{"id":216,"date":"2022-02-17T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2022\/02\/17\/the-lover-speaks\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:02:00","slug":"the-lover-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2022\/02\/17\/the-lover-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lover Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Lover Speaks<\/b><\/div>\n

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David Freeman<\/b> – Guitar, Joseph Hughes<\/b> – Bass<\/span><\/p>\n


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From Rex Brough<\/b><\/p>\n

“In 1986 or so Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox of The Eurythmics appeared as Guest VJs on MTV<\/p>\n

. Dave chose the song “No More I Love You’s” as one of his picks and made the reference that he had “discovered” The Lover Speaks. Eurythmics later covered the song.”<\/p>\n

From Pete Chambers in Godiva Rocks<\/b> – ” Hughes and Freeman were from Neil O’Conner’s band The Flys. By 1986 the two were back together in The Lover Speaks (the name was taken from Roland Barthe’s A Lover’s Discourse. After getting their demo tape through to producer Jimmy Lovine (via Dave Stewart and Chrissie Hynd) they secured a deal with A & M Records. Releasing the eponymous LP in 1986. An album that boasted some carefully crafted atmospheric moments (a huge departure from the Fly’s punky sound). The track (and i quote Freeman here). “That followed me like a slug”. Was the single No More I Love You’s, charting in the UK charts at 58. The band toured with the Eurythmics and had a second track from their album Every Lover’s Sign (Remix) go to number 6 in the US hot dance music charts. A second album – The Big Lie, never saw the light of day and A & M let them go they say. That would be the end of the story if former Eurythmic Annie Lennox hadn’t decided to cover No More I Love You’s on her 1995 Medusa album. Eventually releasing the song as a single, achieving a No 2 in the UK and number 23 in the US. Dave Freeman likened it to a lottery win, claiming both himself and his accountant loved Annie’s version of the song. Dave in the interim released countless low key solo albums.”<\/p>\n

Barry Gilbert<\/b> was another member of the band. More here on Wiki http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lover_Speaks<\/a>
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The Lover Speaks – S\/T [1986 full album] 00:00 Every Lover’s Sign 04:38 No More “I Love You’s” 08:43 Never To Forget You 13:06 Face Me And Smile 17:26 Absent One 21:42 Love Is: “I Gave You Everything” 26:11 “This Can’t Go On!” 30:03 Still Faking This Art Of Love 34:26 Tremble Dancing 38:42 Of Tears <\/span><\/p>\n

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