First listen to Talk Talk - Happiness is Easy (REACTION)

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024

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  • @AriadneJC
    @AriadneJC 2 года назад +14

    Pointed over here by a fellow Talk Talk fanatic. So good to see Mark Hollis's legacy alive and well and finding new ears.

  • @garymcghee2249
    @garymcghee2249 2 года назад +16

    This whole album is a masterpiece, every track is sublime. Welcome to Talk Talk. Mark Hollis was very talented.

  • @Yosef1952
    @Yosef1952 2 года назад +19

    "Life's What You Make It" is a must, a true classic. They were a good band (from the limited amount I heard). Mahalo for doing this, DS9.

    • @marlew6629
      @marlew6629 2 года назад +2

      they were a brilliant band, few 80's bands came close to their brilliance.

  • @Katehowe3010
    @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +11

    Thanks for following through on your promise Daniel. I suggested this song to you, along with a couple of others. This is mid period Talk Talk, although you can detect the bold moves that led to their last two masterpieces! Stick with this album, and go in order, as it runs seamlessly. Once again, thanks for enjoying my favourite band!

  • @pica6888
    @pica6888 2 года назад +8

    What a great band. Mark Hollis was a musical genius. His death was a tragic loss. Gotta check out Life's What You Make It.

  • @JoshMainka
    @JoshMainka 2 года назад +4

    This whole album is incredible and production is sonically perfect, great choice.

  • @ekadow
    @ekadow 2 года назад +7

    So many beautiful sounds in one song! I've loved this band since the '80s and it still sounds fresh and certainly not typical for that time

  • @manalive256
    @manalive256 2 года назад +26

    You should do the whole album, The Colour Of Spring, one of the great albums of the 80's!

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +3

      After 'Spirit Of Eden' of course! It's all subjective though.

    • @manalive256
      @manalive256 2 года назад +4

      @@Katehowe3010 Well their last 3 albums are for the ages!

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +3

      @@manalive256 Absolutely! You know what's special mate.

    • @francoisroy1501
      @francoisroy1501 2 года назад +1

      Definitely agree!

    • @falcongal63
      @falcongal63 2 года назад +2

      100%!! Agree with this whole thread.

  • @cadanrichards2615
    @cadanrichards2615 2 года назад +10

    Talk Talk are an incrediable band Mark Hollis is a musical genius and theyre music are amazing. The Colour of spring is so unique and cool and Spirit of eden is just a masterpiece

  • @francoisroy1501
    @francoisroy1501 2 года назад +8

    The whole album is great. Would be wonderful to go through all its tracks.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +1

      He asked for suggestions, and i suggested just that!

  • @murdockreviews
    @murdockreviews 2 года назад +7

    Wonderful track. I should get into more Talk Talk.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +4

      Do it brother. You'll thank yourself, believe me!

  • @stephanie.r382
    @stephanie.r382 2 года назад +4

    It's My Life is such a haunting beautiful song , one of my favourite songs of all time.

  • @losthor1zon
    @losthor1zon 2 года назад +6

    Yay for discovering Talk Talk!
    Suggested songs:
    More synth-pop, earlier period: "The Party's Over", "Talk Talk", "Mirrorman";
    Middle period: "Living In Another World", "Life's What You Make It", "Tomorrow Started", "Renee"
    Also - more well known is "It's My Life", as that has been covered by Gwen Stefani, though IMO the original from Mark has way more feeling.
    Just FYI - RUclips has some of their live concerts, and Talk Talk live is IMO better than some of their album tracks (though sound quality will vary on RUclips of course).
    Also, Paul Webb (Talk Talk's bass player) is still in the music business, under the name "Rustin Man" (you can find him on FB and RUclips).

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +1

      You didn't mention late period. When they left planet pop completely!

    • @losthor1zon
      @losthor1zon 2 года назад

      @@Katehowe3010 - I didn't want to speak out of school. I'm barely familiar with that part of their music so far.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад

      @@losthor1zon Fair play!

  • @Dooklawz
    @Dooklawz 2 года назад +6

    I've always respected how this group held their own against the record label...not an easy task.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +2

      EMI - Every mistake imaginable!

