Some men are too free to submit, to be chained. They don't care about luxury and money. Those are called the mad, the marginalized, the failures. In reality, they are the real threat in the system because you can't buy them, they are the symbol of freedom. This is what Mark HOLLIS represents to me, since the first time I saw and heard it .... in 1984. Irreplaceable, unforgettable, incomparable MARK 😢❤❤
I’ll always be fascinated by the emphasis that Hollis placed on silence as an important part of music through his artistry, especially in his later works (like the 18 seconds of silence at the start of his solo LP) Such a genius, beautiful soul we’ve lost in Mark Hollis - but at least, through gems like this, we can reflect upon the unmatchable beauty that he brought to music as we know it.
@@soundsforsure refers to the fact that he was not a mainstream artist, of course today we know that many were inspired by his work but he was never given recognition in the media.
@@Soundart001 I guess we could say Talk Talk was part of the mainstream but Mark in particular wasn't too happy with that. Rejecting to playback and the lawsuits from their record company testify to that. He always rejected the idea of a song having to be a certain length and after the last lawsuit they came up with Laughing Stock, only for the real enthusiasts. But my guess would be they were happy putting it together. That also marked the end of their performances, perhaps it could have been played live but maybe he was more wary of the reactions of people who just came for ''the singles'' than how to put the arrangements together. I've seen them perform I Believe in You on a regular pop show and I felt bad for them, you could tell that song was never meant for such an audience and they resented their presence there. Just my two cents though, I still believe their music was iconic and always will be.
Beautiful. How lovely it also would have been hearing Mark Hollis' wonderful unique instrument, his voice, along with the piano. Even without words, just the sound....
I highly recommend the 2020 documentary, In a Silent Way, about the latter part of Talk Talk's career and Mark in general. It's a work of art in itself, drawing a lot on the concept of silence.
this just sends me to another place, so beautiful. I wonder sometimes if MH ever bothers to look at youtube and sees the pleasure his music brings to people, how i would love to thank him for all his amazing music. I very much doubt he looks though !!!!!
Never been anyone like him damn well will never be ever!!!!!! Pure genius so glad to have all his awesome music thanks for the continued memories rip taken wat to f in soon!!!!!!!!’☮️❤️🎶🎶🙏🤟🎹
Le son du vide et quelques notes d un piano aux allures sombres mais tellement libres comme l air .Tel était le fantasque et fabuleux Mark Hollis l incompris
i find this piece to be the musical disintegration of Mark Hollis,,, it sounds like the wind passing through tree branches in a cloudy day,,,, the man really did put his musical vision across and then disappeared into this,,,,,, pure silence,,, truly inspiring Mark, rest in peace💔
Even the piano itself seems embarrassed to emit a subdued sound. Hopefully I can read new biographies about the self retirement of Mark the too emotional genius. Family mattered more than public recognition. 5 years before his death, he looked peaceful, young, calm. Your comment captured my attention. Saw them in Mulhouse France in 1986 after the release of their 3rd album.
Mark Hollis was a genius and one of the most talented musicians of modern times... I would compare him to Camille Saint-Saëns... His musical piece of work will remain with us for ever!
I like to play along over the top on an old white ehrbar piano , just to see what comes up , mark hollis is one of the greatest musicians alongside eno , richard d james , phillip glass, and steve reich , i mean they make magic such wonderful magic
Hearing this sparse beauty is actually rather painful. This piece is a picture-perfect example of reconciling the differing directions one finds in Webern's detached pointillism, Feldman's "beautiful sounds", and the ambient music flowering from the end of the 1970s, in the wake of Eno's "Music for Airports"... ...and EMI sicced their legal department on Mark after "Spirit of Eden" came out because they thought the album wasn't sufficiently "commercial". Friggin' philistines. OTOH, this does beg the question "is there any more of this extant?" Mark Hollis deserved better, and if there's more of this stashed out there, his memory truly deserves to have it recognized. I've seen and heard so much music across my 60+ years. I've even experienced some of Stockhausen's work with the maestro himself at the controls. So it takes something really profound to get me to do what I did here: straight-thru, all 14+ minutes, total focus on every fleck of sound, and nothing else. He deserved so much more. This is truly groundbreaking work, perhaps even moreso than "Spirit...". But he was purely a musical voice, eventually discarding the commercial trappings of pop for...this. We lost one of the best when he passed, sure, but the real mourning should be over him getting brickbatted by some suits just as the current that powers this piece was starting to flow. Goddamn.
