Views : 85,893,386
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Oct 2, 2009 ^^
Rating : 4.859 (16,557/451,821 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-09T17:43:47.847758Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Just watched a documentary on Annie Lennox and how she along with Dave Stewart struggled for years for success. She was banned from MTV and ridiculed for her short hair, accused of being a cross dresser, etc. A real story of perseverance. What an artist and just listen to those pipes. A gift for us. Thanks Annie and Dave.
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This music video demonstrates the power of nuance and intimacy—Annie does relatively little yet remains so compelling to watch. Particularly at a time when some music videos were becoming massive productions worth millions of dollars with extensive choreography, expensive sets and wardrobes, and more. How much this video conveys with so little!
And then there's the song itself, a breath of fresh air after the Eurythmics years—when we were able to see more of the person behind the performance...
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@zimzimzalabim
3 years ago
This song is about a crumbling relationship and how you deal with changes in your life, but it's just much more than that, IMO. Beyond the sad melody and aching vocals, Annie talks covers the 5 stages of grief: denial ("Some things are better left unsaid"), anger ("Why don't you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut"), bargaining ("Let's go down to the water's edge And we can cast away those doubts), depression ("This is the book I never read, These are the words I never said"), acceptance ("You don't know what I feel"), to culminate with a single word in the chorus: "Why?". If this isn't a masterpiece to you, then tell me what is.
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