Talk Talk - I Believe In You

[mcampeau11]

I may be wrong, (but I would hazard a guess) that this audience was not expecting the most gut-wrenching song ever written about heroin addiction. You would likely be better off watching the "official" video...before EMI sued them for not making commercial music!

[Colporombo]

Grandiosi

[baloulule]

I just can't understand hoe Mark can abandon music so consequently from his life.

The space he left was never filled. Still hoping so muc that he will be heard again

[carbine125]

I like his hair shorter. Where Are you Mark We want you back?

[marty9040]

its about time mark hollis/talk talk were in the rock and roll music hall of fame with the fab four the beatles.

[TelboyD]

@marty9040 - DAMN RIGHT. They took music to the next level as much as the Beatles ever did. Also, their last two albums are utterly timeless.

[Yolagataloca10]

nothing compares to Mark Hollis....he's unique!!

[LAFKO1]

Mark , i believe in you...

thank you ....spirit....

[9TEODORA]

this song was very kindly than seriuos..his voice was fantastic..and I really don't understand why they gone away ..left secretly by world music ..nobody haven't seen them somewhere at these days? not actual videos pictures? but are they alive yet ??

[BillyBird]

@9TEODORA They are still alive. Singer Mark Hollis has retired from public life, and

it seems has stopped doing music altogether. Bass player Paul Webb & drummer Lee Harris have formed a band called O.rang

[mcampeau11]

Their peak song. The most beautiful song I've ever heard.

My eyes water EVERY TIME I hear the opening chords. So much pain in such a beautiful voice. And then rising above it all at the end.

Spirit.

[jdombey]

Hollis is...out of borders.

[comadivine1]

This album has gone so far beyond pop and rock music that no wonder so few people grasped the beauty of 'Spitit of Eden' at the time. NOw... it's one of the most influential albums when it comes to post pop , ambient etc. among artists of course :)

[Gunuph]

Why did i ever stop listening to talk talk? Best band ever.

[pablof59]

One of the best songs ever recorded !

Hollis voice is unique. BTW, where is he nowadays , even Google has been not able to find him :-(

[BillyBird]

He's not involved in music anymore now, no writing nor producing, nothing. He's living the quiet life in london with wife and kids (and goats)

[dovie2blue]

@BillyBird Wow, that's kind of amazing....I guess he just got it all out then....wow...

[MrAugust767]

@BillyBird In 2001 he did perform and coproduced Anja Garbarek's 3rd studio album, Smiling and Waving.  Still, that's not very recent.

[BillyBird]

@MrAugust767 That's right. He also played on UNKLE's debut album, "Psyence Fiction", as well as on the Allinson / Brown "AV1" album in 1998.

[gadzio74]

Coś niesamowitego!!!Ach te wspomnienia....

[marty9040]

its about time mark hollis/talk talk were in the music hall of fame.

[sengland70]

Brilliant song

[GillyDangerous]

I am a muzo - this puts me right. Thank you X

[Simmekbh]

Shame its playback..

[copeyattamsworth]

Think he's singin about his brother, Ed. A heroin addict once.

Mark, you legend!

Come back, you're needed now.

[88cheyenne]

HUGE BAND! his voice is so enormous. 5s

[ruralgraffiti]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,,,

Blissfull.

[thestarsgoblue]

great song, cheers m8.

arent keane shit?!

[DavidCurci]

This beautiful song can be appreciated only by the real fun of Talk Talk...and I am certainly !!! Great Talk Talk !!!

[iscariotesrock]

I am tired of hearing this song. I have 41 years and when you have 80 (if you get to that age) want to keep listening.

[Roohoo67]

Ich hatte bisher noch keine liveaufnahme

zu diesem Song gesehen!

Echt cooooooooooool

[donblackparks]

I love music. New, old.....talk talk is sooogoooooddd. Great post. please don't bash newer band that are gooooddd too. I am sure you can trace/attribute talk talk's influence to pink floyd, Harper, and even Monk. get on with it and enjoy. All this soccer club type worship does nothing....Pele was good, so is Beckham....enjoy.

[lotreamon01]

Tell me how I fear it I buy prejudice for my health Is it worth so much when you taste it? Enough there ain't enough hidden hurt A time to sell yourself A time for passing Spirit How long? Spirit How long? Spirit How long? Spirit...

