Eurythmics

Don't Ask Me Why

Belinda

I Love You Like A Ball And Chain

I Need A Man

It would be so much easier to list the songs which don't make the cut. "Revival" would top that list, followed by 2/3 of their "Peace" album. Everything else is pure angst-y joy.

Couldn't you have found a better picture OP? There are so many of them....

That one is fucking awful.

This would have been much more iconic and representative of Eurythmics:

Why wasn’t this song a top 10 hit????

Here you go OP.

Some kindly soul on DL posted this years ago and it has become one of my favorites. Annie is mesmerizing.

The entire album "Savage" (1987) is an unsung masterpiece, but this is a personal favourite:

You have placed a chill in my heart

There must be an angel playing with my heart

Shame

Sex Crime - one of my favorites of theirs.

How I wish I'd been unborn...

Oh this is definitely the best one:

This is probably a more boring, pop choice, but I really liked "Would I Lie to You?" when it came out.

r11, that's the most stupid assed song I've ever heard.

Would I Lie to You is my favorite as well. Love the video as well.

I don't think it would be considered pop, R15. There are some heavy, old school R&B influences in that song.

Thorn in my side

Who's That Girl ? Alternate video.

I loved their work on 1984 but this is the song that stands out for me

love this one

Paint a Rumor

Touch and Savage are absolute masterpieces, first note to last.

would I lie to you?

a wonderful mashup!

I never realized until recently that Annie's solo "Why?" was about her complicated history with David Stewart.

"You don't know how I feel!"

I never actively disliked them, but I never bought any of their albums, either. They were part of the Great Disposable Pop era known as the 1980s. Their ubiquity rendered them unnecessary as a purchase.

I thought they were tremendous. I had several albums. I can't currently think of a song I didn't like but one of my favorite's not mention yet was

and this one

R27 is a POS

Wow, r30. Who writes your dialogue?

[quote]They were part of the Great Disposable Pop era known as the 1980s.

I thought they were talented, but I do have 80's flashbacks to high school watching videos when I hear Sweet Dreams. Actually, I think a number of the pop groups from that time had talent and a number of the songs have held up. The ones that didn't seem really dated now, but that is probably true of any era/decade and its pop music.

I think they were more interesting and subversive than other pop acts of that era. Their chilliness and androgyny was tonic to the extremely hetero, teen mentality bubblegum pop and hair metal of the ‘80s. Annie my my first gay icon and still my favorite.

“It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)” is probably my very favorite, but the entire 1984 album is underrated.

[quote]Annie my my first gay icon

Is she gay?

"Seventeen Again" is on the November 1999 GAP In-Store Playlist.

It's a beautiful and melancholic song.

This City Never Sleeps

I thought they contributed a sensitive pulse and energy to the 1980s pop music and culture scene, in the iconic vein that Simon & Garfunkel did for the 1960s. The 1980s music scene was a treasure trove of intelligent creativity, and The Eurythmics were at the center of that, in IMO.

and since I love this one so much this live version is....mesmerizing.

"Right By Your Side" is on the June 1997 GAP In-Store Playlist.

Is the guy in r39 famous? If not, why not? He looks like a cross between Keanu and Chrises Klein and Evans.

I think he was just a generic Gap model. In 1997, we also had future Christ portrayer Jim Caviezel as a Gap model.

Love is a Stranger

I love to listen to Beethoven

Doubleplusgood from the 1984 soundtrack. I usually pair it Julia R20 posted.

DL’s theme song

Their version of "Winter Wonderland" has been on many, many GAP Holiday Playlists, including December 1992, December 1998, December 2001 and several more!

R26 Consider this very candid post-breakup interview from around the time of "Diva".

Here Comes the Rain Again.....it's so wistful to me and reminds me of my time in San Francisco:

I remember reading that Annie was pregnant but the baby died in her womb. She had to carry it for quite some time knowing it's already dead. When she delivered the baby she wanted to hold it in her arms for one night, and the hospital let her do it.

