Weekend self-care open thread: the Eurythmics
The Eurythmics, l-r, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart Happy weekend, peoples! Once again, I, your favorite crab, have taken over the reins of this weekend's Self-Care to showcase to you Baristas, one of the signature musical acts of the 1980s, the Eurythmics! Formed in 1982, the Eurythmics, named after a 19th-century system of teaching and learning music through physical movement and rhythm, consisted of singer Annie Lennox and musician/producer Dave Stewart, who had worked together in a band in the late Seventies called the Tourists. They released their first album in 1981 called In The Garden, which flatlined in the charts. But it was their second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) that propelled the Eurythmics to international stardom. Their song of the same name as the album was their first big hit, and would become their signature song. The Eurythmics also got people's attention due to Lennox's close cropped orange hair, and suit and tie, that gave off an androgynou...
