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Nice!! wish I had heard it back in 1984, did Radio 1 ignore them? must have done with such an 80s loved tune not even making the top 40! if I had heard them back then I am sure I would have bought them as I was into Madness, Adam Ant etc back then...KingLouieLouie76 wrote:I've always loved them...I remember them when "It's My Life" (both the album and title song) was first released and how I fell in love w/their sound then (I was merely 7 at the time). Although, my fave track of theirs is "Life's What You Make It"..... They to me are vastly underrated by the masses, but I know several others (beyond Blur) have cited them as major influences. One of those include Gomez. Such a shame that they will never reunite!
Sledge Hammer wrote:Nice!! wish I had heard it back in 1984, did Radio 1 ignore them? must have done with such an 80s loved tune not even making the top 40! if I had heard them back then I am sure I would have bought them as I was into Madness, Adam Ant etc back then...KingLouieLouie76 wrote:I've always loved them...I remember them when "It's My Life" (both the album and title song) was first released and how I fell in love w/their sound then (I was merely 7 at the time). Although, my fave track of theirs is "Life's What You Make It"..... They to me are vastly underrated by the masses, but I know several others (beyond Blur) have cited them as major influences. One of those include Gomez. Such a shame that they will never reunite!
Wonder what Mark Hollis actually does every day, he had such talent and has basically left it all behind for most of the last 20 years...
Yeah they were pretty big in Europe aswell but It's My Life was strangely ignored here back then, the irony was they were nominated for best British band in 1991 on the back of the 1990 Very Best of re-release and sold 1 million copies+ of itKingLouieLouie76 wrote:Sledge Hammer wrote:Nice!! wish I had heard it back in 1984, did Radio 1 ignore them? must have done with such an 80s loved tune not even making the top 40! if I had heard them back then I am sure I would have bought them as I was into Madness, Adam Ant etc back then...KingLouieLouie76 wrote:I've always loved them...I remember them when "It's My Life" (both the album and title song) was first released and how I fell in love w/their sound then (I was merely 7 at the time). Although, my fave track of theirs is "Life's What You Make It"..... They to me are vastly underrated by the masses, but I know several others (beyond Blur) have cited them as major influences. One of those include Gomez. Such a shame that they will never reunite!
Wonder what Mark Hollis actually does every day, he had such talent and has basically left it all behind for most of the last 20 years...
I'm from the States and "It's My Life" (title track) video was played heavily in MTV's regular rotation along with several of the UK bands from that era. I also loved Madness (but too bad people here only think of "Our House" when there's several better songs in their catalog) and Adam Ant was wonderful!
I bet Hollis writes music everyday, but doesn't have any vehicle or outlet for it now...But I bet he cringes each and every time he hears No Doubt's lame remake of "It's My Life"!
) but he did say years ago he had said all he needed to say in music, and silence was the strongest instrument he had... KingLouieLouie76 wrote:First, I must finally ask you...did the Peter Gabriel song influence your screen name?
Anyways, that is odd that "It's My Life" did not receive its proper due in Europe until the early 90s! It also reminds me how several bands from here in the States became more famous in the UK than here.... I guess why it took a little while for Talk Talk to become more appreciated was that they were so ahead of their time and several still haven't caught up to them. They somewhat remind of the Fixx in that regards (but the Fixx might have had more sustainable commercial success).
"Silence was the strongest instrument he had"? He must finally realize the nonsense in that! His voice to me ranks right up there with other vocalists.....So distinctive!
No one of my other faves is from your great lands, Inspector Sledge Hammer! another ahead of its time underrated item (came out before The Naked Gun films, yes I know of Police Squad but Naked Gun deffo took from Sledge). 
Sledge Hammer wrote:
Here is a scene from the first few minutes of the first ever episode from 1986, cant see that allowed on tv these days lol...
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Yeah....Hollis seems so livid throughout the "It's My Life" video to the extent that it is even hysterical! Yeah, it's rather peculiar that they initially didn't generate heavy appreciation in the UK, but you hinted about how the music landscape during that particular period was.... The New Romantic type bands were more embraced so it seemed.... Sledge Hammer wrote:This is comedy and shows that Hollis never really had any intention of playing the media game...nearly as awkward as some Blur interviews, another influence
"It's gonna be a sensation man, know what I mean?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaWGeOP7HP8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Refusing to speak...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEAxR1JlT0w" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Daytime Radio 1 had a general indifference to anything 'indie' in those years.Sledge Hammer wrote:Ignored in the UK! gets me mad that I never heard it back then, cheers Radio 1! (that's all there was back then...)
