What other songs do YOU think changed music? Comment below!
@TimMer1981
2 жыл бұрын
U2 - Pride
@MrTerrorFace
2 жыл бұрын
Tackle "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League. The song had a massive role in shaping the culture of the 80s that long persists to this day.
@leefchapman
2 жыл бұрын
Stevie Wonder - Superstition!
@josephperry3700
2 жыл бұрын
Straight out of Compton - NWA Closer - NIN
@kevinharnan8378
2 жыл бұрын
Buffalo stance neneh cherry
@erikraudssen6777
2 жыл бұрын
I received a Sony Walkman for my 10th Birthday in 1983. Put the batteries in, plugged in and put the headphones on, dialed in a local radio station. This was the 1st song I ever heard on that Walkman.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
That’s amazing! I remember the first time I heard it, it was magical!
@NuGanjaTron
3 күн бұрын
This wasn't even released when I got my 1st walkman in December of '82. Instead, I tuned in to Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy". 😀 Still have the "Sweet Dreams" single from '83.
@SebBrosig
2 жыл бұрын
i remember standing in the hall of a meat factory, stacking pieces of pork of dubious quality into boxes for freezing, as a 16 year old kid earning some cash in the holidays. This played frequently on the radio over the din of meat saws etc, the whole scene is etched into my brain. I was identifying as more of a blues or rock fan at the time but this song was so mesmerizing. I cherish this memory.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
@leehackett1614
8 ай бұрын
Can’t think of a better synth pop song other than Blue Monday that stands out from the 1980’s. They’re both amazing songs
@The_Essential_Light
2 жыл бұрын
One of my biggest regrets in life is selling my Roland SH 101 in the early 90’s
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
I sold mine too! Mid '90s, very foolish
@Bat_Boy
2 жыл бұрын
Hello!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Felipe!
@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394
2 жыл бұрын
amazing song... the eurythmics had a lot of those
@MattJoyce01
2 жыл бұрын
Thank your, I love this analysis, please consider "A Girl Like You". Would love to get your thoughts on that gem.
@ivorydungeon909
2 жыл бұрын
Wagga Wagga rhymes with Frogger Frogger
@theknowerandtheknown
2 жыл бұрын
Bronski Beat small town boy
@Producelikeapro
Жыл бұрын
Great song
@brucemckay6615
2 жыл бұрын
Hits of 1983…. Blue Monday anyone? Anyone?….
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, me 11 months ago! kzitem.info/news/bejne/qq-w0WV9sKmmapg
@SmartHobbies
2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad Annie got up from the fetal position when Stewart started playing that riff. This is one of those songs that is quintessential 80’s and I never get tired of listening to it.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed! What an amazing talent! Perfect combo! They made such amazing music together!
@ComicPower
2 жыл бұрын
This song is literally perfect. It's got this haunting but danceable vibe to it. One of the best duos in music history. I never get tired of this. Its timeless.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
It is indeed timeless! Thanks for sharing
@garya418
2 жыл бұрын
Warren is a great presenter and has one of the nicest accents on KZitem. But only Australians know how to say Wagga Wagga. It is "WOGAWOGA" .
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
You’re very kind and yes, I misspoke and didn’t know the proper pronunciation
@StephenJohnson-jb7xe
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro I'm Australian and I still get the pronunciation of a lot of place names wrong, a lot of times you really have to be told by a local.
@andrewkennedy5946
2 жыл бұрын
And a real local its just: Woga
@Simon.the.Likeable
2 жыл бұрын
I knew I would search through the comments and find this. My ears were burning when I heard Warren say Whaga Whaga.
@Marcus_Wilson
2 жыл бұрын
Oohhhhh my ears are bleeding!!!!!
@raysharpe8644
2 жыл бұрын
Anne Lennox and David a Steward what a duo. If I was a Millionaire film maker i would love to make a movie bio on them 😎🎶
@joolz666
2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading somewhere the main "riff" of 'Sweet Dreams' as it was used came about from a little hook Dave Stewart was playing being accidentally played through the sampler backwards. Eurythmics are hugely underrated (IMHO) in the overall history of pop/rock/whatever music - one of the most consistently "good" bands ever. Nearly all their singles were fantastic and when I re-listened to all their albums a few years back I was truly astounded at how little filler, if any, there was. And that's before we get on to Annie Lennox's voice...
