Eurythmics - Savage The Video Album
Savage is a ground-breaking home video album by Eurythmics, released in November 1988 on VHS and LaserDisc. It is a companion video to their 1987 music album of the same name. The collection has gained a reputation as a cutting-edge piece of work and perhaps the duo’s crowning achievement video-wise.
The majority of the video album was directed by Sophie Muller, and the individual video clips largely (but not exclusively) focus upon Annie Lennox interpreting a crumbling relationship in the form of different personas, such as a meek housewife and an extroverted blonde vamp.
The videos are steeped in metaphorical imagery and subtext. Dave Stewart‘s only prominent appearances on the video album are limited to three tracks (and some archive concert footage in a fourth) though these particular clips do not appear to be directly related to the recurring theme. The running order of the tracks on the video album differ from that of the original album, making for a more cohesive concept piece. The only tracks not directed by Muller were “Shame” which was directed by Steve Graham and “I’ve Got a Lover (Back in Japan)” which was directed by Chester Dent and John Stewart.
The Savage home video has not been reissued or remastered since its release in the late 1980s. Eurythmics fans are hoping for a remastering and a re-release, and hopefully, remastered re-releases of Eurythmics’ other home videos, Sweet Dreams (The Video Album), Eurythmics Live, We Too Are One Too, Greatest Hits and Peacetour. While not commercially available at the moment, some of the videos from the album are on YouTube. Below are a selection of some of them, in varying degrees of quality. (Information on this page partially sourced from Wikipedia)
