all this talk of "New Grass" as funeral music is completely overshadowing the fact that this music ought to be played at the complete opposite occasion: birth. right as one slide's out into the earth.
This is the only song to ever lift me out of a bad mood. Some can aid in it, but this song just pumps good vibes into me. Heart-wrenchingly beautiful.
Talk Talk's lyrics have a lot of references to Jesus, Christ, God or Christianity in general.
Mark often says "God only knows" (what sb will say) in the songs "It's You" and "Living In Another World"
In the song "Hapiness is easy" they mention Jesus at least 8 times or more, saying Jesus came too save our souls and in this song New Grass 2 references.
and what about Spirit of Eden, "Eden", 'Laughing Stock' 'After the Flood', and Mark Holli's "A New Jerusalem"?
yes and now i understand it , i read about how mark hollis wrote this songs, and he said it.., he also said that jerusalem was written that way and other things i don't even want to mention.
anyway, I decide to follow Jesus and not talk talk
Like a lot of religious folk you don't see the irony in work when all you want is validation for your faith. Hollis was being VERY ironic in "Happiness is Easy". It is an extremely anti-Christian song. Wake up dear.
WOW! This song is so good. I have to admit I only discovered Talk Talk by looking up the orig artis of It's My LIfe then was curious about their other stuff. I'm so glad I found this.
There's an interview, posted on YouTube, where Mark Hollis just talks about "Laughing Stock" and it shows how passionate he is about the album. And the passion shows in this beautiful song, as well.
It wasn't Pitchfork that brought me here as much as the Jess Harvell review. If JH really digs a record, I'll at least give it a listen to see why. In most cases, I become a fan of a new (to me) band.
@studioreganowka Pretentious much? Why does it matter where we hear about it from? Pitchfork is just like any other music news source, especially considering they all pretty much have given this album perfect marks as well. Get over pitchfork already its pathetic people.
They preceded Radiohead in terms of pushing the sonic envelope and with song writing and in my opinion, are far superior. They basically eschewed pop stardom at a point when they could have fully embraced it. Instead, they did what most every band as well as fans of their early work have a difficult time wrapping their heads around; they took their early success and used it not for further narcissistic ends, but to make very good music that was not commercially viable.
@wall875 , you are right indeed. And God bless Talk Talk for that. If you follow a curve from their early work to this album you can clearly see that they had reached a beautiful, startling end point and could go no further. And there in lies there untarnished legacy. If only all great bands could be that graceful.
This song, is it actually about finding christianity or is it something along the lines of Sartre "That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget."? There is just so damn much melancholy sounding through this song.
On December 24 at 8:00 in the morning, a young 14 year old boy by the name of Scott Johnson was found dead. Doctors couldn't come up with the cause of his death. His mother checked his emails to see if she could figure out what happened. Turns out he was still signed into myspace. She found he had gone to sleep after he read and didn't repost a chain letter. If you don't repost this to six videos a girl with no face will kill you tonight. Sorry don't want to die
Muziek van een zeldzame schoonheid: de breekbaar gezongen teksten door Mark Hollis, het respect voor leegtes en stiltes in de muziek, de zorgvuldig opgebouwde spanningsbogen en onverwachte wendingen maken deze pareltjes na elke nieuwe luisterbeurt steeds beter...
Im a bit disappointed that some other people chose this one as funeral music... I thought I was original..but never mind...we'll be connected in death :) I adore this album.
I've never before thought about what kind of music I'd like to have played when I make the final journey, but by Christ, this piece of music has got me thinking about it.
@slaphaddalztick You're not the only one - in the March 2011 issue of Q magazine it says that Elbow's Guy Garvey wants New Grass played at his funeral: "It's the most beautiful song ever."
my father has this album. it's very strange but is fantastic for me . i'm 12 and other boys like me listen lady gaga, shakira , rihanna........the world is end.
@slaphaddalztick thanks! (even by my father). I am really happy that they are not the only new generation to listen to the 80s and 70s and all the good music !
But doesn't anyone agree that the opinions of others towards this song is way less important than the feeling that you get from it?
And second of all, the band did not want to be more succesful then they were. Which shows their love for the music and not for the money, unlike the crappy commercial shit nowadays;)
@daansmit123 Dude you dont have a fuckin idea what your talking 'bout.
first of al: Talk Talk was created by a girl named: Rebecca Black. She gave the chance to the crappy, old people who now represent Talk Talk. And guess what, Bertus Staigerpaip was the origin singer of this band. That were times to remember, the music that Talk Talk made after that epic change is nothing but perfect.
People forgot the magic that people like RIO and Miley Cyrus have nowadays.
@daansmit123 I only think they are underrated because I want more people to hear Talk Talk, not because I think they deserve a reward: if I'd made a song like this I'd be pleased enough whether I was famous or not!
