My favourite Talk Talk track, and a real bridge between their more pop focussed earlier stuff and the later albums. Gorgeous. But an acquired taste, I get it. That's also ok! That section where the synths and organs just build and build...still gets me. Stunning. PS. I don't think the distortion is deliberate in that middle bit, I think that's RUclips Justin!
Thank you so much for reacting to this piece of art. I still recall when I bought the 12“ of „Life‘s What You make it“ back in ´86 and then stumbled over this B-side. I could not believe my ears. Simple and complex. Fragile. Colourful. Deep. Besides „Time It‘s Time“ my favourite Talk Talk track. Recommendation for one of the next reactions - Japanese duo Dip In The Pool with „Rabo Del Sol“ from 1986. Majestic.
I heard that the lyrics were based about the travels of a slave and significant other family. Being transported. Set the sails our hearts are open..don't cry...the tide shall turn to shelter us from storms, the seas of charity shall bathe us all.
I believe it was all done in one take. The laughter & crackling sound is due to a small fire that was lit in a waste paper bin. It’s very similar to John Martyn’s Small Hours in tone and drowsy regret. Steve Winwood on Hammond? As another contributor mentions, it’s the signpost towards Spirit of Eden, both in it’s sparseness and lyrical minimalism.
There's three tracks that could have been the signpost. 'April 5th', 'Chameleon Day', or this. Unfortunately the Mark Hollis biography failed to provide any information!
One of THEE best songs from Talk Talk. Love. Love love. This song meant so much to me at that time. And still does. Lots of respect for putting this out. I’ve been waiting for this to happen. Thank you.
So glad you're listening to the astonishingly beautiful track , which I have to confess I only discovered a few years ago not realising it was the b side of Life's what you make it which I bought when it came out, can't remember playing it then. That part around 4 mins and 10 seconds sounds like the gates of heaven opening. Knew you'd love it.
Brilliant! Thanks for reacting to this little gem,(and to listening to our requests). I love this track and can only imagine it was running time that prevented it being on the album. It's a fragile, beautiful masterpiece that deserves more the 'b' side status.
YES!!! Immaculate tune👌🏼 Love seeing you react to more Talk Talk! If no one else has recommended Mark Hollis’s only solo album yet, I HIGHLY encourage you to seek it out! I’m convinced you’ll deeply love it. It strips back even further what “Laughing Stock” had to offer and is by far the most sparse and intimate album listen I’ve ever had from an artist. Really feels like Mark is literally sitting right next to you…
Rightly or wrongly, I view Mark Hollis’ solo album as the 6th Talk Talk album - it completes the journey. It is however, as you suggest, totally spectacular
Beautiful track, at times my favourite Talk Talk track, but it varies from day-to-day as there are so many excellent tracks. As some others have said, another fantastic b-side is John Cope. Mark Hollis was very spiritual, and for me, i think it's about life and getting older. I intend it to be played at my funeral when i finally, in many years' time, come to that journey. And you playing it today is poignant as my dad is on his final journey from this world. I listened to this on the way back from the hospital, so thank you, it was a needed filip. For an uplifting track try Hoppipola by Sigur Ros.
Shut up, "It's Getting Late In the Evening" and all you do is Talk Talk! No, then I'm going for a midnight walk. If this keeps up we'll let the lawyers stalk! Love the delicate hurt that's conveyed. Peace & Love.
Perhaps not my #1 TT track of all time but certainly up there. When you consider what it was a B side to, the contrast is quite awe-inspiring. You expected more poppy Talk Talk when you flipped the disc? Ha! Think again and re-adjust your idea of what music can be about!
I can't believe the band I thought, for 40 years, was a part of the New Wave/Romantic movement - with their first album and single Talk Talk (yes, Talk Talk, by Talk Talk) really had all of this waiting to come out. I feel like that cover with the moth (and also the cover of The Colour of Spring album) were possibly hinted at on Deep Forest's album cover Boheme, and especially Comparsa, as a possible inspiration or homage to this album/band? I can't imagine they weren't aware of Talk Talk's work from 86-91, because their first album came out in 1992. Thanks to all who suggested this song and JP for playing it!
