I remember that in 1994, when I listened to it I was always crying. I was 15. Now I’m 43, I hadn't listened to it for many years but I just cried like 28 years ago. Timeless masterpiece. ❤
Because we're not buying anymore. We stream, we consume. Music Fast Food. It's what drives up corporate numbers, what makes share holders happy. And we... we'll consume.
@@homyce I doubt is the internet but capitalist nature of the "music business". When something becomes a business it's orientation is basically to selling more rather than look for quality, since quality means higher costs and more difficult artists than grabbing the first musically ignorant loser walking by the street, making simplistic, formulaic beats according to the label's ROI strategy and putting him an edgy new face to drool for. Business oriented means "I will look for the cheapest of the cheapest to sell it as the top notch sticky bugger and see how much people I can scam claiming this is good, trendy and cool". The grammies are just one of the multiple ways the labels warp the demand half way through and spin it at convenience and you can see they succeed when people only takes in consideration how much an artist sells rather than other qualities to their work. Common people has got no idea how to consume music or artistic content because anything artsy has been downgraded and deemed a hobby for capitalism although we all know we can't live without any sort of art. Is a weird mixed bag, since technology gave us the freedom but the few big fish keep twisting it for their sole economic benefit.
Because today what matters most is entertainment, scandals and the image of artists, not their talent. Not everywhere, not always, but the general trend is unfortunately in this sad way. Personally, I think that the best period for music falls on the years 50 - 99. After that, it's mostly bare asses, scandals, scandals and more scandals, bottomless buzzing about nothing
My favorite Dracula movie. The beginning of the movie was a movie all by itself. Gary Oldman should have been received an Oscar for playing Dracula. Excellent actor!😃
@Barry Mclaren Absolutely don't agree. If I can, Coppola respected so well the book that could even insert a love story (that Stocker's brother put in the "sequel") without making it feel odd. Tastes, anyway, but he made a great work.
Annie Lennox is one of the most profound and amazing song writers I can recall. Not only is her voice angelic, but the lyrics can cut you like a knife. So beautiful!
Not only “angelic” Her voice retains nearly each an every frequency Probably mezzo soprano: she got lows, low mids, and fortunately not that many high mids and highs so that she inspires the deepest of passions and feelings She can at times give chills like nobody else
I just discovered this song while watching "Bram Stoker's Dracula". It's been a long time since a song was able to pierce my soul, and this song did it. The Melody, the harmony, the ethereal, haunting, yet utterly beautiful lyrics. This is why we listen to music.
Annie Lennox is one of my favorite singers ever. I was always haunted by her voice and her eyes. As a child a part of me used to wonder if she was human or not. Truly one of the greatest singes of her generation.
As a non-native English speaker, I saw this on tv when I was a kid and it haunts me every time because I thought it was a song about vampires feeding on humans. Until I grow up that I realize it's one of the sweetest love songs ever.
Lyrics: Come into these arms again And lay your body down The rhythm of this trembling heart It's beating like a drum It beats for you, it bleeds to you It knows not how it sounds For it is the drum of drums It is the song of songs Once I had the rarest rose That ever deigned to bloom Cruel winter chilled the bud And stole my flower too soon Oh loneliness, oh hopelessness To search the ends of time For there is in all the world No greater love than mine Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love still falls the rain (Still falls the rain) Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love still falls the night Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love be mine forever (Be mine forever) Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Love-o, love-o, love-o Let me be the only one To keep you from the cold Now the floor of heaven is laid With stars of brightest gold They shine for you, they shine for you They burn for all to see Come into these arms again And set this spirit free
kuribo1 Cetainly Gay Oldman did an awesome job but about the best vampire in cinema history I think it´s difficult to not say impossible to decide: you have the inmortals Bela Lugosi, the recently late Christopher Lee, also Tom Hiddleston did a good role as vampire in Jim Jarmusch´s flick "Only lovers left".
+kuribo1 Absolutely, Oldman's performance was electric. The only regret is that he had to share screen time with Keanu Reeves - one of the most egregious miscastings in movie history.
One of Annie Lennox's many masterpieces. The music is quirky but haunting. The lyrics are beyond stunning in their beauty. Love never dies was the catchphrase for the movie. It haunted me then and it haunts me now.
Annie manages to be as creepy as Gary Oldman. I mean that in a totally respectful way for her talent. She is beautiful and my wife and I are both totally in love with her.
J'ai rarement lu un commentaire plus explicatif! En écoutant ce titre, 20 ans après, totalement d'accord avec ce que vous avez ressenti alors, et que vous ressentez avec la même intensité maintenant. C'est exactement ce qui m'est passé "par les veines" (c'est le cas de le dire...). Le film de Coppola était si envoûtant, la bande-son de Wojciech Kilar et la "Love song for a vampire" d'Annie Lennox l'ont valorisé. Cette chanson est une pure merveille, et pour toujours... Merci Cedric Hunter 👩👋 (pardon pour le français, ma langue natale, je ne m'exprime pas suffisamment bien en anglais). 😏 Passez un beau printemps! Françoise
@@alextheyearlychistmascharm3985 first of all sweet dreams is not a ballad, second, it was a Eutythmics song and third, i said one of the finnest ballads, which means she did more, like "why" and is difficult to choose the best of all.
This song will stay in my heart. This movie came out for better or worse the year my first husband Paul died of Aids. when there was still not a great response to the drugs foe HIV. He did not survive. I was more lucky for no apparent reason the drugs worked for me and now after 33 years I am still here and kicking. I am re married and happy for the most part to a great guy. I am always happy to remember my first true love when I hear Bram stokers soundtrack regardless how dark it is.
patrick meehan ya not much to say people fighting the good fight and our own government would rather see us dead then help sad days they even tried kill the Ryan white bill insanity looming...
Must be one of the best Dracula Films ever made ( & I have seen them all from Bella Lugosi onwards) & this Love song for a Vampire is one of the greatest Love songs as well- performed by the amazing Lennox in her prime. My Boyfriend of 30 years loved this song so much we played it at his funeral after he died last year. I still play it sometimes even though it hurts me now right through to my Soul to do so because it reminds me of him & our love more than any other song.
