The Tourists - Immune To Life (feat. Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - premiere 1978) 

James TUDDENHAM, myself included, absolutely brilliant band.. Plus very underrated..

Totally agree, with your comment, they were crème de la creme

I kinda like Dave Stewart’s mustache.

PaulLonden Their third album is better than both of them, very suprised you never mentioned it

Not sure if you speak from your own experience of actually being close a friend with all these people or say, meeting them at least to "know better", but reading these comments about Eurythmics, as if it's their fault alone that Peet went downhill, is downright annoying... From most of their earlier (and later) interviews), Annie and Dave were, to say the least, just as ambitious to pursue their own dream and stardom, and were always quite discreet about the reasons The Tourists split. It took a toll on everyone after the split. They all had their scars. As for The Tourists, they were obviously an experiment, gaining each one of them lessons learned first and foremost. They were obviously young, hopeful and naive, playing it the best way they could, but despite the charm of some of their own music, The Tourists' songs were a mere testament of its time. Personally, I tried getting into their music, but apart from the very few amazing songs, it rarely clicked - and of course, growing up listening to Eurythmics, I definitely feel way more defensive about them, listening to The Tourists out of sheer curiosity, due to Annie and Dave's later successes. Neither punk nor new wave, which again isn't a bad thing - I can see The Tourists were way more of a misfit band (like, say, early Japan were), trying to find "their own thing" in a sea of sharks at the height of the punk era. I agree with you that Dave without Annie, while a great producer he is, never came up with anything remotely exciting musically - Annie always was the real deal. Even now, despite herself sounding tired in her own music making, but her charisma will never turn pale. She definitely reigns supreme vocally in either musical environment, The Tourists included - the songs she sang with the group were the real deal. Peet's deliveries were - sorry, but, plain average. So yes - without one such powerful and striking woman and vocalist, Eurythmics (just like The Tourists) wouldn't be anywhere near as striking. Now, their true personalities aside, because I haven't the slightest clue what kind of people Annie, Dave (or anyone from this lot) are/were, but Annie and Dave were a far proper combination to work together and with all due respect to The Tourists and your love of their work, but Eurythmics showed from their very first album where some of the more artistic strengths really were, but probably couldn't shine on earlier through The Tourists' principle (psychedelic) rock leanings and ideas, because these were probably and mainly Peet's. But I truly doubt his personal decline had anything to do with Annie and Dave, let alone them leaving in the end - judging from their own commitment in early Eurythmics, they were way more disciplined and dedicated to make something even more exciting. And as far as I'm concerned, they did, deservedly so. Peet's vision didn't click with them and vice-versa, and that's the only "crime" between them. Which is a typical outcome regarding rock groups anyway. People try and work together and realise after a while it's not really as fruitful so the frustration and splits are inevitable. No-one stopped Peet from continuing - why it didn't work in the end probably had a lot to do with him personally rather than the people he worked with.

a bit harsh on the Eurythmics - in some ways they had better melodies - Sweet Dreams success speaks for itself - but yes I loved the Tourists as well. I'm not sure if Peet's situation had a lot to do in withhis own choices - having read Jim's and Dave's books. its like that for most folks in life.

@@JCStorm76 Bit late....but you're right. I got "Luminous Basement" years later. As such the first two albums are more ingrained in my memory .

@@antunivanovic That's an interesting summary . You're right that The Eurythmics were ofcourse a stunningly talented couple. It's all about one's personal memories. The Tourists albums were my first exposure to Lennox , and being more biased towards guitar oriented pop. (at the time) . And learning about the sad Peet Coombes story ,got me a bit predispositioned .

Nicholas Antlitz This is from episode 8 (the last one) of the Revolver music TV show. @touristsontv please put that info in the description. Nostalgia Central lists all the acts but not the music hall guy singing at the beginning. The guy staring down in black & white is the comedian Peter Cook. Not to be confused with the 2001 Revolver sketch comedy show.

I don't know who wrote it. The only release of it I can find is of a one-song postcard vinyl version released in Oct 1979 in Poland, so probably as a magazine insert or something. It's frustrating knowing a studio version exists, buried somewhere!