Mark Hollis/ Talk Talk

[The Red Telephone]

Just returned from spending 3 weeks in beautiful Cornwall, had one of my yearly Talk Talk/ Mark Hollis listening binges. Spirit of Eden/ Laughing Stock and the Mark Hollis solo LP are all definitely in my top 20 albums of all time. Any other love for them/ him on this forum?

Not holding out much hope of a Glastonbury 2017 performance though 

[Mardy]

Love those albums. Astonishing works of art. 

[guypjfreak]

TALK TALK up there in my top 5 bands of all time .............dont think we will ever get to see them tho ........post deserves a like imo

 

                LLLLIIIKEEEEE

cheers

[The Red Telephone]

Yeah - no live shows since 1986, no recoreded output since 1998 - doesn't exactly scream "Saturday Evening, Park Stage" at me, unfortunately.

[maelzoid]

Love them.

Spirit of Eden is an incredible album. Discovering it a few years ago was utterly revelatory, so ahead of its time and still sounds utterly timeless. Enjoy the later stuff but not as much. Love Colour of Spring too.

A shame we'll not get to see them any time soon, but if they ever felt like a return, I think many would be surprised at how popular they've become in the intervening.

[Neville Street]

Lucky enough to see them at "six of the best" at MK Bowl in 1982, oldest recording on my sky box is the live at Montreux gig

Been debated before, basically never going to happen, more the pity!!

Hits play on "its my life", thanks for the playlist.....

 

[EighteenSixty7]

I run/organise a weekly Album Club on another forum and the pick this week is Laughing Stock, what a coincidence.

 

I'll report back on what I think at the weekend.

[The Red Telephone]

8 hours ago, EighteenSixty7 said:

I run/organise a weekly Album Club on another forum and the pick this week is Laughing Stock, what a coincidence.

 

I'll report back on what I think at the weekend.

Cool - be good if you can supply a link, sould like to read that.

Didn't really "get" Laughing Stock until I listened to it through headphones on a train in America at something like 5am. Whenever I listen to it now, it stays in my head for weeks. After The Flood and New Grass, in particular.

 

As one of the previous posters has said, those last 2 albums don't seem to age at all, are timeless. That said, I've never heard music like it.

[EighteenSixty7]

8 hours ago, The Red Telephone said:

Cool - be good if you can supply a link, sould like to read that.

Didn't really "get" Laughing Stock until I listened to it through headphones on a train in America at something like 5am. Whenever I listen to it now, it stays in my head for weeks. After The Flood and New Grass, in particular.

 

As one of the previous posters has said, those last 2 albums don't seem to age at all, are timeless. That said, I've never heard music like it.

The even weirder thing is, the guy who picked it has just come back from Cornwall too! I've shown him this haha. 

 

I'll share some screenshots by the end of the week, it's in a section of a forum (Owlstalk) where you need to be a member to view it. 

[The Red Telephone]

50 minutes ago, EighteenSixty7 said:

The even weirder thing is, the guy who picked it has just come back from Cornwall too! I've shown him this haha. 

 

I'll share some screenshots by the end of the week, it's in a section of a forum (Owlstalk) where you need to be a member to view it. 

Nice one

[fluff164]

I'd pay big money to see a Mark Hollis comeback gig but alas it won't happen. 

[EighteenSixty7]

@The Red Telephone

Images of the thread from last week and the Laughing Stock album!

[The Red Telephone]

6 hours ago, EighteenSixty7 said:

@The Red Telephone

Images of the thread from last week and the Laughing Stock album!

That's excellent, thanks for sharing.

I see it hasn't gone down very well then 

 

[EighteenSixty7]

1 hour ago, The Red Telephone said:

That's excellent, thanks for sharing.

I see it hasn't gone down very well then 

 

I loved it, a few of the others liked it. There's only a small group of us that pick albums now so those that posted were the main posters.

[The Red Telephone]

7 hours ago, EighteenSixty7 said:

I loved it, a few of the others liked it. There's only a small group of us that pick albums now so those that posted were the main posters.

Sorry, I was being facetious! It looks like it's got a very positive response, despite what some one has said about it being a "marmite" album. 

[cidy]

Just about remember seeing them at Cornwall  collisium years ago .

Haven't listened to them In ages time to see if they still sound as good