@daansmit123 yea but my problem is that they influeneced a lot of bands and dont get the credit. for example critics go on about how original a radiohead record is without mentioning that these guys did the style ages before. a lot of bands who rip them off dont even recommend them too. thats why they are underrated i think
@daansmit123 Daan-I think you ' hit the nail on the head' True fans will never begrudge T/T for content OR volume as they have a special place in our hearts cheers, Opie
I suddenly begin to realize that the most awesome people are T/T fans. The atmosphere here is astonishing good and there are no such things as: X people are retarded blabla. This is the youtube as i want it to be.
I knew the earlier TT stuff, then only recently best friend found it in Oxfam for £2, now I can't stop playing this track. The drums are very similar to the 1971 CAN album Tago Mago.
Reminds me of driving home, at 4 AM, from every party I've been to. After hundreds of listens I still wanna climb inside this song. The trippiest piece of music ever written.
@northernjack64 you have outstanding taste. however the most trippy song ever is 'the seventh day' by jan hammer. not available on YT for some money-orientated reason. seek it elsewhere. you will apppreciate it. X hub.
Beauty in its most pure form. I love to listen to this song when it's raining outside, its amazing how the drums stay in time with the perpetual drops.
@TheNatedogg56 They inspired Vheissu? Really? I can see it now that you point it out, but I'm very curious...where did you hear that? I'd love to read that interview, wherever it is.
@RoseImmortal It's in the liner notes for the special edition of Vheissu. I'm not sure if anyone said it in an interview. You could try googling "Thrice Vheissu Talk Talk" or something like that, though.
@RoseImmortal I just remembered, Teppei (the lead guitarist from thrice) named his blog after this song, so they've definitely had an impact on their musical (and artistic) direction.
@djsaturnin that was my reaction as well. Talk Talk have many more appreciators of their music today than they did when they were still formed as a group, and as I believe it is growing by the day. Sometimes, it takes people a little while to catch up with greatness.
@Arale1402 alright, alright. I'll quit ragging on this song and its fans. You obviate the wrongness of my generalization and the folly of my short-sighted perspective. But you have to admit, there's something very tempting about the opportunity to rip on anything people depict as "perfect", even if you don't really care about it one way or the other.
@gabrielapetrie hahaha, teaser!! Touché, I guess. Though, I don't know if I could enjoy being insulted by them true TalkTalk fans on here. That's why I was referring to you as a brave soul earlier, you see? I don't believe that music is about perfection, so maybe there is some common ground between us. I enjoyed our discussion though ;-) Now go and enjoy some music you like, spring is coming!! A new beginning... (I know it sounds cheesy haha). Best wishes
It is not music. It is avant-garde. All it takes is a little less stuffy, pompous, self-absorbed, materialist-elitist, pseudo-intellectual, down-your-nose-at-others perspective to see that.
@Arale1402 you appear to have deleted your replies to my comment. I really don't see myself in any kind of "trouble" with the exclusivist, analytically paralyzed, puzzle-solvers-cum-musical-afficionadoes we find staunchly defending the alleged integrity or masterfulness of Talk Talk. I couldn't have said this before, but over time, the more I read in these comments, the less I could care about the opinions held here to the point that, now, I don't care, at all what they think. Brave? Hardly.
@gabrielapetrie I can see my replies to you right in front of me, so I dont know what u are talking about. If you don't like this song, fair enough, don't listen to it then. Why are you going to all the trouble only to be insulted by the people you call indearingly "stuffy, pompous, pseudo-intellectual"? Life's too short for that. I don't consider myself intellectual, but this song just made my day. Shame it didn't make yours.
Goosebumps!!! And I can so see with especially this song how Talk Talk have influenced other bands like Radiohead and Colplay. Way ahead of their time, and so unappreciated by those c***s of record company execs who only think in $£$£$£$£$£. No wonder Hollis retired :-(
You know what, I can imagine people not being in love with this song. Not everyone has to agree. What I can't imagine is someone saying that the music is bad. Have you no soul? This is gorgeous music. I don't believe in god, but this music moves me in a way that few others can.
Ok, as much as I love this album and song, it's appearently a place for people to write the most pretentious things ever. Just listen to the music, we don't need pretty metaphores, everyone already understands.
agentoranges..Agreed, although `Reckoner` and the album it comes from was a vast improvement from the previous 2 radiohead offerings...so its hardly a fisher price version of `New grass`...but there are obviously influences there i agree
I kinda see the connection between how Talk talk progressed..and..dare i say it..how Radiohead progressed...slightly different era`s but i cant help feeling somewhere i Thom Yorke`s CD collection, there is a `Spirit of Eden` and `Laughing stock` to be listened to...Just a thought...Hmmmm?
A very anxious and scattered song. It gave me a headache. The piercing organ hurt my ears and made me want to stop the song every time it rose up like a raging drunk to curse at the placeless drum line. Reading the comments, it seems like there is some kind of subculture protective of this group. A friend of mine has to listen to disjointed, irregular music to ward off whatever neurosis afflicts him. He considers it to be more "beautiful", more musical if it's harder to follow. He's *neurotic*.
@gabrielapetrie I love how it couldn't be you that couldn't appreciate the song. That you cannot possibly entertain, because of your ridiculous ego, for one second that it could be you that has failed.
