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A lot of great female vocalists from that time, Chrissie Hynde, Maddy Prior, Karen Carpenter, Pat Benatar, to name a few, but only Annie could sing the outro to one of the all time great literary works made into film... Into the West
I saw her live while on vacation in the military... I flew over from Germany to Tucson AZ and saw her at the University of Arizona. Had some Australian pop band that opened for her that essentially got boo'd off the stage... their studio song sucked, but their live performance was absolutely horrible and NO ONE wanted to hear them. Annie came out and put on one of the best concerts I've ever attended. Absolutely stunning.
SHE IS *SO* HOT....BUT I' D BE AFRAID TO TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF NEAR HER.......SHE LOOKS A LITTLE DANGEROUS.....BUT SHE'S LIKE 6' PR 6'1" TALL.....OW OW OWWWW!!! HE HOWLED AT THE DARK YET MOON FILLED SKY....
My 13 yo daughter just walked in, saw the screen (no sound, my headphones are on) and started singing Sweet Dreams and dancing, stating "It's the law, you have to sing it." Not only do I feel like I have done something right, but she just proved your concluding words. Annie's voice is pure liquid gold and her strength and beauty and openness about her troubled soul has long been an inspiration to me.
Yes, even in the grocery store. Three old folks there in the condiments isle, with a bunch of young kids watching. Two of us lip-sinked, all of us danced, one old deaf guy with hearing aids sang.
The last time I DJed at a goth club I still packed the floor with this hit. When I think of MTV this is the very first thing that comes to mind. Lennox Is a QUEEN!
You are missing a very important detail here, the recording began at Chalk Farm but was finished on a Tascam 8 track in a small room at the back of a church in Crouch End, London, Dave and Annie went on to buy the whole building and turn it into the now legendary Church Studios which is still churning out hits to this day
I was 11 when this music came out. Could not stop listening to it. I'm Brazilian, grew up poor in the low suburbs of Rio, did not understand English at all, but some how, it got through the barriers of my understanding, into the heart of my emotions.
That's awesome, thanks to the internet I have been able to find music in many other languages that whilst I have a varying understanding of their lyrical content (I have a smattering of knowledge of a few languages, though am far from fluent in any of them but English lol) I find myself thoroughly bonded with them emotionally. It really is a universal language and unites us where our words are liable to fail. All the best to you from the UK!
Music has no language and is a feeling. I listen to a lot of music from different countries which I don't know the language but the feeling the singer gives is more than enough to understand the song. The best example for me is the song from the South Korean drama Flower of evil. The song Feel You describes the lead's anguish and you don't need to know what the lyrics are saying
Thanks for giving the Eurythmics their due slot in the New British Canon. The story behind Sweet Dreams shows what a massive struggle Dave and Annie endured. Legends!!
@@wobblybobengland Yes, thanks for being vegan, Johnny. Eurythmics don't have a "the" at the start of their name. 🙂 Yes, they deservedly became legends. :-)
As a 51 year old American male I can honestly say I am still infatuated with Annie Lennox. Love her voice and really dug her look . She was the subject of an art project I had in college . I put so much passion and time into that piece , my art teacher asked to have it. I really wish I would have said no. Stewart heard and saw the same thing . A rough diamond, now a polished jewel.
i think part of it is how she stepped out of the cliche of what we normally saw with women in music at that time. i think thats why cindi lauper did so well. she blasted out with a wild look, awesome talent, and tons of energy. two of the most powerful women in 80s music
The Eurythmics are probably the most enduring and timeless sound out of all those bands from that period. It doesn't even sound dated. Lennox's voice and look was always stunning to me.
Wow that was really well done. I'm so sick of the youtube videos that sensationalize rock stories and turn them into dramatic tragedies. This was just perfect. Mad respect for Annie and Dave - a real class act.
If you liked this video, try and get a ticket for "The Simon & Garfunkel Story" if it makes a tour stop nearby. It's pretty much the same kind of visually backed storytelling, but with live music by actors doing an excellent impersonation of the actual duo. I saw it in cologne and really enjoyed it.
I turned 16 in the Deep South as Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) hit MTV and the airwaves. Annie Lennox's look was the antithesis of what the girls my age looked like: long, curled hair, perfect make-up, feminine dresses, etc. I chopped my below-the-waist hair almost as short as hers but didn't have the guts (or the $$) to dye it orange. My boyfriend didn't speak to me for 4 days, my Dad was furious and my classmates didn't recognize me - I **LOVED** it! I found myself because of that song and Annie Lennox!
Isn't it amazing how other people try to own your hair? Always drove me crazy. Even now, in most grade schools (our leading conformity factories), girls can't have chopped hair like Annie or big 'fros like Pam Grier, and boys can't just have long hair. (Most young guys had long hair in my school back in the early to late 70s, some really long.) We've gone backward since the 70s (my Junior High and High School era). I even dyed my light brown hair a very dark brown at 13, just for fun. My mom bought me the dye when I asked for it. School had no opinion on it. Unbelievable what I see now being imposed on students... and parents want it. Sad.
@@ShakepearesDaughter It's all a reaction to rapid change, I think. When things change quickly as they have in the last 5 years, let alone decade, people rush to try and maintain a status quo or worse, go back to a "simpler" time.
In 1983, I was stationed in "West" Germany - this was pre unification - with the US Army. I had also gotten married there. On our honeymoon in Spain, this song was blasting in every club, disco, street market, and venue in Costa Bravo (a beach resort town about 45 minutes from Barcelona)I became a huge fan of Annie's hauntingly beautiful voice. For nearly 40 years now, this song has had a constant place on my top 5 songs EVER!
Hell yeah - it's a stone cold classic! I loved it from the first time I heard it back in '83, and the album of the same name remains one of my favourites till this day. Ta for sharing your memories of it!
It was still playing a lot when I was stationed there in the late '80's. Used to pull me onto the dance floor at the club, no matter what else was going on
Not to be picky but Costa Brava isn't a resort, it's the name for a stretch of coast including several towns and villages, some of which are tourist traps.
If the labels were great at spotting talent and trends, they wouldn't have crashed and burned so hard once artists started becoming "RUclips Famous" without their help. Labels were all about "what sound is currently selling" and not "what is the next big sound"...
She still does little snippets on instagram of her playing on the piano at home, occasionally with her daughter. She's still got it. Hauntingly vulnerable or terrifyingly strong, but always beautiful. She is absolutely one of my favourite singers.
Honestly I'm glad that they reinvented themselves as the Eurythmics, the song writing got better. Sweet Dreams was a spark of genius. It was very similar in the Simple Beauty synth wave of Love is a Stranger.
I love the idea of 'Sweet Dearms' coming from just fooling about on instruments and accidentally finding an amazing sound, saying 'what the f*** was that?' and inspired by it, immediately improvising a song from it!
@@frglee music is like that.. takes a bird whistle for example, and everyone knows that tune... one person hums, another involuntarily joins in, someone taps a foot boom next club banger
Love is a Stranger... Another good song. But that song "Here comes the Rain Again" sparked a brief parody from a co-worker in Hawaii, about another co-worker in our group named Dwaine... "Here comes Dwaine, again!" Cracks me up, everytime I think about it! 😆😄
I was 13 the year "Sweet Dreams" came out. I don't remember anyone being shocked by Annie Lenox or Boy George or Cyndi Lauper or any other colorful pop singer. There was no internet to drum up outrage. We liked what we liked.
I was a senior in college when Sweet Dreams came out. I immediately thought, people are gonna lose their shit over her. They did there were rumblings in the news on TV and the papers. I grew up in the SF Bay Area, hippies and LGBT culture. Her dressed in that suit was scandalous then.
It's difficult to express what it felt like to hear this song for the first time. Nobody had heard anything remotely similar. It was a massively powerful song that immediately transformed you.
The first time I heard this song, my mind was absolutely blown. It was everything you explained. I was going through a dark period and it hit like a ton of bricks. I played it in my car, driving, endlessly.
all i heard as a young teenager and then again as an adult was meaningless new wave garbage like brian eno's crap... even the talking heads sound good in comparison; this goes to show how doing acid and cocaine and trying to be artsy cannot compete with having actual musical talent... lennox did make some OK stuff in the 90s so i guess she refined herself somewhat and even had a decent song featured in the end credits of a sopranos episode
I grew up with this song on the radio as a small kid. It's one of those songs that stuck around and "haunted" me. Annie Lenox, a name and a personality I still remember, even though I was to young to understand any of it. Still listen to the song from time to time even though synth pop or what this is, is not really my thing. Thinking about it as I write this, I think that I appreciate the song especially because it's not the standardized pop&rock music from this era, which I most certainly do not like. It wants more than just being "ear candy".
As a 13yr old when sweet dreams was released I was absolutely mesmerised by the beauty of Annie Lennox. The strong look was sexy not masculine. I know , the effect nearly killed me, but what a way to go.
i was introduced to the sounds by my cousins around your age. i think i was 8 or something, it was either this band, yazoo, depeche mode or duran duran when everyone in class were still singing to nursery tunes. and it helped me picked up English and understand the newspaper after months of trying to read the lyrics while stopping to smell the cassette sleeves once in a while listening to it. lol good times. ever since then i was very much into music until today now that i am almost 50. still doing what i did as a teenager with music. lol anybody still playing with turntables? lol
I was 11, also mesmerized - and to me, it was deliberately masculine in that it was an artistic challenge to gender norms. I thought the end result was beautiful and provocative. Lennox was a groundbreaker then, and to this day, I'm endlessly fascinated by her.
When I saw Annie cropped and oranges her hair, my own hair stood on end. I was so inspired and so proud of what she was expressing. At the time, I had bought my first house and had to endure incoming workmen asking me if I should speak to my husband before making any decisions - the husband I didn’t have. Fist pump Annie. X great video, thank you.
YES ! I had just bought my home too during the early 80s and remember those types of moments. It wasnt until that I realized women still werent really viewed as equals. I hadnt thought that much about those things prior to being on my own .
When you say “weren’t the most interesting to watch,” you’re mistaken. The internet didn’t exist. Social media wasn’t even a twinkle in an angel investor’s eye. Many people had never even seen their favorite artists and had no idea what they looked like. Even the “just a live performance video” was hungrily consumed by fans. Yes, videos evolved, but don’t belittle the early videos. They were impactful and changed the game.
