Annie Lennox - The Gift

[ravinianly]

Blue Nile wrote this track WITH Annie, not for her.

[nemoism]

One of my favorite CD's , just brilliant!

[lilianabuera]

Es como ver uno de mis sueños en ésta dimensión...SUBLIME!!

[notastalker77]

Do do do do do do doo. :) - Take this gilded cage of pain and set me free. Take this overcoat of shame. - It never did belong to me.

[meghanchavalier]

Annie Lennox is brilliant

[kywomanlml]

Annie Lennox is so original, she's almost unreal. As if a dream...

[yiayia0000]

THE BLUE NILE wrote this song for the good friend ANNIE

[Rosyheart1]

i have loved Annie Lennox De Novo (Latin) and seeing this video makes up for not

seeing it sooner...thank you! Bellisima! Brava!

[gooboo1000]

WOW. WHAT A POIGNANT VIDEO. SIMPLE. MEANINGFUL.

[hibbidygibbidy]

truly sublime..

[txltlfrmn]

From time to time, generations experience the opportunity to appreciate the rare and wonderful sound of a person with a golden voice, as Santana sang in a recent song, "You're so smooooth.." Annie has such a voice. As Sinatra wooed his countless fans, and Elvis performed his emotional dance with that rich baritone range of his, so Annie Lennox shares the gift which we all have come to love, that gift of the golden voice. God bless my dear.

[Camuyhatillo]

For my mother, may she R.I.P

[louloubelle081]

Powerful message...what a great solo album. Bought it when it had first come out. Still means today what yesterday remembers xo

[roscommo1960]

simple video but really works.great song and vocals.

[missladybug007]

looks like someone is trying to look like her lately...I just noticed that.

[Sue71]

She's so tall in this video. I thought she was super short?

[AngelaLovesToys]

@Sue71

Annie Lennox is 5 foot 7 tall standing on her feet

[MrGajka6]

Najwspanialsza kobieta pod słońcem...Annie ciągle się uczę żyć z poniżeniem,zdradą,oszustwem..T­y dajesz piękny przykład nosa do góry...tyle że ja mogę sobie popłakać w kącie swojego biura czy pokoju..a Ty stajesz na pięknym placu,piękniejsza od aniołów..też bym tak chciała.Ale nic to,patrząc na Ciebie unoszę się ponad męską przemianę materii i jest mi fajnie

[Broomehall]

Because sometimes it's what's on the inside that's important, it's hard to be truthful all the time, it's even harder to be truthful with ourselves..........

[dineshpandey40]

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It's nice.

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[cocoalump]

Annie is the most beautiful "work of art" in this beautiful video.. Annie is "The Gift" .PEACE

[The5330eric]

Elle est unique, merveilleuse, touchante et d'une sensibilité inouïe... Je l'adore.

[sebounetman]

Elle est merveilleuse...

[mcravenus]

This sounds like the Blue Nile

[TheVivifire]

Thank you for having! Ms Lennox~ My One True God & Goddess For Eternity!!!!

[angelicaduti]

assolutamente geniale!

[banditz011]

and i can almost i can almost hear the rain falling

and dont you know,it feels so good,feels so good,

[Cattwo12]

ANNIE, YOU ARE A GIFT ALL OF US!!!!!

Love, Linus Redding

[robadorable]

LIFE IS A GIFT,,and god knows annie has been giving us hers !!!!!

[bonjo86]

Anche io volevo essere a Venezia quel giorno!!! ma non ero forse nemmeno nato :(

[JeSuisMonAmiPourTu]

playing this song in the name of Reiki & Leigh Bowery and my children ... as a result of these 3 elements unstoppable in my life i am very very blessed ; healing

[lucyharvey100]

i thought she didnt have any arms in the first bit

[patagoniko31]

genia annie

[conchaperez]

What a beautiful Woman.

[74alexander11]

I've been listening to this song a lot for the past week and I couldn't figure out why. It's so beautiful and dark in such a subtle way. I love that last line: "So let's go out into the rain again, just like we said we always would."