The drums are not placeless, they're just not in a 4/4 time signature - again a problem with you, not the music.
If the organ hurt your ears you've either EQd it badly or have damaged ears. Both again to do with you.
@gabrielapetrie haha, you must be a brave soul to post this in here knowing that this would result in insults from the "subculture protective of this group". Whilst I believe that everyone has a right to raise opinions, I couldnt disagree more with your misplaced analysis. If you had said that about "Taphead" I could've understood a little bit where u coming from, but this track is pure beauty and shows how it influenced other musicians. So if you dont like this, u probably think that....
@gabrielapetrie ..Coldplay Radiohead etc are wannabe musi-wackos as well? Yes, some tracks on TAlkTAlks later albums arent always easy to follow, but this one flows and just is so smooth to listen to. It moves me...you see? And if your neurotic friend is annoying you so much, why do u still hang out with him? Sometimes, rather then blurting out one's opinion at all cost, it is better to keep it to oneself. I hope u know now why u got yourself into trouble here. think first then post ;)
@arale1402 You'll ruin your health by listening to this music and trying to convince us that your opinion is the best! please don´t listen it anymoreand the problem is finished.
@hunderok at no point have I indicated that my opinion is the best nor am I trying to convince you of it. You are entitled to your opinions, so am I to mine. I will keep listening to this music but thank you kindly for caring so much about my health and my "problems". ;-)
What I hear is Mark Hollis/Talk Talk's "Kind of Blue" or better yet, their "Bitches Brew"... This is their way of tying up the sound that is at its deepest core!! It fuzzes all of the great past sounds of Jazz, Chamber, Soul, R&B, and White Pop..... This is not Miles music, but the steps takin' to make IT is extraordinary!!..... Amen
Amongst a vast, varied and disorganised CD collection, New Grass is like the poem written by your true love. Delicate, elegant and extremely precious.
Yes! - Masterful in every way! Thanks for posting!! - . . have loved TAlk TaLK for 26 years! - And still great! Gems all the way! The later the albums the better!! -Cheers!
I have loved this music for a long time and to see it now getting the enourmous amount of praise, which it deserves, is as beautiful as the music itself.
I love how everyone has a unity in their response to both Laughing stock and the spirit of Eden. These albums are absolutely fantastic. They are my pills, my medication, the ability to de-stress. I really need o listen to them more often as I have not heard something more pure.
@sharkaholic Talk Talk and Sigur Ros, in my opinion are two bands that stand out above anything I've ever listened to, in terms of having a real impact on my psychological well-being. They seem to both share something special.
I think it has obviously a lot to do with the minimalism of the music, particularly the use of vocals as instrument rather than story-telling device. I don't understand much that either Mark or Jonsi are saying, which somehow allows us to absorb the music more fully.
I've met a fair few people who want this mesmerizing song played at their funeral. I'm not quite that morbid, but I see what they mean, it would definitely be a lovely way to say goodbye, though I doubt there would be a dry eye in the house.
i am one of those people. though i don't see it as morbid, this song strikes me as life-affirming, i can't think of a song as hopeful and pure as this one.
@agentoranges It is not the song I see as morbid, but the thoughts of our death and what lies beyond that are by definition morbid. For me, this piece of music has a very special quality, the like of which I have only ever heard in a few classical pieces. It makes one think of death only because it is so pure, so perfect, that it penetrates deep into that part of our being that we will only discover after our physical death.
how can i explain the importance of talk talk? i can't. so let me say that 'sprit of eden' and 'laughing stock' are amongst the most original and evocative records ever made. whatever mr hollis is doing these days, i hope he is happy and at peace X hub
Did anyone else recognise that UNKLE sampled these drums for Rabbit In Your Headlights?
Planettelex99 4 days ago
@Planettelex99 just compared the two. you are absolutely right. thx for the info!
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This song is like watching yourself from outside, and then felling tenderness.
ElAullidoDeLaNada 1 week ago
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ElAullidoDeLaNada 1 week ago
all this talk of "New Grass" as funeral music is completely overshadowing the fact that this music ought to be played at the complete opposite occasion: birth. right as one slide's out into the earth.
Nickmendez 3 weeks ago
Simply beautiful! Great underrated band! Love their late LPs!
1984lukass 1 month ago
It's sad that this is the greatest song ever recorded. My musical quest is near an end.
BruisedEyeSockets 1 month ago 2
This is the only song to ever lift me out of a bad mood. Some can aid in it, but this song just pumps good vibes into me. Heart-wrenchingly beautiful.
jack1141994 1 month ago
Let's say it!
Talk Talk's lyrics have a lot of references to Jesus, Christ, God or Christianity in general.
Mark often says "God only knows" (what sb will say) in the songs "It's You" and "Living In Another World"
In the song "Hapiness is easy" they mention Jesus at least 8 times or more, saying Jesus came too save our souls and in this song New Grass 2 references.
and what about Spirit of Eden, "Eden", 'Laughing Stock' 'After the Flood', and Mark Holli's "A New Jerusalem"?