[mikesch0815]

This is the real start of the genre Postrock. And it is still one of the most important recordings of the late 80ties.

[mozwerk]

great sound for just 2 guitars and a drum kit :-)

amazing song

[neopolitanicecream]

And without even having to strum the guitar! Awfully talented so he is

[Topnikko]

Beautiful, timeless, just flat out gorgeous music. Come back Mark.

[kuwaharalaserlite]

but nowadays....what you think of the band no-man? they have the same manegement as talk talk back in the days...the voice of tim bowness is if i hear god singing..steve wilson on guitar..check them out guys!!

[ruffian1868]

Talk Talk 's last two albums have stood the test of time. They are probably more relevant now than they were back then. Those albums paved the way for Radiohead and all the other post rock bands.

[7h89m]

You're right Radiohead etc must have been influenced by this wonderful music wish they would reform-can't we get a petition going???

[Darrell9029]

From the Spirit of Eden Album, just timeless beautiful music, come back Mark we miss you -Thanks for posting

[toddbulky]

Imperious sadness and consummate genius - come back Mark - the world needs you

[ilpezkato]

Me niego a creer que Mark Hollis sufra una "sequia creativa" después de tres joyas como son los últimos discos de Talk Talk y el album solista.

Se te extraña, amigo. Que bueno seria verte en Buenos Aires.

[japy40]

kippevel en tranen in mijn ogen....

[dipsomane]

"spirit..." MASTERPIECE

"Laughing..." MASTERPIECE

"Mark hollis" MASTERPIECE

...

[metabaron38]

Gran tema uno de mis favoritos....

[apocwiar]

Beautiful. Listening all this day and the more I listen the more perfect it is to me. See how butifully constructed Talk Talk songs are at all, especially from last 2 albums. Timeless music..

[swelstead]

it kills me - this album was considered the death knell for Talk Talk (from a popular perspective) but how similar is it to Radiohead and Coldplay today???

If this was released today it'd probably be an iTunes commercial. (ok maybe not QUITE, but you know what i mean)

[aproachingsilence]

i wish mark hollis came back to the music world again and create what only he is capabe of. Speak with the voice of transcendence!!

[alana3darkangel]

beautiful voice, beautiful lyrics, beautiful music. i listen to it over and over and over...

[lotreamon01]

Tell me how I fear it I buy prejudice for my health Is it worth so much when you taste it? Enough there ain't enough hidden hurt A time to sell yourself A time for passing Spirit How long? Spirit How long? Spirit How long? Spirit....... I'm speechless... so beautiful in it's melancholic sadness ... Thank you for up ...

[Jeannot090207]

Superb, I'm wordless;

[dermotoblong]

its class pal nice one!

[Midnight0190]

To be honest this song reminds me of a nightmare i would rather 4get but i just cant stop listeneing to it.

[darkduende]

Best ending in a song ever...well maybe not in this youtube version but it sounds beautiful in the original song

[BillyBird]

That's the single edit (aka the 7" single. the middle section and end are edited a lot to fit the 3.30 min. frame)

[cloudbuster66]

hi again just found a talk talk video at a car boot cost me 50p what a bloody bargain,and it still plays bonus

[PatsyS3]

Beautiful song......

Great band.........

Only seen them 'Live' once, on 'The Colour of Spring' Tour....Way back in the 80's

Mint....

[pdood101]

talk talk most uderated band ever .years ahead of there time i dare you to listen and not be moved by it

[Sieist23Jahrealt]

why was it lipsynced?

[beebfader]

Because they spent a year in the studio to make the soundtrack you hear ? There's no way this could be played live...there's a real cathedral choir on it, and a beautifully recorded Leslie Organ.

Can't just do that in a crappy TV studio

[cloudbuster66]

41 years old ,heard loads of music in my time,but talk talk blow me away every time,my wife cant see the point in loving a band so much,but eh i didnt marry her for her musical input,not that id listen to her anyway haha

[deancooky]

Mark hollis is one of the most under rated singer song writers of our time.

[theBESTelvis]

i agree  deancooky,

[iris2gamera]

Here there be Gods.

[timeitstime]

This is such a beautiful song but so sad at the same time, all about heroin addiction.

[LunaSeaSane]

And here is THE SONG.

[klarney]

I love this song...does anyone know it's history or it's meaning?

