“Talk Talk” by Music Machine

"Talk Talk" was the Music Machine's first single, out on Original Sound in November 1966 and also found on their debut album, (Turn On) The Music Machine, and it was the only time the American garage band cracked the Top 20 of the Hot 100.

Sean Bonniwell wrote it, a folk rock refugee hungry for something harder and entirely his own. The band had it worked up before any producer came calling, gigging regularly in Los Angeles at an American Legion bowling alley, with every instrument tuned down from E to C sharp for extra heft. Keith Olsen pushed the bassline through a fuzz box, Mark Landon's wiry guitar needled around it, and the racket caught the ear of producer Brian Ross, who hauled them into the studio to cut a single.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.