[Hubraoul]

a real singer,not some comercial product that we see too much lately

[gooboo1000]

@Hubraoul 100% BABY!!!!

[kuniana]

Beautifull song, so sad... so terrible!!!!!

[cocoalump]

Annie = Beauty, Talent, Love & Compasion.. People of the world could learn so much from her if they would only listen..PEACE

[RoyalOakDude]

Reminds me of coming out 20 years ago. WOW! Have never seen the Video for this song...my second fave from the "why" album

[Kwamalicious]

I applaud You.

[jamesS0289]

How wonderful it would be to be one of those people who stood and had their photo taken with her, dressed like that. :D

[sensorofview]

superbe vidéo ...... superbe femme ....

[madseklund]

Thanks

[icedoggiedog]

Genious

[socrateacher]

This song has been a favorite of mine.. got me through a tough time in my life. For me, the 'gift' was actually a punch in the jaw.. I was leaving a relationship which looked fine from the outside, but which was strangling my soul very slowly. When he punched me, and tried to strangle me.. my fears were shown to be quite real -- and all guilt, all shame, all embarrassment were gone.

[Kwamalicious]

I applaud You.

[Chrispipa]

Annie is the BEST! 

[sensorofview]

superbe Annie ....................

[JeSuisMonAmiPourTu]

hmm... 10:48 pm now... it's like i had a dream...but i am awake sorta... sitting here chilling... i see Marshall Mathers... sweeet...but he's feeling sad... this is the 1st song that came into my mind ...

XOXOXOXOXOXOXXO... feel so free as pasts are forever "in the past"... i think i'm in love with EMinem... yes definately... (i love dreams...

[jonathynblythe]

I remember this song from the closing credits of Last Dance 1996 with Sharon Stone. Every single thing about this song was perfect for the end of that movie ("I can't go on living in this same sick joke" = Cindy's life and execution by those political bigots.... "You have given me the perfect gift" = Rick doing everything he could for Cindy so that she could die knowing that she was respected and important after all, in spite of everything....).

[jlb4]

Annie is FANTASTIC

[Gossip444]

HARIZMA!!!!! 

[violetsun9]

I love this song. I especially like the MTV Unplugged version.

[docjommd]

i will always love annie lennox.

[elrynx2]

Cannot stop replaying...

[elrynx2]

Dislike the video, but this song is SO amazing. Annie Lennox produces true music.

[luzmariacaba]

bellisima.

[Chunkytav]

Beautiful

[Dallasguy1972]

The gift is total honesty and disclosure. No doubts, or lies.

[jamesS0289]

It must be wonderful to be one of those people who can say, "You know that video Annie Lennox did for 'The Gift'? You know that wonderful outfit she was wearing? Yeah, well, I've had my picture taken with her!" :D

[chiefdavidOK]

What a magnificently powerful and angelic voice. Only Annie Lennox and Bjork reach the depth of my soul in a way that is indescribable.

[scivbram]

@chiefdavidOK How about Tori Amos?

[chiefdavidOK]

@scivbram... Tori Amos has a nice voice but I guess because I have been through tough times with the music of Bjork and Lennox, they have more of an emotional impact on me.

[arwenboddy]

Beautiful Annie and beautiful song XX

[janellevigil]

My favorite Annie Lennox song of all time. Breaks my heart...for all the beauty and all the loss...

[Ivanbelastegui]

This is probably one of the best and clever videos I´ve seen ever. Thanks for posting

[haderach09]

Please go and see her live if she ever graces us with another tour. I have been to see her two times now as a solo artist and she is totally breathtaking live. Breathtaking is actually an understatement...really, I'm not kidding.

[mcmels58]

Great song.......and yes she is a Diva..........and I have got tears in my eyes too reading your comments and listen to this!

[AliceNTexas]

Thank you! :-)

[wistaria2010]

This is one of my most favorites of Annie's. Beautiful.

[bearbagley]

Gorgeous...

