Comments on A Very Brief History of Clearings

Put the brownies down, Charles.

Talk Talk was never better than on the song "Talk Talk." No blue orbs of spirit, but a good syn-drum heavy song to dance to back in the day.

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God I wish I could smoke dope while I work like some people do.

Come on, Charles. No YouTube link to the video? Jeez.

"I Believe In You"

Ignore the haters, Chuck; they couldn't recognize brilliance if it woke them up in the middle of the night, broke their teeth on a prison cell sink, and made aggressive love to their sexy gums.

You are on a roll today, Charles.

Mark Hollis and Talk Talk are one of the most underrated bands of all time. The Colour of Spring was a fantastic album - I wish Hollis would come out with more solo records.

That tart Gwen Stefani had to go ruin It's My Life with her whiny bitchass voice and I am reminded of it every time I go to the gym.

Damn.

#1: You could not possibly be more wrong. Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden are criminally under-appreciated masterpieces.

Numbers 1 and 2: You are totally wrong as well. Charles is one of the few of us who doesn't have a drug habit.

What A-Train said.

Please, #1, go listen to those two records immediately.

Please.

That's as good a way to describe it, Charles. I sat around listening to Spirit of Eden in a special head space a million times in a row.

To think that Talk Talk got to that kind of expansiveness from a wee little toe-tappin' "all you do to me is talk talk" is a road richly travelled indeed. Most bands have just enough gumption for a trajectory of flash, crash, resign and burn.

So I guess I'm agreeing with you, that TT's spirit took flight, whereas most bands spirits end up spit out and squelched - a jaded pile of ashes.

Both Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock were pretty amazing acheivements after TT's sitting on the bucking music industry bronco for the three mostly forgettable albums by them prior.

Neither of the latter two were real big impacts at the time, but you can tell that a shitload of the 2000's kids listened to them a bunch. Records that got handed down.

"prepubescent purity"?? Harmonium?
Well I do not have "prepubescent purity" anymore (don't think I ever did) but I do own a harmonium and I did not hear one in that song. In fact I could hardly understand a word sung.
The song was totally uneventful.

Yes, Mark Hollis should make more solo records. The one, it is a masterpiece, one of the best ever made.

Don't get me wrong--I'm not unfamiliar with either "Laughing Stock" or "Spirit of Eden."

I know that we sold a ton of 'em (especially "Laughing Stock") at Orpheum back in the day--and Lloyd's right (#10) when he suggests that their overall impact is stronger than their low sales level might indicate. Much like the classic comment about Velvet Underground ("not many people bought their albums, but everyone did started a band.")

It just didn't speak to me. I already had The Blue Nile.

I've got so many better memories dancing to "Talk Talk" and the admittedly overplayed "It's My Life" and even "Life's What You Make It"...so my first post in this thread might be an exaggeration for comedic effect, it rings true enough to me.

pg--Of course, I still think the best album by Ministry is "With Sympathy."

One word describes Mark Hollis: brilliant!