Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring (1986)

[Album 631/1001]

With temperatures in the -20°C range (or in the -30s with the wind chill factor), buses were cancelled in many parts of Southern Ontario today.

Given the frigid conditions, I thought it would be an appropriate day to listen to some music that provided a glimpse of warmer days ahead.

Let’s see…there’s an album on the 1001 list called The Colour of Spring?

Sounds warmer than -30°C to me!

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“The name so nice, you say it twice”
– The character Moto Moto in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

According to Wikipedia, ‘Moto Moto’ means ‘Hot Hot’ in Swahili.

And I imagine that just about anything capable of adding a bit of warmth on a day like today, we’ll take it!

Now I suppose the artist behind The Colour of Spring could have simply named themselves Talk.

But isn’t it so nice to say it twice?

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I’m not sure if any of the 8 songs here would be considered ‘hot’ tracks but the singer, Mark Hollis, does have a nice/gentle/warm delivery.

Hollis’s voice was instantly familiar yet not so instantly placeable.

I eventually learned that this group had recorded the original version of It’s My Life (as covered by No Doubt in the early 2000s).

Even though It’s My Life doesn’t appear on this record, the ownership of one’s existence theme continues with Life’s What You Make It.

From what I understand about Hollis, he has lived those mottos, recording and releasing music on his terms.

And if you ask me, that kind of artistic integrity is always in season.

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Verbalize the Positive

While the self-aggrandizing agent demonstrates approximately the polar opposite of artistic integrity, I always loved this Fresh Prince scene that offered an explanation for the repeated ‘Duran’ … and Bang-O!