American Reacts to Sweet Dreams: How Eurythmics Shocked America!
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- Trash Theory explores Eurythmics and how this synth-pop anthem shook up the American music scene and helped shape MTV in the 1980s. From the duo’s bold style to the revolutionary music video, see how Eurythmics left a lasting impact on both sides of the Atlantic!
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Annie Lennox is one of the finest female vocalists to have come out of the UK since sound recordings were invented
yeah. and she even said: menoks
Elkie Brooks aka British Queen of Blues IMO is the best UK female singer along with Amy Winehouse.
The thing with John Peel was that he had a late night show and didn't give a shit - he played what he wanted to play, what he thought was good. Also, it was the BBC, so he didn't have to worry about advertisers or anything.
So John Peel's show was playing new bands and new sounds and never going anywhere near mainstream pop. He was looking for new stuff. Stuff that excited him personally.
And, because of that, he did break the careers of so many artists. When I say he didn't give a shit, he would sometimes do things like playing cassettes people had sent in - even though all the engineers are pulling their hair out, because you can't play crap quality tapes on air. Ah, he just did it anyway. As long as it was good, new and interesting, he'd give a spin.
I think the late night slot also gave him leeway. As other BBC DJs were nowhere near as bold and adventurous as John Peel. But he kind of got away with it at first - then he broke so many big talents and future bands, they just let him do what he wanted to do. Don't mess with genius.
Hear-Hear....
I was more into radio Caroline why better than bbc radio. In my umbrella opinion.
I remember listening to John Peel's show on the evening he replayed Teenage Kicks straight after the first play, saying it was too good a single not play twice. A true champion of great music.
However, he was part of the paedophile ring that the BBC hid. He met his wife at 14, and christ knows what else.
@@gigmcsweeney8566 I undertsand he said it was there perfect song.
What you were saying reminds me of how actually offended I got when the radio in the UK started having "black charts".
And it's the same attitude as Annie here. The UK never had "black charts" and "white charts" and all these different charts. There was one chart and EVERYONE was on it - black and white, rock and pop and disco and punk and reggae - and let the best man or woman win.
But there were commercial stations - probably just annoyed that they didn't have the exclusivity on the main chart - who imported the American notion of "black music charts" and I always felt it was just wrong.
As Annie says, once you say "women in rock", you dividing them from the men. Once you say "black music charts" then you're segregating music of black origin away from the white folk.
But, yes, in fairness, I don't think the people who do this have ill intent. They're trying to promote women and ethnic minorities and are trying to do good.
But it's ultimately the wrong way to do it. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
And the underlying point is that positive discrimination is still discrimination. You've got to be really careful with it.
John Peel totally changed my life musically i'm now 71
Thanks for showing this JJ. I love the eurythmics. I never realised the struggle they had in the beginning but never gave up. I feel so proud😂
Good stuff JJ, story moves me in the same way and have had a love of their music since my teen years in the 80s.
Sigh- that MTV montage at the beginning- that was my youth right there!
John Peel was the champion of new music and new artists. His radio show was late at night (10pm -Midnight) so he could get away with playing what he wanted, and not churning out the playlists the other DJ's were using during the day. Many's the late evening in my teenage years spent in darkened rooms with friends listening to his show....
Cliff Richard is the only artist to have number 1 hits in 5 consectutive decades in the UK, from teh 1950's to the 1990's. That is a successful career if ever there was one!
That was a great video- and an uplifting story! (Apart from the whole gender issue part - thank God most people have moved beyond that these days!)
I don't think Kylie Minogue's first hit being a cover did her that much harm. What with the two Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards. And the 80 million records sold.
And still going strong!
Given that she was a soap actor looking to make a change, covers were really affecting her artistic integrity - not as much as working with those bloody producers. She’s done ok for herself since.
I think it's more about getting pigeonholed into a certain sound than about doing a cover as such. So the problem was that the band got famous for something that didn't at all sound like their ordinary stuff. But it's really weird this idea people tend to have about how artists need to "sound like themselves" all the time. Guess what? We musicians are musicians because we love music, and most of that music being other people's music.
Inadvertent pun you made about Cliff Richard getting out of the shadow.
His bscki8ng band was called the Shadows, lead by Hank Marvin.
Made of ‘these’ pronunciation probably comes from her classical training… ‘ee’ being a more palatable sound than ‘i’. Also, at the beginning you said you don’t remember Adam and the Ants, Stand and Deliver…you should check them out. They were amazing. Art school influenced and two full drum kits. Kings of the Wild Frontier and Dog Eat Dog are my favourite tracks.
