Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This Official Video REACTION

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  • @sourgir-wh6xd
    @sourgir-wh6xd 3 роки тому +18

    Annie Lennox was a straight up bad-ass point blank. 💜🤘🔥

  • @sandrak.robbins6305
    @sandrak.robbins6305 3 роки тому +17

    Annie Lennox's voice is legendary. This is timeless. Thank you

  • @doughibbing6390
    @doughibbing6390 3 роки тому +21

    I was living in the UK when this came out. I was talking to a US radio consultant and predicted this would be a huge hit in the US. About six months later I was vindicated.

  • @abmqa
    @abmqa 3 роки тому +18

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel really shows off Annie Lennox's voice and range

  • @philmulliner3596
    @philmulliner3596 3 роки тому +30

    This is 80s synth-pop. Back in the day, it would have been part of the "new-wave" movement. This is the same genre that other bands Depeche Mode and the Cure. It was the transition step from what was rock/punk of the 80s, into the progressive/alternative/gothic/industrial music of today. This was one of the early stepping stones on the path from there to here. (Also, if you're reading this, I'd like you to listen to "color me once" by the violent femmes. Even if you don't do a reaction video to it, I still think it's something that you need to hear and would enjoy. Best version is on the soundtrack album for the movie the Crow)

    • @ZacCostilla
      @ZacCostilla 3 роки тому

      I recommend “Tai Ted Love” as a follow up song in the same vein

  • @mistresselena9298
    @mistresselena9298 2 роки тому

    Would I Lie to You she shows her soulful side and Here Comes the Rain Again is just BEAUTIFUL

  • @rudge12000
    @rudge12000 3 роки тому +10

    You guys are cracking me up. A "Cello" (pronounced "chellow") actually makes the sounds you are hearing. It's an acoustic instrument and requires no electronic modification to sound that way. Love your videos! Keep up the good work. ;)

    • @xheralt
      @xheralt 3 роки тому +5

      It can, especially an electrified cello, but they don't have those here. When Dave is playing it on screen, or pretending to, it's not the actual cello being heard, but synth. As for the "typewriter", Dave is pretending to play it (pressing random keys that don't necessarily correspond to what pitch is actually being played) for visual/aesthetic effect along with the sequencer.

  • @joyceneal6169
    @joyceneal6169 3 роки тому

    Annie Lennox has such a gorgeous voice. This was the Eurythmics' first release. Annie did a video of a Welsh lullaby called Dream Angus. You might not feel like reacting to it, but it's lovely and really shows how beautifully she sings without all the techno noise going on. It's well worth a listen.

  • @LaptopLarry330
    @LaptopLarry330 Рік тому

    Dave Stewart was playing either a cello or a viola. Both are stringed musical instruments that, when played, have a low bass sound.
    When Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox were members of the British Pop Rock band, The Tourists, Stewart was the bass player in the group.
    When Lennox and Stewart formed Eurythmics, Stewart began playing lead guitar on many of the duo’s songs and instrumentals.

  • @maxwellshammer5283
    @maxwellshammer5283 3 роки тому +26

    Great song! “Walking on Broken Glass” is one of hers you might like.

  • @sentinelmortgagecorp4291
    @sentinelmortgagecorp4291 3 роки тому +19

    If you want to give your wife a nice gift get her Annie Lennox’s album called Diva from 1992. She will love it.

  • @sanandaallsgood673
    @sanandaallsgood673 3 роки тому +8

    The instrument you're talking about IS the cello. It's got a lower tone than the violin and viola. The other instrument you're talking about is a synthesizer but not what was pictured in the video. The genre of music is in the 'punk' era, even though it doesn't sound like a lot of punk music that was produced.

    • @jhrapsky2255
      @jhrapsky2255 3 роки тому

      Well explained. 👍

    • @Rebelrocker69
      @Rebelrocker69 3 роки тому +2

      Would it be New Wave? I was a teen when this song came out, and I didn't spend a lot of time trying to pigeon hole music by genre. I just knew what I liked.

    • @melissayost4888
      @melissayost4888 3 роки тому

      New Wave not Punk which stands for the new British Invasion. ‘New Wave of British artists.’

