Artist: Eurythmics
Video: From YouTube.
I don't remember being a fan of Eurythmics, but I did buy "Be Yourself Tonight" on cassette tape while it was popular. There must have been some reason. I doubt that it was because of this song. Good song, just not really my taste.
"Would I Lie To You?" opens with a foreboding rumbling bass, and features some interesting sound combinations overall, most prominently the frequent joyous explosions of horns. The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Eurythmics, of course, is the duo of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. Both have maintained successful music careers since the band split up in 1990, Lennox as a solo artist and Stewart in a myriad of projects. Stewart worked with several artists in 1985, most notably Tom Petty in this classic video.
The beginning of the "Would I Lie To You?" video features an argument between Annie Lennox and her motorcycle-riding boyfriend. The beau is played by Steven Bauer, best known as Tony Montana’s pal Manolo in the classic “Scarface”. Post-fight, Dave Stewart consoles her by telling her to just “be yourself tonight” (the album title).
The pep talk works, as the band performs enthusiastically before a vibrant crowd of a couple hundred people in a smallish club. There seems to be about twenty musicians on stage, several dancing in scarcely controlled chaos. Towards the end, Bauer returns and confronts Annie on stage, whereupon he is hurled into the crowd and leaves in shame.
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