True that! It was the most wonderful experience in the 1980's being hit with a constant Smorgasburg of not only new auditory stimulation ( songs) but also now, visual media (film clips accompanying each song) and we lapped up EVERYTHING, like hungry cats and dogs! Being all new we never complained or were bored by the initial video offerings, and the fact that these beautiful 'cakes' would soon come better-decorated with multi-coloured icing was just a MASSIVE bonus. It became a way of life constant great songs with amazing film clips, continually flooding into our lives. And yeah there may have been some songs we each personally did not like, or videos were not fond of, but that is the subjectivity of each of us in relation to the arts, beauty being in the eyes and ears of the beholder. Personally I am so grateful to arrive on this planet in time, to witness so many wonderful creatives who were able to reach so many of us around the world (via these new media forms and delivery systems) and now being able to see what the successful musicians, I could previously only listen to via records, CDs and radio players, looked like in action (playing live) or at least in person, dressed up to the nines, or in colourful, fantasy or humorous-mode on film, when they were beamed into my lounge room, via my television set, each week to my corner of the world (Melbourne , Australia) was a real gift. So Thank-you all who played a part in the music, the visuals and the delivery, it was so fun :) !
That’s a comparative statement implying that the videos would get interesting and were leaning on these early vids as an inspiration to do more with video. At least that’s how it came across to me.
Annie's classic beauty shone through any outfit she wore, and her pure vocal talent was obvious to anyone who wasn't tone deaf. It was all just really good music.
So true, I remember not thinking about what she was wearing, didn´t care. I was fascinated by her voice and presence, she could captivate you with her eyes.
Yeah, that whole "controversy" was just bizarre to me at the time. It was never a question that Lennox is a woman, and a striking one at that. She rejected some of the superficial presentation stuff, which is just cool and frankly feminist IMO. If you've never seen it, definitely watch the video for the Eurythmics track "Beethoven"... It is just awesome. BTW: I did have friends who were freaked out by Boy George (and Pete Burns too)... I didn't really get that either, but I could at least imagine the way it might trigger a homophobic backlash in some guys.
@@travcollier Only the guys who were not confident in their own sexuality had problems with Boy George and Adam Ant. Both nice blokes to talk to at promotions at nightclubs.
@@Demun1649 Definitely true. My friend who freaked out most about Boy George did finally come out as gay when he went to college. As for me, I had a girlfriend who liked to hang out in the "gay" part of town (one of the few places a girl could feel relatively safe)... I was decent looking when I was younger, and got pretty comfortable turning down flirting guys nicely. Never a problem, just took it as a compliment... I was the weirdo ;) Though I don't think I knew anyone who was freaked out by Adam Ant... He's just flash
It’s interesting to see/hear the media/industries back lash on how Annie dressed and the way she presented herself back in the 80s whilst looking at that thru 2023s lens, that she is one of the most beautiful women to ever front any international group. Although the focus on her looks vs her talent is something that modern artists still live with today. 23/04/2024: just as a comment on the 180+ replies, I’m not agreeing with the point of views raised in the video or even if the points raised are that valid (or at least were as widespread as the video states). Simply that the points were raised and that they’re interesting vs what’s generally considered perfectly fine now. IMHO Annie is one of the most important people in modern music. Be it her incredible talent or the way she pushed the norms of the early 80s in regards to her style.
Her being so f'in pretty is probably one of the reasons for the strength of the reaction. Especially from people who suddenly began to doubt themselves.
Sweet Dreams was released the year I graduated from high school in the U.S and I worked part time for a top 40 fm radio station. I don't recall America being "Outraged". We never had any negative feedback at the station (located in rural east Tennessee) concerning Sweet Dreams, in fact it was a top requested song for quite some time.
@@horacesheffield7367you realise that the outrage on both sides of the political divide is, for the most part, the product of carefully planned prodding and provocation right? Neither side is for the most part (of course there are exceptions) as extreme as the other paints them as and the entire point is to have you all at each others throats rather than finding any commonality and holding the people who are leading you around by the nose accountable for the things that they're doing in spite of you both.
Annie Lennox spoke at my graduation in 2013 from Berklee. One of the highlights of my life thus far, she is such an inspirational artist in every sense of the word imho
The Eurythmics was one of those groups that just jumped out of the TV at me. I remember seeing Sweet Dreams for the first time on Friday Night Videos (no cable or MTV where I lived). At 11:30 on Friday night, my eyes, ears and mind were open wide! I bought the 45 at Ames department store that weekend! Still have it. Thank you Annie and Dave!
I was a complete metal head back then. When sweet dreams came out, I loved it... and still do. I'm still a metal head but I've broadened my taste a lot since 83. Great video.
If you were bobbing your head to this manufactured synth pop song you were definitely NOT a metalhead 😂🤣😂🤣. What an absurd statement. That would be like a goth jamming to Britney Spears
@@epstein_isnt_dead7726 What an idiot comment. That's like saying the Ministry cover of this song at 24:19 is music and all the other cover versions aren't. As it happens, the Ministry version is utter shit.
I am eternally grateful that MTV ushered in the second British Invasion. It was so refreshing and a little shocking, coming out of the 70’s into new wave. Eurythmics we’re shocking to this Midwest boy, Annie’s hair, the haunting lyrics and diverse subject matter really drew me in. Her astounding vocals drove the nail home.
I literally wore out my Eurythmics vinyl albums by playing them over and over and over in the eighties. Couldn't get enough, and I still love them just as much now as I did then.
I love that this video exposes the "shameful truth" of early MTV that most music histories fail to acknowledge: that for the first year or two, MTV focused heavily on AOR and adult pop (genres more associated with VH1), and that the idea of MTV as being the home of youth and alternative culture wouldn't come until 1982 and 1983.
I watched the very first two hours of MTV's first broadcast here on YT and was surprised by the amount of Rod Stewart and REO Speedwagon videos shown lol I'm glad it came up in this video.
It flashed up on the screen that of the first 100 videos on MTV, eight featured Rod Stewart. The guy's a legend, but that factoid blew my mind. It must have been quite a monoculture at the start. I knew that it was overly white and male to begin with, but *that much* Rod Stewart?!
@@AutPen38 Didn't help that MTV was conceptualized and initially programmed as strictly a MOR rock station instead of a true variety Music channel that their name suggested until David Bowie called them out.
Eurythmics didn’t shock Americans we loved the Eurythmics! I was in college during the 2nd British Invasion & I still consider their songs the best music in the last 40 yrs which I still listen to today!
Great video as always ! Sweet Dreams is an absolute timeless masterpiece. Annie Lennox performing it dressed as ELVIS at the Grammys ? What a badass ! Her voice is commanding and angelical at the same time, she's an incredible performer. And it is true : Even the supermarket becomes a dancefloor when it comes on.
40yrs ! And still a song that gets me singing ( croaking rather) and Annie Lennox is so eerily beautiful ! The 80s was such an extraordinary time . Brit Pop played a massive bang in it. Thanks for the video !
I will never forget the day when "Sweet dreams" was aired on the UK music show "Top of the Pops". I was at a friends house and there was a gang of us. The song forced us to stop what we were doing and we all instantly knew this was totally fresh and original. The story of the Eurythmics, and how "sweet dreams" was born, is a lesson to anyone who is trying to achieve a dream. It shows just how many obstacles one has to over come and how one should never give up. Of course having huge talent can help.
Who knows what random circumstances create artistic greatness? I was a washed up disco kid who grew up on the British Invasion, got lost in the singer/songwriter early 70s and then baptized in American Pop Rock and then the craziness of the disco era. Electronic and synth oriented music began to intrigue me as a palate cleanser to everything else. It threw conventions out the window and reimagined sounds and rhythms in new and sexy ways. But when The Eurhythmics dropped Sweet Dreams it really sounded like nothing else and Annie with her radical image. Incredible! I became an instant and lifelong fan. Great post and great subject matter - I subscribed!
I grew up in the 90's, so I never knew there was moral panic for this song. The song is an absolute banger, and Lenox's response to the attacks was fabulous.
Clubbing in NYC in the 1980's ... The drag thing never registered with my friends as it all seemed pretty normal at that point. Sweet Dreams was definitely unique for its time & still sounds fresh.
Remember, this was the time when right-wing Christians like Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms were making a lot of noise about "satanic" influence in music, etc. I find it hilarious that even MTV was too nervous to put Annie Lennox on.
@@barryj388 Exactly! This song was released when I was 16 years old growing up in the suburbs of the American Mid-West. Absolutely no one cared about how she was dressed.
well, it has over a billion listens on Spotify alone...so i'd say its still culturally relevant. way to go, Annie and Dave. you stuck it out and changed music forever.
Fascinating how much attention was given to her presentation -- although extraordinary -- what a VOICE!! I am no expert on things musical, but even I come to attention when I hear her voice on the radio. With exclamation points, shivers of anticipation, and hair rising on the back of my neck. What frustration, what undue criticism she had to go through. It's always hard to be the first one to pierce a veil, I guess. Thanks to her for doing it.
I *AM* from the midwest. I *WAS* very confused when I first saw Annie "...with [her] orange hair...with [her] green eyes..." But by half way through that first hearing of Sweet Dreams, and first viewing of the video, I was in love! Their amazing new style, their musical ability, I was enthralled! And they have never ceased to impress. Thanks for the video, and thanks to Eurythmics for their great work over the years!
Wow! I always loved them but hearing about the struggles they endured just makes me love them more. And I love that Annie was a Drag King for an awards show 🥰 she's amazing.
I remember watching that awards show, at the time, and being thoroughly confused by Annie's presentation. I had expected the orange haired, New Wave lady, but got Elvis instead! LOL
Ms. Lennox has the most amazing pipes, I heard her sing a'capella on the Arsenio show in the 80's. Just picked up a mic and started throwing down tunes and that was when I realized that she had a greater talent than anyone would ever give her credit for... no auto tune, no nothing, just raw vocal power.
