Fades in Slowly

Kicker Conspiracy

Smith has predicted how the world will turn out.

BrettCelinski

Wings

I f’n love this snotty song!

NIRAK47

Dead Beat Descendent

One of the great out there alternative assaults on the senses. Mark E Smith at his brutish antisocial best. This stuff is dangerous to the general social hierachy. Listen to experience, rock terrorism.

beetlebumjus

Bury

Can somebody please explain how Mark sounds exactly like he does on this as he does on Grotesque? Astounding how consistently amazing and alike this band is in all of their work.

Aniland

Big New Prinz

This may be the coolest tv appearance by a band ever.

menyc

Blindness

I love the contrast. Robert plant et al poncing about on stage with hand claps and then this thundering genius of a racket performed by 3 guys who look like bouncers from a dingy pub with the barmaid on keyboards and the old alco hanging off the bar who fights with crisp packets on lead vocals..its fucking brilliant.

nerp23

Totally Wired

The Fall were to England what Sonic Youth were to America in the 80′s. They both picked up where the Velvet Underground left off after White Light/White Heat.

LomaxMcGee3

This is an epic, epic live performance from November, 1984.

Introduced by a very young looking Andy Kershaw, this is such a powerful performance from Smith and the band. Although I’m no great fan of modern dance I do think the presence of Michael Clark and a few close friends greatly enhances the spectacle.

I love this more every time I watch it, download it here or watch it on youtube here. Mark E Smith noted in a recent BBC documentary that it was really funny because the other members of the Fall had made their parents watch this on telly and all you could see was ‘Michael Clark’s arse.’

This performance happened the same month that the Band Aid single was released. Does anyone know if the Fall were invited to perform at Live Aid?