1980-1989ROCK MUSIC
NEW WAVE SYNTH POP BAND TALK TALK. BAND CONSISTS OF MARK HOLLIS (VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO), LEE HARRIS (DRUMS), PAUL WEBB (BASS).
INTERVIEWEES: MARK HOLLIS (FROM LONDON, ENGLAND) AND PAUL WEBB (FROM LONDON ENGLAND). VIDEO QUALITY IS VARIES FROM FAIR TO UNUSABLE.
INTERVIEWEES: MARK HOLLIS (FROM LONDON, ENGLAND) AND PAUL WEBB (FROM LONDON ENGLAND). VIDEO QUALITY IS VARIES FROM FAIR TO UNUSABLE.
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PRE INTERVIEW. MARK HOLLIS DRINKS FROM A CAN OF COCA COLA. COKE. MARK AND PAUL WEBB SAY THEY ARE FROM LONDON, ENGLAND. THEY MAKE CHIT CHAT. MARK ASKS THE OFF-CAMERA INTERVIEWER WHAT THE VIOLENCE IS LIKE IN FLORIDA. SAYS A COP IN LONDON TOLD HIM DOWN SOUTH IN THE U.S. IS THE WORST PLACE. TALK ABOUT GOOD AREAS AND BAD.
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| 01:02:36 156.9 |
MARK EXPLAINS THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO HE CAME OVER TO THE UNITED STATES WITH KEITH, THEIR MANAGER. SPENT THREE DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY AND A FEW DAYS ON THE WEST COAST JUST TO MEET RECORD COMPANY PEOPLE. TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE TOURING WITH ELVIS COSTELLO. SAYS THEY LIKE TOURING WITH COSTELLO BECAUSE HE'S A SONGWRITER SO HIS AUDIENCES ARE WILLING TO LISTEN AND THEY WANT THE SAME KIND OF CROWD.
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| 01:03:22 202.85 |
THEY SAY THEY MET ELVIS COSTELLO BUT THEY KEEP THEIR DISTANCE. INTERVIEWER ASKS WHY THEY THINK ELVIS IS SO UNAPPROACHABLE AND CLEARLY MARK AND PAUL DON'T WANT TO GO THERE. THEY SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE OF A TIME SCHEDULE POINT OF VIEW THEY DON'T HANG OUT OR PARTY WITH ELVIS COSTELLO. THEY ARE HERE TO "PLAY THE STATES" NOT TO PARTY. MARK SAYS THE TOUR HAS BEEN GOING VERY WELL AND SAYS IT'S BEEN PRETTY EASY. LOW IMPACT. TALKS ABOUT WHAT OTHER GIGS THEY'LL BE DOING.
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| 01:05:03 303.22 |
MARK EXPLAINS THE CLUB SCENE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ENGLAND AND THEIR MUSIC FITS WELL IN THAT WORLD. SAYS MUSIC VIDEOS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT SCENE. SAYS THEY'RE PUTTING VIDEO JUKEBOXES IN PUBS. SAYS THAT SOME BANDS ONLY MAKE VIDEOS AND NEVER PLAY LIVE AT ALL.
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| 01:05:48 348.46 |
PAUL SAYS HE THINKS BANDS SHOULD PLAY LIVE. SAYS THEY OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE.
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| 01:05:59 359.72 |
MARK TALKS ABOUT HOW TAPED MATERIAL IS USED AS A PROMOTIONAL TOOL IN ENGLAND BUT BANDS ARE STARTING TO RELY ON MORE PRE-RECORDED MATERIAL LIKE DRUM MACHINES. AND SOME BANDS CANNOT PERFORM LIVE. THEY ARE MORE STUDIO BANDS THAN PERFORMING BANDS. PAUL ADDS THAT THERE ARE SOME BANDS IN ENGLAND THAT ARE LIP SYNC-ING LIVE. THEY SAY THEY HAVE MADE 3 MUSIC VIDEOS SO FAR. TWO VIDEOS FOR TALK TALK AND ONE WITH THE FAMOUS MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR RUSSELL MULCAHY. MARK TALKS ABOUT HOW ONE OF THEIR VIDEOS WAS CONSIDERED TO BE IN BAD TASTE SO THEY MADE A NEW ONE WHICH IS PLAYING NOW. DESCRIBES THE FICTIONAL STORY OF THEIR MUSIC VIDEO. TALKS ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT VIDEOS.
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| 01:09:56 596.89 |
MARK DISCUSSES HIS OLDER BROTHER ED HOLLIS WHO WAS A DISC JOCKEY, MUSIC PRODUCER, AND MANAGER OF SEVERAL BANDS INCLUDING THE PUB -ROCK GROUP EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS. SAYS HE'D RATHER WRITE AND PERFORM THE SONGS RATHER THAN JUST WRITE. SAYS THEY GOT A HOLD OF JIMMY MILLER, PRODUCER OF ROLLING STONES AND SPENCER DAVIS GROUP TO DO SOME DEMOS. THEN GOT A RADIO GIG ON RADIO ONE. SAYS THEIR ASCENT HAS BEEN REALLY FAST AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY. MENTIONS WORKING WITH EMI.
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| 01:12:52 772.84 |
MARK SAYS TOURING WITH DURAN DURAN HELPS THEM IN THE UK BUT PROBABLY NOT IN THE UNITED STATES. SAYS COSTELLO IS A GOOD ARTIST TO TOUR WITH.
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| 01:13:22 802.06 |
TALKS ABOUT HOW A JAZZ SETUP INFLUENCED THEIR BAND. THEY DON'T HAVE A GUITARIST. JUST KEYBOARDS, BASS AND DRUMS. TALKS ABOUT GUITAR BEING "OUT" IN ENGLAND RIGHT NOW. SAYS THAT HE IMAGINES OTHER ALBUMS THEY MAKE WILL USE GUITAR.
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| 01:15:06 906.85 |
MARK SAYS THAT THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM WILL BE PRODUCED BY CHRIS THOMAS WHO WORKED WITH PRETENDERS, SEX PISTOLS, ELTON JOHN ETC. SAYS HE FEARS THE SYNTHESIZER SOUND CAN GET TOO LAID BACK IN ITS FEEL, TOO SOFT.
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| 01:16:08 968.44 |
MARK EXPLAINS HOW THE BAND CHOSE THE NAME "TALK TALK". SAYS THEIR SONG "TALK TALK" WAS ALREADY WRITTEN BEFORE THEY HAD A NAME FOR THEIR BAND AND THEY THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT BAND NAMES BUT "TALK TALK" WAS JUST STARING RIGHT AT THEM. SAYS HE DOESN'T LIKE SHORTENING OF BAND NAMES. SAYS HE LIKES THE ROLLING STONES BUT NOT THE STONES. HE LIKED A TWO WORD NAME THAT YOU COULDN'T SHORTEN.
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SAYS HE HAS ANOTHER FOUR DATES ON THEIR CURRENT TOUR, THEN UP TO NEW YORK TO DO A FEW CLUBS, OUT TO THE WEST COAST, THEN THEY GO BACK TO ENGLAND TO TOUR AND DO SOME EUROPEAN SHOWS. TALKS ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM AND THE EP AND THEIR SINGLE "TALK TALK".
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| 01:18:39 1119.79 |
SAYS HE'S SURPRISED AT HOW STRUCTURED AMERICAN RADIO IS. THEY PLAY IT EXTREMELY SAFE TO ENSURE RATINGS. SAYS HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH KROQ (PRONOUNCED K-ROCK) RADIO STATION IN LOS ANGELES.
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