Unbelievably, this performance took place 30 years ago today.
Performing Under Pressure with @DavidBowieReal at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert.
An incredible event, raising awareness of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
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š§µšLove all the backstories on tracks & videos o@AnnieLennoxox 30th anniversary o#Divava. Been playing it on walks & drives again. So many memories, so many phenomenal songs. Her voice is one I turn to to remind myself how muc#musicic heals.#Diva30atwitter.com/AnnieLennox/stā¦Z3K
I believe that music has a special healing power. Thatās one of the main reasons weāre drawn to it so compellingly.
āI could be so content, hearing the sound of your breathāā¦
Love Annieā¤ļø
#Diva30
We are filled with fear at both conscious and unconscious levels.
We carry it around with us. Anxiety, rage, depression, trauma, are all part of the individual and collective human experience.
The beauty of poetry is that statements can be made that you might not even fully understandā¦like puzzles that are open to interpretation.
āliving scares me to deathā⦠makes an observation that the human condition is challenging, terrifying and threatening.
Post Covid ā20 ā ā22, as well as all the trauma from warfare and displacement, Iām sure thereās a massive need for this to happen.
It needs to be brought into the open so we can come more easily to terms with it.
I still havenāt figured out whether this statement is disingenuous or not.
Who am I to make grandiose statements about the subject of ādeathā being easy, when itās clearly the ONE issue that terrifies most of us all.
Even tiny insects do everything to avoid their own mortality.
The āotherā persona offers the facility to step out of āconventionā - which is why I suspect everyone wore masks of disguise during those memorable Venetian balls back in the day.
You have permission to behave differently.
At one point the ātalentā was so thin on the ground that we thought the entire concept might have to be changed..But then - like magic, we realised that we might have enough Annieās, if we could manage to fly our āRevengeā character from Poland! šµš± Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ( Greetings Piotr!fT
It was so nuts that we both started getting desperate fits of giggles, which we clearly had to stifle out of respect for the peeps who had turned up..
sliding down the seats in the darkened aisle, desperately trying not to be seen.
(They had no idea I was actually in the room).
Either me or Sophie came up with the notion of having AL ālook alikesā to perform, as I was expecting a baby ( Hi Tali!š) and might not have the stamina..
We held a truly surreal audition in a little old London theatre one afternoon.0
Praise be to the incomparable Annie Lennox and this deeply iconic album. I was LIVING for the drama of it as a little kidā¦the songs, the artwork, the title! And it still hits the same all these years later. šÆtwitter.com/AnnieLennox/stā¦R
Several years later.. I got married in the same building. Little do you know my friends. Synchronicity.
ps⦠Any brilliant directors out there looking for a gothic ancient crone? Iām up for it!!! #Diva30
Saffron Aldrich needed no make up to enhance her naturally stunning features and āyours trulyā stamped and swung about like the ācrazedā person I wanted to manifest...
(The best bit was improvised crawling across the floor..just to take it that level further. )
The walls were hung with ancient decorative paper that had evidently survived two world wars. The atmosphere was filled with stylish melancholy. Over the course of two days it was dressed and lit, as were the fabulous ensemble of featured characters.
There is a private members club in central London called Home House.. Itās quite swish & fancy now, but a few decades ago it was in a sadly dilapidated state.. Perfect for use as a video set!
It had and still has large rooms with high ceilings and wonderfully curved staircases.
And on this day 30 years ago, the incomparable @AnnieLennox released her masterpiece "Diva" which included Why?, Walking on Broken Glass and Little Bird. Truly one of the all time great albums. twitter.com/crockpics/statā¦
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The album has sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, making it certified quadruple platinum! It also won a BRIT award in 1993 for āBritish Album of the YearāKb
Good God almighty! Today is Divaās 30th birthday! (Time & space will pass us by & by)
I can hardly remember what I did yesterday, let alone 30 yrs ago but I actually do have a whole bunch of memories connected to this adventure in sound & visionā¦check them out all you DIVAās!
#NowSpinning The Tourists: Reality Effect (1979).
@AnnieLennox & @DaveStewart group before Eurythmics.
Found it by chance in a second hand records store. Love having this now along with my 80's and reissued copies from Eurythmics discography.
#vinyljunkie