I first became aware of Talk Talk as a kid when watching chart shows on TV, this was the early eighties and me being the eight year old Dutch kid, didn't speak a word of English yet. But it was the sheer tone of their songs which told me more than any translation of the lyrics would have told me. Because although Mark greets us by saying "Hello, how are you?" in the beginning of the video for "such a shame" and is seen laughing and grinning throughout, even back then I KNEW this was NOT a happy song. It took me a full decade before I not only understood what that song was saying but I also was living through what that song was saying. Also and I'm pretty sure everybody agrees with me on this: I urge everybody to seek out Mark Hollis' solo album, it's basically the lost Talk Talk album. The album follows the "Laughing stock" experimental jazz template but is altogether far less dark and claustrophobic. It was more a sigh of relieve, a beautiful sunset. Hollis didn't want to do a tour to support the album, stating that "It shouldn't be played live."
1 - I Believe In You 2 - After The Flood 3 - April 5Th 4 - New Grass 5 - Time It's Time 6 - It's My Life 7 - The Rainbow 8 - Life's What You Make It 9 - Tomorrow Started 10 - Wealth
I must say that currently I am more shocked than saddened about the news of Mark Hollis death, especially because he isn´t being mentioned by the many thousands that should do it in the music Industry. Not even the synth pop family, the Depeche Modes, or the Portisheads and whatnot. If we were talking about an elite of people that listened to some sort of twisted, incomprehensive twisted sounds, but TALK TALK was the thing in the 80´s. It touched so may hearts and souls over the years. I must say this is "such a shame"
Mark Hollis was before his time, Radiohead got all the attention years later but Hollis did all of it so, so long before that! No mention sadly of his exquisite solo album "Mark Hollis" check out "A Life (1895 - 1915)". Every nuance, every sound and space (I hesitate to say) but it is perfect!! I guess eventually, like all true greats he will be recognised but sadly after he is gone. Like many others my personal favourite is "I believe in You", such moving and pure beauty in this wonderful piece. He took us to the core, the essence of what contemporary music can be and left us to simply marvel at it and pick things up from there.....glad to have been on the planet at the same time as this marvellous man
My favourite song is "Such a Shame." Deep46Blue does a great fan vid for this song: th-cam.com/video/K3njuV3tj4A/w-d-xo.html. And no one should cover "Its My Life."
I know this list is all about sales and streams, but I prefer songs like Tomorrow Started, John Cope, It's Getting Late In the Evening and other B sides.
1. It's Getting Late in the Evening 2. Such a Shame 3. A Life (1895-1915) 4. The Rainbow/Eden/Desire 5. Have you Heard the News 6. Time It's Time 7. Hate 8. The Party's Over 9. John Cope 10. Taphead Other honorary mentions: Life's What you Make It, Happiness is Easy, The Gift, Runeii, Candy, Renee. It's hard to compile a list without leaving something off or simply listing every song they recorded.
1. New Grass (Laughing Stock ) 2. After the Flood (Laughing Stock) 3. The Colour of Spring (Mark Hollis ) 4. April 5th (The Colour of Spring) 5. I Believe in You (Spirit of Eden) 6. Eden (Spirit of Eden 7. Taphead (Laughing S)tock ) 8. Inside Looking Out (Mark Hollis ) 9. Myrrhman (Laughing Stock ) 10. Westward Bound (Mark Hollis)
Can't believe Mark has gone, deverstatingly sad!! I'm just so glad I saw them live in 1982 on what was their first ever headlining tour following the success of their debut album!! My Talk Talk top 5 would be: 1. Candy. 2. Call In The Night Boy. 3. Talk Talk. 4. Have You Heard The News? 5. It's My Life. RIP Mark, it's absolutely criminal that you never got the credit or the level of fame that your amazing talent fully deserved!! Yet people like Just in the beaver, One erection, Ed cure for insomnia Sheeran and Adele: (you should get a free razor blade when you buy one of her CD's so you can end your life properly from the depressing music) do!! My, What a crazy mixed up world we live in, full of people who's musical taste is in their backsides!!
1. Living In Another World 2. New Grass 3. I Believe In You 4. After The Flood 5. Ascension Day 6. The Rainbow 7. Renee 8. Dum Dum Girl 9. Today 10. For What It’s Worth
I cannot say, I love them all, but I have a thing for Such A Shame and It's My Life, of course, but also for After The Flood, John Cope, Desire, it is so hard to choose...
What a truly amazing band that will transcend any decade time and space and Mark Hollis will be sadly missed. I have never heard music like it before or after 1998 and never will again it just the magic tones of Hollis that has you transfixed from the first note. I have to say that I love all the albums but Such a Shame, Talk Talk, My Foolish Friend,Today Happiness is Easy,life is what you make it, it's my life and The party over are just some of the amazing classics that make the 80's so great. Without Talk Talk in our lifes we wouldn't have music so diverse as it is and my life wouldn't be a rich as it is for having them in it. You can turn to there music for what ever mood your in and go and have a listen as it will change your life for the good.
Steven Wilson expressed that he really wanted to do a remix of the "Colour of spring" album since that to him was the album which opened his eyes to what complexity in music could be like. He got in touch with Hollis who replied with two words: Not Interested. No matter what credentials Wilson brought to the table, Hollis wouldn't let him come near to his vision of that record, which Wilson says he totally understands and respects.