Yes, because the book came out in 1897, by Bram Stoker. Very successful, was adapted for theater...no cinemas then. And all the movies made have used the theater manuscript. Coppola returned to the Book, that's why it's called 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' loved it and now, 31 years later, more than ever!
Annie Lennox is simply wonderful!! I never get tired of listening to and singing this song and other great hits... Annie, I admire, respect and love you very much!! A big hug from Spain!!
It was about 1992, I was 13 years old. I went to the cinema one Sat night in Ireland to watch Dracula. I lived in a small town so the cinema was great, back before DVD and internet. It was the VHS and Sega Mega Drive era, as well as the bloody IRA. Anyway, the staff wouldn't let me in because I wasn't old enough, think it was an 18 rating. So I paid to go into another movie, then sneaked into watch Dracula. It was a great movie with a top cast, all big stars back then. But this song at the end of the movie was just beautiful I sat and listened to it all by myself, real haunting voice Lennox has.Then the lights came on, a member of staff seen me and I got barred for a year lol. Which was tough man, cause I lived for the cinema back then. Now i'm 40 years old I realise the 80s/90s cinema era was the best time ever with the greatest movies ever. Other movies I seen in the cinema back then, A few good men, who framed Roger Rabbit, Last of the Mohican;s, Sister Act, the Bodyguard, Dangerous Minds, Unlawful entry, Ace Ventura, the Mask, Se7en, The Matrix, Independence Day, Good Will Hunting, Lightning Jack, The Goonies, Inner Space, Scream, and a lot more I can't remember. But I remember the very first one, Ghostbusters, how cool is that? 2019
I watched this in '92. Loved it. A couple years ago told my lady we had to watch this movie. She would love it... About 15-20 minutes in, one of us finally looked at the other and we both just started laughing. It was nothing like what my memory had it. It was like a SNL skit. Bad. Just bad. But one thing that has not aged bad; one that stands the test of the time gone past now and all the time to come: Annie Lennox's voice.
Yet another masterpiece by Coppola. The flim ageless like it's main character. A sensational cast and beautiful love story to boot, with a theme sung by a goddess that admitted in an interview that she'd never owned a sound system of her own. It make's sense..Why would she ever need one making such sweet music like this? 🙏
I was in my mid teens in the mid 90s, and I absolutely fell in love with this movie and this song. Only roughly 30 years later I find out there is a video that would have melted my mind in the 90s. Glad to have found it. Better late than never. ☺️
I couldn't agree more! Just got done watching it for the umpteenth time. I always sit through the end credits just to hear this song too. Perfect ending to an exceptional movie.
The film was undoubtably a masterpiece with an outstanding performance by Gary Oldman. The song was a perfect choice for the film and captures the sentiment perfectly. Annie Lennox of course pure class.
The film was an absolute diseaster that played out like a really bad MTV music video. However Oldmans incarnation of Dracula stands above even Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi. What a shame he wasted it on this shit.
Oldmans performance was great, so was Anthony Hopkins. Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder were horrible. There English accents were laughable and their acting stiff and stilted. The overall movie was enjoyable though. I liked Tom Waits portrayal of Renfield as well.
As great as he is, Oldman never again shone like he did in 'Dracula' (IMO). He was over-the-top, subtle, terrifying, vulnerable, ugly, beautiful... over the course of one movie. A breathtaking piece of work.
@@zoltanverdon7158 FFC wanted to use film making techniques used in the dawn of cinema to give it a sense of that period. Apparently the original FX crew encouraged him to go with traditional methods but it was rejected and the FX Director was replaced. I agree, Gary Oldman, as always, is amazing!
@@P-Bass_Pete I love Keanu and Winona, but they were horribly miscast in this movie. Their performances were so bad, it was a good thing that Gary and Anthony carried the film. I also loved the set design.
This is such a brilliant song! The lyrics and music create the same feelings as the movie! I don't think there are too many other songs so well matched to the movie they were written for. Annie rules!
Regardless of the movie. Regardless of the style of music. If Annie's voice doesn't move you in this song, you are truly without a heart. Rarely will a voice produce and elicit an emotional response the likes of this song.
Just a hauntingly beautiful song by one the greatest female voices of all times. I absolutely love this version of Dracula. Gary Oldman is brilliant in it.
Sting pushes it with 'Every breath you take' that was a study in obsession too, at least until Puff Daddy, but you are spot on about Annie Lennox she seems to understand irrational emotional intensity and project it so perfectly.
Come into these arms again And lay your body down The rhythm of this trembling heart Is beating like a drum It beats for you, it bleeds for you It knows not how it sound s For it is the drum of drums It is the song of songs Once I had the rarest rose That ever deigned to bloom Cruel winter chilled the bud And stole my flower too soon Oh loneliness, oh hopelessness To search the ends of time For there is in all the world No greater love than mine Love, oh love, oh love .... Still falls the rain (still falls the rain) Love, oh love, oh, love..... Still falls the night Love, oh love, oh love.... Be mine forever (be mine forever) Love, oh love, oh love........... Let me be the only one To keep you from the cold Now the floor of heaven's lain With stars of brightest gold They shine for you, they shine for you They burn for all to see Come into these arms again And set this spirit free
This and her song for the final third of the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films are exquisite songs that never fail to transport me to a different realm whenever I listen to them. Thanks Annie!
Annie's voice just blends so well with the melody of this song. Still loving this. I used to listen to this every other day after school, because my mom had the Bran Stoker's Dracula soundtrack. Always.... skip all the song to the last one - which was this one!
This is not only a great song, with wonderful lyrics sung by a beautiful woman with an amazing voice, but the performance Annie gives here is something I really love, the movements and especially the expressions really sell the whole thing. She would have made an awesome vampire bride.
this line is probably the one that breaks my heart... Once I had rarest rose That ever deigned to bloom Cruel winter chilled the bud And stole my flower too soon
My darling wife Carol died 4 weeks ago aged 53. She was my Rose of the rarest kind. Sadly, Cancer came for her and took her from me far too soon. The words express my emptiness perfectly because my heart is broken beyond all repair.
