Mark E Smith - The British Masters - Christmas Special

Mark E Smith - The British Masters - Christmas Special - Part One

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10 жыл бұрын

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John Doran of the Quietus meets Mark E Smith of pre-eminent rock group The Fall, in a special Christmas episode of our British Masters series where John interviews the most influential and colourful figures from British popular music history.
In John's own words: "There are only a few things that separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom... the most important of these attributes, is an appreciation of the music of The Fall. This means if you do not listen to such albums as 'Hex Enduction Hour', 'This Nation's Saving Grace' and 'The Unutterable' you are worse than savage. The solution to what ails us is clear -- be less beastly, listen to The Fall"
Previous British Masters have included Gary Numan, Johnny Marr, and Dizzee Rascal.
See the rest of the British Masters Series here: • The British Masters
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@comeonyouyellows 4 жыл бұрын

"Have you been watching The Great British Bake Off?" Is probably the best question ever put to Mark E Smith

@danholliday5564 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic answer given though. I can see Mark in some gangster's house. Buying base and watching day time tv with the fellas wife.

@kennethbartlett1465 3 жыл бұрын

That-ah is-ah soggy bottom-ah!

@pov_music 3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely the friendliest interview he's ever done.

@zazz63 6 жыл бұрын

every pub in the uk used to have a guy like this ....it was mandatory in those days.

@kgatlw9134 4 жыл бұрын

'in those days', you'll only glorify this shit if you haven't had to experience it up close.

@onlineenglish7065 4 жыл бұрын

“I drink and I know things”

@pov_music 2 жыл бұрын

@@kgatlw9134 why are most Fall fans snobby Guardian readers? He hates people like them

@owenmartin3307 Жыл бұрын

But none of them could write fall hits

@richardgoss4777 Жыл бұрын

@@owenmartin3307 The Fall couldn't write The Fall hits neither.

@thechapelperilous 10 жыл бұрын

"Vampirism is at the end of the day, a crime"

@Spectrescup 8 жыл бұрын

ikr

@annikaholland 6 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@matty7dream1 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I'd said that.

@davidrobinson2776 3 жыл бұрын

I wish that had been the tag-line for Twilight.

@mikecondy6010 2 жыл бұрын

a crrrrime!

@ericrhodes5174 6 жыл бұрын

'There's never going to be a Fall tribute group, because nobody can do it' Truer words were never spoken. RIP

@61pokepi 5 жыл бұрын

pavement

@sundaze5582 3 жыл бұрын

fat white family?

@Gbhbbgvsbnjhhdchhb 3 жыл бұрын

Who would want to?

@tompanoname3579 2 жыл бұрын

True. Must say I never heard good Fall cover. Maybe PJ Harvey did OK with "Janet & Johnny+James"..but just OK.

@littlehammers9032 2 жыл бұрын

actully when I was in the US, after MES death...a tribute band came out played 1hr 25. pure er

@TheIkaraCult 6 ай бұрын

"Vampirism... its a crime at the end of the day" One of the funniest people to ever live. What a man.

@blikeredaxis 9 жыл бұрын

Way back, I played Dragnet, and my mum heard it. She said that the songs could be hits, if they didn't sound so horrible. sums up the appeal of the Fall really. Hope your liver goes on forever Mark. Cheers!

@tomheslington2993 2 жыл бұрын

It didn't

@vollsticks Жыл бұрын

Pissing myself at your comment. "They could be hits, if they didn't sound so horrible" is an incredible summation of The Fall's oeuvre

@yuppyprolepaste4926 8 жыл бұрын

"I can't understand why anybody would wanna watch Somebody cookin a fuckin meal."

@AnthonyMonaghan 4 жыл бұрын

I feel drunk watching this.

@innescrook9295 Жыл бұрын

“Vampirism is a crime at the end of the day, isn’t it?” Brilliant.

@mr.whipple2953 4 ай бұрын

I have to laugh because on two occasions in the 80s, I played a cassette tape for people, claiming that it was “my band”; one was ‘Sister Ray’ by The VU, and the other was ‘Tempo House’ by The Fall!

@davew5167 2 жыл бұрын

Mark E Smith was a true original. What a musical legacy The Fall leave behind them. Nothing else like it out there.

@gonzalojohnson 4 жыл бұрын

And to think this bloke is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. True legend.