For me, their "lost" masterpiece is the 1984 For the Love of Big Brother soundtrack. From the manic, propulsive throb of Sexcrime 1984 & Room 101 to the chillingly haunted Julia & For the Love of Big Brother to the dark electronic menace of The Ministry of Love (which is still as sinister as anything on Massive Attack's Mezzanine), this was Annie & Dave at their creative outsider peak. THANK YOU for this well-deserved segment!
I loved 'Sexcrime (1984)'. It was one of the first pop records that genuinely unnerved or even scared me. I was just at the right age though. In '84, Britain was in a pretty bad state (the long running miners' strike, high unemployment) and we were constantly worried about nuclear war, so Orwell's book about a dystopian future was ideal reading matter for young teenagers at school. It felt like there was a lot of scary stuff around (AIDS was an emerging threat too) so some of the pop music reflected that. Maybe this happens in every era though. I don't follow popular culture closely enough any more to know if the pandemic led to any sinister - but good - art or music.
I love that album. I love the idea that when it was presented to the filmmakers they rejected it, even though for me so many of those dark moody synths feel appropriately Orwellian regardless. Some of my favourite vocal work of Annie is on that album.
I’m a 64-year-old woman so of course I got to go down memory lane like it was yesterday I shared it with so many people, my friends that lived those years with me and my kiddos who are now in their early 20s and all their friends they are very jealous of what a great era I got to be in you did a great job with this documentary, and I am a new subscriber
This is a great history you have provided. I grew up in New York and was a teen in the 80s, and you are correct: British New Wave bands were dominant on the airwaves in the early part of the decade....
I grew up in the UK, and was in late teens early 20s by the height of New Wave and Brit Punk popularity. Brit Punk being harder, darker, edgier and much more raw. The reason they were so popular for us was threefold. One was the hopeful resurgence of Brit Pop after a lull dominated by big US bands post Beatles. Another was they looked like us, dressed like us, from our streets, Americans were different to us, much more so than now. Finally, they resonated with the depression of growing up in hard nosed Thatcherite Britain, contrasting with the inspiration of a connected Europe. The lyrics frequently touch on what was going on for us as British youth, rather American concepts that really meant nothing.
This is fascinating! I was 13 when MTV came out and these bands are embedded in my very essence. Annie Lennox has a fabulous voice, I'm so glad they succeeded.
I remember seeing the Eurythmics perform in Wellington New Zealand and Annie stopped the show andhad a guy who was hitting his girl friend escorted out of the venue. Aside from the fact I already loved her voice and Daves musical chops, they both went up hugely in my estimates after this. They're legends!
Is that a fact, it really doesn’t surprise me at all that Annie stopped the show to shame that fool right out of the venue. Like yourself I loved Annie’s voice from the beginning. Like Mr Bowie, Annie’s voice has aged better than most. Absolutely loved your story I’d loved to have been there to see the spectacle unfold however I wz in Auckland still buzzing from a live performance I’ll never forget.
I instantly fell in love with The Eurythmics' music in the 80's. I wish I had had the opportunity to see them live, but never did. Instead, I bought every album they ever made and played them til the record player skipped over the grooves. The synth and keyboard mix united with Annie Lenox' voice were just.... *chef's kiss* After Annie went solo, I again bought all of her music. What a great contribution to the arts.
this is beautiful. Didnt know that she and they had to nearly break completely before pulling one of the most recognizable songs ever out of their desperation. So much more meaningful than a song someone bought off of someone else and performed. No matter how good it is.
YESSSSSSS! my dearly departed aunt and i shared a passion for the music of eurythmics and annie as a solo artist. i will watch this and fondly remember my aunt. thank you trash theory!
I was a young teen when I first saw the SD video and I was hypnotized by her looks. She was so alien, fascinating. And the song purely synthetic sound, with that harsh repetitive beat killed me. They're one the reasons I have loved electronic music all my life.
I get the same feeling when I watch Kim Wilde's videos for "Cambodia" and "View from a Bridge". It's the true sound and vibe of synth-pop (which is equally true of Eurythmics and Annie Lennox of course).
I was seven in 83 and we had MTV and a commodore 64. I used to run around saying "I want my MTV". I remember all the songs and my first records were Survivor and Cyndi Lauper. I remember Prince, M J, Tina Turner, Beastie Boys, Boy George, Twisted Sister, Flock of Seagulls, Devo, Eddie Grant, Grateful Dead , Tom Petty, Thompson Twins, Safety dance, Madonna, The Police, Eurythmics, Men at Work, Dire Straights, David Bowie, Paul Mccartney, John Cougar, ZZ top, Rolling Stones...... and watched soul train too on saturday afternoon.
I was 14 when MTV came online and my brother and I could only watch it whilst visiting my grandparents who were the only people we knew back then that had cable. They'd let us watch an hour a day. :) I remember Eurythmics- and Annie in particular - as being nothing but pure revelation! Loved her!
9:58 After 40 years I now know why 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) grabbed my interest! It was the damn 'backbeat' standing by itself instead of connected to the lyrics! So inspirational. Thankyou Dave and Annie for not correcting it.
The music industry stifling an artist’s work because of how they dress while performing is evidence that they are not at all into ART, but just putting fresh meat into their grinders to produce endless links of sausage. Love the artists like Eurythmics, Bowie, Flock of Seagulls and others who went where their visions took them, not minding any social barriers!!!
The music industry as all industries are businesses looking to make money. The decision makers may understand what is and has been working in the past, but have zero idea about new, ground-breaking stuff. Imagine what could have been when they didn't get in the way of Public Enemy and Sisters of Mercy. On that note ........ Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me ;p
Being me, born 1967 having a beer with friends in my local bar-nightclub in Sweden ~2010. Second floor nightclub, they had an evening for university students. We went up to check it out. Sweet Dreams comes on. "Whoa! DJ goes oldies!" I did not even have time to finish my thought, because at the first tones of Sweet Dream there was a roar, hands waiving and singing young people ran to the dance floor. This song is eternal!
Annie Lennox has such a powerful, unique voice and delivery. I supported her and Stewart’s music from their early days as the Eurythmics. I recall being in university in Britain. They performed there in a pub atmosphere and had bottles thrown at them. Their struggles and eventual success vindicated them as dedicated visionaries.
A fantastic chronicle of one of my favorite bands. I learned so much! It must have been amazing for Annie Lennox to work with Stevie Wonder, who performed the harmonica solo on There Must Be an Angel, considering that his album inspired her to drop out of music school. There is a wonderful performance of that song with her daughter Lola that was put up on RUclips last year. Its good to know that she still can belt it out when she wants to. Thank you so much for the amazing video! I'll check out more of you videos, they are so well researched and produced!
Thanks for this. As a teenager in 1980s I had no idea about The Tourists and so it was if Sweet Dreams came out of nowhere. Annie Lennox was a stunning change and totally original .
Annie Lennox was my ideal, an icon, I also thought the part of the video on the Bangles, was surprising and enlightening. So many issues raised throughout, It went so quickly, really sad, but very interesting issues raised. Thank you!
This video almost made me cry, honestly. I ever loved the sound of the eurythmics and sweet dreams was one of my favorite songs as a kid. It still sends down shivers on me, and "Here comes the rain again" makes gooseflesh on arms and legs. To hear, how it was produced, the struggles and deppressions they have gone through touched me deeply. Time to get that stuff on vinyl again. thanks for that video. Ten thumbs from me.
I'm 53, and was 13 when this song came out, and I still have the original vinyl LP that I used to wear out over and over listening to this song in the summer of '83! That's a great album.
As an American, I can say that we really liked the Eurythmics. I was in my 20s when Eurythmics hit America, my gang and I used to go clubbing and dancing to this band.
I grew up in Motown and I’m a contralto. When Sweet Dreams came out, I was blown away. When I saw the video I was unable to take my eyes off the screen. I was hooked!!!
Honestly, growing up in the 90s I never heard anything but positive comments about Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics. How can you possibly dislike such amazing music?
Firstly, Annie Lennox is stunning and always gets my undivided attention. Secondly, every time there's a new Trash Theory video up, I suddenly wind up with a bunch of tabs open to check out the bands mentioned that I haven't heard before.
I remember back in the 1980's working my dead-end kitchen job washing dishes in a tiny joint, in the Melbourne CBD, and hanging onto that song note for note, allowing its heavenly melody (wrapped in darkness and suffering) to embrace me, help elevate my life, and connect my hopes and dreams to a more colourful and hopeful vision of the future. Thanks for this well-researched, moving and beautifully created back story of the song.
I remember so well how MTV actually opened up chances for artists who were lesser known, but had videos, so they could get a slot on MTV and reach millions. Without that, I may never have heard the Pretenders, and that's just a scenario I don't want to contemplate!
Annie was right on time with my generation (I graduated high school in 1983) and where we were with women's liberation at that moment. I so appreciated her as a young woman and still do. You all forgot to mention what I consider to be one of Dave Stewart's finest non-Eurythmics gigs: he wrote, produced, and played guitar opposite Candy Dulfer's sax on what became her first hit single, Lily Was Here. Don't know what kind of person he is, but kudos to Dave S. for supporting strong women in their careers.
I saw them twice in Montreal. First time was at McGill university stadium along with Flock of Seagulls, the Police and some local Montreal bands. The second time was a solo concert and her voice is unforgettable. Thank you for letting us know of all their struggles in order to achieve success ❤
Im such a music history nerd(like many of your viewers im sure) and just now found your channel. Where have you been all my life. The videos are so well done and focuses on the music vs the artists fame and personal problems like so many music docs. Thanks a bunch 🙏
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I’m fairly young and the only song I’ve really heard from them is Sweet Dreams (which I love), but I recognize Annie as being a mega icon! I can’t imagine what she meant to so many people back in the day. She seemingly broke a lot of barriers just doing what she wanted to do. Not everyone may have accepted that, but I have no doubt she inspired many.
@@etsequentia6765 True. IMO she basically seduced everybody. Whatever her appearance, she always looked nice/hot/cool. Whatever she sang, she always sounded GOOD. You couldn't help but love her. Despite the querkiness and nerdiness. disclaimer: back in those days i was 15 and 100% into synth (JMJ, Kraftwerk, Moroder, Tangerine Dream) and synth POP. I basically know all the artists and songs in this video, it is one big blast from the past for me.
