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Post by chopper on Jan 24, 2018 22:12:22 GMT
Sad news earlier this evening of the death of The Fall frontman Mark E Smith, a truly inventive musician.
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Post by barrythebook on Jan 24, 2018 22:25:04 GMT
Sad news but probably not too surprising.
A man dedicated to his music, not interested in any type of glamour or glitz that is sought after by many in the business.
RIP.
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Post by Zimbo on Jan 24, 2018 22:36:17 GMT
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Post by daz on Jan 25, 2018 7:14:30 GMT
Sad, sad news to hear this morning. I really liked the guy, a total one off and original maverick . A group I first got into when at School, but I knew nothing of their indie cred at the time and thought they were a one hit wonder group, it was around the time Hit the North and Victoria were released, it wasn't until I started to read the music press that I realized they were something of a legendary band.
Anyone who likes the Fall at all should try and get hold of his book, well worth a read and not in the slightest you average biography.
RIP Mark
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Deus est regit qui omnia.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 7:57:17 GMT
Sad news indeed. I had heard he wasn't too well in recent times. He has to be admired for his uncompromising attitude for nearly 4 decades.
RIP
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Post by daz on Jan 25, 2018 17:36:17 GMT
6 Music has been playing the Fall all day, just a pity it took Marks death for them to play more Fall.  |
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Post by ltd on Jan 25, 2018 18:11:01 GMT
His interviews were always entertaining even when you disagreed with what he was saying. I've read his book which was also a good laugh.
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Jan 26, 2018 12:48:45 GMT
Sad to lose one of the few remaining working class heroes , an honest plain speaking man with a unique talent.
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Post by Portland Road on Jan 29, 2018 8:18:28 GMT
I never got into The Fall, but I appreciate that Mark E. Smith was certainly his own man, and you need people like that in life. I always remember him winning an award - IIRC it was a 'lifetime achievement award' or similar at the BRITS, c. late-1990s. After a short & alcohol-influenced interview he told the smiling Jo Whiley to "f*** off....."  R.I.P. Mark E Smith. |
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Post by ltd on Jan 29, 2018 12:55:22 GMT
A couple of surreal moments that stick in the mind are him reading the football results (on Grandstand I think it was) and appearing on Newsnight after the death of John Peel - cue lots of gurning and a very disjointed conversation with Gavin Essler in which Smith ended up questioning his interviewer as to whether he was John Peel's replacement.
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