The video was shot in Scotland, in the Orkney Islands and the big rock at the beginning of the video is called The Old Man of Hoy. Some background information 👍🏻
I'm so glad you're reacting to songs of theirs outside 'Sweet Dreams', which is where most reactors seem to stop. My recommendations are There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart), Thorn In My Side, Sexcrime 1984 and When Tomorrow Comes. I suspect they put Annie & Dave's name after 'Eurythmics" because there is a concern that not enough people in the US would know or care just who they were otherwise. But it's the Eurythmics that put Annie Lennox on the map and were commercially more successful than either Annie or Dave as solo artists. I don't get why they aren't far better remembered than they are today. I have to admit it bugs me to see it, as I grew up in the Eurythmics era, in the UK. They were a very successful and highly acclaimed duo who consistently had top ten hits, and *everyone* knew the name! Stevie Wonder even played harmonica for them in 'There Must Be An Angel', which is an absolute 80s classic. It blows my mind that the name 'Eurythmics' needs any further advertisement in this day and age ... this wouldn't have been the case in the 80s and 90s, that's for sure! :P
Probably my favorite Eurythmics albums is "Savage". There are so many standouts on that LP...in particular "Savage", "I Need A Man" and "Brand New Day" to name a few. Thier work is quirky, witty and often pure fun all incased in a synth drenched chocolate coating enjoyed by many. Cheers Anton.
Another great song for me that never gets old. I absolutely love the Eurythmics! Yes I love the electronic sounds, but also the strings & so much of their catalogue is also a mixture of guitar & rock sounds that you haven't reacted to yet that I hope some day you get to! Thank you for this!
Amazing song. I love Annie Lennox ❤️. I was lucky enough to see her touring with Sting in 2004 in Chicago. Great concert. Walking on Broken Glass, Why are just a couple of my favorites ❤️
Masterpiece, Eurythmics were amazing. Haha yes noticed that look...loved it. Great insight connecting it to the trance genre. I love trance and never made that correlation.
Congrats to Annie and Dave. It has just been announced they will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November. Duran Duran and Dolly Parton will be joining them.
This is definitely my favourite Eurythmics song because it accompanied through my youth with these lyrics which meant so much to me and helped me through difficult times. Beautiful review, Anton.
They were not ahead of the their time, they ARE 1984. I was there. The 1984, and around those years, the music energy was amazing all around. This is what we were all about back then. The Euriythmics were part of the new-wave and synth-pop along Tears for Fears, and so many more. That was 1984. I am so grateful I was 23 back then, having lived through this amazing music. Music was everything for us.
Hi Anton FOREVER 👋🏽🥳 CoooooooooooooooL with Eurythmics because I love this so much 💖💖♥️❤️ fantastic ‼️🙏🏽🙏🏽 perfectly perfect 👌🏽💪💪👍 wahoooooow 🙀🙆 Thank you very much Anton 💖♥️❤️‼️‼️
Great group of the 80s. Very electronic at the beginning of their career, their sound became more pop and classic in 1986. In 1987 SAVAGE is a return to basics: more daring, musically controversial. I advise you to listen to the soundtrack of the film 1984 for the love of Big Brother.
In terms of similarly cool vibe, check out You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart, which is chilly as indicated. 😅 Either the official music video or the acoustic version is awesome. Actually, that song and the other two singles, Beethoven (I Love to Listen to) and I Need a Man, from the album Savage, are all underappreciated.
So happy you reviewed this. Song came out circa 1983 and was where music was reinventing itself and people were starting to play around with the Yamaha DX7 synth. Mixing the synth with the violins with an occasional strummed overdriven guitar: Dave Stewart brilliance. Annie’s vocals in this, so powerful. Her voice is akin to a V10 engine purring in 2nd gear at 40mph and you know she has SO MUCH bandwidth to explode at any time. Very few female vocalists (especially white girls, frankly) can contend with her timbre and power. I mean, honestly, how many white girl singers would Aretha be prepared to duet with?? No way would she pair with any Madonna/Belinda Carlisle type character! Annie is a cut above.
