Why can't I get into Talk Talk?

But I pretty much started with the more accessible songs like "I Believe in You" and "New Grass".......after a while you realize that there's much more going on in these albums than you could possibly ever imagine or hope to experience in "rock" music again. Truly original, epochal, perfect, etc.

You're my Knight in Shimmering Armor (W.E.G.G. Quote).

I also enjoy pretending I'm one of the record execs listening to Spirit of Eden for the first time....hehe.

A zombie is physically identical to a normal human being, but completely lacks conscious experience. Zombies look and behave like the conscious beings that we know and love, but "all is dark inside." There is nothing it is like to be a zombie.

Yeah, as it happens I've only listened to Talk Talk completely sober, and SoE and LS are two of my alltime faves. But different strokes etc.

Today I found all of Talk Talk’s five LPs at a Goodwill in Chandler, AZ for $1.29 each. I’ve never knowingly heard them so I’ll start with The Party’s Over. That’s all.

daaaamn what a score

Jelly.

Great score. Someday I’ll find non-garbage at a thrift store.

My own version of this thread would be “why can’t I get into The Blue Nile”?

want to know when yelploaf first freaks out. 'life's what you make it'? maybe much earlier tbh

Tomorrow started, perhaps

Colour of Spring.. Man, I know people go on about the final two albums and they are great, but that album is solid

In answer to the original question, does it matter? It's okay not to like things.

(I utterly adore Laughing Stock, mind).

yelploaf is currently sitting in a dark room with only a lava lamp in a corner to provide light, freaking out

that really was a vinyl score!
i've never seen a secondhand copy of colour of spring or spirit of eden. i pledge to purchase one on sight (...if they're under $30 i guess)

I blagged an OG copy of Colour of Spring from a charity shop for £1.50. In decent nick, too.

Hahaha Karl. You nailed it. I listened last night to The Party’s Over and It’s My Life loudly in the dark by salt lamp light. TPO primed me but I really locked in by ‘Such a Shame.’
Standouts so far are ‘It’s My Life’ and ‘Does Caroline Know?’.
Tonight I’ll spin The Colour of Spring.
I was previously put off by their rep of post-rock gods after my youthful burn-out on Fridge, Bundy K. Brown, Slint etc.
So far this is not that and I love it.

trust me, even their post-rock is not that

Colour of Spring.. Man, I know people go on about the final two albums and they are great, but that album is solid

― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Sunday, January 5, 2020 12:20 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's always been my favorite. Unlike LS or SoE, you can play it in any mood you happen to be in and it still sounds great. Even while driving. Try listening to LS while driving sometime.

"Life's What You Make It," "Living in Another World," "Time It's Time" - nothing better.

Be sure not to miss this amazing b-side from the 'Colour of Spring' era. Makes more sense of the connections between that album and the final two--besides being possibly the best non-album track of all time (to me at least):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCB38-ZSIQY

that's like a top ten all-time song full stop, b-side or otherwise, Hollis' mastery of soulful prosody is so complete it doesn't even matter that the words are 99% unintelligible

Otm re it’s getting late in the evening