I tend to like the early Adam and the Ants nowadays,but the very first record I ever bought was from Wooly's and was 'Stand and Deliver' ! Everyone I knew loved them (even my opera-loving Dah !),dressed like them,used tippex to create Stuart's white stripe,they were everywhere! So,yeah,he should check them out !
I let out a little whimper when he said they were initially going to be a supporting act for the 'Serious Moonlight' tour. I was fortunate to see David Bowie on that tour...how amazing it would have been if the Eurythmics had been the support act! Have always loved them, still one of my most played CD's in my car when travelling. Annie Lennox is such an icon ( -or, as my workmate used to unwittingly call her "Lennie Annox"..always made me giggle).
We got Icehouse and Thomson Twins as support for Bowie, they were both great, but tbh, after queuing all night to get in and spending the while day standing on the pitch waiting, I was too tired to enjoy Bowie, I had to work my way to the back to find a seat!
You ok, mate? I was a little concerned when you alluded to your industry experiences - you are not a “coward” for not talking about them, whether they’re just things you saw, or if they’re serious things you experienced.
I was just thinking about your many mentions of your other work, and I was going to leave a message suggesting you might want to expand your channel a bit by sharing some of your insights and experiences - but not if it’s traumatic. I for one would love to hear about some of your work skills and on-set stories.
I haven’t quite nailed down why it is that you are the only ‘reaction’ channel I subscribe to on TH-cam, but I think it’s because you come across as a guy “I’d like to party with”, as you say so often. The other one is Evan Erdinger, but he’s obviously much broader in his content.
Anyway, I’d be more than happy if you gave us some more themes.
Oh, and for an interesting modern take on the music biz, you should look for the British Channel 4 sitcom, We Are Lady Parts. It hits a lot of target audiences and subjects, all while being a bit irreverent.
Actually, I thought, back then, that Annie was incredibly sexy in that tailored suit and close cropped hair. 😍!
EWWWW
@@John-k6f9k Well, we can't like everything the same you know. Five, so far, have agreed with me. What would you say if I said I thought the same about Susanna Hoffs? Two very differently stylistically presenting women, each beautiful in their own distinct way.
Great video 👍 MTV were not prudes just most "Americans". Check out "Later with Jools Holland "
As well as John Peel you should check out Whispering Bob Harris and The Old Grey Whistle Test.
The old episodes of Whistle Test are available in box set. What a collection of live performances that is. I still think Meatloaf was one of the most shocking and entertaining pieces of live music this country has seen at that point.
'Thorn in my side' is my favourite Eurythmics track 🇬🇧
Annie singing Little Bird at the 2012 Olympics - just wow !
The back up singer in Sweet Dreams was Eddi Reader who was a Scottish singer- composer in a band called Fairground Attraction. Sweet Dreams was a No.1 hit in UK and many other Counties.
Eddi Reader.. Another great voice....
Annie Lennox, one of the superb female voices, and if you find interviews with her she's so damn smart and intelligent. Along with Annie Haslam (of Renaissance) she's one of my top pick singers.
Puritanical American values re speech is a genuine
Pain
In
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Arse.... Imo.
I love early '80's music. I would recommend listening to Fade To Grey by Visage and Adam and the Ants.
I didn't know anything about their pre Eurythmics music, but I was surprised I recognised a couple of The Tourists songs.
This is fascinating, thank you 😀
No dude the record label is full of wankers in suits that just care about money. Well come to the machine, and have a cigar by Pink Floyd more or less spells that out. From the album Wish you were here.
I have had the privilege of seeing eurythmics live in wembley back in 1999. Aaaanazing gig. 😊
Yeah JJ, _The Tourists_ were quite big here in Australia.
Every one lives with their Ex after they get married.
I may get this as my first tattoo, across my face.
@@stewrmo Tattoos are as uncool as mullets now
“I thought Annie Lennox was not into dudes”😹……..
Annie is a “good-old-fashioned traditional” heterosexual mommy with at least one kid.
Two daughters
@@tracey1186 THANK YOU, Tracey! (I’m not usually so lazy as-to not look things up!)
Oh come on, you're not so naive to believe that she's not also a cunning linguist?
It's because she is a strong personality with short hair - gotta be a lesbian eh?
Annie Lennox has an amazing voice. Lyrical also. Plus Scottish. Xx
I always liked...
