Fantastic reaction guys, you really appreciated their artistry. So brave in taking on this song for a reaction video, trust me there aren’t many of you out there. You must also react to Desire from the same album, it’s brilliant.
I feel like you are beginning to understand what a genius Mark Hollis is. (I try never to use past tense when referring to people who's music is alive as long as I am).
everything on this song is setting up that very short criminally underrated harp solo ... a life altering event if you ask me.. I'm still and will always be haunted by it.. sneaking up slowly in the dark unexpectedly and off guard lol
Huey from Fun Lovin Criminals does a radio show here in the UK. He's said many times that this album saved his life. He served as a marine in I think Iraq and suffered badly with PTSD when he came home. Repeated listening to this album helped him get through it.
I firmly believe that Talk Talk's "Colour of Spring" is the best album of the 80s.. Musical genius that created their own genre.. it's is "such a shame" That their work has gone unnoticed by so many.. They truly deserve a place in the rock and roll hof
Talk Talk is one of those bands that can be appreciated if, as you stated, you appreciate the soundscape. However, they evolved into this more experimental sound after killing it in the new wave/synthpop songs of their first couple of albums - though you could start to hear how they morphed from straight new wave into more of a sythpop/"let's try this to hear how it sounds" songs from 1st album (The Party's Over) to their 2nd album (It's My Life). They continued the sound evolution throughout the 3rd (Colour of Spring), 4th (Spirit of Eden) and their 5th and final (Laughing Stock) albums. I'd suggest you listen to a few songs from each of the albums, starting with the 1st, so you can get a true feel for who Talk Talk really are. Based on this reaction, I think y'all will love it.
“Before you play two notes, learn how to play one note, y'know. And that, it's as simple as that really. And don't play one note unless you've got a reason to play it.” “Some Important Lessons On Music”, by Mark Hollis - taken from an interview with Danish TV, 22nd February 1998.
Another band that had a big hit song with a title that's the same as the band name is "Bad Company" by Bad Company, from their 1974 eponymous debut album "Bad Company."
It took me years to hear the bongo's in the background layered with the harmonica commencing 11:38. Just typical of the pleasurable snippets that I discover with my obsessive listening to talk talk
New Grass next lads. It was off the follow up to Spirit Of Eden, Laughing Stock. Quite possibly the most beautiful songs ever written. It's on God's jukebox.
If you listen to the first UNKLE album, there's a song "Chaos", which features some Mark Hollis piano (maybe guitars too?), and "Rabbit in your Headlight" uses a drum loop from "New Grass".
@@Katehowe3010 Mark Hollis had a unique understanding of music. That UNKLE album is very good, although it took me years to notice the Talk Talk sample. There's a genre called post-rock, that really didn't exist before Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. Also, there is a fantastic live recording of Talk Talk right before that period from the Montreaux Jazz Festival. They were an incredible live band, and then they recorded two albums that were basically impossible to perform live.
@@piershollott339 No disrespect Piers, but you're preaching to the converted here. Talk Talk have been my favourite band since the release of 'Life's What You Make It' in '86! I saw them live on that year's tour in Manchester, and their last two albums are beyond mere music in my opinion. Got Mark's unbelievably minimal debut album in '98, along with the two O'rang, and three Rustin' Man albums! I've put my order in for the new Mark Hollis book, which isn't due until July, but the Talk Talk book from a few years back is nigh on impossible to obtain, although i've got mine natch. You sound clued in yourself, so i'm presuming your a serious admirer too! Peace & Transcendent Sounds.
If you liked that vibe (from 1988) more than your fist try with It's My Life (1984), check out The Colour of Spring (1986), which came in between. More accessible, but also pointing to that post-rock masterpiece that is The Spirit of Eden. The Rainbow opens the album, and the two songs that follow are sort of part of a continuum, so it's hard to get a definitive impression from just one listen cut from the rest of side one.
