The Fall - Cruisers Creek

[@emerckx53]

One of those bands that has to simmer and cook for a few years, you keep coming back to them from time and then one day the light bulb goes off and it's like this is fooking genius music. RIPMES

[@epsteenwusmerdered9878]

That's exactly how it was for me. Got high and listened to Hip Priest and it suddenly all made sense

[@nbenford1837]

Exactly. I was given a greatest hits album back in the mid 00s, but something about so many "versions" of The Fall in quick succession was nauseating. Then I picked up Hex and I couldn't believe it. I was in love. I went back, started from the beginning, and it all makes more sense now. Top tier band.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Although this track hits you like a sledgehammer. A lot are slow burners you let sync into your psyche

[@JManCKZz]

the light bulb finally went last week for me, incredible

[@shaftpunk84]

Yup. I got into post punk years ago, but only really dug a handful of their singles. Then The Classical became one of my favorite tunes and that I would revisit every so often. Then years went by and I randomly decided to listen to I Am Kurious Oranj and something just clicked and I loved everything about it. Working my way through the whole discography now and there’s so much greatness.

[@bobdobalina838]

Probably the most underrated band in history.

[@normanjones7490]

Yes ; oi oi years l8 we thought " you never know wot u goat till she gone !!!?;!!!!

[@stephenbennett1643]

Yes Along with... XTC

[@t.n.3819]

How are they underrated? They've got a large fanbase, were reviewed in all the major music magazines, and have been name-dropped as influences by a bunch of well-known bands. I love The Fall but there's a lot of filler in their discography, which I guess is to be expected when you're as prolific as they were.

[@gargantuk]

​@t.n.3819 Perhaps the post pertains to the fact that The Mighty Fall never really had - or still don't have - recognition/respect at a more mainstream level. You are right in saying their credentials are pretty impeccable with reference to 'the underground' but 99 out of a hundred bastards on the old strasse will have no idea who yer on about, like. You're right as well about filler - apart from the odd touch of sheer brilliance, I think once poor old Craigy Scanlon and then definitely Hanley, S had gone they were on a steady downwards trajectory until the bitter end. The ever changing and personality-less lineups from 99/2000 onwards rarely constituted 'classic' Fall, in my clichéd and tired opinion......

[@bobdobalina838]

@@gargantuk . . . and even my granny on bongos cudnt help :)

[@paulcombes3782]

The perfection is in the 'imperfection' . Its as if Mark knew how to make incredibly catchy , all be it offbeat music that appealed deeply to certain people . I for one will occasionally revisit The Fall and be blown away by how good they were .

[@neilwilson5785]

My mum heard me playing Chock Stock when I was a teen. She said that it would be popular if it didn't sound so horrible.

[@RhythmGuitarMan]

This just has to be the best music video ever..

[@nomisnestral6956]

My point exactly.

[@davidellis5141]

One of the best songs ever. RIP to Mark. Only saw them once. They did not come to the states much. Our loss. There's a party going down around here. Brix cutie.

[@debbieturner6194]

RIP Mark. Devastating news. Your fantastic music will live on forever.

[@Dana-kb5mk]

Hell Yeah May 2023 Love You Leigh Bowery Remembering You ,& Jack Terrycloth Love Y'all NYC FOREVER

[@johnowen6536]

Genius. Unadulterated fxxking Genius

[@JJONNYREPP]

The Fall - Cruisers Creek 1407pm 3.6.24 along with hey! luciani, hot aftershave bop, white lightning... this is one of the finer pop songs proferred up by the absurdist strategists they demed the fall. almost normal. the only thing that grinds me gears is the question: qhere is this buider's compound situated - the site they filmed the video? is it what is now deemed the white hotel, salford? i dunno, hence my asking.... anyone got the gall to answer...?

[@jamesirwin267]

I’m listening to techno and this wonderfully pops up -I never should have nicked his drink when I crewed Love The Fall

[@Zoolar]

Why?, did you get the sack?.

[@dilltdog1158]

The Mighty Fall. Gawd bless 'em!

