RIP Mark E Smith

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@SpookyZoo said:
Back in 1992, I was a young 19 yr heavy metal fan working in a post production Studio. Went out one evening with the older work colleagues to a pub and got introduced to this geezer Mark. It was a big deal for all of them and they were flabbergasted that I didn’t know who he was. As far as I was concerned there was just some opinionated old geezer at our table ruining a good night out.

What's your point?

fishgutt

the song i used to tune my guitar up with all them years ago

its an open A at the start and I couldnt afford a tuner back then

seen them once in north wales, brilliant.

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@SpookyZoo said:
Mark. It was a big deal for all of them and they were flabbergasted that I didn’t know who he was.

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You have reminded me of an occasion where my stepson, working in personal security at the time, told his mum and I that he’d been bodyguard at a one off gig to a female singer he described as ‘a nice old lady.’ A little later we discovered this was another Smith....Patti Smith!

SpookyZoo

@SpookyZoo said:
Yeah, sorry post cut early.

Was just recounting a story. My naivety at being in the presence of a semi legend.

Oblique

I saw him in a record/coffee shop in Oxford a couple of years ago. He was being forcably removed by the police for being drunk and disorderly!

Bluepunk

It’s Saturday and time for the football results. A true Blue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42820514

JohnnyGoodyear

@SpookyZoo said:
Back in 1992, I was a young 19 yr heavy metal fan working in a post production Studio. Went out one evening with the older work colleagues to a pub and got introduced to this geezer Mark. It was a big deal for all of them and they were flabbergasted that I didn’t know who he was. As far as I was concerned there was just some opinionated old geezer at our table ruining a good night out.

Shame though. 60 is far too young, and he was obviously well respected with a loyal fan base.

Funny to think he was 34 then, that old geezer...

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@Oblique said:
I saw him in a record/coffee shop in Oxford a couple of years ago. He was being forcably removed by the police for being drunk and disorderly!

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That kind of thing seemed to be what differentiated him from somone like John Lydon or Joe Strummer. They drove their anger into creativity and social comment, whereas MES was professionally obnoxious. And proud of it!

fjcblanco

RIP. Sad 2018.

This month died Dave Holland, long time Judas Priest Drummer (69 jears old). Lugo (Spain).

SpookyZoo

@JohnnyGoodyear said:

@SpookyZoo said:
Back in 1992, I was a young 19 yr heavy metal fan working in a post production Studio. Went out one evening with the older work colleagues to a pub and got introduced to this geezer Mark. It was a big deal for all of them and they were flabbergasted that I didn’t know who he was. As far as I was concerned there was just some opinionated old geezer at our table ruining a good night out.

Shame though. 60 is far too young, and he was obviously well respected with a loyal fan base.

Funny to think he was 34 then, that old geezer...

Yeah, thinking about it again it was actually 1990, I was 17, which did make him nearly twice my age at that time.

He WAS very charismatic, just my young bones couldn’t appreciate it back then.

I worked for a post production studio that did all the BEGGARS BANQUET and 4AD stuff, so I made tea for a lot of the artists on those labels.

enc

@fishgutt said:
the song i used to tune my guitar up with all them years ago

its an open A at the start and I couldnt afford a tuner back then

seen them once in north wales, brilliant.

The clip works so well the song I thought it was Diana Dors in the opening shot ..before realising its actually Divine

u0421793

Too soon?

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