Mark E Smith - The British Masters - Christmas Special

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

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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 part two of the episode, John chats to Mark about his time in a wheelchair, the new EP and The Fall's current steady line up.
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.
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@Robhalifax 9 жыл бұрын

Doran played that to perfection. Its a balancing act between humouring him and not acting like a sycophant.

@joshbeeson8447 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed it mate he’s a good interviewer they are almost extinct and he asked some good questions RIP mark

@neilsun2521 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Frank Skinner's sycophancy made me wince all the way through his interview. Seemed kinda phoney too.

@whatamalike 4 жыл бұрын

@@neilsun2521 "OY LUV YEW MAARK!" in a wank brummie accent. Yeah, skinner's bumlicking evidently bored Mark towards the end.

@christopherbrookfield4785 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Like, a mutual respect kind of thing. I was never a big Fall fan, but I have always liked Mark E Smith. ✌️

@stephenwalker850 2 жыл бұрын

Well said , enjoy your night

@mikerophone235 2 ай бұрын

Mark E Smith laughing at his own jokes is the best laugh. RIP

@simonjenkin 6 жыл бұрын

I did indeed used to see him out and about in Prestwich. Usually coming out of Bargain Booze or sat inside The Forresters. Not that I'd ever approach the bastard as he once pushed me into a wall for having the temerity to exit the gents as he was stumbling in for a piss. He really was a true one off. RIP.

@IFeelSoTongueTied 4 жыл бұрын

Hands down the best comment I’ve ever read bless u

@davidrobinson2776 3 жыл бұрын

Being abused by Mark was his version of an autograph or a selfie. He once scowled at me the stuck out his tongue. I left before he ruined the illusion.

@soleknight3212 5 жыл бұрын

Very high quality interview all the way through. He has a way of compelling you (even when rambling). Could listen to MES talk for hours. Possibly the funniest human I ever heard. RIP you lovable bastard.

@odw_99 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Mark E Smith. What a legend

@lewismurphy3692 3 жыл бұрын

Forever grateful I discovered the fall, found them when I was 19, I’m 21 now and will have their brilliance for the rest of my life. What a pleasure.

@wiggywaggo9647 5 жыл бұрын

There's nothing I like to watch more when I'm pissed than mark smith interviews

@finnkdy 5 жыл бұрын

As he /you misses the spot, So wot.

@styxcreek 4 жыл бұрын

That laugh is infectious

@russelltodd7718 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir...

@hunnymccann9349 2 жыл бұрын

Had the pleasure of seeing The Fall at the Lead-mill, Sheffield. Mark was aware and a legend , we need people back in music like this.

@marclawson6144 4 жыл бұрын

What a good mood he's in. He must have had just the right number of drinks.

@uploaderofmonkeybath.mp4761 2 жыл бұрын

he was always laughed through interviews

@DragonFlagBand 9 ай бұрын

Possibly one of the best interviews I've ever seen anywhere ever!!!

@xX88B88Xx 10 жыл бұрын

Love how it starts off with an immediate smackdown "It's not This Morning program d'you know what I mean" HA!

@PontiacS. 6 ай бұрын

This was Great. Mark E. was in such a Good Mood. Havin' Fun.

@PrincipledUncertainty 10 жыл бұрын

I love the Fall. Mark is one mad bastard though.

@sikthsikth 8 жыл бұрын

'The Panzer of Wheelchairs'

@gromitpesley 6 жыл бұрын

Ben Johnston VVRRRRRRrrrrrRrRrrr

@cohenkane2148 4 жыл бұрын

Priceless

@1982alicealice 9 жыл бұрын

these two have really funny chemistry

@sebas5483 4 ай бұрын

Si si, es interesante la química de un borracho que odia las entrevistas y un adulador que se hace el interesante, nunca voy a entender el morbo de emitir estas entrevistas patéticas

@earinsound 3 жыл бұрын

i love how his pint is magically replenished

@ndarcy92 11 ай бұрын

like his liver.

@styxcreek 10 жыл бұрын

Didn't understand half of what he said but still loved it. There's no one else quite like him.

@permaveg 7 жыл бұрын

"Do you ever get crazy fans knocking on your door" ? " ...not for long".

@vollsticks 8 жыл бұрын

An old (now, sadly deceased) friend of mine lived in Salford when Nico was living there--he used to see her at his smack dealers, they both scored off the same bloke.

@jalijali8448 5 жыл бұрын

She lived in Prestwich mid 80's

@Jlipnicki 3 жыл бұрын

Smack, granted but where did she go for a snack ? Was there a chippy ?