    • @Dooklawz
      @Dooklawz 2 года назад +1

      @@Katehowe3010 lol.... yep...nice!

  • @Malfie657
    @Malfie657 2 года назад +5

    So pleased you've found your way to Talk Talk - a vastly underrated band who moved away from the predictability of most 80's pop to produce more thoughtful and varied work and were all the better for it. Sad indeed that Mark Hollis left us far too soon.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +1

      Best comment on here. You obviously know their later work, and for that you are a special guy!

  • @dwaynedibbley6124
    @dwaynedibbley6124 2 года назад +2

    crazily underated band....sublime, beautiful and eloquent

  • @karentargaryen7959
    @karentargaryen7959 2 года назад +2

    Back in the late 1980s I traveled from Chicago to Phoenix by train (1 day and a half). I had several cassette tapes with me to listen to on my walkman. Talk Talk was one of them, which I distinctly remember listening to while watching the dry and bleak landscape of west Texas whiz by the train window. Every time I hear Talk Talk I think of that very long trip. Good thoughts.

  • @suchisthismystery2814
    @suchisthismystery2814 2 года назад +5

    Talk Talks next album, "Spirit of Eden", is in my opinion, the greatest and most inspired contemporary album ever made bar none, with the song "Wealth" therein, being the most beautiful I have ever heard. ❤

    • @Baldieman1
      @Baldieman1 3 месяца назад +1

      Amen to that.Wealth gives me goosebumps every time I listen

  • @falcongal63
    @falcongal63 2 года назад +3

    My favorite album by one of my favorite bands. (Thank you Christian Adams for putting this on Daniel's radar.) Love seeing you thoroughly enjoying this great song and hope to see you do more by Talk Talk. I'm always happy when they gain another fan! Next up I suggest Life's What You Make It from this album. Oh and I noticed another comment suggesting you'd also like David Sylvian and I totally agree. (And Just JP would absolutely back this up. 🙂)

  • @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
    @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 2 года назад +2

    Talk Talk was one of the early innovators in the 80s.. They had a lot of hits but never tried to be such a mainstream band!

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +2

      Mark hated the very essence of commerciality!

  • @maruad7577
    @maruad7577 2 года назад +2

    I first heard Talk Talk over on Justin's channel. I liked it enough to buy the album.

  • @Whistler4u
    @Whistler4u 2 года назад +6

    Just listen to their albums. Great band! Thx for reacting. Maybe try some of the band Japan or David Sylvian. Sure you like it if you dig Talk Talk.

    • @falcongal63
      @falcongal63 2 года назад +1

      There is definitely a connection between Talk Talk and David Sylvian and I agree that if you enjoy one you'll very likely enjoy the other. Both bands are amongst my favorites.

  • @msamelienp
    @msamelienp 3 месяца назад

    I'm glad you like this, 🙂You need to see this band live. Look for 1984 live in Dortmund (remastered). I believe the "strings" sound is created on keyboards. The drummer is my favorite of all time. He's so animated it's fun to watch him.

  • @karlchensam
    @karlchensam Год назад

    The closing track to The Colour of Spring is a great book-end to this: "Time it's Time" ...now that it's over, rest your head...

  • @janosfernandez945
    @janosfernandez945 2 года назад

    So nice to see someone reacting to other than their hits....Talk Talk was such an interesting band, always on the left field even with their most commercially successful outputd. RIP Mark Hollis, singer, composer, painter and always modest !

  • @tuffinator100
    @tuffinator100 2 года назад +1

    My favourite band of all time, listen to the albums in order and experience the journey that the brilliant Mark Hollis takes you on. You're welcome

  • @timlynch5710
    @timlynch5710 2 года назад +1

    LOVE this band. You're gonna love this album....and Spirit of Eden....a desert island classic for me, for sure. So happy you have found this.

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 2 года назад +2

    Great album. Mark Hollis RIP. All their stuff is pretty good. I like the way they seem to tease out a pop sound while stuffing deeper meanings and compositions inside the songs. Thanks for doing Talk Talk with a great reaction.

