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  • talk talk is one of the most gifted groups the uk ever produced just ask herbie hancok

  • ...please come back , mark and all the members, and let it shine again . - please !

  • Still remember the first time I heard this. Definitely one of the greatest recordings ever!

  • isn`t that David Rhodes (Peter Gabriel Band) playing the guitar solo here ? What an amazing song.

  • Good instrumental.

  • Rather good ;o)

  • superb.

  • I was a big fan of Talk Talk. Really inspired innovative sound... but looking around in this present day, can anyone explain what has happened to this kind of creativity?

  • America wasn't treated to some of the best music of the 1980's. Idiot radio station program directors were clueless. The still do some of the same tactics.......do a focus group to see which songs are "more palatable". Give some chuckleheads at $50 gift card to the Olive Garden for their time. Makes me puke. The is one of the best songs of that era, driving drums, digging bass & keyboards and that melodic guitar can't be duplicated. Great post kingscoop!!!

  • Agreed. This band was sickly underrated. I would've like to have seen Tears for Fears try to pull off what Talk Talk did with Spirit of Eden and the Mirror Man lp

  • What a great video! May offer you the banding in the picture is an artifact from changing an NTSC or PAL video to a Progressive one. If you still have this video source, you can use a command like "De-Interlace" to get rid of the banding artifact. This video's part of music history! Best Wishes,

    

  • That guitar tone and lick is the sound of pure freedom, like being a bird flying amongst the vast trees, beautiful...

  • I have always viewed TALK TALK as one of the premier bands of that time. Remarkably inspired and original. Dynamite.

  • You could take random miscellaneous sounds, set them to some kind of beat, and then add that voice and it would always come out a masterpiece.

  • 4 think others should make their lives..

  • @zurapDOR u got that right mate....

  • amazing band

  • Fantastic! I love Mr.david Rhodes (Peter Gabriel Band) work on guitar!

  • Really, really brilliant. Who are the best synth/New~Wave bands today?

  • 2 tracks rise above all the commercialism and are among my favourites by hollis webb n harris, 1. its getting late in the evening 2. for what its worth, 3 john cope...ok i sneaked an extra one in there many thanx to ya and respec for postin..Jah Bless

  • Wow beauty one!

    Cheers very much King for the upload man!

  • Wow! First time I've heard the live version and this footage is in great shape! If you still have it, you could try de-interlacing it and that would get rid of the banding... :> What a spectacular performance of this song, I love how the band seems mesmerized by it and as if they can't let go of it, even at the end. Such joy. Thanks a million for sharing it!

  • They are the shit that comes after a red hot chilly pepper.

  • Great, thanks for sharing.

    Am going to look for spirit of eden stuff now = )

  • @unlikeanyotherhuman - they were def ahead of their time. This is the type of music that followed into the 90's so I think it's safe to say, they helped the 90's music scene... Great band live too !!

  • Great song !!!! NOW THIS IS SOMEONE WHO ISN'T LIP SYNCING! Like they do these days LOL

  • i love Talk Talk, especially this song, thanks for sharing.. Love N Care from Macedonia 

  • Beautifully haunted by timeless music. 

  • Great song - Great band - nuff said

  • last 3 albums all brilliant...one as good as the next...laughing stock criminally and beautifully ignored...sometime soon,it will be a different world....

  • my youth shit so greats memories !!!!

  • Thanks for posting this gem!

  • Saw this band live many times, they were great. Great riff by Rhodes.

  • Sprit of Eden is one of my all time favs. I was just downloading my cd copy of Asides TALK TALK Besides and decided to look at some You tube videos. laughing stock is a listen as well.

  • i went to youtube and typed "life's what you make it" and fucking Miley Cyrus popped up... need i say more? music has become such a joke that real artists such as TALK TALK take a back seat to the untalented kid of an untalented father .. billy ray cyrus. 

  • I'm 46 years old today. I remember being in complete awe the first time I heard this song. Today, I watched this video and I was flooded with great memories and a reminder of how absolutely fantastick this band was. I'm so happy they were a part of my youth, and so sad this band isnt creating more incomparable music. What a voice!!...such a unique tone!! Somebody out there, please create music as good as this!!!

  • @doraziof

    Yeah, I try.

  • @doraziof

    I'm 42 years old. Fantastic band -

    I think they are all still alive - It's up to them, but I think they still have so many Fans untill now. Mark Hollies - go on and call the boy's for more good music !

    And look at all that covers around here on youtube

  • Thanks!!!

  • I would love to see the whole concert, Mark Hollis is just class.

