Talk Talk Laughing Stock "After The Flood" (reaction ep. 91)

[@deanwolfechannel]

My Talk Talk Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLalarAGvHGqi5hpmhKsQeVH_WPPIHBeja

[@CorradoCasoni]

One of the most underrated band ever ! Mark was a century ahead

[@jaycee5265]

Thank you for this, the most eloquent and respectful way to react to a song. I think this is the most beautiful song I've ever heard, miss Mark Hollis dearly, and have always thought he is the artist that made me think the most about the music I am listening to. Hearing spirit of eden and laughing stock for the first times were truly the most unique and emotive journeys id ever been on. And this song is the pinnacle of both. So moving and grand. Would kill to hear it one day live on a church organ. Thank you for this :)

[@deanwolfechannel]

I had no idea about Talk Talk. Just had their earlier album

[@thecentralscrutinizer5730]

I think these guys are credited for creating Post Rock.

[@ijustneedmyself]

Goosebumps... That's all. I was watching someone else react to them yesterday and I got goosebumps. It made me remember that (iirc) some people don't experience that with music and I find that kinda sad. I don't honestly remember how i started listening to this band. Perhaps I looked up a band on AllMusic and found Talk Talk in the "Influenced by" section of their profile? I don't know, but I'm grateful for however I came upon this music. It's hard to describe how much this stuff touches my soul.

[@inthedream9127]

My favorite song on the album and one of my favorites of all time. So beautiful. I’d Love to see you do a full album react of Asleep At The Back by Elbow. It reminds me a lot of this album, just a lot of great organ chords and amazing musicianship. Keep it up!

[@lolsensei5302]

Not only radiohead they changed the music. And this song keyboard gives me chillbumps all chords are magical

[@LG-lp7cl]

I have so much to say about this album, but I’ll just say this: my partner and I cried for days after Mark Hollis died, and this album got me through COVID in a somewhat sane state

[@deanwolfechannel]

that's good it helped you.

[@josuedelatorre35]

In case you’re still wondering, that solo you heard was actually from a malfunctioning Variophon

[@josuedelatorre35]

An excerpt from a March 2006 interview with Tim Friese-Greene (from Mojo): Four minutes into the song After The Flood, a 75-second gap awaited a solo. Hollis reached for the Variophon, a German, breath-controlled synthesizer which made Talk Talk's distinctive brass-banshee/distressed-elephant sounds. "They were the most unreliable machines ever made," notes Tim. "Originally, Mark had a part for the solo which spanned the whole section and was just two notes. He played it through a very large amplifier and the Variophon was clearly malfunctioning, jumping between octaves randomly and producing all sorts of internal feedback. We listened back to it and thought, This is too much, and stripped it down to one note. That was the only possible solo that could go there. I was out in the studio tweaking the amplifier and I heard this one note roaring back through the amp and I remember thinking, This is the end. This is as far as we can go. After one note there's no notes. This will be the last album we make.

[@deanwolfechannel]

very interested to know, thanks!

[@jimmybrunson2553]

listen to this on a rainy early morning drive once in your life btw!

[@welshhibby]

Epic song from an amazing album.

[@Gamerevans337]

The best album EVER! Period.

[@uggggggghhhhh]

how am i just now discovering this. great reaction, love this album! i listen to this track in particular on late night walks, its beautiful

[@deanwolfechannel]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@plokky8052]

Loved your reaction! Those chord changes gave me chills too! :3

[@stefvandeursen7494]

Great video. I like how you respect the music by letting it play instead of pausing or talking over it. One of my favorite albums ever as well.

[@bioglassmusic]

big fat hammond b3 is so nicely recorded.

[@RPKgaming6]

I remember the first time I heard this I was really thrown by the solo and thought it would be something to make me want to skip this song in the future. over time I grew to love it! Dean if you haven’t listened/reacted to anything by Bark Psychosis I strongly recommend it. Especially their EP Scum. Single track but very similar to what’s here. Their albums Hex and Dustsucker are gold-standards as well obviously. Graham Sutton even brings in Talk Talk’s drummer Lee Harris on the second LP. Love the reaction format. Keep at it!