  • @temporarystranger95
    @temporarystranger95 2 года назад +2

    New group for me, too! Thanks for the pre-listen background info on the group. Never heard the song before. Wow. That child chorus took me by surprise when it kicked in! The sax took me by surprise, too! Very interesting combination of rhythm, guitar, piano, strings, and brass. I’m trying to place who the vocalist sounds like, but I cannot place him. I liked the tune, too, Daniel. Thanks for sharing.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +2

      It wasn't a sax. It was an instrument called a variaphon, that is rarely used in pop music! Cheers.

    • @temporarystranger95
      @temporarystranger95 2 года назад +1

      @@Katehowe3010 Oh, ok. It sounded like a saxophone. Thanks for the information.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад

      @@temporarystranger95 No problem mate. I adore Talk Talk!

    • @TheoZoffrok
      @TheoZoffrok 2 года назад

      Is it possible the singer he reminds you of is the guy from Catherine Wheel? I can't remember his name, and I was only dimly aware of their existence until a few days ago, when I heard a song of theirs (superbly titled Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck) which reminded me of Talk Talk - turns out their singer was a big fan of and very influenced by Mark Hollis.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +1

      @@TheoZoffrok The singers name is Rob Dickinson, and the band were big fans of Talk Talk. They even got Tim Friese Green to produce their '92 debut!

  • @rdwulf6289
    @rdwulf6289 2 года назад +2

    Very original. Great drums.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад

      You're right! The perfect thwacking snare sound.

  • @darcysalas3042
    @darcysalas3042 2 года назад

    That's song is very true. If you are kind to others the kindness we come back to you in a positive way..

  • @AjaxCaper
    @AjaxCaper 2 года назад +2

    I had to buy the extended 12" vinyl version of Life's What You Make It. I could zone out to that in my living room and be so happy. You will hopefully see this singer live. He creates a new zone, live. I appreciate that you are willing to explore the 80s and be open minded. Even tho this is not a track I love, someone loves it, and you honored them. (I suspect its much better live, but hard to know in a reactor's position, going in blind.)
    Life's What You Make It: live in Montreux!!

    • @AjaxCaper
      @AjaxCaper 2 года назад +1

      And the guitar and drumming (2) will make you happy.

  • @delllittle5692
    @delllittle5692 2 года назад

    Masterpiece! welcome to my favorite band!

  • @stephanevilleneuve9450
    @stephanevilleneuve9450 2 года назад +2

    The whole album need to be listening. It's the perfect blend between good pop songs with great artistic musicianship. In the same quality level than The Seeds Of Love from Tears for Fears.

  • @larsgutheil5520
    @larsgutheil5520 2 года назад

    What a fantastic band. Colour.of Spring is right on the verge between their poppy beginnings and the experimental moves on the two last albums. I think it is one of the best, if not the best album of the 80’s, just perfect throughout. And the songs grow more and more every time you listen to them. Thanks for checking out Talk Talk and then such an unusual song!

  • @ronsandahl274
    @ronsandahl274 2 года назад

    Talk Talk's song "It's My Life" has long been my favorite song and meant a lot to me in the 1980's. Talk Talk themselves had a very interesting career arc. They started out as fast pop and as they progressed their songs got slower and more meditative until with their last two albums they became intensely meditative. The best of these tracks are "The Rainbow" which is amazing. They are considered the grandfathers of the music genre Slowcore.

  • @Katehowe3010
    @Katehowe3010 2 года назад

    Impressed with your initial Talk Talk reaction, please continue with 'Life's What You Make It' for continuity reasons! Thanks.

  • @_uptoolate_2284
    @_uptoolate_2284 2 года назад

    Possibly the most underrated band ever.

  • @Bobsherunkle
    @Bobsherunkle 2 года назад +3

    Top man. I was wondering when you would get around to Talk Talk. Surprised you didn’t go for one of their more commercial offerings to start with (but glad you didn’t). At some point you should check out this whole album. It’s definitely in my Top 5 of all time. To get a flavour of the versatility of this group try “Such a Shame”, “Living in Another World”, “Life’s What You Make It” and “I Believe in You”. (If the latter doesn’t make you weep then you’re a heartless bastard 😉). You won’t find anything suitable for a Reaction Channel on the last album “Laughing Stock” but listen to it anyway. It’s sublime. Oh, and in case no one else mentions it, yeah, Mark Hollis was a genius..