Hallo Martin, ich war damals 21 Jahre alt gewesen, was für eine Zeit , Sex Drogen Rock’n’Roll 1985 , schön dass ich dieses wunderschöne Stück hier gefunden habe , er war einfach ein Ausnahmetalent gewesen . Gruss v. Stephan
I have this record, and never cease to be amazed. Mark, you ROBBED us. We didn't care about your music business career or how you hated the business. I hated it too, and left it. But I did not completely disconnect. Your insight into all of our conditions... it was like no other. Did you not ever realize what we would have given for more from you?
@@ThePooFighters I get that. At the same time, he could have worked his art in a home studio to give the people that have been with him from the beginning the pure soul he so willingly expressed. There would have been no compromise.
@@_MrPink_ No man, it's selfish to think like that. Everything has to end sometime, and in art especially it's always better to end before you start to decline. Marks career was flawless, gradually building up to 2 of the most legendary albums in pop music and then retiring. He probably put out his last album under his name instead of Talk Talk just to protect the legacy of those albums, even though it was great.
@@Dehangus I knew Michael Hedges, and when he died, I was destroyed. But later, new music from his musings came along. That helped with my grief tremendously. What I wanted so badly while he was alive was recognition that WE recognized him. He did not do that. And after his death, that not a thing has surfaced is the biggest hurt of all.
+cosmicdrifter287 more 'is' [indeed] less - i hadnt thought of that before , i have heard 'less is more' of course, but there is a lot within those 3 words reversed, as much or as less as the other way round. excellent comment, im going to remember that one, it is such genius my head might explode if i think too much about it. though more from Mark would be 'more' and 'more' is better than 'less' on occasion.....
suncity22001 hello suncity.you"re not cynical right?well i can"t remember what exactly went through my deranged mind when i came up with that sentence.it might as well be by chance that i switched a few words around.if that was the case you can all blame it on my dutch language barrier. anyway,good day to you.
+cosmicdrifter287 “Before you play two notes, learn how to play one note, y’know. And that, it’s as simple as that really. And don’t play one note unless you’ve got a reason to play it.” - Mark Hollis
@@oliverdiehl3665 I've heard him say they were a mixture of improv and writing, in the sense that they had musicians come and play for hours and recorded it all, then organised and built the songs in the mixing stage.
The recording engineer Phill Brown said "I mic'd him up on his baby grande and left him with my DAT machine. Went back two weeks later and he played me over an hour of pieces. We picked our favourite...."
Estaría ya triste por su misteriosa enfermedad nosotros sus admiradores keremos saber ke paso sobre todas las ke lo amamos porke también estamos tristes la familia debería ser empatada nosotras le dimos toda su fama y entiligencia piedas porfavor
Love him and what he achieved with Talk Talk, but let's be honest: this is boring nonsense. You "love" it because you figure yourself sitting next to him, while he strums on his piano, so misterious and distant. But if I played the same piece, you would stop me after theee minutes a d would say "what is this pointless strumming??". Please, aknowledge him for his best results, ando not for these experiments.
I find your analysis very relevant. Personally, I enjoy listening to this music as part of an energy treatment or cleansing in a state of relaxation. I don't imagine myself sitting next to him, I just capture the energy he emits through the vibration of the piano notes. I listen to this kind of music with different artists and it's interesting to feel the different vibrations each of them can emit. I admit that if you were the one playing this piano piece, I don't know if I would like it, unless you were giving off some nice positive vibes. It's not the notes played in themselves that are important, but the vibrations emitted through them. I really appreciate your intellectual honesty. Thank you for this interesting sharing.
Sauf que la c est Mark Hollis et sa douce folie. Il etait dans un monde musical ou lui seul trouvé son apogée!! On aime ses oeuvres parce que justement il etait différent