@@keithbrown7685 Progressive was defined by bands like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull. I really like your description, an art tapestry. Same reason i never thought Pink Floyd was prog: they created soundscapes, and they were the best at it. Their songs were sometimes quite simple, folk-rockish or bluesy, it's the sounds they wrapped them in, the production that was intricate.
@@benoitdesmarais2948 Yes. I think PF freed themselves to move about where they wanted, while keeping to a melodic brushstroke, so to speak. I got the impresssion that Talk Talk was carrying on where bands like Pink Floyd had left off, because it seemed like the first wave of art or prog music had long since run out of inspiration and energy.
@@keithbrown7685 In the 80's, i think Talk Talk had more in common with the art-pop/rock of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and David Sylvian than prog. Nowadays, bands like Radiohead and Elbow often cite Talk Talk as a major influence.
The unidentifiable sound they’re talking about at the start of the track really sounds like a spinning coin slowly running out of momentum to me. Of course it may not be that exact sound but it reminds me of it.
Underestimate band. The fact that they came from songs like Talk Talk to create Rainbow/Eden/Desire is unbelievable. Fun fact - this CD was created from improvised bits recorded and then cutted and glued in studio..
Lol. I don't think the remastered version was better in this instance. It doesn't seem to have added anything. Having said that, this is an excellent song! It is much better listened to along with the rest of the album.
Also, good noise-cancelling phones. That way, you miss nothing. I missed a lot, just because of the racket around me. Next time around, I'm going over to Amazon Music with my Sony phones. I'm more willing to take time for this band, than I ever was for Pink Floyd.
I would have to look it up to be sure. I am not sure that Talk Talk ever used an Ebow but the "whale" sound they are talking about sound straight up like an Ebow to me.
@@montag4516 thanks for your response. I am pretty savvy to the sound of an Ebow and it's great to know that I am not totally off when it comes to the "whale" sound they were hearing. I don't have this album but the Ebow sound is pretty distinctive so I assume that is what they are using in this instance.
I did wiki Ebow. I already knew about Buck Dharma. It mentions several other "notable" users of and Ebow but fails to mention anything about Stuart Adamson of Big Country who will blow your mind with his use of an Ebow. th-cam.com/video/_SVLDx8naAY/w-d-xo.html So, the fact that Talk Talk was not mentioned as using one does not surprise me.
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One of the greatest albums of all time. Sublime, beautiful, original and memorable. Colour Of Spring is right alongside it.
Fantastic reaction guys, you really appreciated their artistry. So brave in taking on this song for a reaction video, trust me there aren’t many of you out there. You must also react to Desire from the same album, it’s brilliant.
I feel like you are beginning to understand what a genius Mark Hollis is. (I try never to use past tense when referring to people who's music is alive as long as I am).
I do the same Tracy. Bless you and Mark Hollis! 🙏
Extremely impressed and pleased that you guys reacted to and posted this esoteric masterwork. Cheers.
I'm pretty sure youguys will love their album, especially The colour of spring and Spirit of Eden which followed, beautiful progression.
everything on this song is setting up that very short criminally underrated harp solo ... a life altering event if you ask me.. I'm still and will always be haunted by it.. sneaking up slowly in the dark unexpectedly and off guard lol
"New Grass" is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever listened to.
Huey from Fun Lovin Criminals does a radio show here in the UK. He's said many times that this album saved his life. He served as a marine in I think Iraq and suffered badly with PTSD when he came home. Repeated listening to this album helped him get through it.
It's the harmonica that makes this song so spooky, so enchanting.
Yes, the harmonica is played by Mark Feltham. Heavily amplified, distorted and echoed. Wonderful.
"WEALTH" - the most beautiful song every gifted to humanity.
I'd argue in favour of 'It's Getting Late In The Evening'.
The whirring sound you hear during the intro is a studio technician stirring his cup of tea! This was the first Post Rock album.