My reading of the title at least, has been a literal one - I suspect from the sleepy, low-fi feel to the whole track, and the little snippets of stuff from the studio etc., that this was literally a track recorded late in a session. The band were winding down, a little tired, but mellow and the songs style reflects this. That's my take anyway! I suspect they just ran out of time - I can imagine someone saying "it's getting late in the evening" and the band downing instruments and wandering off home!
Delighted you have given this a listen. I discovered it as a B side too. It remains one of my favourite TT tracks. It could have been included on The Colour of Spring.
Both Hollis and Frieze-Green realised their mistake in leaving this off the album. Hollis wanted to remove 'Life's What You Make It', but faced a brick wall in EMI.
There's only so many tracks that can been placed on a vinyl record without compromising the overall quality of the listening experience. As someone else pointed out, another track would've needed to be dropped in order to accommodate it. And what for? It had already been released previously as a B-side to the first single released before the album.
@SmartCookie2022 I completely agree with you, but Hollis saw it differently. With the direction he knew they were about to head in, he wanted it to line up against 'April 5th' and 'Chameleon Day'. This shows how he could care less for commerciality, as they would have had to remove a song. EMI obviously blanked the idea, and for once they were totally right!
Justin, you reacted to the whole discography less the 1rst. album , so, my question is, whats the/your problem with the first album ? LOL There are 3 fantastic tracks that deserve your reaction, "The Party's Over", "Have You Heard the News?" and "Candy". Go ahead my boy, the dog bites but is vaccinated against rabies.
Absolutely! These are the three most interesting and successful tracks on this debut album, although I also like "Talk Talk" and a few others, with the exception of the average "Mirror Man" and "Another World" (which, strangely enough, were released as singles!).
@@bigjapi1 Yep, "Today" is a good one too! As I've already mentioned, it's only "Mirror Man" and "Another World" that really fall short of the rest, and I must also point out that I don't like the sound of those electronic drums, which undoubtedly anchor the record in its time.
I found the piece to be interesting. I did not have all the imagined imagery as you did. The song did well at establishing a mood. I did like how the changes in the song were not jolting. (I can hear your imagery after you mentioned it. How about if I lie and accuse you of closing more bars than I have. LUL)
I also get bored when I hear this. I don't like this kind of minimalist and abstract work, which is so stripped down to the bone that there's nothing left. The works of David Sylvian and Kate Bush from the 2000s onwards gives me the same feeling. It puts me off and bores me to death.
Jeez, crummy b sides, demos and other crud... there really is no escaping this lot is there. What! have we really run out of other artists, beggars belief.
Mark Hollis' voice is an instrument in itself. So unique and fascinating.
I’ve been listening to their best-of compilation recently. Somehow I always forget how good they really were ❤ This is pure delight 😊
My favourite Talk Talk track, and a real bridge between their more pop focussed earlier stuff and the later albums. Gorgeous. But an acquired taste, I get it. That's also ok! That section where the synths and organs just build and build...still gets me. Stunning. PS. I don't think the distortion is deliberate in that middle bit, I think that's RUclips Justin!
My favourite Talk Talk track also. Majestic taste my friend.
Thank you so much for reacting to this piece of art. I still recall when I bought the 12“ of „Life‘s What You make it“ back in ´86 and then stumbled over this B-side. I could not believe my ears. Simple and complex. Fragile. Colourful. Deep. Besides „Time It‘s Time“ my favourite Talk Talk track. Recommendation for one of the next reactions - Japanese duo Dip In The Pool with „Rabo Del Sol“ from 1986. Majestic.
Yes an emotional piece
I think there isn't a single bad or even just average Talk Talk song... My favorite B-side from them is the beautiful "John Cope".
This is mine, followed by 'John Cope'. 😉
Aw man… That tune makes me cry….
Agree! Both tracks have an organic feel: this track ‘feeling’, and John Cope ‘freedom’
I heard that the lyrics were based about the travels of a slave and significant other family. Being transported. Set the sails our hearts are open..don't cry...the tide shall turn to shelter us from storms, the seas of charity shall bathe us all.
I believe it was all done in one take. The laughter & crackling sound is due to a small fire that was lit in a waste paper bin. It’s very similar to John Martyn’s Small Hours in tone and drowsy regret. Steve Winwood on Hammond?
