During the Olympics, Music Max hopped on the bandwagon, with their top 5000 Gold Medal Marathon countdown. We’ll ignore the predictability of the whole exercise (you’ll see what I mean when I list the top 10 later in this post) and we’ll focus today on a song that broke in somewhere in the 200’s, the formidable Annie Lennox and her 1992 hit ‘Walking On Broken Glass’. I can’t believe I’d never seen this video before. I bloody love it! It’s got everything – lush medieval costumes and a great sense of fun, as well as a couple of cameos. John Malkovich makes an appearance, but Hugh Laurie is a stand out, in a getup reminiscent of his performance as George, Prince Regent, in Blackadder. Gregory House, eat your heart out.
Anyway, I digress. The point is, I loved the clip and it reminded how much my daggy side still appreciates Annie Lennox. YouTube wouldn’t let me embed it here, but you can follow this link and watch it to your heart’s content. You can also grab the mp3 below, because I just know you’re going to want to play this over and over again, and because I’m feeling so incredibly generous, I’m also including bonus Eurythmics track ‘When Tomorrow Comes’. You know you love it.
Walking On Broken Glass – Annie Lennox
When Tomorrow Comes – Eurythmics
Oh, and here’s the top 10 from the Music Max Top 5000 whatsit. It’s so predictable that my brother and I guessed 8 of the 10 artists featured (we missed The Clash and Joy Division). Yeah, we’re dorks. But damn, are we good at predicting the predictable!
1 Imagine – John Lennon
2 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3 Stairway To Heaven - Led Zepplin
4 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
5 Long Way To The Top – ACDC
6 Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
7 London Calling - The Clash
8 Like A Virgin – Madonna
9 I Still Haven’t Found… – U2
10 Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
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September 3, 2008 at 3:49 am
WankelRotaryEngine
I’ve always loved Annie Lennox. Her last couple of efforts haven’t done a whole lot for me, unfortunately. But, Diva was excellent and I was knocked out by Medusa. No one does tough and angry woman like she does, and she can turn it on like flipping on a light.
And, although that list generally sucks, what’s up with that ACDC tune? I don’t think I’ve ever even heard it (not being a big ACDC fan and coming of age in the late 80’s)!
September 3, 2008 at 7:48 am
itallstarted
Think this one’s an Aussie based list – there was quite a bit of ACDC in there, as well as Cold Chisel, Crowded House, Midnight Oil, Split Enz, ACDC and lots of Kylie’s early stuff. All prominent Aussie artists in the 80’s and 90’s. Not really popular anywhere else!
September 6, 2008 at 4:53 pm
arizaphale
Ah. Annie. I remember her when she was The Eurythmics. What a wild video clip. They don’t make em like that anymore!
September 6, 2008 at 5:14 pm
itallstarted
And what a shame that is!