Eurythmics Album: “Sweet Dreams [Video]”

First of all, I love these guys and respect their work. My beef is with the audio quality of this recording. It is very poor compared to the balance of video concerts being released on DVD. The audio quality is flat and consequently was not very much fun to experience. Sorry.

Hindsight is 20/20 and anybody can be a Tuesday morning quarterback. This concert took place when the Eurythmics were young and just becoming famous. No one would rag on original concerts from U2, the Beatles, or the Police, so don't be so harsh on Annie and Dave. The Eurythmics went through transformations, just as Annie tends to do in videos. Their first album "In the Garden" was very sing-songy. It's "Sweet Dreams" that was bass-heavy, dark electronica. In this concert, the Eurythmics give their first album's songs an electronic twist. Annie Lennox is a concert-trained flautist and this concert is one of the rare times when you see her perform on the flute. This concert cannot be compared to their Revenge Tour concert videocassette; they had evolved by then. They got burnt on the "1984" soundtrack and went in a new direction. You've heard the cliche "You gotta work with what you got!" Well, Annie and Dave were working it! Be contextual, viewers and critics!

OK, first let me start off by saying that I had already owned this Eurythmics concert on laserdisc. Since I was replacing my lasers with DVD's I bought this one over again. I am now sorry that I did 'cause it was a total waste of money. The sound quality is the most awful I've ever heard on a DVD. I should have listened to some of the reviews warning me of this. My laserdisc copy is much, much better. To make matters even worse there is nothing extra on this DVD (not even an interesting menu). All it contains are the song titles on the opening screen. Releasing sound quality like this should be a crime. However if you would still like to purchase this I will sell you mine for a cheaper price.

The concept of this compilation was interesting in the 80' but the "scenettes" with the puppies look very old fashioned now. In fact it's just a live with 3 video clips in it. Furthermore, the sound on this DVD is very poor (even if it is in PCM format). The kind of DVD released without any special work on it, just to make money.

The electrifying Eurythmics appear live in "Heaven" with the angelic voice of Annie Lennox & the dynomite Dave Stewart performing songs from their first 3 albums. Witness Annie play the flute! Includes some of their earlier music videos. It sounds great on stereo surround sound! Just a note, I used to have this on RCA Videodisc before my player went kerput. It's so great to see & hear these tunes again!