My granny played bongos for this band.

@dogchaser520

4 жыл бұрын

And what did they think of that? "Oi geezer get out the way, we're trying to hit the norf can't ya see I'M TOTALLY WIRED"

@thomashassall96

4 жыл бұрын

dogchaser520 👌

@tommyapocalypse6096

4 жыл бұрын

Mine was their roadie..!

@FFM0594

4 жыл бұрын

@@dogchaser520 *git aart tha fakkin whiy!

@patboger1339

4 жыл бұрын

For all I know, I might have played in the Fall at some point. So have 80,000 other people

even a 20min version of this would be too short, what a tune, superb, many thanks

I've always loved this song and I've always loved this video, but what I have always loved the most is the fact that the legendary Kid Congo Powers from The Gun Club and The Cramps is completely, randomly, inexplicably dancing around with the band like your drunken dad at a wedding.

@ajw9533

Жыл бұрын

I think he was Marcia Schofield's flatmate at the time.

@pabloisusi6097

5 ай бұрын

He is! I did not notice till I read you. Around this time, he did a great job with The Bad Seeds too.

@harri673

13 күн бұрын

With emphasis on legendary.. awesome.

The Fall sounds so unique,I'm glad my old brother introduced me to them back in the 90s ..great band!

@davefb

2 жыл бұрын

Wonder if your brother also introduced me to them ? Well, whoever it was, thanks to them :)

@MarkSmith-dx3cd

8 ай бұрын

There is nothing like The Fall. nothing in this universe.

Love the dancing towards the camera at the end. Love Brix❤️

I first heard the Fall in the 70s when John Peel started playing their music. Thank you JP.

@maxpoyser1488

22 күн бұрын

And you can still listen to this pile of shit? You need to get out more. The Fall was not a band, it was a drinking club run by a dull bully, who could not sing, surrounded by sycophants who could not play cards let alone a musical instrument.

This was the song that finally got me into The Fall back in the day. Still one of my favourites of the band.

Haven't heard this in well over thirty years, and it just popped into my head, thanks KZread!

@increiblepelotudo

2 жыл бұрын

Got here via some Ripley's believe it or not, reading comments...... Been so long since I've heard this.

@anneliamohara2842

2 жыл бұрын

Classic song ! Love it !

Some Fall fans think they sold out with this tune. I don't myself, think it's one of the jewels in the Fall crown.

@BeggarsArchive

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@mickymac6571

2 жыл бұрын

Great riff on it,

@mikecondy6010

2 жыл бұрын

Some Fall fans are bigger tossers than Mark E Smith was 😉

@forceofamber

Жыл бұрын

The first 10 seconds alone secure it's place as a fucking cold shit classic

@elwyn5150

Жыл бұрын

Personally, I started liking The Fall in the last decade, so I'm too new to be in the old crowd. I just love this song. I saw the Fall twice before Mark E Smith passed away. Both times, I was really impressed by the talent of the musicians. This song showcases how The Fall always had talented musicians. 🤷🏻‍♂

I just discovered this genius for the first time and I felt the same way I did when I first listened to The Smiths.

@68majortom

2 жыл бұрын

that's a mighty statement I too am in love with The Smiths imo the Greatest Band Ever... MCR so much to answer for!✌️

@khambrelgreen

2 жыл бұрын

Manchester forever. In my experience, must be. Much of the music I listen to, enjoy and cherish originates in Manchester.

@andrewholburn3094

2 жыл бұрын

What? Stuffing daffodils (Jonquilles if you are Canadian French or a Fall Fan) up my arse we make me a big fanny?

@68majortom

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewholburn3094 you know fine well he stuck them in his back pockets but if you think that way which you obviously do, what do you stick up yours?

@ennbee2051

Жыл бұрын

Welcome. Now go listen to Hex Enduction Hour!! Actually Dragnet. No Perverted by... No This Nations.. Oh, all of them!

Linda Nolan....hit the north!!!!

I LOVE THE FALL..too young to appreciate then as a child of 73. But 47 years later wow total appreciation. Got many albums now.

I smile every time I hear this fab song. Saw them several times, sadly missed.

Mark E Smith A PURE GENIUS ! This is my favourite track of his & the video brings back memories of life growing up in the North West....

@noyoureafuckintube

3 жыл бұрын

If this is your favourite Fall track I fucking despair.