If you listen to No-Man - Only Rain th-cam.com/video/Jv-VgjIz0CM/w-d-xo.html You hear Talk talk there.. or even Trembling Blue Stars - Fragile Direct pinch of Talk talk... th-cam.com/video/s79dt5wKtdg/w-d-xo.html
1. I don't believe in you 2. It's my life 3. Life's what you make it 4. Why is it so hard? 5. Happiness is easy 6. Time it's time 7. Living in another world 8. Such a shame 9. Talk talk 10. The rainbow
1. Tomorrow Started (Demo version) 2. Eden 3. New Grass 4. Today (demo version w/ Magic Moment part) 5. I don’t believe in you 6. It’s my life 7. Candy 8. Ascension Day 9. Renee (demo version) 10. The Rainbow 🌈 11. The party’s over 💙
Such a shame My foolish friend I believe in you Renee Today Living in another world The party’s over Still a criminally underrated band both on their albums and in their live performances. Mark Hollis and the boys is like Robert Smith and The Cure; they sound better live, nowhere in the venue was a bad seat and they never hit a wrong note. They couldn’t sound bad if they tried. Extremely rare for bands of any generation. I did have to fight some Gen Zika kid who told me that Gwen Stefani wrote It’s my life and Talk Talk covered it. They were aggressive about it. They thought that they were going to school a crusty Gen X Synthbaby and Elder Goth on 80s New Romantic bands. They had to cry in their safe space when I was done with them. I don’t tolerate musical ignorance and I will gate keep what is mine. I showed them Live in Dortmund 1984 and made them cry. I asked them which is the bigger number 1984 or 2009? I don’t care to remember when that trash was vomited onto the airwaves. After rapid firing the question of which is greater than or less than and bo,barding them with as many clips of TT performing it’s my life, they finally got it through their heads. If you want to fight me over cover version vs the original, you better know what you’re talking about. I’m autistic, an absolute trainspotter and music, especially new wave 80s is something I fiercely protect. There is no excuse for being musically ignorant. Not being born then is no excuse. I have a near encyclopedic knowledge of that decade. I can name you the band, the album title, the year it was released, what side of the album the track was on and the songs that preceded and followed the track. If any at all. To say I laid absolut waste to this kid is putting it mildly. I even guessed their mum’s name ( it was crystal ) and told them I would literally fight their mum in the school parking lot to prove my absolute dominance. The last bit is a joke, but push comes to shove, I will go toe to toe. Music is so incredibly important, to ignore its history and the original creators is insulting to the art form. You don’t need to be a trainspotter, but if the song you’re hearing sounds too good, there’s a very good chance it’s a cover version. Gen Zika trying to claim Running up that hill as their song because stupid tv show. No. You don’t own running up that hill. Gen X does. If you can’t remember the awe you felt as you watched the music video for the first time and obsessively waited for it to come on radio so you could tape it or rewinding the tape over and over to hear Kate sing "So much hate for the ones we love, tell me we both matter, don’t we?" and feeling like it was written just for your 6 year old ears alone. Felt it nestle into a spot in your heart that you knew was forever changed because of it. The magic of discovering YOUR very first song. I don’t think people think of that. Of the deep importance those artists played in our lives, so naturally you want to know what moved them! Who did they listen to? What was their first song? As I lose more of the voices of a youth that I was so sure would end at 12,the more fiercely I protect those artists that literally kept my irreparably broken heart beating for one more day. There is no doubt that I would not be here if I never heard Today at age 7 or Renee. Or mirror man. A voice so pure and distinctly his own, that I would know it anywhere. I still struggle when I realize there will be no reunion. No chance to hear that voice in person. I want to freeze him in time, so I never lose the feelings I felt the first time I heard his voice. This post is too long. It’s 6 minutes to 4 in the morning and I’m on a tangent. Thank you, Mark, for every note that wasn’t played. For the space between your words. I can’t imagine who I might have turned into without your music. Probably someone less prone to rambling tangents at 3:58 in the morning.
1. Time It's Time 2. After the Flood 3. I Believe in You 4. Tomorrow Started 5. The Rainbow 6. Ascension Day 7. Mirror Man 8. Life's What You Make It 9. The Last Time 10. Hate
The highest position in the UK music charts was not TODAY, but IT´S MY LIFE ´90. My top 10 is: 1.time it´s time 2. living in another world 3. i don´t believe in you 4.another word 5.such a shame 6.renee 7.crying in the rain (hollis only) 8. My Foolish Friend "(Extended Version) 9.Pictures of Bernadette 10.Strike Up the Band.
Concur.....but you may ask anyway why the entire top 10 does not only exist of their last 2 records since they are just simply masterpieces. Anything before comes just second by default.
1. Tomorrow's Started 2. Living In Another World 3. Such A Shame 4. Life's What You Make It 5. Renee 6. I Don't Believe In You 7. Candy 8. It's My Life 9. Desire 10. It's You
With the disclaimer that these can change from day to day and mood to mood: 10. Runeii (Laughing Stock) 9. I Don't Believe In You (Colour Of Spring) 8. The Party's Over (The Party's Over) 7. Tomorrow Started (It's My Life) 6. Life's What You Make It (Colour Of Spring) 5. Desire (Spirit of Eden) 4. I Believe In You (Spirit Of Eden) 3. Such a Shame (It's My Life) 2. It's My Life (It's My Life) 1. Time It's Time (Colour Of Spring)
10 Honorable Mentions It's So Serious The Party's Over Another Word Dum Dum Girl It's My Life Tomorrow Started The Last Time Give It Up Time It's Time Wealth Top 10 Talk Talk Songs 10. Happiness Is Easy 9. I Believe In You 8. Life's What You Make It 7. Talk Talk 6. It's You 5. My Foolish Friend 4. Living In Another World 3. Does Caroline Know 2. Such A Shame 1. Today
My Top: Talk Talk The Party's Over Such a Shame It's My Life My Foolish Friend Happiness Is Easy I Don't Believe in You Life's What You Make It Give It Up The Rainbow Eden John Cope
I am so sad & upset to have heard news of mark’s passing just now. He was far too young ! RIP Mark and thanks for leaving such a timeless, beautiful musical legacy for future generations to discover and appreciate. A true, and truly unique, genius.
Amazing, unique, wonderful music, charisma and performance! Great loss, hard to reconcile, will always be remembered, magical music!Amazing, unique, wonderful music, charisma and performance! Great loss, hard to reconcile, will always be remembered, magical music!
Favourite ever? For me, i'm going with "Living in another world" after much thought, although I think they never put a foot wrong. i was in a long relationship that broke down years ago, and I think this song's lyrics just sum up the lot. Love you, Mark Hollis, you were a total one-off.
At last. A true fan. I wonder how many people here make lists based on what the so called critics think. Most of those drongos wrote off the early stuff.
