Talk Talk: Hidden jewels
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Topic: Talk Talk: Hidden jewels
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Subject: Talk Talk: Hidden jewels
Date Posted: December 17 2018 at 09:22
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Talk Talk have recorded an absolute masterpiece, Spirit of Eden (1988), and other great albums like The Colour of Spring and Laughing Stock (and Mark Hollis' album). But even in the earlier LP there are some hidden jewels. For example, in It's my Life there are the famous Such a Shame, then Renee but, most of all, the little known Tomorrow Started.... Great great song, atmospheric, languid, melancholic, with an existential spleen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAOdpj7lm4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAOdpj7lm4 What do you think of it? And what are your hidden jewels?
------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 17 2018 at 09:38
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------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: December 17 2018 at 10:35
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I love new wave as much as post-rock so for me the whole Talk Talk journey was a pleasant one. The debut album is excellent in my world :) Don't miss Hollis' solo album. It was basically the next chapter after Talk Talk ended with Laughing Stock. -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: December 18 2018 at 06:10
Wonderul both. I didn't knw It's Getting Late in The Evening ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Polymorphia wrote:Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: December 19 2018 at 06:45
| Radiohead's "How To Disappear Completely" is basically "Tomorrow Started" tribute, including this trumpet arrangement |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 20 2018 at 14:17
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 20 2018 at 14:21
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...and another awesome version of Call In the Night Boy: I think this was even released before the It's My Life album, on the B-side of the (also great) My Foolish Friend. An early sign of thugs to come.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 20 2018 at 14:27
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Harris and Webb could pull off something great without Hollis, too. Actually this album can keep up with Talk Talk's (and anyone's) very best if you ask me.
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: December 20 2018 at 15:45
Thanks for reminding me this great, great concert (last tour  ) - watching right now, boy what a gem !!! |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: December 20 2018 at 17:33
Why O' Rang are not in the list of PA? ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: December 21 2018 at 05:28
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They are, here http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6721" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6721
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: December 21 2018 at 06:38
 ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 16:26
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Thank you ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 17:44
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I'm glad Talk Talk has been getting the love on the Archives. I have always been attracted to their music after I heard the album "It's My Life", and was thrilled when they moved into a more experimental and ambient style as they continued. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 17:50
^Talk Talk are actually considered forerunners of the post rock genre. I guess you could call them proto posties. 
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Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 18:07
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I know its all a matter of opinion and everything, but I have also appreciated the progressive leanings of other bands from the same era like "Tears for Fears" and "Yello". Same thing with some newer bands like "Fleet Foxes", "Animal Collective" and "Grizzly Bear". These are bands just as progressive as "Radiohead", "Super Furry Animals" or "Woven Hand", in my opinion even sometimes more so, and these are also bands I admire and appreciate, but I do also understand that is my opinion, and I also consider anything innovative as being progressive in most cases, so my opinion may also be more lenient than others in some cases. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 18:08
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I'm relistening to Mark Hollis' solo album now. For some reason it had much less airplay in my place (and elsewhere) than the Talk Talk albums. I wasn't so sure whether it keeps the same quality as Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, but it has some striking similarities soundwise - if anything it's even more minimalist and vulnerable. Actually I realise that it's five star material as well. I love this in particular: No idea whose life this is about.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 18:09
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Here’s one of my favorite pre-Spirit tracks. stick around for the guitar solo! ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 18:13
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 18:13
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If the world had only place for, say, 10 songs, I could nominate both "Living in Another World" and "After the Flood" for inclusion. Genius! |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 18:26
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The comment thread for this one has some beautiful and informative stuff. Somebody wrote (already two years ago): "i would like to have a beer with all the people in this comment section". He can count me in. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: March 04 2019 at 06:26
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Re: Hollis' solo album, it took me a couple of listens and the realization that there was not much music like it for it to really sink in. "Inside Looking Out" is especially classic. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: March 05 2019 at 01:56
| I doubt it, but maybe there are some hidden treasures sleeping under Mark Hollis carpets. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 05 2019 at 06:35
I've read somewhere (forgot where though) that Hollis had done some stuff for another soundtrack than the "The Boss" one posted in the RIP thread. The scene for which that was was then not used, so it was never published. I can well imagine that something will still surface. Maybe not much but something, 10 or 20 minutes or so.
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