  • I think the thing with Talk Talk is that they were an art band that the record company desperately wanted to market as a pop band-and Mark's obvious distaste for videos of the time shows in almost every setting-except live. Then its amazing. I wish we still had people around who wrote songs like this-Mark Hollis, Come back and Save US!

  • A very great album as I was a teen!!! still is!

  • WOW , what a performance ! Great band !

  • when i was playing vice city i thought this song was done by michael bolton ...im sooo glad i was wrong

  • Life's what you make it, celebrate it!

  • love the odd ending, dunno if that was gonna be the start of another track or not, anyone know?, or what the next track in the set was?

  • @chrisnoaro1 - hello there, the next tracks in the set were 'Mirror Man' followed by 'Does Caroline Know'. Thanks for commenting, take care, Tim

  • @kingscoop Thanks alot and thanks for posting. I've actually bought loads of their stuff over the years but mostly locally, wouldn't know how to buy this and don't order off the net much. Cheers

  • @chrisnoaro1 Hey Chris....it sounds like the intro to "I Believe in You" but I don't think it intros another tune immediately..What a voice he has! ♫

  • Me Gusta La Poca Expresion De Mark Hollis

    Que Gran Banda Talk Talk

  • so amazing, we miss these guys

  • They are very amazing. Reunion Tour, but not likely. :(

  • where are artist like this and I'm not talking about artist like JayZ

  • @FederalReserveMan

    tom yorke !

  • The percussion is so tight in this song!!

  • Vice City!

  • its about time mark hollis/talk talk were awarded into the rock n roll music hall of fame.

  • An Extraordinary band in 86` but the next 4 years saw them move to another level on which none of their contemporaries could even see let alone follow. Comercially they hung themselves,spiritually and emotionally they were a revelation to the few who kept the faith.

  • What a fantastic comment! They certainly did go on to scale new heights and 'Spirit of Eden' is without doubt one of THE most amazing albums ever made. All these years later there is little out there that can even come close to it. Thanks for commenting and take care, Tim

  • @kingscoop Has their ever been any outtakes circulated from Sprit Of Eden (he asks, drooling in anticipation) ? The only associated extras I have is the 12" I Believe In You.

  • Never a truer word said! Excellent comment :)

  • I can't agree with you more! Color of spring was the start of something special...but Spirit of eden was nothing short of a musical miracle,beautiful melodies and some of the most emotive vocals I've ever heard.

  • @splicer45 I thought their first two albums were already very special but then I'm a synths fanatic. But to each their own, I agree Colour Of Spring is a wonderful album, and I would also perhaps agree Spirit Of Eden the most stunning of all five albums. Cheers

  • @chrisk61 it's truly amazing to listen to their evolution/re-invention. Much more of a radical departure than Radiohead, for example. Almost like a game to see how much of the music can be removed without it collapsing.  Minimalist genius.

  • @chrisk61

    spot on. you knew they were doing something mental but it was somehow out of reach for a few years

  • @chrisk61 cool comment§ i still like and be spirit and feeling great

  • @chrisk61 Wow you summed that up real good in a couple of sentences....all true.

  • @chrisk61 Truly amazing band i was priviledged to see them in 84 whilst living in Germany and met the band after the gig--still THE best band ever to have graced us with their brilliance

  • @chrisk61 shoot...gonna have to check that out. thanks.

  • oh my god! This song is soo amazing!! I found out about it on grand theft auto vice city & had to look it up. I guess it sounds just as good live!

  • Niesamowite, od lat niesamowite i z kazdym rokiem lepsze ...jak dobre wino

  • They are the Roxy Music of the new wave genre in my view. Fantastic!!

  • He tells only " Life's what you make it ". AHAHAHA

    He is WITHOUT hope .

    proudmullet, you too are druged?

  • .....and just another enlightement for your: If you ask a person knowing about the nature of "music" and the physics of "sounds", they will frankly tell you that all "sound"-waves ARE actually NOISE from a physicist´s scientific point of view, ha ha....! i always find here that people with "closed channels" seem to have the one or the other problem whatsoever....but could they please keep it to themselves??

  • talk talk, just druged.... 

    THE SINGER HAD NOT HOPE

  • @72acquarius you are just talking shit, man...

  • what kind of problems do you have????

  • @72acquarius: what kind of problems DO Y O U HAVE????? SADISM?????

  • @MrSKINFLICK

     do you know what is music & what is noise?

