I'm 63 years old and it's only now I'm listening to the fall, where the fuck have I been..
@martins.70607 ай бұрын
Same here. I'm 64.Discovered them 6-7 years ago. I have over 30 albums at this point.
@NickRowsell7 ай бұрын
Better late than never …
@kevinadamson57687 ай бұрын
I was a fall fan late 70,s and only rediscoverd them, awesome. 😊
@HDIrwin6 ай бұрын
Listening to better music ?
@ProfessorCoffin5 ай бұрын
@@HDIrwinsuch as?
@Sach1967-e4j4 ай бұрын
I’m 56 and The Fall kinda passed me by first time round. I thought them too avant-garde for my youthful tastes back then. I loved “Frankie goes to…” and other pop stuff like that. But then I lived some years, done some stuff, had some laughs and pretty much pilled my way through the 90s and endured a failed marriage. Now I can’t get enough of Marks spot characterisation of growing up in 70s/80s England.All these years later, I find a Fall track (Hit The North) and have never looked back. Pure, class and genius. RIP all of the fallen.❤️
@JayBeebie3 ай бұрын
Same. I'm 57. The Fall are what I'm waking up to after decades of what feels like I've been asleep.
@justmepauliedee52104 ай бұрын
This song is on shuffle repeat for the rest of my life
@kevinadamson57687 күн бұрын
Too right 😊
@davesaunders594 ай бұрын
This is the loosest, most random, languid noise I’ve ever heard and I love every nanosecond of it
@richardplunkett62033 ай бұрын
This will be played at my funeral procession. Incredible tune.
@every.single.time.26684 жыл бұрын
Everyone's gangsta until : A white transit rolls up with blindness blasting
@burndenpaddock74111 жыл бұрын
You can't beat this, you just can't
@alanmatthews1073 жыл бұрын
Just heard it for the first time .. absolutely staggeringly brilliant .
@ryanv30153 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on, I like the original, but this beats it hands down.
@GFkilla173 жыл бұрын
I did try beating it a few times, and I just couldn't
@huwzebediahthomas91933 жыл бұрын
Yep, nope.
@andyking76213 жыл бұрын
it would be misguided to try ... but try we must
@tabbiesRred2 жыл бұрын
I could totally listen to this song for hours and not get sick of it. My favorite BEST Fall song - You are sorely missed, Mark E Smith - -
@christophebecker3281 Жыл бұрын
We all do :)
@mnbv99010 ай бұрын
agreed.
@PontiacS.3 ай бұрын
I think it's better than the Studio version, In my Humble.
@CarmillaN Жыл бұрын
I could listen to that bassline all day and not get tired of it. So filthy and awesome.
@charliesideshow840016 күн бұрын
So true! So very, very filthy and so awesome and I just LOVE IT!
@Skyclad3304 жыл бұрын
If ever feel stressed, put this and start banging your hand on something. Saves a lot of psychotherapy
@ThePixies173 жыл бұрын
Head spinning, heart pounding, watery eyes, playing air bass.... This is not a song. This is Mark E. Smith destroying us with a smirk on his face. Forever grateful.
@SEAL3418 жыл бұрын
Best fucking track in the world, and no error!
@sonicbooomboy9 жыл бұрын
If I'm not mistaken this was the last Fall session track ever played by John, as he scheduled it last in the repeat session broadcast just before he left for Peru. He said something like "Sounds even better the second time round. There will never be anything like this again" ....and of course there won't
@eightyEightism6 жыл бұрын
Is that true? I sincerely hope so because it's the most incendiary send-off that the Mighty Fall could possibly give.
@sonicbooomboy3 жыл бұрын
Rob Richardson that's how I remember it, a fitting send off indeed
@LeeJackson Жыл бұрын
I fucking hope so - what a why for them both to go out.
@bobbins532 жыл бұрын
I still feel the loss of both Mark E. Smith and John Peel. This track is still as glorious as it was when I first heard it all those years ago!
