Mark E Smith.

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The Fall singer Mark E Smith dies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42811968

Love this

 

[J1888]

A great, strange man. Some weird and wonderful music and fantastic lyrics.

RIP Mark

 

[FishFright]

I'm eternally grateful for his musical output.

 

[J1888]

I'm eternally grateful for his musical output.

Lyrics in that are superb

 

[palinurus]

Aw fark

 

[ianrauk]

Oh my I have some stories about him. I worked with him & Brix on their Light User Syndrome album back in '95.
On one side of the coin he was a decent chap, on the other, not so.

But what ever anyone thinks of him and his music, he did what he wanted to do without compromise and without being dictated to by record companies. That is to be applauded.

Sad news.

 

[Bollo]

I started a new thread but ppl beat me to it by seconds!

He was so prolific it's difficult to pick a favourite and he did write an awful lot of sh1te as well. I'll go for "Ghost in my House", "Kurious Oranj" and the quite frankly mental "What about us".

 

[albal]

rip

 

[accountantpete]

Sad news indeed.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk1TP5EkLS4

 

[Adam4868]

Thats sad news,ive.seen him a few times.Something of a acquired taste.R.I.P

 

[dan_bo]

Oh my I have some stories about him. I worked with him & Brix on their Light User Syndrome album back in '95.
On one side of the coin he was a decent chap, on the other, not so.

But what ever anyone thinks of him and his music, he did what he wanted to do without compromise and without being dictated to by record companies. That is to be applauded.

Sad news.

Good summary. I'll add 'Salford's answer to Captain Beefheart'

 

[Grant Fondo]

Sad day.... One of the best gigs ever... The Fall blowing away The Pixies at Reading 1990, not much has touched that since for me.

 

[Yellow Fang]

This is my fave Fall vid.

 

[MarkF]

Bugger. Saw them first in the late 1980's and few times since, tbh musically hit & miss for me but he was always interesting.

Can't believe this was 12 years ago, it was mesmerising after Robert Plant's dirges.

"He also delayed filming several times by wandering in and out of shot, calling Robert Plant 'c.u.n.t.y' and just generally behaving like what he is,"

 

[Bollo]

Dave Simpson’s obit in the Graun sums him up nicely.