  • as u don´t have an open channel i cannot judge what u understand by "difference" bewteen music and noise. and i don´t listen all day long to talk talk & if u visit my channel you´ll see i have very different things inside.but it is silly to hint at rumours from the 80s (i don´t even know if they´re true..)that mark was a part-time heroin-addict.that is nobody´s business as long as he makes fantastic music.many people find talktalk in certain situations VERY uplifting...

  • @72acquarius:..and cheerful.especially the atmospheres in Spain are really impressing, but of course the huge square in Salamanca was only filled with drugged people...nonsense! and even it were true that mark had been an addict,that´s his own business!i rather prefer such people making music on stage than attacking me on the street for money. & their lyrics& songs are very positive and in no way depressive.could it be that u have ears & eyes wide shut?

  • @MrSKINFLICK Actually I find some of their music depressing and some uplifting. And lots of it both at the same time!! That's because they produced music with great emotional depth. I'm not knocking lighter pop or rock music, I like quite a lot of that too, but I think Talk Talk stand out because not all music groups touch on emotions as deep as they did, notwithstandng that we are all different and moved by different things. Cheers

  • Brings back Great memories of Radio Caroline at sea, when they pioneered this amazing band. Led by the brilliant Mark Hollis. For Gods sake reform soon guys and bring us some more Great music ,instead of the crap nowadays....

  • Wow! ...absolutely fantastic <3

  • schade, das ihr die studioversion nicht habt. die gefällt mir am besten.

  • You like this song? Come and enjoy it in a new version on myspace gariac

  • OMG, this is heaven. Love Talk Talk! :D

  • Vice City! Amazing track!

  • @viciotron The most amazing game sound track ever made...

  • I like the atmosphere of Talk Talk.

  • This band is mega, I love this group there tracks really became massive before they split, you go guys make a come back, xx

  • Talk Talk increible banda.....Hollis mejor .....

  • good

  • Simply a masterpiece nobody can imitate.

  • i liked to play the tambourine

  • great song,love it!!

  • talk talk is the best what happend to me,its my childhood!!!

  • awsome song!!

  • this song always seems better live than on the recorded version.

  • oh my god! how can I have forgotten a mastepiece like this? I don't know why but this afternoon Talk Talk are back on my mind and what a pleasure to re-discover one of the gratest bands of all the time! thanx for posting this gem!

  • Silver: i totally agree: this band IS the SOund of the 80s. and the montreux dvd is a must.

  • love talk talk

  • Their drummer kicks ass.

  • excelente

  • Fabulous band, the best thing to come out of the '80s. Shame this recording doesn't do them credit. The 1986 Talk Talk live at Montreux dvd is great - both the band and the audience having a great time! :>)

  • the video, on much music was cool, just like the song.

  • Man, there isn´t a single thing these guys did that sucked, everything you listen from them is excellent, classy and memorable. Great great band, that is more than you can say from a lot of garbage we listen to these days...

  • Crowd seems dead

    :'(

  • They hopefully will not consider any re-union projects. The fact that they split in the early 90s made them a myth. That's the kind of band I adore...

  • Uhm, I have to agree with you. I grew up listening to their music in the 80's and they belong there.

  • @75Adrock I, too, would hate them to do a reunion tour, and they would never just do that anyway, but I would't say no to a regrouping to produce another studio album.

  • @chrisnoaro1 Since their music is just great and timeless, I agree with you. It's a shame anyway that a genius musician such as Mark Hollis completely disappeared from the scene...

  • Very cool

  • eeerr....I don´t wanna ruin the awesome feeling of this song, but ever think that match perfectly for the movie "LifeForce"

    do not ask. :D

  • Moody, cool and sexy.. who could ask for more?

  • I saw this band support Genesis in about 1982 in Milton Keynes bowl. Just as in this video they played a perfect set but were not accepted by a rock audience. They were booed and bottled off stage. I would like to think that it wouldn't happen these days. The band must have thought the audience were a bunch of ignorant tossers and I have to agree

  • @strawhouse65 That's quite sad. Although my greatest love is the punk and new wave era I recently got into a lot of Genesis's back catalogue and there is some beautiful keyboard work in there. It's sad that the dumb audience couldn't appreciate some of the wonderful keyboard sounds emanating from Talk Talk in 1982. Remembr though that a small few may have but they would have been in the minority. Cheers

  • just love the moody electrical guitar. To me, songs like this make me reflect on so many things - life, love everything - just in the tune of it. Uplifting and trance like.

  • thats no guitar thats a synth

  • Legend

  • so great & emotional ;(

  • Fantastic...

  • This is such a happy song...gives one the power to face one's challenges and keep on trying...

