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Post by jno on Oct 4, 2016 17:19:40 GMT
In the spirit of 1982/3Top Of The Pops and salad dodgers everywhere, is this death match. Several versions over the years, but which is the best?Yazoo (1982)The Flying Pickets (1983) featuring Minder's 'Rabbit' himself, Brian Hibbardand for the sake of completion...  Enrique Iglesias (1997)Kylie Minogue (2015) |
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Post by flyingsquad on Oct 4, 2016 17:32:58 GMT
I like the Yazoo version the most but also like the Flying Picket's version. Stuff the other two.  |
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Post by flyingsquad on Oct 4, 2016 17:44:59 GMT
The Flying Pickets' video was cheap to make as it was just them in a pub! It was just as cheap as Dennis Waterman's 'I could Be So Good For You' video of him walking down an outdoor market.  |
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Post by daz on Oct 4, 2016 18:56:00 GMT
The Flying Pickets for me, but a close one. Just something haunting about the FP version which shades it from the original.
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Post by jno on Oct 4, 2016 19:36:17 GMT
The Flying Pickets for me, but a close one. Just something haunting about the FP version which shades it from the original. I went for Yazoo but it was a very close call. I agree with what you say here daz. I own the 7" of Yazoo in pretty much mint condition as well as "Don't Go" which I like too. I also really like the 1991 remix of "Situation" too - I was hitting the pubs at this time and this was on all the time. |
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Post by flyingsquad on Oct 4, 2016 19:46:04 GMT
The Flying Pickets for me, but a close one. Just something haunting about the FP version which shades it from the original. I went for Yazoo but it was a very close call. I agree with what you say here daz. I own the 7" of Yazoo in pretty much mint condition as well as "Don't Go" which I like too. I also really like the 1991 remix of "Situation" too - I was hitting the pubs at this time and this was on all the time. All great songs but my favourite Yazoo song is 'Nobody's Diary'. It's one of my all-time favourite songs. |
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 4, 2016 20:11:04 GMT
Flying Pickets was very good but as mias posted, a novelty really. Yazoo for me. They did some good tracks including my fave 'Love Resurrection'  . This was sampled in a Dance/Club number in the mid 90s and was awesome. Can't remember the name of the artist or track though. |
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 4, 2016 20:18:32 GMT
The Flying Pickets for me, but a close one. Just something haunting about the FP version which shades it from the original. They also did a very convincing version of Talking Heads 'Psycho Killer'  |
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Post by jno on Oct 5, 2016 3:18:33 GMT
Yazoo for me. They did some good tracks including my fave 'Love Resurrection' Anorak on - this was a solo Alison Moyet track (not Yazoo) from her debut album called 'Alf'. I totally agree though, great track and I must confess to being a bit of a closet Alison Moyet fan in the 80s when she had a string of nice pop records: 'Love Resurrection', 'All Cried Out', 'Invisible', 'Is This Love?', 'Weak in the Presence of Beauty' (hers was a cover - video filmed in St Austell, Cornwall!), 'Ordinary Girl' to name the ones I liked. |
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Post by flyingsquad on Oct 5, 2016 8:11:44 GMT
Flying Pickets was very good but as mias posted, a novelty really. Yazoo for me. They did some good tracks including my fave 'Love Resurrection' . This was sampled in a Dance/Club number in the mid 90s and was awesome. Can't remember the name of the artist or track though.It was D'Lux and was called Love Resurrection. From Wiki: Cover versionsA dance/pop cover in the genre of gospel music was released on inspirational US singer Kim Boyce's debut album in 1986. There were minor lyric changes to the song to incorporate it into the gospel genre. A dance cover by D'Lux was released in June 1996 and reached number 58 in the UK charts. In 2009, UK band Aurora released their version, with vocals by Amanda Wilson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Resurrection |
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Post by flyingsquad on Oct 5, 2016 8:21:06 GMT
The bald Flying Picket with the eyeliner scared me when I was a child!
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Post by jno on Oct 5, 2016 10:48:17 GMT
The bald Flying Picket with the eyeliner scared me when I was a child! +1 He was called Red Stripe and released this in in 1986, another Yazoo song "Mr Blue".  |
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Post by ace5150 on Oct 5, 2016 14:39:42 GMT
As Alison Moyet and I are no strangers to the 'all you can eat buffets', I'm rooting for her.
Seriously, her and Vince owned that song. When you see them on Top of the Pops, they KNOW they own it, right then and there!
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Post by mybodyguard on Oct 5, 2016 15:24:05 GMT
As Alison Moyet and I are no strangers to the 'all you can eat buffets', I'm rooting for her. Seriously, her and Vince owned that song. When you see them on Top of the Pops, they KNOW they own it, right then and there! I believe she's been very slim the past several years. |
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Post by mybodyguard on Oct 5, 2016 15:29:00 GMT
Agree with Flying Squad. Nobody's Diary is their best song. Don't Go and Situation would round out their top 3 for me. Moyet is a great vocalist, but who really made Yazoo work was Vince Clarke. His synth melodies were what made the songs stand out. He also played a part in Depeche Mode's first album, and went on to be the driving force of Erasure. Another band that I think its success was primarily due to Clarke.