R49 Eww

An alternate edit (not this one) of the 1988 video for "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" had a few shots of Annie very pregnant with that child (obviously before it was dead or she knew it was dead). Those shots were edited out later.

Very simple, but incredibly atmospheric.

Is this their prettiest song or wut ?

R53, that is a shitty song.

R54 your opinion, I didn’t say it was their best

R34, she’s not gay. She was the first (and really only) female singer I worshipped the way that other gays love Barbra or Judy or Cher or Madonna or Ga, etc etc.

I don't know that it is, R26. I believe it is Dave who said that the song is about him, as in, years later I was still that important to her she wrote one of her best songs about me. This was never confirmed by Annie.

A good one from the underrated first album.

The Tourists' cover of "I Only Wanna Be With You" is on the February 1998 GAP In-Store Playlist.

true beauty

This is an INCREDIBLE deep cut that should’ve been a radio hit.

Curve was a ‘90s shoegaze group and my favorite band ever. Eurythmics is my second faborite band ever. They shared a musician, Dean Garcia; he played bass guitar with Dave and Annie and founded Curve with Toni Halliday. Which makes Dean Garvia my very favorite musician by default, I guess.

my jam back in the day

Annie Lennox has one of those rare symmetrical faces. You can see it in this very early photo.

r64's pic of annie is ugly.

When The Day Goes Down Down. Will bring you to your knees.

I gave my first blow job in the back of a car

to "Love Is a Stranger"

Very very meta

All my fave Eurythmics songs have already been mentioned, so I'll leave you with Annie singing "Love Song For A Vampire" from the "Bram Stoker's Dracula" soundtrack.

Everything but the white horse R67?

I was a fan of Savage as well. The videos were brilliant. I wish they'd done more stuff in that vein, but they only made one more (relatively disappointing) LP before breaking up.

R68- I had the cassette single to that amazing song. It was the b-side to Little Bird. That song may be my favorite of Annie’s of all time.

COOLER THAN ICE CREAM

AND WARMER THAN THE SUN!

R71

Annie is above most (if not all) of today's female singers: she's gifted with an amazing, crystalline voice; she has a powerful stage presence; she's elegant and classy; and her repertoire is filled with gems like this. Unfortunately, people these days seem to settle with the lowest common denominator. (*sighs*)

P.S.: Am I the only one to believe that, in an alternative universe, Annie is Bowie's youngest sister?

Well, let's be real - Annie's voice is a bit worn these days, but yes, in her day she was truly amazing.

"No Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts)"

I love the way Annie manages to infuse cold futurism with human soul. Just listen to the first minute or so... Into this robotic minor-key riff suddenly comes this plaintive, heartwrenching, "Oooooo..." Gets me every time.

A hidden gem..

I was lost until...

I love that one, R77. It's a great little video. Is the song about her first daughter?

Feels like Sunday everyday

With Elvis Costello

Technically not the Eurythimics, but I like this one as well. She did do some good videos.

I like this live performance of WHY where Annie grows more upset at whomever she's thinking while singing the song. You don't want to cross this lady.

Savage is Annie at her most devastatingly raw.

I actually saw Eurythmics at Magic Mountain (CA) summer of 1983 when they were still one hit wonders with Sweet Dreams. The park was open all night and it was called Party With No Sleep. I was 23 at the time; the perfect age for a night like that.

'Jennifer' is an excellent Eurythmics song from their first album.

The fact that Annie doesn’t tour makes me want to shank myself.

I guess everyone's forgiven her for ruining Christmas

This great song.

R75 meet R23

This gem.

annie is shitty on her own.

Sorry, but the last two full Eurythmics albums are garbage. "Don't Ask Me Why" is the only decent song from either.

eurythmics were great at times and they could suck too.

Bitch is fabulous here

Frau at R89: Meet my dick. Suck to your heart's content.

R95 Sorry, my vision is bad and I don't have my magnifying glass.

You should get that mosquito bite checked. It smells like dick.

I love cocks. I'll suck it.