@vollsticks 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jlipnicki Yeah, some excellent ones, apparently

@filled_soda 10 жыл бұрын

"Can I have this?" Classic.

@StereoAnthony 7 жыл бұрын

Johns big sigh right at the end, like he just made it through a war

@PrincipledUncertainty 3 жыл бұрын

Mark, amazed that his album exists, asks where it's available. Priceless.

@iamdamosuzuki_ 6 жыл бұрын

I’m so depressed that I didn’t get into The Fall until Mark E. Smith had already died. Little did I know that “Hex Enduction Hour” would wind up being my favorite album of all time just a few months later.

@michellenachtigall7469 4 жыл бұрын

You and me both, man.

@dannycheesums 4 жыл бұрын

This genuinely warms my soul guys :) I got into the Fall in 2001 and very quickly they were my favourite band. Went to see them live in 2005 and it was all old heads but by 2014 it was a whole range of ages at a fall gig.

@Smudgie 2 жыл бұрын

feel the same about Mozart.

@DragonFlagBand 9 ай бұрын

It's never too late. The music will last forever. Pure genius!

@hackett999 8 ай бұрын

Same! Makes me sad i didn’t listen to my dad 10 years ago when he told me to give it a go. Great album.

@thirdratecontent585 3 жыл бұрын

The interviews I rewatch most are Mark E Smiths and Lemmys 👍👍

@thomasmccabe3111 6 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I been watching all day 😂

@user-kl4bh4lq6r 4 ай бұрын

And John Lydon

@kingdozerr 8 ай бұрын

The great and the only Mark E Smith

@nickcassettes 5 жыл бұрын

That Paul McCartney's looking rough.

@craigfranklin5611 3 жыл бұрын

I bet as macca died in 1966

@sambar0986 9 жыл бұрын

The best part of this is Mark just having one of the records the interviewer gives him to sign at the end cos he doesn't have one himself.

@bluehuw 9 жыл бұрын

Is there a harder gig in journalism than interviewing Mark E Smith? Taliban press officer?

@chescarino 9 жыл бұрын

Huw Evans shane macgowan

@sinisterbuthappy208 7 жыл бұрын

Charles Manson ?

@disabledoperator 6 жыл бұрын

you seen Lou Reeds interviews?

@mattslivovitz2947 6 жыл бұрын

Plenty. He always seemed pretty affable to me - yeah, you couldn't get him to follow a premeditated script; he didn't suffer fools and he was liable to take the piss. It's not like he was a prima donna, though.

@iamdamosuzuki_ 6 жыл бұрын

Robert Fripp from King Crimson I’ve heard was quite an intimidating person to interview. I heard a story about one time he took an interviewer’s question cards and started reading them back to him.

@PrimeM92 10 жыл бұрын

gotta give it to him, he is funny as fuck! lol

@GranulatedStuff 6 жыл бұрын

"...the Panzer of wheelchairs" XD

@alternatereality85 10 жыл бұрын

Great to see that theres life for Richard and Judy after their chat show. Great interview.

@zorchproductions 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome... he's such a nice guy sometimes!

@jaydivisi0n 10 жыл бұрын

Please carry on making these! There's plenty of other British Masters out there!

@moderntart-nr2bu 2 ай бұрын

He was class

@devout666 9 жыл бұрын

Have watched this over and over, John Doran is excellent, but borderline terrified!

@FadGadget1 3 жыл бұрын

The panzer of wheelchairs! 😂😂😂

@arsmithx 7 жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried playing a Fall 12" record at 45rpm? Beezer! Smithy sounds like Les Dawson doing a fishwife impression.

@MrCoops5uk 10 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! National treasure.

@jefferyweigand1337 6 жыл бұрын

"The Panzer of wheelchairs..." Fucking Smith, one of the funniest fellows ever...

@alboreham388 3 ай бұрын

This is the best MES interview out there, imo. 🤣

@manyspaceships 10 жыл бұрын

Doran did great job.

@lui.s.e7400 2 жыл бұрын

Love this guy..listen to The Fall still and feel marginally contented, because I don't do joy, and I adore Mark E. Smith.

@gringopig 6 жыл бұрын

1:00 that look speaks volumes

@nickj2704 7 ай бұрын

"longest stable line up of the fall", famous last words

@Plastico48 3 жыл бұрын

Mark E Smith and Stone Cold Steve Austin the only 2 people I know who have ever had a designated beer giver.

@zetetick395 7 жыл бұрын

5:24 loooool XDDD How on earth did Mark E Smith become one of the most lovable frontmen ever?? O_o

@fosterch11 6 жыл бұрын

At 2:20 where he says, "Last time I was broke..." - there's a commercial for frozen food.