@GrahamHill-oz1bu Жыл бұрын
2 names: same sentence. Perfect and my loss too
@charlottewilson56153 жыл бұрын
Brilliant in many ways. Best antidote to bourgeois bilge
@Turfdeanthantrax3 жыл бұрын
"bourgeois bilge" what a beautiful way of describing of some of the utter shit that gets recorded haha
@colinwilkes89572 жыл бұрын
I think mark would have appreciated that phrase.
@tommytimetelevision33162 жыл бұрын
This song is like no other ! I'm gobsmacked at what level of genius The Fall reached !
@adamcharlesdavies Жыл бұрын
Well, it's a bit like Roots Manuva's 'Witness', but still one of the best things on KZbin
@hazuinf Жыл бұрын
@@adamcharlesdavies the bassline is, but I don’t think you could say the songs are alike
@adamcharlesdavies Жыл бұрын
@@hazuinf You are correct
@BigH0b08 жыл бұрын
Utterly marvellous. Best goddam rock n roll band in the world for the last 35 years and counting. Nobody else comes near.
@timrichards35256 жыл бұрын
Good in it. 01:23
@user-yd7pq8vn8y2 жыл бұрын
Разве это рок-н-ролл?
@JaMEFMEB3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the Fall in Kersal Working Man's Club in Salford. When this song kicked in, holy shit, the whole venue was leaping!
@colinwilkes89572 жыл бұрын
I saw them onceDec 2012 Islington town hall,one of my top 3 gigs ever,absolutely spellbinding,who is thereto take his (or their)mantle,answer: nobody.
@yvesescriva86612 жыл бұрын
La Villette in June, outdoor & sunny with a sweet breez, best concert of my life.
@frankcairney5523 Жыл бұрын
John Peel was right: one of the best bands Britain ever produced. Brilliant song!
@jaysilverstone72217 жыл бұрын
this a materclass in the aggressive groove, truly monumental and it just keeps on going
@yvesescriva86613 жыл бұрын
It seems there's a flock of pengolin rowin down on the valley.
@strafeist35453 жыл бұрын
@@yvesescriva8661 I never knew what pangolin were before I saw them once in a dream. they were boulder-size and rolling down a volcano covered in rainforest
@DaveAnchovies2 жыл бұрын
yeah, its cleaner and more lively than the original...but mark e. smith is more fiery in this one, different words and he is younger than he looks--booze will do that, but his performance makes this the best. his attack on Mumford & Sons at some festival is classic and was a punk till the end. A thrown bottle and calling them as he saw them: c**ts Always backed by a great band, like Lydon, who still walks the walk, people say they never changed but this song is an example of how they were always the same but ya kinda need most of their stuff. everyone from the Cure to Butthole Surfers to Galaxie 500 were much improved on Peel's show. Simple, minimal is usually what makes an unforgettable song. Even a band like Rush is basic without the solos. Dont know why i mentioned them, other than i'm probably the only man alive who likes both bands.
@JJONNYREPP2 жыл бұрын
0:19 / 6:33 The Fall - Blindness (Peel Session version) 1024pm 21.1.22 oh oh... indeed a fine song if ever there was one to appreciate especially for the lard lad at x records no doubt. dont forget those ciggies will do you no good. ahaha i never got a job at x records. they seem to let any old slags work there. the kids spoilt it. p.s i still couldnt get hold of that steel pole bathtub or godflesh l.p - which may not even exist. i seem to have listened to a godlfesh lp which no one can get a grip of... ahahahahah... so how is the fall really doing as opposed to lame brains discoursing on carcinogenic growths and unhappy band personnel...?
@jamesblatchford37382 жыл бұрын
Mark E. Smith would not be amused….Geddy Lee would say; who?
@telophasemusic3 жыл бұрын
Absolute juggernaut of a song
@coralreef18433 жыл бұрын
It's heartening to read all these comments from people that feel the same way about this song that i do, it's so incredible! i don't have anyone around me that loves the fall as much as i do, so thank you fellow Fall lovers for your comments, I've found my people!