[@vanessaclark3443]

Leigh Bowery makes this music video so special!

[@alexdebua]

John Waterish no?

[@InfotainmentScan]

I love all of MES's collaborations with Leigh Bowery. Two great tastes that go great together.

[@nickmaffia1746]

Still beautiful, cut and paste and straight down the line composition too. Missed my fall output this year and last but Mark lives on. Saw first Imp...Wax gig at Troubador couple years back,they were ace and bold. Couple Fall tunes but mostly their own... there can never be a group like this for me...from age 13 or 14 and now I'm 51. Some great Irish groups mind,Murder Capital esp for me. Crack on fall kids. X

[@leslieschmidt4744]

I felt as though the bottom had fallen out of my world with the passing of Mark E. Smith. Just couldn"t imagine life without him & his wit!

[@sidevans1]

like stewart lee said recently - i really miss going and seeing the fall now and again, just to see what they're going to be like.

[@BookerBird66]

Without a doubt, one of my all time favorite songs of the eighties if not all time. I remember seeing this on MTV at the time, but a much shorter version. Love this extended version.

[@robertvargas9702]

Love this alternative rock jam ❤️.

[@arthurcharlesharrison1361]

Mark E says.. 'Were taking it up a notch..

[@aml3668]

The increasingly legendary Leigh Bowery appears In a The Fall video. It’s nuts but wonderful. The Fall is still wild and woolly. So is Leigh Bowery.

[@aml3668]

I think MES went large, the whole hog when it came to notches.

[@PrisStratton-hd7zn]

One of my favourite Fall songs. Saw Jeffery Lewis cover it once in a pub.

[@mauriceleahy7914]

Hilarious and utterly brilliant. The Fall.

[@martinwillis92]

What really went on there? We only have this excerpt: There's a party going on down around here Cruiser's Creek yeah Watch the shirt-tails flapping in the wind Sidewalk running See the people holding from the back Hat-boaters tilting There's a party going down around here Cruiser's Creek now Uh Cruiser's Creek yeah Got nice pink bubbles in my mouth From what I've taken There's a party come around annual Cruiser's Creek now And Bianco on the breath guaranteed Cruiser's Creek yeah Cruiser's Creek now Cruiser's Creek Cruiser's Creek yeah See the street-litter twisting in the wind Crisp bags turning See B&H cartons laughing in the wind Road-litter turning Spent forty-five minutes last night Parallel crease, pow! There's a good mid-afternoon breeze In the air now Welcome treats from party My brain is clear now No more Red Wedge in the pub or ZTT stuff At Cruiser's Creek now Cruiser's Creek yeah Cruiser's Creek There's a party going down around here Next to Freedom street Get the last of the poison off my chest Cruiser's creek I crave sex behind steel cabinets It's for what I'm yearning And there's a dim chance it's what I'm gonna get At Cruiser's Creek yeah At Cruiser's Creek now At Cruiser's Creek Workforce! Limited! Cruiser's Creek yeah! Somebody went and left on the gas Checkpoint, main gate As I lit a number 6 cigarette Like a wick, burning Cruiser's Creek Stamp it out just before it's too late Turn the tap off My name is Big Hero, mate Cruiser's Creek Avoid disaster And I imagine The sound of its blast, yeah There's a party going down around here Cruiser's Creek now Watch the shirt-tails flapping in the wind Sidewalk running See the people holding from the back Hat-boaters tilting There's a party going on around here Cruiser's Creek now Cruiser's Creek yeah Cruiser's Creek Nuptial! Annual! Freaks limited! Cruiser's Creek!

[@paulhathaway6292]

Love The Fall. Great idea for a music video. Take the record company money and just film a piss up in some random office after hours. Genius. RIP MES.

[@marknewbold2583]

I don't think they would have had a lot of money to do much else

[@eggjoe122]

This is the definition of rock and or roll. Party on as usual. 🤘🎃🤘

[@blahblahoink]

Friggin brill

[@jasonmonaghan5003]

last excerpt- great tune

[@regplasma7906]

Great song and vid.Brix always reminded me of Jennifer Saunders.