EvanConnellyNovacek 1 month ago
@EvanConnellyNovacek Always thought Happiness Is Easy was quite a nasty song towards religion: "It wrecks me how they justify their wars"
marshalsea 3 weeks ago
@marshalsea
yes and now i understand it , i read about how mark hollis wrote this songs, and he said it.., he also said that jerusalem was written that way and other things i don't even want to mention.
anyway, I decide to follow Jesus and not talk talk
EvanConnellyNovacek 2 weeks ago
@EvanConnellyNovacek
Like a lot of religious folk you don't see the irony in work when all you want is validation for your faith. Hollis was being VERY ironic in "Happiness is Easy". It is an extremely anti-Christian song. Wake up dear.
vwgolffan1 2 weeks ago
@vwgolffan1 Not anti-christian but anti-religious - big difference.
classaxe 5 days ago in playlist talk talk- laughing stock
@marshalsea
Totally correct. Evan doesn't understand irony.
vwgolffan1 2 weeks ago
@EvanConnellyNovacek
Because he dislikes it.
vwgolffan1 2 weeks ago
Possibly the most organic sounding song in all of Talk Talks Work.
figurehead1971 2 months ago
WOW! This song is so good. I have to admit I only discovered Talk Talk by looking up the orig artis of It's My LIfe then was curious about their other stuff. I'm so glad I found this.
barou07 2 months ago
I heard this song in Radio Rock in Rome, while driving in a raining night. I had to stop. Fantastic.
gixeco 2 months ago
There's an interview, posted on YouTube, where Mark Hollis just talks about "Laughing Stock" and it shows how passionate he is about the album. And the passion shows in this beautiful song, as well.
MaskedMarvel92 2 months ago
@MaskedMarvel92 can you tell me where the interview is? thanks...
tkshots 1 month ago
It's like finding a new emotion.
Farcallo 2 months ago 6
lifted up. reflective in returning love that you sing
RockyR4coon32 2 months ago
this is seriously among my favorite songs of all time. i wrote a mini-essay about it further down on my website theredbackpack.tumblr.com
adlaistevenson 2 months ago
sono veramente bravi; ilbello lo puoi trovare dove non te loaspetti
fabio46169 2 months ago
meraviglia!!!!!!!!
Afterangie 2 months ago
there are two types of people in this world; people who like this song and people i don't like
01vanbon 2 months ago
Teetering on the edge of genius..............just bliss...
Bobsherunkle 2 months ago
I like the piano.
ZHammerUK 2 months ago
It wasn't Pitchfork that brought me here as much as the Jess Harvell review. If JH really digs a record, I'll at least give it a listen to see why. In most cases, I become a fan of a new (to me) band.
worldbfree187 3 months ago
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when you come here because pitchfork rate this album 10.0 ... you are crap
studioreganowka 3 months ago
@studioreganowka Pretentious much? Why does it matter where we hear about it from? Pitchfork is just like any other music news source, especially considering they all pretty much have given this album perfect marks as well. Get over pitchfork already its pathetic people.
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@studioreganowka you're so much better than everyone else, can I have your autograph?
r0b0hobo 3 months ago
They preceded Radiohead in terms of pushing the sonic envelope and with song writing and in my opinion, are far superior. They basically eschewed pop stardom at a point when they could have fully embraced it. Instead, they did what most every band as well as fans of their early work have a difficult time wrapping their heads around; they took their early success and used it not for further narcissistic ends, but to make very good music that was not commercially viable.
wall875 3 months ago 3
@wall875 , you are right indeed. And God bless Talk Talk for that. If you follow a curve from their early work to this album you can clearly see that they had reached a beautiful, startling end point and could go no further. And there in lies there untarnished legacy. If only all great bands could be that graceful.
Bobsherunkle 2 months ago
my favourite track.
sangramsinghmalik 4 months ago
3:47
Illmatiicc 4 months ago 11
@Illmatiicc you felt it rite.
sangramsinghmalik 4 months ago
Does anyone else hear/appreciate the change in pitch of the drums around 4:18 ? Magical.
acos21 4 months ago 3
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@acos21 really hard to tell.
sangramsinghmalik 4 months ago
@MrGutterFunk
Mark Hollis would have said :good luck
66femo 4 months ago
This song, is it actually about finding christianity or is it something along the lines of Sartre "That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget."? There is just so damn much melancholy sounding through this song.
KunkkaFart 4 months ago
You can tell this song was instrumental to the writing process of Radiohead's Paranoid Android. The first verse, at least.
FlyingFuckstorm 5 months ago 3
this song is so beautiful.
LuanaFortal 5 months ago
When I heard 3:47 for the first time I knew music won't get better than this. Ever.
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TheLottie1999 5 months ago
Mark Hollis and religion...? Or belief...this sounds like sg religious...
66femo 6 months ago
An ointment for the soul.
johnnycharco 6 months ago
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laforzaflandria 6 months ago
@MrGutterFunk
And i can't agree more with you:).
I'm excited to listen to one of your songs, are they on youtube?
daansmit123 6 months ago
whatever people think, this is a gem!