[@jimmybrunson2553]

this song is like weeping, it feels so cathartic. an ultimate exercise in concision, nothing is wasted or pointless. rip to the tremendous mark hollis. the solo is a single sustained guitar note with layered effects that are probably post production

[@davecole2561]

Oh my goodness, this whole track flows like the deepest, most beautiful river you'll ever see. I've heard it at various intervals for over 25 years and it's still as fresh and stunning as on it's release in 1991. Talk Talk were an epic band...

[@IvefoundthetruthonMay]

Another phenomenal song.

[@IvefoundthetruthonMay]

Yeah that solo is very Experimental, definitely not for the faint of heart haha

[@jimmybrunson2553]

mark hollis said about this one note solo (and im very much paraphrasing) - the only thing better than one note is none.

[@Katehowe3010]

@@jimmybrunson2553 Indeed he did Jimmy. Mark adored silence, just as he loved the motion of flowing water. Such a deep guy, as my tears start to fall. I miss this man so much!

[@1964Yovra]

That solo was the result of a malfunctioning old synth that kept playing octaves...but in true Talk Talk fashion they decided it was better than the melody they thought of so they kept it...

[@georgelydakis2652]

Ornette Colman definitely influenced the last 2 albums

[@Tiago-d9y]

Ascending heaven!

[@jonatasvitalino5708]

This song is a masterpiece. What Talk Talk did with this album is unbelievable, something unique in music history.

[@deanwolfechannel]

They were pioneers

[@fefolaines]

Me acuerdo en el año 1994 compré el vinilo a 5 dolares, edición original, hoy en dia este disco esta valorado entre 180 y 450 dolares, tengo una joya en casa! Ojo no confundir la edición de 2016 que cuesta unos 11 dolares!

[@jennifer9047]

If you dig this song, you might really like Portishead. I put their album "Dummy" on your list of full album reacts to do. Try it out, and experience my college days! 😋

[@thecentralscrutinizer5730]

Sour Times 🖤

[@sunekoo]

Your wife should have married the other guy who had the sense to put this masterpiece on a mixtape😂

[@deanwolfechannel]

Her brother had good taste too. Funny...and she doesn't really listen to music much

[@andtri716]

This song will get you into Merzbow!

[@deanwolfechannel]

had to look that up!

[@static65days...]

Dean has your Perspective in life chaned since.You've listened to talk talk?....just asking ,?

[@deanwolfechannel]

well it's impacted me for sure. I've been reacting to music for a couple years now, almost 700 songs! so my listening curve is very exploratory and time to sit and explore a single band for long is limited. I know exactly where TT sits though in my consciousness- it's a place I look forward to calming down and getting introspective with

[@BlackDiluvian]

This might sound hyperbolic, but i am convinced that Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock has helped my sanity for all those years since release. I listen to both at least once a month.

[@davecole2561]

Not in the least hyperbolic. This track alone contains so much beauty and emotion, urging the listener to listen again and again to try to fathom its considerable depths. Unbelievably brilliant. I have no time for sloppy labels like post rock, jazz rock, ambient jazz or whatever. It's just stunning music which takes you somewhere else entirely. What a band.

[@deanwolfechannel]

Great integrity with Talk Talk too, staying true to a musical vision

[@floridabelle]

This track was okay, except for the 'machine solo'. A like given for the time you put into it .

[@deanwolfechannel]

I'll be doing soen next!

[@floridabelle]

@@deanwolfechannel ❤️ You have made my day! Thank you. If it's the Tellurian album, the first track is only 53 seconds. I sure hope they won't disappoint. I know you've done one already though, so I'll stay positive that you'll enjoy more from them. 🙂

[@jennifer9047]

@@deanwolfechannel Oh Boy oh boy!!! 😄

[@alessiospadaro1703]

that is like the best part

[@BlackDiluvian]

Take it away, and the whole piece will diminish.

[@louiegarcia1848]

Is that Steve Hogarth ? This reminds me of Gazpacho a little.

[@Katehowe3010]

There are similarities, but remember it's Hogarth who sounds like Hollis!