@@ingvarjensen1088 cool thanks for the clarification, i was only 11 at the time so i wasn’t sure of the precise date. My father was the A&R mgr for RCA Europe at the time and he was masterminding their success in Europe. I met Dave Stewart backstage in 1987 right before they went on stage, as you can imagine i was 😳😳😂
Part of the start of the '80s and MTV. There are times this song comes on the radio at places like the supermarket or Home Depot or something like that ... and it takes you back to a special place and time and latchkey emotions.
Loved AL from when she first came to light in The Tourists, years before they formed Eurythmics and then her later solo work. Had a poster on my wall at uni - one of my fave pictures ever.
You're the first person I've come across who's mentioned The Tourists. I didn't know of the group until after the Rolling Stone cover and feature for Eurythmics in '83. (I still have that issue stowed away. I can't seem to bear the idea of tossing it.)
@@davidadams2395 will still get out the old vinyl every so often or dig into TH-cam to find tracks from way back when. They were fairly successful back in the late 70s and at 16/17 I had a bit of a crush on AL at the time - then she got a stylist in the Eurythmics and things went to another level.
Oh no, now lve seen the raining indoors scene l have to go and watch Tarkovskys Solaris again. Your comment about watching the ocean is also relevant, also lovers drifting in and out of melancholy is totally significant in that movie Really great reaction/analysis, well done!
Well it's about time! 😊 Finally another iconic song from the eurythmics landed on your channel which I luv...did u know that this song is so awesome that a portion of the song was sampled in one of Madonna's concert blended with her hit song Rain and the result was amazing! Thank you for featuring this song which is another one of my favorites...you should check on their other song "who's that girl" where they featured other famous British groups / artist such as Bananarama and another singer which unfortunately I forgot the name but it's another cool song from the eurythmics. ❤️
Someday you should check out something from their first album as Eurytmics, In the Garden. It's different. 'i'm Never Gonna Cry Again" was the the single, but all of the songs are beautiful in their own way.
Thanks for highlighting this song. They are incredibly talented musicians. There is a mood / atmosphere that some of the acts of this era created. Others included Pet Shop Boys, Blancmange, Art of Noise, and Depeche Mode. This was just regular top 40 radio. At the time, I needed a place to escape mentally from time to time. This kind of music definitely took me to a faraway place. Some other excellent tracks from Eurythmics are Beethoven (I Love To..), Who's That Girl, This City Never Sleeps, Doubleplusgood.
Another brilliant song taken from their third album Touch which was released in 1983 the same year as their second album Sweet Dreams so probably why it sounds similar.
Great choice Anton! 👍🏻 Annie is an uncomparable talent. Totally inimitable in every respect and with my favourite kind of voice - the contralto. Eurythmics were an awesome group and I remember in the late nineties, they briefly reformed and put a very good album out. Check out 'Miracle of Love by the Eurythmics - stunning! Yep, Annie is a force to be reckoned with. Chris (UK).
Interesingly Annie herself stated that the chorus "talk to me, like lovers do" is completely cynical as she's trying to explain that lovers talk is meaningless. So rather than the chorus being opening up and optimistic, it's actually the complete opposite of that. Sonically you should try No Fear, No Hate, No Pain, No Broken hearts - the whole Touch album is great. Otherwise, I'd highly recommend Beethoven - the whole savage album and it's video album are a trip and Eurythmics at their finest.
Leaving one's mouth open is something a lot of people do, especially when they're paying intense attention to something, surprised by something, or really into something. It's one of the many things that show how your reactions are genuine. There is a brain connection to this. Your brain physically holds your jaw up, so releasing it allows your brain to focus better on something with less to do controlling those muscles. When focusing intently, the brain shuts down anything unnecessary, including holding the mouth closed. :)
@@antonczachor Of course! It's totally true. I wasn't saying it to make you feel better. The brain edits out peripheral vision to a degree when focusing, as well as one's nose, along with relaxing muscles that are not needed at the moment. haha! This is also the reason people have a very hard time focusing and even articulating when they are anxious; the brain is very focused on the perceived threat. I probably said it before that brains are not made to make us happy - they are made to protect us. You just keep on leaving your mouth open all you want. Your fans are not gonna think any less of you for it. I, for one, always know when you are laser focused on a part of a song because of it, or are particularly enjoying it. The eyes seek out what is beautiful to them, and so do the ears. :)
Love this song! Annie had so much power in her voice that she barely releases here and makes you want more. I have a couple of further suggestions for you; Don't Go by Yazoo and Golden Brown by The Stranglers. Both huge hits when they came out but you don't hear them much anymore.