@blueroot2547 4 жыл бұрын

I had a housemate like Mark E Smith, endless stories and opinions, it was awesome :)

@earinsound 3 жыл бұрын

He got a lot of mileage out of being a docking clerk for six months when he was 19.

@Dickbox1080 10 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine being stuck between feigning laughter every time Mark does or disappointing one of your music heroes?

@johnsmith-vg5rx 10 жыл бұрын

i think mark comes from the sort of working class northern pub culture where you laugh at anything if someone is trying to make a joke. i think mark knows that everything hes saying isnt hilarious but its just what people up north do.

@zdillz 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith-vg5rx yeah I always sucked at that too. I was a pretty shy middle-class kid, got a job in a very working class pub. Took me while to work out that when some fucker cracks a joke you laugh no matter what . Pissed off a few people before I understood that. Edit: and not half hearted pained chuckle like this interviewer's squeezing out, you gotta give it some Welly!

@zdillz 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, feels tense....haha

@stephenjames4937 2 жыл бұрын

Mark E Smith cracks me up. He castigates people with generalisations, and cackles with laughter. Leave no-one unblasted!

@G1806 2 ай бұрын

The Fall when I started hearing music as opposed to just listening ✌️

@blikeredaxis 9 жыл бұрын

Funniest thing I've seen for ages, Mark is a natural.

@TheIkaraCult 2 жыл бұрын

MES was such a lovely, funny geezer. The world is so much poorer without him in it

@postpunkpodge9746 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Mark a one off genius we will never see his like again. So many bands tried but none could emulate The Fall.

@iamdamosuzuki_ 5 жыл бұрын

“They can imitate, but I Teach.” - The Hip Priest

@dandare1001 3 жыл бұрын

Mark was on form, that day. Very enjoyable.

@CW0406 10 жыл бұрын

"I can't understand why anybody wanna watch somebody cooking a fucking meal. Do you?" LOVE him.

@terrysaunders2457 8 жыл бұрын

no interview has needed subtitles more

@terrysaunders2457 8 жыл бұрын

great one tho

@voddynblack 7 жыл бұрын

let me guess yer a yankee , cant seak yer own fuckin language

@jrmarrero96 7 жыл бұрын

It could always be worse; Bob Dylan could be conducting the interview.

@chuckabbate5924 4 жыл бұрын

Mancunian.....subset language

@youjoker9647 4 жыл бұрын

Four Libras are a Fall tribute band. There's a few around

@lehliladevandria5712 4 жыл бұрын

What an absolute legend. John is just so overwhelmed by his greatness,he can barely ask a question. All he can say is "Yeah... Yeh...yah".

@DavySolaris 3 жыл бұрын

I think he's just a bit sad that his hero had become a fucked-up alcoholic.

@sooperheep 3 ай бұрын

I mean thats about the best you can hope for

@cohenkane2148 4 жыл бұрын

MES passing was the saddest I ever was about someone dying that I had never met or known. I still cannot listen to the few albums I have not heard. I like knowing I have not reached the end. Yet.

@youjoker9647 4 жыл бұрын

Felt the same way about John Martyn.

@nikolademitri731 3 жыл бұрын

Felt the same way about Bowie, though I was also really sad when MESmith went too.. The difference being I was a huge fan of Bowie, very familiar with his discography, but I had only just began to dive into The Fall’s music, and understand how unbelievably brilliant it is, and only was aquatinted with a small chunk of MES’s discography when he passed.. Still, I knew it was the loss of a legend.

@sweetkat85 10 жыл бұрын

"I can't understand why someone would watch someone cook a fuckin meal" this man is god

@jonanjello 7 жыл бұрын

I was wondering what Chris Noveslic was doing these days

@startervisions 5 жыл бұрын

politics

@hunter-zu3hk 5 жыл бұрын

*krist

@markmeyer1291 5 жыл бұрын

check him out.hes doing fine

@Johnconno 4 жыл бұрын

That's a bold Syrup he's wearing though.

@nwo4life708 3 жыл бұрын

Don't think some got the joke 🙄

@mselizabethsteel 4 жыл бұрын

I could listen to him chat all day! Cracks me up. RIP Legend

@timmg3139 6 ай бұрын

I think this is the greatest interview (of anyone) ever. Have watched it so many times

@Warringtron 9 жыл бұрын

When I first met my wife-to-be (in the 90`s), she had heard of The Fall (due to a mention or two by Stewart Lee of Lee & Herring fame at the time) but never heard any songs. I played her the compilation CD "The Collection" - she told me that they were better than she had imagined, but strangely enough has never voluntarily listened to another track since...

