9405]

Arguably the best time of the Fall with Brix and Marcia being hot as hell. A unique band .

[@loxism72]

Brix Smith 😍

[@MarkSmith-dx3cd]

hey baby! Miss you. So sick of real butter though.

[@MarkMcCannIreland]

Brix Fall is Best Fall

[@Clyne-sv4hd]

Steady son🤪

[@deadcassette93]

Fantastic footage of The Fall #iconic kinda like what Lux Interior and Poison Ivy had going on in the chemistry lab between Mark E. Smith and Brix Smith. 🕶️

[@IMFixIt]

Just great band on vinyl, on tape and definitely live. You never knew what you were getting live but always impressed. Must of been hot in the studio for Mark to take the leather suit jacket off.

[@meesalikeu]

this was all over college radio back in the day 😂🎉

[@Keith-zu4tz]

Great work! 📼 Amazing.

[@MrStemm1]

Commented on his but can't stop looking at it.. class

[@richards3192]

Marcia went to Cambridge to study medicine. My ex wife knew here there from the Dom Soc. I went to her wedding reception in London and got drunk. Everything is connected.

[@grimupnorth]

Only really recently that I began to appreciate the Fall, thanks to MyTameside community radio's 70's & 80's shows. Sadly no more; both the band and the radio station..

[@andrewtomlinson18]

Same here and I am 61 years old

[@lloydbraun6026]

Always wanted to see them live. Oh well

[@jameseadie7145]

I keep on hearing Rock n Roll part one by GG and now you will to

[@Nickpaintbrush]

Yeah also with the Savages about 10 years ago!

[@davidspencer1503]

This song was use in cutting class movie 🎥 intro staring a young Brad Pitt back in the 80s.

[@Broomehall]

Cool as fuck still 2024 ......

[@jamesmarshall2268]

Is that Pauline Calf on guitar? Always wondered if this was written about an NSU Prinz...

[@alexfenton229]

@@jamesmarshall2268 🤣🤣🤣

[@RussellGeorge67]

That's Brixie. The only time in Mark Smith's life he wasn't a cunt was when he was cuntstruck. It didn't last and neither did she. There were some good Poppy tunes that came out of it though....

[@alexfenton229]

This sounds like it quite influenced the Mondays first, Squirrel n Gman etc. IN the skronkiness... they injected funk where the Fall injected punk. Both most pleasant ❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@jamesransom512]

I drank a jar of coffee. And then I took some of these.

[@Semiartificial]

Peak Brix

[@KevinWilliams-hm9ct]

amazing stuff

[@vivalbertine6153]

I can only see Brix.

[@nangaparbat3976]

Me too. What a beautiful women.

[@MarkSmith-dx3cd]

Your best thought, your religion, your favorite band, even your mom....The Fall is that much better.

[@andrewjohnstone963]

Brix was a tiny part in the history and evolution of this wonderful band

[@MrStemm1]

Iconic!

[@intheclarts]

This is fab, how did i miss it?

[@horstabsalon6994]

Mark was a real Rock'n'Roller.! Anyone daring to wear a violett Pullunder?

[@IvanMarjanovicLDN]

Marvellous

[@screamingswifts]

Brix Brix Brix

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

Fkin' great!

[@majordog2399]

Great track from the fall

[@AttillatheHun-ph5eu]

Marcia was a hottie wasn't she....

[@artprojectsnz]

Awesome - supported these cats once - in Birmingham - what a lovely bit of chaos

[@peterweicker77]

Wasn't there some other crew out of Manchester? Can't remember.

[@crowman7780]

This is very strange. This video just popped up on my feed. I watched this on the TV when it was on. Somewhere between 88-89? To this date it's the only footage of The Fall I've ever seen. ?

[@iVenge]

Brix was good pũǔn then. I wanted her so badly.

[@darylcumming7119]

RIP.

[@rubbadubdub6543]

John Peel’s favourite band. Say no more.

[@filmsforsmartpeople3587]

I Love Mark E. Smith. and the Fall.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

But _which_ Fall? There were so many of them...

[@emp12345]

Yes, apparently they had numerous changes to their membership on bassist and 🎹 over 4 decades,but Mark's egotistical manner was toxic ​@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

@@emp12345 Interesting reply. Some former members say that Smith was difficult but that the overall experience of being in the band compensated. I'm unsure about the hero worship he receives from fans.