[ConnieXX]

correct me if i'm wrong, but i think his brother died due to drug addiction, hence the line "i've seen heroin for myself". it is often stated in articles that mark hollis did heroin in the eighties, but i'm not sure that is true. but hey, who am i to speculate? i wasn't there....

[Nuche45]

You're wrong, about drugs, Mark said : alcohol yes, but heroin no.

[ConnieXX]

hmm, maybe my comment can be misinterpreted. i am not saying mark hollis ever did heroin, but the song could be about his brother. again, this is me speculating.

[gerryhoey]

THis song haunted me back in the early nineties... still does... that organ at 02:50 blows me away...... every time....

[markdcarter]

Utterly gorgeous, yeah. I believe the organ's a bit of a nod to Bowie's wonderful, hymnlike "Word on a Wing", just as the Velvet Underground's "Heroin" is referenced on "Eden". _Spirit of Eden_ is a record which makes you hear in a new way....

[johnstonutd]

BEAUTIFULL SONG

[auranoctis]

Can I say this is the most beautiful single ever?

[buchd151a]

Yes i think you can... Sublime...

[Pettenderk]

Eat your heart out Radiohead a.o.!! Such a beautiful song, the bass dropping in at 1.45.... Chillsszzzzz!

[BillyBird]

Yeaaaah that deep mexican bass, gave me the chills when I first heard the single back in '88, and still does ^^

[mcampeau11]

@BillyBird Thanks for the info...always wondered about that spot in the song. So that would be Simon Edwards playing?

[BillyBird]

@mcampeau11 yes I think it's safe to assume Edwards did it.

[mcampeau11]

@BillyBird Hope it wasn't an obvious question...don't know what a Mexican Bass is!! Just credit where it's due, that's all. And that part after the first chorus has always hit a resonant frequency with me, and a lot of other people, it seems, too.

But, there's a point where you can deconstruct a song into dust though, eh? Not trying to do that.

Thanks

[IguanART]

Ik wordt er gelukkig van om te zien dat er nog meer mensen zijn die nog weten wat echte muziek is/was. Het wachten is nog op een goede audiofiele DVD van meneer Hollis en Co..

[sengland70]

wonderful stuff

[auranoctis]

WOOWW!! Finally some live from the greatest record EVER (Spirit Of Eden)

[BillyBird]

geez long story mate, try and find some online ressources.

Btw I don't think they've split up officially :)

[bluechristophe]

does anybody know why they stopped and got separated?

[buchd151a]

Look for his solo album 'Marc Hollis' - utterly beautiful... Nothing since tho... Alas.

[appeboy]

I also taped a blooper interview they tried to do before they recorded this one (the one that the girl in the start of the song is telling about)but never seen that one online yet...

[appeboy]

Hmmm... I never got credit for taping this vid... but still it is fasinating that stuff ends up on the net... :)

[georgenorthwood]

Brilliant!!!

[atmos111]

I dunno about that. I guess he did this for the record company, but if you look at the actual video released with 'I Believe in You', it's very well executed. First verse, he looks like he's on heroin, nodding off. Second verse, he looks like he's castigating the heroin addict. And then, for the 'Spirit, how long' section at the end, he appears to have shaken off the shackles of the drug to find personal redemption. Either way you look at it, it's such a class song.

[stefan103]

I have a feeling that MH's closed eyes and withdrawn manner are emotional statements. If you watch his stuff you can see how his shyness or withdrawn tendencies progress through the years. Originally he's OK, then he starts to look up allot from looking down, then it's the ever-present sunglasses to avoidance of the world in general.

[mfcexpert]

This is my favourite bassist who's reduced to accompanying dull stuff.

[toorlooo]

he had a guitard but he didn't use it.

[dozytwatcockface]

that's cuz the song is being mimed, not actually played live

[toorlooo]

I know so it's like in the videoclip, a guitar for nothing.

In the song, the guitar is robbie mcintosh but not Mark Hollis.

Still my favourite song.

[dozytwatcockface]

In the song, the guitar is played by Mark Hollis not Robbie McIntosh (a session musician who played 12 string guitar)

[toorlooo]

Really?

Mark play great music with his guitar.

PS:Note: You can see the same guitar on ''Why is it so hard'' IOTV show

[Baxtercycling]

Superb!

[pterygota]

why are we sure that it's lipsynced?

