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Yazoo (Yaz)
Yazoo was the unlikely pairing of R&B singer Alison Moyet and Depeche Mode founder
Vince Clarke.
Clarke was of the same school as such Kraftwork/Eno influenced, synthesizer-driven
acts as Ultravox, Soft Cell, Gary Numan, Human League, Yellow, and Eurythmics - the
'new wave' of British music.
It was Clarke who had written Depeche Mode's hits to date, and when he left to make a
go of it on his own many thought Depeche Mode wouldn't make it. Obviously they did, as
did Yazoo.
While Situation was the only song from the album to have immediate chart success in
the States, Upstairs at Eric's spawned a number of U.K. hits for Yazoo, including
Don't Go and Only You, which wouldn't hit the charts in the U.S. until long after the
duo's break-up.
Upstairs at Eric's is considered even today to be one of the finest albums of the
hard-to-define 'modern rock' genre, and it remains a favourite of this new wave
enthusiast.
Yazoo called it quits after their second album, primarily because Moyet had never been
completely comfortable in Clarke's keyboard driven, electronic world.
Moyet's solo portfolio includes another early 80's classic, Love Resurrection,
as well as more current works.
Yazoo song lyrics...
Don't Go
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