I Believe In You brought me to the band, just a few months ago. I did a deep dive after hearing that haunting melody and amazing instrumentation, and it was - and still is - the most rewarding musical journey I think I've ever had. So, my top three... 1. I Believe In You (A literal MASTERPIECE) 2. Eden (Spirit of Eden really is the best) 3. Such a Shame (I can't get that refrain out of my head... lol)
So if you say that their work became better and better and their earlier work were to some extent a compromise, then it is a shame to see that the usual suspects are in your top 10.
An excellent look back on a band that was in a class of its own. The only other band I can think of in the 1980's that took on a similar musical journey was the band Japan 5. Renee' 4. It's Getting Late In The Evening 3. Eden 2. Time It's Time 1. After The Flood
1. It's My Life 2. Tomorrow Started 3. Renee 4. April 5th 5. Give It Up 6. The Party's Over 7. Time It's Time 8. Why Is It So Hard? 9. Living In Another World 10. Does Caroline Know?
In the late 80s/early 90s while I was working on my dissertation, I'd work through the night with Talk Talk on. I've heard every album 100s of times. Thanks for the video and the fond memories of a simpler time.
One of the most innovative and melodic sounding New Wave Rock groups from the 80s. Here are my 10 favorites: Time Its Time / Candy / I Don't Believe In You / Dum Dum Girl / Tomorrow Started / Renee / Have You Heard the News / Give It Up / Does Caroline Know / The Party's Over.
Favorite band of my life. Transcendent. They reconfigured my brain with Laughing Stock. Top Ten songs by Talk Talk sounds like a fun exercise, I'll give it a shot: 1. Ascension Day 2. After The Flood 3. Dum Dum Girl 4. Spirit Of Eden - side one (you can't separate the songs, you just can't) 5. Runeii 6. Such A Shame (Montreux Live Version) 7. Give It Up 8. New Grass 9. I Believe In You 10. Talk Talk (Montreux Live Version) Congratulations, you have unlocked a bonus feature! Top Talk Talk song not by Talk Talk! Traffic - Many A Mile To Freedom
1. For Whats Its Worth 2. Does Caroline Know (LIVE London 1986) 3.. Time Its Time 4. Ascension Day 5. Runeii 6. I Believe In You 7.Why Is It So Hard 8. Today 9. My Foolish Friend 10.Its My Life
1- Such a shame 2- I don't believe in you 3- Reneé 4- My Foolish Friend 5- Life's What You Make It 6- It's You 7- I Believe In You 8- Give It Up 9- Desire 10- After The Flood 11- It's My Life 12- Time is Time 13- Pictures of Bernardette 14- John Cope 15- Have You Heard The News ...and the rest of the songs. Thanks Talk Talk!!! RIP Mark...
1/ I Believe in You 2/ Happiness Is Easy 3/ Give It Up 4/ Time It's Time 5/ April 5th 6/ I don't Believe in you 7/My Foolish Friend. Live at Montreux 8/ Living In another world 9/ Why is it so hard 10/ Such a Shame
1 I believe in you 2 John Cope 3.its my life 4.life is what you make it 5.After the flood 6.living in another world 7.mirror man 8.the rainbow 9.i don’t believe in you 10. Talk Talk
I was lucky enough to get them first time round, as it were. So I heard, "It's getting late in the evening" as the B side to the vinyl single of 'Life's what you make it" when it was originally released. It's so beautiful, so very, very magical. All I could think was, "What a vocal melody, what nuance, what a sophisticated arrangement." It's a very sad song, but the kind of sadness you enjoy listening to. A fucking 'b' side too! _No-one will hear this. It will go ignored._ At the time I didn't think of retrospectives or compilations featuring long-forgotten 'b' sides etc. He was a genius and I miss him already.
1. Happiness Is Easy 2. It's Getting Late In The Evening 3. I Believe In You 4. Give It Up 5. John Cope 6. Living In Another World 7. Desire 8. After The Flood 9. It's My Life 10. Life's What You Make It.... RIP Mark
Don't think there was a "change". Call In the Night Boys" (piano) was released about 2 years before The Colour of Spring. Hollis was doing the non commercial stuff long before Eden.
1. Why it's so hard (remixes album), 2. It's you, 3. Talk Talk, 4. Such a shame, 5. Today, 6. Living in another world, 7. It's my life, 8. My foolish friend, 9. Life's what you make it, 10. Tomorrow started.
Thank You for posting this - I was just in the process of re-visiting Talk Talk singles and was devastated to learn from you that Mark Hollis had passed away 💕 I had not realised that Talk Talk had such an extensive catalogue of music which I shall now be exploring thanks to your insight- Bless you Mark for sharing your talent with us 😇💖
They have a lot of good songs I'm 47 and I live the new wave era and talk talk was so new wave! For me my favorites are: 1. It's my life 2. Living in another world 3. Such a shame 4. Talk talk 5. Today 6. Have you heard the news 7. Give it up 8. Life's what you make it 9. For what it's worth 10. Dum Dum Girl RIP MARk HOLLIS... 🎙🎼🎶🎶🎶
With a gun to my head I’d say ‘Happiness is Easy’ - Talk Talk are a bit like Japan. They broke new ground and had no commercial recognition. I’ve had every album and loved every album’s new adventure in sound and composition. RIP Mark Hollis! Can anyone tell me what the other chaps are doing now?
RIP Mark Hollis. I've just uploaded reaction/commentary videos on two Talk Talk deep cuts to my growing channel: Commentary on Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It" (1986) th-cam.com/video/ii4tkTXQ0GI/w-d-xo.html Commentary on Talk Talk - "Have You Heard the News?" (1982) th-cam.com/video/uaktSFRDCao/w-d-xo.html More Talk Talk rubies and sapphires: rateyourmusic.com/list/Zaragon/albums_from_england___t/
Here I am in 2021 falling in Love with Talk Talk all over again! In 1982 I heard Have You Heard The News on the radio and the haunting quality of that song and already knowing song Talk Talk, I bought The Party's Over. There was a great deal of synthesizer typical of the early 80s but grounded with incredible mood music (too early to call it emo) that made them one of my favs from the 80s. Others were Psych Furs and Tears for Fears. Loved Candy...When next album came out I was so hooked on Living in Another World and Life's What You Make It that I never ventured further. Now, just yesterday 01/17/21) I decided to delve into the internet aspect of Talk Talk and...well I'm still here! I have yet to hear Renee or Eden.. but as of right now: 1) Tomorrow Started 2)live Does Caroline Know? 3)Candy 4)Such a Shame 5)Life's What You Make It 6) Living in Another World (esp harmonica) 7)The Party's Over 8)Have You Heard the News 9)It's My Life 10)My Foolish Friend Thank you for this great video and get back to me to organize an effort for posthumous rock and roll Hall of Fame.
