Oh, feel my skin Lord
Feel my luck tumbling down
Left no life no more
Turn my seasons turn
Lived in much younger times
Left no life no more
For me to shine
Ooh
Felt my luck tumbling down
Left no life no more
Turn my seasons turn
Lived in much younger times
Left no life no more
I think this is my very favorite on this record. The intimacy is different, somehow, from the other tracks. That you can hear the chair creak, the decay of the piano, the changes in his voice so clearly makes this one very special. I am still devastated by the news and still really haven't processed his death very well. I don't want to believe it. He's HERE. Right here. How can he be gone?
With time, Mark Hollis has deleted more and more musical ballast. The relations between the notes sound so ambiguous, full of multiple meanings, like a poem.
For me the most beautiful album of all time, it is that of Mark Hollis. A heartbreaking album of infinite purity, poetry and melancholy. Sufficient fair notes, and Mark's incredibly beautiful voice pierces you right through. I listen to it very often because it soothes me so much and makes me feel good to the heart and soul. I love Mark since his debut, and I obviously have all the Talk Talk albums, including the previous 3 solo album, also touching me in the depths of my being. Mark thank you for your great talent, your humanity, your freedom, for who you are, you just changed my life, my approach to music, forever. You are in my heart forever.
Music made out of silence... I love Hollis` statement where he says: "I love sound, but I like silence more". And how perfectly it shows in his voice and music ♥
I've watched a thousand you-tubes, and have never been inspired to comment...
This really is music as poetry and meditation; not a note is wasted.
Lovely.
Dear Mark, I hope you knew how much you were loved and revered by many of us. I have searched in my memory, I do not know any other artist, retired for more than 20 years, which will have caused such a tsunami of emotions and sorrow. I've been crying every day since you left ... and I know I'm not the only one .... I love you, you're in my heart forever ... Thank you and good bye