@garethdavis5491 Ай бұрын

After watching this two-parter for the 500th time I should probably chuck my ten-bob in. Mark E. Smith was the only real, proper genius western civilisation has ever produced. When I say "genius," I mean a mind that is separate from any external influence yet at same time able to absorb it and interpret said influences in such as way that it the end result is so much better. The man could read a shopping receipt and in 30 seconds read out a bizarre, beautiful, madly sci-fi interpreteation of it and keep people guessing about it for years after. Nothing will ever compare to The Fall in my lifetime or anyone elses'. I love it when people say they don't get The Fall. It leaves more for the rest of us. Be less beastly...listen to The Fall.

@hyena131 12 күн бұрын

@garethdavis5491 little smith was a smeagol lookalike pisss head way over romanticized who babbles a lot of drunkenn, booze swaaat gibberish when ingterviewed...and it laghinly passes offf as 'geniius.'

@danielcactus3953 10 жыл бұрын

Mark has got to a point where his look is again (more or less) matching with his real age. For anybody thinking that Mark has had a terrile aging, they must consider that for man who hasn´t work out in his life and who by this day still drinks three pints on a interview on absolute daylight, mark has hold on quite well. Mark could have been much more of a genius with maybe, lets say, only a third part of the abuse he´s taken. Respect the man anyway

@danielcactus3953 10 жыл бұрын

***** I´m a deffinetly a fall fan, but come on, there is a lot of things I would have changed if somehow I had control over this music. I would say that almost half of the songs on their entire carrer are actually not just wacky, but not good, sometimes. Anyway, try to play that other 50% I´m talking about to a common public. They would go crazy about it and tell you to take some serious therapy. What bands do you consider as good as the fall ? Just kurious.

@Anonymous-c4p 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielcactus3953 Pere Ubu 🤔

@chaunceyloveshack9530 2 жыл бұрын

@@danielcactus3953 i think the first decade was all incredible, but the genius started to show less and less as the years went by and the abuse took its toll. so i understand your sentiment.

@bernicia-sc2iw 2 жыл бұрын

@@chaunceyloveshack9530 More precisely I would say 79-85 was the pinnacle of the group . After that there were many peaks and troughs .

@yodab.at1746 4 жыл бұрын

The Walder Fraye of.... Something??.... Brilliant interview

@ericrhodes5174 6 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, pub philosopher

@raythemechanic 10 жыл бұрын

brilliant stuff, really enjoyed it.

@StratsRUs 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Rowley Birkin QC in him.

@malcolmcog 10 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the next album

@kaptainhammer 10 жыл бұрын

Yes Mark !!!

@colthepirate 10 жыл бұрын

ta for that John. I love a good MES interview

@gazriley624 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Mark seen The Fall in Liverpool years ago in the 80's

@nickgrant2906 3 жыл бұрын

john doran and luke turner make journalism mean something

@321bytor 3 жыл бұрын

Mark E Smith. Lovely

@Andy-fr2im 6 жыл бұрын

comedy gold RIP Mark

@BoboDoboRobo 4 жыл бұрын

It’s not This Morning program is it

@TheIkaraCult 10 ай бұрын

I remember bacck when MES was in a wheelchair, calling it the PANZER of wheechairs :)

@thechapelperilous 10 жыл бұрын

Matt Johnson please.

@noelrushton2322 10 жыл бұрын

Top Geezer is Mark

@gringopig 6 жыл бұрын

Oh man, he's funny. Sad to see now but he wouldn't give a shit. He lived his own life.

@officialmcdeath 6 жыл бұрын

Fookin guitars!

@HandleGF 3 жыл бұрын

The Wealdstone Raider tribute act

@dannyriley3882 10 жыл бұрын

when are you interviewing Julian Cope fer chrissakes

@Stratboy999 Жыл бұрын

Q: 'Do you ever get crazy fans knocking on your door?' MES: 'Not for long....'

@underdawg2743 3 ай бұрын

Shame I moved to Prestwich 5 years too late......

@robertmorrison2959 6 жыл бұрын

nobody lives where i live still

@Warp75 6 жыл бұрын

MES RIP

@youyatubetak7624 4 жыл бұрын

the interviewer trying to stick to his 'script' ha ha ha

@mrjamescurry 5 жыл бұрын

The Real Deal - greatly missed

@radiomindchatter7994 2 жыл бұрын

I can't understand 3 quarters of what he is saying but I like it...

@oolongoolong789 7 жыл бұрын

Not really an interview. Just Mark being Mark.