Yeah he was from another world. I tried to explain to my grandson what it was like to listen to a persons music for 35 years the relationship that develops between them and the listener. I finally gave up trying to explain it all and ended up telling him that he will just have to wait 35 years to understand.
1 . After the Flood 2 . Does Caroline Know 3 . New Grass 4 . Inheritance 5 . Mirror Man 6 . The Rainbow 7 . Such a Shame 8 . Living in Another World 9 . Life's What you Make it 10 . It's My Life
1. Renee 2. Tomorrow Started 3. Living in Another World 4. Call in the night boy 5. April 5th 6. Such a Shame(Montreux live) 7. Have you heard the news 8. Without you 9. For What It's Worth 10. New Grass From Mark: 1.Crying in the rain 2. A New Jerusalem 3. A Life (1895-1915)
1. Tomorrow Started (live version). 2. Life's What You Make It 3. Renee The amazing thing is how they made electronic synth music soulful rather than antiseptic. They should be in the same conversation as Depeche Mode.
Brilliant. I like your choices.John Cope and It's Getting Late In the Evening aren't bad either . Can't stand all the Jonny Come Latelies writing off the first two albums.
Oh wow!! I clicked bc i thought you had your own list John but nah I have quite a few but I am the type of person who'll hum it but Not know the name of songs cept Its MY Life🥰😍 RIP Mark & thank you for the awesome tunes you left us to hear until the end of time & pass it on to next generation, say Hello me mum🥰🥰🥰🥰 Love you always❣❣❣❣❣❣
1. Happiness is easy. 2. its my life. 3. The party's over. 4. Living in another world. 5. Lifes what you make it. 6. Tomorrow Started. 7. Time's its time. 8. I believe in you. 9. Today. 10. Without you.
Any list without "I Believe in You" is outright invalid. Absurds like that are what you get when the criteria is 'chart position'. Sigh. Anyway: 1. It's You 2. I Believe in You 3. Such a Shame 4. Talk Talk 5. Desire 6. Inheritance 7. Again, A Game, Again... 8. Eden 9. The Rainbow 10. Living in Another World
Here goes ... 1 Living in another world.2. Life’s what you make it.3. Tomorrow Started.4. Mirror Man/Does Caroline know. 5 I Don’t believe in you. 6.Renee 7.Candy 8 It’s getting late in the evening. 9 pictures of Bernadette. 10. For what it’s worth. 👍
My top 2 is : it's my life and such a shame.. I didn't know about the other songs in the list so is such a shame..Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴 south America...
Thank you for your video on this underrated yet amazing band led by Mark Hollis. "Such a shame" this VERY talented human being has past away all too early. I like listening to S a S but two that make my hairs on my neck stand up are …….Tomorrow started and Renee. masterpieces.
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I first became aware of Talk Talk as a kid when watching chart shows on TV, this was the early eighties and me being the eight year old Dutch kid, didn't speak a word of English yet. But it was the sheer tone of their songs which told me more than any translation of the lyrics would have told me.
Because although Mark greets us by saying "Hello, how are you?" in the beginning of the video for "such a shame" and is seen laughing and grinning throughout, even back then I KNEW this was NOT a happy song. It took me a full decade before I not only understood what that song was saying but I also was living through what that song was saying.
Also and I'm pretty sure everybody agrees with me on this: I urge everybody to seek out Mark Hollis' solo album, it's basically the lost Talk Talk album. The album follows the "Laughing stock" experimental jazz template but is altogether far less dark and claustrophobic. It was more a sigh of relieve, a beautiful sunset. Hollis didn't want to do a tour to support the album, stating that "It shouldn't be played live."
1 - I Believe In You
2 - After The Flood
3 - April 5Th
4 - New Grass
5 - Time It's Time
6 - It's My Life
7 - The Rainbow
8 - Life's What You Make It
9 - Tomorrow Started
10 - Wealth
I must say that currently I am more shocked than saddened about the news of Mark Hollis death, especially because he isn´t being mentioned by the many thousands that should do it in the music Industry. Not even the synth pop family, the Depeche Modes, or the Portisheads and whatnot. If we were talking about an elite of people that listened to some sort of twisted, incomprehensive twisted sounds, but TALK TALK was the thing in the 80´s. It touched so may hearts and souls over the years. I must say this is "such a shame"
Mark Hollis was before his time, Radiohead got all the attention years later but Hollis did all of it so, so long before that! No mention sadly of his exquisite solo album "Mark Hollis" check out "A Life (1895 - 1915)". Every nuance, every sound and space (I hesitate to say) but it is perfect!! I guess eventually, like all true greats he will be recognised but sadly after he is gone. Like many others my personal favourite is "I believe in You", such moving and pure beauty in this wonderful piece. He took us to the core, the essence of what contemporary music can be and left us to simply marvel at it and pick things up from there.....glad to have been on the planet at the same time as this marvellous man
Best all time and my favourite" Such a shame"
My favourite song is "Such a Shame." Deep46Blue does a great fan vid for this song: th-cam.com/video/K3njuV3tj4A/w-d-xo.html. And no one should cover "Its My Life."
That’s a tough call!
I know this list is all about sales and streams, but I prefer songs like Tomorrow Started, John Cope, It's Getting Late In the Evening and other B sides.
What an amazing band...so ahead of their time...Hollis was a genius...
Chart positions? Like Talk Talk / Mark Hollis ever cared about that.
True. But it paid the bills.
