Talk Talk - It's My Life (official Video) -

Unsurprisingly, the executives at EMI were not thrilled with paying for a music video where the lead singer refused to sing.

The video deliberately subverts the traditional 1980s pop promo: Talk Talk - It's My Life (Official Video)

The vast majority of the video's runtime is actually spliced-together footage from the acclaimed 1979 BBC wildlife documentary Life on Earth . 🦩 The Narrative and Symbolism Unsurprisingly, the executives at EMI were not thrilled

Under pressure from the label to produce something more standard for MTV rotation, a second version was reluctantly made. While casual listeners of the 1980s may have

While casual listeners of the 1980s may have found the animal clips and moody staring confusing, the video solidified Talk Talk as true artists who viewed corporate expectations with utter disdain. This intense desire for control and rejection of commercial norms directly paved the way for the band to abandon synth-pop entirely and record their experimental, highly influential post-rock masterpieces later in the decade.

To fulfill their contract while maintaining their integrity, the band projected the original nature video onto a green screen behind them. Hollis and his bandmates then proceeded to "lip-sync" and mime playing instruments with over-the-top, intentionally terrible, and mocking theatricality. 🌟 Legacy