[Joemnc]

How ironic that she's singing "the gift" because that's exactly what Annie Lennox has, "the gift of a God given talent of singing".

[Ervinek1982]

The best Diva and this song is unbelieveble!!!

[andrzeita]

This is probably the best song of XX century ( :

[mcmels58]

my freind painted this pic for me..he is amazing and the pic is soo amazing of annie.....love her................

[slvc415]

it's taken me 20 years to appreciate this video. Ostensibly it's nothing to do with the song, but now that I'm older, I see it's her beautiful showgirl speaking great sadness, but still able to give the gift of fabulousness to the people in Piazza San Marco. Tante grazie, Annie.

[Andyontherocks]

oh the tears drip from my eyes! amazing song! xxxx

[39DegreesN]

What is the gift that she's talking about? Life?

[tamedraco]

@39DegreesN or maybe a reason to split up she had been looking for... that can be a perfect gift... makes things so much easier

[Mysonicsuitcase]

On New Year's Eve, 2009-10, Annie Lennox and I were together at my place. A wonderful evening I will never forget, or remember. The Holy Spirit sent her to me. Thank you Annie.

[MultiLoodak1]

goood song...xD

[Megsdoll]

do they kno that it is Annie Lennox or just some woman?

[ripleyLV426]

maybe , maybe they think it's some drag queen.

[ripleyLV426]

I think they get it ... those at the end of course are in on the film

[thepeppy1197]

i think they think its just a random woman....hahaha...

[MrChasmaniac]

i've been in venice at the same piazza

[MrChasmaniac]

annie is so fine for a woman over 50, she's my favorite female vocalist, bowie is my favorite male

[uralie123]

lub you annie wanni xx

[DjEriii]

fuckkkkk...i love this song...

[MsGollgolli]

stunning art elegance beauty and sheer class one of the greatest singers of our time.

[madseklund]

can´t get better

[BetteDavisMimic]

you can tell....they think she's a man in drag......an oddity to have your picture taken with, or to throw things at....all the while singing about the gift of self esteem and the freedom that brings.....i LOVE this woman...

[jestinios]

i interpret this video as a showgirl who loses her dignity. the tourists treat her like absolute shit like throwing seeds at her like REALLY hard (cuz of course she looks like a huge pink bird with all the feathers) but she has to sit there, and take it... cuz it's her job. Damn that's one cold video. And oh yeah it is kinda sad but funny at the same time. Bird feathers! LoL so mean, but she's like a bird with all the feathers X).

[nvblable]

my favorite video of all time, i don't know why though , it must be the music, the contrast, her bright dress, the black and white San Marco and the pigeons, it is just beautiful, surreal really. I listen to a lennox when hiking on my own looking at the sky and the horizon, the simple pleasures in life are always the best, aren't they ?

[odasestepes]

beautiful text and video, only Annie Lennox could give us such a thoughtful song

[latanagaitan]

excelent

[MultiEwas]

sadness and evrything

[chaijm]

Annie is great,

even the kids do not disturb her performance.

The doves from San Marco doesn't want to take place at the boa made of dead birds, no way, even the spreading arms don't invite.

Annie-way, your voice is fab!

ThanX for that.

[DirOfTheObv]

The only DIVA in my humble opinion. Everybody else is just aiming for it.

[JewelAngel]

bawling my eyes out.

I love you Annie. Thank you so much for this.

[lespaul260]

Became delusional...

[rodjsec]

This song will be one of the songs I want played when I eventually shuffle off this old stage. The poetry deeply moves me so my friends and family will hear a little about what deeply moves me. It is sublime

[elnuciero]

What a lovely sentiment!

[jonnycomehome]

She is the true Diva. Drag queens can never come close to this.

Love how the children start to become aggressive, even harassing the fucking pigeons.

Annie Lennox the best!

[warwickharris]

both SUBLIME & HAUNTING!

[sarahluvztori]

I thought it was a tranny at first.

[Urbania05]

@sookiestackhouse2u She is more than that. she is too pure for this world. she was THE voice of love and passion in the 1990s. remember that.