If you like Christmas music at the holidays check out her Christmas Cornucopia album. Some of them are a little shouty but it's mostly gold. Can't go a winter season without it since the year I first discovered it.
Jean-Michel Jarre was probably the first to have trance like tracks, the track oxygen was ground breaking and made in 1976 of all places in his bedroom
It is a great song, like the ones you've mentioned and many others they did. I love Annie's voice and the synth waves definitely put a thing in the song. Lyrics beautifully written. I think it's a little different from Sweet Dreams in what messages and SD is more up too, but I can see what you're talking about when you say both songs sound a little similar to you, but curiously I try to think about the other song and the only one that comes to my mind now is this. If the intention behind its production was to put the listener in a trance, I can say it worked...
When I listen to this song, it makes me think of someone saying, “I can feel myself falling into that black hole again, but thank God for you, that you’re here to love me and get me through it.”
I love that you’re lovin on all these 80s and 90s queens🙏 Annie Lennox is one of my all-time favorites! And in my opinion…you really should listen to Joan Osborne, Crazy Baby… with your sensitivity to mental health, this would be a really good one for you and your subs ✌️💕 And of course my very favorite Tori Amos deals with all of life’s hardest moments…her song Marianne is for suicide survivorship…💙🌌✨
i noticed your head movement (thinking back to your admission of when "side to side" is like lost in the groove) & you fascinatingly switched to that halfway through.. nice.. because this song has all the right "playful" lyrical notes in a minor chord, while the bridge shifted into major scale.. Lennox is one of those rare artists who is very comfortable ("at home") in the minor scales, musically - just like me, perhaps an admitted very young influence.. the song was specifically one year after "Sweet Dreams".. i also recommend (personally) searching her own Instagram or even on ytube of her fascinating re-rendition of the song she performed for the Ukraine benefit the last week or so! as for the video, not only do i love the use of a "negative"/inverse exposure on the clips of the ocean, landscapes & birds, just to give it that slightly different visual angle some ppl have during times of darkness in their lives - a desaturation of perceived color, depending on one's mental perception.. there is also the "yet again" use of technology injected into their video: Dave w/the video camera, think of the technology injected into the "Sweet Dreams" video.. it was/is prescient not only for our video'd society now, but for almost-(un) intended sequel of submitted work: a soundtrack concept album for the "modern" film version of "1984", steeped in total population surveillance.. an album which Annie herself declares as their most underrated album in a "Masterpiece" interview w/Ari Melber which you can find on ytube (highly recommend).. thank you for your review & reaction!
‘Sweet Dreams’ was their breakthrough hit but in an era of one hit wonders there wasn’t yet a sense that they’d be back with more. . ‘Here comes the rain again’, both the song and video, proved their depth and cemented then as bonafide hit makers. They were way ahead of their time and both were insanely creative. You MUST react to ‘Would I lie to you?”. It was on the album that followed this (If you don’t include their soundtrack to ‘1984’). It shows their incredible evolution.
this video is heavily inspired by David Bowie Ashes to Ashes video that came out in 1980 since both Dave and Annie are big Bowie fans and Annie was his friend too. I suggest you watch the Ashes to ashes video to see the similarities the song is fantastic too even if I think it's not your cup of tea (so to speak) since you seem to love emotional music and David Bowie's music was generally more cerebral (not gut music so to speak) and sometimes difficult to listen too. He was a great singer too one of the few male singers in pop-rock-electronica who were astounding.
One of my favourites from my favourite band. My absolute favourite is Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) from the 1987 album Savage. It’s even darker than this song.
If you like how Annie uses her voice then you should listen to the Eurythmics album1984. It's a very different Eurythmics experience. Intended as a soundtrack for a film it's very orchestral/electronic. Just listen for your pleasure rather than for review/reaction.
Great song choice! Hoping he gets to some of the rock songs/sounds of theirs! Yes I love the electronic sounds, but I love Dave's guitar playing & not just purely electronic sounds.
You have to listen to Annie Lennox sing Frank Sinatra I Put A Spell On You she puts a twist on it that's classic Annie the mystery. I'm a huge Frank fan and Annie did this tremendously! You want Emotions she has it here! Originally was done by Nina Simone tho.
The dark synthy stuff is more their early work. They became more mainstream towards the end, hence Sisters.... I gain the impression you seem pretty comfortable with Annie and Dave now, you know what to expect, and are enjoying their work.
Many artist from around that time wrote and sang songs in a minor key. The more New Wave/Alternative the more likely they were to do that. They would play this song in the clubs even up to recently. Dance version - th-cam.com/video/mypXAhJyDEU/w-d-xo.html
Hey Anton, again a great vid and a great vibe. Typically listening to Metal Core, I've been stuck with RetroWave for a couple of years. The Eurythmics synthesizers definitely threw me back there. Speaking of trance: I wonder whether you can keep yourself from nodding to this one. Doesn't have any vocals though: th-cam.com/video/89vR2QemJwY/w-d-xo.html
And her on the beach with the lantern means time and when she's on the ocean it is the Living Dead the oceans appeared After the flood so it has a thousand different meanings of her looking at them ocean waves ...standing there with the lantern..whoa pretty heavy statement actually if understanding the symbolic how deep these songs really go with the words and nothing to do with human emotion understanding or love in fact Annie's Song missionary man is how Eve became Eve Genesis 2
I feel you need to dive into New order... Blue Monday is a classic to start on if you're wondering where trance music was more or less birthed from. (I accept you've got kraftwerk etc but really) blue Monday was the best selling 12" single of all time and is still a floor filler... And you almost certainly will have heard it (at least in part) before!
And it’s still as fresh as it was then. ❤
Immensely talented band with more gems to discover - they transcend genres and are not afraid of ideas and taking risks
They were definitely ahead of their time when it comes to their sound and choices Super Talented😍🤩💯❤🔥
Annie Lennox is Scottish but not a trace of her accent when she sings, she’s amazing
I just love your reaction here. When your tongue drops out, Annie has you under her spell. Music filling us up with joy. ❤
Anton, if you haven’t. Listen to ‘Touch’ sometime. This song is the first part of a 45 minute journey into minor keys and Annie.
The video was shot in Scotland, in the Orkney Islands and the big rock at the beginning of the video is called The Old Man of Hoy. Some background information 👍🏻
Beautiful song from a beautiful artist her voice is amazing and Dave steward production was awesome 💕💕💕
The Eurythmics are the best rabbit hole you could ever go down!xx
I'm so glad you're reacting to songs of theirs outside 'Sweet Dreams', which is where most reactors seem to stop. My recommendations are There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart), Thorn In My Side, Sexcrime 1984 and When Tomorrow Comes.
I suspect they put Annie & Dave's name after 'Eurythmics" because there is a concern that not enough people in the US would know or care just who they were otherwise. But it's the Eurythmics that put Annie Lennox on the map and were commercially more successful than either Annie or Dave as solo artists. I don't get why they aren't far better remembered than they are today.
I have to admit it bugs me to see it, as I grew up in the Eurythmics era, in the UK. They were a very successful and highly acclaimed duo who consistently had top ten hits, and *everyone* knew the name! Stevie Wonder even played harmonica for them in 'There Must Be An Angel', which is an absolute 80s classic. It blows my mind that the name 'Eurythmics' needs any further advertisement in this day and age ... this wouldn't have been the case in the 80s and 90s, that's for sure! :P
Miracle of love is great too
They are amazing musicians, her voice is outstanding ❤️
The 80's man....never to be forgotten ❤️
Amazing how the pizzicato strings in the intro sound like rain drops. Amazing, amazing gem from the 80s. Timeless.