@flightyzeus23 жыл бұрын
Hello Fall friend
@coralreef18433 жыл бұрын
@@flightyzeus2 Greetings fellow impeccable music taste friend
@joaquimcraveiro79913 жыл бұрын
That is the good thing of the internet
@DaveAnchovies2 жыл бұрын
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE i try to recommend Scottish band Country Teasers...un-classifiable, Fall fans loved em and they were definitely the only band music writers could think of to namedrop. Led by a controversial genius and backed by a great band. not a Fall ape, but a similar vibe...Teasers were held back because of misunderstood lyrics, the best live band ive seen in 20 years or more, i think Ben Wallers could outdrink a young Mark E Smith. highly recommend checking out their singles, last album Empire Strikes Back...but you cant miss. the singles comp is overwhelming, the early stuff a bit garagey. its a case of one of the greatest bands on the planet being missed by people who would be blown away. they cover Butthole Surfers, New Order, partial In the Flesh by Pink Floyd Randy Newman...but their songs are where its at. Secrets in Welsh, a huge track...should be a classic beyond their cult following. they shed the garage production and kept getting better.
@DaveAnchovies2 жыл бұрын
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE I don't know what yer getting at, Country Teasers broke up before the Fall ended. KZbin Secrets in Welsh by Country Teasers. Ok...I read it again. Great post,!! Bands really gave him their best.
@DribblyBob Жыл бұрын
This is the best version ... It's superb. !
@wooodenelephant Жыл бұрын
The Fall are the best band ever.. this feels like an objective fact but it's just that most people haven't realized..
@earlsfort19743 жыл бұрын
That bass line. Even Lemmy would be proud
@DaveAnchovies2 жыл бұрын
bass sounds like an amphetamine reptile tone...the best songs are simple to play, not simple to come up with. busy bass players couldnt keep it simple. this song could cover a side of an lp and id be bummed when it ended
@YTPartyTonight2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Dave Sims
@reindeer-o-stoole2 жыл бұрын
why would Lenny like it ?
@Pivkan143 Жыл бұрын
@@YTPartyTonight David William Sims?
@patricknicholson9407 Жыл бұрын
It’s great but it’s this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHW6mKd4lLJ3aJY
@thirdunkle4 жыл бұрын
"practically perfect in every way"--Mary Poppins
@JonathanBakerBates10 ай бұрын
One of the many wonderful things about this song are the cymbal crash punctuations in it. Each one is so incredibly well placed, on varying parts of the bar, often deliciously unpredictable, yet massively satisfying when they happen. Also the only song I know where the bass line and hi-hat mimic each other like that.
@Andrew-ri5qo11 ай бұрын
This baseline could restore peace in the Middle East 😊
@chrishart76310 ай бұрын
Shall be bang it out over Gaza now - needs something gigantuan
@josejones7025Ай бұрын
That bass line alone could restore peace in the mideast😂😂
@bobwatts56626 ай бұрын
You expected Aristotal Onassis, instead you got Mr James Fennings from Prestwick in Cumbria.
@SoldierOfGod812 ай бұрын
Absolutely menacing. It's a banger. 🔥
@JDsmiffy16 жыл бұрын
RIP Mark E Smith, he was a one off. The Fall are one of the best bands to come out of Blighty.
@styxcreek4 жыл бұрын
JDsmiffy1 or anywhere else
@oswing2 жыл бұрын
@@styxcreek exact !
@garyhaslam13015 жыл бұрын
God..... I honestly get emotional listening to this.... Utterly, utterly perfect..
@weatherrecords10 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how silly and fashionable a lot of contemporary music seems when listened up against the Fall, this song especially. Listening to them is an uncomfortable pleasure for me. That's the best and most appropriate compliment I can muster at the moment.
@styxcreek4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Lusk the Fall ruined modern music for me. I just can’t take any other band seriously.
@colinwilkes89572 жыл бұрын
@@styxcreek great comment ,know what you mean!