66femo 7 months ago
Muziek van een zeldzame schoonheid: de breekbaar gezongen teksten door Mark Hollis, het respect voor leegtes en stiltes in de muziek, de zorgvuldig opgebouwde spanningsbogen en onverwachte wendingen maken deze pareltjes na elke nieuwe luisterbeurt steeds beter...
laforzaflandria 7 months ago 2
@daansmit123 I agree with you...they are as underrated as they wished to be..
66femo 7 months ago
Im a bit disappointed that some other people chose this one as funeral music... I thought I was original..but never mind...we'll be connected in death :) I adore this album.
66femo 7 months ago
I've never before thought about what kind of music I'd like to have played when I make the final journey, but by Christ, this piece of music has got me thinking about it.
slaphaddalztick 7 months ago in playlist songs4me
@slaphaddalztick You're not the only one - in the March 2011 issue of Q magazine it says that Elbow's Guy Garvey wants New Grass played at his funeral: "It's the most beautiful song ever."
redlightmax 7 months ago 2
my father has this album. it's very strange but is fantastic for me . i'm 12 and other boys like me listen lady gaga, shakira , rihanna........the world is end.
i hate 2000s and 10s .
noelreverberation 7 months ago 7
@noelreverberation sounds like you're Dad is doing a great job bringing you up, hats off to him!! My son also loves Talk Talk, and he's 5
slaphaddalztick 7 months ago in playlist songs4me
@slaphaddalztick thanks! (even by my father). I am really happy that they are not the only new generation to listen to the 80s and 70s and all the good music !
noelreverberation 7 months ago
@noelreverberation hey, you're more than welcome, and a gigantic ' CIAO ' to you and all good music lovers over there in warm sunny Italy!
slaphaddalztick 7 months ago
@slaphaddalztick
CIAO dall'ITALIA! Amo i Talk Talk da sempre....
Afterangie 2 months ago
@Afterangie Sono felice di sentire il mio amico Italiano (-:
slaphaddalztick 2 months ago
@Afterangie
Sono un'amica... w i Talk
Afterangie 2 months ago
@noelreverberation Not many 12 year olds this awesome. Good on you lad :P
NinteenEightyNothing 6 months ago
@noelreverberation I know too well what you mean. For me it was Genesis when I was your age.
Never let anybody tell you what you should like or not.
SnijtraM 5 months ago
@noelreverberation Radiohead.
BruisedEyeSockets 4 months ago
@noelreverberation good going.u r on the rite path.
sangramsinghmalik 4 months ago
magic
AntiVaschismo 7 months ago
Fascinating music!
FreeHealthBooks 8 months ago
everyone says that this band is underrated.
But doesn't anyone agree that the opinions of others towards this song is way less important than the feeling that you get from it?
And second of all, the band did not want to be more succesful then they were. Which shows their love for the music and not for the money, unlike the crappy commercial shit nowadays;)
daansmit123 8 months ago 47
@daansmit123 Dude you dont have a fuckin idea what your talking 'bout.
first of al: Talk Talk was created by a girl named: Rebecca Black. She gave the chance to the crappy, old people who now represent Talk Talk. And guess what, Bertus Staigerpaip was the origin singer of this band. That were times to remember, the music that Talk Talk made after that epic change is nothing but perfect.
People forgot the magic that people like RIO and Miley Cyrus have nowadays.
May this be a lesson.
Peace out.
j0st0 8 months ago
@daansmit123 I only think they are underrated because I want more people to hear Talk Talk, not because I think they deserve a reward: if I'd made a song like this I'd be pleased enough whether I was famous or not!
kosmischesynth 6 months ago
@daansmit123 yea but my problem is that they influeneced a lot of bands and dont get the credit. for example critics go on about how original a radiohead record is without mentioning that these guys did the style ages before. a lot of bands who rip them off dont even recommend them too. thats why they are underrated i think
geobruf123 4 months ago 3
@geobruf123 Radiohead would have nothing were it not for Talk Talks later albums.
WFC1972 4 months ago
@daansmit123 Daan-I think you ' hit the nail on the head' True fans will never begrudge T/T for content OR volume as they have a special place in our hearts cheers, Opie
OPIE916 2 months ago
@OPIE916
Thanks!
I suddenly begin to realize that the most awesome people are T/T fans. The atmosphere here is astonishing good and there are no such things as: X people are retarded blabla. This is the youtube as i want it to be.
Love them!
daansmit123 1 month ago 5
reminds me of many intoxicated nights listening to this when i got home. such a classic.