  • @jackie_jrml
    @jackie_jrml 3 роки тому +1

    This was huge on MTV back in the day! Her look was unlike anyone else at that time.

  • @brianc.4425
    @brianc.4425 3 роки тому +2

    This is such a classic. Puts you in a trance... hypnotic.

  • @deannas4055
    @deannas4055 3 роки тому

    A Movement Systems Drum Computer (which is the typewriter looking instrument in the video), Roland SH-101 synthesizer, and a Oberheim OB-X were used according to Wikipedia. Genre is Synth-pop which is a subgenre of new wave music. This song is one of the most successful songs of this genre. One of my all-time favorite songs. I think you would like more of the Eurythmics songs and Annie Lennox's solo music.

  • @TheMattlockyer
    @TheMattlockyer 3 роки тому +2

    Another one of my favourite songs from my school years

  • @johnclibbens6803
    @johnclibbens6803 3 роки тому +1

    That is definitely a cello you are hearing!

  • @pacio49
    @pacio49 3 роки тому

    Keep delving into Annie Lennox. She has vaulted to international superstardom.
    (The "Typewriter" was an early computer when no one had them. At the time that this came out, electric typewriters were far more common than personal computers. Computers were just beginning to come into home use, and only the techie geeks had them. Synthesizers had been around for a while, but the electric synth sounds here were specifically sound designed in the early 80s to be new and cutting edge.)

  • @scottpatton8806
    @scottpatton8806 3 роки тому +2

    This tune was very catchy for us back in the 80's too! It saw A LOT of play time, both on the radio and MTV.

  • @marthaz
    @marthaz 3 роки тому +1

    Let's see a reaction to more of Annie lennox. Her song, "why," is beautiful.
    "I put a spell on you" when she was 60 years old at the awards show is a showcase of the power of her voice.
    She also did a duet with Aretha Franklin called, "sisters are doing it for themselves." 💕

  • @Matuse
    @Matuse 3 роки тому +1

    When December comes back, listen to Annie Lennox covering Winter Wonderland. She manages to make Christmas super creepy.

  • @docbearmb
    @docbearmb 3 роки тому

    That’s a cello and it is used in the song. That other thing is indeed an electric typewriter and it’s not used in the song.
    I believe if you listen to Annie Lennox’s solo work you’ll go nuts. She’s phenomenal. As others have suggested Walking on Broken Glass and Why are both great.

  • @AnnieAnnieBuckwheatCakes
    @AnnieAnnieBuckwheatCakes 3 роки тому +1

    This song was from the early 80s so computers weren't commonly used to synthesize music so it was a nod to modern tech. This goup was ahead of it's time.

  • @Pilutta100
    @Pilutta100 3 роки тому +3

    I cosplayed that specific Annie when I was 10. I have the photos, lol. I was totally sold on this song. When grownup I understood it a little bit better,lol. The genre is Synth/New Wave, typically 80's.

  • @Deusvult66
    @Deusvult66 3 роки тому +1

    The most beautifull eyes of england

  • @jdw9397
    @jdw9397 3 роки тому +1

    That was a cello in the video. For a jaw dropping live performance watch cello player Tina Guo and Joe Bonamassa on acoustic guitar playing Woke Up Dreaming. It is an EPIC “duel”!

  • @robotto8858
    @robotto8858 3 роки тому +1

    Synths. They made huge gains in the 80's, compared to the dials and knobs on racks in the 70's. Video's from the 80's were some producer's idea of what the song meant. Only tangentially related to the actual music.

  • @Niecy70
    @Niecy70 3 роки тому +1

    Definitely Pop. That instrument is a cello. It's a great song! Thank you so much for reacting you guys❤

  • @tomray8765
    @tomray8765 7 місяців тому

    The Cello he was playing was either over dubbed by the synthesizer or the sound was modified through filters.

  • @jonathan.s993
    @jonathan.s993 3 роки тому

    This group is considered New Wave.

  • @AnnieAnnieBuckwheatCakes
    @AnnieAnnieBuckwheatCakes 3 роки тому +1

    Eurythmics! The whole Touch album rocks.