@darrenhirst9900
2 жыл бұрын
They were pioneers that's what they both were.
@johannessamuelsson6578
2 жыл бұрын
Label: "The song has no chorus" Dave Stewart: "That's because it is a chorus"
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Haha exactly!!
@scottbrower9052
2 жыл бұрын
"It's special. Completely unique." ~ Warren Huart. That says it all. Excellent content....as always, Warren.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Scott!
@blai5e730
2 жыл бұрын
First time I saw Eurythmics was the first night of a 4 day music festival - Narara '84 (other artists that night included Simple Minds, The Pretenders, Talking Heads and Def Leppard). Annie blew me away with her powerful voice and the music was strangely hypnotic. Edit: Although not intuitive, Wagga Wagga is pronounced "Wogga Wogga".
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%! Annie is such an amazing singer! That must have been an incredible show in ‘84!
@TheOriginal_BigMac
2 жыл бұрын
Really, it's just pronounced as a singular "wogga"
@simonrooney7942
Жыл бұрын
Wogga
@rome8180
2 жыл бұрын
My parents had a "Best of the Eurythmics" tape we played on road trips. I must have heard that tape 1000 times. But I'm still not sick of this song or "Here Comes the Rain Again" (which I like even better, tbh). They're simple on the surface, but there's a depth to them that most dance tracks don't have.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful band! Doesn’t much better than this
@bassonthemark8191
2 жыл бұрын
“Here Comes The Rain Again” also my favorite. “Who’s That Girl?” IMO another great Eurythmics track.
@TimMer1981
2 жыл бұрын
@@bassonthemark8191 Must Be Talking To An Angel, with Stevie Wonder: fantastic. Their 1988 Mandela concert live performance is unsurpassed to this very day by any band if you ask me.
@TimMer1981
2 жыл бұрын
@@bassonthemark8191 Have you seen the Mandela 1988 live version? It blows your socks off.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@@bassonthemark8191 masterpiece!
@jimw6659
2 жыл бұрын
I’m always impressed with the levels of research that you carry out. Many thanks from back in England… …and maybe Gil Scott-Heron - the revolution will not be televised? An articulate, angry young man, a mean drummer, tight bassist, cool flautist, and the invention of rap.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
HUGE Gil Scott Heron fan and YES he is on the list!! The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!
@baronvonchickenpants6564
2 жыл бұрын
When you hear this song for the first time, you'll never forget where you were
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%!
@omgwhatever
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, same here, ... and I'm trying to think if there's any other song that I can say this about, and I'm drawing a blank...
@drananth
Жыл бұрын
Exactly....I was at home, 1983, I just froze the moment I heard this! Herbi Hancock's "Rock It" gave me the same feeling.
@rachel-po5rm
Жыл бұрын
yep lol. i was on duty as a lifeguard when I first heard this
@russellthorburn9297
2 жыл бұрын
KZitem recommended this video to me which is a bit odd given that, unlike most people, I almost never listen to music. Sweet Dreams, however, is one of the very few songs that I could listen to endlessly. Pure genius.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Fabulous! Glad you watched it
@johnmanupella7982
2 жыл бұрын
1983 was a damn fine year for music. I'd put it up against any other year.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic year indeed
@williestyle35
11 күн бұрын
1984 and 1986 were also great years in music, movies, and entertainment in general.
@edalder2000
2 жыл бұрын
When I think of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), it reminds me of "Blue Monday." Both songs used new technology to create new, bold soundscapes. Cold, precise, and unlike anything we'd heard before. "Sweet Dreams" and "Blue Monday became blueprints that many used but no one had the impact of those two songs.
@funkaholic1972
2 жыл бұрын
I would like to add Soft Cell (Tainted Love), Ultravox (Oh Vienna) and Laurie Anderson (Oh Superman) to as prime examples of early 80's futuristic electropop.
@DeflatingAtheism
2 жыл бұрын
@@funkaholic1972 I much later learned the breakthrough success of Soft Cell was one of the reasons you had groups like Einstürzende Neubauten on the same label as Depeche Mode. The feeling at the time, even with major labels, was that anything was possible.
@thebeardedseeker5633
2 жыл бұрын
that's what helped make the 80s so amazing if you were a teenager at the time. every teen could proudly say this was not our parents music. with the help of computer technology, these sounds were being created and heard for the first time.