@jhall5490

3 жыл бұрын

@@noyoureafuckintube what the f*cks your problem, if you have nothing positive to say, say nothing,you just come across a prick !

@PaganPunk

3 жыл бұрын

My Fave track too x

@jhall5490

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaganPunk Your obviously a girl of good taste x

@jasonanders4944

2 жыл бұрын

I agree... but their Kinks cover is a close second for me!

My favourite Fall song. So bloody Northern!

Brix with the dance moves!

Rose to the Doctor: "If you're an alien, how come you sound like you come from the North?" Doctor: "Lots of planets have a North"

A Classic ! Mark E Smith sound lad ! Love from Dublin ☘️☘️

RIP. I think Mark E Smith has literally hit the north now. Way up there...

@pablozewoppa

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew M I love that his relationship to his 'northern-ness' was both celebratory and difficult. But, aside from all that, we won't see his like again.

@clairduffy60

6 жыл бұрын

pablozewoppa Ever. And that's sad. Saw him in nov in Glasgow. Fantastic.

@pablozewoppa

6 жыл бұрын

Clair Duffy Saw him at the last gig at the Hammersmith Palais, 2007. I managed to lean over and shake his hand. Very unusual for MES to be pressing the flesh with the audience? The encore, if you can call it that, was hilarious: MES and a couple of band members saunter back onto the stage. MES growls something into the mic along lines of 'Thanks for allowing us into your security area, we're going back to civilization'. MES leaves the building. Brilliant. A total one-off.

@clairduffy60

6 жыл бұрын

pablozewoppa Well let's 'Hit the North' for old times sake. He shook your hand? Lucky you! He was in a wheelchair for some of that Glasgow gig, but got up a few times to twiddle with the knobs.... He will be so missed. God love the old nutter ...

@justmadeit2

5 жыл бұрын

Remember The Falls classi No Bulbs from 1984, well i have just made a fan video, please check it out here kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWupts6dnrLXlNI.html

Saw this on Vintage TV tonight. Bloody catchy!

Brilliant video, and an even better song. Love the local characters, the bar waiter is a gem !

@doctorcrankyflaps1724

3 жыл бұрын

That neck : )

Fkn hit north🎉 Love you Brix!!!

A true hidden gem of our time.

1988 songs are elite!!!

dance moves go hard

RIP M.E.S. Seeing this performed in The Palace Nightclub, Blackpool one of the most bizarre experiences ever. Thanx for the music x

One of the only 12 "I still have. Very cool song!

A full 3/4 of the time I don't get his references in his songs but he always persuades me of the absolute importance of whatever he's talk-singing. I got to see the Fall only once at the Trocadero in Chinatown in Philadelphia 1993. An absolute original!

This song will always remind me of when I literally hit The North - went to university in Durham! Rest in peace Mark E Smith you crazy genius, and thank you for the great times.

Bloody brilliant song must have listened to it a thousand times.

@ALCH2112

3 жыл бұрын

Here to in NYC- HIT THE NORTH!

@mig23flogger88

3 жыл бұрын

What a sad loser you are .

RIP Mr.Mark Edward Smith.Job done sir.Thanks for sharing your intelligence right to the end.Never be another like ye.

@anjkhar6064

6 жыл бұрын

Job Done - well put.

@ZINCOVIX8754

6 жыл бұрын

Real loss Tobias.That mad, intelligent poet will be missed by all.Have a Fall 2018 buddy.At least we have an immense and fantastic back catalog to delve into .

@ZINCOVIX8754

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Anj.So sad.

@anthonymusto3537

Жыл бұрын

He's dead?

Just brilliant. Since his passing I have listened to nothing else but The Fall. What a body of work we have been left with. Thanks Mark, hope you are sleeping peacefully...no chance!!

@katywwest8042

4 жыл бұрын

Hi please can you help what is the title of the song with lyrics ' I said hello you are messing up the pavements?' Driving me crazy

@rickparker1582

4 жыл бұрын

@@katywwest8042 , I think you mean "And sometimes they say 'Hey Mark you're spoiling all the paintwork'" If so "Paintwork" from This Nation's Saving Grace

@mikespongili8254

4 жыл бұрын

peacefully? no fucking chance. :)

This was my first encounter with The Fall. My Nan had MTV and I would ride 7 miles on my bike, carrying the VCR to record MTV Europe's 120 minutes with Paul King, every sunday.. I'm old, lol!

@aggiep5993

3 жыл бұрын

Omg, I remember MTV Europe. Smashing stuff :)

@aggiep5993

3 жыл бұрын

Shit, I meant to write I remember MTV Europe 120 minutes!

@karstenhammerhansen

3 жыл бұрын

@@PS-kg1sr You’re not wrong, it wasn’t every Sunday

@eightiesmusic1984

10 ай бұрын

I love this song for its genius and also think King made some great music. Is that allowed? I hope so.

@pabloisusi6097

5 ай бұрын

Me too man!!!!!

Desde México escuchado The Fall Descanse en paz Mark E Smith

I discovered this band when I watched the movie Last night in Soho. I wish I would have discovered The Fall years ago because I love jamming to them. The start of Ghost in my house pops into my head at least once a week

This should have been a big hit

@nash3527

Жыл бұрын

not bad at all

the most accesible Fall song. I like the fact it was shot in Blackpool and Brix's funky dance at the end.

What a great single, love it 😍

Great song and great video. Brix is just so fantastic!!

Great song, like the light shining on Birmingham towards the end, we’re midlanders but definitely feel more northern than southern personally.

Great to see this Video in Good Quality' Always hoped there was one somewhere' many thanks for the upload !

RIP MarkESmith Thank you for the music!

Amazing to think that every single person in this video was a member of The Fall at some point.

@gregorstamejcic2355

4 жыл бұрын

And probably most of us watching the video too... And our grannies on bongos!

@iannelson5933

4 жыл бұрын

Even the kids? In that case,truly amazing.Those people drinking in the club too I assume.I never realised that The Fall had so many members,thank you for pointing this out

RIP Mark, will always love your music.

A great song, even has my home town on it. Your passing is sad Mark E Smith. R.I.P.

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I'm in total shock, that Mark lived as long as he did. RIP Mark E Smith, you fucking legend. Xx

@Mr1979flapjack

6 жыл бұрын

You fuckwitt, you’re so right. An unsung hero from the Madchester era.

@heliumpeeling535

3 жыл бұрын

A typical Mark quotation Ha Ha.

@mcn6447

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr1979flapjack he wasnt madchester

@PIERRECLARY

3 жыл бұрын

you can last quite a bit on speed and booze. if you're careful cough.

@redshift8302

2 жыл бұрын

@@PIERRECLARY the How old was he?

Quintessential Fall song. Quintessential Fall video. And Dr Martha. Saw 'em in '98, so I can die happy.

my parents woke me up to see the lights when i was about 5 in 1974, drove me from stoke...it was like magic

@davedennison7386

3 ай бұрын

The nearest we got was sitting on Birkrigg Common, so we could see em across Morecambe Bay....hit the north!!

The music very enthousiastic...go to the North! And you see the pictures. It is a masterwork!

Wonderful land 👊

@iosunemeera2694

2 ай бұрын

❤

Love The Fall!!!

2:45 Brix dancing is something

Class tune, great lyrics by Frank Sidebottom.

@user-kl4bh4lq6r

3 ай бұрын

Frank Sidebottom what A legend he was

I guess, it was my first concert ever. It was in the late 80 s ...maybe 87. In West Berlin in the Metropol. And it was (one of or maybe) the loudest gig I was visiting.🤩🤣

Great stuff...also love 'Australians in Europe'...brilliant....Mark.....a great songwriter

@BeggarsArchive

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

Sadly no longer in session. Thanks for contributing to my youth.

I love The Fall,great influential band..wish we had in Italy bands like them🤍🤍

It never fails to surprise me ,how as I get older my musical pallet develops a hankering for brilliance ,this is a distinctive taste like liver you hate it or love it ,as I get older I get cooler ,It's music that's relevant today and that's the art of geniuses like mark e Smith,

@iantownsend6600

4 жыл бұрын

Fukin awesome this track is only track i have ever heard in 2 years of this band and saw that on mtv.

Fantastic

I was going out for a pint in my local when I found out Mark e smith had passed one of the guest beers was Joseph holts two hoots, in his honour I drank several cheers Mark The North will rise again!

I know The Fall, had a massive following for such a band with so many changes in Members. He was more of a poetic/vocalist. I really liked this and Victoria. 😇 RIP

Released in October 1987 in the UK and still a fine tune from a weak Fall line up.