TheMrWhomp 8 months ago
I wore this CD out...beautiful...beautiful...beautiful...thanks for posting...
doxielov 9 months ago
Who needs drugs when there's music like this?
tubular618 9 months ago
@tubular618
Errr...maybe....Mark Hollis? ;)
Have to agree, this is sublime. Thankyou Talk Talk.
jcoventry 8 months ago
I've had this on my play-list for well over a year, and each time it comes on, I just stop whatever I'm doing and listen in awe.
slaphaddalztick 9 months ago 2
I think they inspired a lot Radiohead
anoinekiri 10 months ago 2
I knew the earlier TT stuff, then only recently best friend found it in Oxfam for £2, now I can't stop playing this track. The drums are very similar to the 1971 CAN album Tago Mago.
avelingbarford 10 months ago
Reminds me of driving home, at 4 AM, from every party I've been to. After hundreds of listens I still wanna climb inside this song. The trippiest piece of music ever written.
northernjack64 10 months ago 4
@northernjack64 you have outstanding taste. however the most trippy song ever is 'the seventh day' by jan hammer. not available on YT for some money-orientated reason. seek it elsewhere. you will apppreciate it. X hub.
hub1971 10 months ago
my favourite song
passeggero77 11 months ago
SUCH AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE...
yuz58 11 months ago
Beauty in its most pure form. I love to listen to this song when it's raining outside, its amazing how the drums stay in time with the perpetual drops.
TheBimmster 11 months ago
Ah, the album that inspired Thrice's "Vheissu". Absolutely awesome.
TheNatedogg56 11 months ago
@TheNatedogg56 They inspired Vheissu? Really? I can see it now that you point it out, but I'm very curious...where did you hear that? I'd love to read that interview, wherever it is.
RoseImmortal 9 months ago
@RoseImmortal It's in the liner notes for the special edition of Vheissu. I'm not sure if anyone said it in an interview. You could try googling "Thrice Vheissu Talk Talk" or something like that, though.
TheNatedogg56 9 months ago
@RoseImmortal I just remembered, Teppei (the lead guitarist from thrice) named his blog after this song, so they've definitely had an impact on their musical (and artistic) direction.
TheNatedogg56 9 months ago
Guy Garvey said he wanted this played at his funeral and that this was "The most beautiful song ever written".
I agree....
MrFabulous83 1 year ago 3
@MrFabulous83 - fucker; beat me to it. I read that as well. However, I agree also.
highwireman 11 months ago
One of the most beatiful songs..ever..correct correct..an unbelieveable soul breath..
yuz58 1 year ago
What a masterpiece!!!! What a masterpiece!!..
yuz58 1 year ago
Oh My Holy god!!!
I used to be one of the Hugest fan ever of this band... Talk Talk...
But now, hearing this song for the 1st time, WOW!! WOW!!
Even more!! Beauty.....
djsaturnin 1 year ago
@djsaturnin that was my reaction as well. Talk Talk have many more appreciators of their music today than they did when they were still formed as a group, and as I believe it is growing by the day. Sometimes, it takes people a little while to catch up with greatness.
slaphaddalztick 11 months ago 4
@Arale1402 alright, alright. I'll quit ragging on this song and its fans. You obviate the wrongness of my generalization and the folly of my short-sighted perspective. But you have to admit, there's something very tempting about the opportunity to rip on anything people depict as "perfect", even if you don't really care about it one way or the other.
gabrielapetrie 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie hahaha, teaser!! Touché, I guess. Though, I don't know if I could enjoy being insulted by them true TalkTalk fans on here. That's why I was referring to you as a brave soul earlier, you see? I don't believe that music is about perfection, so maybe there is some common ground between us. I enjoyed our discussion though ;-) Now go and enjoy some music you like, spring is coming!! A new beginning... (I know it sounds cheesy haha). Best wishes
arale1402 1 year ago
Sublime for my soul! Thaks Talk Talk
republic2011 1 year ago
It is not music. It is avant-garde. All it takes is a little less stuffy, pompous, self-absorbed, materialist-elitist, pseudo-intellectual, down-your-nose-at-others perspective to see that.
gabrielapetrie 1 year ago
@Arale1402 you appear to have deleted your replies to my comment. I really don't see myself in any kind of "trouble" with the exclusivist, analytically paralyzed, puzzle-solvers-cum-musical-afficionadoes we find staunchly defending the alleged integrity or masterfulness of Talk Talk. I couldn't have said this before, but over time, the more I read in these comments, the less I could care about the opinions held here to the point that, now, I don't care, at all what they think. Brave? Hardly.
gabrielapetrie 1 year ago
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hunderok 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie I can see my replies to you right in front of me, so I dont know what u are talking about. If you don't like this song, fair enough, don't listen to it then. Why are you going to all the trouble only to be insulted by the people you call indearingly "stuffy, pompous, pseudo-intellectual"? Life's too short for that. I don't consider myself intellectual, but this song just made my day. Shame it didn't make yours.
arale1402 1 year ago 3
Goosebumps!!! And I can so see with especially this song how Talk Talk have influenced other bands like Radiohead and Colplay. Way ahead of their time, and so unappreciated by those c***s of record company execs who only think in $£$£$£$£$£. No wonder Hollis retired :-(
arale1402 1 year ago
hold in....open heart ♥....
agentoranges 1 year ago
Simply gorgeous song, very underrated band, sadly sadly missed.
nix4pool 1 year ago
You know what, I can imagine people not being in love with this song. Not everyone has to agree. What I can't imagine is someone saying that the music is bad. Have you no soul? This is gorgeous music. I don't believe in god, but this music moves me in a way that few others can.
alitamf84 1 year ago 3
@alitamf84 Amen ... though I don't believe in god neither : I believe in this pure work of art.
