The Fall interview London 1988

[@ScottishTeeVee]

1 of almost 3000 music videos on this channel, all taken from my videotape collection. If you enjoy this channel, then help keep it going via Go Fund Me at gofund.me/f91033fc

[@rufuspage6210]

Hi, can you point me to these rare recordings? I can't seem to find them? Thanks. I also have a Fall playlist with some cool stuff

[@rufuspage6210]

Found them. Nice one!

[@waynepinnock5874]

Artistically, and with regatds to his bodily health, Brix was great for Mark

[@southerndiy1]

In one interview he said she made him eat his greens

[@baronsaturday2103]

Great to see Mark (and Brix) in '88, THNX... Love The Fall!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed this Baron

[@OldSethOnetooth]

Was going to post that quote he made re Kurt Cobain, something like "I can understand why he did it, shit manager, mental wife, crap band" but it appears to have disappeared from the internet. I miss him.

[@davidfox7983]

What a band

[@BudSchnelker]

As an American, one thing I always liked about Brix was that she never affected even a hint of an English accent. Nothing against any flavor of accent from the U.K., but I can't stand poseurs who think they sound more sophisticated by faking one.

[@operatorjeffdeathstar7759]

??????????????

[@MechoMadness]

Mark wore that see-thru polo shirt -- tucked in -- for fucking years.

[@johnnyhock]

Not long after this interview he bought that black leather jacket which he wore non stop for the next 20 years…. He even had it on when performing in the wheelchair ! No one can say he blew all his money on his wardrobe 😂😂😂

[@markdyballuk]

thanks for posting. the happiest of families? i have to still be convinced

[@dirtypearl]

priceless! many thanks ♥

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Enjoy!

[@TheMLMGold]

This is the best dressed MES I have ever seen, he mainly looked like a carrier bag man

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Brix must have been the influence here, I imagine.🙂

[@theshamanarchist5441]

He was a gummy tramp. More Glaswegian than Mancuntian.

[@dooniskea]

I liked the Brix Fall.

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

Awesomeness personified💞🙄💞

[@GreenSaxon]

I love the Fall. Own shitloads of their stuff and could (and have) play it all day with nowt else involved but for the life of me i still don't know how Mark ever managed it. He could hardly string a sentence together at the best of times.

[@Infinityportal6]

The best Rock couple

[@vollsticks]

Oh my goodness I can't believe how skinny Brix is in this clip...bless her...this can't have been long before they split up. EDIT: Jesus I just realised that the interviewer is "Gaz Top" from my childhood, I've forgotten his real last name. Didn't recognise him with the crow-black hair.

[@telophasemusic]

I read her memoir recently, and apparently she was struggling with anorexic tendencies at the time.

[@vollsticks]

@@telophasemusic I read her memoir when it came out, hence the comment. Only just saw the video footage when I made the first comment. Pretty sure every Fall fan has read The Rise The Fall And The Rise, mate. Us Fall fans have got to be one of the worst band fan bases in existence, don't you agree?

[@telophasemusic]

@@vollsticks lol. Yeah, i think we just may be

[@vollsticks]

@@telophasemusic I try not to be a facetious sarky bastard, I just can't help it, mate. Sorry. All the best from a fellow Fall fan.

[@stuartmorris6299]

@@vollsticks hi fellow fall fan. Hope you having a good 'fall' day

[@natexyz3d]

mark's "like a big happy family" at the end 😂

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Good to see you watched until the end

[@meirtu22]

@@ScottishTeeVee of course! Fascinating stuff!

[@wirewehear7254]

@@meirtu22 The interviewer relentlessly pushing the 'do you like New Order' line (as if it were mandatory) & Smith diplomatically palming it away until finally he gave in to sarcasm.

[@meirtu22]

@@wirewehear7254 MES = Sarcasm! I don't think I've seen one interview with him in which he did not insert at least one remark (re-Mark) like this

[@theendofeverything6356]

Mark's hair is pissed.

[@bernicia-sc2iw]

Mark was a master at skirting questions he didn't want to answer ! Brix was in a really poor state physically and mentally at this point , which coincided with probably the only time in the fall's long history when they had a reasonable degree of commercial success and national exposure, which is ironic as they had just released their worst album to date (frenz Experiment). The Adult Net was destined to flop unfortunately.

[@FixingMiniMe1975]

The only reason I keep listening to The Fall is because of the musicians in the band.. Marks lyrics continue to change but the music is the only reason I love to back, time and time again.. ALL HAIL BRIX!! Fucking Ledge *_* xxx

[@auralepiphanies4055]

This is the most agreeable MES ever got haha...

[@FirstMultitude]

(excellent)

[@TheMLMGold]

The Fall were much better than Joy Division or New Order.

[@jamesferns6300]

Completely different bands. Why compare them?

[@telophasemusic]

​@@jamesferns6300I agree. New Order is my favorite band of all time but I also love The Fall and they're so radically different that it's very much "apples and oranges"

[@nathanielgrant3909]

yes ketchup *is* better that Coca Cola

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Not true anyway.

[@PeterSokol-bl5vz]

Since they suck so bad…not a very high bar you set.

[@marktrickett5081]

Love the way that Mark is under-dressed as usual whereas the tit (Gaz Top) who's interviewing him is dressed like a rock star .

[@colinwilkes8957]

Not a gaz top fan but he did at least give Mes a chance to talk.

[@kevh6948]

Is that Gaz top?

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Yes it is

[@nathanielgrant3909]

she was the best for him and got the best out of him: grounded. If he'd have had a woman more like him, messy, arsey, cynical they'd have burnt each other up.

[@kompromatt-d7v]

kay carroll

[@David-h4z2s]

What's the interviewer wearing on his head???

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Dunno, it's kinda like a Breton fisherman's hat

[@iscraper6008]

Gaz Top?

[@ScottishTeeVee]

He's the person asking the questions

[@JoshuaRoss2]

Love them both but cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@nikolademitri731]

Wasn’t it speed? I’m sure cocaine was in there too though.

[@nogingerfool1]

he was a speed freak , not a coke head , speed n booze go hand in hand , a fantastic combo

[@JoshuaRoss2]

@@nogingerfool1 I met a touring member of The Pogues from 88-89 who shared a coke dealer with MES

[@chelseapoet3664]

Mark has zero interest in talking about other big Manchester bands and the bloody interviewer keeps banging on and on about them 🙄

[@spaceengineer1452]

Is the host a man or a woman ?

[@michaellakey3565]

Mark would be nowhere without Peel s airplay. And Brix would be a big nobody without Mark's generosity.

[@numanoid-ll8zb]

Not a new order fan i think ..

[@stevelangridge1755]

The emperor has no clothes. People fall (no pun intended) for this guy because he's a cynical northern personality (which he's good at), but basically he talks and sings a load of crap.

[@najdaraj9420]

hahaha.....so what brought you here then?

[@stevelangridge1755]

@naj daraj KZbin.

[@Zionist-Occupied-Government]

Hey steady mate.. It takes a lot of time to become a good artist like Markee Mark and the funky bunch. It took my uncle Joe 57 years to sing like Mark Smith, but now uncle Joe is 73 years old he stands on the stage in his black piss soaked Farah trousers after 12 pints of Guiness and he sings Karaoke so bad that people actually think they are at Glastonbury watching a live Fall gig !

[@deemdoubleu]

It's good crap though

[@auralepiphanies4055]

Its our crap now leave

[@PeterSokol-bl5vz]

That is like looking up to see down.