Weekend self-care open thread: the Eurythmics
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| 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 androgynous look to her.
With Lennox's deep sultry voice and Stewart's musical production background, the Eurythmics' new wave sound would focus on love and desire, with songs like Love Is A Stranger, Must Be Talking To An Angel, and Here Comes The Rain Again. But they could also rock it with the likes of Would I Lie To You, and Missionary Man. It also helped that their music videos got played constantly on MTV during the peak of its music video era.
The Eurythmics would disband in 1990, but would reform in 1999 with the album Peace. Lennox and Stewart would continue working on and off during the first quarter of the new century, which by then had the band established as one of the best known pop bands in rock history. During their career as the Eurythmics, Lennox and Stewart would sell over 75 million records worldwide, winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984, the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1987, and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999. They would also be inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
Here are some of the Eurythmics best known songs: