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Alex Forhermusic
Wishing And Hoping
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 Posted - 18/11/2007 : 00:45:48
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Although I whinged about Denise Van Outen, and have stayed silent about Amy Winehouse's performance last week, I was impressed by Annie Lennox's first song on Children In Need. Very refreshing and a tough vocal for her too, which was well within her capabilities .
I think Simon Bell's site says Annie Lennox was at the Royal Albert Hall in 1979 while 'I Only Want To Be With You' was in the charts.
I think she and Dusty could have collaborated to great effect had the opportunity arisen  . Did they nkow each other? Did they get on? Could they have worked together?
Alex - Forhermusic
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furtivenudist
Wishing And Hoping
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Posted - 18/11/2007 : 12:16:55
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Haven't heard her latest, but she's soooooo cool. What's the name of the song you like?
Her voice alone conjures up the 80s, yet she's still hip. |
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reputation
Wishing And Hoping
United Kingdom
991 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2007 : 13:16:27
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Alex, Dusty once said on a chat show (when asked about what current female singer she liked) that she liked Annie Lennox & Alison Moyet.
I think a duet between Dusty & Annie would have been great!
It's a shame the programme swung on to Annie when she had actually started her performance but it was good to hear her sing Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) too. |
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Sgt.Pepper
Wishing And Hoping
Germany
140 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2007 : 13:36:28
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Simply one of the best female singers ever.
Time has an own face. |
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treking
Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/11/2007 : 14:11:59
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Love Annie Lennox.
I think Dusty and Annie could have made a great sound together.
She was in the audiece at RAH.
I think they would have got on--not sure whether they ever met--I think perhaps not.
Trek
Also known as Carole. |
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Alex Forhermusic
Wishing And Hoping
170 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2007 : 17:11:53
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See the word 'fascinating' or 'fascinated' in many of my posts - but I mean it every time(!). How f...inating that Dusty also liked Alison Moyet. Honest - I've been meaning to bring her up lately and forgotten each time. Having obtained YAZOO's greatest songs cd, recently , I remembered why AM's voice resonated around my 'heid' so persistently, back then.
It makes me clench my fists with frustration - could you imagine the three of them (Dusty, Annie L and Alison Moyet) agreeing on a project then blasting the charts to pieces in the 80s? Speculation is endless, but wouldn't Dusty have found her 'new' music, earlier, through vocalists such as those two?  
Sorry, I'm not sure what the (first) song was called. Can anyone help there? It sounded new (but I've missed loads of her stuff since the Eurythmics).
Back in 1983 my mate Kevin and I went to see the Eurythmics play a tiny, 'underground' club in Glasgow called Nightmoves. We got in and had a pint: the support act played and all went well. Then, to everyone's surprise, they put that night's edition of 'The Tube' (UK Channel 4) on the big screen. Jools Holland, accompanied by Annie Lennox, et al, apologised to us, up in Scotland, that they were running a bit late in Manchester but the band would be up as soon as possible!
Well, who needed an excuse to have a beer while waiting? The band's black VW minibus, complete with Dave Stewart and 'Its Got To Be Perfect' fellow Scot, Eddi Reader, then a backing vocalist for them, arrived at goodness knows what time . On they came, still to a full house, she in serge military style uniform and blazing orange hair.
A terrific show - sounding as good as the studio album. A few skinheads in the audience spat at her , but I think that was not malicious, just exuberant grot!
The whole thing finished so late that both Kevin and I felt there was no point in going to our respective homes, having forgotten our keys, and being locked out. He slept in a Sauchiehall St doorway, while kept lookout. At 3am they finally descended the steps to their wee bus, carrying their own kit. Dave Stewart first: with two polly bags(!). I put my hand out, as if to shake, and congratulate, but he put a hand into his bag and pulled out a cassette copy of Sweet Dreams. Eddi Reader then passed, Kevin almost swooning (she had a fur coat on). Then Annie L herself. For a Scot, she didn't know where Paisley was...but she took my pen and wrote, 'Dear Alex, I hereby immortalize this cassette. Love Annie Lennox. xxx' HELLO!
While chatting I asked about the skinheads: 'I don't like spitting', she said. At the beginning of her journey; and in a black minibus...
Well, if someone can tell what that first Children in need song was, I'll go out and look for it. Anyone?
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
12633 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2007 : 17:25:33
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Brilliant Story Alex, Thankyou.
Yes, Annie Lennox is a unique character.
A great singer too... I liked The Eurythmics and her solo stuff.
I'm afraid I missed her on Children In Need.
I'm sure there is a quote from her, about Dusty, on 'The Simply Dusty' boxed set.
I'll find it, and post it.
Talking of Alison Moyet, I presume you know that she backed Dusty along with Sinead O' Connor on Dustys very last TV appearance which, by co-incidence, was the Jools Holland Show.
The Song was :
'Where is a woman to go?'...
Carole xxx
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reputation
Wishing And Hoping
United Kingdom
991 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2007 : 18:09:15
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Only You by Yazoo is a great record !
I'm surprised Alison Moyet has gone so quiet lately. |
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Alex Forhermusic
Wishing And Hoping
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Posted - 18/11/2007 : 23:42:30
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Carole, I actually saw that Later With Jools Holland show, probably more by accident than design, because at that time I wasn't a pronounced 'fan' (hadn't woken up yet), but didn't know Alison Moyet OR Sinead O'Connor had backed her. That show always has an eclectic mix of bands , dotted around the studio. Had the other two been on in their own right, then backed Dusty on her song? I've been a fan of widely different musicians over t'years. 'Later' is now a document of popular music like Whistle Test was before it [from Nick Cave to Tony Bennett...and Dusty].
Am looking forward to the Annie Lennox quotes. Many thanks Carole. Nice picture of her too.
Reputation, I thought I heard what sounded like a new-ish song with Alison Moyet on it very recently. Must have been on Radio 2. Maybe there's a reference to her being played on their 'listen again' facility on their web site? The compilation cd is dated 1999, on Mute Records, entitled, 'ONLY YAZOO'. Nobody's Diary was a big favourite of mine, back in the day, and on hearing this cd, track 12, the US 12" mix of SITUATION has very clever synthesiser from Vince Clark. Winter Kills is an utter contrast: bleak piano and Alison Moyet in slow time.
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/11/2007 : 10:25:29
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As far as I know, Alison and Sinead were there purely to back Dusty, but someone may correct me on this.
Going back to Alison... I so liked this song, that I bought her album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjpf4h5hK8g
Annie Lennox quote to follow.
Carole R xx
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
12633 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2007 : 16:52:06
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Annie Lennox quote as promised:
Listen
Now
Dusty is singing
Colouring
The drab evening
Once Again
In Sparkle gown
Perfection
Spinning
Impossisble
Arcs of vibrato
Through
Smouldering
Waves
Of Invisible
Sound
Listen
Now
Dusty is singing.
A typically 'different' tribute from Ms. Lennox.
Carole xx |
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Alex Forhermusic
Wishing And Hoping
170 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2007 : 18:10:57
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Carole's Goldmine produces once again. Thanks twice
Nothing bland or predictable from Annie Lennox. Poetic, eccentric(?), but very respectful and clearly affectionate - there is a joy in discovering these links between kindred spirits of Dusty's.
Hearing AL, on Children In Need, on her first song, restored my waning faith in current recording artists' abilty to reach and stimulate me.
I felt a bit daft after the above statement, not remembering Dusty's backing vocalists. But I remember her being 'on', and when you mentioned Sinead O'Connor and Alison Moyet (another intriguing combination) it made sense. Gratias
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Alex Forhermusic
Wishing And Hoping
170 Posts |
Posted - 21/11/2007 : 19:01:48
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That song on Children In Need...was 'SING'. A very good song. I hadn't heard it before that night but it brought me back to life. See www.annielennoxsing.com or, for example, www.madonnatribe.com/sing for a feature on the song, that debuted on BBC Radio 2 back on August 21st.
She wrote to twenty-three other female artists, including Madonna, asking for their participation - to rekindle awareness of the Mother-to-Child HIV transmission prevention programme.
SING is, apparently, on her album, 'Songs Of Mass Destruction'. Who are the 23 then?
The Generics
Anastacia
Angelique Kidjo
Beth Gibbons
Beth Orton
Beverley Knight
Bonnie Raitt
Celine Dion
Dido
Faith Hill
Fergie
Gladys Knight
Isobel Campbell
Joss Stone
KD Lang
KT Tunstall
Madonna
Martha
Wainwright
Melissa Etheridge
Pink
Sarah McLachlan
Shakira
Shingai Shoniwa
& Sugababes...
Recommended here!
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sparkie
Wishing And Hoping
United Kingdom
519 Posts |
Posted - 21/11/2007 : 22:51:49
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| FYI - This Sunday, 25th November, Annie Lennox is on the South Bank Show on ITV at 10.45pm. |
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Alex Forhermusic
Wishing And Hoping
170 Posts |
Posted - 24/11/2007 : 17:56:08
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Have just amazoned the new Annie Lennox cd - Songs of Mass Destruction - and got money off. Canny wait. SING is a belter of a song. Honest
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15/01/2008 : 22:54:38
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Annie Lennox has been 'dropped by her record company...
She is reported to be devastated.
Carole R xx
"Annie are you okay...are you okay, Annie"?.. |
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Sara
Moderator
United Kingdom
8647 Posts |
Posted - 15/01/2008 : 23:51:55
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How come?
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Janie
Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/01/2008 : 10:59:23
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http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/15012008/364/lennox-devastated-record-label-snub.html&e=l_news_dm
Lennox devastated at record label snub
(Tuesday January 15, 2008 10:25 AM)
Annie Lennox was left devastated after she was dropped from her record label - and has branded the move a "kick in the teeth".
The former Eurythmics star was stunned when Sony BMG stopped answering her phone calls just weeks before her contract was due to expire.
Lennox, 53, insists she was shocked at the way she was treated by the company which once hailed her as "one of the finest musical voices of the age".
She says, "They totally ignored me. It was bizarre. It was a kick in the teeth. They didn't return my phone calls or emails for three weeks. I'm trying to find out what's behind it.
"Probably a good thing I'm no longer with them - mild understatement. Unless it's them trying to tell me something... Hello!"
The singer admits she has been left contemplating her future in the music industry.
She adds, "It feels like I'm spent, as if I've completely run out of energy. I'm going to take my time over the coming months to figure out what to do with this freedom."
Lennox's last album, Songs of Mass Destruction, charted at number nine in the Billboard 200 chart in October 2007, selling a healthy 78,000 copies during its first week of release in the U.S.
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Rob
Something Special
United Kingdom
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
12633 Posts |
Posted - 16/01/2008 : 20:28:28
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Love that song Rob....What a great singer, too.
This does seem unbelievable, especially as her last album did well.
The Music Industry seems to be very 'cut throat' at the moment.
They don't seem interested in established acts,or establishig acts, they just seem to prefer 'One or Two Hit Wonders'...
A sad situation indeed.
Carole R xx
By the way, has Annie ever received an honour?.. |
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
12633 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2008 : 22:32:13
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Annie Lennox was the pretend Castaway on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs yesterday.
Disappointingly, she didn't choose a Dusty track.
Anyways, if you'd like to see what she did choose, have a nosey here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs.shtml
One or two surprises, methinks.
Carole R xx
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