@Libertarian606 Жыл бұрын
Holy shit, I somehow never heard this before! What a monster of a tune!!!
@roybatty83662 жыл бұрын
I was explaining to my daughter why I couldn't get into The Fall. I randomly searched for The Fall this came up been playing it repeatedly since. The bass sound reminds me of The Stranglers.
@SmokeandSteam4 жыл бұрын
This is simply magnificent. The baseline is insanely good. RIP MES
@DaveAnchovies2 жыл бұрын
pretty cool what 3 notes and a thunderous tone can do.
@MadderMel7 жыл бұрын
They are the best rock group of all time .
@waves_of_fear Жыл бұрын
No lie
@esolog5phil3948 ай бұрын
yep, folloed by igorr
@PEGGLORE19 күн бұрын
Can or This Heat though. They better than any band.
@1davecavanagh4 ай бұрын
This isn't just music, its art!
@polylyth4 ай бұрын
Music is art, you pillock.
@prnicho4 жыл бұрын
The unbeatable irreplaceable genius of Mark E. Smith and The Fall. Timeless and magical.
@michaeldolan90923 жыл бұрын
The fall! Magnificent! John peel said “ they were always the same but different! Great band!
@dambrooks7578 Жыл бұрын
So happy that I got to see The Fall before Mark's departure, he had a trustworthy carrier bag with him of course, why wouldn't he 🎉
@murkartik Жыл бұрын
That croft-kneeling genius
@bosshogster67159 жыл бұрын
Best Fall track of recent years
@Pres-ic2tk5 ай бұрын
With a swaggering attitude and an icy sneer, the Fall demonstrate just how invincible they are.
@sduddy6 жыл бұрын
yes rip mr smith you were outstanding
@jamiestuart40176 жыл бұрын
This version of blindness holds much more power than the version heard on fall heads roll ..
@davidoconnell11734 жыл бұрын
It’s the best version!
@Tenskwatawa4U3 жыл бұрын
oh yeah! this is thermonuclear!
@oskarpetureinarsson38803 жыл бұрын
"I've done it again!"
@jjdecani3 жыл бұрын
...although that's still pretty good.
@sirperybLakeney Жыл бұрын
@@davidoconnell1173 The live version from Last Night at the Palais is also incredible. I'd be hard pressed to say which was best between them.
@drazensimic3 жыл бұрын
This is ridiculously good.
@Chrisfls1 Жыл бұрын
Yup. Closest noise perfection in my view. Picks you up when you’re down and reflect well when you’re up! Thank you MES.
@songforbroАй бұрын
Thanks for keeping this video up. I’m back to listen year after year, whenever I need it, and I will make this pilgrimage until death. 🤟💀
@JohnDoe-ym5ly Жыл бұрын
This was nearing the tail end of his career. Didn't become a nostalgia act and do the bullshit "we're playing the whole album" nights. That was money Mark left on the table because he actually had integrity.
@Stormdesk6 жыл бұрын
This has become my go to song when in between things during the day. Waiting has never been so happy!
@Stormdesk24 күн бұрын
Just listened to this beyond words classic again! Beautiful reset for this day too, six years later lol.
@Simulationofvirtue7 жыл бұрын
A thundering bass line that ploughs through the undergrowth like a chainsaw - augmented with such observational & intelligent lyrics: thank you for uploading : )
@craigburston70192 жыл бұрын
^ read aloud in the voice of Mark, E, Smith...
@andreaneilcmc8 жыл бұрын
If Carlsberg ever made basslines.............................................................................................................................................................
@arbogastk3106 жыл бұрын
mark edward now there is nobody else to listen to we all really miss you
@paulwise72066 ай бұрын
truly one of the grratest songs of all time
@seancharlessquires3 жыл бұрын
Never get sick of this
@huwzebediahthomas91933 жыл бұрын
The ones that donna get this arrreer
@mattjammy98843 жыл бұрын
The definitive version of this track! There's something special when they do a Peel Session!
