"Nope, still chilling and being a mystic."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
he's been decreasing the number of colors in his life and is now down to two
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
Is it Webb who sings on some of the orang tracks? Nice voice. Psyched for this!
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Friday, 16 November 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
new song sounds like the Guess Who
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 16 November 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
The only song I ever heard by this band before tonight was, duh, "It's My Life," but I just got high and texted a friend and he said I should listen to Laughing Stock. What's interesting to me right now is that it's almost the opposite of what I thought anything else by this band would sound like - I mean, I'd been hearing it was some kind of masterpiece for a while now but I figured it would sound at least something like their one (US) hit. Also it fucking rules. And I hate the "ahead of its time" cliche, but I'm honestly shocked this record was released in 1991.
― It's like an Christian pop (thewufs), Thursday, 22 November 2018 07:21 (five years ago) link
hehe, sounds like the perfect introduction to late career Talk Talk
― niels, Thursday, 22 November 2018 10:50 (five years ago) link
From that Wire item:
He's previously worked under the name once before
Not true: he also used it for his work on James Yorkston's The Year of the Loeopard.
― fetter, Thursday, 22 November 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
hadn't realised Rustin Man was a person or that he had a past in Talk Talk. I thought they were Beth Gibbons backing band.Now i need to finally get that even more.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 22 November 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
He sounds a lot like Bill Fay on this. Can't decide if I like it or not. It's very earnest.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 22 November 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
Reading the Pitchfork review of Spirit of Eden today got me wondering: is there a decent book out there on Talk Talk?
(Spirit of Talk Talk comes up on Google although it seems none of the band were involved with it)
― groovypanda, Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
Phil Brown’s book is perhaps the best you’ll get other than Spirit of Talk Talk. Surely a good contender for a 33 1/3 series.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Monday, 14 January 2019 11:28 (five years ago) link
I've only discovered the glory that is Spirit of Eden in the last year. It's frustratingly impossible to find a place to legally download or stream Laughing Stock in Australia right now though.
― triggercut, Monday, 14 January 2019 11:49 (five years ago) link
An absolutely tragic day.
Mark Hollis has passed.
Very sorry to hear the news that #MarkHollis of #TalkTalk has died. He was behind some of the finest albums of the 1980s / early 1990s. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/IoTuAkGCUf— THE THE (@thethe) February 25, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
There was a rumor or two yesterday but nothing concrete so I held off. But if Matt Johnson's saying it...
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