As another contributor mentions, it’s the signpost towards Spirit of Eden, both in it’s sparseness and lyrical minimalism.
There's three tracks that could have been the signpost. 'April 5th', 'Chameleon Day', or this. Unfortunately the Mark Hollis biography failed to provide any information!
@Paul-Martin_67 Tell me about it my friend. If anyone was overdue, it's JM. 😊
@@Owlstretchingtime78 agree, all good indicators of the coming step into a very different sonic world of wonderment
One of THEE best songs from Talk Talk. Love. Love love. This song meant so much to me at that time. And still does. Lots of respect for putting this out. I’ve been waiting for this to happen. Thank you.
Just
Let it wash over u
It kinda heals the broken heart
Twas a fine wine of an analysis
I concur
Diolch!
An epiphany from '86. I remember the moment to this day!
Maybe the best Talk Talk track, absolutely wonderful
So glad you're listening to the astonishingly beautiful track , which I have to confess I only discovered a few years ago not realising it was the b side of Life's what you make it which I bought when it came out, can't remember playing it then. That part around 4 mins and 10 seconds sounds like the gates of heaven opening. Knew you'd love it.
Brilliant! Thanks for reacting to this little gem,(and to listening to our requests). I love this track and can only imagine it was running time that prevented it being on the album. It's a fragile, beautiful masterpiece that deserves more the 'b' side status.
Happily nehemb!
YES!!! Immaculate tune👌🏼 Love seeing you react to more Talk Talk! If no one else has recommended Mark Hollis’s only solo album yet, I HIGHLY encourage you to seek it out! I’m convinced you’ll deeply love it. It strips back even further what “Laughing Stock” had to offer and is by far the most sparse and intimate album listen I’ve ever had from an artist. Really feels like Mark is literally sitting right next to you…
He was familiar with it before his channel started I believe....
Rightly or wrongly, I view Mark Hollis’ solo album as the 6th Talk Talk album - it completes the journey. It is however, as you suggest, totally spectacular
Beautiful track, at times my favourite Talk Talk track, but it varies from day-to-day as there are so many excellent tracks. As some others have said, another fantastic b-side is John Cope.
Mark Hollis was very spiritual, and for me, i think it's about life and getting older. I intend it to be played at my funeral when i finally, in many years' time, come to that journey. And you playing it today is poignant as my dad is on his final journey from this world. I listened to this on the way back from the hospital, so thank you, it was a needed filip.
For an uplifting track try Hoppipola by Sigur Ros.
Here's to a peaceful crossing for your father Chris. ❤️
Shut up, "It's Getting Late In the Evening" and all you do is Talk Talk! No, then I'm going for a midnight walk. If this keeps up we'll let the lawyers stalk! Love the delicate hurt that's conveyed. Peace & Love.
Tell them in no uncertain terms! 🦜
This piece is quite simply a prayer, or even a hymn if you will.
Perhaps not my #1 TT track of all time but certainly up there.
When you consider what it was a B side to, the contrast is quite awe-inspiring. You expected more poppy Talk Talk when you flipped the disc? Ha! Think again and re-adjust your idea of what music can be about!
Yep, the sound quality was nothing like the version i have. Too bad. John Cope and Pictures of Bernadette are really great b-sides too.
'Pictures Of Bernadette' is very rarely mentioned, and just like every other b.side, it's simply glorious.
I hoped that you would come to listen to this great Bside track, that indeed has depth and humanity! Thanks for the analysis
Wow! I hadn't heard that one, very Spirit of Eden or Laughing Stock. Mesmeric!
Good review J.P. 👍👍
Thank you Phillip!
The seas of charity shall overflow and bathe us all.
Great review, love your channel ❤
Thank you so much!
I can't believe the band I thought, for 40 years, was a part of the New Wave/Romantic movement - with their first album and single Talk Talk (yes, Talk Talk, by Talk Talk) really had all of this waiting to come out. I feel like that cover with the moth (and also the cover of The Colour of Spring album) were possibly hinted at on Deep Forest's album cover Boheme, and especially Comparsa, as a possible inspiration or homage to this album/band? I can't imagine they weren't aware of Talk Talk's work from 86-91, because their first album came out in 1992. Thanks to all who suggested this song and JP for playing it!