I firmly believe that Talk Talk's "Colour of Spring" is the best album of the 80s..
Musical genius that created their own genre.. it's is "such a shame"
That their work has gone unnoticed by so many.. They truly deserve a place in the rock and roll hof
I wouldn't want them there personally. This stuff is unclassifiable, and should not be lumped in with hoary old rock bands!
the whole lp is a pleasure, headphone listening pleasure
Well done lads, great review of a difficult classic
Need to listen to 'Lifes what you make it' by Talk Talk. Just brilliant from the start.
I enjoy playing this album to my friends after smoking a joint in an ambient room. A true heart opening masterpiece
That's a harmonica....played by guy named Mark Feltham
.sends the hairs up on the back of my neck every time
Talk Talk is one of those bands that can be appreciated if, as you stated, you appreciate the soundscape. However, they evolved into this more experimental sound after killing it in the new wave/synthpop songs of their first couple of albums - though you could start to hear how they morphed from straight new wave into more of a sythpop/"let's try this to hear how it sounds" songs from 1st album (The Party's Over) to their 2nd album (It's My Life). They continued the sound evolution throughout the 3rd (Colour of Spring), 4th (Spirit of Eden) and their 5th and final (Laughing Stock) albums.
I'd suggest you listen to a few songs from each of the albums, starting with the 1st, so you can get a true feel for who Talk Talk really are. Based on this reaction, I think y'all will love it.
“Before you play two notes, learn how to play one note, y'know. And that, it's as simple as that really. And don't play one note unless you've got a reason to play it.” “Some Important Lessons On Music”, by Mark Hollis - taken from an interview with Danish TV, 22nd February 1998.
One of the most interesting viewpoints on music ever!
Probably my favourite music quote
Love everything talk talk and mark did,he died on my birthday,RIP
Wealth is a must if you go down a talk talk rabbit hole
Sort of where Radiohead have gone sonically lately
Another band that had a big hit song with a title that's the same as the band name is "Bad Company" by Bad Company, from their 1974 eponymous debut album "Bad Company."
Check out Mark's son's new project called Held By Trees. Beautiful music that carries the Talk Talk torch very well.
It took me years to hear the bongo's in the background layered with the harmonica commencing 11:38. Just typical of the pleasurable snippets that I discover with my obsessive listening to talk talk
Kudos for listening to this one. Check out New Grass, Eden, and After the Flood from Talk Talk. Mind blowing.
You can tell Radiohead were heavily influenced
New Grass next lads. It was off the follow up to Spirit Of Eden, Laughing Stock. Quite possibly the most beautiful songs ever written. It's on God's jukebox.
'It's on God's jukebox'. What a beautiful sentiment! 🙏
If you listen to the first UNKLE album, there's a song "Chaos", which features some Mark Hollis piano (maybe guitars too?), and "Rabbit in your Headlight" uses a drum loop from "New Grass".
How good an album is it?
@@Katehowe3010 Mark Hollis had a unique understanding of music. That UNKLE album is very good, although it took me years to notice the Talk Talk sample. There's a genre called post-rock, that really didn't exist before Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. Also, there is a fantastic live recording of Talk Talk right before that period from the Montreaux Jazz Festival. They were an incredible live band, and then they recorded two albums that were basically impossible to perform live.
@@piershollott339 No disrespect Piers, but you're preaching to the converted here. Talk Talk have been my favourite band since the release of 'Life's What You Make It' in '86! I saw them live on that year's tour in Manchester, and their last two albums are beyond mere music in my opinion. Got Mark's unbelievably minimal debut album in '98, along with the two O'rang, and three Rustin' Man albums! I've put my order in for the new Mark Hollis book, which isn't due until July, but the Talk Talk book from a few years back is nigh on impossible to obtain, although i've got mine natch. You sound clued in yourself, so i'm presuming your a serious admirer too! Peace & Transcendent Sounds.