@ferozealam13 9 жыл бұрын

I played Extricate to my gf in 90's, she'd never heard of them. 22 years later its practically all we listen to.

@annthorpe8411 9 жыл бұрын

Bloody hell! How old is your girlfriend now then?

@ferozealam13 9 жыл бұрын

Both early forties.

@Warringtron 9 жыл бұрын

Ann - Yes, old people can have partners too...! :D

@fightington 5 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this convo once a month easy. Perfect work jon and RIP MES

@Astro_War 3 жыл бұрын

Mark loves a bit of banter, some people just took it the wrong way, but I always enjoyed his interviews no matter what.

@andrewburton5105 10 жыл бұрын

This just put the biggest smile on my face

@wrightcarl1181 3 жыл бұрын

The captions for this are hilarious. RIP Mark you crazy mental genius

@cclewes7373 10 ай бұрын

Smith belonged in the Victorian era. He was a throwback to a lost age.

@atarirob 6 жыл бұрын

I love how Mark consistently fucks up the names of his own songs...such a character.

@lukedaley17 Жыл бұрын

Loved Mark’s collaboration with Damon Albarn’s Gorrilaz on the song Glitter Freeze. RIP Mark

@mrjamescurry 3 жыл бұрын

God I miss that man. National Treasure

@styxcreek 10 жыл бұрын

Made my day. MES is a living treasure.

@jaywarren333 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite interview of all time

@stephen3511 4 жыл бұрын

MES was a true one off. It’s sad there will be no more Fall albums.......... but what a legacy 👊💥

@24031965GAV 3 жыл бұрын

There must be shed loads of unreleased tape

@drewletasse2660 6 жыл бұрын

The best musician, 'with a laymens ear', of all time.

@dinoramone6761 2 жыл бұрын

Listening to The Fall's records is like panning for gold.

@maineroad7429 3 жыл бұрын

I met him on Deansgate Mcr in 2010 and seen him head over to the Sawyers Arms for a quick one and he was back out and I got chatting to him and he signed my evening news to my cousin with a funny message on it.He was warm,engaging and he could of talked for hours...

@chairmanmeow-ij1wd 9 жыл бұрын

The interviewers face when he realises how mashed MES is. Looks fucking terrified.

@DragonFlagBand 7 ай бұрын

One of the best interviews ever!

@emile235 7 жыл бұрын

Bill Oddie needs security guards to walk him to his car in Salford.

@fuzzydunlop4513 4 жыл бұрын

It's unfortunate we couldn't get Chief Keef and Mark E Smith in the same room tomorrow

@oaksted338 20 күн бұрын

We'll never see his like again...world were better with a dissenting voice in it

@Boiing008 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview John your laid back style carried it along nicely. And he's right, no one could sound like the Fall. A great band with great songs that still sound fresher than a lot of the newer bands do today

@polycentric6726 3 жыл бұрын

Mark would be proud of us!

@haybrym 10 жыл бұрын

Gotta love him

@SkinnyEMedia Жыл бұрын

Mark E. Smith should’ve been a stand-up comedian.

@fishfingers160 3 жыл бұрын

Is this the best interview ever? Yes, yes it is.

@user-yk8ro9rf4r 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Mark EDWARD Smith ,Real R.I.P．Ｉ love the Fall's ＣＤ,BBC radio1;LIVE in Concert ,from Tue M.

@famashs 3 жыл бұрын

please someone,anyone,we need subtitles for these glorious piece of film

@andreaneilcmc 7 жыл бұрын

It's good that around 0:45 MES looks as bewildered as John Doran does for the rest of the interview.

@thechristianhuey 3 жыл бұрын

This is a really good interview. Dude did very well to get MES to lower his guard. It mostly worked.

@thechristianhuey 3 жыл бұрын

No kissing arse, a few questions out of nowhere, playing along but only in the service of having him talk more... I keep coming back to this one.

@alexjewell2351 Жыл бұрын

John Doran is great at these, he asks decent questions, questions that you haven't heard umpteen times befiore.

@Jlipnicki 7 жыл бұрын

a film about John Donne with music by the Fall, by all means.

