I am feeling very sad today – Mark Hollis, the lead singer and songwriter of 80s group, Talk Talk, has died at the age of just 64. It seems strange to be grieving for someone that I have never even met, but his music was the soundtrack to my life through my 20s and 30s and is still regularly played at home. I find myself reading all of the comments that people have posted on The Guardian article announcing his passing, and I’m certainly not alone in feeling the way that I do.
I try to continue with learning how to use the ClickUp project management software that I want to use for my wife’s soft furnishings business, but my heart really isn’t in it today. I play Mark Hollis tunes on the sound system, immersing myself in the commercial sounds of The Colour Of Spring and the critically acclaimed (but commercially unsuccessful) Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock, and ending with his solo album – beautifully melancholy, yet somehow uplifting. RIP Mark Hollis – you live on through your incredible music.