AlanTubeViewer 1 year ago
@AlanTubeViewer Ditto! It's simply great.
alitamf84 1 year ago
The more I listen , the more I listen and the more I hear
Class
MrRemmoc 1 year ago
You can get the audio-mp3 of this vid at grabyourmp3 doht cohm.
DeloriaPimm125106 1 year ago
Simply gorgeous.
matt1 1 year ago
God, one of my favourite songs of all time.
Solymo 1 year ago 4
beautiful...
doctorwintercold 1 year ago 3
Gratitude,Thanks and Joy that this song exists in my life!!!
afrobonbon 1 year ago
my god this good why did they finish they should have continued
andyhsleeds 1 year ago 4
Ok, as much as I love this album and song, it's appearently a place for people to write the most pretentious things ever. Just listen to the music, we don't need pretty metaphores, everyone already understands.
You're greasing up your keyboards, lads!
wordupassholes 1 year ago 2
MARK
dzięki za wszystkie emocje
thanks for all emotions
kolorowy3 1 year ago
agentoranges..Agreed, although `Reckoner` and the album it comes from was a vast improvement from the previous 2 radiohead offerings...so its hardly a fisher price version of `New grass`...but there are obviously influences there i agree
davo7461 1 year ago
I kinda see the connection between how Talk talk progressed..and..dare i say it..how Radiohead progressed...slightly different era`s but i cant help feeling somewhere i Thom Yorke`s CD collection, there is a `Spirit of Eden` and `Laughing stock` to be listened to...Just a thought...Hmmmm?
davo7461 1 year ago
@davo7461 its quite obvious, really. just look at reckoner, pretty much the fisher-price version of this magnificent tune
agentoranges 1 year ago
yeah it's nice alright
Goblobslobshoblot 1 year ago
A very anxious and scattered song. It gave me a headache. The piercing organ hurt my ears and made me want to stop the song every time it rose up like a raging drunk to curse at the placeless drum line. Reading the comments, it seems like there is some kind of subculture protective of this group. A friend of mine has to listen to disjointed, irregular music to ward off whatever neurosis afflicts him. He considers it to be more "beautiful", more musical if it's harder to follow. He's *neurotic*.
gabrielapetrie 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie fuck you, if the song give you headache, please don´t listen it anymore idiot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2010alchinogar1 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie I love how it couldn't be you that couldn't appreciate the song. That you cannot possibly entertain, because of your ridiculous ego, for one second that it could be you that has failed.
The drums are not placeless, they're just not in a 4/4 time signature - again a problem with you, not the music.
If the organ hurt your ears you've either EQd it badly or have damaged ears. Both again to do with you.
You're a shallow fool.
marshalsea 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie don't fucking listen to it then you cunt
slaphaddalztick 1 year ago 2
@gabrielapetrie go lissen your Justin Fag Bieber then you stupid boy!!
Jonnyjy 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie or girl.
Jonnyjy 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie haha, you must be a brave soul to post this in here knowing that this would result in insults from the "subculture protective of this group". Whilst I believe that everyone has a right to raise opinions, I couldnt disagree more with your misplaced analysis. If you had said that about "Taphead" I could've understood a little bit where u coming from, but this track is pure beauty and shows how it influenced other musicians. So if you dont like this, u probably think that....
arale1402 1 year ago
@gabrielapetrie ..Coldplay Radiohead etc are wannabe musi-wackos as well? Yes, some tracks on TAlkTAlks later albums arent always easy to follow, but this one flows and just is so smooth to listen to. It moves me...you see? And if your neurotic friend is annoying you so much, why do u still hang out with him? Sometimes, rather then blurting out one's opinion at all cost, it is better to keep it to oneself. I hope u know now why u got yourself into trouble here. think first then post ;)
arale1402 1 year ago
@arale1402 You'll ruin your health by listening to this music and trying to convince us that your opinion is the best! please don´t listen it anymoreand the problem is finished.
hunderok 1 year ago
@hunderok at no point have I indicated that my opinion is the best nor am I trying to convince you of it. You are entitled to your opinions, so am I to mine. I will keep listening to this music but thank you kindly for caring so much about my health and my "problems". ;-)
arale1402 1 year ago
@arale1402 Its my pleasure!!!!!!!!
hunderok 1 year ago
This could well be the most perfect piece of music ever written.
slaphaddalztick 1 year ago
Oh wow talk talk just eats into you and makes you whole
kalabkala 1 year ago
Music is in the ear of the beholder - in today's
world beyond class, culture, race ect. If you look
for it any kind of music is readily available with
no bounds - but you have to search for a sound/s
that appeals to you
yourunclehank1 1 year ago
@yourunclehank1 The search is where most people
seem to just be satisfied with what's handed to them
yourunclehank1 1 year ago
Anyone know on the state of Mark and the boys?
walmy305 1 year ago
when we're all gone,talk talk will rise....
tkshots 1 year ago
I read an interview with some famous rock star - can't remember who now - and he said this and "Evening" among his favourite songs ever.
suze2012 1 year ago
What I hear is Mark Hollis/Talk Talk's "Kind of Blue" or better yet, their "Bitches Brew"... This is their way of tying up the sound that is at its deepest core!! It fuzzes all of the great past sounds of Jazz, Chamber, Soul, R&B, and White Pop..... This is not Miles music, but the steps takin' to make IT is extraordinary!!..... Amen
ECwine 1 year ago
Amongst a vast, varied and disorganised CD collection, New Grass is like the poem written by your true love. Delicate, elegant and extremely precious.