To me, she's always been the female equivalent of David Bowie.. I mean exactly the same power, the same defiance and vision. But my favorite thing about them both.. they made it okay to be different.. they made the "freaks" feel accepted and loved ❤
If you've warched the lord of the rings films, you actually can hear her sing one of the last songs there called "into the West" which is a hauntingly beautiful song after you've watched the lotr story unfold.
As an American who moved to Singapore in 1982, I partied mainly with British colleagues who played all the 80's 're-invasion' playlists at parties. It was a revelation. On a visit to California in 1983, I told friends that hearing these artists was like re-living the excitement of 60's music all over again. They agreed. At a Tower Records branch in Contra Costa County, I remember a huge banner hanging that simply said "British Rock!", with the union jack in the background. Yes!!
Annie is one of the greatest vocalists in modern music. She belted out a Motown sound toe to toe with the Queen Of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. I was so thrilled to see the Eurythmics get their day in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame last year along with my beloved Duran Duran. So overdue!
This is fantastic! I remember seeing Sweet Dreams on MTV when it came out. She blew my mind. I loved her look. I thought it was the highest glam... I am a hairdresser and photographer and shout director.. I was already in Salons back then and cutting all my friends Punk and New Wave hair.. So I was exposed to the looks.. Still Annie blew my mind and her voice! What a privilege to be a teen in NY in the late 70s and 80s...we had so many influences... Being in the beauty and fashion field business really opened doors for me and my mind... No style was off limits.. The acceptance was amazing for me... Thank you for this video.. You gave me inspiration to keep tackling a difficult design project... The Eurythmics.. A lesson in excellence, preservance and belief in oneself... Thank you Thank You Thank you... I need this today!
Mozart was panned by critics, Handel's Messiah was panned by his librettist, people walked out of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Ravel's Bolero was considered too sexy, critics thought the Beatles would never make it...The Eurythmics are legendary now and Annie has continued to produce great work.
This was absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for creating this. I grew up in the US and was 12 when MTV started broadcasting. Combining that with my local Los Angeles real station (KROQ, which played British second invasion bands almost exclusively), I began a lifelong love of synthpop. I'd not realized (or, really, remembered) what a gigantic influence Annie and Dave were and are.
KROQ is where I first heard them as well, along with a ton of other great bands. They played a lot of 2nd Invasion stuff to be sure, but also some American new wave and local stuff (I remember The Earthquake Song by The Little Girls was a regular play, nobody I talk to outside the LA music region seems to have ever heard of it) and Rodney On The Roq introduced a ton of stuff, some of which took off and some of which never made it off his airtime. A great radio station of the 80s, dedicated to new and exciting music rather than safe corporate top 40s formula.
@@cenotemirror yep, KROQ from the late seventies until, realistically, the late eighties (when the station got bought by whatever giant conglomerate owns them now) was a bastion of independent music, where the jocks did a lot of their own programming. Rodney, weird little troll that he was, was instrumental in bringing Punk and New Wave to Los Angeles. I believe he was the first American DJ to interview the Sex Pistols, and I'm sure the Ramones were first heard in SoCal blasting out of the KROQ broadcast booth in Pasadena. I was a huge fan from about '82 until I moved out of state in '95, and even then whenever I'd return home the first thing I'd do in my rental car is tune the dial to 106.7 and leave it there the whole time. Unfortunately, the recent changes that have occurred at the station have made it unlistenable to me - Kevin and Bean got me through college every morning at Long Beach State, and I'm aghast at how they were unceremoniously just kicked to the curb. The old KROQ is just a sweet memory now.
@@cenotemirror I tried to get airplay on there. Lisa Worden would not give me a chance. Now I look back and say, if they did play my song, would anyone notice or care. Like a needle in a haystack.
Eurithmics were a big part of my teenage years in Australia. I still have respect for Annie and follow her today. The UK invasion of the 80s helped me get through those years.
Just found this channeI, shared this with my bf after less than a third-way in. I appreciate a biography that isn't all sunshine and rainbows or (overly)sensationalized made up of rumors and second-hand opinions. This is a brilliant piece of work. Thank you. Looking forward to more
most people do not stop to think how songs are made and the background behind the words. they like it or they don't plain and simple. the singers who endure long enough to release a number of popular songs to stake a claim in music history become a part of people's fond memories of their growing up years. thank you annie lennox for your beautiful songs. i remember and cherish so many of them.
@@AlphaGeekgirl in answer to your complaint i have two reasons. first; i like the way it looks. second ; sometimes people take the time to voice their concerns that they think i shouldn't do it. i am puzzled why would anyone be bothered by it. thanks for your concern, though.
I've loved the Eurythmics since I first heard them in the 80s. Almost all of the bands mentioned as a matter of fact. When I originally saw The Return of the King in the theatre and heard Annie sing Into the West, it moved me to tears and still does. How one song, one voice, can capture the feeling of an entire movie trilogy, I don't know, but she did it.
Peter Jackson specifically wanted her because he wanted someone like Galadriel to sing the final song of the trilogy. Pretty on-the-nose, quite frankly.
"Sweet Dreams" changed the trajectory of my life. I was nine. It was the first shift in my perspective I remember. I've been a fan ever since, her voice still warms me.
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hey... missed Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams in '95-96. great retrospective as usual....
A lot of great female vocalists from that time, Chrissie Hynde, Maddy Prior, Karen Carpenter, Pat Benatar, to name a few, but only Annie could sing the outro to one of the all time great literary works made into film... Into the West
Thx for the invite. But im not sure if you're very informed.
Are you old enough to appreciate this music?
Just my 2 cents. But in 1980 and before music had a meaning. Now the only true musicians are gone. Best recovery might be "The traveling willberry's"
Lennox is one of the best pop singers ever. Amazing voice, powerful personality and yet very vulnerable. She gives me the chills.
She is the WORST EVER UGH !!
I saw her live while on vacation in the military... I flew over from Germany to Tucson AZ and saw her at the University of Arizona. Had some Australian pop band that opened for her that essentially got boo'd off the stage... their studio song sucked, but their live performance was absolutely horrible and NO ONE wanted to hear them. Annie came out and put on one of the best concerts I've ever attended. Absolutely stunning.
It requires towering strength to be that vulnerable.
SHE IS *SO* HOT....BUT I'
D BE AFRAID TO TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF NEAR HER.......SHE LOOKS A LITTLE DANGEROUS.....BUT SHE'S LIKE 6' PR 6'1" TALL.....OW OW OWWWW!!! HE HOWLED AT THE DARK YET MOON FILLED SKY....
Is she an overpowering dominatrix? is a vulnerable sweet girl? Is she androgynous? is she feminine? Is she heart broken? or does she have a heart?
My 13 yo daughter just walked in, saw the screen (no sound, my headphones are on) and started singing Sweet Dreams and dancing, stating "It's the law, you have to sing it." Not only do I feel like I have done something right, but she just proved your concluding words.
Annie's voice is pure liquid gold and her strength and beauty and openness about her troubled soul has long been an inspiration to me.
Yes, even in the grocery store. Three old folks there in the condiments isle, with a bunch of young kids watching. Two of us lip-sinked, all of us danced, one old deaf guy with hearing aids sang.
Cute 😊
My 12 year old son loves this song. Great music is timeless.
oh rebecca
And the whole world cried and clapped at the same time ~
The last time I DJed at a goth club I still packed the floor with this hit. When I think of MTV this is the very first thing that comes to mind. Lennox Is a QUEEN!
She is Queen 👸
what song is it? don’t have time to watch the video rn
The last time you DJd a goth club was 1985!
@@harkingmadwing5112 Nope. June 2019. Cincinnati, Oh.
Have you ever tried to do something with Stay? Seems prefect for goth.
You are missing a very important detail here, the recording began at Chalk Farm but was finished on a Tascam 8 track in a small room at the back of a church in Crouch End, London, Dave and Annie went on to buy the whole building and turn it into the now legendary Church Studios which is still churning out hits to this day
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That's wonderful ❤
It took eight tracks for this? LOL. must have had a few blank tracks left.
Tascam 8 track, a reel to reel?
I was 11 when this music came out. Could not stop listening to it. I'm Brazilian, grew up poor in the low suburbs of Rio, did not understand English at all, but some how, it got through the barriers of my understanding, into the heart of my emotions.
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That's awesome, thanks to the internet I have been able to find music in many other languages that whilst I have a varying understanding of their lyrical content (I have a smattering of knowledge of a few languages, though am far from fluent in any of them but English lol) I find myself thoroughly bonded with them emotionally.
It really is a universal language and unites us where our words are liable to fail. All the best to you from the UK!
@@slktool Bangu was worse... Hotter. Summer as hot as 47oC.
Music has no language and is a feeling. I listen to a lot of music from different countries which I don't know the language but the feeling the singer gives is more than enough to understand the song. The best example for me is the song from the South Korean drama Flower of evil. The song Feel You describes the lead's anguish and you don't need to know what the lyrics are saying
I first listened to it as russian preteen. And yet I love it so many years later, now that I can understand the lyrics even more
Thanks for giving the Eurythmics their due slot in the New British Canon. The story behind Sweet Dreams shows what a massive struggle Dave and Annie endured. Legends!!
There is no great art without great pain.
Thanks for being vegan johnny
@@wobblybobengland Yes, thanks for being vegan, Johnny. Eurythmics don't have a "the" at the start of their name. 🙂 Yes, they deservedly became legends. :-)
I'm surprised they didn't mention Annie Lennox singing "Into the West" near the end of LOTR.
Can't believe America banned love is stranger such a realy good song
As a 51 year old American male I can honestly say I am still infatuated with Annie Lennox. Love her voice and really dug her look . She was the subject of an art project I had in college . I put so much passion and time into that piece , my art teacher asked to have it. I really wish I would have said no. Stewart heard and saw the same thing . A rough diamond, now a polished jewel.
I'm 47 - 100%
Even in her late 60s she is still attractive.
Maybe it's the artists eye in us.
She uses her face so well in the Sweet Dreams video; not a single wasted expression... Gold
i think part of it is how she stepped out of the cliche of what we normally saw with women in music at that time. i think thats why cindi lauper did so well. she blasted out with a wild look, awesome talent, and tons of energy. two of the most powerful women in 80s music
53 year old and I feel the same way
Sooooo, what country are you from? The uploader is a European. You see no one cares what continent you're from.