Mark Hollis was a visionary, beautiful voice and dedicated professional. I hope his two sons are well and appreciate their dad's genius.
1. It's Getting Late in the Evening
2. Such a Shame
3. A Life (1895-1915)
4. The Rainbow/Eden/Desire
5. Have you Heard the News
6. Time It's Time
7. Hate
8. The Party's Over
9. John Cope
10. Taphead
Other honorary mentions: Life's What you Make It, Happiness is Easy, The Gift, Runeii, Candy, Renee. It's hard to compile a list without leaving something off or simply listing every song they recorded.
Promising you have A life 1895-1915 on 3.
Obviously one of the most beautiful songs, Mark ever produced.
1. New Grass (Laughing Stock
)
2. After the Flood (Laughing Stock)
3. The Colour of Spring (Mark Hollis
)
4. April 5th (The Colour of Spring)
5. I Believe in You (Spirit of Eden)
6. Eden (Spirit of Eden
7. Taphead (Laughing S)tock
)
8. Inside Looking Out (Mark Hollis
)
9. Myrrhman (Laughing Stock
)
10. Westward Bound (Mark Hollis)
Finally somebody, who appreciate the real pure authentic beautiful music Talk Talk and Mark Hollis made in their later years.
Thank you!
New Grass is my number #1 also.
Can't believe Mark has gone, deverstatingly sad!!
I'm just so glad I saw them live in 1982 on what was their first ever headlining tour following the success of their debut album!!
My Talk Talk top 5 would be:
1. Candy. 2. Call In The Night Boy. 3. Talk Talk. 4. Have You Heard The News? 5. It's My Life.
RIP Mark, it's absolutely criminal that you never got the credit or the level of fame that your amazing talent fully deserved!!
Yet people like Just in the beaver, One erection, Ed cure for insomnia Sheeran
and Adele: (you should get a free razor blade when you buy one of her CD's so you can end your life properly from the depressing music) do!!
My, What a crazy mixed up world we live in, full of people who's musical taste is in their backsides!!
All songs from Talk Talk are mastepieces. It's hard to make a top 10.
1. Living In Another World
2. New Grass
3. I Believe In You
4. After The Flood
5. Ascension Day
6. The Rainbow
7. Renee
8. Dum Dum Girl
9. Today
10. For What It’s Worth
Talk Talk Was the best in my eighties years...
I cannot say, I love them all, but I have a thing for Such A Shame and It's My Life, of course, but also for After The Flood, John Cope, Desire, it is so hard to choose...
Only five albums (plus Mark's solo album), so many unbelievable songs. Impossible to do a top 10...but great video anyway!
"It a feeling that we share (it's a shame ) goes to number one for me , its how l feel now Mark has gone RIP musical genius.
What a truly amazing band that will transcend any decade time and space and Mark Hollis will be sadly missed. I have never heard music like it before or after 1998 and never will again it just the magic tones of Hollis that has you transfixed from the first note. I have to say that I love all the albums but Such a Shame, Talk Talk, My Foolish Friend,Today Happiness is Easy,life is what you make it, it's my life and The party over are just some of the amazing classics that make the 80's so great. Without Talk Talk in our lifes we wouldn't have music so diverse as it is and my life wouldn't be a rich as it is for having them in it. You can turn to there music for what ever mood your in and go and have a listen as it will change your life for the good.
Steven Wilson expressed that he really wanted to do a remix of the "Colour of spring" album since that to him was the album which opened his eyes to what complexity in music could be like.
He got in touch with Hollis who replied with two words: Not Interested.
No matter what credentials Wilson brought to the table, Hollis wouldn't let him come near to his vision of that record, which Wilson says he totally understands and respects.
If you listen to No-Man - Only Rain th-cam.com/video/Jv-VgjIz0CM/w-d-xo.html
You hear Talk talk there..
or even Trembling Blue Stars - Fragile
Direct pinch of Talk talk... th-cam.com/video/s79dt5wKtdg/w-d-xo.html
1/ I believe in you
2/ such a shame
3/ it's my life
4/ rainbow
5/ life's what you make it
1) Living in Another World
2) my Foolish Friend
3) it’s a shame
4) it’s my life
5) life’s what you make it
1. I don't believe in you
2. It's my life
3. Life's what you make it
4. Why is it so hard?
5. Happiness is easy
6. Time it's time
7. Living in another world
8. Such a shame
9. Talk talk
10. The rainbow
1. I Believe in you
2. Tomorrow Started
3. Desire
4. Living on another world
5. It's my life
April 5th .....ethereal genius .
1. Tomorrow Started (Demo version)
2. Eden
3. New Grass
4. Today (demo version w/ Magic Moment part)
5. I don’t believe in you
6. It’s my life
7. Candy
8. Ascension Day
9. Renee (demo version)
10. The Rainbow 🌈
11. The party’s over 💙
1. It's Getting Late in the Evening
2. The Rainbow
3. I Believe in You
4. Happiness is Easy
5. After the Flood
it seems you like "Spirit of eden" more than others albums
Absolutely my opinion
Just wrote a post about "It's getting late..." being forgotten. It's my #1 too.
Such a shame
My foolish friend
I believe in you
Renee
Today
Living in another world
The party’s over
Still a criminally underrated band both on their albums and in their live performances. Mark Hollis and the boys is like Robert Smith and The Cure; they sound better live, nowhere in the venue was a bad seat and they never hit a wrong note. They couldn’t sound bad if they tried. Extremely rare for bands of any generation.
I did have to fight some Gen Zika kid who told me that Gwen Stefani wrote It’s my life and Talk Talk covered it. They were aggressive about it. They thought that they were going to school a crusty Gen X Synthbaby and Elder Goth on 80s New Romantic bands. They had to cry in their safe space when I was done with them. I don’t tolerate musical ignorance and I will gate keep what is mine. I showed them Live in Dortmund 1984 and made them cry. I asked them which is the bigger number 1984 or 2009? I don’t care to remember when that trash was vomited onto the airwaves. After rapid firing the question of which is greater than or less than and bo,barding them with as many clips of TT performing it’s my life, they finally got it through their heads. If you want to fight me over cover version vs the original, you better know what you’re talking about. I’m autistic, an absolute trainspotter and music, especially new wave 80s is something I fiercely protect. There is no excuse for being musically ignorant. Not being born then is no excuse. I have a near encyclopedic knowledge of that decade. I can name you the band, the album title, the year it was released, what side of the album the track was on and the songs that preceded and followed the track. If any at all.