@funkaholic1972
2 жыл бұрын
@@thebeardedseeker5633 LOL, you are right! My dad hated synths and drum machines, while I loved them from the moment I first heard them...
@ericepperson8409
2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to think that this song and Total Eclipse of the Heart were charting at the same time. Both are great songs, but sound like they belong to totally different eras.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100% Eric
@Alpha_7227
2 жыл бұрын
That was the beauty of late 70's to early 80's music. So many styles and genres on the radio.
@GongMasterFlash
2 жыл бұрын
Jim Steinman was always in his own era.
@willemmoller6736
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song & sound and what a voice! Classic. I started my studio with an 8-track tape machine and whatever cheap gear I could get, I loved the 80s DIY attitude. Great video, thanks Warren!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Willem!
@inphanta
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! I 100% relate to what you said about how songs like these stood out back when they came out. I felt EXACTLY the same way when I was a kid! ❤️😊
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Marvellous! Thanks ever so much
@1rwjwith
2 жыл бұрын
An iconic song of the 80's but timeless too. It still stands up and does not sound dated. When I first heard it I thought this was a "Techno" electronic group even the name Eurythmics sounds like that to me and I thought for sure Dave Stewart must be a keyboard player...much to my surprise a year or so later when I found he was primarily a guitarist! As well of course with all the other production things he did like with Tom Petty. Thanks once again!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Very well said! Totally iconic!
@hobbified
2 жыл бұрын
I was a kid in the 90s (born 86) and at the time, had the impression that this song was from, like, 1993, not 1983. It felt totally avant-garde even then.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@@hobbified agreed, timeless classic
@Projacked1
2 жыл бұрын
yeah , not sound dated.....well said.. That 'unheard' factor was spot on Warren.
@DeflatingAtheism
2 жыл бұрын
Listen to Dave Stewart's guitar solo on "Don't Ask Me Why," a criminally underrated Eurythmics song from later in the decade. He was definitely no slouch on guitar!
@bazza5699
2 жыл бұрын
i felt exactly the same on hearing this.. there are not many tracks you remember distinctly hearing for the very first time, but this is one. I was 10 years old and I'd been away on a school trip, no radios were allowed during the trip and we didn't see any television. On returning home, I remember getting off the school coach and someone was playing this track on a radio. I stopped dead in my tracks and said 'what is that?' a friend said.. 'sweet dreams..' It was like nothing I'd ever heard before. I felt like I'd missed this massive moment in music. something monumental had happened while I'd been away. music had changed forever.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Very well said! Still sounds absolutely amazingly fresh to me!
@louisreinitz5642
2 жыл бұрын
I was 23 and I said wow #1 for sure. I've only been right about that one other time.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@@louisreinitz5642 what was the other time?
@louisreinitz5642
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro Money for nothing - Dire Straits
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@@louisreinitz5642 nicely done!
@MSmith-Photography
2 жыл бұрын
As a 9 year old, hearing that song and seeing Annie in the video for the first time blew me away. An iconic song.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%!
@ninjakbly
2 жыл бұрын
I was only 5 at the time but the song always stuck out to me and still does. Here Comes the Rain Again hits me the same way.
@2112jonr
2 жыл бұрын
Summed up absolutely perfectly. There's no track quite like it. 💛
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! It’s a masterpiece
@jayducharme
2 жыл бұрын
The year before this came out, I was repeatedly listening to Human League's Dare. That album impressed me in a similar way, because I had never heard anything like it. (And IMO, Don't You Want Me is one of the weaker tracks on that album.) But Sweet Dreams felt like it had more depth to it, more intricate production and more interesting lyrics. And it started me on my own path of home production. The whole of the 1980s was an amazing time in music.
@ajs41
2 жыл бұрын
The first half of 1983 was an amazing period in pop music. Sweet Dreams, but also Blue Monday by New Order, Let's Dance by David Bowie, Every Breath You Take by The Police, to name just a few.
@DavidBrown-zx7vj
2 жыл бұрын
That keyboard part is insane. Even now.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! It certainly is
@tlniec
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like so much great art (music, movies, etc) from this era is at least in part a product of limitations faced by the artists... and this song is a great example of that. I wonder, would the vocal have that same eerie haunting quality if it hadn't been recorded on that pencil mike in a big lively room? Would the downbeat/"1" beat in the drums have that huge, almost timpanic quality if not for the "detuned tom sample" experiment?