Josiahsbay 1 year ago 15
@Josiahsbay Couldn't have said it better
justindotam 1 year ago
@Josiahsbay Couldn't have said it better
justindotam 1 year ago
Yes! - Masterful in every way! Thanks for posting!! - . . have loved TAlk TaLK for 26 years! - And still great! Gems all the way! The later the albums the better!! -Cheers!
zacharia644 1 year ago
fuck this
SMdiabla 1 year ago
@SMdiabla you sad moron
slaphaddalztick 1 year ago
This song will be played as my bride walks to meet me at the altar . . . " Lifted up, relfective of the love you bring. . . . . .
Such a celebration of life, friendship and all there contained.
astromagnus 1 year ago
@astromagnus Fantastic, I'd love to be there!
slaphaddalztick 1 year ago
I have loved this music for a long time and to see it now getting the enourmous amount of praise, which it deserves, is as beautiful as the music itself.
bigdt87 1 year ago 2
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Can't stop listening to this!!!!!
justindotam 1 year ago
I love how everyone has a unity in their response to both Laughing stock and the spirit of Eden. These albums are absolutely fantastic. They are my pills, my medication, the ability to de-stress. I really need o listen to them more often as I have not heard something more pure.
sharkaholic 1 year ago 2
@sharkaholic Talk Talk and Sigur Ros, in my opinion are two bands that stand out above anything I've ever listened to, in terms of having a real impact on my psychological well-being. They seem to both share something special.
I think it has obviously a lot to do with the minimalism of the music, particularly the use of vocals as instrument rather than story-telling device. I don't understand much that either Mark or Jonsi are saying, which somehow allows us to absorb the music more fully.
justindotam 1 year ago 3
theres something about the way the cover mixes with the music that's awe-inspiring. I shall purchase this next time I have the opportunity.
Neurotarkus 1 year ago
Remains me of Radioheads Rainbows, can hear where RH were inspired.
MarkBird32 1 year ago
can hear where radiohead were inspired with rainbows.
MarkBird32 1 year ago
the best talk talk album....
tkshots 1 year ago 3
@tkshots Truly insane talent in Hollis - he was so far ahead of his time that he is timeless.
dovie2blue 1 year ago
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beauty like this is seldom found... but it's beauty like this that makes me want to believe in god - for real.
wenbv 1 year ago
beauty like this is seldom found... but it's beauty like this that makes me want to believe in god - for real.
wenbv 1 year ago
The only bad thing about this album is it makes everything else sound like shit. I'd hate to even pigeonhole it as music.
WhackaWhacka 1 year ago 17
@WhackaWhacka -Just as long as, at the end of the day, you do remember to actually call it what it is: music. And damn fine music at that, yes.
cephalic22 1 year ago
For me, this song captures growth-gradual and suspended.
No beginning and no end,
A life in motion
as seen through a microscope
Like a fractal forming.
MaitreDJ 1 year ago
I've met a fair few people who want this mesmerizing song played at their funeral. I'm not quite that morbid, but I see what they mean, it would definitely be a lovely way to say goodbye, though I doubt there would be a dry eye in the house.
slaphaddalztick 1 year ago 3
i am one of those people. though i don't see it as morbid, this song strikes me as life-affirming, i can't think of a song as hopeful and pure as this one.
agentoranges 1 year ago
@agentoranges It is not the song I see as morbid, but the thoughts of our death and what lies beyond that are by definition morbid. For me, this piece of music has a very special quality, the like of which I have only ever heard in a few classical pieces. It makes one think of death only because it is so pure, so perfect, that it penetrates deep into that part of our being that we will only discover after our physical death.
slaphaddalztick 1 year ago 2
its about time mark hollis/talk talk were in the music hall of fame.
marty9040 1 year ago 4
This song can take you places if you embrace it.
lanser87 2 years ago 5
good
wordupassholes 2 years ago
one of the most beautiful songs ever
thelixir715 2 years ago 22
I know, for sure, I can never get sick of Talk Talk.
Drammaticaz 2 years ago 3
this is they're best.
natschavez 2 years ago
their*
emsx0xx 2 years ago 4
how can i explain the importance of talk talk? i can't. so let me say that 'sprit of eden' and 'laughing stock' are amongst the most original and evocative records ever made. whatever mr hollis is doing these days, i hope he is happy and at peace X hub
hub1971 2 years ago 11
@hub1971 Well said !
LooksAeterna 1 year ago