http://youtu.be/BzZBcqOe2lw
And while we’re on a grassy, shooty, growthy theme (and in the midst of a rare spurt of blog activity)… I’ve been wanting for years to write a book about “Laughing Stock,” the stunningly beautiful final album from Talk Talk, so many worlds beyond where they started, and the epitome of a process-relational musical ethic. Perhaps for the 33-1/3 series. (I’ve suggested as much to a couple of collaborators, including a Ukrainian friend who’s written a long piece on the album already. Now it’s just a matter of finding the time to do it.)
Since my take on the album is all about thirdness — the generative emergence of beauty from beauty, insight from insight, meaning from the shimmering percolation of lively interactivity — feel free to email me your own experiences of the album. Some of the comments here are a nice window onto this flowering world: for instance, the guy who “cr[ies] like a baby everytime i hear this song.” Or the one who finds it “very hard to keep myself together when new grass comes on.” Superlatives upon superlatives, and yet no 33-1/3 book on the album yet. Must rectify.
I LOVE this album!! Ascension Day hits me very hard and New Grass is just stunning. It’s amazing what fervent devotion this album conjures, despite its unjust obscurity. (My wife just rolls her eyes when I start going on about Talk Talk.)
I like the post 🙂 thanks for sharing and love the album !!!
One of the greatest albums ever! Looking forward to your post on this.
Hey, I’ve seen http://aivakhiv.blog.uvm.edu blog and it redirects me to this site. But there are different post than here? Or just my webbrowser does not like to show me all the good stuff? 😉
Carl
lol. happy to see other people comments for this album that I love too
cheers!
Thanks for all your comments.
@ Carl: the other blog is now defunct. Everything that’s there has been moved here; it’s just buried deeper in the mix.