  • @elevenbucks5682
    @elevenbucks5682 3 роки тому +1

    Its the electronic simulation of a bass fiddle or bass cello, I think.

  • @abmqa
    @abmqa 3 роки тому +2

    Dave Stewart and Candy Dulfer... Lily Was Here is a good one....

  • @kevincaulder9001
    @kevincaulder9001 3 роки тому +16

    You need to listen to Annie Lennox put a spell on you with her warm smoking vocal on her single, "Why". The hypnotic wave will cast a numbing trance over you leaving your ears to slowly drown in the experience. The transformative visual in the official video is also beautiful.

    • @DeAnne1233
      @DeAnne1233 2 роки тому

      2 of my fav-favs are Why and Walking on Broken Glass. She’s an emotive story teller.

    • @meatpopsicle6244
      @meatpopsicle6244 Рік тому

      What a description!
      I guess I should then

  • @shawnsnow2655
    @shawnsnow2655 3 роки тому

    Annie Lennox's "Why" beautifully powerful.

  • @jeffreyphipps1507
    @jeffreyphipps1507 3 роки тому +1

    I'd forgotten how much Dave Stewart looked like Annie Lennox...

  • @LaptopLarry330
    @LaptopLarry330 3 роки тому

    At the midpoint in the song, what you heard was a synthesizer solo.

  • @justinphillips5702
    @justinphillips5702 3 роки тому +2

    Man you guys get it👍🏻❤️ love it🙏

  • @jonthebeloved6094
    @jonthebeloved6094 3 роки тому +1

    Genre: New Wave, all synthesizers. They are a deep well. Check out Annie Lennox, too.

  • @nokindred
    @nokindred 3 роки тому +1

    Annie Lennox can wail. If you really want to hear her go off, check out Would I Lie to You.

  • @melissayost4888
    @melissayost4888 3 роки тому

    Here Comes The Rain Again is a great one too

  • @abmqa
    @abmqa 3 роки тому +1

    UK 80s pop

  • @venus5019
    @venus5019 3 роки тому

    Ok, my take when I first heard the song then, saw the video it's a weird dream "Sweet Dreams". It's more weird things not necessarily scary dreams, and it's being controlled doing same things. That's how the words of the song match up. This was way before The Matrix. That's a synthesizer in a particular mode one is hearing, it's not a string instrument although the mode is string sounding. Note this is a dream (the seeing eye masks & cows) so hearing/dreaming one thing, actuality is another. The keyboard one is sees someone typing is from the early PC days. Additionally, she's in a conference/meeting room throughout entire video. What see is not a musical instrument. It's a pointer used to point out bullet points, graphics or whatever during a visual presentation is; many now use a laser pointer.
    Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart wrote the song after the Tourists had broken up and they formed Eurythmics. Although the two of them also broke up as a couple, they continued to work together. They became interested in electronic music and bought new synthesizers to play around with. According to Stewart, he managed to produce the beat and riff of the song on one of their new synthesizers, and Lennox, on hearing it, said: "What the hell is that?" and started playing on another synthesizer, and beginnings of the song came out of the two dueling synths.
    According to Lennox, the lyrics reflected the unhappy time after the break up of the Tourists, when she felt that they were "in a dream world" and that whatever they were chasing was never going to happen. She described the song as saying: "Look at the state of us. How can it get worse?" adding "I was feeling very vulnerable. The song was an expression of how I felt: hopeless and nihilistic." Stewart, however, thought the lyrics too depressing and added the "hold your head up, moving on" line to make it more uplifting.
    Commenting on the line "Some of them want to use you … some of them want to be abused", Lennox said that "people think it’s about sex or S&M, and it’s not about that at all".
    Irony? She became depressed before writing this song, thinking never would be able to be successful.
    This song became their breakthrough hit, establishing the duo worldwide. Its music video helped to propel the song to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was the first single released by Eurythmics in the US.
    It's ranked on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue in 2003, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was ranked number 356. In 2020, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
    Words:
    Sweet dreams are made of this
    Who am I to disagree?
    I traveled the world
    And the seven seas
    Everybody's looking for something
    Some of them want to use you
    Some of them want to get used by you
    Some of them want to abuse you
    Some of them want to be abused
    Sweet dreams are made of this
    Who am I to disagree?
    I traveled the world
    And the seven seas
    Everybody's looking for something
    Hold your head up
    Keep your head up, movin' on
    Hold your head up, movin' on
    Keep your head up, movin' on
    Hold your head up, movin' on
    Keep your head up, movin' on
    Hold your head up, movin' on
    Keep your head up
    Some of them want to use you
    Some of them want to get used by you
    Some of them want to abuse you
    Some of them want to be abused
    Hold your head up
    Keep your head up, movin' on
    Hold your head up, movin' on
    Keep your head up, movin' on
    Hold your head up, movin' on
    Keep your head up, movin' on
    Hold your head up, movin' on
    Keep your head up
    Sweet dreams are made of this
    Who am I to disagree?
    I traveled the world
    And the seven seas
    Everybody's looking for something
    Sweet dreams are made of this
    Who am I to disagree?
    I traveled the world
    And the seven seas
    Everybody's looking for something
    Sweet dreams are made of this
    Who am I to disagree?
    I traveled the world
    And the seven seas
    Everybody's looking for something
    Sweet dreams are made of this
    Who am I to disagree?
    I traveled the world
    And the seven seas
    Everybody's looking for something

