Showing posts with label Miss Lennox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miss Lennox. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

And For Our Next Number: Now Listen, Honey

Long ago and far away, when the world was young and all a pop group needed was a sixties hit to remake, a look that was equal parts eye-searing color and overexposed video, and that very special brand of affectless surliness that ruled the world from 1979 through about 1983.

Through it all shines the nascent genius that was the Annie Lennox-Dave Stewart combo. In a few seconds - well, three years or so - they'll be the biggest thing going, but here they're paying their dues. This version won't make you forget Dusty, but it's fun to fall back into, somehow as comforting and distant as the Swinging London original...