@mayhem492 Жыл бұрын

Love Mark, but he always seemed to be interviewed by people that seem to be in awe of him, a bit like Lydon, Zappa etc. It would have been nice to see him/them ‘taken on’ a bit more, by someone with some balls.

@kikoaumond3439 Жыл бұрын

May I suggest this video to be watched 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.

@lehliladevandria5712 4 жыл бұрын

If you pay attention to Shaun Rider's attitude, swagger,and poetry style....it's very similar to Mark E. Smith.

@MaliciousChickenAgenda 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard Happy Monday's in years. My brother loves them

@lehliladevandria5712 4 жыл бұрын

@@MaliciousChickenAgenda awww it sounds like your brother is nice.

@underdawg2743 4 жыл бұрын

Not really, Shaun sobered up yrs ago.

@kylemclachlan8651 2 жыл бұрын

6:47 the quintessential MES sound

@nickmaffia1746 3 жыл бұрын

I like Arctic pumpkins.

@SuperBagshot Ай бұрын

I don't remember giving them permission to film in my front room

@Robhalifax 10 жыл бұрын

He's looking quite well. Looks like we've got a few years left.

@NP-lz2bx 4 жыл бұрын

Care to predict how long I've got?

@popyarns462 3 жыл бұрын

This has aged badly

@Robhalifax 3 жыл бұрын

@@popyarns462 He managed another 4 years.

@popyarns462 3 жыл бұрын

@@Robhalifax I know. I assumed that you were hoping for a little more life than that. But fair enough if you had such an accurately bleak prognosis in mind, if so you nailed it.

@RT-zk7yr 5 ай бұрын

@@popyarns462he said a few years and he was correct

@nath909 10 жыл бұрын

"The men in black, yeah?"

@markclifton4107 4 жыл бұрын

haha classic.

@SuperBagshot Ай бұрын

Did Mark put his trousers on back to front which Criss cross stole

@TheIkaraCult Жыл бұрын

MES gives the perfect balance to the Royals. King of the Britons.

@InstallaFriend 7 жыл бұрын

'the gloup'

@neilsun2521 5 жыл бұрын

"...they're so happy to be here..."

@rs19147 3 жыл бұрын

Part One and Part Two combined he's about 5 pints deep. Nutcase of man. But fucking great.

@owenmartin3307 Жыл бұрын

What did he say about lou Reed anybody catch that?

@leoodonnell5895 9 ай бұрын

he was right about the cameras

@TWENTYSEVENSTORIES 5 жыл бұрын

Metal Jesus was good on this.

@xyzxyz997 2 жыл бұрын

Dear, dear

@MrDLOC11 4 жыл бұрын

He ain't like everybody else so don't expect the same.

@sinisterbuthappy208 7 жыл бұрын

Stephen Hawking ...........a Mark E Smith side project ?

@StereoAnthony 7 жыл бұрын

LOLOL

@krruns4165 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where this interview was recorded?

@kazman_6899 11 ай бұрын

If you squint, you can see a young MES. Freaky.

@beaumill Жыл бұрын

the pumpkins

@terrypussypower 3 жыл бұрын

Smith reminds me of Shane McGowan, in some ways. A talented bloke who wasted his talent on alcohol addiction.

@uhgottadime 3 жыл бұрын

I think the difference between the two is that Mark always had a strong work ethic and was perceived more as an intellectual than Shane. Branding him as the drunken paddy and what not. But Shane's still here despite the life he had! Crock of Gold documentary is a must see!

@terrypussypower 3 жыл бұрын

@@uhgottadime Too right! And who'd have bet on that back in the 90's!

@harrygallagher8105 3 жыл бұрын

Would you call the falls discography as a waste of talent?

@deborahcondeccarr6269 3 жыл бұрын

Mark e Smith didn’t waste one moment of his talent. He worked right to end of his life . An absolute phenomenal body of work left behind. So missed by me and easily another 10,000 fall fans I’m certain.....

@terrypussypower 3 жыл бұрын

@@harrygallagher8105 Once the 2000's kicked in, The Fall just weren't the same any more. I was spoiled rotten on The Fall because I was there from their first single onwards, and saw them countless times during their peak years and saw all of the line - ups live, bootlegging most of those gigs as I went! And it was a hard thing to witness Mark's slow decline into alcohol addiction, and it was the drink that f*cked him, not the speed. If he'd just stuck to speed he'd have been fine and the gigs wouldn't have suffered. Some of those later gigs were painful to watch....what with Mark messing about with the amps and suchlike, ruining the sound and pissing off the rest of the group, and for no gain at all.