@jimmyc5498
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing choice. I remember reading about Dave Stewart hitting a rubber hose against a door for a snare sound. Got to see them live in NYC and blew us away. DX7s had hit the market and then sold out, crazy times.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Thanks for sharing
@charris939
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Warren, for a minor correction of the pronunciation of Wagga Wagga ( as a resident of said place for over 30 years), it sounds like Wogga Wogga, or as the locals tend to call it Wagga. I remember seeing The Tourists poster (along with Inxs) still hanging on the walls of the College Student Union Building in the 1980's.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much for the great comment and the excellent insight!
@Mythikal13
6 ай бұрын
So cool they could put aside their differences romantically to keep working on their art together. Idk I find that super sweet
@memyopinionsche6610
2 жыл бұрын
And Marilyn Manson covers it and makes it the most creepiest song ever. Even with the video I thought I caught an STD from watching it.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! It was an insane cover!
@ddr4ig
2 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear the opening bars of this classic I am transported to my eighties childhood... I get this weird nostalgia where going back there feels like going to the future...
@dezb1
2 жыл бұрын
If we're into 80s synth pop you've got to do Vienna by Ultravox such a bizarre song to be such a big hit.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I love Vienna! Huge hit!
@captainbleep
2 жыл бұрын
Hearing this song for the first time when I was 7 charted the course of my life. I asked my mom what made that sound and she said it was something called a “synthesizer.” 8 years later with the very first two paychecks I ever earned I bought an ESQ-1 from a friend. I’ve been making electronic music ever since and I see no future in which I stop. Thank you for doing this video. It was great to hear this story.
@edwardmulholland7912
2 жыл бұрын
I still play the whole album loads, I rediscovered it about 10 years old after avoiding 80’s music from my teenage years for years. This album, plus the 2 albums “In the garden” and “Savage” are genius, getting only better with time. They were a good team and they made great music. That image of Anne with the cropped short red hair in a suit holding a cane is still incredible. People forget the fuss her image caused, she really stood out from the crowd even if she “borrowed” from Grace Jones lol. This band had everything, people need to be reminded. Enjoyed this, I’ve not heard those quotes before. The song itself gave them both a lifelong career - that’s how good the song is. Great video.
@Bring_MeSunshine
2 жыл бұрын
You're right. First time I heard the album, I was bewildered and hooked. A great title track, now iconic, but my favourite track on the same album is, 'This City Never Sleeps', whose laid back groove, muted simple guitar & bass phrase, combine beautifully with the distant soaring electric lead and evocative soundscape of ambient synth textures, and overlaid field recordings of tube trains. A fantastic canvass for Annie's superb vocals. In fact, this vid evoked such a strong memory for me of the track, I had to go and listen to it again, and I got the same chill. Probably a good job I didn't have to chose the single off the album 🤣
@fiddleandfart
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Loved Eurythmics (and Annie Lennox! Wow!) back then, and thought them brilliant - particularly loving the "Sweet Dreams" and "Touch" albums, of which every track is pretty good. And, yes, loved "This City Never Sleeps" for its haunting quality - and that distinctive ambient sound of a London tube train! The whole thing sounded literally underground!
@josephperry3700
2 жыл бұрын
I remember telling my uncle about Manson covering this and that it's "scary now" and he replied "what's scarier than an androgynous woman with a bull whip?"
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Haha Annie has such an amazing voice and is so charismatic!
@josephperry3700
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro I absolutely love Annie. Medusa is easily in my top 10 favorite albums of all time.
@DeflatingAtheism
2 жыл бұрын
Manson neutered the song by taking all the menace that was already latent in the song and simply bringing it to the surface.
@youreperfectstudio4789
2 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this as a kid in the 80s and it really stood out from everything else.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
That’s my experience too!
@bwcbiz
2 жыл бұрын
During my years between HS and college, i bought the Tourists first(?) self-titled album. Even apart from the two singles, their arrangements on songs like Blind Among the Flowers and The Loneliest Man in the World were unique. So hearing the Eurythmics Sweet Dreams wasn't so much a revelation as a vindication to me.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
I remember the Tourists very well and loved them too! Yes, always revolutionary!
@leefchapman
2 жыл бұрын
3 mins in and my mind is already being blown. Thanks again, Warren for the deep education.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Lee!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Lee!