The Eurythmics are probably the most enduring and timeless sound out of all those bands from that period. It doesn't even sound dated. Lennox's voice and look was always stunning to me.
Wow that was really well done. I'm so sick of the youtube videos that sensationalize rock stories and turn them into dramatic tragedies. This was just perfect. Mad respect for Annie and Dave - a real class act.
You've sais it all there, David.
Not RUclips videos, TV does that
@@stellviahohenheim RUclips is TV now.
Yeah, I don't even click on all the "rise and fall" BS. This video was really well done, for sure.
If you liked this video, try and get a ticket for "The Simon & Garfunkel Story" if it makes a tour stop nearby. It's pretty much the same kind of visually backed storytelling, but with live music by actors doing an excellent impersonation of the actual duo. I saw it in cologne and really enjoyed it.
I turned 16 in the Deep South as Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) hit MTV and the airwaves. Annie Lennox's look was the antithesis of what the girls my age looked like: long, curled hair, perfect make-up, feminine dresses, etc. I chopped my below-the-waist hair almost as short as hers but didn't have the guts (or the $$) to dye it orange. My boyfriend didn't speak to me for 4 days, my Dad was furious and my classmates didn't recognize me - I **LOVED** it! I found myself because of that song and Annie Lennox!
love this! iconique
Isn't it amazing how other people try to own your hair? Always drove me crazy. Even now, in most grade schools (our leading conformity factories), girls can't have chopped hair like Annie or big 'fros like Pam Grier, and boys can't just have long hair. (Most young guys had long hair in my school back in the early to late 70s, some really long.) We've gone backward since the 70s (my Junior High and High School era). I even dyed my light brown hair a very dark brown at 13, just for fun. My mom bought me the dye when I asked for it. School had no opinion on it. Unbelievable what I see now being imposed on students... and parents want it. Sad.
Good on ya! After all it's just hair and it will grow back if you so wish
@@ShakepearesDaughter It's all a reaction to rapid change, I think. When things change quickly as they have in the last 5 years, let alone decade, people rush to try and maintain a status quo or worse, go back to a "simpler" time.
Great story! You go girl!!! Song reminds me of our student committee planning sessions for the Seniors prom, which was the year belows responsibility
In 1983, I was stationed in "West" Germany - this was pre unification - with the US Army. I had also gotten married there. On our honeymoon in Spain, this song was blasting in every club, disco, street market, and venue in Costa Bravo (a beach resort town about 45 minutes from Barcelona)I became a huge fan of Annie's hauntingly beautiful voice. For nearly 40 years now, this song has had a constant place on my top 5 songs EVER!
Hell yeah - it's a stone cold classic! I loved it from the first time I heard it back in '83, and the album of the same name remains one of my favourites till this day. Ta for sharing your memories of it!
It was still playing a lot when I was stationed there in the late '80's. Used to pull me onto the dance floor at the club, no matter what else was going on
Not to be picky but Costa Brava isn't a resort, it's the name for a stretch of coast including several towns and villages, some of which are tourist traps.
@@Xiroi87 Picky or not, facts is facts.
It's one of the most powerfully emotive songs I know of... Annie wailing during the bridge (shiver)
"Sweet Dreams" is so unbelievably catchy. How could the label not recognize this?!
Thanks for this super interesting video!
Very simple. The song was about them and it did not paint them in a positive light.
@@kirbyjoe7484Exactly
How could they not recognize it? Annie wasn't wearing big hair and a little skirt and acting like a 10 year old girl. Cretins.
If the labels were great at spotting talent and trends, they wouldn't have crashed and burned so hard once artists started becoming "RUclips Famous" without their help. Labels were all about "what sound is currently selling" and not "what is the next big sound"...
Also, Lennox's voice is incomparable. x
She still does little snippets on instagram of her playing on the piano at home, occasionally with her daughter. She's still got it. Hauntingly vulnerable or terrifyingly strong, but always beautiful. She is absolutely one of my favourite singers.
I like their music, but Lennie Annox irritates, as a person.
@@esoxlucius6884 when did you meet her? Oh....you didn't?
absolutely agree! The control she has is outstanding, I would love to see her live.
I believe Lennox was classicly trained.
So glad they persisted. For me it's hard to imagine anyone not recognizing Annie's voice is pure gold
Honestly I'm glad that they reinvented themselves as the Eurythmics, the song writing got better. Sweet Dreams was a spark of genius. It was very similar in the Simple Beauty synth wave of Love is a Stranger.
Of a different kind
I love the idea of 'Sweet Dearms' coming from just fooling about on instruments and accidentally finding an amazing sound, saying 'what the f*** was that?' and inspired by it, immediately improvising a song from it!
@@frglee music is like that.. takes a bird whistle for example, and everyone knows that tune... one person hums, another involuntarily joins in, someone taps a foot boom next club banger
@@nolesy34 ... and new Universe is born ! :)
Love is a Stranger... Another good song. But that song "Here comes the Rain Again" sparked a brief parody from a co-worker in Hawaii, about another co-worker in our group named Dwaine... "Here comes Dwaine, again!" Cracks me up, everytime I think about it! 😆😄
I was 13 the year "Sweet Dreams" came out. I don't remember anyone being shocked by Annie Lenox or Boy George or Cyndi Lauper or any other colorful pop singer. There was no internet to drum up outrage. We liked what we liked.
I was a senior in college when Sweet Dreams came out. I immediately thought, people are gonna lose their shit over her. They did there were rumblings in the news on TV and the papers. I grew up in the SF Bay Area, hippies and LGBT culture. Her dressed in that suit was scandalous then.
Same. Except for my age. I was an adult, and actively following new music, yet heard not a whisper of controversy about the Eurythmics.
In the uk there was no controversy over it. In the us in many places there were. So it depends on location.
@sjc75vs I went to Catholic school in the U.S. There was no controversy in the mid 80s. Most American Catholics hadn't been R-wing radicalized yet.
Long before the internet could just end someone’s career overnight by unreasonable social justice warriors.
Thank God I’m an 80’s kid!
It's difficult to express what it felt like to hear this song for the first time. Nobody had heard anything remotely similar. It was a massively powerful song that immediately transformed you.
It sure did.
The first time I heard this song, my mind was absolutely blown. It was everything you explained. I was going through a dark period and it hit like a ton of bricks. I played it in my car, driving, endlessly.
all i heard as a young teenager and then again as an adult was meaningless new wave garbage like brian eno's crap... even the talking heads sound good in comparison; this goes to show how doing acid and cocaine and trying to be artsy cannot compete with having actual musical talent... lennox did make some OK stuff in the 90s so i guess she refined herself somewhat and even had a decent song featured in the end credits of a sopranos episode
I grew up with this song on the radio as a small kid. It's one of those songs that stuck around and "haunted" me. Annie Lenox, a name and a personality I still remember, even though I was to young to understand any of it. Still listen to the song from time to time even though synth pop or what this is, is not really my thing. Thinking about it as I write this, I think that I appreciate the song especially because it's not the standardized pop&rock music from this era, which I most certainly do not like. It wants more than just being "ear candy".
@@larsbundgaard5462 It is an anomaly. Eh!
As a 13yr old when sweet dreams was released I was absolutely mesmerised by the beauty of Annie Lennox. The strong look was sexy not masculine. I know , the effect nearly killed me, but what a way to go.
I was also 13. It was something unexpected and new and a little shocking.
i was introduced to the sounds by my cousins around your age.
i think i was 8 or something, it was either this band, yazoo, depeche mode or duran duran when everyone in class were still singing to nursery tunes.
and it helped me picked up English and understand the newspaper after months of trying to read the lyrics while stopping to smell the cassette sleeves once in a while listening to it. lol
good times.
ever since then i was very much into music until today now that i am almost 50. still doing what i did as a teenager with music. lol
anybody still playing with turntables? lol
I was 11, also mesmerized - and to me, it was deliberately masculine in that it was an artistic challenge to gender norms. I thought the end result was beautiful and provocative. Lennox was a groundbreaker then, and to this day, I'm endlessly fascinated by her.
@@MrNajibrazaki wondered if anybody else loved the scent of cassette sleeves 😁
Grace Jones was another ...she did the suit look well :)
When I saw Annie cropped and oranges her hair, my own hair stood on end. I was so inspired and so proud of what she was expressing. At the time, I had bought my first house and had to endure incoming workmen asking me if I should speak to my husband before making any decisions - the husband I didn’t have. Fist pump Annie. X
great video, thank you.
YES ! I had just bought my home too during the early 80s and remember those types of moments. It wasnt until that I realized women still werent really viewed as equals. I hadnt thought that much about those things prior to being on my own .
@@neverettebrakensiek8771 exactly, neither had I. ❤️
Sorry, but you guys are gross. Oops. I mean ladies.
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When you say “weren’t the most interesting to watch,” you’re mistaken. The internet didn’t exist. Social media wasn’t even a twinkle in an angel investor’s eye. Many people had never even seen their favorite artists and had no idea what they looked like. Even the “just a live performance video” was hungrily consumed by fans. Yes, videos evolved, but don’t belittle the early videos. They were impactful and changed the game.
True that! It was the most wonderful experience in the 1980's being hit with a constant Smorgasburg of not only new auditory stimulation
( songs) but also now, visual media (film clips accompanying each song) and we lapped up EVERYTHING, like hungry cats and dogs! Being all new we never complained or were bored by the initial video offerings, and the fact that these beautiful 'cakes' would soon come better-decorated with multi-coloured icing was just a MASSIVE bonus. It became a way of life constant great songs with amazing film clips, continually flooding into our lives. And yeah there may have been some songs we each personally did not like, or videos were not fond of, but that is the subjectivity of each of us in relation to the arts, beauty being in the eyes and ears of the beholder.
Personally I am so grateful to arrive on this planet in time, to witness so many wonderful creatives who were able to reach so many of us around the world (via these new media forms and delivery systems) and now being able to see what the successful musicians, I could previously only listen to via records, CDs and radio players, looked like in action (playing live) or at least in person, dressed up to the nines, or in colourful, fantasy or humorous-mode on film, when they were beamed into my lounge room, via my television set, each week to my corner of the world (Melbourne , Australia) was a real gift. So Thank-you all who played a part in the music, the visuals and the delivery, it was so fun :) !
