Anyone familiar with my blog will know what a huge fan I am of David Bridie (far left above image) and My Friend the Chocolate Cake. I first came across Bridie’s music when he sang with legendary aboriginal singer Archie Roach in Melbourne back in the early 2000s. I went on to see him many times solo and with his band My Friend the Chocolate Cake (MFTCC). I even got to talk to him a few times during breaks between sets and album signings, which was a huge delight. I now consider him, hands down, my favourite Australian singer-songwriter.
Talk About Love is the 9th song (not to mention another 9 songs from Bridie as a solo artist) to be presented here by the Australian chamber pop group after their previous entry More Heart Than Me. The single is from their 1996 album Good Luck which peaked at No. 44 on the Australian charts and won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. Talk About Love is a humble acoustic ballad which paints vivid imagery and contains themes of devotion and companionship. It was written by the group’s founder David Bridie and features the band’s characteristic blend of piano, violin and cello.
The following was extracted from Wikipedia:
After the release of the album the group played a sell-out show at Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and toured Europe. They followed with a live album, Live at the National Theatre, in December 1997 where they also performed today’s featured track – Talk About Love.
My Friend the Chocolate Cake were formed initially as an acoustic side project in 1989 by David Bridie on vocals, piano, harmonium and keyboards and Helen Mountfort on cello and backing vocals. Bridie and Mountfort were members of an ambient, world music ensemble Not Drowning, Waving who have featured here as well. In 1989, Bridie had taken a holiday to New Zealand and had written “a few more breezy compositions” that did not fit into the style of not drowning, waving. Upon return to Melbourne, Mountford joined his project with her own writing. My Friend the Chocolate Cake took their name from a song title by an obscure Sydney band, Ya Ya Choral. Bridie admitted that one reason they chose an all-acoustic act was so they did not have to carry around amplifiers.
The moon falls on the railway yard
We walk together arm and arm
Faith and blind devotion
Come glide upon the rusted edge
Never question straight ahead
Right out in to the darkness of the hours that life can
Bring
I’ll stand beside you hold you close
When you’re in need of comfort most
Especially when you make no sense
This is what we mean
When we talk about love
This is what we mean
When we talk about love
I’ve found myself a Hinterland
It’s perfect for a short time
I think you’ll find it likeable
Please wait your hurry
Not too fast
Just hold out while the moment lasts
I know I used to wander
But I promise you that I’ll stay
And if you make some strange mistake
Fall down hard and break your neck
I’ll hang in here just right beside you
This is what we mean
When we talk about love
References:
1. My Friend the Chocolate Cake – Wikipedia
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
Observation Blogger 
Nice song! I think missed your previous MFTCC entry “More Heart Than Me” and guess we weren’t following each other’s blogs at the time. In fact, MFTCC are a new name to me. That said, I also like “More Heart Than Me.”
Their music is not all ‘lush’ as you might put it; there are some poppy tunes like ‘I’ve Got a Plan’ and ‘Home Improvements’. I luv em.