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rfmcdonald) wrote2015-03-26 10:53 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2015-03-26 10:53 pm
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[MUSIC] Eurythmics, "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me"
I had a minute-long snippet> of the Eurythmics' cover of the Smiths' song "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" years before it was officially released on CD, an extra on the 2005 reissue of We Too Are One. (Audiogalaxy was superb.)
Morrissey's lachrymose lyrics fit squarely into his classic mold.
The below video places the Smiths' original version against the Eurythmics' cover, and then against a third cover by Eddi Reader, Clive Gregson and Boo Hewerdine.
I argued back in 2005 that the Eurythmics' performance was a better version of the song than the original, and I stand by that argument. There's a sense of urgency, in Lennox's vocals and the inexorable sweep of the music forward into despair, that just isn't present in the more languid original.
Morrissey's lachrymose lyrics fit squarely into his classic mold.
Last night I dreamt
That somebody loved me
No hope, but no harm
Just another false alarm
Last night I felt
Real arms around me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
So, tell me how long
Before the last one?
And tell me how long
Before the right one?
The story is old, I know
But it goes on
The story is old, I know
But it goes on
Oh, goes on
And on
Oh, goes on
Goes on
The below video places the Smiths' original version against the Eurythmics' cover, and then against a third cover by Eddi Reader, Clive Gregson and Boo Hewerdine.
I argued back in 2005 that the Eurythmics' performance was a better version of the song than the original, and I stand by that argument. There's a sense of urgency, in Lennox's vocals and the inexorable sweep of the music forward into despair, that just isn't present in the more languid original.