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'''Yazoo''' ([[MarketBasedTitle known in America]] as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former Music/DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Alison Moyet. They released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You and Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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Yazoo ([[MarketBasedTitle known in America]] as
The duo formed in late 1981 after Clarke responded to an advertisement Moyet placed in a British music magazine, although the pair had known each other since their schooldays. Over the next 18 months the duo released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You and Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's
Despite their success, the duo split acrimoniously in May 1983 as a result of what they would later attribute to a combination of Clarke's reluctance to make more records under the Yazoo name, a clash of personalities, and a lack of communication between the pair. Although their musical career was short, Yazoo's combination of electronic instrumentation and soulful female vocals has been cited as an influence on the house music scene that emerged in the mid-1980s, as well as on bands such as Music/LCDSoundsystem (who name-checked the duo on their debut single "Losing My Edge"), Hercules and Love Affair (whose leader Andy Butler has said that "Situation" was his biggest musical inspiration), Shiny Toy Guns and Blaqk Audio.
In 2008, 25 years after splitting, Clarke and Moyet reconciled and reformed Yazoo to play a successful tour of the UK, Europe and North America in support of the reissue of Yazoo's two studio albums and a box set of their material titled ''In Your Room''. The pair later further reunited briefly in May 2011 to play three Yazoo songs at a music festival organised by their record label.
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To your headache to the shape of the 1980's\\
I'm glad that we don't hear you any more\\
I'm tired of playing in your fashion war''
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See the world around you boy\\
And learn to use a gun\\
Think you're something special\\
Well, we'll make you just the same\\
There's nothing wrong in dying\\
After all, it's just a game\\
Just a game.''
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I'll get to you somehow, yeah''
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'''Yazoo''' (known in America as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former Music/DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Alison Moyet. They released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You and Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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'''Yazoo''' (known ([[MarketBasedTitle known in America America]] as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former Music/DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Alison Moyet. They released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You and Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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'''Yazoo''' (known in America as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Alison Moyet. They released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You and Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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'''Yazoo''' (known in America as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former DepecheMode, Music/DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Alison Moyet. They released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You and Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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'''Yazoo''' (known in America as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Music/AlisonMoyet. Released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You And Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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'''Yazoo''' (known in America as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Music/AlisonMoyet. Released Alison Moyet. They released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You And and Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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'''Yazoo''' (known in America as '''Yaz''') were an 80s SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and Music/AlisonMoyet. Released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You And Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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* SynthPop: One of the key "fire and ice" bands (cold synths with passionate vocals) of the second wave of SynthPop.
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80s {{synthpop}} SynthPop duo comprising Vince Clarke (former DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and AlisonMoyet.Music/AlisonMoyet. Released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You And Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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80s {{synthpop}} duo comprising Vince Clarke (former DepecheMode, future Music/{{Erasure}} keyboard player) and AlisonMoyet. Released two albums, ''Upstairs At Eric's'', containing the hits "Only You" and "Don't Go" (and in the USA, "Situation", a B-side in the UK) and ''You And Me Both'' (containing the hit "Nobody's Diary").
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!Tropes related to Yazoo:
*ShortLivedBigImpact
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