The Fall - Touch Sensitive music video

[@bubcentral23]

The only bloke I'd ever call true punk rock. John Rotten and the rest sold out, Mark E Smith was the same from day 1 to his death

[@jak3186]

has anybody noticed how everything's gone to hell in this world since MES died???

[@Jimmy-up2xk]

not a coincidence

[@timleopardxolo]

I don't think Mark would have been down with masks, social distancing or the Covid.

[@TheSixbellschime]

yes.

[@graham1466]

i know i know i know .....

[@dazpearce2096]

noted and thanks

[@toucans11]

not seen this for yonks im the drummer this was filmed on near the old kent road happy days (SOMETIMES)

[@ophiolatreia93]

Tom Head so how long did you last in the fall before mark kicked you out? ;) they're my favourite band.

[@Jessicalightowler11]

R.I.P uncle tom

[@Jessicalightowler11]

@@ophiolatreia93tom was the drummer on the unnuterable and the marshall suite .he had a fight with mark e smith .sadly tom passed away a few years ago

[@cruffatin]

@@Jessicalightowler11 RIP to him

[@twincrystals]

rip xx

[@jonathanastles37]

Rest in Peace Chief.

[@clarasuess]

The best! Still makes me smile that Vauxhall used this track for their adverts.

[@DOGPC44]

one of the best pop songs ever written

[@leslieschmidt4744]

if you see a cat out on the street, & if you smile, you are a creep- C.R.E.E.P

[@underdawg2743]

I know I know I know I know I know

[@stevencarrigan7768]

All hail the mighty Fall. The saviours of music.

[@pop-so1qj]

Yep

[@realramone3455]

Quite so

[@gillianmcconnachie1327]

RIP Mark E Smith. Thanks for the memories.

[@mspubquiz83]

god bless the person who mixed this leaving the deep end in on the toms

[@Pres-ic2tk]

Lately, we need Mark E. Smith, a barn storming original.

[@woodyeckerslyke]

You said: What about the meek? I said: They've got a bloody cheek

[@phelixhuawei1778]

Onion headline. Pope says screw the meek

[@baldieboo1]

Vanity and pres-umption-a

[@underdawg2743]

Best lyric of all time

[@johnbarry1965]

Invigorates,informs and puts a big smile on your face!!!!!! RIP LEGEND XXXXXX

[@oscarrocabert6268]

No glam, all brains.

[@psmiddx2096]

Great '60's kind of guitar. Love it.

[@vastariner]

If I ever become a professional darts player, this is my walk-on music. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

[@dessiemckenzie9614]

vastariner me too !!!!!

[@clairecarlia-jones5979]

I'm not into darts but I would watch it if you did that. You utter LEGEND 😆😆😆

[@rachiesayd9423]

Thanks for the rare treat!!! Love these guys and gal so much I can't even tell you!!!

[@nikolaypavlov1984]

Thank you, guy-in-the-blue-demin-jacket

[@MadderMel]

Truly great group ! they have a reputation for being , perhaps indie or whatever else , but just think a moment about the very catchy Fall songs that you can sing along to ! This is one of them , there are many ( and I mean many ) others , I will mention just a few . Elastic Man , Creep , Cyber Insekt , Kicker Conspiracy , Hit the North . The list goes on ... and on , my point ?? The Fall are not only one of the great rock groups , but are also one of the great pop groups .

[@greenaum]

Cyber Insekt is a great song, MES banging on about book versions of films adapted from music albums and whatnot, the books on the shelf in a railway station WH Smith. I think pop consumers usually expect things to be about love. Really dodgy, ill-advised relationships between daft women and dickhead men. Yellow moth flies adapted from a Frank Chickens sketch, not so much. Some of the songs you mention I'm not so keen on. Most of what they did up to the late 80s sounds pretty awful to me, with a few exceptions (Iceland is sort of wonderful in it's unique way). Roche Rumble though is horrible, some daft kid who doesn't know what he's talking about. I do like Hit The North though, 95% guaranteed. Trust In Me is legendary, went round and round my head. I haven't played a song over and over like that since I first got the Pixies Doolittle album. Yeah The Fall had lots of quite poppy riffs and tunes. But the lyrics would never have been acceptable, nor a bloke who basically can't sing a note, rambling nonsense into the mic. We love it cos we're groovy people who can appreciate the unexpected and experimental, new things to destroy boundaries that had no business being there in the first place. But yeah they're no Kylie. I wouldn't have them any other way. It's why they've had 40 years of diehard fans, where Rick Astley lasted one album (not 40-odd!) with his pop stylings.

[@Itsyrm8]

@@greenaum oh man rick astley had that "hit" single- i remember its video being played on tv constantly and it really filled me with the most miserable feeling! It was an absolute nightmare! Misery to the point of terror

[@johnfrance5784]

Just keep reminding people how to break the mold. Never been a better time to kick off and this is your soundtrack.

[@bunnee777]

mark e smith, can you do no wrong? brilliant lyrics, hypnotic arrangements, you fit me JUST RIGHT!