@KordTaylor
2 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!!! This is wonderful and so inspirational to indie artists everywhere. A small amount of gear but imagination and craft win! You should interview Dave on your show. It would be a good re-spark for his visibility too.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much! Yes, huge fan!
@jerryconnors1703
Жыл бұрын
"Everything about this song is incredible" -- including the video. I'm not anywhere as knowledgeable about "music" as you are, but when I think of this song, I always think of the video -- and the cow.
@Producelikeapro
Жыл бұрын
Haha Thanks ever so much for sharing
@dangrel
2 жыл бұрын
Love these deep dives on early electronic stuff
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much!!
@carlsalazar4490
2 жыл бұрын
It only goes to show you don’t need to have lots of equipment to write a great song. It just takes creativity and passion.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%!
@TheSchaef47
Жыл бұрын
That's something I learned from the Black Hole Sun essay. People invest so much time and money and energy trying to replicate the sound of vocals passing through a blown-out low-watt speaker, and Chris Cornell just goes and brings in a blown-out low-watt speaker and puts a mic in front of it.
@davidnassur7202
2 жыл бұрын
Great view Waren! I'm scared that you have access to my MP3 collection! LOL
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Haha we just both have great taste my friend! Haha Thanks ever so much
@CallMeChato
2 жыл бұрын
What a great pick.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Love this song!
@surferles589
2 жыл бұрын
Would love you to do Rick Wakeman's Journey To The Centre of The Earth - asked before I think. Groundbreaking
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Huge fan! Great idea! Adding to the list
@mikekaraoke
2 жыл бұрын
Another really good video, I own all the Eurythmics albums and seen them live a few times over the years! Could you please do a video of the 80's acid house/dance scene in the 80's-one of my favs is-Krush-House Arrest from 1987! Thanks for the reply to my comment I made to you on fb couple of weeks ago! 😁
@delix787
2 жыл бұрын
It’s an iconic song! 😇
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
It certainly is!!
@peterldelong
2 жыл бұрын
Those two keyboards parts are panned left and right and that was the secret to figure the parts out exactly. I played this song in a cover band for many years and it’s not easy to play live and cover everything that’s going on. Everyone says I look pissed off when playing Sweet Dreams, ha ha. It’s like “leave me alone, I’m busy over here”.
@DeflatingAtheism
2 жыл бұрын
The key to the groove is that the left hand is doing a kind of "Crazy Train" riff.
@rbiznezz2
2 жыл бұрын
This channel continues to be great
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much
@kevin_gross
2 жыл бұрын
"Wagga Wagga" lol... It's actually pronounced Wogga Wogga... Greetings from Australia
@eideticgoone7035
Жыл бұрын
@3:00 one can clearly read on the image of the keyboard synth the words: '"WASP" Electronic Dream Plant Limited, England'. I find it ironic that this iconic song "Sweet Dreams" was created with a machine from the 'Dream Plant'. Is it possible that the song was inspired directly or subliminally by the word 'Dream' on this synth? After all according to accounts, this was perhaps the first song, or at least one of the first songs produced in their home studio with this machine.
@fytakytemusic
2 жыл бұрын
Great choice of song 👍 Small note: “Wagga Wagga” is pronounced “Wogga Wogga”. Because we Aussies are notoriously linguistically lazy, most of us just refer to it as “Wogga” ✌️…Carry on…😁
@LuckeySev
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs. It's hypnotic. A masterpiece.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Masterpiece
@daraghmorrissey
2 жыл бұрын
Great video and I feel the same way about this song and Cars too! The other thing that was happening before this was the availability of better portable audio. When I got my first walkman, I tuned into FM and this was on the first channel I tuned to. It sounded amazing. 1983 had some other iconic songs like Blue Monday. Hard to believe this song is almost 40 years old!
@amplifier2
2 жыл бұрын
Very good. Don‘t forget about the video. MTV had just started and there weren‘t as many music videos around back then. Probably helped a lot.
@stewartfenwick3658
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating insights much appreciated… but it’s pronounced’Wogga’
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stewart! Yes, it appears I have offended the whole of Australia! Happy New Year!
@garysmith2983
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, love the review. You cannot underestimate the impact of electronic music in the early 80’s. I went to see Japan at Leicester Uni and Blancmage were the support and when they started the drum machine through the PA was titanic.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed Gary! Love Japan as well!