[@sipsaoishiso]

Cant believe how Steve Hanley is so good at acting almost every mv

[@garymcgrath8246]

Love this song

[@stevenhines5550]

Genius, MES, Brix, Steve...

[@barrydyson6613]

The best visual guitar performance in the history of music but the irony is no-one knows about it (?!!). Proof that there's no justice in this world and that there^s too much underappreciation......

[@rochfordsnrubbs6855]

Brilliant song, brilliant video

[@JJONNYREPP]

Try to locate a topic presentation that has a comments page......

[@user-ys9fg4ol9s]

God,, I love this video!

[@WillyBiscuits]

I was today years old when I realised that the bloke at 4:31 is Leigh Bowery, he of spotted suit and bad wig featured earlier in this video.

[@booklover1086]

The Fall make others seem laughable nonsense. Best band ever.

[@stephenbennett1643]

They didn't make XTC look laughable , they were a genius band ! Give them a listen👍

[@NintendoGameTube1]

Holy shit that’s Leigh fuckin Bowery!!!

[@SusanBlakeley]

That riff is 36-24-36 by The Shads. Thank you for your time.

[@erinarthur4787]

rest in peace ..mark.

[@rosiebarratt5994]

The band sound good

[@briancox9357]

As John Peel said: They are always different, they are always the same.

[@sergiomarques1920]

THE FALL!!!! R.I.P. Mark E. Smith

[@alanforduk]

A Geek writes: Thanks for posting this. At just over 6 mins, this is actually the single version. The original 'This Nation's Saving Grace' version was only about 4:20. Cheers!

[@BeggarsArchive]

true! I was just putting which album it came from as I think there's only so much video blurb you can write before you end up referring to the period the album came from (see the most recent videos set live on this channel) :-) Thanks for pointing it out though.

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

Wrong. Album version is 6:11.

[@zlattesboy]

What album version? It wasn't even on This Nation's Saving Grace. When Beggars released the album on CD in 1988 it was added at the end, and that was the short version.

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

Roy Mårtensson You don't seem to understand there are 25 versions of this album.

[@zlattesboy]

My point exactly, there is not one album version. They’re all bonus tracks, of both lengths.

[@markthomas1668]

Leigh " look at me" Bowery.

[@wideopen125]

What's the pub in the video? Want to take the kids there for Sunday lunch.

[@grizcuz]

Ravenscourt Arms, Hammersmith, London.

[@the_agemanchester8387]

@@grizcuz Became the Black Bull

[@rogeredmunds5806]

Good question pal, and thanks to you I have an answer to something I always wondered. I just assumed it was somewhere in Salford or Manchester.

[@rogeredmunds5806]

​@@the_agemanchester8387is "The Black Bull" still there ?

[@chrisguevara4476]

Left over footage from Mr Pharmacist or was Mr Pharmacist made from this video shoot?

[@parasatc8183]

Footage probably shot for both, I assume.

[@lyndondembski4651]

Love mark rest in peace

[@MrBrutal33]

Mark is a carry bag man type-ah!

[@ryangarritty9761]

Music's Alex Higgins.

[@jackhowes1547]

This video is if David Lynch made a film set in an office

[@The4GER]

Weirdest Leigh Bowery appearance ever!

[@mirianalajtman7728]

There's certainly been stranger appearances of him haha

[@raycyst007]

Coupled with a "girl" Al Pillay. worth googling.

[@timothymorris4571]

Brix was smoking hot ❤

[@louiesimon5292]

Another day in the life of The Fall. Still the greatest band of all time (sorry Beatles).

[@allisonjeong]

The big man's wearing denim in this!

[@badmen1550]

They say Bowie & Roxy Music invented the 80s. MES and The Fall invented the 90s

[@badmen1550]

JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE Sonic Youth, Pixies, Beck, Pavement...

[@gjingodjango]

Badmen ..............& the 80’s! Best band ever.

[@gjingodjango]

JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE NOW YOU HAVE GOT THAT OFF YOUR CHEST WHY DONT YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND?

[@gjingodjango]

JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE OK no need for this attitude you have! I’ll give it a go. I have an open mind to most things.

[@gjingodjango]

JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE for a minute I thought you were serious. That band sucks. Go away.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Brilliant song. Silly video

[@66tmarch]

One of the great Fall tunes, with a special place in my FallFan heart--it was the first song by them l ever heard, coming from an obscure college radio station in South Orange, New Jersey. The Olde Tyme video is interesting, with some imaginative touches, though it really doesn't capture the spirit of the song. P.S. Can't believe how many singers smoked back then.

[@crose7412]

@66tmarch Of course the video captures the spirit of the song, it's set in a fucking office party just like the lyrics describe!

[@miked4377]

theres a party goin down round here........

[@antonyjamesherbert2426]

nicey nice

[@daveketley551]

FUCKING MASTERPIECE

[@BartholomewGilbertson]

Is this who The Garden are trying to be?

[@lextalonis839]

Definitely seen this Video. I do like some of Th3 Garden’s Music.

[@klausbinn777]

The video that inspired Ricky Gervais to do the Office. Fact.

[@GoldandAppel]

Wow

[@MadderMel]

Wouldn't mind seeing Brix down at the creek !

[@ropethrowinsamoan1989]

Nice pink bubbles in my mouth from what I’ve taken

[@chrisst8922]

Brix and her jetglow Rickenbacker 330 appear at 2:11

[@Scitzowicz]

at 2:33 there's a National Front logo at MES's shoulder...

[@aureol40012]

Growing up in 70s and 80s Lancashire you were never further than 100 feet from a piece of NF graffiti......

[@TheKinoEye]

What REALLY went on there?

[@hillarydillary7080]

come listen to the fall

[@KrisKras609]

bye bye birdy

[@alexrose9487]

G.O.D.S.

[@ian741962]

Yeah, i bet he Said "Thanks Guys"😅

[@22NL22NL]

The figure with the spots looks like my aunty

[@FFM0594]

Certainly Stooges influenced.

[@Lieu3C4]

Thy Vibrations shall Live On ! Reassured Infinite Potential, Marquis Cha-Cha, and with alldew re-speckte.

[@laszlozoltan5021]

the punk kinda looks like jaz coleman (killing joke)

[@stuartjackson8091]

this ones a bit like a stranglers song.

[@johnhargreaves4689]

non

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

From a realistic point of view, the working class has the most interesting creatures.

[@AndrewWells]

The Brix years weren't ALL bad...

[@marknewbold2583]

None of them were bad

[@playlist9980]

That man should see a dermatologist.

[@-xirx-]

Gow come, what happened?

[@piynubbunyip]

Is that Tony Wilson?

[@meredrums1]

All white!

[@kwd-kwd]

the fall vids.......things are kinda okay, but there is something uncomfortable underneath it all

[@Lorenzo-cp7qs]

Go and listen to Dolly Parton then ya bawbag.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Like the songs themselves. There's something unsettling going on down on by cruisers creek..

[@ichhasseamerika]

Only 25k views? Shame on you millenials, do your homework on great music. RIP MES. (THIS WAS my my youth, btw. gr8 days)

[@nicholassalerno2860]

I love The Fall myself... but with only 25k views, it doesn't look like a very high percentage of any generation is listening. Nice to point out millenials though to self identify as a dinosaur. Good job.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

This has to be the most ripped off by indie rock and the like

[@falcoperegrinus82]

I really like this song, but I feel like it's about 3 minutes too long lol. Too repetitive.

[@curtspins7626]

"Too repetitive"?! That's a riot! That's like complaining fish is too fishy! It's The Fall -- it's their essential DNA. Repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition!

[@jm-np4mu]

The Fall are hynotically repetitive by nature. The repition seems to be the idea...it drags you inside.

[@johnhargreaves4689]

that's the point

[@Lorenzo-cp7qs]

Moron

[@marknewbold2583]

It's too short

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

The Americans influenced by this

[@jinsonfernandolovatocepeda3166]

☠💀💀💀💀💀

[@deadbloodpillz27]

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