Didn´t know that. Those cord changes in the piano playing... man! Great song!!!
my favourite song
Absolutely beyond beautiful. In fact, this is beyond anything i ever expected from music itself! 🦜
Listen very carefully and you can hear them setting fire to a waste paper basket!
Great! Like Awgm by Can: a ritual being performed whilst the producer’s dog comes in barking at the right moment
I'd love to hear your opinion on some of Roland Orzabal's (Tears For Fears) solo work, especially the songs Elemental and Brian Wilson Said.
Beautiful track. This does sound thin and distorted with all bottom end removed. Sounds like worn out vinyl rip to me. My hi res version is glorious.
My reading of the title at least, has been a literal one - I suspect from the sleepy, low-fi feel to the whole track, and the little snippets of stuff from the studio etc., that this was literally a track recorded late in a session. The band were winding down, a little tired, but mellow and the songs style reflects this. That's my take anyway! I suspect they just ran out of time - I can imagine someone saying "it's getting late in the evening" and the band downing instruments and wandering off home!
Speaking of great b-sides XTC heaven is paved with broken glass ! Ball and chain b -side
Delighted you have given this a listen. I discovered it as a B side too. It remains one of my favourite TT tracks. It could have been included on The Colour of Spring.
Both Hollis and Frieze-Green realised their mistake in leaving this off the album. Hollis wanted to remove 'Life's What You Make It', but faced a brick wall in EMI.
There's only so many tracks that can been placed on a vinyl record without compromising the overall quality of the listening experience. As someone else pointed out, another track would've needed to be dropped in order to accommodate it. And what for? It had already been released previously as a B-side to the first single released before the album.
@SmartCookie2022 I completely agree with you, but Hollis saw it differently. With the direction he knew they were about to head in, he wanted it to line up against 'April 5th' and 'Chameleon Day'. This shows how he could care less for commerciality, as they would have had to remove a song. EMI obviously blanked the idea, and for once they were totally right!
Justin, you reacted to the whole discography less the 1rst. album , so, my question is, whats the/your problem with the first album ? LOL
There are 3 fantastic tracks that deserve your reaction, "The Party's Over", "Have You Heard the News?" and "Candy". Go ahead my boy, the dog bites but is vaccinated against rabies.
Absolutely! These are the three most interesting and successful tracks on this debut album, although I also like "Talk Talk" and a few others, with the exception of the average "Mirror Man" and "Another World" (which, strangely enough, were released as singles!).
@@a.k.1740 Yup, but I don't wanna ask too much to him, cos I feel that he "Hate" that album, even he never listened to it hahaha
@@a.k.1740 I like a lot "Today" too
@@bigjapi1 Yep, "Today" is a good one too! As I've already mentioned, it's only "Mirror Man" and "Another World" that really fall short of the rest, and I must also point out that I don't like the sound of those electronic drums, which undoubtedly anchor the record in its time.
@@bigjapi1 You've picked just the right three tracks and I'm pretty sure these will inspire Justin to go further with the album!
I found the piece to be interesting. I did not have all the imagined imagery as you did. The song did well at establishing a mood. I did like how the changes in the song were not jolting. (I can hear your imagery after you mentioned it. How about if I lie and accuse you of closing more bars than I have. LUL)
The white noise/compression you mention on 5:35 isn't supposed to be there, seems like the upload you listened to was of bad quality sadly. :)
🥱😴Not for me. Apart from a few early tracks I really struggle with Talk Talk and this is no exception !
Rather dull and boring for me.
I also get bored when I hear this. I don't like this kind of minimalist and abstract work, which is so stripped down to the bone that there's nothing left. The works of David Sylvian and Kate Bush from the 2000s onwards gives me the same feeling. It puts me off and bores me to death.
@@Paul-Martin_67 No, he's used to me having a go at some of his favourites!😉
Jeez, crummy b sides, demos and other crud... there really is no escaping this lot is there. What! have we really run out of other artists, beggars belief.
Other bands don't release b-sides, demos and other crud?
@@aldo34 ??? Yes they do, it's not uncommon.
You really are a prat.
@@jfergs.3302No surprise here, but i hold no grudges. A song like this has no middle ground! 👍
@@Owlstretchingtime78 I'll take your word for it. I couldn't bring myself to listen to it...