Sweet dreams are made of cheese
Who am I to dis a Brie
I cheddar the world and a Feta cheese
Everybody's looking for Stilton
😂😂😂
That was grate.
At 27.20, you say " playing on Top of the Pops." It was well known that the bands mimed to the music. John Peel was a legend, from 10pm to midnight Monday to Friday, I used to record the whole show on tape and then edit out John's verbals and keep the music ( not very legal ) in the early 80's. Still have 3 briefcases of cassettes ( 72 cassettes per case) . Some bizarre songs, including one called " Serenade to a Poodle " and one transmitted live from a New York City music hall ( can't remember which one), when it was interrupted during the transmission to inform the American public that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbour and American was now at war with Japan, then said "...and now back to the music. "
My cousin was asked to appear on TOTPs but he refused to mime to his music, so didn't appear.
John Peel did Monday to Thursday, 10pm until midnight. Friday was Tommy Vance with his 'rock' music.
Dude, you owe us STORIES!!!! Annie is from Aberdeen, in Scotland. We are very proud of her. One love from Scotland. 💙
Cliff Richard was a star before The Beatles had ever been hesrd of - and had a career spanning over 65 years, Cliff has amassed several gold and platinum discs and awards, including two Ivor Novello Awards and three Brit Awards. More than 130 of his singles, albums, and EP's have reached the UK Top 20, which is more than any other artist. He has had 67 UK top ten singles, the second highest total for an artist (behind Elvis) and he holds the record, with Presley, as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s-2000s). Cliff Richard has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles, and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in each of five consecutive decades. He also had four UK Christmas Number One singles two of which were as a solo artist as against with his backing group The Shadows.
I remember having to explain to my grandma that boy George was male. I was 11/12 years old 😂
Even though I was under 10yo when the gender thing in the USA, I remember not understanding what the problem was. Because in the UK it was obvious Annie was a woman. We had a very eclectic music scene with outwardly/obviously homosexual artists, androgynous artists & men wearing makeup to name a few. It caused controversy with some but generally in the UK if you make good music, we don’t care about the rest.
I was surprised you hadn't heard of Spandau Ballet.. did they not make it to the US charts? They were very big in Australia, especially with "True".
This was really good. I feel your memory recalling sadness and badness in the music industry 😔
Oh NOOOO Annie Lennox is most definitely not known as Lady Lickington.
She was in a relationship with Dave Stewart and after they separated I believe she's been married 3 times ( that's including her current spouse).
I think Cliff Richard had a number 1 single in the UK in every decade 1950-2000 (certainly a top 40 hit). Happy to be corrected on this.
He seems ageless.
You're correct.
stupid disclaimer at the beginning....they are not used to anything anymore, but the 80s and 90s were certainly good times in terms of music
Ugh, that guy calling them "The Eurythmics". He clearly doesn't have a clue.
I was 23 when Sweet Dreams was released, and I can still remember seeing that video and thinking WOW - I'd LOVE to look like that! Androgynous and beautiful. Although I knew some of their story, a lot of this was new to me. Great video, great reaction.
John Peel is in the photo of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby
Having pretended to be a reporter from the Liverpool Echo.
Awesome reaction!!! Love it!
(Can I just say to youre readers, - like this comment if JJLA Reacts reminds you of a young Jeff Goldblum (or is it just me?) :D
Not just you... My wife says the same JEFF GOLDBLUM thing....
I idolized Annie Lennox at the time and had a similar hair cut and suits (bought from jumble sales). I was not, however, anything like as talented. 'Why' remains one of my favourite songs of all time. Thanks JJ as usual for your funny and sweet reaction.
Lets not go down that rabbit hole about the Mandela effect with this song .
As Annie Lennox is Scottish and born on Christmas Day, she should be a Modern Day "Saint" of Scotland, Saint Annie has a good ring to it.!, lol, jk aside, The Eurythmics are an EXCELLENT band, I'm Scottish and I grew up on them, I was 8 when Sweet Dreams came out, I remember loving it instantly, it's a CLASSIC.!
I'm Scottish and why do almost all famous Scottish women have to be mingers when I can go to the supermarket and half the women at the checkout counters look like models.
I thought about this… ‘music became about the visuals’ - well, until recording technology was invented, music was always about the visuals. The performers and the music were inseparable, how else could you listen, it had to be live, with the performers right in front of you
Damn right, that how Beethoven got to be so famous, he turned on all the teen girls
Watch Rick Beato - Why Are Bands Mysteriously Disappearing?