If you liked that vibe (from 1988) more than your fist try with It's My Life (1984), check out The Colour of Spring (1986), which came in between. More accessible, but also pointing to that post-rock masterpiece that is The Spirit of Eden. The Rainbow opens the album, and the two songs that follow are sort of part of a continuum, so it's hard to get a definitive impression from just one listen cut from the rest of side one.
So it's Progressive then.? Because it sure sounds like it. Some kind of art tapestry in audio form.
@@keithbrown7685 Progressive was defined by bands like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull. I really like your description, an art tapestry. Same reason i never thought Pink Floyd was prog: they created soundscapes, and they were the best at it. Their songs were sometimes quite simple, folk-rockish or bluesy, it's the sounds they wrapped them in, the production that was intricate.
@@benoitdesmarais2948 Yes. I think PF freed themselves to move about where they wanted, while keeping to a melodic brushstroke, so to speak.
I got the impresssion that Talk Talk was carrying on where bands like Pink Floyd had left off, because it seemed like the first wave of art or prog music had long since run out of inspiration and energy.
@@keithbrown7685 In the 80's, i think Talk Talk had more in common with the art-pop/rock of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and David Sylvian than prog. Nowadays, bands like Radiohead and Elbow often cite Talk Talk as a major influence.
Very cool, check out The Laughingstock by Talk Talk and Mark Hollis’ is solo album…
Of course
All you do to me is Talk Talk,
Talk, Talk. Talk, Talk, Talk...
Yes.
Late night bourbon on the rocks mesmerizing
Jimmy Finn could be the man fleeing slavery in Twain`s Huckleberry Finn.
And "Desire"
From Talk Talk to Inbetweeners...no-one does that...
an album way head of its time....
The unidentifiable sound they’re talking about at the start of the track really sounds like a spinning coin slowly running out of momentum to me. Of course it may not be that exact sound but it reminds me of it.
Underestimate band. The fact that they came from songs like Talk Talk to create Rainbow/Eden/Desire is unbelievable. Fun fact - this CD was created from improvised bits recorded and then cutted and glued in studio..
Lol. I don't think the remastered version was better in this instance. It doesn't seem to have added anything. Having said that, this is an excellent song! It is much better listened to along with the rest of the album.
Also, good noise-cancelling phones. That way, you miss nothing. I missed a lot, just because of the racket around me. Next time around, I'm going over to Amazon Music with my Sony phones. I'm more willing to take time for this band, than I ever was for Pink Floyd.
I would have to look it up to be sure. I am not sure that Talk Talk ever used an Ebow but the "whale" sound they are talking about sound straight up like an Ebow to me.
The are a couple songs (Give it Up) of their live concerts where an Ebow can be seen and heard, although it's use is subtle.
@@montag4516 thanks for your response. I am pretty savvy to the sound of an Ebow and it's great to know that I am not totally off when it comes to the "whale" sound they were hearing. I don't have this album but the Ebow sound is pretty distinctive so I assume that is what they are using in this instance.
You guys should have reviewed "Talk Talk" by Talk Talk...It's right up there with It's My Life...!!!
I did wiki Ebow. I already knew about Buck Dharma. It mentions several other "notable" users of and Ebow but fails to mention anything about Stuart Adamson of Big Country who will blow your mind with his use of an Ebow. th-cam.com/video/_SVLDx8naAY/w-d-xo.html So, the fact that Talk Talk was not mentioned as using one does not surprise me.
Dum Dum Girl. It's a Shame. Tomorrow's Started.
Next : such a shame
pls pls.do reaction wiTH ...DEPECHE MODE..
R.E.M...AND INXS...80'S GREATEST NEW WAVE BANDS.
or maybe Any Carlos Santana songs.
wow has anyone captured 3am any better?
Couldn't make it. Kept dozing off.
Look into getting some compressors for your microphones. When u guys talk over each or get excited its gets way too loud.
Limiter also will do