@@andystreet4022 My most heartfelt condolences to you. Words are never adequate. I hope your memories will comfort you, and that they give you courage. I will not say I hope you feel better soon. Rather, I hope you heal completely in your own time and in your own way, and that you will one day remember only the best parts of your love together. I wish you joy.
@@geordiejones2 How are they not even that literate?! You clearly have no conception of art or its impact or interpretation. Incidentally, since you brought up illiteracy, behold the correct spelling of 'heart'.
I'm embarrassed to admit I'm just today hearing this *magnificent* song. On repeat over and over now. Gorgeous, through and through (both she and her song.)
Hello Jazzy please don't be embarrass my dear it is never too late for u or anyone to discover this song. Honestly i discovered this song first when watching cinema cinema cinema is a show on tv back in the 90 showing us what is the latest movie
Welcome to this amazing song! Some songs are just timeless and beautifully written and performed. Annie Lenox for me puts the art into performing arts and I just love her!🥰
Maybe it's just me being 'the child of nineties' , but no one comes close to Gary Oldman as Dracula. He' s romantic powerfull , misterious. And sexy and scary and diabolical , all together , at the same time. And, yes, I have seen great Christopher Lee , Bela Lugosi and Frank Langella, too.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it after the movie. And Annie Lennox has a voice that no one can compare, she is and always has been a beautiful woman
I've been a huge fan since I was fourteen. Even though she should be way more popular, she's really not underrated. Critics, fans, countless singers and musicians have nothing but praise for her vocal gifts.
I cried countless nights for my love, who was taken too soon from this world. It's been nearly twenty two years since she was laid to rest, but for me it's like if it was just yesterday.
donkique956 feel your pain,the mother of my youngest son and the love of my life passed 5yrs,6yr soon and I have cried like a baby for most of that time,people say it gets easier with time when anyone says that to me I want to say bulshit or hit them,from your post she was the love of your life your heart,t. care
My sister Jo 39 died of breast cancer 2 years ago, she was always watching this movie and singing a long to the soundtrack at the end. Every time I listen to the track or watch this video it makes me crumble. Chin up mate yeah
i think this the best song of Annie Lennox ever,so wonderfully sung that I still get goosebumps after decades. Thank you for this masterpiece. And yes, I too had tears in my eyes.
Most people think Bram Stoker 's Dracula is the first true vampire novel in Gothic fiction. But Bram Stoker actually ripped off Polidori's The Vampyre, who based his vampire on Lord Byron during a break away in Geneva, Switzerland where and when Mary Shelly also wrote Frankenstein. Such a shame Polidori never ever gets the credit for the original story and character concept. Also, Bram Stoker's Dracula is awful to read... it's as dry as the husks that were once human after draining them.
Well, but that was just in David Coppola's movie. In Bram Stoker's original novel there is no love story between Mina and Dracula. But anyways, one of the most romantic and beautiful songs I'd say! :-D
This song strikes at the heart of all those who understand the depths of longing for the one who will make them shine, simply because they know they will love that beautiful soul with all of their's.
Besides Annie's vocals and lyrics, I love how this starts with a heart beat then swells gradually into an arc of sound. Then the crescendo towards the end lifts your heart from the evocative sadness and then gently deescalates leaving you hopeful for that eternal love. This is a true masterpiece.
I remember asking for this soundtrack for Xmas, back when I saw this movie as a teenagers in the 90's. I would lay in bed and have this song on repeat until I fell asleep. Still my favorite Dracula movie and no one tops Gary Oldman.
Was and still am a HUGE fan of the movie Dracula. I think I have watched it over a hundred times. This song is always the one that warms my heart. Such a perfect placement at the end while the credits ran.
I am so glad to hear that someone else has also watched that hudred times. Finally I know I am not the only one!!!! I love that, best movie ever, masterpiece.
Decades later, this song and video is still beautiful and haunting. The lyrics hit deep. I still think she should have vampire teeth though! Annie's theatrics here is mesmerizing.
Listen in 11/2017... in memory of my one true love that past away 2 years ago on this day. Today i let her finaly go with the song we listen to due our first kiss. This song is right... love never ends. Great one. ...time to go out and welcome life .
Sorry to hear that...The loss of your one true love...in the same boat, but not in death...i will find her and die trying with every breath... And if not on to the next life... ............. .......
That was very deeply upsetting emotionally to me. Im 16 years with my woman and the thought of losing her upsets me so much I cannot listen to certain songs (A Thousand Years) or watch certain films (the last ten minutes of The Notebook...I cannot do that) I am currently in hospital and I always wanted to go before her and yes I know thats selfish. You are much more of a man than I am or ever will be at 44.
Listen to "I Did It Just the Same" which is the first track on the Eurythmics 1984 soundtrack. She hums and scats only, no words. Only Annie could express so much emotion without saying a word. Brilliant singer.
@@mysticmerman I loved that soundtrack, very faithful to the book. A true pity that almost none of the music Annie & Dave worked on so lovingly was actually used in the movie. "Julia" was perhaps the most beautiful track, an ethereal moment in an otherwise bleak environment. You can feel how overwhelmed Winston is by the young woman who has stolen his heart.
Such an evocative song for me. It reminds me of a special lady with whom I had a wonderful relationship when this song came out. No one but Annie Lennox could give the lyrics so much strength and power.
This song is so good, it acurately expresses the sad tragedy of Dracula in this excellent movie. More like a fallen hero who becomes a victim to evil rather than an evil monster. Dracula in this movie is like Darth Vader, a former knight who fell. The song reflects this well.
I think Dracula (as portrayed in this movie) can be perceived as both, a victim of evilness and an evil monster, at the same time. I don't understand why people have this need to choose between white or black when appreciating a character...
I remember that in 1994, when I listened to it I was always crying. I was 15. Now I’m 43, I hadn't listened to it for many years but I just cried like 28 years ago. Timeless masterpiece. ❤
me too❤
Same!