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Post by flyingsquad on Oct 5, 2016 16:08:56 GMT
Agree with Flying Squad. Nobody's Diary is their best song. Don't Go and Situation would round out their top 3 for me. Moyet is a great vocalist, but who really made Yazoo work was Vince Clarke. His synth melodies were what made the songs stand out. He also played a part in Depeche Mode's first album, and went on to be the driving force of Erasure. Another band that I think its success was primarily due to Clarke. I'd say 'Nobody's Diary' is my favourite Vince Clarke song of all the acts he's been in. He was also in The Assembly with Feargal Sharkey and they reached No 4 in 1983 with 'Never Never'. |
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 5, 2016 18:40:16 GMT
Yazoo for me. They did some good tracks including my fave 'Love Resurrection' Anorak on - this was a solo Alison Moyet track (not Yazoo) from her debut album called 'Alf'. I totally agree though, great track and I must confess to being a bit of a closet Alison Moyet fan in the 80s when she had a string of nice pop records: 'Love Resurrection', 'All Cried Out', 'Invisible', 'Is This Love?', 'Weak in the Presence of Beauty' (hers was a cover - video filmed in St Austell, Cornwall!), 'Ordinary Girl' to name the ones I liked. All good tracks jno. Moyet is one of those artists that i didn't really rate when she was in the charts but appreciated a lot more when hearing her tracks replayed a couple of years later. You say you were a closet fan and maybe that was my problem, i didn't think it was the sort of music/artist I should admit to liking at the time. WitPoB filmed in St.Austell? Well i didn't know that! Any idea where exactly? |
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 5, 2016 18:43:20 GMT
The bald Flying Picket with the eyeliner scared me when I was a child! Uncle Fester? |
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Post by flyingsquad on Oct 5, 2016 18:44:03 GMT
Anorak on - this was a solo Alison Moyet track (not Yazoo) from her debut album called 'Alf'. I totally agree though, great track and I must confess to being a bit of a closet Alison Moyet fan in the 80s when she had a string of nice pop records: 'Love Resurrection', 'All Cried Out', 'Invisible', 'Is This Love?', 'Weak in the Presence of Beauty' (hers was a cover - video filmed in St Austell, Cornwall!), 'Ordinary Girl' to name the ones I liked. All good tracks jno. Moyet is one of those artists that i didn't really rate when she was in the charts but appreciated a lot more when hearing her tracks replayed a couple of years later. You say you were a closet fan and maybe that was my problem, i didn't think it was the sort of music/artist I should admit to liking at the time. WitPoB filmed in St.Austell? Well i didn't know that! Any idea where exactly? I liked Alison Moyet's solo stuff but preferred Yazoo just like I preferred Yazoo to Erasure. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Oct 5, 2016 19:11:34 GMT
The Flying Pickets for me, but a close one. Just something haunting about the FP version which shades it from the original. Yes. I thought that before I read your post. I like the pub in the video. Looks like a tip. Bet it's closed now. |
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Post by mybodyguard on Oct 6, 2016 3:31:14 GMT
All good tracks jno. Moyet is one of those artists that i didn't really rate when she was in the charts but appreciated a lot more when hearing her tracks replayed a couple of years later. You say you were a closet fan and maybe that was my problem, i didn't think it was the sort of music/artist I should admit to liking at the time. WitPoB filmed in St.Austell? Well i didn't know that! Any idea where exactly? I liked Alison Moyet's solo stuff but preferred Yazoo just like I preferred Yazoo to Erasure. The problem with Yazoo is their body of work is so small. Erasure's was much bigger, although not all of it good. They've also had some good recent albums. |
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Post by Zimbo on Oct 8, 2016 11:30:38 GMT
Agree with Flying Squad. Nobody's Diary is their best song. Don't Go and Situation would round out their top 3 for me. Moyet is a great vocalist, but who really made Yazoo work was Vince Clarke. His synth melodies were what made the songs stand out. He also played a part in Depeche Mode's first album, and went on to be the driving force of Erasure. Another band that I think its success was primarily due to Clarke. I'd say 'Nobody's Diary' is my favourite Vince Clarke song of all the acts he's been in. He was also in The Assembly with Feargal Sharkey and they reached No 4 in 1983 with 'Never Never'. I think the Assembly was due to be a project with Clarke working with different vocalists but abandoned after Never Never. Shame as it would have been interesting... |
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Post by Portland Road on Oct 10, 2016 8:01:27 GMT
I like the Yazoo version of 'Only You' the best.
I was not aware of the Enrique Iglesias or Kylie Minogue versions.
The Flying Pickets version was something different at the time, and has a strange appeal.
It is nowhere near as naff as it could have been. Much like, a decade later, the Mike Flowers Pops version of Oasis 'Wonderwall'.
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Post by jno on Oct 10, 2016 16:49:22 GMT
The Mike Flowers Pops ... played at my university freshers ball back in 1996(?) or something, I didn't go. |
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Post by daz on Oct 10, 2016 18:18:08 GMT
I went to dig out my YAzoo albums yesterday and have come to the conclusion I have lost a box of CDs with around 200 albums in it!  I have a horrible feeling I left them in the basement of our old house! The Mike Flowers Pops, I had forgotten all about that. |
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Post by Portland Road on Oct 16, 2016 9:08:37 GMT
 daz....
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Post by SunRayD on Dec 15, 2016 20:12:29 GMT
Yeah, another death match I missed!  Flying Pickets it is. I remember being awfully impressed by the a cappella singing. What did I learn today? That this is not the original. Didn't know it was from Yazoo. I didn't even know their version. And according to wiki that "the description of 'a cappella' is misleading, as synthesizers feature throughout the recording". (I just refuse to believe that.) This forum is sooo educational! |
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Post by jno on Dec 15, 2016 20:16:30 GMT
This forum is sooo educational! It is, but not half as educational as a night out on the beers with mias & Arch Stanton. We aim to please.  |
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 15, 2018 9:29:23 GMT
Yazoo and the b side was good also.
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I have a horrible feeling I left them in the basement of our old house!
daz....
