Live version of this 1986... In Montreux. Brilliant version

I know very little about talk talk... what I've heard over the years is fabulous. That's what I know.

This is the transition album from a pop band to a very serious post-rock band. It was their most commercially successful and their record company wanted a follow up in the same vein but instead were presented with a completely experimental effort which had execs jumping off high buildings. 'The Spit it of Eden' is now regarded as a ground breaking masterpiece (NME's number 95 in its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time") and I highly recommend 'The Rainbow/Eden/Desire'

Living In Another World is one of my favourite Talk Talk songs. Suprised I wasn't one of the people who recommended. I recommend finding the full version of the song. One thing that stands out in this tune is the bass. I like how it doesn't come in till the first pre-chorus, it really impacts the dynamics. This album is top notch. Take a listen to Give It Up and/or I Don't Believe In You.

Another great Tim Pope video too. (His stuff for The Cure is also awesome). The visuals for Such a Shame are equally as good. Please consider that next

IMHO the live version in Salamanca is The best version on youtube.Mark Felthams harmonica is awesome.Well worth a listen

You should check some of the live Montreux performance, amazing live band. Renee is a less obvious choice but one of my favourite TT songs

their last two albums are absolute must. Check out New Grass

this song is a little treasure . I cherish it and TT 🙏🙏

Haven't heard this one in a long time, great wee band. I never quite understood why they weren't bigger than they were.

Great music. I've always enjoyed these guys. I remember some people talking about Bill Wyman's infamous hit single in the early 80's, and requesting it. Below is the best upload of the Bill Wyman hit available on youtube. Please add this to your list, and place it where it's been requested on your list. It's best you'll get of this catchy, but rather dodgy hit by a solo Rolling Stones member. Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star (Audio + Video merge 2023)

I remember this well. A great song

Really interesting band, and where they would go with their next album would drive those marketers crazy. I'm originally from just north of Philly and we got SCTV which was broadcast from your neck of the woods (there were a lot of markets in the states that didn't), and if I couldn't find an album in my local record stores, Philly or NYC wasn't a far drive, so I was lucky there. Thanks for the upload.

I don't know much of Talk Talk apart from the hits but it was great to hear them again. I agree about the harmonica and his distinctive voice, both really cool. Cheers guys!

One of my favourite singles of the 80s - although having said that, and as someone else said, the album version is longer, and is essential listening for the absolutely stinging harmonica solo by Mark Feltham, which we only hear part of here. Beautiful sound and production, fab Hammond organ (courtesy of Steve Winwood!), beautiful bassline from Paul Webb, and Mark Hollis as compelling as ever. The transition into the chorus is sublime.

I loved bands like Spandau Ballet (before ''True''), Duran Duran, Icehouse, Japan, The The, The Fixx, INXS and Talk Talk. When Countdown played the original video for ''Talk Talk'' (the original version - not the remix) in 1982, we all went nuts for it and did the usual begging and threatening until it became a Countdown chartbuster - reaching # 33 on the national charts. Countdown played that ''silver'' video for ''Talk Talk'' a few times. I was very pissed off that ''It's My Life'' only reached # 73 in Australia, and equally pissed off with seeing ''Life is What You Make It'' only getting to # 70. Good to see that Canada treated ''It's My Life'' better than Australia did. Something that you said about having limited exposure has just triggered me. Chris, if you were Australian, you would have been a Nightmoves or Sounds ''kid/boy/man''. Cynthia, you most likely would have been a Countdown viewer (unless you made friends with a nice Countdown kid that talked you into joining the club). I lived in the UK for a few years as a kid and got to hear mostly British music. However, I never got exposed to so much music as I did upon my return to Australia. In comparison to Australia, the UK was limited and quite provincial. There were a multitude of music-video shows in Australia before MTV (Countdown being the king of them all) and we got to see almost everything from every country, including our own music. It's hard not to be surprised when we (the Aussies) find out that you weren't aware of particular songs. We had an open market, and people in Australia were very interested in traveling the world, and hearing music from other countries. That's why all the Aussie groups you've been checking out sound completely different from one another. We were isolated back then, so anything from another country was either an interest to us, or contemptible.

One of their best songs. I just love that harmonica solo at the end, magnificent. Sadly this a shortened version from the album..

Kate Bush , Talk Talk & Thomas Dolby all had the same A&R representative at EMI & were allowed a great amount of artistic freedom. The result was some magnificent records like this one. Mark Hollis retired from music in the late 90's & he definitely had no fiscal incentive to return after No Doubt scored a huge hit with their cover of It's My Life.

Awesome band sad that mark Hollis dies to early

The person I couldn't remember when mentioning other people under your Shane MacGowan video who'd also died at 65 in recent years was actually Talk Talk's Mark Hollis! I It's interesting to me that you listened to them on the same day! 😀

From my favourite TT album 'The Colour Of Spring', the third of the five. Which I usually put on a few times during Spring too, but I'd forgotten to do so this year - and it's the first day of Summer here in NZ today 😅 I often play the guitar part of this song on mine, whenever I'm having a bit of a strum 😊 Their last two albums (and especially 'Laughing Stock') are very close to my 'Weird' limit. Still among my Top5 of Talk Talk's albums, though! 😄 😉

Talk talks music is always worth listening to, mark Hollis is sadly no longer with us but the songs will always remain .

No Doubt's cover of the song was pretty much a copy of what Talk Talk did, but with different voices in my opinion. They didn't break new ground. Dunno if anyone's commented on the fact that Talk Talk suspended a grand piano upside-down from the ceiling of the studio with the band also suspended upside-down for the video. They also used high-power fans.

Should check out talk talk by talk talk when they were a punk band. From memory its on a compilation called uk streets. Could be wrong.

Talk Talk were a great band, it was so sad when Mark Hollis died some years ago. I highly recommend one of their earlier hits in the U.K. 'Today', if you haven't heard it or reacted to it yet. Have you heard of the '80s band, 'Scritti Politti'?

Their videos are often weird, maybe because the tone and songs are serious.

My interest in Talk Talk never really went beyond their 3 or 4 big hits if I’m honest , nothing bad to say about this , nothing that big to rave about either , good luck to those who went deeper with these guys . 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Mark Hollis... rip

Talk talk is a legendary band. They are not just an average band. Two of their albums are considered masterpieces. Mark Hollis was a genius songwriter, composer who influenced most of the great artists. And by the way, Talk Talk was not influenced by Depeche Mode. Two completely different bands.