  • @lindahamilton5672
    @lindahamilton5672 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant! When Tomorrow Comes is my favourite

  • @DeAnne1233
    @DeAnne1233 2 роки тому

    She’s the only one who can bring back Bowie. If that doesn’t make sense, look up Annie singing a David Bowie song.

  • @Kardall
    @Kardall 3 роки тому

    The instrument is an electronic keyboard with effects on it. It's not really that complicated. The music you probably listen to has the same instrument but different sounds applied to it. You can use a keyboard as a MIDI interface and do anything you want with it. Make it play dog barks, people farts with a tone, or a Synthetic Strings sound on pitch.

  • @frizzlethecat2084
    @frizzlethecat2084 3 роки тому +1

    The cello makes the background "dumpa-dumpa"-sounds. Not the synth-sounding overtones, though. It's the "dubaduba du dubadubadu"

  • @allisongist-wonderland6467
    @allisongist-wonderland6467 3 роки тому

    The sound is a synrhesizer. That's a Chello which is in the violin family.

    • @allisongist-wonderland6467
      @allisongist-wonderland6467 3 роки тому

      omg I've got plenty of songs that you need to hear. Oooooo the 80's and the UK go hand in hand

  • @thirdbase6870
    @thirdbase6870 3 роки тому

    Have you not heard Fanny? They were the first all-female rock band to be signed to a major label and release an LP. (5 in fact) The fact that they were female shouldn't confuse you. They were one of the tightest rockingest bands you will ever hear. Here is one of their own compositions. Prepare to be awe struck by the power of group interaction.
    ua-cam.com/video/Zcb1HpH42N8/v-deo.htmlm8s

  • @donaldmoon
    @donaldmoon 3 роки тому

    The GOOD stuff!

  • @tammykinsey7971
    @tammykinsey7971 3 роки тому +2

    You should definitely check out marilyn Manson version of sweet dreams it's amazing

    • @jackie_jrml
      @jackie_jrml 3 роки тому +1

      Yes I agree. Not really into MM but it’s undeniably awesome!

  • @anxofernandez3344
    @anxofernandez3344 3 роки тому +4

    You have to listen to Marilyn Manson's cover of this song. it's really cool.

    • @akarbit3r111
      @akarbit3r111 3 роки тому

      like both versions personally, but definitely prefer Manson's cover

    • @jackie_jrml
      @jackie_jrml 3 роки тому

      It’s really really awesome!

  • @lamusiclover2264
    @lamusiclover2264 3 роки тому

    The instruments you see are violas, but that's not what you hear. You hear a synthesizer that's sounding kind of like violins or violas.

  • @ScottyM1959
    @ScottyM1959 3 роки тому

    Alot of the sounds you heard were either instruments keyboards or a synthesizer.

