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Sarah_Jayne · 02-15-2010, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

fuck, how could i forget Yaz

Which is always a confusing one for British audiences because the bands Americans call Yaz was called Yazoo over here and there was another (amazonian sized) female singer that went by Yazz.

dyna mo · 02-15-2010, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Which is always a confusing one for British audiences because the bands Americans call Yaz was called Yazoo over here and there was another (amazonian sized) female singer that went by Yazz.

dang, for some reason i thought all those were the same, the female being alison moyet.

lolz!

Sarah_Jayne · 02-15-2010, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

dang, for some reason i thought all those were the same, the female being alison moyet.

lolz!

Alison Moyet is indeed the singer in Yazoo (who for some reason changed to Yaz for the American market.

Yazz is this woman:

Alison has a fantastic voice though.

dyna mo · 02-15-2010, 08:20 AM

gotcha!

i keep wanting to add art of noise and herbie hancock to this list, whilst not superachievers in record sales their style is quintessential 80's alt and both are big contributions to the music world, imo.

CDSmith · 02-15-2010, 09:56 AM

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For us Canadians the 80's were all about Streetheart (from which spawned Loverboy), Harlequin, Prism, Trooper, Triumph, Goddo, Toronto, The Kings, Sniff 'n the Tears, Saga, Honeymoon Suite, Platinum Blonde, Payolas, RUSH, April Wine,
and later in the decade Jeff Healy, Colin James, The Pursuite of Happiness, Tragically Hip, Grapes of Wrath, Blue Rodeo.

2012 · 02-15-2010, 12:19 PM

Sarah_Jayne · 02-16-2010, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 2012

Yeah, you can't go into British 80's music without Madness.

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dyna mo The People's Post Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: invisible 7-11 Posts: 64,950	gotcha! i keep wanting to add art of noise and herbie hancock to this list, whilst not superachievers in record sales their style is quintessential 80's alt and both are big contributions to the music world, imo.