In January of 1983 Eurythmics released their second studio album.
It became the record that broke them out on both sides of the pond.
Let’s talk Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)!
527 Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Delightful!
“Sweet Dreams” is the first 45 I ever bought. My sister’s youth group leader deemed the song satanic because of the video, so it was the first time I couldn’t just borrow music from her. Didn’t know there was moral outrage about it outside of our church! Loved hearing the origin story.
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Warning, hot take incoming, but lord have mercy “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” – the song – is straight fire. A song that has been played at you eight billion times is hard to really appreciate, but that song still hits even after all that repetition.
The rest of the album has some good moments but mostly fades into the background next to the title track. I think this is an album worth hearing though. But also, I like to imagine this scene playing out during the recording of basically every 80’s synth pop album:
Producer: “Hey [every 80’s synth pop artist], Terry is here”
Every 80’s synth pop artist: “Oh, cool, I love Terry”
Producer: “. . . and he brought his horn”
Every 80’s synth pop artist: “Oh no”
Producer: “Yeah, he keeps listening to the demos and mentioning that a horn would go great during a bunch of parts”
Every 80’s synth pop artist: “He can’t think . . .”
Producer: “He says he’s got to get some work soon or he’ll lose his union healthcare and he needs to have that surgery . . .”
Every 80’s synth pop artist: “Look, I like Terry, but there is just no place for horns on this record. This is straight synth pop. We just can’t have a random horn section on these songs. It would sound totally out of place and cheesy. Can we just let Terry hit a key on a synth or play a tambourine on a song and give him a credit?”
Producer: “He’s wearing sunglasses and keeps slicking back his hair and smiling and asking if anyone is ‘feeling horn-y’ while fingering the little buttons on his trumpet, but it looks like he is crying a little too”
Every 80’s synth pop artist: “. . . okay, geez. Find a song to have him play on”
Terry, popping his head around the corner, hair super-slicked back with a mixture of gel and tears: “BWHAAAAAHH BABABAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!”
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