  • fantastic group in live....

  • Every decade seems to give birth to it's own unique "sound." Talk Talk is one of the groups that nailed down the "sound" of the 1980's. It was a fantastic era for music.

  • eines der besten von Talk Talk

  • Questa canzone da brividi

  • Amazing song, incredible band that makes me cry. This song fill all my empty spaces...!!

  • Yeah, it does the same to me:crying

    This is such a great band studio and live and song

    Mark Hollis is a perfect performer

    Frank

    The Netherlands

  • Tears, goose pimples and shivers down the spine!

    Awesome :)

  • This song is from gta vice city;)

  • It's on it, not from it.

  • i thought it sounded familiar haha

  • Appreciate the passion and intensity of this performance. Mark looks spent after this song at 4:35.

  • Talk Talks best song!

    Vice City rocks!

  • Definately an album that shaped me - as the rest of their albums did.

    I just wish Mark Hollis would find a great reason to break the silence soon - I miss the voice, the tapestries of music... and simply the beauty of his voice & music.

  • Couldn't say it better.....

  • Couldn't say it better.

  • There i was 2 years old :o Talk Talk is cool

  • Nach dem Film "Gegen die Wand" musste ich das Lied unbedingt wieder hören... Youtube ist toll, danke fürs Posten

  • grandiosi!!!!!!!!

  • Superb song. The bass line still beats most songs today.

  • qunto darei per rivederli insieme!!

  • Beato chi c'era...........

  • Good advice from somebody who had the same age as Jesus Christ when he gave it :-)

  • Everything is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllllll right!!!!! :-)

  • pufff..amazing performance in Salamanca.beautiful city.

  • muchos gracias!...its just a dream for me to find this video..'my dream come true'...i was at that time 14, was in Salamanca and saw Talk Talk's concert,That was on Sept 10,1986,during the 26th broadcastting chain festival or the Festival de Radio Cadena Espanola that was held in Plaza Mayor de Salamanca.....thanks a whole whole lot Kingscoop...muaaahhhhh!

  • i love them more on laughing stock

  • I saw Talk Talk in, or about 1984 at the Greek theater and they opened for Berlin. I can honestly say that they were the best sounding band that I've ever heard and they blew Berlin away! Does anyone know of any thing recent that they've done, and where it can be found? Man they have such a great sound!!!!!

  • talk talk was the best seller  in FRANCE during 8O's..

  • Smack and junks?? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Get your facts straight.

  • TALK TALK were on Sky Arts the other night. I was an old fan in the 1980'. I am back on board again after watching their live performance. Iv'e never heard anything like it.

    They were awesome. Brilliant

  • Where can I get this live CD from? Is it available to buy? I assume it is owned by Spanish TV TVE?

  • You're right that it's from Spanish TV. I got a bootleg dvd if it which this is taken from

  • marks voice is simply incredible,man i cant get enough of this band,are they still circulating somewhere.

  • Wow, thanks for posting this, Talk Talk are so so good and Mark Hollis is a true musical genius

  • The percussions are awsome in this live performance ... even better than the studio recording !

  • is this David Rhodes on guitar? I thought it could be him,beacuse he always holds his guitar quite low.

  • they are the best in live performing and the best the 80th had to offer to us...i grew up with theire music..nice and beauty voice marc has too

  • GREAT!!!!

    And: Radiohead?? What the hell have they got to do with this music? Dont always compare them. Talk Talk were/are independent. And nobody on this planet has a voice like Mark. And thats one of the reasons for me to listen to them.

  • @RRGG463 Yes, I also disagree when people who say an older band paved the way for some modern band, as if that's all they were good for! And as if music is some timeline or progression of styles that are being developed and getting better and better which it mostly clearly isn't!! I love Radiohead AND Talk Talk (personally I think Talk Talk are better) but they are different bands and such comments seem to devalue the music of both artists for me

  • Amazing.. I'm gonna go by their albums :)

  • well hope u have one of the best bands to pave way for radiohead

  • @Tjellevejrup Great decision! Their fist album is very different in musical style to their last, but I feel confident that if you give them time, you will grow to love hem all.

  • Invaluable piece of advice-so simple but so effective.

  • This is still such a perfect song. Thanks for posting!

  • Thank you so very much for posting this...

    EVERYTHING'S ALLRIGHT!!!

  • Ever Best with insight influence, Best!!!

  • Life IS what you make it!

    Celebrate it....

    The best song ever!

    Thanks for posting!

  • David Rhodes actually had hair. Awesome.

  • One word. Amazing!