[sookiestackhouse2u]

@Urbania05 ... she's divine

[dickshine]

@sookiestackhouse2u man to me annie lennox is the most beautiful women ever!!!!!! haha

[grtpundies]

@sookiestackhouse2u rude.

THIS SONGS IS MY GIFT

YOU ARE A PRINCESS

[sookiestackhouse2u]

@grtpundies ... don't hate.

[Egoplus99]

I love her, I love her and I LOVE HER, never will I stop to. This song is beautiful but the video is inapropriate, it's too frivolous for a profound text. I should have been shot in the north EU, maybe in Wales framing our wondeful coast, so as to convey inwardness, deepness, enquiry, feelings.

[thegildedlily]

If you knew about the destruction of Venice, not from the sea but through touriism and the decadence of the republics decline (1700's) you would undestand. John

[majhouvilica]

It's not frivolous at all. It expresses all the feelings you name, just in a different way. A woman wearing an ostentatious costume and mask, hiding her true self in playing a tourist attraction. It's nothing other than profoundly beautiful.

[ricloads]

I first heard this song on the closing credits for Sharon Stone's death row drama, Last Dance. I was sold on the lyric's heartfelt content and I immediately asked my mom to buy me a copy of Annie Lennox' opus, Diva.

I dedicate this beautiful song to the memory of my beloved former president: Corazon Aquino. Thanks so much for the perfect gift...

[aliceisatreehugger]

I heard this for the first time in the credits for that film too,and it made me cry so much =(

It's so beautiful,though.

[f3s2drwn]

Played this song for the first time yesterday, right before I got a call that my beloved grandma just passed away. With tearful eyes I listened to this song while mourning the loss.

If words seem inadequate to express my sorrow, this beautiful song does.

[alexandre210613]

I do agree with you ! Listening to Annie makes us thinking... with tearful eyes

[chiefdavidOK]

@f3s2drwn I am not ashamed to admit my tear ducts welled up after reading your comment. I lost my Father a month ago and my Grandmother a year ago. I am sure they are aware we love them for eternity, take comfort in that.

[TsukiHana146]

@f3s2drwn

I'm so sorry, I remember losing my grandmother. I was so sad, I really loved her. T.T

[TheKelly50]

@f3s2drwn I am sorry about you losing your beloved grandmother...I too love my own very much. Someday we will all be reunited...until then remember her with love :)

[bonjo86]

She is a Diva... really... Her voice takes my heart...

[paulmercy]

This captures perfectly the dilemma of the non-conformist... conspicuous in her solitude but never really seen for who she is.

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this, wanting more. It's like trying to grasp the perfume of a passing stranger.

[maxxxem1]

its funny how i find myself in love with you :-)

[drenevah]

This is one of her best...Great song!

[exionem]

You know Annie... I don´t know if you will ever read this but you have a fan for life in a beautiful land called COSTA RICA.

I love your music and hope someday you will tour here!

Much love from COSTA RICA, the first country to abolish its army in America.

PEACE!!!!!!!

[johndega]

Annie is cool, smart, loveable, appealing,inimitable, passionate, superb,

and she sings real good. Love you, Annie.

[LeshaMAL]

Very lovely, brilliant song. You can listen it for thousand times

[redlegtroop]

Tan Estupenda Annie, siempre tan hermosa !!!!!

Bravo !

[boxlove11]

Dear baby girl take the gift. no more I love

yous, Just to make you walk on glass.

Just like nature changes will be good

the best is yeat to come.

Love MAMA.

[edendivastation]

lo mejor¡¡¡¡

annie lennox

[adizltk]

That touched my sold...

[pantonepink]

FABULOUS AS ALWAYS!

[jhkuhuuhu]

In what year did he became a woman?

In 1981 in think.