[@emp12345]

@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx all musicians are human beings with a passion for their ambitions,but they are usually more in control of leaders ( singers) with their behaviour in the studio or live performances, also Mark E. was probably an alcoholic

[@des_bloom]

priceless..

[@ernestmostly8156]

The MIGHTY FALL !

[@TheBoondoggler]

0:21 😍

[@nylesglynn8727]

The Fall. Captain Beefheart. The Residents. Thirteenth Floor Elevators. Anyone want to add to this list?

[@GreenSaxon]

That's some hair do Brix is sporting 😂

[@norfolkronin6307]

Theres a brilliant live version by The Pixies.

[@decimal1815]

This sounds really good speeded up by about 50%. Is pop music getting faster over the last 40 years?

[@jimink8815]

If the Fall at best, are the sum of not easily quantifiable ingredients, this is their best incarnation...

[@nevilleattkins586]

The Mighty Fall.

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

I fcking LOVE the Fall . Best group ever ❤😂

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Which Fall? There were a lot of them to choose from, and most of them got fired.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Was The Fall the band with the most former members?

[@oscarthompson2171]

They're known as the Fallen.

[@theendofeverything6356]

Good-looking bird, wasn't she!

[@ianbarnett1035]

Love the crisper image, but cutting Tony Wilson's intro is tantamount to heresy. Watch 24-Hour Party People! Thanks anyway! Really enjoyed the trip down Memory Lane.

[@tobysbreathisverybad]

That descending line… can’t help thinking of Bela Lugosi’s Dead

Brix was the only thing I liked about The Fall.I think she was the only thing anybody liked about The Fall

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

The hipster trendy shite of its day

[@madmaxine4185]

Ha! Mes would have loved you for that!

[@simondavies6606]

Live-uh. Laugh-uh. Love-uh.

[@dannynosdetectiveinstinct9170]

But I want the intro and the outro as well!

[@ReleaseTheCanines]

It was just from the host of the show and intro was very awkwardly cut off. Look up Neil Barker's original upload here on KZbin, it's what I edited this from and you'll see why I just tidied it up :)

[@drstevie]

fab.

[@sicks6six]

MES was more than a normal genius, he arranged for 66 people over a 40 year period to all be in the group at the exact right time, normal geniuses can't do that, I saw the fall one time not dressed in black and they looked like the B52s. . I did prefer the black version but LSD was never my thing,

[@sergefernandez3395]

Les frères gallager ne sont que des doux anges par rapport à ce qu'était mark.e.smith 😂

[@thekarmafarmer608]

I hear some Iggy Pop in there too. Fantastic.

[@stevekinde8663]

begining sounds like marilyn manson "Beautiful people"

[@Captain-l-12p]

Other way round surely.

[@glitchsister]

at least one of them came looking like they wanted to be filmed that day

[@jamesward4191]

Mark won big there 🌹

[@Emperor_Hawk]

Laura Sallanger

[@BourkeMedia]

The closest I've heard to this was when a truckload of hogs ran into a truckload of tin cans on I-89.

[@NoahBirnel]

I remember that show! It was amazing.

[@reneholbrugge7920]

That’s because you live in hillbilly country where good music isn’t appreciated.

[@JohnJones-mz2tc]

Did you buy a T-shirt

[@stephenthomas5361]

They all look terrified.

[@izaakdaviddiggs]

Quite a lot of spit for a man in a Barney jumper. Mark E Smith was the human equivalent of biting into tinfoil with a mouth full of fillings, but he was also creatively brilliant. Never meet your "heroes," best to admire their work from afar...

[@eyoung1683]

I get the impression the ladies are seen but not heard here🤔

[@AmpleWarning]

why did she date that guy

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Because they both had the same surname?

[@enolux]

Mauve turtlenecks unite!

[@ganuma]

the audio entrance to hell

[@caeserromero3013]

I get the feeling they were aiming for a 'Talking Heads' vibe, but ended up on the 'Road to Nowhere' 😂😂

[@marknewbold2583]

​@@caeserromero3013absolute nonsense

[@robertosborne7542]

Boredom more like-what a tedious racket