Yo todavía lloro
This song always has that effect on me too! Classic song , iconic performer!
Me too!
More than 30 years and it still gives me goosebumps. What happened to the music? Why can't we make masterpieces like this anymore?
Because we're not buying anymore. We stream, we consume. Music Fast Food.
It's what drives up corporate numbers, what makes share holders happy. And we... we'll consume.
@@DasIllu You have a good point, Music started declining as the internet started to take off, then it went down hill when streaming became a thing.
@@homyce I doubt is the internet but capitalist nature of the "music business". When something becomes a business it's orientation is basically to selling more rather than look for quality, since quality means higher costs and more difficult artists than grabbing the first musically ignorant loser walking by the street, making simplistic, formulaic beats according to the label's ROI strategy and putting him an edgy new face to drool for.
Business oriented means "I will look for the cheapest of the cheapest to sell it as the top notch sticky bugger and see how much people I can scam claiming this is good, trendy and cool".
The grammies are just one of the multiple ways the labels warp the demand half way through and spin it at convenience and you can see they succeed when people only takes in consideration how much an artist sells rather than other qualities to their work. Common people has got no idea how to consume music or artistic content because anything artsy has been downgraded and deemed a hobby for capitalism although we all know we can't live without any sort of art. Is a weird mixed bag, since technology gave us the freedom but the few big fish keep twisting it for their sole economic benefit.
yall just arent trying hard enough, lots of beautiful music still being made if you look carefully and beyond what’s played on the radio
Because today what matters most is entertainment, scandals and the image of artists, not their talent. Not everywhere, not always, but the general trend is unfortunately in this sad way. Personally, I think that the best period for music falls on the years 50 - 99. After that, it's mostly bare asses, scandals, scandals and more scandals, bottomless buzzing about nothing
Annie Lennox Was Phenomenal With This Song, No Body Could Have Done it Better. Such Passion.
"Come into these arms again and set these spirit free."
Yooo I'm 67 now, this lyrics always gave me goosebumps!
My favorite Dracula movie. The beginning of the movie was a movie all by itself. Gary Oldman should have been received an Oscar for playing Dracula. Excellent actor!😃
Faster.pussy.cat.kill.kill.I would die and live again.just for you only
Are you kidding me? look Dracula was a good movie but definitely not Oscar worthy.... He should have got an osc ar in the movie The Professional
Yes bes Film ever. I have to watch it. Like now!!!!!
@Barry Mclaren Absolutely don't agree. If I can, Coppola respected so well the book that could even insert a love story (that Stocker's brother put in the "sequel") without making it feel odd. Tastes, anyway, but he made a great work.
I know! Right?! He was robbed
Annie Lennox is one of the most profound and amazing song writers I can recall. Not only is her voice angelic, but the lyrics can cut you like a knife. So beautiful!
Agreed
Not only “angelic”
Her voice retains nearly each an every frequency
Probably mezzo soprano: she got lows, low mids, and fortunately not that many high mids and highs so that she inspires the deepest of passions and feelings
She can at times give chills like nobody else
Anglican voice
Range is so far beyond
Only can be God given
29 years later, and this is still a beautiful, haunting song, that goes so well with the movie. Fantastic ❤️
30 years later
And a movie that tells how Winston Churchill came to England...
I know this movie but the name? Help. Tried looking
@@kathyevans1439Dracula ,de Braen S.
@@kathyevans1439 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992.
I just discovered this song while watching "Bram Stoker's Dracula".
It's been a long time since a song was able to pierce my soul, and this song did it.
The Melody, the harmony, the ethereal, haunting, yet utterly beautiful lyrics.
This is why we listen to music.
Annie Lennox has to be one of the best performing artists of all time.
TRUE THAT, SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL IN THIS VIDEO.
We were privileged to hear her voice.
Agreed totally for ever
I agree.
👍👏
Annie Lennox is one of my favorite singers ever. I was always haunted by her voice and her eyes. As a child a part of me used to wonder if she was human or not. Truly one of the greatest singes of her generation.
I agree with you Men.
She's got the claws and irises, why not the fangs?
Locktwiste72
She was etherial.
Ann Mitchell She deserved to be a vampire.
As a non-native English speaker, I saw this on tv when I was a kid and it haunts me every time because I thought it was a song about vampires feeding on humans. Until I grow up that I realize it's one of the sweetest love songs ever.
The lyrics are poetry.
Same. I had nightmares of this video for a very long time...
Omg! This song is just beautiful but did scare me as a kid 😅😅😅
The film is a lovely story of true love
Lyrics:
Come into these arms again
And lay your body down
The rhythm of this trembling heart
It's beating like a drum
It beats for you, it bleeds to you
It knows not how it sounds
For it is the drum of drums
It is the song of songs
Once I had the rarest rose
That ever deigned to bloom
Cruel winter chilled the bud
And stole my flower too soon
Oh loneliness, oh hopelessness
To search the ends of time
For there is in all the world
No greater love than mine
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love still falls the rain
(Still falls the rain)
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love still falls the night
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love be mine forever
(Be mine forever)
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Love-o, love-o, love-o
Let me be the only one
To keep you from the cold
Now the floor of heaven is laid
With stars of brightest gold
They shine for you, they shine for you
They burn for all to see
Come into these arms again
And set this spirit free
Deep❤️
Thank you🙏
I memorized all these lyrics in my mind for so many years 🌹 🩸 ❤️ ⚰️
Wow such beauty in words, thank you.
I think it's ,,"it bleeds for you"
Winona Ryder absolutely beautiful in period films, and Gary Oldman played the best vampire I have seen on screen.
kuribo1 Cetainly Gay Oldman did an awesome job but about the best vampire in cinema history I think it´s difficult to not say impossible to decide: you have the inmortals Bela Lugosi, the recently late Christopher Lee, also Tom Hiddleston did a good role as vampire in Jim Jarmusch´s flick "Only lovers left".
+Gridseeker Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire is amazing.
pietzsche I haven´t seen that film but I hope to watch it very soon.
+kuribo1 Absolutely, Oldman's performance was electric. The only regret is that he had to share screen time with Keanu Reeves - one of the most egregious miscastings in movie history.