@dwightbuck56645 күн бұрын
Another masterpiece from the Fall
@djmarcelleanothernicemess2989 Жыл бұрын
i pressed this version on a dubplate and sometimes play it as an encore in my sets, which mostly consists of (weird) electronic dance music of today. this track / the BASS drives the techno heads MAD (in a good way)!
@lucianocosta171026 күн бұрын
MES y John Peel como la vanguardia desde las sombras, hace 40 años, hoy, y dentro de 40 años también.
@philipthomas36296 жыл бұрын
makes me smile
@robinbrown47063 жыл бұрын
Great antidote to the bland shite being peddled nowadays - I'm an OAP and I'm still golden thanks to Mark and his chums.
@colinwilkes89572 жыл бұрын
Yes Robin,lm 63 and can’t listen to the brain dead crap radio peddles either,thank god for the 80s and 90s music!well some of it !
@markkay2937 Жыл бұрын
A masterpiece! Speaks to the pain inside all of us.
@causeym61913 жыл бұрын
BLINDNESS (Peel session version) And all humans Cavalry or calvary And not a drop of water Or paper Or paper J.W. said "walking bass, walking bass" Don't forget, don't forget He expected Aristotle Onasis But instead he got Mr James Fennings from Prestwick, in Cumbria Do you... reflect this evil? Thought of cavalry and calvary His first appearance was on Moscow Road The poster came at first At first I thought it was just a poster I was talking to James Seymour Eyes wide open
@YngveDigernes6 жыл бұрын
Jane Seymour, no?
@marie-claudeblais60255 жыл бұрын
Also , incomplete transcript.Some Mancunian needs to transcribe this so the rest of us can find out what MES is saying.
@kmafabp15 жыл бұрын
The joy of this baseline kicking in after the drum intro lulling you into false expectation of superstition by stevie wonder
@DeNieuweBeelding2 жыл бұрын
One of Mark’s favorite songs. He talked about it in his (for lack of a better word) autobiography
@nnervecenter Жыл бұрын
Ah now. this. This is really good
@Tautolonaut13 жыл бұрын
it's always a nice surprise to hear john these days
@vidicvladan17924 жыл бұрын
All power of music we can feel in one song
@hawthornberry3 жыл бұрын
Man I really miss John Peel.
@oswing2 жыл бұрын
unreplaceable.
@doesntmatter75186 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace legend
@swenjobst656 жыл бұрын
rest in peace crazy guy 😯
@binarydinosaurs12 жыл бұрын
I. Fucking. Love. This. Song. Do you?
@ennodewitt3299 ай бұрын
been a fan since Dragnet, and then, umpteen years later they throw this scorcher at you. Sheer genius!
@alastairduffy5398 жыл бұрын
seriously seriously good
@tarsiseascriaturas67792 жыл бұрын
Esse baixo.... isso tudo....É perfeito...RIP Mark...
@matthewratcliffe68122 жыл бұрын
Fucking fantastic the seedy bass is just amazing with mark voice and lyrics
@henryprzepiorka82396 жыл бұрын
hypnotic bass line
@jonathanward79873 жыл бұрын
it's incredible. I keep coming back to it regularly. It has me under its spell.
@jonbutcher87846 жыл бұрын
So good. Better and better.
@oblistr9 жыл бұрын
It's like there's a Mark E. Smith lyrics randomizer in front of him, and he's pushing a button and getting the verses for this version of the song. You know I might just make one for myself.