The Buggles -"Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first video shown on MTV. It's a shame the success didn't carry on - it should have with legend Trevor Horn at the helm.
I always thought their second single World of water was better.. a real banger..
@@CovBloke1310 Different band! This World Of Water was by New Musik - another group with a frontman whose future lay in production, Tony Mansfield. Good recommendation though, I think anyone who likes The Buggles would probably like New Musik too.
@@AlexByth Hi, you are dead right. I had a "Senior Moment" with that.
What is worse, I have their "From A to B" L.P.......
I am am a 60s/70s stoner. Now growing old disgracefully. Didn't realise the similarities between the 'Tourists' & 'Eurythmics'.
that was bloody brilliant :D great video, some great wee new snippets of information for me out of this one, brill reaction. cheers, enjoyed that muchly!
I love their Soundtrack for the film of 1984 with Richard Burton.
Annie's 3rd husband is Mitchell Besser who is a gynaecologist and brother of Dr. Richard E Besser CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
My uncle was the trumpet player on "The Walk" and "Right by your side". I enjoyed your video, thank you.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Lennox and her Eurythmics partner Dave Stewart were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
Glasgow Caledonian University
Lennox was appointed the university's first female chancellor in 2017.
Time for Change
Lennox is involved in the Time for Change project, which uses art and music to raise awareness and funds for the fight against polio.
TH-cam videos
Lennox often sings in TH-cam videos with her daughter Lola, who is also a musician and songwriter. Lennox finds performing live to be nerve-racking, so she rarely does it anymore.
OBE
In 2011, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Lennox an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Google.
Mtv started in the early 80s ... how old are you?!
"I want my MTV" ... 😂
I left school in 1985. I was one of the original blitz kids. I’m glad you watched this documentary as you’ve got to understand the difficulties and complexities of her gender. When I was listening to Eurythmics in the early 80s my stepmother questioned my sexuality and asked if I was a gender bender! It was a groundbreaking time with the eurythmics.
New wave quickly became the New Romantics full of electronica . It was an exciting time to be alive..
I left school in May 1985 and next door to my dad‘s house lived a record producer who worked for island records . He gave me a free ticket for live aid!
It’s only when you look back on your life that you realise that you were part of a movement . Keep up the good work, JJ. I love listening to your critiques.
Bro, Kylie Minogue was massive in Europe for a while during the 90s and 2000s, she actually did some decent tracks, she moved on massively from The Locomotion
Also I think you’re a little misinformed about cliff Richard , he was a massive star during his time
I love the comment about how prudish MTV were, and about how far we've come - and yet you still can't say "shit on TH-cam!
John Peel had a late night slot to introduce people to new music/bands.he only listened to new music, he never went back and listened to ‘old’ music again. Not every band he played made it, but he was definitely instrumental in giving any good band a chance. I loved heading back from rugby training, and a few pints to listen to Peel’s latest show.
Thanks Google I wrote a long interesting comment. TH-cam lost it, it's not here. Can't be arsed to write it again.
Only Want to Be with You by The Tourists was a very good cover.
What they failed to mention was that Queen was the one who pioneered the making of videos with Bohemian Rhapsody instead of appearing on TV shows.
Voice of an Angel. In the UK no one batted an eyelid at a woman with short hair or a man with long hair. Surely such examples must exist in the US too !
Cliff Richard had hits every decade from the 50’s to the 00-ies, mostly number 1s.
WHAT?! That's amazing because I really never hear about him. I'm glad he kept at it.
@@JJLAReactsHe only managed a number 2 in the 2010s
There must be an Angel is Annie's best song.
That was Great! Really enjoyed it.... TOTP, Old Grey Whistle Test and John Peel had so much impact. Also check out some other characters around then - Whispering Bob Harris (OGWT anchor man) and the next decade... the awesome Jazz pianist Jools Holland (played piano for the Ray Charles movie, only guy Ray would accept playing "as him") and his regular late-nite TV show _"Later - with Jools Holland"_ Some amazing artists on that show! PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse almost a fixture (on so often) plus many more! :)
Whenever John Peel and David "Kid" Jensen presented TOTP together, there was always a sense of "lets take the piss" about it....
Cliff Richard, although I can't stand the man nor his music, was MASSIVELY successful. He's the 3rd biggest selling artist in UK chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. He's had endless top10 hits and 14 UK number 1s, including number 1s in 5 consecutive decades! He was also big in Europe and Australia and is said to have sold 260 million records worldwide!
