Talk Talk - Give It Up TopPop

Today we upload this rare video of Talk Talk with lead singer and composer Mark Hollis, to honour and commemorate his unfortunate death today exactly two years ago on February 25, 2019. Mark David Hollis (4 January 1955 – 25 February 2019) was an English musician and singer-songwriter. He achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-founder, lead singer and principal songwriter of the band Talk Talk. Hollis wrote or co-wrote most of Talk Talk’s music—including hits like “It’s My Life“ and “Life’s What You Make It“—and in later works developed an experimental, contemplative style. ’Give It Up’ was the third single (after ’Life’s What You Make It’ and ’Living In Another Worrld’) from the succesful album ’The Colour Of Spring’ (1986) Talk Talk were an English rock band formed in 1981, led by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drums), and Paul Webb (bass). They had successes with the synth-pop singles “It’s My Life“ and “Such a Shame“ (both 1984) and ’Life’s What You Make It (1985). Later they moved on to make more experimental music in the mid-1980s, with music that became known as post-rock. This rare Toppop performance was first broadcast by Toppop on 6 June 1986. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: June 6, 1986 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
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