@groki95727 жыл бұрын
The flag is evil Welcome: living leg-end I was walking down the street I saw a poster at the top I was only on one leg The streets were fucked And the poster at the top of street said: "Do you work hard?" I was only on one leg The road hadn't been fixed I had to be in for half six I was only on one leg My blue eyelids were not (?) There was a curfew at half nine For my kids There was a poster at the top of the street Encapsulated in plastic It had a blind man So I said: "Blind man, have mercy on me." I said: "Blind man, have mercy on me." The flat is evil and full of cavalry and Calvary And calvary and cavalry "Do you work hard?" It said, "I am from Hebden Bridge Somebody said to me: I can't understand a word you said." Said: " 99% of non smokers die" "Do you work hard?" "Do you work hard?" I was walking down the street And saw a picture of a blind man The flat is evil Of core? cavalry and calvary Of core(?) Blind man, have mercy on me Said, blind man, have mercy on me ?? I am a ? My blues eye get...ID/I get My curfew was due half eight Now its half past six My curfew is at 9:30 I said. "Do you?" Blind man! Have mercy on me Blind man! Have mercy on me Blind man! Have mercy on me I'm on one leg My eyes can't get fixed And my kids Can't blue eyes get fixed Blind man! Have mercy on me Blind man! Have mercy on me
@paidshill42027 жыл бұрын
You expected Aristotle Onassis, but instead you got Mr James Fennings of Prestwick in Cumbria. YEAAAAGHHHH!
@brutallyremastered42557 жыл бұрын
Fanfuckingtastic
@roscofaemoscow11 жыл бұрын
Who the fuck doesn't like this? Shocking!
@johnnyjohnny96123 жыл бұрын
You cannot John peel version the best And. I’ve seen dozens of fall blindness live many times most incredibly incredible
@1nt1r2s11 жыл бұрын
AWESOMELY CAPSWORTHY BASS RIFF
@patrickgreening6096 Жыл бұрын
It is The Fall - All ways be The Fall - Yes Mark E Smith is Very Missed From a Mancunian If You've ever seen them Live You'll know 🍻
@bumblingbongo79692 жыл бұрын
Perfect for what it needed to be.
@Simulationofvirtue7 жыл бұрын
A massive return to form : )
@garyclark3567 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@SEAL3417 жыл бұрын
Primal : )
@meinholundermann3 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@heleneennenga46102 ай бұрын
It's really really really intense! I really like it and listen to it over and over again.
@andreasroth9902 жыл бұрын
The bassline is a killer
@newepidemix80722 жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct. My JBL Extreme enjoys it immensely. And me too of course.
@pauljohnpinkybennett3557 Жыл бұрын
HEY ! STUDENT !! GENIUS AT WORK.
@michaelgauthier97904 жыл бұрын
great performance all around but that bass tone in this, SHEESH.
@stickybackplastick11 жыл бұрын
Golly Gosh & What-Nots......I've still got my original John Peel Session cassette recorded version of this, complete with his whoops fuck-up-skis......unsurpassable.
@dandouglass89623 жыл бұрын
I want this to be my entrance music.
@sampaige38334 жыл бұрын
This take is fucking top tier
@jonathanward79872 жыл бұрын
The best one, imo. The ranting is unbeatable.
@alexbelmontthecoronerrepor4975 Жыл бұрын
That bass is so sick
@kolloduke33412 жыл бұрын
CLASSIC!!
@chuckjohnston61864 жыл бұрын
magnificent
@echo11742 жыл бұрын
Waaaaaaaa! Innit Just. Even Shellacs BBC sessions sound better than Albini's usual above par efforts. Love it! Bass line like ten bears!
@jasonlynn10173 жыл бұрын
Aphrodite giggled, wiped off some foam from her cheek then declared, "awwwwwww Yes, this is the soundtrack to the Sublime-est and deepest euphoric act known to man, The White Hot Fuckery, so get to it and roll roll rock buck bomp roll and bomp bucking it rolllllllllll"
@sduddy14 жыл бұрын
outstanding
@Crowley29792 жыл бұрын
Bloody great. That is all. Just heard this at the Fox and Hounds at Caversham, so had to give it a blast when I got home
@garyclark34834 ай бұрын
so good.
@ianmackereth67213 жыл бұрын
Awe and some.
@mcpake19728 жыл бұрын
play loud, fucking great !!!!!
@khambrelgreen8 жыл бұрын
and play fucking often....your neighbours should be able to sing it by heart.