I loved Cliff and was convinced I would marry him. Mind you, i was just a child then.... however, still like him a lot.
This reaction is a slog.
Strange you speak of their Australian tour and mention Kylie Monogue........go look at Kylie on aussie tv series from that time!!🐵🙊🙉🙈
Oh wow!
I did enjoy this reaction. I too was intimidated by Annie but now I appreciate her a thousandfold. Sweet Dreams is a masterpiece, I'm not keen on the rest if I'm honest , it's too poppy for my outsider taste.
Thanks!
40:00 crazy how they didn't' include Marylin Manson's cover of it.
I really like his version but it isn't as "Good", but it makes me smile and the video is fun !!
Did you know Ricky Gervais was in flock of seagulls
Not sure about that but he was lead singer of Seona Dancing. Bit of a heart throb back in the day.
Good that a cover dosent destroyed Disturbed but the contrary :)
Oh yeah! That cover was great for their career. Good point!
If you think 1979 was late for Cliff Richard well fun fact he was really big in the future too as proven when he did a cameo appearance in Thunderbirds as a puppet of himself !
Supposedly the film is set in 2025. The future is nearly here
@@peterjackson4763 So the future is finally here F.A.B Pete ! I guess your right because U.K mountain rescue groups have already started buying flying jet packs ! But I suppose the big question is are we going to get the fun Thunderbirds future or the even more fun dystopian Mad Max future ? Depends on the outcome of these U.S elections their having at the moment I suppose !
Let me just mention Pink Floyd's - Welcome To The Machine. from Wish You Were Here (1975) on the same subject - the music industry.
John Peel was an amazing guy..."Following Kennedy's assassination he passed himself off as a reporter for the Liverpool Echo in order to attend the arraignment of Lee Harvey Oswald and he and a friend can be seen in the footage of the press conference shortly before Oswald's assassination"...
Oh wow. I would love to find a video about that. Great story!
@@JJLAReacts th-cam.com/video/0aHDJy0R8nQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=E04QneBAzAnxHhb5
I’m really not sure that “American people” were “outraged”. American advertisers and sponsors panicking about the reactions of SOME very conservative consumers? That’s more like it. Same went for the famous Queen video for “I want to break free” - the band in drag doing housework - sent the advertisers into a jibbering panic in the US but was barely even remarked on in the U.K.
JJLA It could be a sign of my impending senility, but you are sounding increasingly intelligent. Keep Reacting!
The start of this video is hilarious, mtv taking a chance with some of the biggest bands in the charts!!!! This,and another video describing Madness as one hit wonders made me realise that America had its own version of the top 40 that bore no relation to my reality at all,seems blindingly obvious in retrospect but growing up I genuinely never considered there being any other charts than the UK one in the 70’s and 80’s. 😂😂😂😂
I'm building a music marketing business to try and give new musicians and their music a scam-free, supportive place to promote themselves. I have a BBC background and also work in government, so the company has a big social enterprise streak. But the industry is so full of arseholes and scams, it's really hard to not be tarred with that brush automatically
Anyone who thought that Annie Lennox was anything other than a stunning woman was very confused indeed.
9:12 Wait, WHAT! I don’t understand that comment. Kylie has MANY original hits. She did a cover of The Locomotion that went viral (though viral meant sick in those days), but she’s had a massive career spanning almost 4 decades, mostly originals.
Elkie Brooks aka British Queen of Blues IMO opinion the UKs finest along with Amy Winehouse.
Cliff Richard has had number 1 hits in the UK in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. He almost had a number one in the 2000's with his last number one being on 28 Nov 1999.
I saw The Tourists at the Odeon in Birmingham supporting Roxy Music, and much as I liked Roxy Music I remember thinking, this band is better than the main act. Their absolute promise as artists just shone through in my humble opinion, - and I was correct for once.
'Kylie Minogue has an original hit'. Yeah or 30+ spanning 5 decades... The US is so backwards.
John Peel's coffin was carried out of the church to the fading chords of ' Teenage Kicks " by The Undertones which sort of tells you a lot about the bloke really. Amazing lover of music of all varieties and just gave not two fooks about appeasing his paymasters at the BBC 😊😄😀 Sorely missed.
Dude, you are a doppelgänger for Justin Kirk, Andy Botwin on WEEDS!
Hi 👋 ...... new subscriber here, and I'm here for it 🙌 😉
Seriously though, the content of the reviewed video and YOU made this a very enjoyable watch.