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +2

      Thank me. I suggested this one!

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +2

      Wake people up from their usual sounds and play 'Laughing Stock' i say! First though 'Spirit Of Eden' is waiting!

    • @Bobsherunkle
      @Bobsherunkle 2 года назад +1

      @@Katehowe3010 Thank you indeed then! Imagine when he gets to “Time it’s Time” ! Mind blown, as they say….

    • @falcongal63
      @falcongal63 2 года назад +1

      @@Katehowe3010 First though let's enjoy TCOS before moving on to the delights of both of those albums. 😉

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +1

      @@falcongal63 I have an annoying habit of getting ahead of myself. I agree one album at a time is the right approach! 👍

  • @jasonegeland1446
    @jasonegeland1446 2 года назад

    Maybe check out their first album, 'The Party's Over' from 1982.

  • @rydelldownward7808
    @rydelldownward7808 2 года назад

    “Talk Talk” and “It’s My Life”

  • @lynda3860
    @lynda3860 2 года назад

    always loved Talk Talk they never got the success I thought they deserved, love Marks voice

    • @Appemans
      @Appemans 2 года назад

      They got all the succes they needed to get music to a higher level. Mark only wanted to make music. He didn't desired more, 'cos he could have go to commercial 'hights' to follow the line of 'succes, but he followed his heart to make music. And that is what he did ;)
      Music that will go on to touch hearts ;)

  • @delphineg3045
    @delphineg3045 2 года назад

    Very mature lyrics written by a young man.

  • @problemchimp4231
    @problemchimp4231 2 года назад +1

    The last 3 records by Talk Talk are stunning...they dumped pop success for their art. Love them.

  • @chilly22
    @chilly22 2 года назад

    this song is heavier than most people expect

  • @cherylreichardt
    @cherylreichardt 2 года назад

    Always loved his voice. It's My Life is way up there. This one is pretty good. Keeps a nice steady beat.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад

      I see nobody is mentioning 'The Spirit Of Eden' and 'Laughing Stock'! Very out there, but indescribably beautiful, and where the band became a genre in itself. Listen with good headphones, candles, and some incense!

  • @ameswho9548
    @ameswho9548 Месяц назад

    coolness. Check out Happiness is Easy by Under the Rug. I love the Live in the Living room version.

  • @timdyer5903
    @timdyer5903 11 месяцев назад

    Over 35 years ago believe it or not.

  • @arnodobler1096
    @arnodobler1096 2 года назад +2

    Such a Shame
    Talk Talk
    It´s my Life
    Life what´syou make it
    Living in another World
    😍🙋‍♂️

  • @FireMunki63
    @FireMunki63 2 года назад +3

    The whole album is a work of art. I used to use this track (As one of many tracks) to demonstrate hi-end HiFi's. Its so solid, yet unexpected in its mix and instrumentation. That drum at the beginning. Wow!

  • @kylewoolsey6635
    @kylewoolsey6635 2 года назад

    This is such a beautiful record start to finish. Download it,today, if you don’t have it. You mentioned Living in Another World, that’s another key track on the Colour of Spring. Play that, but to get a good sense of where they came from, their singles Talk Talk and Such a Shame are excellent, when compared to other songs of the time. They’re not as good as this track, but nothing is.

  • @firebird7479
    @firebird7479 2 года назад +1

    I never got into this group. It was too New Wave/punk for me. I worked at a radio industry tip called the Friday Morning Quarterback --- My boss and founder, Kal Rudman, passed away last week, his wife, Lucille just 2 days later -- The single "Talk Talk" drove me nuts when it came out. For me, it is easy to see why this genre of pop/rock music fizzled. It's all electronic drums, over production, synthesizers. Thompson Twins, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears...it all sounds the same and, IMO, very little of it holds up today.

    • @daveking9393
      @daveking9393 2 года назад

      Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Very sorry for those losses. Amazing how many couples pass so close together like that...

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад +2

      That was 82! They ended up creating a genre for God's sake. How many artists can do that?

