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Quiz about Talk Talk
Quiz about Talk Talk

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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Author
unearth
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
178,871
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
165
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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


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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


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Question 3 of 10
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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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



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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.
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?

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.
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)

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.
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?

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.
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.

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.
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?

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.
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?

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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