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rfmcdonaldThe Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) is a song that defines an era, a transatlantic hit (#2 in the United Kingdom, #1 in the United States) that helped make a duo most notable for coming up with a cover of "I Only Want to Be With You" (in The Tourists) international stars, introducing the Lennox/Stewart songwriting pair and the strikingly androgynous and soulful-voiced Lennox to the world. The song's irresistible music has made it a favourite of samplers: among other artists, Pink used in a remix of her 2001 "Get the Party Started" and M.I.A. used in a mashup on her album Piracy Funds Terrorism
The striking official video is here, but an interesting promo video made before the official video is below.
Here's a live video of a performance of "Sweet Dreams" in the London club Heaven.
The significance of the Eurythmics for me lies in the fact that, after my embarrassing flirtations with Roxette and Ace of Base, I followed Annie Lennox from "No More 'I Love You's" to her work with Dave Stewart in their rather popular duo of the 1980s. When I got the Eurythmics' Greatest Hits album, "Sweet Dreams" was one of the songs, with "Here Comes the Rain Again" and "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart," with "Sweet Dreams" and "Here Comes the Rain Again" being and remaining my favourites. Their music introduced me to synthpop and New Wave, and without their songs my listening tastes would be much different and probably more risible. "Who am I to disagree?"
The striking official video is here, but an interesting promo video made before the official video is below.
Here's a live video of a performance of "Sweet Dreams" in the London club Heaven.
The significance of the Eurythmics for me lies in the fact that, after my embarrassing flirtations with Roxette and Ace of Base, I followed Annie Lennox from "No More 'I Love You's" to her work with Dave Stewart in their rather popular duo of the 1980s. When I got the Eurythmics' Greatest Hits album, "Sweet Dreams" was one of the songs, with "Here Comes the Rain Again" and "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart," with "Sweet Dreams" and "Here Comes the Rain Again" being and remaining my favourites. Their music introduced me to synthpop and New Wave, and without their songs my listening tastes would be much different and probably more risible. "Who am I to disagree?"
