From Basildon to... Damariscotta?
This morning, we're listening to "UPSTAIRS AT ERIC'S" by YAZOO (they had to shorten their name in America for legal reasons, but they will always be Yazoo to me).It's a wonderful album, of course, with the inspired (and by accounts, practically accidental) pairing of VINCE CLARKE and his bleeping synths and ALISON MOYET and her bluesy vocals.
Perhaps not surprisingly, this odd pairing from Basildon, Essex could never last, and Yazoo disbanded after only 18 months.
Moyet turned to a solo career and Clarke eventually founded Erasure with vocalist Andy Bell. Now, Clarke is married with a baby and living in Damariscotta, Maine.
Imagine the surprise of Yazoo fans, then, when Moyet and Clarke reunited earlier this year for the "Reconnected" tour. Even this odd couple reunited? Perhaps anything is possible.
I would have loved to have seen them.
posted by erik hogstrom at 8:19 AM
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They played at the Chicago Theatre earlier this summer and I was tempted to go at the last minute because there were still tickets available, but, sorry to say, I flaked. Coinciding with the unlikely reunion, was a career-spanning box set with both albums remastered on CD and DVD plus the requisite music videos, non-album tracks, and collectible booklet.
Nice to see some old names being mentioned on the blogs here and there.
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