The Fall - Big New Prinz (The Other Side of Midnight, Granada TV, live 1988)

All credit goes to Neil Barker's upload, all I've done is trim off the intro, the outro and the VHS warping on the bottom of the screen to just tidy it up a little. The aim was simply to preserve this brilliant performance in the most presentable manner for both streaming and off-site linking.

[PsychedelicGoo]

Brix Smith looks so iconic here that it's like looking at a moving Andy Warhol print.

[garybridge-kubf]

There will never be another Mark E Smith and the Fall, thank god for youtube and clips like this to keep me going. 😊

[JohnJones-mztc]

Brix is exuding something so compelling its impossible to look away...amazing.

[starmersbarber]

What an immaculate performance. I loved this version of the Fall.

[spritecut]

Brix gave me her heart shaped pluck at the end of a live gig back in the day. I Fell in love! ❤

[greeny]

How you can put so much effort and look so dope into one basic riff is unbelievable. Brix is the epitome of cool and has never been surpassed and I’m no Fall fan really. Posers like PJ Harvey would have killed to be as cold as she was in the Fall. Awesome.

[keironhiggspoet]

I was part of a discussion panel with Brix 2 years ago at a festival I was part of, discussing clothes and punk. she mentioned the green shirt she is wearing here which makes it more special as the quality been improved gives it more flair!

[sandyatkins]

I am across the pond in America. I was introduced to the Fall via college radio (WVVS, Valdosta State, GA.) in the late '80s and was almost immediately hooked. With their releases in that era I just knew they would eventually break big. Great riff driven but sneakily complex songs with excellent musicianship. And a quirky, magnetic leader. But I suppose the world was not ready.

[stephenpowers]

I'm very pleased to say I saw the Kurious Oranj show at Sadler's Wells, with Michael Clark's lot leaping around in wigs, Brix on a big burger, giant french fries falling from the sky, and a game of human table football. I thought it was epic, my then-girlfriend not so much. Love The Fall so much, must have at least one dose a day. Thanks MES, and the 66 (?) others who came and went over the years. Always brilliant to see and hear you.

[andrewknapton]

Heard this from tv 2 days ago on Guy Garvey The Vaults for the first time. Where have i been... can't stop playing this

[merlin]

The clearest quality of this vid I've seen.

[simonhaslam]

Marsha and Brix adding some much needed glamour.

[nobbytart]

As someone who had a bit of a dabble with The Fall back in the day this caught my attention with the Brix thumbnail, she is quite mesmering, good track which helps when you do a quick google on the lyrics

[arthurkettle]

lost count of the number of times ive watched

[BREN-ti]

Loved a pint with Mark, Joseph Holts Bitter. Love you bro

[driferdark]

I didn't know who Brix Smith before I watched this, but damn she's just wow!

[downundertuneage]

Marcia Schofield on keys. OMG 😍Gives Patricia Morrison a run for her money in the eye candy track. MES you crazy genius. Ok, this misses the intro, but who's complaining? Great quality. 👍

[giri.goyo_yt]

LOVE! Thank you, ReleaseTheCanines! Memories of playing this full blast on a cassette mix, cruising in my 67 Mustang down the coast.

[sepsis]

Bought this when it came still in my collection.
Might be a good time to pull it out again.

[MarkOLeary-xe]

Great band, first saw them in Manchester 1983 and then in 1988 at Walthamstow Town Hall, playing this song! MES will always be an absolute legend!