@psychoprosthetic
2 жыл бұрын
I don't actually like electronica and find the fizzing oscillators and buzz-cut waveforms ugly. But this song is a great hybrid, the tones being bearable, the groove infectious, and all the inhumanity of the instrumentation that I hate so much is completely vitalised by Annie's fantastic voice and delivery. Great choice, Warren.
@LFOVCF
2 жыл бұрын
Songs like this one, is responsible for my synth obsession. Like you said, it's like robotic like, the straight beats, the beefy synths, and often the two person combo. You need that soulful singer, to round off the starkness of the synths eg Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Yazoo, PSBs, etc
@thisnthat3530
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that Total Eclipse of the Heart - another song that didn't follow the verse-chorus-verse-cohrus-chorus-... formula - was the only one to beat it in the charts.
@ph5832
2 жыл бұрын
In middle school, my alarm went off and played this song … it was so unique I didn’t move a muscle …
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I was blown away by this song, hugely influential and still is!
@thatsmetalking345
2 жыл бұрын
Just one correction: Wagga Wagga is pronounced 'Wogga Wogga'. Best wishes from Australia.
@DavidLee07
2 жыл бұрын
I also had a Tascam 388 8-track 1/4" reel-to-reel in that era, so I now have no excuses for not having produced a #1 hit.
@2010xkr
2 жыл бұрын
Duran Duran seem underrated to me. It wasn't until I saw them live in 2004 that I realised they're in fact very good musicians. An analysis of "Save A Prayer" would be awesome. Or anything by Depeche Mode (the opening riff to "World In My Eyes" is my favourite, an absolute killer! Those crisp synth sounds! ) - I used to joke that there would never be an 80s revival because it was all crap :) How wrong I was to under appreciate my own era. The current 80s revival (The Weeknd etc) is well deserved.
@mattrixx_audio
2 жыл бұрын
Hi warren, I love this song!! In fact it was the very first song I attempted to sequence, albeit on my dads computer workstation (a lowly WANG PC, designed for word processing) I did it in the programming language Basic. It actually gave a me a real sense of achievement and a determination to try more!! BTW, the town of Wagga Wagga, is actually pronounced "Wogga Wogga" here in Australia. (just for reference) It's quite a large country town in New South Wales.
@bothann
2 жыл бұрын
This song is my origin in music appreciation. I remember listening to this over and over in the dark on my walkman knock-off when I was 11. Thanks for this Warren.
@RC32Smiths01
2 жыл бұрын
Hey man, you always make great work with these learning and appreciative videos! You rock man!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it!
@RC32Smiths01
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro Always my pleasure! You truly rock man!
@mrufino1
2 жыл бұрын
One of the finest songs ever written, regardless of the production. Then put it with the amazing production, it’s just a masterpiece. My favorite little touch in this song is the timing of the background vocal pads between the verses. Interesting phrasing across those bars, while absolutely supporting the songs motion.
@zaphodsbluecar9518
2 жыл бұрын
It's pronounced "Wogga" - one word, the 'a' is sounded like an 'o'... The second word isn't spoken. Loving this series BTW 👍
@Rossion64
2 жыл бұрын
Never forget hearing it first. Amazing piece of music. Annie's voice was like nothing I'd heard before
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Ross!
@mandobob
2 жыл бұрын
Annie Lennox has one of the best voices in rock music. And she also writes a great song. Her DEVA album is a masterpiece.
@k.c1126
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I heard this song back in fall 1983 ... it made it around the world that year. And it wasn't so much robots as it was the sound of the future .... It was, and still is, a great piece of music.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great comment
@martybartfast1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Great work, subject; and delivery. Two Legends indeed. When I solo climbed Mont Blanc in 1990, I had a C90 tape; with Eurithmics Greatest Hits one side, and Dire Straights Brothers in Arms on the other, 3 days of awesome music and alpine views. Beautiful memory.
@edwarddejong8025
2 жыл бұрын
A great review. This was a standout song from this era. It was so fresh in its approach, so unusual in structure, and the mixture of down and up. It is a really interesting song (for being so repetitive).
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100% Edward!!
