Catching Up With Yazz
May 6th, 2010
Today I have been spending a lot of my time catching with 80’s singer, musician and apparently model Yazz.
We are all aware that Yazz is known best for her 1988 number one single ‘The Only Way Is Up’ but what followed the success of this breakthrough? Not at lot as it seems. Despite three other successful singles from the same album it would appear that the only way was down. The next releases were few and far between and the world appeared to forget about Yazz. Even a cover of ‘How Long’ with Aswad wasn’t enough to get the general public panting like puppies.
What does Yazz do now you ask? According to Wikipedia she has found faith, is an active member of the Calahonda Baptist Church and lives in Spain. It would appear that she is and has been married to husband Jazz Summers. Yazz and Jazz are rarely seen in public but it might be due to the fact that criminally nobody is looking for them.
I, personally, am gutted that the United Kingdom missed out on the French only release Yazz Megamix back in 1990 and that back in September 2009 when ‘The Only Way Is Up’ was re-released I didn’t know. I will leave you with this information. Go forth and spread some.
Look at ME and be inspired.
Entry Filed under: Bedtime stories,Delicious,Look at this,Things
6 Comments
1. Chris | May 7th, 2010 at 23:59
I’m looking at YOU and I’m not inspired. You know why? Because you’re not Yazz.
Why would I look at YOU when what I really want is some Yazz?
Let us not forget that Yazz should not be confused with Yazoo, an equally silly-named 80s artist with female lead vocals that did synthy pop hits for a while.
2. Ian "Mac Mac Mac Mac" McIver | May 8th, 2010 at 21:05
I know I’m not Yazz and I have to live with that fact every day of my life.
I’m glad I’m not Yazoo though, even if they did do the synthiest song ever (Don’t Go). That level of synths turned me into a synth for five minutes the last time I heard it.
3. Chris | May 8th, 2010 at 22:32
Don’t go has amazing lyrics.
Came in from the city
Walked into the door
I turned around
When I heard the sound
Of footsteps on the floor
Who could fail to be moved?
4. Ian "Mac Mac Mac Mac" McIver | May 10th, 2010 at 07:35
So wait, they walked into a door? Was it dark or something? I mean I’ve walked into a few doors but only through extenuating circumstances like not noticing it.
5. Chris | May 10th, 2010 at 16:42
It’s about a secret society. Instead of a secret handshake or a door knock, they actually walk into the door, at which point the other members inside know to let them in.
Like, duuuh.
6. Ian "Mac Mac Mac Mac" McIver | May 11th, 2010 at 07:56
I didn’t know that but now I do. I will file it along with all the other useful information I have acquired recently, including facts about Yazz and did you know that Steve Guttenberg holds the World Record for most hotdogs prepared in a minute?
Get that in!