To say I laid absolut waste to this kid is putting it mildly. I even guessed their mum’s name ( it was crystal ) and told them I would literally fight their mum in the school parking lot to prove my absolute dominance. The last bit is a joke, but push comes to shove, I will go toe to toe.
Music is so incredibly important, to ignore its history and the original creators is insulting to the art form. You don’t need to be a trainspotter, but if the song you’re hearing sounds too good, there’s a very good chance it’s a cover version. Gen Zika trying to claim Running up that hill as their song because stupid tv show. No. You don’t own running up that hill. Gen X does. If you can’t remember the awe you felt as you watched the music video for the first time and obsessively waited for it to come on radio so you could tape it or rewinding the tape over and over to hear Kate sing "So much hate for the ones we love, tell me we both matter, don’t we?" and feeling like it was written just for your 6 year old ears alone. Felt it nestle into a spot in your heart that you knew was forever changed because of it. The magic of discovering YOUR very first song.
I don’t think people think of that. Of the deep importance those artists played in our lives, so naturally you want to know what moved them! Who did they listen to? What was their first song? As I lose more of the voices of a youth that I was so sure would end at 12,the more fiercely I protect those artists that literally kept my irreparably broken heart beating for one more day. There is no doubt that I would not be here if I never heard Today at age 7 or Renee. Or mirror man. A voice so pure and distinctly his own, that I would know it anywhere.
I still struggle when I realize there will be no reunion. No chance to hear that voice in person. I want to freeze him in time, so I never lose the feelings I felt the first time I heard his voice.
This post is too long. It’s 6 minutes to 4 in the morning and I’m on a tangent. Thank you, Mark, for every note that wasn’t played. For the space between your words. I can’t imagine who I might have turned into without your music. Probably someone less prone to rambling tangents at 3:58 in the morning.
1. Time It's Time
2. After the Flood
3. I Believe in You
4. Tomorrow Started
5. The Rainbow
6. Ascension Day
7. Mirror Man
8. Life's What You Make It
9. The Last Time
10. Hate
The highest position in the UK music charts was not TODAY, but IT´S MY LIFE ´90.
My top 10 is:
1.time it´s time
2. living in another world
3. i don´t believe in you
4.another word
5.such a shame
6.renee
7.crying in the rain (hollis only)
8.
My Foolish Friend "(Extended Version)
9.Pictures of Bernadette
10.Strike Up the Band.
Not one song from their last two records (which were their best)?
Why has nobody in the comments mentioned "wealth" ? Its an absolute masterpiece and easily one of the best if not the best talk talk song written
Concur.....but you may ask anyway why the entire top 10 does not only exist of their last 2 records since they are just simply masterpieces.
Anything before comes just second by default.
Play New Grass at my funeral, thank you! 🎶
1. Tomorrow's Started
2. Living In Another World
3. Such A Shame
4. Life's What You Make It
5. Renee
6. I Don't Believe In You
7. Candy
8. It's My Life
9. Desire
10. It's You
Listen to their last 2 albums as well as Mark Hollis' solo record.
You might be surprised to discover something
With the disclaimer that these can change from day to day and mood to mood:
10. Runeii (Laughing Stock)
9. I Don't Believe In You (Colour Of Spring)
8. The Party's Over (The Party's Over)
7. Tomorrow Started (It's My Life)
6. Life's What You Make It (Colour Of Spring)
5. Desire (Spirit of Eden)
4. I Believe In You (Spirit Of Eden)
3. Such a Shame (It's My Life)
2. It's My Life (It's My Life)
1. Time It's Time (Colour Of Spring)
My opening trio:
1. Tomorrow Started
2. I Believe in You
3. After the Flood
I remember having the single of life's what you make it on record single and I would play it over and over again
1: New Grass
2: Renee
3: Life’s What you Make it
4: I believe in you
5: Eden / Taphead…tie
Bonus: Mark Hollis solo - A life (1895-1915)
10 Honorable Mentions
It's So Serious
The Party's Over
Another Word
Dum Dum Girl
It's My Life
Tomorrow Started
The Last Time
Give It Up
Time It's Time
Wealth
Top 10 Talk Talk Songs
10. Happiness Is Easy
9. I Believe In You
8. Life's What You Make It
7. Talk Talk
6. It's You
5. My Foolish Friend
4. Living In Another World
3. Does Caroline Know
2. Such A Shame
1. Today
Only 1 from their later album?
Shame
My Top:
Talk Talk
The Party's Over
Such a Shame
It's My Life
My Foolish Friend
Happiness Is Easy
I Don't Believe in You
Life's What You Make It
Give It Up
The Rainbow
Eden
John Cope
I am so sad & upset to have heard news of mark’s passing just now. He was far too young ! RIP Mark and thanks for leaving such a timeless, beautiful musical legacy for future generations to discover and appreciate. A true, and truly unique, genius.
life's what you make it of course happiness is easy
Amazing, unique, wonderful music, charisma and performance! Great loss, hard to reconcile, will always be remembered, magical music!Amazing, unique, wonderful music, charisma and performance! Great loss, hard to reconcile, will always be remembered, magical music!
Steady on. He was human. Like the rest of us.
Favourite ever? For me, i'm going with "Living in another world" after much thought, although I think they never put a foot wrong.
i was in a long relationship that broke down years ago, and I think this song's lyrics just sum up the lot. Love you, Mark Hollis, you were a total one-off.
1. Candy
2. It's You
3. Such A Shame
4. Mirror Man
5. Today
6. Call in the Night Boy
7. Today
8. Talk Talk
9. The Party's Over
10. Hate
At last. A true fan. I wonder how many people here make lists based on what the so called critics think. Most of those drongos wrote off the early stuff.