That’s a comparative statement implying that the videos would get interesting and were leaning on these early vids as an inspiration to do more with video. At least that’s how it came across to me.
Annie's classic beauty shone through any outfit she wore, and her pure vocal talent was obvious to anyone who wasn't tone deaf. It was all just really good music.
So true, I remember not thinking about what she was wearing, didn´t care. I was fascinated by her voice and presence, she could captivate you with her eyes.
I am a little tone deaf and I think she has a amazing voice!
Yeah, that whole "controversy" was just bizarre to me at the time. It was never a question that Lennox is a woman, and a striking one at that. She rejected some of the superficial presentation stuff, which is just cool and frankly feminist IMO.
If you've never seen it, definitely watch the video for the Eurythmics track "Beethoven"... It is just awesome.
BTW: I did have friends who were freaked out by Boy George (and Pete Burns too)... I didn't really get that either, but I could at least imagine the way it might trigger a homophobic backlash in some guys.
@@travcollier Only the guys who were not confident in their own sexuality had problems with Boy George and Adam Ant. Both nice blokes to talk to at promotions at nightclubs.
@@Demun1649 Definitely true. My friend who freaked out most about Boy George did finally come out as gay when he went to college. As for me, I had a girlfriend who liked to hang out in the "gay" part of town (one of the few places a girl could feel relatively safe)... I was decent looking when I was younger, and got pretty comfortable turning down flirting guys nicely. Never a problem, just took it as a compliment... I was the weirdo ;)
Though I don't think I knew anyone who was freaked out by Adam Ant... He's just flash
It’s interesting to see/hear the media/industries back lash on how Annie dressed and the way she presented herself back in the 80s whilst looking at that thru 2023s lens, that she is one of the most beautiful women to ever front any international group. Although the focus on her looks vs her talent is something that modern artists still live with today.
23/04/2024: just as a comment on the 180+ replies, I’m not agreeing with the point of views raised in the video or even if the points raised are that valid (or at least were as widespread as the video states). Simply that the points were raised and that they’re interesting vs what’s generally considered perfectly fine now.
IMHO Annie is one of the most important people in modern music. Be it her incredible talent or the way she pushed the norms of the early 80s in regards to her style.
She was something something special
she was a trailblazer in helping kick down another door of patriarchal gender role conformity, but it's depressing that she had to go through so much.
@@mj.l thats why she was driven away.. she wasn't strange she was a different kind,
she could have been something something special
*try to
Her being so f'in pretty is probably one of the reasons for the strength of the reaction. Especially from people who suddenly began to doubt themselves.
Sweet Dreams was released the year I graduated from high school in the U.S and I worked part time for a top 40 fm radio station. I don't recall America being "Outraged". We never had any negative feedback at the station (located in rural east Tennessee) concerning Sweet Dreams, in fact it was a top requested song for quite some time.
@@horacesheffield7367you realise that the outrage on both sides of the political divide is, for the most part, the product of carefully planned prodding and provocation right? Neither side is for the most part (of course there are exceptions) as extreme as the other paints them as and the entire point is to have you all at each others throats rather than finding any commonality and holding the people who are leading you around by the nose accountable for the things that they're doing in spite of you both.
Indeed. Zero outrage. Video maker is making stuff up.
Thankyou!! What the hell are they talking about? Nobody cared.
@@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS Your comment is way too intelligent. Say it louder for the people in the back.
yeah this video is a huge exaggeration, this was one of the most popular songs ever, nobody was outraged
Annie Lennox spoke at my graduation in 2013 from Berklee. One of the highlights of my life thus far, she is such an inspirational artist in every sense of the word imho
Annie's every tiniest gesture during the Sweet Dreams video is pure gold... Every little head tilt, every tiny hint of a smirk... Brilliant
She's an amazing actor and singer, obviously capable of channeling her every thought through movement and sound!
So peculiar just as I noticed that your comment appeared immediately under my eyes.
Sweet Dreams was the first album I ever bought. Love Is a Stranger is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever.
Nobody who makes music can ignore the touch of this song.
It was eye opening to see how many songs that Stewart had collaborated on. I think he deserves much more recognition for his talent.
How anybody could not recognize that Sweet Dreams is a massive hit escapes my mind
I doubt it was a mistake. Marilyn Manson is someone best left to be forgotten
@@sprinkleddonuts6094 sex offenders should never be remembered
Love is a Stranger is such a great song. It's right up there with Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.
love soft cell
Love is a Stranger may be my favourite track of theirs. I'm also very fond of their soundtrack for 1984.
‘This City Never Sleeps’ is the dark gem that is always overlooked. An acoustic version with a great singer like Annie, would be epic.
Such a great song I'd forgotten about. I was 13, this time shaped my taste in music with it's explosion of electronic delight ❤
It sounds so natural, like it's composing itself out of thin air as you listen to it.
I can see why SD was the hit, though.
The Eurythmics was one of those groups that just jumped out of the TV at me. I remember seeing Sweet Dreams for the first time on Friday Night Videos (no cable or MTV where I lived). At 11:30 on Friday night, my eyes, ears and mind were open wide! I bought the 45 at Ames department store that weekend! Still have it. Thank you Annie and Dave!
I was a complete metal head back then. When sweet dreams came out, I loved it... and still do. I'm still a metal head but I've broadened my taste a lot since 83. Great video.
Same here!
If you were bobbing your head to this manufactured synth pop song you were definitely NOT a metalhead 😂🤣😂🤣.
What an absurd statement. That would be like a goth jamming to Britney Spears
The idea you have to restrict yourself to one genre of music has always been ridiculous.
@@grodesby3422 I didn't say one genre. I'm pointing out that one is music and the other is mind numbing product jingles stretched in length.
@@epstein_isnt_dead7726 What an idiot comment. That's like saying the Ministry cover of this song at 24:19 is music and all the other cover versions aren't. As it happens, the Ministry version is utter shit.
I am eternally grateful that MTV ushered in the second British Invasion.
It was so refreshing and a little shocking, coming out of the 70’s into new wave.
Eurythmics we’re shocking to this Midwest boy, Annie’s hair, the haunting lyrics and diverse subject matter really drew me in. Her astounding vocals drove the nail home.
I literally wore out my Eurythmics vinyl albums by playing them over and over and over in the eighties. Couldn't get enough, and I still love them just as much now as I did then.
Same!
I love that this video exposes the "shameful truth" of early MTV that most music histories fail to acknowledge: that for the first year or two, MTV focused heavily on AOR and adult pop (genres more associated with VH1), and that the idea of MTV as being the home of youth and alternative culture wouldn't come until 1982 and 1983.
I watched the very first two hours of MTV's first broadcast here on YT and was surprised by the amount of Rod Stewart and REO Speedwagon videos shown lol I'm glad it came up in this video.
It flashed up on the screen that of the first 100 videos on MTV, eight featured Rod Stewart. The guy's a legend, but that factoid blew my mind. It must have been quite a monoculture at the start. I knew that it was overly white and male to begin with, but *that much* Rod Stewart?!
@@AutPen38 Didn't help that MTV was conceptualized and initially programmed as strictly a MOR rock station instead of a true variety Music channel that their name suggested until David Bowie called them out.
Baby steps.
Probably after the success had been proven. Innovation usually goes that way.
Eurythmics didn’t shock Americans we loved the Eurythmics! I was in college during the 2nd British Invasion & I still consider their songs the best music in the last 40 yrs which I still listen to today!
Great video as always ! Sweet Dreams is an absolute timeless masterpiece. Annie Lennox performing it dressed as ELVIS at the Grammys ? What a badass ! Her voice is commanding and angelical at the same time, she's an incredible performer. And it is true : Even the supermarket becomes a dancefloor when it comes on.
40yrs ! And still a song that gets me singing ( croaking rather) and Annie Lennox is so eerily beautiful ! The 80s was such an extraordinary time . Brit Pop played a massive bang in it. Thanks for the video !
Extraordinary and evolutionary.
I will never forget the day when "Sweet dreams" was aired on the UK music show "Top of the Pops". I was at a friends house and there was a gang of us. The song forced us to stop what we were doing and we all instantly knew this was totally fresh and original. The story of the Eurythmics, and how "sweet dreams" was born, is a lesson to anyone who is trying to achieve a dream. It shows just how many obstacles one has to over come and how one should never give up. Of course having huge talent can help.
£2000 state of the art drum 🥁 machines help.
@@aclark903 An arrow does not fire itself.
Who knows what random circumstances create artistic greatness? I was a washed up disco kid who grew up on the British Invasion, got lost in the singer/songwriter early 70s and then baptized in American Pop Rock and then the craziness of the disco era. Electronic and synth oriented music began to intrigue me as a palate cleanser to everything else. It threw conventions out the window and reimagined sounds and rhythms in new and sexy ways. But when The Eurhythmics dropped Sweet Dreams it really sounded like nothing else and Annie with her radical image. Incredible! I became an instant and lifelong fan. Great post and great subject matter - I subscribed!
I grew up in the 90's, so I never knew there was moral panic for this song. The song is an absolute banger, and Lenox's response to the attacks was fabulous.
Because there wasn't. I don't remember anyone caring about how she was dressed in the video.
Clubbing in NYC in the 1980's ...
The drag thing never registered with my friends as it all seemed pretty normal at that point.
Sweet Dreams was definitely unique for its time & still sounds fresh.
Remember, this was the time when right-wing Christians like Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms were making a lot of noise about "satanic" influence in music, etc. I find it hilarious that even MTV was too nervous to put Annie Lennox on.
@@barryj388 Exactly! This song was released when I was 16 years old growing up in the suburbs of the American Mid-West. Absolutely no one cared about how she was dressed.
There wasn't an backlash at all. Nobody gave a shit one way or the other. It was a popular song that was literally overplayed to death.
Annie’s voice is simply amazing!
well, it has over a billion listens on Spotify alone...so i'd say its still culturally relevant. way to go, Annie and Dave. you stuck it out and changed music forever.
