Line #6 Music/Eurythmics


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2	[[caption-width-right:320:Some of them ''definitely'' want to abuse you...]]
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4	->''Sweet dreams are made of this\
5	Who am I to disagree?\
6	I travel the world and the seven seas\
7	Everybody's looking for something.''
8	-->-- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
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10	Eurythmics was a NewWaveMusic duo based in the UsefulNotes/{{London}}, England, area, popular in the 1980s. The duo consisted of Aberdeen native Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, who was born and raised in the northern England city of Sunderland. They were both formerly in a band called The Tourists in the late 1970s, and were also romantically involved with each other for a few years, but that relationship ended around the same time The Tourists broke up. Lennox sang lead vocals on Eurythmics' songs, while Stewart played several instruments, including guitar and keyboards. On all of their albums and in live shows, the pair used guest musicians to fill out the sound. Eurythmics are often considered to be one of the greatest musical acts of the '80s. They are most famous for their 1983 song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" from their album of the same name, which was their commercial breakthrough.
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12	Eurythmics recorded eight studio albums during their original run, which lasted from 1980 until 1990. In 1999, the duo reunited and released a ninth studio album, ''Peace''. In 2005, Eurythmics released a compilation album, a box set and reissues of seven of their first eight albums, but they have been inactive again since then barring a single appearance for one song at a Beatles tribute concert in early 2014. Lennox and Stewart both also have solo careers.
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16	'''Famous Songs:'''
17	* "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (1983)
18	* "Who's That Girl?" (1983)
19	* "Here Comes the Rain Again" (1984)
20	* "Would I Lie to You?" (1985)
21	* "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" (1985)
22	* "Sisters are Doing It for Themselves" (with Music/ArethaFranklin) (1985)
23	* "Missionary Man" (1986)
24	* "I Need a Man" (1988)
25	* "Don't Ask Me Why" (1989)
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27	'''Discography:'''
28	* ''In the Garden'' (1981)
29	* ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'' (1983)
30	* ''Touch'' (1983)
31	* ''1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)'' - Soundtrack album for [[TheFilmOfTheBook the 1984 film version of]] ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' (1984)
32	* ''Be Yourself Tonight'' (1985)
33	* ''Revenge'' (1986)
34	* ''Savage'' (1987)
35	* ''We Too Are One'' (1989)
36	* ''Peace'' (1999)
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38	!! Sweet tropes are made of these:
39	* AlbumClosure: ''Savage'' ends with the song "Brand New Day," about renewal and the future.
40	* AlbumTitleDrop: "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" and the video for "Would I Lie To You?" drop ''Be Yourself Tonight''.
41	* AnimatedMusicVideo: "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
42	* BeautifulDreamer: The subject of "When Tomorrow Comes".
43	* {{Bifauxnen}}: Annie Lennox, especially in the early '80s. U.S. customs officials wanted proof that she was actually a woman when first entering the country. Some people would also insinuate that her habit of stripping off her shirt during concerts was to prove her gender.
44	* BoyishShortHair: Part of Annie Lennox's trademark androgynous look.
45	** The teenage protagonist in the video for "Wide Eyed Girl" also dons this look as well.
46	* ConceptAlbum:
47	** ''1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)'' is half soundtrack and half this. And it's just as creepy as you'd think.
48	** ''Savage'' has a video album, using an interpretation of the MadonnaWhoreComplex as the theme.
49	* CreepyDoll[=/=]PerversePuppet: Pops up in the "Love is a Stranger" video.
50	* FreakOut: Happens to the dowdy protagonist housewife in the video for "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)", who undergoes a nervous breakdown to become a more overtly sexual vixen.
51	* HellBentForLeather: Appears in "Love Is A Stranger", as well as all their ''Revenge''-era videos.
52	* LadyInRed: Annie's dress in "Never Gonna Cry Again".
53	* LoveIsLikeReligion: Lennox's "Take Me to the River" (''Medusa'') combines the imagery of a [[SymbolicBaptism baptism]] with subtle [[DoubleEntendre innuendo]].
54	** Love is also compared to religion in "Love Is A Stranger", but not in a positive light.
55	* LyricalDissonance: Their work has this in spades.
56	* MadScientist: Dave in "Missionary Man"
57	* {{Motif}}: Angels.
58	* MyspeldRokband: Named after the Eurhythmics musical teaching method.
59	* NewSoundAlbum: Eurythmics have a few of these. Their first two albums, ''In the Garden'' and ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'', are both mostly New Wave sounding, but ''In the Garden'' is more guitar-based New Wave and post-punk, while ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'' is more synthesizer-based, especially the title track. Their fifth album, ''Be Yourself Tonight'', marked a change to a punk-influenced pop rock sound. ''Savage'', the duo's seventh album, was more or less a blend of their synthpop and pop rock styles, while their next album after that, ''We Too Are One'', contains blues and folk influences. Finally, their 1999 reunion album ''Peace'' has some orchestral arrangements.
60	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: "There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)".
61	* PerformanceVideo: "Right By Your Side", "Thorn in My Side" and arguably "Would I Lie To You?"
62	* PerishingAltRockVoice: Annie Lennox's vocals are very much this in ''In The Garden''.
63	* RearrangeTheSong: They would frequently change the arrangements of songs in live performances in an attempt to dispel the notion that Eurythmics were just a synthesizer act.
64	* RecordProducer: Dave Stewart produced all their albums, and this has been his career since their breakup.
65	* RevengeBallad:
66	** "Thin Line Between Love and Hate", about a woman taking revenge on her useless husband via an [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident arranged accident]] to make him take her seriously.
67	--->The sweetest woman in the world\
68	Can be the meanest woman in the world\
69	If you make her be that way
70	** "Revenge", about a woman who specializes in the matter.
71	-->She said revenge can be so sweet\
72	I like to take it when I can\
73	I need to play with the ones I hate\
74	I like to see them suffer
75	* {{Scatting}}:
76	** "There Must Be an Angel" opens and closes this way.
77	** "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)".
78	* RevolvingDoorBand: Eurythmics was one by design, with the only permanent members being Stewart and Lennox. The pair would use session musicians in the studio and on stage.
79	* SingleStanzaSong: "Sweet Dreams" is made up of one verse and chorus repeated several times plus a middle eight refrain.
80	* SpokenWordInMusic: "Thorn In My Side", "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)"
81	* StopMotion[=/=]{{Undercrank}}: The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Q3cp3cp88 "Missionary Man."]] It's...disturbing.
82	** Also used as part of "Love Is A Stranger"'s TwistEnding.
83	* TitleDrop: In the clip to "Would I Lie To You", the advice Dave gives Annie just before they go on stage is the title of the album the song is from, "Be Yourself Tonight". Annie does.
84	* TitleOnlyChorus: All the singles released from ''Savage'' save for "Shame".
85	* TwistEnding: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6f593X6rv8 Love Is A Stranger]]"'s video depicts Annie as a HighClassCallGirl and Dave her chauffeur cruising the streets.[[spoiler: Turns out she's a RidiculouslyHumanRobot and the chauffeur is her creator.]]

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