I Believe In You brought me to the band, just a few months ago. I did a deep dive after hearing that haunting melody and amazing instrumentation, and it was - and still is - the most rewarding musical journey I think I've ever had.
So, my top three...
1. I Believe In You (A literal MASTERPIECE)
2. Eden (Spirit of Eden really is the best)
3. Such a Shame (I can't get that refrain out of my head... lol)
Have you heard the news
Much talk talk, less music in this video.
So if you say that their work became better and better and their earlier work were to some extent a compromise, then it is a shame to see that the usual suspects are in your top 10.
Well said.
TIME IT'S TIME WAS THE PERFECT SONG! Then Give It Up. Then The Party's Over. All Talk Talk was great!!!!!
An excellent look back on a band that was in a class of its own. The only other band I can think of in the 1980's that took on a similar musical journey was the band Japan
5. Renee' 4. It's Getting Late In The Evening 3. Eden 2. Time It's Time 1. After The Flood
Both bands were totally different but their musical journey has been indeed impressive on a very different level.
1. It's My Life
2. Tomorrow Started
3. Renee
4. April 5th
5. Give It Up
6. The Party's Over
7. Time It's Time
8. Why Is It So Hard?
9. Living In Another World
10. Does Caroline Know?
Renee
Tomorrow Started
For What It's Worth
I Believe in you
.....
In the late 80s/early 90s while I was working on my dissertation, I'd work through the night with Talk Talk on. I've heard every album 100s of times. Thanks for the video and the fond memories of a simpler time.
1. I believe in you
2. April 5th
3. Life´s what you make it
One of the most innovative and melodic sounding New Wave Rock groups from the 80s. Here are my 10 favorites: Time Its Time / Candy / I Don't Believe In You / Dum Dum Girl / Tomorrow Started / Renee / Have You Heard the News / Give It Up / Does Caroline Know / The Party's Over.
Favorite band of my life. Transcendent. They reconfigured my brain with Laughing Stock. Top Ten songs by Talk Talk sounds like a fun exercise, I'll give it a shot:
1. Ascension Day
2. After The Flood
3. Dum Dum Girl
4. Spirit Of Eden - side one (you can't separate the songs, you just can't)
5. Runeii
6. Such A Shame (Montreux Live Version)
7. Give It Up
8. New Grass
9. I Believe In You
10. Talk Talk (Montreux Live Version)
Congratulations, you have unlocked a bonus feature! Top Talk Talk song not by Talk Talk!
Traffic - Many A Mile To Freedom
Side one Spirit of Eden on CD is actually one track.
1. April 5th
2. Such a shame
3. Happiness is easy
1. For Whats Its Worth
2. Does Caroline Know (LIVE London 1986)
3.. Time Its Time
4. Ascension Day
5. Runeii
6. I Believe In You
7.Why Is It So Hard
8. Today
9. My Foolish Friend
10.Its My Life
1- Such a shame
2- I don't believe in you
3- Reneé
4- My Foolish Friend
5- Life's What You Make It
6- It's You
7- I Believe In You
8- Give It Up
9- Desire
10- After The Flood
11- It's My Life
12- Time is Time
13- Pictures of Bernardette
14- John Cope
15- Have You Heard The News
...and the rest of the songs.
Thanks Talk Talk!!!
RIP Mark...
I Believe In You
Give it up ...April 5th .happiness is easy ,such a shame .time is time
1/ I Believe in You
2/ Happiness Is Easy
3/ Give It Up
4/ Time It's Time
5/ April 5th
6/ I don't Believe in you
7/My Foolish Friend. Live at Montreux
8/ Living In another world
9/ Why is it so hard
10/ Such a Shame
1 I believe in you
2 John Cope
3.its my life
4.life is what you make it
5.After the flood
6.living in another world
7.mirror man
8.the rainbow
9.i don’t believe in you
10. Talk Talk
I was lucky enough to get them first time round, as it were. So I heard, "It's getting late in the evening" as the B side to the vinyl single of 'Life's what you make it" when it was originally released. It's so beautiful, so very, very magical. All I could think was, "What a vocal melody, what nuance, what a sophisticated arrangement." It's a very sad song, but the kind of sadness you enjoy listening to. A fucking 'b' side too! _No-one will hear this. It will go ignored._
At the time I didn't think of retrospectives or compilations featuring long-forgotten 'b' sides etc. He was a genius and I miss him already.
1: Taphead
2: It's My Life
3: New Grass
4: Ascension Day
I don't believe in you (1987) .
Mark..... Amur 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Geweldige muziek en was zijn tijd ver vooruit. Pure topklasse!
Mark Hollis, I believe in you xx
A musical genius who never got the recognition he and the band deserved.
Have been a long time fan but I think April 5th is simply superb.
My favourite five.
Tomorrow started.
I don't believe in you.
Renee
Candy
I do believe in you.
So beautiful, so heeartbreaking, so fragile. ♥️♥️
i believe in you...
My Top 4, no order: After the Flood; New Grass; I Believe in You; John Cope.
Gracias Mark por tu musica y tu voz inigualable. Has hecho feliz a muchas personas.
Top 3...
1 Life's what you make it
2 It's my life
3 Such a shame
Does Caroline know (live ) b side of 12 inch I don’t believe in you
1. Happiness Is Easy
2. It's Getting Late In The Evening
3. I Believe In You
4. Give It Up
5. John Cope
6. Living In Another World
7. Desire
8. After The Flood
9. It's My Life
10. Life's What You Make It....
RIP Mark
Has any band changed as quickly as talk talk, I guess the beatles and possibly xtc.
Don't think there was a "change". Call In the Night Boys" (piano) was released about 2 years before The Colour of Spring. Hollis was doing the non commercial stuff long before Eden.
1. Why it's so hard (remixes album), 2. It's you, 3. Talk Talk, 4. Such a shame, 5. Today, 6. Living in another world, 7. It's my life, 8. My foolish friend, 9. Life's what you make it, 10. Tomorrow started.