@kingfisherautomotif9884 4 жыл бұрын

I've subscribed on your opening gambit before you've even met Mark . . . I think I'm going to enjoy your channel ;-)

@naomiroberts6536 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Legend

@GenteelCretin 10 жыл бұрын

Good lord yes, but what I wouldn't give for some subtitles right about now...

@goutmasterdarryl 8 жыл бұрын

There is a cover band of The Fall in Toronto called Mr.Pharmacist, they're actually great!

@user-kl4bh4lq6r Ай бұрын

Always loved Mark E Smiths Straight Talking

@feliperaurichbottiger6637 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Mark !

@xMsry7 3 жыл бұрын

I was worrying about my drinking at 24 years old, but if it's good enough for mark, it's good enough for me

@diskochimp 10 жыл бұрын

"Tempo House" = the ultimate Fall song. Mark E. (cha-cha!)

@galenstone9097 6 жыл бұрын

Godspeed, Mark.

@lofi-guy 8 жыл бұрын

Is the interviewer Dave Hill from Slade?

@DarrylWThomas 6 жыл бұрын

Mark riffs his own interview. Nice.

@zerolubin 5 жыл бұрын

Miss him.

@hdmccart6735 6 жыл бұрын

'Lager's a hell of a drug...'

@thescroot 10 жыл бұрын

"He replaced the fookin' lesbian, dinny?"

@fuzzydunlop4513 4 жыл бұрын

lmaoaooo

@24031965GAV 3 жыл бұрын

Zippy's let himself go a bit. Mark E how I love you, how I love you My dear old Mark E....

@arash402003 10 жыл бұрын

Suggestion if I may, dump your entire setup for an entire series of Mark E Smith interviews.

@owenwilberforce6138 Жыл бұрын

I love when I understand what Mark would say. He is one of the English speakers that I still need translation into something intelligible. I think he was really charming and funny, but so insular and in his own universe. It’s fun to try to make up some meaning though of his ramblings.

@ciatangallaghe2485 Жыл бұрын

No I enjoyed that bit, brilliant.

@pongoumbongo4301 9 жыл бұрын

Hilarious. Don't really like the music, bar a handful of tracks, but MES is always a delight to listen to. A true original and box office entertainment.

@jeffn1384 8 ай бұрын

The subtitles were struggling

@PontiacS. 4 ай бұрын

"Be Less Beastly" Lol!!!!! Classic!!!! MES Was Fantastic as was The Fall. We have the Records for All Time.("Dick Head singer, Black Francis "Yup.)

@cubanheelsbeerbelly Жыл бұрын

He's a pure fucking treasure. I wish he was around to see what's happened to the world today. Only the boring ones make it to old age.

@Oldmotherhell 10 жыл бұрын

"...that's the real estate agents' job, innit?"

@Jlipnicki 7 жыл бұрын

one of the best things is he still lives in England somewhere not in America, where Lydon moved to way back. Very few people in bands even then were even slightly working class or knew anything about it. Strummer, the people who write the history, Jon Savage, make the films, Julian Temple.

@leriwaters.9744 5 жыл бұрын

Dear john, Nick Saloman and Richard Thompson are terribly missed at this series!!!

@sparedonga570 9 жыл бұрын

Evidently the deal was: free beer and I'll do your interview

@themagnanimous1246 5 жыл бұрын

His talking gets more clear the more he gets pissed about the BBC lmfao

@justmadeit2 5 жыл бұрын

Remember The Falls song from the 80s called No Bulbs ? Well i made a video to go with the song, if anyone wants to see it just type in this title........The Fall No Bulbs Official ?

@Oooo-bi7bi Жыл бұрын

I agree , bring back Give us a Clue and going for gold.

@christopherwibberley8984 6 жыл бұрын

It was listening to the fall that got me into the original Memphis five

@108noonoo 9 жыл бұрын

Genius though

@kikoaumond3439 Жыл бұрын

Let me suggest you watch this with the auto-generated captions on. The captions turn out nothing like what Mark is saying (I am guessing here because I understood 50% of what he says at best) but the auto-generated captions read like Fall lyrics.

@davidhope2506 8 жыл бұрын

Funny interview.

@deadalivestore 2 жыл бұрын

The thing people never got about MES was, at his core, he just a regular bloke you'd meet anywhere. The thing that made him so great was his natural ability to be undeniable in his trade and art. I like to see him a plumber or a bricklayer, just so happens he was a musician instead.