    • @Pcrimson1
      @Pcrimson1 2 года назад

      @@Katehowe3010 You're entitled to your opinion. However, there are so many people who will probably disagree with you, including me. The bands you mentioned have probably influenced thousands of other musicians and can be heard their music today, just like any other talented artists from all the other periods of music.

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад

      @@Pcrimson1 I was merely pointing out that 40 years is a long time ago, and their sound changed beyond recognition!

    • @shadez123
      @shadez123 2 года назад

      Check out Spirit of Eden or Laughing Stock, they're much different from their early stuff.

  • @frankgobel2168
    @frankgobel2168 2 года назад

    Hello!
    I really like your channel; your reactions are thoughtful and honest, and you are open to completely new experiences and concepts.
    So I wonder: Would you be interested to react to a French band that took concept to the next LEVEL (capital letters intended)? I am talking about the French band Magma. All their albums are concept albums and connected; they tell the tale of a spaceship crew from the future and from the planet Kobaïa (a planet mankind migrated to when earth became inhabitable due to ecological problems).
    That's already awesome, but this is merely the beginning of the concept. The band also created a completely new style of music called "Zeuhl" (the "Z" is pronounced like "Ts", the "eu" like the "eu" in the French words "bleu" or "monsieur"); it is a mixture of rock, jazz, classical, modern avant-garde, rhythm and blues, metal and world music, with occasionally soul or funk thrown in. But that's still not all: They even created the language they sing in (Kobaïan of course). Beat that for concept!
    Magma have some very long tracks that fill the whole album (their longest, "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré", is 51 minutes long) and are best experienced live. Being at a Magma concert is a spiritual experience. I am totally serious about this and definitely not alone in this opinion; I have heard and experienced it many times.
    If you are willing to tackle one of their long tracks I recommend "Theus Hamtaahk" (which means "Time of Hatred" in Kobaïan). It is the first part of the "Theusz Hamtaahk" trilogy (the other two are "Ẁurdah Ïtah" meaning "Dead Earth" and "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kommandöh", which apparently found its way into Kobaïan from some terrestrial language and needs no translation). There is no studio version of this track but this live version (which is almost 35 minutes long) from their 30th anniversary concert is brilliant: ruclips.net/video/rbXi7WN5n-c/видео.html
    You can skip the first 90 seconds; they just show the band backstage and the audience entering.
    By the way: Your friend JustJP recently reacted to side one of "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kommandöh" and was, to use his own words, "thoroughly impressed"; he said "this is unlike anything I have heard before". He thought the music was like an "alien opera" (which is an excellent description) and will do side two soon. "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kommandöh" is one of these albums that consist of only one track (divided into sub-sections with their own names) like "Thick as a Brick".

  • @WIRCinc
    @WIRCinc 2 года назад

    You probably dont take requests in this manner but theres 2 bands that are pretty obscure but so good
    Skip Spence war in peace
    And
    Gandalf me about you.
    Im sure you'll enjoy them🤙

  • @MikeKonczal-cq1pu
    @MikeKonczal-cq1pu 10 месяцев назад

    Track after track, smooth. Have you listened to Roxy Music? Radiohead picked up the mantle.

  • @428chase
    @428chase 2 года назад +1

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  • @dhof8881
    @dhof8881 2 года назад

    Listen to "Give It Up"

  • @georgewodicka4839
    @georgewodicka4839 2 года назад +4

    "It's My Life", only song I know from them, really catchy tune. To be honest, this to me, did not inspire. Certainly not in 60's-70's-80's classic/progressive rock avenues I yearn for. But the music world is massive, and many paths should be taken.

    • @daveking9393
      @daveking9393 2 года назад +1

      Yes that yearning seems to be going unfulfilled over longer and longer periods of time lately

    • @georgewodicka4839
      @georgewodicka4839 2 года назад +1

      @@daveking9393 YES, the GENESIS of that thought came to me while I was in BOSTON, driving fast, and getting stopped by THE POLICE. The officer's name was STEVE MILLER. (I hope Daniel doesn't get mad at me :) Holiday cheers, Dave

    • @Katehowe3010
      @Katehowe3010 2 года назад

      That's because they weren't a classic or progressive rock band. Thank God!