It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)

It's Not Living (If It's Not With You) - An Analysis

This is one of my favourite song and music videos from all that I've seen so far.

(P.S. This was my first time using slides.com so the arrangement of slides ended up being a bit confusing so pro tip: click the "↓" arrows first before the "→" arrow, wherever they appear)

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