Outstanding voice + brilliant music from the 80s ? = Eurythmics ! 😍
Your take on this band is spot on!
Probably my favorite Eurythmics albums is "Savage". There are so many standouts on that LP...in particular "Savage", "I Need A Man" and "Brand New Day" to name a few. Thier work is quirky, witty and often pure fun all incased in a synth drenched chocolate coating enjoyed by many. Cheers Anton.
Another great song for me that never gets old. I absolutely love the Eurythmics! Yes I love the electronic sounds, but also the strings & so much of their catalogue is also a mixture of guitar & rock sounds that you haven't reacted to yet that I hope some day you get to! Thank you for this!
The joy on your face listening to this made me so happy! Thank you!
Amazing song. I love Annie Lennox ❤️. I was lucky enough to see her touring with Sting in 2004 in Chicago. Great concert. Walking on Broken Glass, Why are just a couple of my favorites ❤️
Masterpiece, Eurythmics were amazing. Haha yes noticed that look...loved it. Great insight connecting it to the trance genre. I love trance and never made that correlation.
Congrats to Annie and Dave. It has just been announced they will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November. Duran Duran and Dolly Parton will be joining them.
RRHOF is no big deal. Honestly.
This is definitely my favourite Eurythmics song because it accompanied through my youth with these lyrics which meant so much to me and helped me through difficult times. Beautiful review, Anton.
Essential 80's, right here.
I love this song I like the whole environment of the violins, of the music, in general it is a perfect song
They were not ahead of the their time, they ARE 1984. I was there. The 1984, and around those years, the music energy was amazing all around. This is what we were all about back then. The Euriythmics were part of the new-wave and synth-pop along Tears for Fears, and so many more. That was 1984. I am so grateful I was 23 back then, having lived through this amazing music. Music was everything for us.
Hi Anton FOREVER 👋🏽🥳 CoooooooooooooooL with Eurythmics because I love this so much 💖💖♥️❤️ fantastic ‼️🙏🏽🙏🏽 perfectly perfect 👌🏽💪💪👍 wahoooooow 🙀🙆 Thank you very much Anton 💖♥️❤️‼️‼️
80s sound sends you into a trance state a decade like no other.
Great group of the 80s. Very electronic at the beginning of their career, their sound became more pop and classic in 1986. In 1987 SAVAGE is a return to basics: more daring, musically controversial. I advise you to listen to the soundtrack of the film 1984 for the love of Big Brother.
In terms of similarly cool vibe, check out You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart, which is chilly as indicated. 😅 Either the official music video or the acoustic version is awesome. Actually, that song and the other two singles, Beethoven (I Love to Listen to) and I Need a Man, from the album Savage, are all underappreciated.
Gr8 review. One of my favourite Eurythmics songs. Way ahead of their time. Listened to them on tape on my Sony Walkman!! Yep, I'm that old! 😉😁💕
Just love this song !!! :-)
So happy you reviewed this. Song came out circa 1983 and was where music was reinventing itself and people were starting to play around with the Yamaha DX7 synth. Mixing the synth with the violins with an occasional strummed overdriven guitar: Dave Stewart brilliance. Annie’s vocals in this, so powerful. Her voice is akin to a V10 engine purring in 2nd gear at 40mph and you know she has SO MUCH bandwidth to explode at any time. Very few female vocalists (especially white girls, frankly) can contend with her timbre and power. I mean, honestly, how many white girl singers would Aretha be prepared to duet with?? No way would she pair with any Madonna/Belinda Carlisle type character! Annie is a cut above.
The album "Touch" featuring this song was released on my 19th birthday (November 6, 1983), the single itself came out in January 1984.
@@ingvarjensen1088 cool thanks for the clarification, i was only 11 at the time so i wasn’t sure of the precise date. My father was the A&R mgr for RCA Europe at the time and he was masterminding their success in Europe. I met Dave Stewart backstage in 1987 right before they went on stage, as you can imagine i was 😳😳😂
@@FrankCastlesConscience Wow, that's amazing, you lucky guy 🤗
Part of the start of the '80s and MTV. There are times this song comes on the radio at places like the supermarket or Home Depot or something like that ... and it takes you back to a special place and time and latchkey emotions.