Annie Lenox and Dave Stewart were an amazing partnership. Annie's voice is on another level.
Oh yes, you mentioned that you thought Annie was singing "these," rather than "this" - I think it's her very Scottish accent that affected the sound.
Thank you for this excellent and educational video. I would love to hear your stories - (hint, hint) ❤❤
Sir Cliff Richard had a lot of hits with his band the Shadows , who by the way are brilliant in their own right. (then as a solo artist.) before and way after the Beatles and wings, I went to one of his concerts last November (2023)his 65th year in the business ,he still sells out his venus. His first hit was Move It in August 1958 and had hits in 6 decades and number 1 hits in five decades. At one time the radio wouldn't play his songs as they said they weren't what people wanted to listen to so he released a record in 1998 under an alias Blacknight and it got radio play until it was revealed who it really was singing . Just to show the prejudice against him. He went on to have a hit with millennium prayer the following year despite no air play.
MTV although groundbreaking were often pretty backward.
One of my favourite songs from my childhood. So interesting to find out the inspiration for the lyrics. I was 6 years old when it was released, and that summer I remember singing it (well the chorus anyway) over and over in the back of our car on the way to our holiday. Annie is a Scottish Icon. Shocked to learn about the whole gender issue and having to prove she is female. That's so messed up!! I don't remember thinking anything about how she dressed etc. Most of the musicians on tv in the 80s dressed bizzarely anyway! Do you really not know who Adam Ant is JJ?!?
Also, your stories continue to surprise and fascinate me. What an interesting life you have had!
You absolutely must do a react to to Trash Theory's "The Story of Pulp and COMMON PEOPLE | New British Canon". It has a hell of a lot to say about the British class system.
Marilyn Manson definitely brought his own distinctive nihilism to his version of "Sweet Dreams...". I love it as much as the original.
Cool video. I remember the Tourists arriving, they were difficult to fit into any 'genre', they were a wee bit punky, but covering Dusty Springfield songs, odd stuff... btw Annie had a family later, with another man. I'm not sure where the idea of anything else came from exactly, not from anything she said or sung, I think it was a touch of wishful thinking and the usual conflation of 'gender'/sexuality, and their success in creating mindblowing images. They were fantastic at their peak, I was lucky to see them in '83. The hard work really paid off, she got better and better all through the 80s.
We really need another wave of whatever it was that inspired groups like the Eurythmics.
Love this JJ, that song makes my spine tingle, LOVE Annie Lennox, didn't know half of this, very fascinating
Am I just going mad, or is the narrator using voice synthesis worse than ever? I'm _Not_ going to use the "AI" buzzword/abbreviation. Because I know the distinction.
The inflection is so false to me that it's painful to listen to. People (at least people I talk to) just don't talk in that flat, bi-tonal voice.
Not sure what to believe anymore, but this just somehow hurts my ears. (Unlike JJLA, who sounds much more human, and I could listen to all day.)
The narrator is ever a very tallented real person doing a great job of sounding bad for a confusing reason, or an automated voice doing a moderate job for a suspect reason.
I'm surprised they didn't include Marilyn Manson's cover in the list of covers. It's a great cover! Arguably the best cover of Sweet Dreams. It was a huge hit, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Chart and popular worldwide. It's also his most popular song on Spotify! :)
Growing up in England in the early 80s, the Eurythmics were a _massive_ part of my musical education.
Their music was so ubiquitous that they were heard more than the Beatles by the end of the decade, and their influence on everything that followed (even if the bands didn't know it) is evident in composition and structure.
Also, I thought you were at least 20 years younger than me!
Life must be good in the hills!
Oh my word, what a fabulous trip down memory lane. Love, love, loved the Eurythmics and loads of great 80s bands featured in this video. My absolute fave Eurythmics performance, showcasing Annie Lennox's amazing voice, is You have placed a chill in my heart, acoustic version. Check it out. th-cam.com/video/em1HL3FMCWc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zPE16f5tq3S7IxCG
To of the pop only played chart music the The Old Grey Whistle Test began on 21 September 1971. As the only regular outlet for non-chart music on television, it provided many seminal musical moments for its dedicated viewers, with performances from artists as diverse as Bob Marley, Free, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Roxy Music , Randy Newman and Judas Priest.
The fact that anyone can start a record label is a bit of a double edged sword.
I have two friends who started their label to release small, independent bands, and they take all of the earnings to invest in new releases, and to arrange concerts. They don't care if the bands have commersial potential, the sign bands that makes music they like.