[@tofupuppy]

Great song & video, and super loon jumping! Thanks for putting this up. God knows The Fall can be disappointing and live you can't be sure what it's going to be, but it's undeniable that unlike many 'solid and reliable' groups you have the chance of something BRILLIANT.

[@1apart1]

This is like the second Fall track I have ever heard. I'm hoping to buy some of their stuff in the future :) I'm well digging this lol!

[@CharlieMessing]

then you go to it! wonder how many you've heard in that 13 years since this comment...

[@kelechi_77]

@@CharlieMessing Man's finished the whole discog

[@leecarlson728]

New to this internet lark good to see a generous amount of fall footage and quite a few interviews with ol' mark......danke.

[@markking3804]

"Vanity and presumption, deffo!" think I have a Fall problem; I listen to them most of the time. Nearly everything else sounds too normal, too produced. Perhaps everyone else wants to be loved and overdoes it. The Fall don't care and they don't like you. They just make music only god or the devil could make. Most other artists make stuff somewhere in between.

[@oldsynth]

Mark King only one other band falls into this catagory. The Cardiacs

[@rachiesayd9423]

Great comment! I agree with you!!! Long remember The Fall!!!

[@alexmcintosh3397]

Depose vanity presumption

[@peterl1981]

Fuck ya mate

[@paulwise7206]

what about the meak?

[@MisatoKatsuragiHD]

I remember this from an old Vauxhall Corsa advert

[@greenaum]

You liked it, and The Fall, before the advert though, right? It's not the first time you heard it. Can't remember who said it, but somebody said they hoped at least whoever wrote the song actually got paid. Ah, now I look it up, a court case. Headline: "Fall lyrics 'hard to hear', says judge in copyright case " Haha! It'd have been worth suing over their entire back catalogue just to baffle half the British justice system trying to figure out what he's singing. Getting in experts in ancient Babylonian, and the latest supercomputers using AI to try dissect the actual words coming out of MES's mouth, and if indeed they actually ARE words, and if they are, what language could they possibly be? Then a bloke from Bury comes in, and just tells them. He's actually a French prince. Here's that court case, if you're interested - www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/03/fall-lyrics-song-copyright He was a tight old fucker, Mark E Smith. Wouldn't spend 50 quid on a video, then argues over royalties for his ale money.

[@ericjensen9091]

This man was a freaking genius.

[@galousis]

TAKE ALL MY MONEY !!! Thank you denim jacket boy !!! Mark one of the greatest artists from UK ever !!!!

[@erba.416]

why just from UK ???

[@barrylamb1963]

They may not be the most consistent band in the world but when they are on form they are amazing :-)

[@CharlieMessing]

the most consistent say the Least

[@S-I-T]

More consistent than most I'd say.

[@gavaniacono]

Joy. In song. Who wooda thought MES would bring joy? What a bloody cheek.

[@matthewslinn5961]

Another musical genius leaves this mortal coil. Not many left! RIP Mark

[@psmiddx2096]

Amazing as always from The Fall. Love Wake up in the City, Scareball and massively amazing is Brix Smith's Rhythm guitar in "The Mixer" (live verson here on KZbin, five minutes-plus??). Freaking underrated to the hilt, was The Fall!

[@triplepump]

I've watched this video for years, but only now got around to reading your description. Very cool, Stefan! Cheers to you in a Fall video!

[@dazchaviesreturns2130]

Just heard on Absolute 90s, forgotten 90s. Great song

[@gilwood7530]

Mark will always be the coolest guy in the room....Well, cept for that guy in the blue denim jacket ! Thanks for sharing

[@dubmatics]

This and "No Xmas for John Quays" are my favourite Fall songs.

[@Lmlappin1]

Rest in peace Mark E Smith...

[@mrjamescurry]

Absolutely glorious!

[@telophasemusic]

🎶 HEY HEY HEY HEY! 🎶 How this song (among *many* others by The Fall) hasn't been used in a film is mind mind boggling

[@MaximumJoy]

@toucans11 you can tell the fall is a community when past drummers comment on youtube

[@johnbarry1965]

Music does not any greater than this!!!!!!

[@T800System]

probably my favourite song of all time. Glorious

[@TrapperMilan]

You didn't need to tell me you're the guy in the blue demin jacket I Know I Know I Know I Know I Know ;)

[@greenaum]

I can't make him out. In those scenes there's a dozen mad blokes jumping about! I can't really make out a blue anything. Hey Stefan, can you put a picture up somewhere online with a frame captured with a big arrow pointing at you? Just curious!

[@doctorcraptonicus7941]

I love this....car advert.

[@stefd75]

wow dude, i was there on that dam roof, i almost went over the edge, it was a cool day filming

[@oldsynth]

Stefan Davenport when was this filmed? 1999?

[@MrSergoy]

@@oldsynth Touch Sensitive was released in march 1999 so probably this was filmed around the time.

[@binstig]

every decision he makes is within good reason. my favourite lineup is the current one. really tight live band.

[@CharlieMessing]

saw them in NYC - CBGBs 1981 - great then too!

[@harrysmith8206]

Always with us

[@davidbirks347]

So underated rest in peace mark e smith

[@Ngorongoro89]

Infinitas gracias por tu música Mark E. Smith. QEPD

[@durruti1936]

Remember watching my recording of this for the first time when MTV2 120 Minutes finally played it after..erm..about three years of requesting. Glad to see it here again.

