Marilyn Manson/The Eurythmics Sweet Dreams

Marilyn Manson/The Eurythmics Sweet Dreams

Marilyn Manson Sweet Dreams

The Eurythmics Sweet Dreams

Manson

.....(cont.) This could suggest that they were both influenced by the same time period.

...Manson also has orange headwear where as Lennox has orange/ginger hair.

Even though the shots on the slide before are slightly different we can see that bofe Lennox and Manson use the same technic of using a coloured overlay as well as using fade in and out, image overlay and image distortion.

The video suggests that the pig is more likely there for a"spiritual" reason or is there for ritual as the pig is being led around by someone dressed and made up to look a bit like a shaman.

Manson has even "copied" Lennox down to the smallest detail, on the next slide we can see that Lennox is wearing black gloves and that Manson appears to be wearing the same gloves.

Both Lennox and Manson use farm animals in their videos. Lennox uses a cow and manson uses a pig, the cow in The euyrthmics could be featured for the pure fact some scenes are shot in a field where as the pig doesnt fit in to Mansons setting...

Marilyn Manson made his cover of The Eurythmics Sweet Dreams in 1998 just over 10 years after The Eurythmics. even though the styling and genre of the two artists are completely different they do share some shot from shot similarities...

The main shot (see on previous slide) that Manson used is where Annie Lennox is seen with a red dot on her forehead, though the shots from the two music videos afe different it is clear that The Eurythmic did have an influence on Manson. Marilyn Manson has done many cover songs but...

It's clear to see that manson was also heavly influenced by shot types. in the previous slide Lennox and manson look near identical due to the shot type and the way they are interacting with the camera. If you look closely you can also see manson is wearing a suit simliar to Lennox....

...non share quite as many similarities as Sweet dreams. In both music videos Lennox and Manson feature "old fashioned" technology. Lennox features a old computer and type writer and Manson uses an what almost looks like a headset, He is also seen with an old mic...