@MisterMac4321
2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't into the pop music of the time that much; tending to mostly listen to folk-rock or "cereberal" progressive-rock (like 'Yes'). First time I heard this was on a family vacation where the hotel had VH1 on the TV (which we didn't have at home). This song came on and I was instantly hooked and it completely changed my musical tastes from that moment forward. I'm still blown away by it even now, almost four decades later.
@TringmotionCoUk
2 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see how Gary Newman hooked up with nine inch nails to perform cars live
@alonsonatividad9620
Жыл бұрын
The first time I heard it on the radio, back in the 83, I told to myself "this is what the future sounds" like.
@ptonpc
2 жыл бұрын
Hearing this for the first time as a kid. Then seeing the video. Amazing even now.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Agreed! Thanks very much
@OlympusHeavyCavalry
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Ms Lennox and her vocals. The Eurythmics are one of my all time favourite bands. By the way Mr Huart, lol, it is pronounced "Wogga Wogga". I was thinking of the song " Cheers for the video bud :-)
@guy_incognito
2 жыл бұрын
An excellent essay! Thank you! A couple of points: lots of people were doing home studio stuff back then (The Flying Lizards and Danielle Dax are two that come to mind) thanks to the likes of TEAC and TASCAM recorders. The Eurythmics just happened to be the big hit (not that they didn't earn it -- they did). In fact, you might consider episodes on the TEAC/TASCAM Home studio movement from the late seventies early eighties and it's influence on the music industry. Annie Lennox's look was not "unusual" for the time -- she just pulled it off better than most, to the point where "Annie Lennox-like" characters were being written into screenplays and comic books. The town not pronounced "Wagga-Wagga" but "Wogga-Wogga" (not a racist term, BTW -- it's origins are Aboriginal), although it is commonly referred to as just Wagga (or "Wogga" phonetically) -- and it is not a great place to be when your band implodes on you.
@adam346
2 жыл бұрын
It only sounds racist if you think Australian is a race unto itself. Then it absolutely sounds like you are taking the piss. I was also taught by an Aussie for about 4 of the earlier years of my life off and on. I got to hear a lot of Aussie-speak in a thick Aussie accent so I may have a slight upper-hand compared to people who didn't get that experience.
@grahamburgess1381
2 жыл бұрын
Here comes the rain again is another awesome song and in some ways a follow up to sweet dreams.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Masterpiece
@sspradley11
2 жыл бұрын
I find this song extremely annoying. It's a never ending loop of the same thing over and over.
@zachary963
2 жыл бұрын
I told my dad I liked this song so he bought me Touch. That opening, with the synth arp and the pizzicato strings, blew my minds
@chrisrus1965
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the tangent but you mentioned Cars by Gary Numan but have you heard his last couple albums? They are positively transcendent. Please do not miss them because you would love them so much I know enough about you to say that with complete confidence.
@dezb1
2 жыл бұрын
And the prize for best use of a milk bottle goes to...
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Haha yes! Indeed! Thanks ever so much
@TalkTimeMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Great breakdown as usual!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much my friends! Such an amazing song and we filmed after your session at The Village!
@TalkTimeMusic
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro can tell by that sweet mixer behind ya :) hope your arm/hand heals at superhuman speed, always sending good vibes to you dude!
@sushifornico
2 жыл бұрын
The video os the song is also very iconic - I mean who is doing a video with a cow being very close to you
@jefronty
2 жыл бұрын
Before watching this I was sure the line was "made of these."
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
I just went back you relisten and it still sounds like ‘This’ to me! Maybe you imagine it has to rhyme with the ‘disagree’ or ‘seas’ etc?
@beavans
2 жыл бұрын
Though it is written Wagga Wagga it is pronounced Wogga Wogga
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Hah thanks! Yes, I feel the whole of Australia is letting me know! Happy New Year
@kata7628
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for covering this song! Such a groundbreaking band and constantly on my playlist. I’ve always wondered about the video, when Dave is at a computer keyboard, is he actually “playing” it?
@bearsoundzMusic
2 жыл бұрын
iTS ONE of these rare songs that makes you go "Åhh!" when you hear the first notes, and they just complies you to turn the volume _up_ ! Bowie, Supertramp, 10cc, ELO are some of the others, that has managed to make tracks with this strength. Amazingly Eurythmics did it more than once with "Love is a stranger", and even "Here comes the rain again". These tracks are fantastic car/road-music, but equally powerful at home, on a bleak rainy miserable night, where your special one did not show up as expected..
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