RIP Mark E Smith
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A very British institution has left us , thank you for the crazy magical ride pal.
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I'm lost for words. RIP, Mark.
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I've probably been as negative as anyone around here about The Fall, and Mark E Smith in particular, but it does feel like a passing of an era as much as the passing of a man. Just feels like the time of genuine indie mavericks has gone with him, there's no room anywhere near the indie mainstream for someone like him anymore.
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I can't say I'm surprised in the least, having seen a recent pic of him, yet at the same time I'm shocked and... devastated, really.
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Snarfyguy wrote:I can't say I'm surprised in the least, having seen a recent pic of him, yet at the same time I'm shocked and... devastated, really.
Same here, isn’t that weird? R.I.P. One of a kind.
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I didn't have that deep, personal connection to Smith's music that some here have, but I do enjoy a fair amount of Fall tunes, Smith's unique vocal delivery and that minimalist musical aesthetic.
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You gotta appreciate someone who was so committed to his music.
I was a fan of their music. No one else made Fall music and that was due to Mark E's vision.
I was a fan of their music. No one else made Fall music and that was due to Mark E's vision.
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RIP you insolent get x
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RIP MES
Sad news.
He was still capable of greatness right up to the end.
A real legend.
Sad news.
He was still capable of greatness right up to the end.
A real legend.
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Shocking news. I though he was indestructible. I know he lived hard, but 60 is no age. He leaves a catalog anyone would be proud of, and a legacy of obsessive and loyal fans. Who could ask for more. RIP.
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Deebank wrote:He was still capable of greatness right up to the end.
Nice to read that, 'cos I really do think that last album had some great moments. It was pleasing to long-term Fall fans at the very least, many of whom probably didn't think the band (and MES) still had it in them.
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OCT wrote:Minnie the Minx wrote:Oh no.
Sorry John. I know he meant the world to you.Count Machuki wrote:(so sorry, John)
Thank you x
You know, it's not like I was under any illusions about him, the days of hero-worship long gone. But I always admired him - for various reasons. He really was a one-off. And that BAND! at their best, they were as thrilling as anyone.
You certainly banged the drum for him here in a persistent but clear-eyed way. You forced me to listen deeper, and that helped me to develop an appreciation for his talent and his oddity.
Sixty is too young. RIP.
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They were still kicking arse live. I was well impressed when I last saw em.
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A genuine character and one off.
RIP
Look after yourself John and play 'Psycho Mafia' for me. x
RIP
Look after yourself John and play 'Psycho Mafia' for me. x
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Goat Boy wrote:They were still kicking arse live. I was well impressed when I last saw em.
I was there for his last-ever gig
The Modernist wrote:Look after yourself John and play 'Psycho Mafia' for me. x
The first Fall song I really loved!
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Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Darkness_Fish wrote:I've probably been as negative as anyone around here about The Fall, and Mark E Smith in particular, but it does feel like a passing of an era as much as the passing of a man. Just feels like the time of genuine indie mavericks has gone with him, there's no room anywhere near the indie mainstream for someone like him anymore.
Good post. Think that's how i feel about his passing.
I had drinks with him in Edinburgh a few times when he lived in here. Funny and clever if delusional guy. Nothing was ever Mark's fault
Played table tennis with Tommy Crooks recently. Tommy was the guitar player in the line up when there was the famous onstage fall out in New York and Mark ended up getting arrested. It ended badly but Tommy is still proud to have been in The Fall with Mark.
Following that meeting I have been rereading the MES book "Renegade". A very funny and massively entertaining read, humour and grumpiness mixed together in an addictive cocktail as he was in life. RIP MES
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OCT wrote:Goat Boy wrote:They were still kicking arse live. I was well impressed when I last saw em.
I was there for his last-ever gig
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Never been a big fan, but I have grown to appreciate some stuff a great deal thanks to the many people (including several here) steering me toward specific parts of his (as he is the only constant) rather unwieldy discography.
But I do sort of feel a kinship with what D_Fish says above. I would say his 'like' will not come again but that feels like an understatement - he was one of the few people in our recent history that you really could say was 'one of a kind.'
And this is the way I'd like to remember him. Lots of death-defying going on in that group. I wouldn't have put my money on him to be the first to go. Too hard-headed to let anything beat him, not even death.
RIP won't cut it - he never did anything peacefully. But maybe we can take some comfort in the fact that, if he had it to do all over again, I doubt he would've changed a thing.
But I do sort of feel a kinship with what D_Fish says above. I would say his 'like' will not come again but that feels like an understatement - he was one of the few people in our recent history that you really could say was 'one of a kind.'
And this is the way I'd like to remember him. Lots of death-defying going on in that group. I wouldn't have put my money on him to be the first to go. Too hard-headed to let anything beat him, not even death.
RIP won't cut it - he never did anything peacefully. But maybe we can take some comfort in the fact that, if he had it to do all over again, I doubt he would've changed a thing.
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