  • @annejohnston2193
    @annejohnston2193 3 роки тому

    Hello folks , nice to see you both again , hey gf 🤗

  • @crawdaddy2004
    @crawdaddy2004 3 роки тому

    Euro-synth pop

  • @rachelolson5488
    @rachelolson5488 3 роки тому

    Annie is the best 👏👏😎

  • @jacqueline4514
    @jacqueline4514 3 роки тому +2

    Next song by Annie Lennox: “WHY”🔥🙏🙏

  • @jeffreyphipps1507
    @jeffreyphipps1507 3 роки тому +1

    Welcome to the 1980's weird music that we loved...

  • @source5729
    @source5729 2 роки тому

    🤣🤣🤣 I forgot about this 1.

  • @dallasarnold8615
    @dallasarnold8615 3 роки тому

    You guys should check out "Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO ( Electric Light Orchestra ).

  • @doughibbing6390
    @doughibbing6390 3 роки тому +1

    That keyboard looked like an Apple Ii keyboard with the monitor setting on top of it. Doubtful that it had the ability to deliver the audio track.

    • @lesliemergenthal75
      @lesliemergenthal75 3 роки тому

      when we used DOS right?

    • @doughibbing6390
      @doughibbing6390 3 роки тому +1

      @@lesliemergenthal75 Apple used their own operating system back then too. But yes DOS was just being released about the time this came out. Macintosh PCs were still a year or to in the future.

  • @steveyork8069
    @steveyork8069 3 роки тому

    That is a cello but no that is a keyboard sound.Need to look at 2cellos doing AC/DC THUNDERSTRUCK.Not 100% sure but I think that was an indignant machine used in the ww2 it was a German code machine.

  • @anthonyblakely399
    @anthonyblakely399 3 роки тому +1

    no...not the instrument, Cello....It's the synthesizer!!!

  • @annejohnston2193
    @annejohnston2193 3 роки тому +2

    The 80s were the best

  • @michaelbonaiuto6968
    @michaelbonaiuto6968 3 роки тому

    Do walking on Broken Glass..........PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Truthteller58-z3c
    @Truthteller58-z3c 3 роки тому

    It's Pop Techno

  • @kancionsinziztema23
    @kancionsinziztema23 3 роки тому

    Its super cool 💘 And awesome i wait for more reactions please 🙏💘🙏💘🙏💘🙏💘🙏🙏💘🙏💘please

  • @lynnieiapichino1121
    @lynnieiapichino1121 3 роки тому

    ☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥

  • @rullmourn1142
    @rullmourn1142 3 роки тому

    Hi Rome. Please react to / wicked game - diana ankudinova/ her voice is unreal and she's only 15 in the video.

  • @lynnfinch5220
    @lynnfinch5220 3 роки тому

    It's a bass cello

  • @jamesbryant6830
    @jamesbryant6830 3 роки тому +1

    So, rate it a 2.5 head bobs from the Romes?

  • @Curraghmore
    @Curraghmore 3 роки тому

    Annie Lennox must have the most immaculate teeth in all of the U.K.

  • @tinaotero5843
    @tinaotero5843 3 роки тому

    Listen to Kraftwerk, a so f called, Numbers.

  • @kimberly8858
    @kimberly8858 3 роки тому

    Walking on broken glass Official music video by Annie Lenox woman singer in this video to me video is it’s a party ex arrives with new lover ex is at party with her new lover is angry. Gets drunk and acts a fool while everyone laughs at her so she leaves partying anger

  • @annejohnston2193
    @annejohnston2193 3 роки тому

    Beats me lol

  • @karenvelasquez8436
    @karenvelasquez8436 3 роки тому

    If you listen to hipster orchestra ua-cam.com/video/VZwLQgT2WBE/v-deo.html you will hear how Sweet Dreams will sound if it was done just string instruments and the cello you're talking about.

  • @mr.knowitall6440
    @mr.knowitall6440 3 роки тому

    I knew was wasn't going to like it... 🤣😎🎱

  • @HaleksMTL
    @HaleksMTL Рік тому

    Synth

  • @robintiger9082
    @robintiger9082 3 роки тому

    Sweet dreams are made of cheese. Who am I to dis a bree.

  • @lindamowday2492
    @lindamowday2492 3 роки тому

    Check out. 10cc. I'm not in love.