Loved AL from when she first came to light in The Tourists, years before they formed Eurythmics and then her later solo work. Had a poster on my wall at uni - one of my fave pictures ever.
You're the first person I've come across who's mentioned The Tourists. I didn't know of the group until after the Rolling Stone cover and feature for Eurythmics in '83. (I still have that issue stowed away. I can't seem to bear the idea of tossing it.)
@@davidadams2395 will still get out the old vinyl every so often or dig into TH-cam to find tracks from way back when. They were fairly successful back in the late 70s and at 16/17 I had a bit of a crush on AL at the time - then she got a stylist in the Eurythmics and things went to another level.
Sweet Dreams, Love Is A Stranger and Sisters Are Doin It For Themselves.
One of my favourite songs from them.
Miracle of love is a beaut of a song to listen to also....
Love this and your reaction.
Oh no, now lve seen the raining indoors scene l have to go and watch Tarkovskys Solaris again. Your comment about watching the ocean is also relevant, also lovers drifting in and out of melancholy is totally significant in that movie
Really great reaction/analysis, well done!
Well it's about time! 😊 Finally another iconic song from the eurythmics landed on your channel which I luv...did u know that this song is so awesome that a portion of the song was sampled in one of Madonna's concert blended with her hit song Rain and the result was amazing! Thank you for featuring this song which is another one of my favorites...you should check on their other song "who's that girl" where they featured other famous British groups / artist such as Bananarama and another singer which unfortunately I forgot the name but it's another cool song from the eurythmics. ❤️
Her iconic voice! Check out ger TV performances of, I've Put A Spell On You and Take Me To Church.
And finally I suscribed, love your reactions.
I love the fact that you spoke about the look on your face when you’re enjoying the song, Ive noticed it a lot, and it’s awesome!
Someday you should check out something from their first album as Eurytmics, In the Garden. It's different. 'i'm Never Gonna Cry Again" was the the single, but all of the songs are beautiful in their own way.
More The Corrs reactions, please!
This is a remastered version, but in my memories from 1984, the song was less dance and more melancholy.
Thanks for highlighting this song. They are incredibly talented musicians. There is a mood / atmosphere that some of the acts of this era created. Others included Pet Shop Boys, Blancmange, Art of Noise, and Depeche Mode. This was just regular top 40 radio. At the time, I needed a place to escape mentally from time to time. This kind of music definitely took me to a faraway place. Some other excellent tracks from Eurythmics are Beethoven (I Love To..), Who's That Girl, This City Never Sleeps, Doubleplusgood.
Art of noise !!!! Utterly fantastic. Have you listened to Alison Moyet
I love her voice
Another brilliant song taken from their third album Touch which was released in 1983 the same year as their second album Sweet Dreams so probably why it sounds similar.
Crazy crazy good so I’m looking forward to your analysis love you
Great choice Anton! 👍🏻
Annie is an uncomparable talent. Totally inimitable in every respect and with my favourite kind of voice - the contralto.
Eurythmics were an awesome group and I remember in the late nineties, they briefly reformed and put a very good album out.
Check out 'Miracle of Love by the Eurythmics - stunning!
Yep, Annie is a force to be reckoned with.
Chris (UK).
Welcome to the Eurythmicsphere 😊
I luv “Sweet Dreams” but this one is my fav
Interesingly Annie herself stated that the chorus "talk to me, like lovers do" is completely cynical as she's trying to explain that lovers talk is meaningless. So rather than the chorus being opening up and optimistic, it's actually the complete opposite of that. Sonically you should try No Fear, No Hate, No Pain, No Broken hearts - the whole Touch album is great. Otherwise, I'd highly recommend Beethoven - the whole savage album and it's video album are a trip and Eurythmics at their finest.
You definitely should react to Eurythmic's "Would I lie to you" to discover an all new side of the group !!
Leaving one's mouth open is something a lot of people do, especially when they're paying intense attention to something, surprised by something, or really into something. It's one of the many things that show how your reactions are genuine.