Great track..👌

Listen this in 2022 Still a very cool track 😎....MES thanks for the Musik 👌👍

I was obsessed with this song

The Fall will live forever x

My favourite fall song from back in the day. Came here to give it a listen when I heard Mark e Smith passed away. Rest in peace

Just read Steve Hanley's description of filming this video in his The Big Midweek (Life Inside The Fall) book, feels like I'm there!

Mark finishes more words with "a" than John Lydon

Love!

Will never forget the time I went to a record fair last year when I’d just turned 17, walked up to the man selling and he looked at my Fall record like I’d made a mistake, said I had good taste. RIP Mark.

@BalvinderSingh-uh3my

4 жыл бұрын

Check out Orbital you might like them.

Love ah this song ah!

R.I.P Mark E Smith......Legend!!

Love this song, it exuberates my passion for North England.

@stephenhall151

4 жыл бұрын

To right

@josevercher8616

4 жыл бұрын

Pues yo la amaba en la discoteca Chocolate y Barraca de Valencia en el 88.👏☝️😎

@JRStephens5005

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@FFM0594

4 жыл бұрын

So you never read the lyrics?

@SpunkmeyerSnr

4 жыл бұрын

@@FFM0594 Well it's not like you can understand the words he sings, is it?

Great video.

how cool is this vid? Brix and Mark; a beautiful creative light and shade.

Released around Autumn 1987 - and still a decent tune during the Brix era. RIP Mark - you're missed.

@visionaerie

4 жыл бұрын

i got no problems with brix smith.....she added some fun to Mark's complexity.

@harrymay2528

4 жыл бұрын

@@visionaerie Me neither but I grew up with the 1981-1983 variety of the Fall and that will never leave me. Brix added a spark and glamour for Perverted By Language and This Nation's Saving Grace but the late eighties (1987-1989) was not so good - commercial Fall period - which only improved with Extricate in 90.

@jameswight7321

11 ай бұрын

@@harrymay2528 I hear u telephone thing

1987 walking up Oxford Rd. A rainy Wednesday night in November. Going to The Ritz....Hit The North !

Saw these in 1987, they were supported by five groups. The happy Mondays were the first support act on

This right here is a brilliant dance machine.

Rest in peace mark , rock & buzz & art holding hands

Great tourism video for Northern England.

RIP Mark E Smith, The Fall were so ahead of their time

@ME-ru4hv

4 жыл бұрын

Turn this into a RIP ahead of their time thread! Trish Keenan RIP Mary Hansen RIP

@GOFFMEISTER

2 жыл бұрын

Outside of time Outside of space The Twilight Zone.

@redlady935

Жыл бұрын

still are

@jimjam8949

Жыл бұрын

They weren't ahead of thier time. They were very much of thier time. They just didn't fit into categories.

Just been Southport this song was on my mind the whole time.

@kevfullo

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, sort of. I went to Ormskirk hospital today, and thought of Ormifkirk, like it is on this map. Skem isn't, though, which I quite understand as Fkemlerfdale would be too weird.

what a sound !

This is probably the best song in the world.

Adorei essa banda The Falo👀🤘

Som bom, Rock bom de escutar.

I've enjoyed listening to it. The music is great, but I do think the present days are really better. We are alive now, for start. At least, that is one good reason. And there are awesome things happening now

fantastic

Cheers Mark.

I bought it in the year it was released. First time watching the video in 2020.

I saw The Fall in Newcastle. He did indeed Hit The North.

great song....shared to Netshows Radio "Program 262" Playlist on youtube

Nice one mark.

So underrated while he was alive (I am also guilty). What amazing music and such a beautiful looking man. XXX

Superb

one person is a southerner

I would love to know the story behind this video. It's great to see all the "extras" having such a great time.

@Jimmy-up2xk

3 жыл бұрын

Was shot in a bingo hall

@randalpmcmurphy1340

2 жыл бұрын

They arrived at midday expecting a couple of old guys at the bar only go find it packed with pensioners enjoying a game of bingo. The compere asked them if they wanted to be in a pop video. Of course they fuckin did 😂. 1-2-3....HIT THE NORTH! 😂

@briancooper9983

2 жыл бұрын

@@randalpmcmurphy1340 Awesome. Part of what's joyfully hilarious about it is that pop culture generally casts old people as the villains who are too square to appreciate "cool new music."