  • @saikichan3277
    @saikichan3277 3 роки тому +2

    Listen to Thorn in my side or When tomorrow comes or King and Queen of America or Missionary man or Sex Crime etc😘❤️🇸🇪

  • @michaeldean846
    @michaeldean846 3 роки тому +8

    I think anyone who loves Sweet Dreams would probably love their song Here Comes The Rain

    • @roberttaylor5997
      @roberttaylor5997 3 роки тому

      Also Love Is a Stranger and This Is the House, This Is the Story.

  • @carlazaz1690
    @carlazaz1690 3 роки тому +5

    Pure 80s sound. Hard to believe its nearly 40 years old.

  • @erict956
    @erict956 3 роки тому +8

    Dave is using a very early synthesiser - it's 80's electronic synth pop/ new wave.
    It's all electronic music apart for a bit of piano which Annie played. The instruments in the video are just for show.

  • @connieleighton4375
    @connieleighton4375 3 роки тому +6

    Here comes the rain again was another huge hit for them, but Annie's solo career has produced some great music, my favorite song is primative from her Diva album it's totally different from most of her stuff, someone in the comments suggested you buy the album for your wife and I second that motion...♡

  • @gribouillefripouille
    @gribouillefripouille 2 роки тому +3

    LEGENDARY GROUP / LEGENDARY QUEEN ANNIE LENNOX *SCOTLAND / BIG RESPECT

  • @jeffjaeger739
    @jeffjaeger739 3 роки тому +5

    Dave Stewart is playing a cello, there (although I don't know that he's the one who actually played it when the song was recorded.

  • @276parpir
    @276parpir 3 роки тому +4

    Great 80's Classic which helped to offset Madonna........

  • @wolf762x51
    @wolf762x51 3 роки тому +2

    They were part of the New Wave movement / genre. Those are synth pads and string patches you hear. They were used a ton in New Wave. Former synth player here.

  • @jacqueline4514
    @jacqueline4514 3 роки тому +2

    I’m 15 again, hanging out with my friends just waiting for this song to come on the radio 😂 GREAT TIMES!!

  • @sergeleclerc5759
    @sergeleclerc5759 3 роки тому +4

    Saw them in 86, Annie Lennox took the stage.

  • @LaptopLarry330
    @LaptopLarry330 Рік тому +1

    Dave Stewart was using a drum machine computer in the music video. Those things are collector’s items today.

  • @angeltinaw7198
    @angeltinaw7198 3 роки тому +1

    Oh wow one of my favorite songs 😍.. My mother made tape of music videos in the 80s for my birthday when I was kid and this was one of music videos too...

  • @ThisCharmingBat
    @ThisCharmingBat 3 роки тому +1

    This song came out when I was 8. I found the lyrics so strange...why would anyone WANT to be used and abused...resulted in my interest & education in psychology. I was so intrigued by Annie Lennox. I had never seen a woman like her!

  • @annejohnston2193
    @annejohnston2193 3 роки тому +1

    So badass awesome , they're great

  • @lisac8088
    @lisac8088 3 роки тому +1

    Both of you are so authentic !!
    I love your reactions 😘
    You are my new fav reactors!! Bravo!

  • @francisconolly9310
    @francisconolly9310 3 роки тому +1

    THORN IN MY SIDE was the best Eurythmics song, but after seeing how wonderfully James reacted to Hey Jude he really has to listen to the remastered version of The Move singing 'CALIFORNIA MAN'. That song is simply made for him, he will love it.

  • @lazaruslong8092
    @lazaruslong8092 3 роки тому +1

    Loved your reaction, as always. Your mention of musical instruments prompts me to recommend a performance, which features an instrument that is not usually connected to commercial or rock music, and that you may have never seen or heard of: Patty Gurdy is the artist, song is "Over the Hills and Far Away" (First made famous by Gary Moore, a great guitarist, later covered by Nightwish). I am sure that the two of you will enjoy it. Not going to mention the instrument, because don't want to spoil the surprise.

  • @AWKnuden
    @AWKnuden 3 роки тому +1

    The instrument is a Chello, and what you hear is a synthesizer. It is an old, maby one of the first, personal computers.