+kuribo1 totalmente de acuerdo , amazing
My god this woman knows no limits when it comes to performing her most immaculate songs... Love Annie lennox forever
There isn't a singer that could have preformed this song the way Annie did. Perfection!!
I was sixteen. I still love this. I am forty-six, but am sixteen when I hear this. Thank you for time travel.
One of Annie Lennox's many masterpieces. The music is quirky but haunting. The lyrics are beyond stunning in their beauty.
Love never dies was the catchphrase for the movie. It haunted me then and it haunts me now.
Annie manages to be as creepy as Gary Oldman. I mean that in a totally respectful way for her talent. She is beautiful and my wife and I are both totally in love with her.
Concur 100% Cedric. BTW: Beautiful, realistic & heartfelt comment... 🏆
Like no other
Quirky yet haunting. PERFECTLY sums up this amazing song and Coppola's masterpiece of a Dracula adaptation. ❤️
J'ai rarement lu un commentaire plus explicatif! En écoutant ce titre, 20 ans après, totalement d'accord avec ce que vous avez ressenti alors, et que vous ressentez avec la même intensité maintenant. C'est exactement ce qui m'est passé "par les veines" (c'est le cas de le dire...). Le film de Coppola était si envoûtant, la bande-son de Wojciech Kilar et la "Love song for a vampire" d'Annie Lennox l'ont valorisé. Cette chanson est une pure merveille, et pour toujours... Merci Cedric Hunter 👩👋 (pardon pour le français, ma langue natale, je ne m'exprime pas suffisamment bien en anglais). 😏 Passez un beau printemps! Françoise
I have crossed oceans of time to find you.
+KENT YOUNG A Very powerful affirmation
+KENT YOUNG im' very fond of you too
KENT YOUNG what a line!!!!!
Estefania Monastero
great line...its up there
Lupe Trujillo oh I know...
One of the finest ballads from Annie Lennox! 😍
No it isn’t it is SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE WHO AM I TO DISAGREE TRAVLED THE SEVEN SEAS EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@alextheyearlychistmascharm3985 first of all sweet dreams is not a ballad, second, it was a Eutythmics song and third, i said one of the finnest ballads, which means she did more, like "why" and is difficult to choose the best of all.
I think it is her most haunting and finest song.
@@alextheyearlychistmascharm3985 hahaha! Are you in drugs? Sweet dreams is not even a ballad.
Annie's voice in this song is hypnotic! Such a Powerful voice that penetrates the Soul! Love her Voice!
This song will stay in my heart. This movie came out for better or worse the year my first husband Paul died of Aids. when there was still not a great response to the drugs foe HIV. He did not survive. I was more lucky for no apparent reason the drugs worked for me and now after 33 years I am still here and kicking. I am re married and happy for the most part to a great guy. I am always happy to remember my first true love when I hear Bram stokers soundtrack regardless how dark it is.
jason shirrill sorry lost loved ones to the same thing ,still falls the rain 🌧
this left me heartbroken
patrick meehan ya not much to say people fighting the good fight and our own government would rather see us dead then help sad days they even tried kill the Ryan white bill insanity looming...
jason shirrill 😔😁✌
Proud of you for what you went through Jason
Must be one of the best Dracula Films ever made ( & I have seen them all from Bella Lugosi onwards) & this Love song for a Vampire is one of the greatest Love songs as well- performed by the amazing Lennox in her prime. My Boyfriend of 30 years loved this song so much we played it at his funeral after he died last year. I still play it sometimes even though it hurts me now right through to my Soul to do so because it reminds me of him & our love more than any other song.
Ma seinuna ragazza?
Bless you Barry...he lives on through your love for him.
Yes, because the book came out in 1897, by Bram Stoker. Very successful, was adapted for theater...no cinemas then. And all the movies made have used the theater manuscript. Coppola returned to the Book, that's why it's called 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' loved it and now, 31 years later, more than ever!
I just read your comment. I hope time is healing the pain of your loss. Kind regards.
Annie Lennox is simply wonderful!! I never get tired of listening to and singing this song and other great hits... Annie, I admire, respect and love you very much!! A big hug from Spain!!
Annie does some of her finest singing on this record. A very unorthodox kind of love song, written and sung from the heart.
It sounds like a funeral requiem combined with a love song, deliberate of course given the subject matter.
I used to sit through hundreds of Music Videos on MTV back in the day just in hopes that I'd catch this one, still hauntingly beautiful to this day.
The MTV struggle was real!
It was about 1992, I was 13 years old. I went to the cinema one Sat night in Ireland to watch Dracula. I lived in a small town so the cinema was great, back before DVD and internet. It was the VHS and Sega Mega Drive era, as well as the bloody IRA. Anyway, the staff wouldn't let me in because I wasn't old enough, think it was an 18 rating. So I paid to go into another movie, then sneaked into watch Dracula. It was a great movie with a top cast, all big stars back then. But this song at the end of the movie was just beautiful I sat and listened to it all by myself, real haunting voice Lennox has.Then the lights came on, a member of staff seen me and I got barred for a year lol. Which was tough man, cause I lived for the cinema back then. Now i'm 40 years old I realise the 80s/90s cinema era was the best time ever with the greatest movies ever. Other movies I seen in the cinema back then, A few good men, who framed Roger Rabbit, Last of the Mohican;s, Sister Act, the Bodyguard, Dangerous Minds, Unlawful entry, Ace Ventura, the Mask, Se7en, The Matrix, Independence Day, Good Will Hunting, Lightning Jack, The Goonies, Inner Space, Scream, and a lot more I can't remember. But I remember the very first one, Ghostbusters, how cool is that? 2019
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I’d say it was worth the ban. Saw it with school friends when I was 15. Good memories. I’m not sure how we got past the Rating but we did.
I watched this in '92. Loved it. A couple years ago told my lady we had to watch this movie. She would love it... About 15-20 minutes in, one of us finally looked at the other and we both just started laughing. It was nothing like what my memory had it. It was like a SNL skit. Bad. Just bad. But one thing that has not aged bad; one that stands the test of the time gone past now and all the time to come: Annie Lennox's voice.