[@grasshoppersunny688]

RIP MARK E SMITH SALFORD'S FINEST R.E.S.P.E.C.T 2 YOU 🎼 🍺 👍 ✌ 💖

[@asubjectiveopinion]

They're maaaaaaah favourite group.

[@astapfilm]

super video! true rock without romantic tears ) thank for upload )))

[@feardhorcha]

YOU SAY WHAT ABOUT THE MEEK, I SAY THEY GOT A BLOODY CHEEK!! hahahaha this lyric is perfect example why this man is fuckin greatest lyricist/poet/writer/singer/performer alive so fuckin beautifully honest and unpretentious and cutting it hurts ouch!! i love u mark E smith

[@smithsmoz17]

MES well gives a cheeky smile whilst throwing that bottle and then tries to hide it.

[@ShadowTVNetwork]

Vauxhall Corsa advert from 2002-06

[@CharlesLoukas]

If you smile you are a creep good line

[@ady10001]

He reminds me of Alex Higgins.

[@garyjones9910]

Both MES and the hurricane were both phenomenally talented mavericks who liked a drink and a ciggie.

[@martywhitevan]

RIP brother

[@pudboy123456]

I used to go to school with a guy call Steven Devenport. cant see him in this video though

[@stefd75]

where did you go to school and i can tell you if that is me or not...also you got the name wrong

[@krislibertine]

Loving this, very catchy !

[@paddyfields7936]

some of the most half arsed lipsyncing ever haha brilliant

[@ce7406]

what a good song

[@emile235]

this is great apart from MES throwing beer bottle in subway as someone's dad has to pick that up

[@wiscsuzski]

They rocked when i saw 'em in Madison back in 1983.

[@Louiseskybunker]

i was born in 1966 and i am grouchy and horrible to every one all the time... imagine being born earlier. is supergrouch factors!!

[@Krantzstone]

I'm impressed, they actually played this on MTV2.

[@borkair6581]

the bass

[@themacetones]

mtv2 was the bomb

[@drunkroku4054]

.....until it became BET13 = RACIST! I know, I know.

[@matthewpeach3170]

The subway is at Elephant & Castle by London College of Printing. Happy days!

[@stefd75]

I dont recall going that far up. I thought it was near the roundabout near the Old Kent Road joins the New Kent Road but it was sometime ago

[@stevenuuu1212]

Why can't The Fall have a Christmas number 1?

[@timmixdontberealbepostmode8169]

fck mtv rocks! viacom, bring back indie mtv2!!! r.i.p mes

[@bphstanley]

best music video of all time.....

[@bagsoflove6737]

best band of all time.

[@johnAsanz]

I can see my flat in the background 😄

[@ZombCore]

Yeh!! I'm all the 5's. Up The Fall!!

[@citroenman]

Thanks for this-made my night

[@marsultra7032]

I'm going to buy a Vauxhall corsa after listening to this

[@TennielLaTwarsk]

Thanks so much stefd75 this is F.A.BBBBB!!!!

[@TheDogofWinter]

God, mark is just so fuckin cool

[@T800System]

Was just used on "Transexual Stories" on the BBC.... if anyone cared to know......

[@whatamalike]

+T800System Fitting

[@swirlingfudge]

2 years later - yeah

[@stevenchampion8137]

Absolutely Cheers

[@salmonico]

Cool, lazy, fun video just like all videos should be. Nothing can top The Fall.

[@joiedeceivre]

It was fate this was uploaded the day i officially became a man

[@Pippykinz]

congratulations on the sex change

[@dessiemckenzie5857]

The argument for the best song and band of all time starts and ends right here .

[@denniscocks864]

Good, but have you heard of a wee lass named Jane McDonald?. I rest my case.

[@paulhobanx]

MARK E LEGEND!

[@Pstephen]

Thank you.

[@stefd75]

indeed you are right, was you there

[@T800System]

This is just... top.

[@oscarrocabert6268]

Me I love the drum set.

[@MarkGormley-nn7fh]

Thats my uncle tom murphy on the drums

[@TheAikenHead]

Is that recorded in Manchester? I mean, I can see BLUE SKY.

[@hookseeker]

Thnk u for sharing it.

[@Venomous9]

Going to see them live on Sunday. Not sure what it'll be like.

[@Anonymous-c4p]

🎶💞awesomeness personified🚬🥴🍻

[@stefd75]

some corsa ad, the cars play hide and seek

[@pickering9200]

Its the only thing that could make me accept a Vauxhall Corsa.

[@Aleakwe]

💛

[@kabardinerjohnson9023]

Epic

[@lewissophiejane1176]

Yes! Great songe Song i know you knoW Hey Hey EyH

[@Louiseskybunker]

imagine when our normal soul gets NABBED by the special forces and you must obey the creative URGES, " they got a bloody cheek"!!

[@jonanjello]

MES has got it out for that guitar actor, huh!

[@durruti1936]

It's like they drank themself sober They get better as they get older

[@markxist]

Pefect metaphor!