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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Ruggs on Feb 25, 2019 21:39:38 GMT 1, Mark Hollis, singer and songwriter of Talk Talk has sadly passed away. Great musician, fantastic live. Sad, sad news.
Mark Hollis, singer and songwriter of Talk Talk has sadly passed away. Great musician, fantastic live. Sad, sad news.
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by viz on Feb 25, 2019 22:33:56 GMT 1,
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by hiya on Feb 25, 2019 22:44:30 GMT 1, I am deeply saddened. A titan. Simply indescribable how his lyrics and voice make me feel... Talk Talk make time stand still for me...
I am deeply saddened. A titan. Simply indescribable how his lyrics and voice make me feel... Talk Talk make time stand still for me...
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Ruff star on Feb 25, 2019 23:08:14 GMT 1, Such a loss. A great artist with a wonderfull voice, a gift.
RIP Mr Hollis.
Such a loss. A great artist with a wonderfull voice, a gift.
RIP Mr Hollis.
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Bill Hicks on Feb 25, 2019 23:39:17 GMT 1, His cousin-in-law Anthony Costello tweeted on Monday: “RIP Mark Hollis. Cousin-in-law. Wonderful husband and father. Fascinating and principled man. Retired from the music business 20 years ago but an indefinable musical icon.”
Talk Talk’s bassist Mark Webb, aka Rustin Man, paid tribute to Hollis on Instagram. “I am very shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of Mark Hollis,” he wrote. “Musically he was a genius and it was a honour and a privilege to have been in a band with him. I have not seen Mark for many years, but like many musicians of our generation I have been profoundly influenced by his trailblazing musical ideas.”
In an interview with Q’s backpages at the time, later republished in the Guardian, Hollis expressed awareness that he could be “a difficult geezer” but that was because he refused to “play that game” that came with the role of musician in the spotlight.
“It’s certainly a reaction to the music that’s around at the moment, ‘cos most of that is shit,” Hollis also said of Spirit of Eden. “It’s only radical in the modern context. It’s not radical compared to what was happening 20 years ago. If we’d have delivered this album to the record company 20 years ago they wouldn’t have batted an eyelid.”
Hollis released his first and only solo album, also called Mark Hollis, in 1998. When asked about his decision not to tour anymore or maintain a public persona, he said: “I choose for my family. Maybe others are capable of doing it, but I can’t go on tour and be a good dad at the same time.” He later retired from the music industry, and was little heard from publicly.
His cousin-in-law Anthony Costello tweeted on Monday: “RIP Mark Hollis. Cousin-in-law. Wonderful husband and father. Fascinating and principled man. Retired from the music business 20 years ago but an indefinable musical icon.”
Talk Talk’s bassist Mark Webb, aka Rustin Man, paid tribute to Hollis on Instagram. “I am very shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of Mark Hollis,” he wrote. “Musically he was a genius and it was a honour and a privilege to have been in a band with him. I have not seen Mark for many years, but like many musicians of our generation I have been profoundly influenced by his trailblazing musical ideas.”
In an interview with Q’s backpages at the time, later republished in the Guardian, Hollis expressed awareness that he could be “a difficult geezer” but that was because he refused to “play that game” that came with the role of musician in the spotlight.
“It’s certainly a reaction to the music that’s around at the moment, ‘cos most of that is shit,” Hollis also said of Spirit of Eden. “It’s only radical in the modern context. It’s not radical compared to what was happening 20 years ago. If we’d have delivered this album to the record company 20 years ago they wouldn’t have batted an eyelid.”
Hollis released his first and only solo album, also called Mark Hollis, in 1998. When asked about his decision not to tour anymore or maintain a public persona, he said: “I choose for my family. Maybe others are capable of doing it, but I can’t go on tour and be a good dad at the same time.” He later retired from the music industry, and was little heard from publicly.
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Laugh Now 10 on Feb 26, 2019 0:08:59 GMT 1, The final two Talk Talk albums created a world of their own and played an important role in inventing the “post-rock” genre. Hollis is an icon, may he Rest In Peace.
The final two Talk Talk albums created a world of their own and played an important role in inventing the “post-rock” genre. Hollis is an icon, may he Rest In Peace.
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Everyone Owes on Feb 26, 2019 0:48:42 GMT 1, Oh boy, what a shitter. Such a talent. He might've turned his back on the scene years ago but his influence will go on and on. V grateful to have been around to have experienced it. RIP.
Oh boy, what a shitter. Such a talent. He might've turned his back on the scene years ago but his influence will go on and on. V grateful to have been around to have experienced it. RIP.
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Ruggs on Feb 26, 2019 9:43:46 GMT 1,
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Ruggs on Feb 26, 2019 9:45:29 GMT 1,
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Ruggs on Feb 26, 2019 9:47:46 GMT 1,
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Ruggs on Feb 26, 2019 9:52:25 GMT 1,
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Everyone Owes on Feb 26, 2019 10:00:34 GMT 1,
A beauty. Best summed up by Graeme Thomson....emerging from a steamy concoction of hisses, squeaks and sighs, this fragile ballad contains The Colour of Spring’s title phrase. Personifying the newly arriving spring as a woman – “here she comes, fresh upon the ground” – it is built around a lovely, but ominous, piano figure. Singing at the bottom of his register, Hollis bids farewell to winter and hymns the changing seasons as “a promise that’s nature’s gift”. The gently decaying two-chord outro, a glorious tapestry of glistening piano, tenderly probing saxophone, acoustic guitar and stately organ, finds Hollis tripping over himself in a metaphysical trance – “Let me breathe you” – that recalls Van Morrison at his most transported.
A beauty. Best summed up by Graeme Thomson....emerging from a steamy concoction of hisses, squeaks and sighs, this fragile ballad contains The Colour of Spring’s title phrase. Personifying the newly arriving spring as a woman – “here she comes, fresh upon the ground” – it is built around a lovely, but ominous, piano figure. Singing at the bottom of his register, Hollis bids farewell to winter and hymns the changing seasons as “a promise that’s nature’s gift”. The gently decaying two-chord outro, a glorious tapestry of glistening piano, tenderly probing saxophone, acoustic guitar and stately organ, finds Hollis tripping over himself in a metaphysical trance – “Let me breathe you” – that recalls Van Morrison at his most transported. |
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by Shoot Again on Feb 26, 2019 12:14:22 GMT 1,
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RIP MARK HOLLIS, by maven on Feb 26, 2019 13:25:17 GMT 1, I can recommend - Spirit of Eden - I never knew Mark Hollis made a solo album. Worth a listen.
I can recommend - Spirit of Eden - I never knew Mark Hollis made a solo album. Worth a listen.
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