Eurythmics - Rock Legends
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Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart came from very different backgrounds, but both pursued a career in music from an early age. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were two wildly different characters. She was a tenement girl from Aberdeen, who’d managed to claw her way out of what was obviously quite a hard upbringing, He was the kind of Wearside Durham Jack the Lad who was something of a musical prodigy. Annie studied the flute at the Royal Academy of Music but had to work as a waitress to get by. It was at her workplace that she was introduced to Dave Stewart through a mutual friend. They would soon form their first band, The Tourists The Tourists disbanded after legal issues between Pete Coombes and the label. It freed Annie and Dave, who wanted to expand their creativity further. Together they formed the Eurythmics and released their debut album, In the Garden. In the Garden achieved little commercial success and the duo chose to retreat to a small home studio in London’s Chalk Farm, where they were free to develop a new sound They began to work with synthesisers, a choice that would lead them to their breakthrough hit, Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This. The success of the single led to a re-release of Love is a Stranger. The band, now big on both sides of the Atlantic, had another hit on their hands. The band quickly worked on their follow-up album, Touch. It would become their first number one in the UK and produced a succession of hit singles. Touch also saw them experiment with even more musical styles Featuring archive material, music videos Who’s That Girl, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) and, exclusive insights from music critics and journalists Michael Bonner (Uncut Magazine), Hamish MacBain (Shortlist), John Aizlewood (Evening Standard) Rock Legends Eurythmics tells the story of one of Britain’s enduring rock bands.

2014 · 22m

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Eurythmics - Rock Legends

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Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart came from very different backgrounds, but both pursued a career in music from an early age. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were two wildly different characters. She was a tenement girl from Aberdeen, who’d managed to claw her way out of what was obviously quite a hard upbringing, He was the kind of Wearside Durham Jack the Lad who was something of a musical prodigy. Annie studied the flute at the Royal Academy of Music but had to work as a waitress to get by. It was at her workplace that she was introduced to Dave Stewart through a mutual friend. They would soon form their first band, The Tourists The Tourists disbanded after legal issues between Pete Coombes and the label. It freed Annie and Dave, who wanted to expand their creativity further. Together they formed the Eurythmics and released their debut album, In the Garden. In the Garden achieved little commercial success and the duo chose to retreat to a small home studio in London’s Chalk Farm, where they were free to develop a new sound They began to work with synthesisers, a choice that would lead them to their breakthrough hit, Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This. The success of the single led to a re-release of Love is a Stranger. The band, now big on both sides of the Atlantic, had another hit on their hands. The band quickly worked on their follow-up album, Touch. It would become their first number one in the UK and produced a succession of hit singles. Touch also saw them experiment with even more musical styles Featuring archive material, music videos Who’s That Girl, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) and, exclusive insights from music critics and journalists Michael Bonner (Uncut Magazine), Hamish MacBain (Shortlist), John Aizlewood (Evening Standard) Rock Legends Eurythmics tells the story of one of Britain’s enduring rock bands.

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2014
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22 min

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