There is a brain connection to this. Your brain physically holds your jaw up, so releasing it allows your brain to focus better on something with less to do controlling those muscles. When focusing intently, the brain shuts down anything unnecessary, including holding the mouth closed. :)
Wow. That's actually fascinating, thanks Laura!
@@antonczachor Of course! It's totally true. I wasn't saying it to make you feel better. The brain edits out peripheral vision to a degree when focusing, as well as one's nose, along with relaxing muscles that are not needed at the moment. haha!
This is also the reason people have a very hard time focusing and even articulating when they are anxious; the brain is very focused on the perceived threat. I probably said it before that brains are not made to make us happy - they are made to protect us.
You just keep on leaving your mouth open all you want. Your fans are not gonna think any less of you for it. I, for one, always know when you are laser focused on a part of a song because of it, or are particularly enjoying it. The eyes seek out what is beautiful to them, and so do the ears. :)
I can’t wait for when you get to When Tomorrow Comes and Who’s That Girl? At least I hope! They are my favorite Eurythmics songs.
Love this song! Annie had so much power in her voice that she barely releases here and makes you want more.
I have a couple of further suggestions for you; Don't Go by Yazoo and Golden Brown by The Stranglers. Both huge hits when they came out but you don't hear them much anymore.
If you like Christmas music at the holidays check out her Christmas Cornucopia album. Some of them are a little shouty but it's mostly gold. Can't go a winter season without it since the year I first discovered it.
Jean-Michel Jarre was probably the first to have trance like tracks, the track oxygen was ground breaking and made in 1976 of all places in his bedroom
Love the Eurythmics! Please react to Would I Lie To You, if you haven't already. It's my fave song by them!
There was a 12" extended dance version.
It is a great song, like the ones you've mentioned and many others they did. I love Annie's voice and the synth waves definitely put a thing in the song. Lyrics beautifully written. I think it's a little different from Sweet Dreams in what messages and SD is more up too, but I can see what you're talking about when you say both songs sound a little similar to you, but curiously I try to think about the other song and the only one that comes to my mind now is this. If the intention behind its production was to put the listener in a trance, I can say it worked...
When I listen to this song, it makes me think of someone saying, “I can feel myself falling into that black hole again, but thank God for you, that you’re here to love me and get me through it.”
I love that you’re lovin on all these 80s and 90s queens🙏 Annie Lennox is one of my all-time favorites! And in my opinion…you really should listen to Joan Osborne, Crazy Baby… with your sensitivity to mental health, this would be a really good one for you and your subs ✌️💕
And of course my very favorite Tori Amos deals with all of life’s hardest moments…her song Marianne is for suicide survivorship…💙🌌✨
I think the best way to describe Annie , is GOTHIC! She has a very "gothicesque " vibe about herself. Truly amazing talent! 🥰
Annie’s a Genius total one off
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i noticed your head movement (thinking back to your admission of when "side to side" is like lost in the groove) & you fascinatingly switched to that halfway through.. nice.. because this song has all the right "playful" lyrical notes in a minor chord, while the bridge shifted into major scale.. Lennox is one of those rare artists who is very comfortable ("at home") in the minor scales, musically - just like me, perhaps an admitted very young influence.. the song was specifically one year after "Sweet Dreams".. i also recommend (personally) searching her own Instagram or even on ytube of her fascinating re-rendition of the song she performed for the Ukraine benefit the last week or so! as for the video, not only do i love the use of a "negative"/inverse exposure on the clips of the ocean, landscapes & birds, just to give it that slightly different visual angle some ppl have during times of darkness in their lives - a desaturation of perceived color, depending on one's mental perception.. there is also the "yet again" use of technology injected into their video: Dave w/the video camera, think of the technology injected into the "Sweet Dreams" video.. it was/is prescient not only for our video'd society now, but for almost-(un) intended sequel of submitted work: a soundtrack concept album for the "modern" film version of "1984", steeped in total population surveillance.. an album which Annie herself declares as their most underrated album in a "Masterpiece" interview w/Ari Melber which you can find on ytube (highly recommend).. thank you for your review & reaction!