[andrzeita]

kolejny raz piszę komentarz, to ze względu na częste oglądanie i słuchanie tej przepięknej piosenki, wydaje mi sie że to najlepsza piosenka z najlepszej płyty Annie :-)

super magic song :-)

[toniyuhani]

I don´t know if it´s this song/her voice that makes me cry but all I know is that it helps.. Thank you, Annie

[agamemnon12]

I agree, I cry with this song every time, it's a combination of both the words and her voice!

[Parthoris]

She is still the best and makes me feel so good and warm inside. THANKS !

[12robbieyoung34]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice

[biondi44]

No words To describe...

[MrPEPECHIRINOS]

absolutamente extraordinaria............

[annie4ever1]

" Annie ( Priscilla) Queen of Venice"

[54spiritedwill54]

Shes great the best.

[Andzialipa]

Lucky devils have their moment around Annie Lennox :)

really beautiful gift

[evyke]

This song gets to me everytime,such heartache you just kinda know it comes from deep within and that voice.....goosebumps

[piroschka6]

wonder if they knew it was annie.....

[darko4fb]

what a woman.

what a track.

love it.

[tessmovie]

una delle più belle di annie!

anche il video così originale.

Lei è superlativa come sempre.

[btytsd]

One of her many masterpieces.

[discordsolo]

absolutely speechless. this song helps me sleep at night. love annie forever <3

[FRANKMORRISSETTE]

WOW!! early 90's what an intense time.

[deplou122]

Wow! It had been 12 years since I last heard this song. I heard it when I was going through the breakup with the woman I have ever loved most in my life. I remember breaking down and balling when I heard it back then and now hearing it again had the same effect. Amazing the power of music. Anyways... its a hauntingly beautiful song about failed love.

[Reikiman]

Very appropriate that I should be listening to it today in the case of your last line....

[annabellwells]

The greatest white soul singer said Marianne Faithful... what a performer, no one touches her. x

[glvdtxn]

Bellissima!

[mammakia1]

first heard in '92, the soul survivors continuum

[andrzeita]

I Love this song very much; its magic

[1961WF2909]

Beautiful song and Annie looks great too.

[ardianalaura]

thanks for posting this video

annie is "the gift"

I don't know how many times I gifted DIVA to the ones I love

when i hear "i feel so ill at ease, the room is full of silence and its getting hard to breath" it makes me cry

[jnation83]

This is a beautiful video that depicts a vulnerability that I have not seen an artist do. They most of this video in St. Marco Square in Venice and I give props to Annie for having the guts to get shit on by pigeons and to stay in character the whole time.

[TomaskoSnina]

In 1996 I was the student - I hadn't enough money to buy the CD's or cassette's. But after 3 months of saving money a bought my first record from Annie - it was cassette DIVA. That album was for me real gift - and what about this song from the end (track10) of Diva album...it's emotional, deep and strong song. It's difficult to tell about the Annie's songs which is the best, cause they all are.. but this one is little bit different from the others.......Thank you Annie

[dancingchexmix]

Lovelovelovelovelove

Christ Mind Nammyohorengekyo

[aramanth]

This video so perfectly fits the melancholy of the song. Beautiful and sad at the same time. Like a performer who must forget her woes but give her all to the fans.... incredible and poignant!

[paretsky]

Great? yes! but nothing like the Velvet Underground's song of the same name...

[psyexplorer666]

her best song for me. the lyrics are so...beautifully sad!

[javiolo543]

She s the best

[javiolo543]

Shes great the best.

[jennicase]

chills!

[IrishMaverick2008]

This song makes me cry every time I hear it :)

[LastAidToHim]

Annie Lennox is the gift!

[dancingchexmix]

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Kansas City Missouri USA

[sayrakidos]

A melhor *.*

portugal do melhor

[goldspar]

Filmed in Venice, Italy "The Gift" is that subtle, gentle song that speaks volumes. As with many of you who have responded to the beauty of her voice and to the simplicity of the video which depicts the "rawness" of being human in its own fragile state, the acknowledgment of confronting those fears is a step to letting go...This video to date is one of my top 10 videos of all time!!!

[cnstnt]

one word Amazing! i cannot stop watching this video...