Talk Talk - Such A Shame • TopPop

This week we highlight this video to commemorate Talk Talk’s singer and composer Mark Hollis’ unfortunate death two years ago on February 25, 2019. 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 the hitdingles “It’s My Life“ and “Such a Shame“ (both 1984). Later they moved on to make more experimental music in the mid-1980s, with music that became known as post-rock. “Such a Shame“ was inspired by Luke Rhinehart’s The Dice Man, one of composer Mark Hollis’ favourite books. When asked what drove him to respond to Rhinehart’s book, Hollis replied, “A good book, not a lifestyle I’d recommend.“ This video was recorded on 3 May 1984 in the TopPop studios in the Netherlands Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1984-05-03 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.