That was kinda harsh punishment.
I was 7 years old.. By 1992.. It was scary song for me then.. Now I realize the love of a vampire
Yet another masterpiece by Coppola. The flim ageless like it's main character.
A sensational cast and beautiful love story to boot, with a theme sung by a goddess that admitted in an interview that she'd never owned a sound system of her own.
It make's sense..Why would she ever need one making such sweet music like this? 🙏
I was in my mid teens in the mid 90s, and I absolutely fell in love with this movie and this song. Only roughly 30 years later I find out there is a video that would have melted my mind in the 90s. Glad to have found it. Better late than never. ☺️
One of the most beautiful songs ever written...about eternal love.
One of the most haunting love songs I've ever listened to. Forever my fave!
allsportsbandfan Not a horror film despite the blood - this was one of the most powerful love stories I've ever seen.
Mr1987Joe I enjoyed this movie (it was WEIRD though), and bought the novel because I feel like I'm a bit obsessed with this movie for some reason.
+allsportsbandfan i cant believe it has so many dislikes - it stirs deep
+allsportsbandfan yes so f..............true, this song makes me shiver, so good, and the best Dracula movie ever
+janesgems7 This is a love story but some people just don´t understand that :(
I don't know what grips me more...the music or the lyrics? A true blend of genius and undying love.
“Now the floor of heaven is laid/With stars of brightest gold”- It still makes me cry all these years later. Beautiful song from an incredible singer.
The best Dracula movie and soundtrack is amazing... Annie is artist...
+Blitz_ UK Thanks...
Wojciech Kilar, the blessed Polish composer and Annie Lennox herself.
I couldn't agree more! Just got done watching it for the umpteenth time. I always sit through the end credits just to hear this song too. Perfect ending to an exceptional movie.
The best vampire theme movie too i guess
agree as f x
The film was undoubtably a masterpiece with an outstanding performance by Gary Oldman. The song was a perfect choice for the film and captures the sentiment perfectly. Annie Lennox of course pure class.
The film was an absolute diseaster that played out like a really bad MTV music video.
However Oldmans incarnation of Dracula stands above even Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi.
What a shame he wasted it on this shit.
Oldmans performance was great, so was Anthony Hopkins. Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder were horrible. There English accents were laughable and their acting stiff and stilted. The overall movie was enjoyable though. I liked Tom Waits portrayal of Renfield as well.
As great as he is, Oldman never again shone like he did in 'Dracula' (IMO). He was over-the-top, subtle, terrifying, vulnerable, ugly, beautiful... over the course of one movie. A breathtaking piece of work.
@@zoltanverdon7158 FFC wanted to use film making techniques used in the dawn of cinema to give it a sense of that period. Apparently the original FX crew encouraged him to go with traditional methods but it was rejected and the FX Director was replaced. I agree, Gary Oldman, as always, is amazing!
@@P-Bass_Pete I love Keanu and Winona, but they were horribly miscast in this movie. Their performances were so bad, it was a good thing that Gary and Anthony carried the film. I also loved the set design.
Who else is listen to this marvelous masterpiece 2023!?
Feb 2024..timeless
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April 2024
May 2024.
This is such a brilliant song! The lyrics and music create the same feelings as the movie! I don't think there are too many other songs so well matched to the movie they were written for. Annie rules!
Regardless of the movie. Regardless of the style of music. If Annie's voice doesn't move you in this song, you are truly without a heart.
Rarely will a voice produce and elicit an emotional response the likes of this song.
Beautiful song sung by one of the most talented and beautiful vocalists in history...still haunts me twenty-two years later.
I'm completely in agreement.
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Just a hauntingly beautiful song by one the greatest female voices of all times. I absolutely love this version of Dracula. Gary Oldman is brilliant in it.
It's a shame this song wasn't nominated for an Oscar.
Tough competition in 1992 I suppose.
Probably the most beautiful song ever about obsession. Only Annie Lennox could make it work this well.
Actually Éliane P. of Die Form also could have made it work this well
Sting pushes it with 'Every breath you take' that was a study in obsession too, at least until Puff Daddy, but you are spot on about Annie Lennox she seems to understand irrational emotional intensity and project it so perfectly.
@@Pau1fc I wanted to write about the same song and was happy to discover that you already mentioned it.
not obsession son.
FOR A VAMPIRE...
learn to read
After all these years this still drags a tear from me.
Annie Lennox is the best actor in the video; shame she wasn't in the film. 💜
Technically she is the only actor in the video lol
Annie Lennox is on a different level. Anything she sings does something special to you.
I don't know whether I want this song to be played during my wedding or my funeral
Why not both?
Both
The funeral for your husband
@alan bane hmm kinda rude, kinda funny
HAHA
Come into these arms again
And lay your body down
The rhythm of this trembling heart
Is beating like a drum
It beats for you, it bleeds for you
It knows not how it sound
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For it is the drum of drums
It is the song of songs
Once I had the rarest rose
That ever deigned to bloom
Cruel winter chilled the bud
And stole my flower too soon
Oh loneliness, oh hopelessness
To search the ends of time
For there is in all the world
No greater love than mine
Love, oh love, oh love
....
Still falls the rain (still falls the rain)
Love, oh love, oh, love.....
Still falls the night
Love, oh love, oh love....
Be mine forever (be mine forever)
Love, oh love, oh love...........
Let me be the only one
To keep you from the cold
Now the floor of heaven's lain
With stars of brightest gold
They shine for you, they shine for you
They burn for all to see
Come into these arms again
And set this spirit free
Theres no better than real music real lyrics
Hi! Just edit a bit.. "it KNOWS not how it sounds" part. Thanks!
This is so beautiful and so sad
I come this masterpiece lyrics to my daughter Alexis Rose whom sadly taken to soon,hopelessness oh loneliness. Alexis Rose 6/17/2001 to 8/7/2014.
@@pdgf Thanks. That was a typo :) Fixed it now.
Simply the best Dracula movie...
