Talk Talk’s singer Mark – he never goes on stage without his green glasses
Mark explodes on the mic!
Things get lively in the Talk Talk dressing room before the guys perform. Paul Webb (bass) and Lee Harris (drums), the two buddies who went to school together, let the vodka bottle spin or, to put it better, let it fly . Everyone stands in a corner of the room, takes a sip and tosses the bottle to their partner.
Singer Mark, who is quietly scribbling on a piece of paper at the table, keeps ducking his head in defense, but doesn’t complain a word to his bandmates.
But then, about ten minutes before the starting signal, things get serious. Mark dons his trademark, inevitable green glasses, and begins his “meditation.” Strange noises can be heard outside the door – deep grumbling, as if from a grizzly bear’s throat, alternating with high-pitched hissing sounds.
With such tones Mark sings himself loose. They work to systematically relax his whole body until he feels completely weightless.
The green glasses that bathe the whole world in a soft light for the singer serve the same purpose. The Talk Talk boss still has the same problems as at the beginning of his career: Large crowds scare the introverted guy quite a bit. Only when he has completely relaxed beforehand does he bring himself on stage. On stage, too, he squats down on the drum pedestal, seemingly meditating and with his head bowed, as soon as a solo is announced.
After the performance in Munich, Mark immediately disappeared into the hotel. While his band mates were having fun with the other rockers at a garden party, he was already in bed. Parties aren’t Mark’s thing.
I thought the singer was weak because of his shyness, but he is very tough. He has the two hotheads Lee and Paul fully under control. Mark, a vegetarian for years because he feels sorry for the animals being slaughtered, has now managed to “convert” the other two, not to eat meat anymore…