Fascinating how much attention was given to her presentation -- although extraordinary -- what a VOICE!! I am no expert on things musical, but even I come to attention when I hear her voice on the radio. With exclamation points, shivers of anticipation, and hair rising on the back of my neck.
What frustration, what undue criticism she had to go through. It's always hard to be the first one to pierce a veil, I guess.
Thanks to her for doing it.
I *AM* from the midwest. I *WAS* very confused when I first saw Annie "...with [her] orange hair...with [her] green eyes..." But by half way through that first hearing of Sweet Dreams, and first viewing of the video, I was in love! Their amazing new style, their musical ability, I was enthralled! And they have never ceased to impress. Thanks for the video, and thanks to Eurythmics for their great work over the years!
Wow! I always loved them but hearing about the struggles they endured just makes me love them more. And I love that Annie was a Drag King for an awards show 🥰 she's amazing.
I remember watching that awards show, at the time, and being thoroughly confused by Annie's presentation. I had expected the orange haired, New Wave lady, but got Elvis instead! LOL
how a masterpiece is born
..The Drag King, indeed... that's just class all the way😂
You killed it with this one. Got chills at the end. Thanks for honoring Annie and Dave in the best light possible. This channel rocks.
Ms. Lennox has the most amazing pipes, I heard her sing a'capella on the Arsenio show in the 80's. Just picked up a mic and started throwing down tunes and that was when I realized that she had a greater talent than anyone would ever give her credit for... no auto tune, no nothing, just raw vocal power.
Whoa! That must have been magical! Lucky You!
For me, their "lost" masterpiece is the 1984 For the Love of Big Brother soundtrack. From the manic, propulsive throb of Sexcrime 1984 & Room 101 to the chillingly haunted Julia & For the Love of Big Brother to the dark electronic menace of The Ministry of Love (which is still as sinister as anything on Massive Attack's Mezzanine), this was Annie & Dave at their creative outsider peak. THANK YOU for this well-deserved segment!
I loved 'Sexcrime (1984)'. It was one of the first pop records that genuinely unnerved or even scared me. I was just at the right age though. In '84, Britain was in a pretty bad state (the long running miners' strike, high unemployment) and we were constantly worried about nuclear war, so Orwell's book about a dystopian future was ideal reading matter for young teenagers at school. It felt like there was a lot of scary stuff around (AIDS was an emerging threat too) so some of the pop music reflected that. Maybe this happens in every era though. I don't follow popular culture closely enough any more to know if the pandemic led to any sinister - but good - art or music.
Good call. That whole album has a dark and seductive tone, it really grows on you.
Absolutely, I've always loved 1984 ❤
I love that album.
I love the idea that when it was presented to the filmmakers they rejected it, even though for me so many of those dark moody synths feel appropriately Orwellian regardless.
Some of my favourite vocal work of Annie is on that album.
Oh yeah, the 1984 soundtrack! I forgot about that.
I’m a 64-year-old woman so of course I got to go down memory lane like it was yesterday I shared it with so many people, my friends that lived those years with me and my kiddos who are now in their early 20s and all their friends they are very jealous of what a great era I got to be in you did a great job with this documentary, and I am a new subscriber
I'm 62 and I agree with you all the way.
61!
This is a great history you have provided. I grew up in New York and was a teen in the 80s, and you are correct: British New Wave bands were dominant on the airwaves in the early part of the decade....
I grew up in the UK, and was in late teens early 20s by the height of New Wave and Brit Punk popularity. Brit Punk being harder, darker, edgier and much more raw. The reason they were so popular for us was threefold.
One was the hopeful resurgence of Brit Pop after a lull dominated by big US bands post Beatles. Another was they looked like us, dressed like us, from our streets, Americans were different to us, much more so than now. Finally, they resonated with the depression of growing up in hard nosed Thatcherite Britain, contrasting with the inspiration of a connected Europe. The lyrics frequently touch on what was going on for us as British youth, rather American concepts that really meant nothing.
This is fascinating! I was 13 when MTV came out and these bands are embedded in my very essence. Annie Lennox has a fabulous voice, I'm so glad they succeeded.
I remember seeing the Eurythmics perform in Wellington New Zealand and Annie stopped the show andhad a guy who was hitting his girl friend escorted out of the venue. Aside from the fact I already loved her voice and Daves musical chops, they both went up hugely in my estimates after this. They're legends!
Is that a fact, it really doesn’t surprise me at all that Annie stopped the show to shame that fool right out of the venue. Like yourself I loved Annie’s voice from the beginning. Like Mr Bowie, Annie’s voice has aged better than most. Absolutely loved your story I’d loved to have been there to see the spectacle unfold however I wz in Auckland still buzzing from a live performance I’ll never forget.
That's legendary. I am going to enjoy this song even more now that I know this
Was the incident ever captured on "film?". Someone might have it? JAT
Was the incident ever captured on "film"? Someone may have?.
@@mikeneill6813 If anyone did capture it on film / video, they absolutely should do nothing with it without the female victim's permission.
You bring back the memories when MTV was actually good. The Eurythmics / Annie Lennox will always be at the top! Thank you!
I instantly fell in love with The Eurythmics' music in the 80's. I wish I had had the opportunity to see them live, but never did. Instead, I bought every album they ever made and played them til the record player skipped over the grooves. The synth and keyboard mix united with Annie Lenox' voice were just.... *chef's kiss*
After Annie went solo, I again bought all of her music. What a great contribution to the arts.
this is beautiful. Didnt know that she and they had to nearly break completely before pulling one of the most recognizable songs ever out of their desperation. So much more meaningful than a song someone bought off of someone else and performed. No matter how good it is.
Desperation is the source of a lot of great art... soul laid bare because there is nothing left to lose
It totally makes sense, though; I always wondered where all the pathos in this song came from
YESSSSSSS! my dearly departed aunt and i shared a passion for the music of eurythmics and annie as a solo artist. i will watch this and fondly remember my aunt. thank you trash theory!
I was a young teen when I first saw the SD video and I was hypnotized by her looks. She was so alien, fascinating. And the song purely synthetic sound, with that harsh repetitive beat killed me. They're one the reasons I have loved electronic music all my life.
Absolutely. It's what made me love techno-pop.
I get the same feeling when I watch Kim Wilde's videos for "Cambodia" and "View from a Bridge". It's the true sound and vibe of synth-pop (which is equally true of Eurythmics and Annie Lennox of course).
I was seven in 83 and we had MTV and a commodore 64. I used to run around saying "I want my MTV". I remember all the songs and my first records were Survivor and Cyndi Lauper. I remember Prince, M J, Tina Turner, Beastie Boys, Boy George, Twisted Sister, Flock of Seagulls, Devo, Eddie Grant, Grateful Dead , Tom Petty, Thompson Twins, Safety dance, Madonna, The Police, Eurythmics, Men at Work, Dire Straights, David Bowie, Paul Mccartney, John Cougar, ZZ top, Rolling Stones...... and watched soul train too on saturday afternoon.
I was 14 when MTV came online and my brother and I could only watch it whilst visiting my grandparents who were the only people we knew back then that had cable. They'd let us watch an hour a day. :)
I remember Eurythmics- and Annie in particular - as being nothing but pure revelation!
Loved her!
Saw the Eurythmics in NYC in the 80’s. Still remember the power of Annie’s voice live! ❤
9:58 After 40 years I now know why 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) grabbed my interest! It was the damn 'backbeat' standing by itself instead of connected to the lyrics! So inspirational. Thankyou Dave and Annie for not correcting it.
It does make your brain stop and go, "What was that? Let me hear that again..."
annie lennox -one of the greatest female artists of all time
The music industry stifling an artist’s work because of how they dress while performing is evidence that they are not at all into ART, but just putting fresh meat into their grinders to produce endless links of sausage.
Love the artists like Eurythmics, Bowie, Flock of Seagulls and others who went where their visions took them, not minding any social barriers!!!
The music industry as all industries are businesses looking to make money. The decision makers may understand what is and has been working in the past, but have zero idea about new, ground-breaking stuff.
Imagine what could have been when they didn't get in the way of Public Enemy and Sisters of Mercy.
On that note ........ Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me ;p
Being me, born 1967 having a beer with friends in my local bar-nightclub in Sweden ~2010. Second floor nightclub, they had an evening for university students. We went up to check it out. Sweet Dreams comes on. "Whoa! DJ goes oldies!" I did not even have time to finish my thought, because at the first tones of Sweet Dream there was a roar, hands waiving and singing young people ran to the dance floor. This song is eternal!
Annie Lennox has such a powerful, unique voice and delivery. I supported her and Stewart’s music from their early days as the Eurythmics. I recall being in university in Britain. They performed there in a pub atmosphere and had bottles thrown at them. Their struggles and eventual success vindicated them as dedicated visionaries.
So brave to continue! They really had to believe on themselves to keep on going!
I'm glad you were there to support them! You threw no bottles did you?!
I forget how good they are and how perfect Annie Lennox voice is
A fantastic chronicle of one of my favorite bands. I learned so much! It must have been amazing for Annie Lennox to work with Stevie Wonder, who performed the harmonica solo on There Must Be an Angel, considering that his album inspired her to drop out of music school. There is a wonderful performance of that song with her daughter Lola that was put up on RUclips last year. Its good to know that she still can belt it out when she wants to.
Thank you so much for the amazing video! I'll check out more of you videos, they are so well researched and produced!
Thanks for this. As a teenager in 1980s I had no idea about The Tourists and so it was if Sweet Dreams came out of nowhere. Annie Lennox was a stunning change and totally original .
Can I say that I absolutely love the story telling behind these videos. They are not only informative but they make you hang off every word.
Annie Lennox was my ideal, an icon, I also thought the part of the video on the Bangles, was surprising and enlightening. So many issues raised throughout, It went so quickly, really sad, but very interesting issues raised. Thank you!
This video almost made me cry, honestly. I ever loved the sound of the eurythmics and sweet dreams was one of my favorite songs as a kid. It still sends down shivers on me, and "Here comes the rain again" makes gooseflesh on arms and legs. To hear, how it was produced, the struggles and deppressions they have gone through touched me deeply. Time to get that stuff on vinyl again. thanks for that video. Ten thumbs from me.
