oh shit :-(
― Neil S, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
dammit
― omar little, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
:(
― you know who deserves sitewide mod privileges? (m bison), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
shit, RIP
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
Literally just listened to his solo album for the first time in years last night 😢
― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
fuuuuuuck
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
No, why? He was still so young. I was always hoping that they reunite one day and make another "Spirit of Eden".
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
anyone else confirming this yet?
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
My understanding from a tweet yesterday was cancer, but nothing more specific than that.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
Graham Sutton is saying it now as well.
I have just heard the heartbreaking news that #MarkHollis has died. Mark's music has meant everything to me over my lifetime. RIP.— Graham • Sutton (@GPSutton) February 25, 2019
Agreed on the reunion hopes. Very sad news.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
what the fuck, oh no
― he protec, he attac, but most importantly, he dmac (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
Fuck, this is horrible.
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
hope his last 20 years were peaceful tbh
― imago, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
Well this is a horrible shock, Spirit Of Eden was a gateway record for me into jazz, ambient and more (not that it was anything other than sui generis really). RIP to one of the innovators.
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
Holy shit.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
I'm so sad.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
i have never wept for the death of someone i did not know personally. but when i just put on the solo album and listened to the following lines of the first song:
"I've lived a lifeFor wealth to bringAnd yet I'll gazeAt the colour of springImmerse in that one momentLeft in love with everything"
there was no way to stop the tears. this is so unbelievably sad. what a loss.
i definitely have not listened enough to that album. i always found it too depressive, too uninviting. but it is absolutely breathtaking, of course.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
ugh this sucks, rip
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
So sad to hear this, RIP
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
Celebrity death notices tend to leave me cold, no matter how much I appreciate the singer/musician in question, but this time I just can't shrug it off. He made some of the most meaningful and moving music I will ever hear in my life. RIP.
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
Tim Pope also saying it now. He'd know.
Goodbye to Mark Hollis of Talk Talk. Condolences to his lovely family. We had many, many laughs together. This is us being the nightmare interview from hell https://t.co/xzqfQnN4P6— Tim Pope🎥 (@timpopedirector) February 25, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
Heaven bless you in your calm,My gentle friend.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
wtf? How?
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
Thanks for some fucking incredible records Mark, I hope you enjoyed a good life on your own terms.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
in actual tears here. rest well my friend
― goats eat grandma (NickB), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
Fucking fuckRIP
― groovypanda, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
westward bound
― plax (ico), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
I had been listening to his music more these past few months than ever before. Something finally clicked and it made much more sense than it did before. Even before, it was obvious that his music had a lot of depth and would endure.
RIP Mark Hollis.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
fuckkk
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
v sad news, laughing stock is one of the best albums ever made
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
Versed in Christ should strength desert me.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
One of my all-time favourite voices, and what a songwriting legacy.
RIP
― Vast Halo, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
so few ppl in music are truly sui generis but he was, when i first got the cd reissue of spirit of eden it was all i wanted to listen for a while...really nothing like it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
Ah shit. It's easy to fall into an ecstatic register when writing and thinking about music, but it's the right tone for the later Talk Talk and Hollis in particular. For the first time in ages, I find myself softly wishing for an afterlife, in the hope that he might write back and tell us it's not so bad after all.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
NOOOOOOO
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
a guy who truly united almost all (indie) music fans, I think. RIP.
― Ludo, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
oof
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
I took speech class as an elective my freshman year of high school, which (to date myself) was 1993 - 1994. My (former '80s teen) speech teacher and myself bonded together over a shared admiration/love of Talk Talk, and while I was one of the ones who preferred their earlier synthpop sound over their more esoteric latter-era works I do still quite enjoy said latter-era works, as they're not that far removed from what my beloved David Sylvian has put out throughout the years. It's next to impossible to get me to cry but I'm crying right now. RIP.
― deethelurker, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
worst news
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
My dog died yesterday and last night and this morning I was singing spirit to myself to console myself, not playing it out loud just playing it in my head. I can’t believe this.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
This has come up on my feed. Not heard it before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARC2TU7VjI
― groovypanda, Monday, 25 February 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
I am in the bathroom at work listening to I believe in you and silently sobbing
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 25 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
Gutting and unexpected. While he may have retired two decades ago, his music has remained a huge ongoing influence and joy to me. There are so many of my current obsessions that can be traced back to his work. RIP, Mark.
― doug watson, Monday, 25 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
hugs to you Jon not Jon <3
― goats eat grandma (NickB), Monday, 25 February 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
this fucking sucks. greatest voice. genius too. damn
― gman59, Monday, 25 February 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
I always thought he had a sometimes hidden (but present if you knew where to look) sense of humor.
I've often recalled how #MarkHollis made us weep with laughter from the back of our maths class at Southend Tech. I've always found it kind of mind boggling that I was around someone for a short while who went on to make such achingly gorgeous music.— jojo90 (@jonathanjo90) February 25, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
RIP. This one hits hard. Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock has meant so much to me, and there's still a sense that he hasn't gotten the recognition he deserved.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
Totally shocked and saddened by this news. I still love every era of Talk Talk unreservedly. RIP.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 25 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link