This and her song for the final third of the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films are exquisite songs that never fail to transport me to a different realm whenever I listen to them. Thanks Annie!
totally agree...those two songs are breathtaking
To me, probably one of the best songs ever made.
High praise, Brian O!
=)
Annie's voice just blends so well with the melody of this song. Still loving this. I used to listen to this every other day after school, because my mom had the Bran Stoker's Dracula soundtrack. Always.... skip all the song to the last one - which was this one!
It is the song of songs
Annie Lennox is just timeless. This is a masterpiece!. Forever!...
One of the most beautiful love song... 💖
The greatest Dracula's movie...
This is not only a great song, with wonderful lyrics sung by a beautiful woman with an amazing voice, but the performance Annie gives here is something I really love, the movements and especially the expressions really sell the whole thing. She would have made an awesome vampire bride.
I was 21 years old. Went to the movies in Brussels. It was cold. This song reflects a wonderful moment of my life.
love this
this line is probably the one that breaks my heart...
Once I had rarest rose
That ever deigned to bloom
Cruel winter chilled the bud
And stole my flower too soon
My darling wife Carol died 4 weeks ago aged 53. She was my Rose of the rarest kind. Sadly, Cancer came for her and took her from me far too soon. The words express my emptiness perfectly because my heart is broken beyond all repair.
@@andystreet4022- deepest condolences, I know the pain of loss, so very sorry.
@@andystreet4022 My condolences, I lost my father 2 months ago...
@@andystreet4022 My most heartfelt condolences to you. Words are never adequate. I hope your memories will comfort you, and that they give you courage. I will not say I hope you feel better soon. Rather, I hope you heal completely in your own time and in your own way, and that you will one day remember only the best parts of your love together. I wish you joy.
@@geordiejones2 How are they not even that literate?! You clearly have no conception of art or its impact or interpretation.
Incidentally, since you brought up illiteracy, behold the correct spelling of 'heart'.
Still 100x better than any silly teen vampire movies
Given how low the Twilight movies are in quality, that really is a low bar to clear.
Fantastic film acting second to none and fabulous soundtrack thank you for your work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm embarrassed to admit I'm just today hearing this *magnificent* song. On repeat over and over now. Gorgeous, through and through (both she and her song.)
Don't be. No one is born with music automatically in their heads.
Hello Jazzy please don't be embarrass my dear it is never too late for u or anyone to discover this song. Honestly i discovered this song first when watching cinema cinema cinema is a show on tv back in the 90 showing us what is the latest movie
Welcome to this amazing song! Some songs are just timeless and beautifully written and performed. Annie Lenox for me puts the art into performing arts and I just love her!🥰
This song is so melodiously haunting, just love Annie's mesmerizing vocal. Gives me goosebumps. Hail the most won BRIT Award Best British Female
It's really spellbinding 💕
THIS is a masterpiece that will always stand to the ends of time. Well done Annie.
Something about Annie Lennox's divine voice and brilliant song writing that is simply unmatchable.
What a talent...
Maybe it's just me being 'the child of nineties' , but no one comes close to Gary Oldman as Dracula. He' s romantic powerfull , misterious. And sexy and scary and diabolical , all together , at the same time. And, yes, I have seen great Christopher Lee , Bela Lugosi and Frank Langella, too.
Yes, but have you seen Leslie Nelson?
Yeah... It's very different from the original novel, but God did that film had a special kind of attraction of its own.
She should have also played the vampire. A master performer.
Imho, her most powerful song from multiple standpoints.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it after the movie. And Annie Lennox has a voice that no one can compare, she is and always has been a beautiful woman
Annie Lennox is one of the most underrated vocalist in the history of music
I've been a huge fan since I was fourteen. Even though she should be way more popular, she's really not underrated. Critics, fans, countless singers and musicians have nothing but praise for her vocal gifts.
I cried countless nights for my love, who was taken too soon from this world. It's been nearly twenty two years since she was laid to rest, but for me it's like if it was just yesterday.
donkique956 feel your pain,the mother of my youngest son and the love of my life passed 5yrs,6yr soon and I have cried like a baby for most of that time,people say it gets easier with time when anyone says that to me I want to say bulshit or hit them,from your post she was the love of your life your heart,t. care
donkique956 So sorry for your loss. You obviously had a strong connection to her. That is precious. Not everyone gets to experience that kind of love.
donkique956 sorry for you loss bro. You feel like it was yesterday cuz you remember her everyday. I am truly sorry.
My sister Jo 39 died of breast cancer 2 years ago, she was always watching this movie and singing a long to the soundtrack at the end. Every time I listen to the track or watch this video it makes me crumble. Chin up mate yeah
donkique956 condolences...may her soul rest in peace
2022, still listening this masterpiece with the same goosebumps as when i heard it at the first time. Still being my favourite love song ever!
One of the Best Songs for a Movie. I love it.
This song is pure love!
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Anyone 2020?
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Just let me know what you think and forgive the video it was rushed and I was literally singing while trying to balance on ice!
@@iwasheredreaming6360 Verry good and beautiful version of the song!
BRAVO!👏WELL DONE!
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Annie Lennox is an international treasure
The power of this song is so so deep, pulls memories that I’ve buried for years and years
i think this the best song of Annie Lennox ever,so wonderfully sung that I still get goosebumps after decades. Thank you for this masterpiece. And yes, I too had tears in my eyes.
One of the most romantic and beautiful love stories ever. Forget Titanics Jack and Rose. Dracula and Mina FOREVER
Yes finally someone agrees!!!!! :-)
Dracula is the most amazing love story ever created, by far
(edit : I mean the movie)
Try harder not be cliche douche meijer
Most people think Bram Stoker 's Dracula is the first true vampire novel in Gothic fiction. But Bram Stoker actually ripped off Polidori's The Vampyre, who based his vampire on Lord Byron during a break away in Geneva, Switzerland where and when Mary Shelly also wrote Frankenstein. Such a shame Polidori never ever gets the credit for the original story and character concept. Also, Bram Stoker's Dracula is awful to read... it's as dry as the husks that were once human after draining them.
