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Does anyone know whatever happened to Alison Moyet?

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She has just announced a tour in the U.K., promoting her latest CD.

http://www.alisonmoyet.com/news.htm
 

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Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :
 
I love YAZ they have a very soulful sound,i've always like:

"Don't Go"

"Only You"

"Situations"

All though i have to admitt that the video for... "Only You" was a little CREPPY!!!

And i've always wondered what YAZ was doing "Upstairs At Eric's" GOOD Choice of Music your listening too Mamamiasweetpeaches
 

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Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
 
i love "nobody's diary" by yaz, and other songs as well.

funny, right now i am listening to 'weak in the presence of beauty' by alison moyet. another great song.
 

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Posted by ValleyCat (Member # 1322) on :
 
Yaz is totally 80's. My favs are "Only You", "Situations", "Don't Go", & "Tuesday" which is on another CD, but worth checking out.

I once went to a club that was called "Upstairs At Eric" which turned out to be a cool technodance bar. That was fun!
 

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Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :
 
YAZ's

"Only You" was used in my favorite '90s movie... "Can't Hardly Wait" in the scene near the end of the movie,at the Train Station when Preston Myers locks lips with Amanda Beckit
 

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Posted by PaulShrimpton (Member # 1022) on :
 
Devolution, where is your attic-room? I'm just guessing, but could it be.... upstairs at Eric's?

{sorry......}
 

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Posted by stitch groover (Member # 2895) on :
 
I thought they were Yazoo? I'm sure that's what they were called here. There was a song in 1988 by Yazz and the Plastic Population, called "The only way is up", great song
 

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Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
 
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I thought they were Yazoo? I'm sure that's what they were called here...

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Same group. In the U.S., the group's name had to advertise itself as Yaz in 1982, when it was discovered that a small record company called itself Yazoo Records and registered the "Yazoo" name.
 

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Posted by Earth Angel (Member # 3301) on :
 
That confused me too, I was thinking Yaz with her good old classics such as doctor in the house, the only way is up and....and....and....oh no that was it I can regularly be found making a fool out of myself by dancing to 'Only you' on the dance mat I got for my birthday (its the only recognisable song)
 

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Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
 
I still love Alison's song "Invisible" song from 1985!

If I remember correctly, she was slightly pregnant when she made that music video!
 

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Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
 
Ooops...forgot all about that.
There WERE two groups called Yaz. And so the One Yaz had to change thier name to Yazoo.
The Yaz that sings THE ONLY WAY IS UP (which is hard to find...I had to download it) is NOT the same group Yaz that did SITUATION,MIDNIGHT,ONLY YOU,DIDNT I BRING YOUR LOVE DOWN etc.
I think one of them was spelled YAZZ and one was YAZ......
(What are the chances of two groups of people thinking "YAZ" was a cool name for a group???)
 

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Posted by Jhutch (Member # 1352) on :
 
i had to download some yaz songs after watching 'the chocolate war'.....
 

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Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
 
Too bad Yaz only had two albums, they definetly had some dance anthems. The keyboard work sounds very similar to the first Depeche Mode album Vince Clarke played on. I would love to find the rest of their videos, the only one I have seen is Don't Go.
 

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Posted by AMCO Steve (Member # 3782) on :
 
Retro-Remix of ‘Don’t Go’ – Exclusive on AMCO

A brand new, exclusive remix of the Yazoo/Yaz classic 'Don't Go' has been unveiled to download on www.alisonmoyet.co.uk.

The Retro Remix, by Subway Collective, takes the 80s style and puts it through a modern production twist.

There is a short sample on the site to give everyone a taste - and you will be able to enjoy the full seven minute track after becoming a member.

See you at AMCO - the Moyet Fans Site!
 

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Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
 
Alison Moyet has such a deep and soulful voice, her and Annie Lennox are my favorite kind of english singers for that style. Situation is such a great dance song.
 

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Posted by xchazx (Member # 7158) on :
 
YAZ and erasure are two synth bands i could never get in to. i always thought the singer for YAZ was a guy.

YAZ just did some reunion shows according to sirius satellite radio. they had a weeklong YAZ special with allison and vince interviews.
 

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Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
 
ha...we are dusting off so many old threads that I have to reread everything before I comment. I'm like, who is that loser?.....oh wait that was me two years ago.

Vince Clarke has had quite the career. I still enjoy Yaz and Erasure, but they pale in comparsion to Depeche Mode.
 

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Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
 
I was surpised to see this bumped up _ I forgot I wrote it! And I almsot started a YAZ thread a few days ago cuz I just found out ALISON MOYET us playing near me soon. I dont know anybody who'd want to go. I guess I COULD drag my husband...but he's not really a fan. Hmmmmm.
 

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Posted by Paul Dangerously, you iceholes.... (Member # 1022) on :
 
Upstairs At Erics has one of those classic 80s album covers - one I have, and may well frame at some point......


 

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Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
 
I'm still a Yaz or Yazoo (for dancing queen Earth Angel) almost 5 years later... I so miss those technodance bar days!
 

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Posted by saturnchick (Member # 7524) on :
 
"Situation" is one of my favorite 80's new wave songs. "Only You" was also a good one, and has also been used in Napolean Dynamtie and the American version of the television show "The Office".
 

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Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
 
Any fans of the tune "Midnight" by Yaz?
 

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Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
 
All good tunes. Many of them used on 'The Chocolate War'. 'Only You' is an all time classic. The second album - 'You and Me Both' - while being weaker than the first, is pretty good too. 'Nobody's Diary' from that album is an absolute cracker.
 

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Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
 
Don't Go is a great song too.
 

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Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
 
I'd forgotten just how good an album this was.
 

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