Thank You for posting this - I was just in the process of re-visiting Talk Talk singles and was devastated to learn from you that Mark Hollis had passed away 💕
I had not realised that Talk Talk had such an extensive catalogue of music which I shall now be exploring thanks to your insight- Bless you Mark for sharing your talent with us 😇💖
They have a lot of good songs I'm 47 and I live the new wave era and talk talk was so new wave! For me my favorites are:
1. It's my life
2. Living in another world
3. Such a shame
4. Talk talk
5. Today
6. Have you heard the news
7. Give it up
8. Life's what you make it
9. For what it's worth
10. Dum Dum Girl
RIP MARk HOLLIS... 🎙🎼🎶🎶🎶
April 5th..is one of most unbelievable songs that a ever heard, astonishing creativity... No more words!
With a gun to my head I’d say ‘Happiness is Easy’ - Talk Talk are a bit like Japan. They broke new ground and had no commercial recognition. I’ve had every album and loved every album’s new adventure in sound and composition. RIP Mark Hollis! Can anyone tell me what the other chaps are doing now?
RIP Mark Hollis. I've just uploaded reaction/commentary videos on two Talk Talk deep cuts to my growing channel:
Commentary on Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It" (1986)
th-cam.com/video/ii4tkTXQ0GI/w-d-xo.html
Commentary on Talk Talk - "Have You Heard the News?" (1982)
th-cam.com/video/uaktSFRDCao/w-d-xo.html
More Talk Talk rubies and sapphires:
rateyourmusic.com/list/Zaragon/albums_from_england___t/
Nice work.
Thanks for this beautiful review. Many compliments from North Italy
Time it's time. One of the few songs to make me cry.
Try A life 1895-1915
SUCH A SHAME..ITS MY LIFE...when i saw the video i went off the charts
Life s what you make it just genious
Patou *genius
Here I am in 2021 falling in Love with Talk Talk all over again! In 1982 I heard Have You Heard The News on the radio and the haunting quality of that song and already knowing song Talk Talk, I bought The Party's Over. There was a great deal of synthesizer typical of the early 80s but grounded with incredible mood music (too early to call it emo) that made them one of my favs from the 80s. Others were Psych Furs and Tears for Fears.
Loved Candy...When next album came out I was so hooked on Living in Another World and Life's What You Make It that I never ventured further. Now, just yesterday 01/17/21) I decided to delve into the internet aspect of Talk Talk and...well I'm still here!
I have yet to hear Renee or Eden.. but as of right now:
1) Tomorrow Started
2)live Does Caroline Know?
3)Candy
4)Such a Shame
5)Life's What You Make It
6) Living in Another World (esp harmonica)
7)The Party's Over
8)Have You Heard the News
9)It's My Life
10)My Foolish Friend
Thank you for this great video and get back to me to organize an effort for posthumous rock and roll Hall of Fame.
Yeah he was from another world. I tried to explain to my grandson what it was like to listen to a persons music for 35 years the relationship that develops between them and the listener. I finally gave up trying to explain it all and ended up telling him that he will just have to wait 35 years to understand.
1
. After the Flood
2
. Does Caroline Know
3
. New Grass
4
. Inheritance
5
. Mirror Man
6
. The Rainbow
7
. Such a Shame
8
. Living in Another World
9
. Life's What you Make it
10
. It's My Life
Il n'y a pas un jour où je ne pleure pas la mort de Mark Hollis.
1. Renee
2. Tomorrow Started
3. Living in Another World
4. Call in the night boy
5. April 5th
6. Such a Shame(Montreux live)
7. Have you heard the news
8. Without you
9. For What It's Worth
10. New Grass
From Mark:
1.Crying in the rain
2. A New Jerusalem
3. A Life (1895-1915)
1. Tomorrow Started (live version).
2. Life's What You Make It
3. Renee
The amazing thing is how they made electronic synth music soulful rather than antiseptic. They should be in the same conversation as Depeche Mode.
Horrid statement...you cannot put them on the same level as Depeche Mode.
Contrast of day and night.
Brilliant. I like your choices.John Cope and It's Getting Late In the Evening aren't bad either . Can't stand all the Jonny Come Latelies writing off the first two albums.
Oh wow!! I clicked bc i thought you had your own list John but nah
I have quite a few but I am the type of person who'll hum it but Not know the name of songs cept Its MY Life🥰😍
RIP Mark & thank you for the awesome tunes you left us to hear until the end of time & pass it on to next generation, say Hello me mum🥰🥰🥰🥰 Love you always❣❣❣❣❣❣
1. Happiness is easy. 2. its my life. 3. The party's over. 4. Living in another world. 5. Lifes what you make it. 6. Tomorrow Started. 7. Time's its time. 8. I believe in you. 9. Today. 10. Without you.
NUMBER 1 - "WEALTH"
I bought a CD full of their songs and listened to every single one of them. My all time favourite was their song Talk Talk.
Any list without "I Believe in You" is outright invalid. Absurds like that are what you get when the criteria is 'chart position'. Sigh.
Anyway:
1. It's You
2. I Believe in You
3. Such a Shame
4. Talk Talk
5. Desire
6. Inheritance
7. Again, A Game, Again...
8. Eden
9. The Rainbow
10. Living in Another World
Wow It's You at No 1. Great Great Song.
Here goes ... 1 Living in another world.2. Life’s what you make it.3. Tomorrow Started.4. Mirror Man/Does Caroline know. 5 I Don’t believe in you. 6.Renee 7.Candy 8 It’s getting late in the evening. 9 pictures of Bernadette. 10. For what it’s worth. 👍
Look who is talking.....your list is hardly any better.
Top 10 should be from their last 2 albums.
My top 2 is : it's my life and such a shame.. I didn't know about the other songs in the list so is such a shame..Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴 south America...
1. Such a shame. 2. Talk Talk. 3. It's my life
Perfect list.
Thank you for your video on this underrated yet amazing band led by Mark Hollis. "Such a shame" this VERY talented human being has past away all too early. I like listening to S a S but two that make my hairs on my neck stand up are …….Tomorrow started and Renee. masterpieces.
All its my life tracks......perhaps you should listen to Mark Hollis, Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock and see what they do with your hairs.