Yazoo

[Com King]

Can yazoo be considered as Hi-NRG sound?

If the answer is yes, can we vote for yazoo songs in the "top 500 Disco" songs ?

And if the answer is yes again, can somebody explain me why Don't go and goodbye 70's are not even in the top 100? :)


Put those songs in a party, your feet will just start to dance ....

[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by Com King

Can yazoo be considered as Hi-NRG sound?

"Considered", yes. Regarded by most people? Not really. Synth pop is more like it.

And if the answer is yes again, can somebody explain me why Don't go and goodbye 70's are not even in the top 100? :)

Goodbye 70s wasn't a single, so most people who don't have that album have never heard it. Personally, although I love Yazoo, I hate that song and especially the message behind it.

[Com King]

although I love Yazoo, I hate that song and especially the message behind it

You're right this forum is not the right place to talk about a song called "goodbye 70's" :)


I absolutely haven't thought about the lyrics of this song, shame on me .... but I really like the synth melody, the rythm of the voice ...

I think the lyrics of don't go are "discoally correct" ;) , and I would just like to know if I can vote for this song ...

[Bernie]

Originally Posted by Com King

and I would just like to know if I can vote for this song ...

Yes, you can vote for Yazoo on the Top 500.

[markydefad]

I thought I knew all the Yazoo/Yaz (in the U.S) songs...BUT I never heard of "Goodbye '70's" . When was this released?
Is it Vince Clark with Alison Moyet singing?

[markydefad]

Hmmm...well I looked it up over at allmusic and I see it is on their Greatest Hits...so I guess i DO have it. Never mind. :oops:

[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Hmmm...well I looked it up over at allmusic and I see it is on their Greatest Hits...so I guess i DO have it. Never mind. :oops:

It was originally on both the US and UK versions of "Upstairs At Eric's".

In addition to the different name, both Yaz(oo) albums have different tracklistings in Europe vs North America.

[Graham_Start]

Oh, and is it just me, or is it completely absurd to have a "greatest hits" package for an act that only did two albums and one non-LP single in the two years they were together?!

[Paulo]

The line between synth-pop and hi-nrg is visible, but may sometimes be blurred. While THOMAS DOLBY is synth-pop for sure (or techno-pop here in Brazil), The Pet Shop Boys never were. They are (rightly or wrongly) perceived by the media in general as hi-nrg (here at least). I think Yazoo or Erasure stand in the same position as the PSB (if we don't go too further into labeling)....

When the PSB played live here in Brazil in the Very tour (DISCOvery Tour), they were much covered by the media which said they were "THE GREATEST DISCO BAND IN THE WORLD".... this in 1994

[Paulo]

Replying to my own last post... let me tell just one more thing:

I don't know in UK or US..., but here in Brazil, NEW ORDER is perceived by the public and media as one of the best 80's ROCK bands in the world, along with THE SMITHS, THE CURE & SIOUXE & BANSHEES.

How come????????????!!!!!!!!!

Everything I heard from them, It would fit better under the hi-nrg label:

BLUE MONDAY
BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
THE PERFECT KISS
WORLD (THE PRICE OF LOVE)
SPOOKY
REGRET
WORLD IN MOTION....etc

I know you're all gonna kill me (if you only could)... but forgive me: to me, when I was dancing in a disco in the 80's I didn't see any difference between New Order or Hazel Dean

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Graham Start

Oh, and is it just me, or is it completely absurd to have a "greatest hits" package for an act that only did two albums and one non-LP single in the two years they were together?!

Worst things occurred, my friend. There's a Curiosity Killed The Cat "best of" compilation out there... :o

Paulo: probably New Order is still considered a rock band because most of the musicians were members of Joy Division, a great post-punk British rock band of the late 70's. Certainly they have many rock fans. A case of "rock dynasty", if you ask me.

[Paulo]

I guees you're right Nano.
Rock fans are quite loyal to it. It may be hard rock, progressive rock, gothic rock, grunge, etc... very different from pop audiences which don't remain loyal as rock fans and change tastes according to whatever passing sillyness is going on on the music business this week!

[Paulo]

I post this in another thread... I was thinking:

How strange: a ROCK band (New Order) can record some DISCO tracks and still retain lots of credibility...

...while a DISCO band (such as the PET SHOP BOYS, but name yours) who have a similar approach to hi-nrg as the New Order singles, get the tag "disposable music".

Although I've read good reviews about PSB, I also read some bad ones. I remember one which said that Neil Tennant writes "disposable music which gets housewives tapping their feet while doing her hair"...

Very unfair and a bit far from truth!