Line Out - Comments on Mo' Better than the Book http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book The best thing about Michael Radford's adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984 is not in the movie, the Eurythmics' soundtrack. Radford rejected the Eurythmics' synthpop score and instead used a dull (dry, dead, dreadful) original orchestral score. The Eurythmics, however,... Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:35:09 -0800 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:09:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by annierocks Charles - thanks for this post, as I'm a big fan of both the book and definitly of Annie L...and wasn't aware of this album. long live the 80s, eh? cheers -

]]> annierocks http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949014 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949014 Classic Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:57:51 -0800 Comment by mackro mackro "SexCrime (1984)" is still my favorite Eurythmics track. I used to watch the video at (ok, this makes me very old) a video jukebox in a video-game arcade as a kid all the time.

]]> mackro mackro http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949201 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949201 Classic Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:46:16 -0800 Comment by Jethro Yah! You probably never heard of this overlooked gem in Annie Lennox's discography, because the record label chose to release "Sexcrime" as a single, which was widely misinterpreted as a song about rape, and therefore bombed accordingly. The full length album then sunk without a trace, and the Eurythmics went to work on their next album. Combine this with the director rejecting the soundtrack for his album, and the press that surrounded it at the time, and the album was D.O.A. in record stores.

Chalk it up to cultural illiteracy.

]]> Jethro http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949217 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949217 Classic Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:54:19 -0800 Comment by Dougsf That book is banned in Cuba, oddly enough. I wonder if the CD is, as well.

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949420 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c949420 Classic Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:55:48 -0800 Comment by oye Orwell >>>>>> Eurythmics

No contest.

]]> oye http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c950268 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c950268 Classic Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:05 -0800 Comment by matthew This was easily my favorite Eurythmics album at the time. It was re-issued about 12 years ago, but is sadly out of print again.

]]> matthew http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c951176 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c951176 Classic Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:23:50 -0800 Comment by Oh well oh well oh well oh well It's far and away the weakest album they ever made. (With the possible exception of The Garden - and not counting the utterly inconsequential "reunion" one - whatever it was even called.)

]]> Oh well oh well oh well oh well http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c951302 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c951302 Classic Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:23:04 -0800 Comment by Betty thanks Charles- I love your taste in music. I agree it's an amazing soundtrack. I have the album first release edition and adore it.


]]> Betty http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c951602 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/mo_better_than_the_book#c951602 Classic Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:09:09 -0800