[adrianborland]

It's not so difficult to make the difference between live and recording versions. It is exactly the same version that the one on the album. The last Talk Talk's albums were impossible to reproduce in live. They were based on improvisation and re-build in song format.

[pterygota]

impossible?

[adrianborland]

When an artist has the focus on an idea, there's nothing to make change his mind. And when Mark Hollis says : " Talk Talk is over ", believe him ( even everyone here wants a comeback ). Talk Talk never performed the last two albums live. Was it fear to make wrong ? Perfection is hard to reproduce. Mark Hollis was tired of Show-biz.

[pterygota]

Are you not an actual person? There's a certain lack of logical flow to your writing. Or maybe english is a second language for you?

[adrianborland]

I'm not an actual person.

[nakanda]

I just love this band!

[jeepinlizards]

i realize, considering the rest of the music on their last two albums, that this is the best choice for a "live" performance, but still not exactly something one would expect to be played on stage. Nonetheless, one of my all-time favorite tunes by any band, ever. Those last two albums were masterpieces.

[tenracsha]

That was easily the most moved I've ever been by a lip-synched TV performance. Mark Hollis and Talk Talk are incredible.

[BillyBird]

Nope he only did 1 solo album, simply called "Mark Hollis" in 1998. He did do the odd obscure collaboration here and then since then, but has practically vanished from the music biz (and the music world in general)

[supermaho]

A beautiful song and video. So mark hollis did 2 solo albums, the latest in 1998, and disappeared?

[BillyBird]

yes they are

[andya32]

quite a new discovery for me, but wow, these guys are serious. brilliant.

[BillyBird]

Yeah well oogenesis, the last TT album was 1991, and he did one solo album in 1998. Nothing since...

[oogenesis]

um, raverill, he's still making music, though solo now...much in the same vein as this, though much less synth-driven.

[jejelad]

i love this song. makes me think of xmas for some reason. thanks for posting!

[srecko666]

Such a great thing to see Talk Talk again. Outstanding!

Thanks BillyBird!

[adrianborland]

Eyes wide shut all the song, did he really want to be on stage ?

I'm not sure. It's not a disco show, that's true. Thanks for this document.

[raverill]

I guess this is the closest they ever got to a live performance of any of the songs off the last two albums.. pity. Still great to see it. I don't think Mark Hollis is a drug user, he just got sick of the music business and retreated into privacy. Such a shame, it'd be so interesting to see what sort of music he'd be making now.

[EsromFF]

Im pretty sure Hollis took Heroin and faded away. How else can you explain the cover on his solo album? :)

[EsromFF]

"I Have Seen Heroin For Myself" is a pretty good hint to why they did not tour the last two albums. Did you hear his solo lp? Heavy mother that one..... wOw

[BillyBird]

Nah actually u're in the wrong there, pal. Hollis couldn't see the point in going on the road trying to reproduce what had taken them so long to craft in the studio.

Actually the heroin bit is about his brother Ed, who died then in the late 80's.

[EsromFF]

Great "live" clip !

[porca41]

Superb, this sheer brilliance even though it is mimed, it is stillfrom the heart. Does anyone know how to save vids from this site? to save into a folder or somewhere other than favourites.

[industrialbirds]

Yeah you you can download a plugin for firefox at mediapirate en to play it download riva flvplayer

[theporca]

Thanks..

[BillyBird]

yeah indeed he hated it, hence no tour for Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. I even wonder how they convinced him to take part in that tv show.

As for being underrated, I'm not sure. Maybe sales went a downward spiral with each album, but the critics always had praise, and the music world don't forget how influential they still are to many artists/bands.

[JJ62]

That was typical Mark Hollis. He hated all the crap that went with it, all he wanted to do was make music. The guy was close on genius in some respects tho, and TT were so underrated it's unfair....

[rinfy]

EXCELLENT upload, thank you! It's a shame it's lipsynched, but what are ya gonna do? Beautiful song.

[BillyBird]

Yeah great song. It's funny how u can see how bored/not wanting to be there Mark is.

[rinfy]

Yeah, he pretty much stares at the floor the whole time. And you have to wonder why he's holding a guitar, since he never touches it. Brilliant.

[BillyBird]

Also notice how he doesn't even care to sing into the microphone, which is not pointed towards his mouth :-D