You should check out "I've Tried Everything" from Eurythmics as well.
‘Sweet Dreams’ was their breakthrough hit but in an era of one hit wonders there wasn’t yet a sense that they’d be back with more. .
‘Here comes the rain again’, both the song and video, proved their depth and cemented then as bonafide hit makers.
They were way ahead of their time and both were insanely creative.
You MUST react to ‘Would I lie to you?”. It was on the album that followed this (If you don’t include their soundtrack to ‘1984’). It shows their incredible evolution.
More Annie!!!!!!
Check out You placed a chill in my heart
this video is heavily inspired by David Bowie Ashes to Ashes video that came out in 1980 since both Dave and Annie are big Bowie fans and Annie was his friend too. I suggest you watch the Ashes to ashes video to see the similarities the song is fantastic too even if I think it's not your cup of tea (so to speak) since you seem to love emotional music and David Bowie's music was generally more cerebral (not gut music so to speak) and sometimes difficult to listen too. He was a great singer too one of the few male singers in pop-rock-electronica who were astounding.
One of my favourites from my favourite band. My absolute favourite is Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) from the 1987 album Savage. It’s even darker than this song.
Have you listened to Grack Slick "white Rabbit" isolated vocals yet?
If not give your self a treat ☺
I would love to see you react to a cover of this song by a band named Hypnogaja. I think you might enjoy it very much.
If you like how Annie uses her voice then you should listen to the Eurythmics album1984. It's a very different Eurythmics experience. Intended as a soundtrack for a film it's very orchestral/electronic. Just listen for your pleasure rather than for review/reaction.
PLEASE react to Missionary Man, it's hilarious, very different vibes but same awesome vocals. :)
You need to check out, WOULD I LIE TO YOU! Great tune!
Great song choice! Hoping he gets to some of the rock songs/sounds of theirs! Yes I love the electronic sounds, but I love Dave's guitar playing & not just purely electronic sounds.
You have to listen to Annie Lennox sing Frank Sinatra I Put A Spell On You she puts a twist on it that's classic Annie the mystery. I'm a huge Frank fan and Annie did this tremendously! You want Emotions she has it here! Originally was done by Nina Simone tho.
The dark synthy stuff is more their early work. They became more mainstream towards the end, hence Sisters.... I gain the impression you seem pretty comfortable with Annie and Dave now, you know what to expect, and are enjoying their work.
Galaxy
I would love to see you react to annies little bird.
Sometimes Annie Lennox looks like Scarlett Johansson very pretty 🔥
If you like the style of the Eurythmics, you should check out the Human League.
Many artist from around that time wrote and sang songs in a minor key. The more New Wave/Alternative the more likely they were to do that.
They would play this song in the clubs even up to recently. Dance version - th-cam.com/video/mypXAhJyDEU/w-d-xo.html
Hey Anton, again a great vid and a great vibe. Typically listening to Metal Core, I've been stuck with RetroWave for a couple of years. The Eurythmics synthesizers definitely threw me back there. Speaking of trance: I wonder whether you can keep yourself from nodding to this one. Doesn't have any vocals though: th-cam.com/video/89vR2QemJwY/w-d-xo.html
And her on the beach with the lantern means time and when she's on the ocean it is the Living Dead the oceans appeared After the flood so it has a thousand different meanings of her looking at them ocean waves ...standing there with the lantern..whoa pretty heavy statement actually if understanding the symbolic how deep these songs really go with the words and nothing to do with human emotion understanding or love in fact Annie's Song missionary man is how Eve became Eve Genesis 2
I remember as a kid her look was considered so extreme. No one looked like this. Women didn't have shaved heads or hair this short. Now it's nothing.
I feel you need to dive into New order... Blue Monday is a classic to start on if you're wondering where trance music was more or less birthed from. (I accept you've got kraftwerk etc but really) blue Monday was the best selling 12" single of all time and is still a floor filler... And you almost certainly will have heard it (at least in part) before!
Little bird
you talk too much...
I find Anton very intelligent, introspective and eloquent. He’s a smart, interesting guy.
@macmanplus - you seem to misunderstand the concept of a reaction video