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Talk Talk Trivia Quiz

For anyone who thinks Talk Talk are that 80's band who sang "It's My Life", hopefully this quiz will inspire you to dig deeper into their music. For the initiated, this quiz will test how well you have been paying attention. Good luck to all...

A multiple-choice quiz by unearth. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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unearth

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5 mins

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178,871

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. After leaving university in 1975, what was the name of the first band Mark Hollis formed with help from his brother Ed Hollis? Hint

The Reaction

Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds

Talk Talk

Eddie and the Hot Rods

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1982 Talk Talk produced their first full length album which contained their eponymous hit song, "Talk Talk". What was the title of the album? Hint

Talk Talk

Today

It's My Life

The Party's Over

3. For the album "It's My Life", Mark Hollis and Company began an extremely fruitful collaboration with a multi-instumentalist/producer who eventually became a full fledge member of the band. Who is he? Hint

Robbie McIntosh

Tim Friese-Green

Steve Winwood

Phill Brown

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Question 4 of 10

4. By 1986, Talk Talk had definitely begun to soar by creating their first masterpiece "The Colour of Spring". What single from that album was a "Can" inspired groove with mantra like lyrics about the value of life. (Hint: track three) Hint

Life is Beautiful

It's My Life

Life's What You Make It

It's Getting Late in the Evening

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Talk Talk unleashed "Spirit of Eden" onto an unsuspecting world, not many people knew what to make of it. In hindsight it is quite clear that they had created an entirely new species of popular music. We are obviously in strange waters when after three minutes of otherworldly sounds and echoes Mark Hollis sings the first words of the album. What are they? Hint

"Now the fun is over"

"Create upon my flesh"

"Oh yeah, the world's turned upside down"

"Everybody's laughing"

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the sublime song "I Believe in You", what is the subject of Mark Hollis' soul baring lyrics? Hint

Heroin Addiction

His Love for His Wife

Faith in God

The Easter Bunny

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Question 7 of 10

7. Talk Talk's final album "Laughing Stock" was released in 1991, progressing their revolutionary sounds and ideas even further. On track two, "Ascension Day", what shockingly occurs at exactly the six minute mark of the song. Hint

The song abrubtly ends

The sound of shattering glass

The song starts over

Mark Hollis screams

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the title of the fifth track on "Laughing Stock" that shares it's name with an Albert Ayler album, and contains a repeated pristine guitar riff that sounds as though it may drift apart at any given time? Hint

Taphead

John Cope

After the Flood

New Grass

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Question 9 of 10

9. Some time after "Talk Talk" disbanded, Mark Hollis eventually released a solo album of all-acoustic majesty. What year was "Mark Hollis" finally released? Hint

1995

1997

1998

1999

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Question 10 of 10

10. Talk Talk have been credited with being the forebearers of a new style of music that came into prominence in the 1990's. Music critic Simon Reynolds coined the term that is now commony used to describe this unclassifiable music. What is it? Hint

Avant-Garde

Post-Rock

Emo

New Romantic

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. After leaving university in 1975, what was the name of the first band Mark Hollis formed with help from his brother Ed Hollis?

Answer: The Reaction

Mark Hollis' original plan was to become a child psychologist before he was permanently distracted by "the muse". His early passion is quiet evident in his lyrics for songs such as "Happiness is Easy" and "Inheritance".

2. In 1982 Talk Talk produced their first full length album which contained their eponymous hit song, "Talk Talk". What was the title of the album?

Answer: The Party's Over

An interesting though highly derivative debut for the band, that contained no indication of the startling music that they would soon be creating.

Answer: Tim Friese-Green

The importance of Tim Friese-Green to the evolution of Talk Talk cannot be overestimated. Not only was he a brilliant producer and musician but he also co-wrote with Mark Hollis much of the bands later material.

Answer: Life's What You Make It

"Life's What You Make It" is a tremendous slice of avant-pop that sounds unlike anything else the band ever recorded while hinting at the abstract directions they would soon be venturing into.

Answer: "Oh yeah, the world's turned upside down"

All of the choices are in fact first lines from Mark Hollis' songs. He is a criminally underappreciated lyricist.

6. In the sublime song "I Believe in You", what is the subject of Mark Hollis' soul baring lyrics?

Answer: Heroin Addiction

A harrowing song about the temptations and tortures of not merely drug addiction but any addiction, and the spiritual longing for transcendence.

Answer: The song abrubtly ends

What at first sounds like an editing mistake, actually makes sense in the context of the song. It is as if the protagonist suddenly rockets out of the ever building maelstrom of sound and into an unknown silence.

Answer: New Grass

"New Grass" also contains some of the finest drumming and vocalising you are ever likely to hear.

9. Some time after "Talk Talk" disbanded, Mark Hollis eventually released a solo album of all-acoustic majesty. What year was "Mark Hollis" finally released?

Answer: 1998

A beautiful album of quiet, brooding intensity and organic textures.

Answer: Post-Rock

Post-rock has become a sort of catch-all catergory for music that stands outside the normal boundaries of pop rock. Artists such as Bark Psychosis, Sigur Ros, Tortoise and Spiritualized have been labeled as practitioners of post-rock.

Source: Author unearth

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