MOG

I know RIGHT!

These days, it's all talk talk and no action action...

Talk Talk is STILL in heavy rotation around my house.

I just can't let go of a group that was so good. I refuse.

Mike - its all about the bassline thumpin thumpin

I am - Not that i didn't you had it before but of course it is - you have good taste!

Like Japan, it is a little hard to see how Talk Talk transformed into the group that produced Spirit of Eden but both groups changed in a very deep way, and both became far more influential than anyone could have guessed. Of course, old photos of U2 or Small Faces, much less an unlined face of Keith, remind us all that time changes everything... Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Misstee!

BerkeleyBob

awesome - but can we talk the drummer outta that ponytail ?!?  ;P

I thought the same thing - clearly influenced by The Vapors....

heheh

if you have not heard Mark Hollis's 1998 solo album "Mark Hollis" you will totally understand where "Spirit of Eden" came from.  its what he wanted to do always and reflects his lifelong taste in music.

the rythym section of Paul Webb and Lee Harris went on to for O'Rang, which takes the "Life is What You Make It" sound and updates it - they are funky, experimental and all that.

i always loved Talk Talk. they were quite under-appreciated when they were together as a band.