I'm 53, and was 13 when this song came out, and I still have the original vinyl LP that I used to wear out over and over listening to this song in the summer of '83! That's a great album.
As an American, I can say that we really liked the Eurythmics. I was in my 20s when Eurythmics hit America, my gang and I used to go clubbing and dancing to this band.
I grew up in Motown and I’m a contralto. When Sweet Dreams came out, I was blown away. When I saw the video I was unable to take my eyes off the screen. I was hooked!!!
One of the best vocalists ever. Walking on broken glass my all time favourite.
Brilliant song! Love it. Along with There must be an angel.
I am a serious heavy metal head. But I love the song little bird. I’ve got my metal version in my head of that song
Honestly, growing up in the 90s I never heard anything but positive comments about Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics. How can you possibly dislike such amazing music?
Firstly, Annie Lennox is stunning and always gets my undivided attention. Secondly, every time there's a new Trash Theory video up, I suddenly wind up with a bunch of tabs open to check out the bands mentioned that I haven't heard before.
I remember back in the 1980's working my dead-end kitchen job washing dishes in a tiny joint, in the Melbourne CBD, and hanging onto that song note for note, allowing its heavenly melody (wrapped in darkness and suffering) to embrace me, help elevate my life, and connect my hopes and dreams to a more colourful and hopeful vision of the future. Thanks for this well-researched, moving and beautifully created back story of the song.
I remember so well how MTV actually opened up chances for artists who were lesser known, but had videos, so they could get a slot on MTV and reach millions. Without that, I may never have heard the Pretenders, and that's just a scenario I don't want to contemplate!
Up close on their 1979 tour all original members was one of the best shows I ever saw, period.
@@geraldfriend256 I wish I had seen it!
Quite the myth to pimp
It's all big business they pushed the bands that had corporate money behind them
Annie was right on time with my generation (I graduated high school in 1983) and where we were with women's liberation at that moment. I so appreciated her as a young woman and still do. You all forgot to mention what I consider to be one of Dave Stewart's finest non-Eurythmics gigs: he wrote, produced, and played guitar opposite Candy Dulfer's sax on what became her first hit single, Lily Was Here. Don't know what kind of person he is, but kudos to Dave S. for supporting strong women in their careers.
I saw them twice in Montreal. First time was at McGill university stadium along with Flock of Seagulls, the Police and some local Montreal bands. The second time was a solo concert and her voice is unforgettable. Thank you for letting us know of all their struggles in order to achieve success ❤
There are so many reasons to love this video. One is the historical accuracy. Thanks for putting this together.
This was more interesting than I was expecting. Visually, Lennox is a work of art. I’m so glad she has the character to match.
My teenage years were an obsession about Eurythmics and a crush on Annie Lennox
And the talent too.
@@Keyboardje Definitely
Not sure it's very sensitive to objectify them like that though. It smells kinda problematic.
@@etsequentia6765 they're fricking pop stars, it's what they aim for
Im such a music history nerd(like many of your viewers im sure) and just now found your channel. Where have you been all my life. The videos are so well done and focuses on the music vs the artists fame and personal problems like so many music docs. Thanks a bunch 🙏
Exactly - no sensationalism, just sensational.
I recently discovered a similar channel with only 10k subscribers. It's called Traxploitation. If you enjoy Trash Theory, you'll definitely enjoy that one too. Check it out!
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Love is a Stranger has been on my playlist for years. Never tire of it.
Wow this was Awesome. I remember all this music...crazy...
Thanks for keeping it Alive💪💪
I’m fairly young and the only song I’ve really heard from them is Sweet Dreams (which I love), but I recognize Annie as being a mega icon! I can’t imagine what she meant to so many people back in the day. She seemingly broke a lot of barriers just doing what she wanted to do. Not everyone may have accepted that, but I have no doubt she inspired many.
The 'controversy' was blown up in this video to create more drama. She didn't break as many barriers as the video makes it appear.
@@etsequentia6765 True. IMO she basically seduced everybody. Whatever her appearance, she always looked nice/hot/cool. Whatever she sang, she always sounded GOOD. You couldn't help but love her. Despite the querkiness and nerdiness.
disclaimer: back in those days i was 15 and 100% into synth (JMJ, Kraftwerk, Moroder, Tangerine Dream) and synth POP. I basically know all the artists and songs in this video, it is one big blast from the past for me.
To me, she's always been the female equivalent of David Bowie.. I mean exactly the same power, the same defiance and vision. But my favorite thing about them both.. they made it okay to be different.. they made the "freaks" feel accepted and loved ❤
If you've warched the lord of the rings films, you actually can hear her sing one of the last songs there called "into the West" which is a hauntingly beautiful song after you've watched the lotr story unfold.
Oh you're in for a treat when you listen to more Eurythmics music.
As an American who moved to Singapore in 1982, I partied mainly with British colleagues who played all the 80's 're-invasion' playlists at parties. It was a revelation. On a visit to California in 1983, I told friends that hearing these artists was like re-living the excitement of 60's music all over again. They agreed. At a Tower Records branch in Contra Costa County, I remember a huge banner hanging that simply said "British Rock!", with the union jack in the background. Yes!!
Hey Greg! Fancy meeting you here!!
Annie is one of the greatest vocalists in modern music. She belted out a Motown sound toe to toe with the Queen Of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. I was so thrilled to see the Eurythmics get their day in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame last year along with my beloved Duran Duran. So overdue!
Aretha Franklin wasn't part of Motown.
I completely agree with you 1000%!!
@@yvonneplant9434 Motown sound. A lot of musicians copied the Motown sound.
@@yvonneplant9434 Read the sentence again.
A Motown *sound*.
Queen of Soul.
This is fantastic! I remember seeing Sweet Dreams on MTV when it came out. She blew my mind. I loved her look. I thought it was the highest glam...
I am a hairdresser and photographer and shout director..
I was already in Salons back then and cutting all my friends Punk and New Wave hair.. So I was exposed to the looks.. Still Annie blew my mind and her voice!
What a privilege to be a teen in NY in the late 70s and 80s...we had so many influences... Being in the beauty and fashion field business really opened doors for me and my mind...
No style was off limits.. The acceptance was amazing for me... Thank you for this video.. You gave me inspiration to keep tackling a difficult design project... The Eurythmics.. A lesson in excellence, preservance and belief in oneself... Thank you Thank You Thank you... I need this today!
Mozart was panned by critics, Handel's Messiah was panned by his librettist, people walked out of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Ravel's Bolero was considered too sexy, critics thought the Beatles would never make it...The Eurythmics are legendary now and Annie has continued to produce great work.
This was absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for creating this. I grew up in the US and was 12 when MTV started broadcasting. Combining that with my local Los Angeles real station (KROQ, which played British second invasion bands almost exclusively), I began a lifelong love of synthpop. I'd not realized (or, really, remembered) what a gigantic influence Annie and Dave were and are.
KROQ is where I first heard them as well, along with a ton of other great bands. They played a lot of 2nd Invasion stuff to be sure, but also some American new wave and local stuff (I remember The Earthquake Song by The Little Girls was a regular play, nobody I talk to outside the LA music region seems to have ever heard of it) and Rodney On The Roq introduced a ton of stuff, some of which took off and some of which never made it off his airtime. A great radio station of the 80s, dedicated to new and exciting music rather than safe corporate top 40s formula.
@@cenotemirror yep, KROQ from the late seventies until, realistically, the late eighties (when the station got bought by whatever giant conglomerate owns them now) was a bastion of independent music, where the jocks did a lot of their own programming. Rodney, weird little troll that he was, was instrumental in bringing Punk and New Wave to Los Angeles. I believe he was the first American DJ to interview the Sex Pistols, and I'm sure the Ramones were first heard in SoCal blasting out of the KROQ broadcast booth in Pasadena.
I was a huge fan from about '82 until I moved out of state in '95, and even then whenever I'd return home the first thing I'd do in my rental car is tune the dial to 106.7 and leave it there the whole time. Unfortunately, the recent changes that have occurred at the station have made it unlistenable to me - Kevin and Bean got me through college every morning at Long Beach State, and I'm aghast at how they were unceremoniously just kicked to the curb. The old KROQ is just a sweet memory now.
@@cenotemirror I tried to get airplay on there. Lisa Worden would not give me a chance. Now I look back and say, if they did play my song, would anyone notice or care. Like a needle in a haystack.
Eurithmics were a big part of my teenage years in Australia. I still have respect for Annie and follow her today. The UK invasion of the 80s helped me get through those years.
Just found this channeI, shared this with my bf after less than a third-way in. I appreciate a biography that isn't all sunshine and rainbows or (overly)sensationalized made up of rumors and second-hand opinions.
This is a brilliant piece of work. Thank you. Looking forward to more
most people do not stop to think how songs are made and the background behind the words. they like it or they don't plain and simple. the singers who endure long enough to release a number of popular songs to stake a claim in music history become a part of people's fond memories of their growing up years. thank you annie lennox for your beautiful songs. i remember and cherish so many of them.
This is a great comment .
It's not really something you can think about unless they've explained how they write songs because different people have different approaches.
@@marfaxa Yours is even greater .
Why do you write with spaces like that? -/
It took me 10 times longer your way :(
@@AlphaGeekgirl in answer to your complaint i have two reasons. first; i like the way it looks. second ; sometimes people take the time to voice their concerns that they think i shouldn't do it. i am puzzled why would anyone be bothered by it.
thanks for your concern, though.
I've loved the Eurythmics since I first heard them in the 80s. Almost all of the bands mentioned as a matter of fact. When I originally saw The Return of the King in the theatre and heard Annie sing Into the West, it moved me to tears and still does. How one song, one voice, can capture the feeling of an entire movie trilogy, I don't know, but she did it.
Peter Jackson specifically wanted her because he wanted someone like Galadriel to sing the final song of the trilogy. Pretty on-the-nose, quite frankly.
Instantly recognizable voice - also a fan since that first album and up through her single career in the 90s-2000s
Annie was and is divinity in human form. Her talent and the respect the people in the industry have for her says it all. She's the artist's artist.
"Sweet Dreams" changed the trajectory of my life. I was nine. It was the first shift in my perspective I remember. I've been a fan ever since, her voice still warms me.