Well, but that was just in David Coppola's movie. In Bram Stoker's original novel there is no love story between Mina and Dracula. But anyways, one of the most romantic and beautiful songs I'd say! :-D
Twenty six years later....and still not only the greatest vampire film ever made, but the greatest love story
The forbidden love you can only taste once.
Lost in hope of a thousand times again-
These song and voice ARE the 4th Oscar of Bram Stoker's Dracula! 💖
One of the best songs ever recorded. Just perfection
Yet one more fantastic song that the Brits have given to us along with the brilliant tunes they kick out every year...
25 Years later, this song is still gorgeous
25 years?? holy crap that has gone fast!
@@annemarietacey9729 28yrs now. How time passes, l was a young teen when this was released, still in love with this song today at 42. Timeless.
this song is for forever
This is my favorite movie. Annie would make a perfect vampiress. The song at the end is priceless. 🥀
This song strikes at the heart of all those who understand the depths of longing for the one who will make them shine, simply because they know they will love that beautiful soul with all of their's.
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Annie Lennox is sooo gifted... she is magnificent... love listening to her... powerfully soft and delicate vocals... 'Beautiful.
this is an absolute masterpiece
My favorite country.... Scotland!❤️❤️Annie Lennox
Loving Annie Lennox in 2021 still. She's got such an amazing voice💛💛💛💕💕
Well said🙂
This was played for my lovely wife at our wedding forever eternal. :) thank you Ms. Lennox :)
Why can't all love be like this? All Truth, No Lies. No deception, just the pure love of ones heart. Why do people use love like a double sided knife?
Fear and Despair. They don’t have what they need or want
Cause humans change throughout evolution and so are the "heart"
Because they are .... Simply ... humans my ... daughter
Besides Annie's vocals and lyrics, I love how this starts with a heart beat then swells gradually into an arc of sound. Then the crescendo towards the end lifts your heart from the evocative sadness and then gently deescalates leaving you hopeful for that eternal love. This is a true masterpiece.
The best vampire movie ever made since the 90's
ramserenity Well said. Bram Stoker's Dracula and Interview With A Vampire were the best of the 90's vampire movies.
What a talent. Annie wrote both the music and lyrics for this amazing song.
Yep. They don't make 'em like Annie anymore!
And she was pregnant while filming this video
Annie could sing the alphabet, and it would be beautiful.
In she did Anne to friends regards DJ smidnightcaller enjoy
She is complete artist She knows how to act during her interpretation , perfect voice , perfect song and she is perfect Dracula braid here
I almost forgot how great this artist is. She makes me tremor with the beauty of it all. Life looks good sometimes.
I remember asking for this soundtrack for Xmas, back when I saw this movie as a teenagers in the 90's. I would lay in bed and have this song on repeat until I fell asleep. Still my favorite Dracula movie and no one tops Gary Oldman.
@horrorcide13..🥀..after my own heart..🌃🦇..~Peace, K
Was and still am a HUGE fan of the movie Dracula. I think I have watched it over a hundred times. This song is always the one that warms my heart. Such a perfect placement at the end while the credits ran.
I am so glad to hear that someone else has also watched that hudred times. Finally I know I am not the only one!!!! I love that, best movie ever, masterpiece.
This is my favorite of her songs, I love the movie too. Reminds me of something that no longer exists.
Decades later, this song and video is still beautiful and haunting. The lyrics hit deep. I still think she should have vampire teeth though!
Annie's theatrics here is mesmerizing.
Listen in 11/2017... in memory of my one true love that past away 2 years ago on this day. Today i let her finaly go with the song we listen to due our first kiss.
This song is right... love never ends. Great one.
...time to go out and welcome life .
Sorry to hear that...The loss of your one true love...in the same boat, but not in death...i will find her and die trying with every breath...
And if not on to the next life... ............. .......
God bless mate x
That was very deeply upsetting emotionally to me. Im 16 years with my woman and the thought of losing her upsets me so much I cannot listen to certain songs (A Thousand Years) or watch certain films (the last ten minutes of The Notebook...I cannot do that)
I am currently in hospital and I always wanted to go before her and yes I know thats selfish.
You are much more of a man than I am or ever will be at 44.
Real Love dont die..... my Wish to You.... be happy again ❤️
😞
There is no voice to compare with Annie Lennox. I would cross oceans of time to hear that voice.
Anggun C Sasmi have voice like her
Nice reference to the film.
Listen to "I Did It Just the Same" which is the first track on the Eurythmics 1984 soundtrack. She hums and scats only, no words. Only Annie could express so much emotion without saying a word. Brilliant singer.
@@mysticmerman I loved that soundtrack, very faithful to the book. A true pity that almost none of the music Annie & Dave worked on so lovingly was actually used in the movie. "Julia" was perhaps the most beautiful track, an ethereal moment in an otherwise bleak environment. You can feel how overwhelmed Winston is by the young woman who has stolen his heart.
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Such an evocative song for me. It reminds me of a special lady with whom I had a wonderful relationship when this song came out. No one but Annie Lennox could give the lyrics so much strength and power.
Me to! All that. So well said. Be a good song for a funeral.
One of the best most haunting songs ever , with incredible lyrics . stunning xx.
Lee Bennett, it is a song of songs! Still gives me chills.
This song is so good, it acurately expresses the sad tragedy of Dracula in this excellent movie. More like a fallen hero who becomes a victim to evil rather than an evil monster. Dracula in this movie is like Darth Vader, a former knight who fell. The song reflects this well.
Personally man, I’d think this song would work with Netflix’s CASTLEVANIA series(mainly Dracula and Lisa)
@@jamesvanitas ua-cam.com/video/8SSqm-X_0es/v-deo.html, although this is the Castlevania SOTN credits song one
@@jamesvanitas ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤you described my parents so well!!!!
I think Dracula (as portrayed in this movie) can be perceived as both, a victim of evilness and an evil monster, at the same time. I don't understand why people have this need to choose between white or black when appreciating a character...
This version is far from the book where he is the true villian but i do love the twist in the film