just seen erasure live ,great concert people so happy at concert,andy bell has great voice.They done a great mix of old and new stuff.HE sings note for note the same.any thoughts?

jandaman said:

OoooOooh sometimes.

Theyre poo

Much love Pochacco

I LOVE them. I'd love to see them someday.

Some of my faves are:

"Oh L'Amour"
"Victim of Love"
"Ship of Fools"
"Chains of Love"
"Stop!"
"A Little Respect"
"Breath of Life"
"Am I Right?"
"Take a Chance on Me"

theyre poo ...have you ever listened to them?

Erasure is Yaz 2.0. Yaz was THE BADDEST electro new wave band before Depeche Mode, NIN or whatever.

The keyboardist/composer is the same guy in both bands (Erasure and Yaz -- Yazoo over in the UK).



They just put out a greatest hits or sumpm, and they're on tour.
[This message was edited Mon Mar 10 15:27:07 PST 2003 by otan]

Moonbeam said:

otan said:

I used to fuckin LOVE Yaz. That singer has one of the best voices ever, but I haven't heard anything else since from her. Is she still big in the UK?

I remember the 1st time hearing Erasure on the radio thinking it was Yaz, but the singer sounded weird...I was in shock that not only was it a different singer but it was a GUY! He's obviously is a good singer too.

I always liked the album with A Little Respect on it and I also have 2 Ring Circus (which was very popular at my college for some reason).

Yaz singer: Allison Moyet. Still doing stuff. I saw her website a few months ago, but can't find the link now. She's done lots of stuff - some theatre I think. I don't remember now.

I agree - I thought it was the same band at first... and basically the keyboardist just found a replacement. Her first solo single was "Love Resurrection" - track it down if you can, it was pretty good.

"Upstairs at Erics" was one of my favorites when I was younger! I need to get that CD! Yaz was the shit!!

Erasure is amazing live... i saw them on the Wild tour and Cowboy tour, and loved them both. I really wanted to see them - they were just in D.C. last week - but didn't have any extra $$ for tix. But yeah - they're incredible.

Favorite tracks:

Ghost
Truly, Madly, Deeply
A Long Goodbye
Home
Piano Song
Stay with Me
Leave Me To Bleed

Victim of love is a slammin piece of pop music! I also liked You Surround Me from the Wild! album. I heard their Loveboat Cd was a real return to form but never managed to hear it.

"A Little Respect" was the very last 12" I bought when I was in college! I had the flyest schedule my second semester in college: classes on Tuesday and Thursday only all day. My party night was Thursday night and "hot tamales", it was on!!! That was a wonderful workout dance experience!!

Tina (~!~)

yeah, I like erasure now and than
[This message was edited Tue Mar 11 11:16:17 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

otan said:

Vince Clarke was actually in Depeche Mode before he started Yazoo.

IstenSzek said:

Your first reply was better.

fav songs from them home ...andys voice great
goodnight
siren song
always
ship of fools
solsbury hill
welcome 2 the glitterdome
(bootleg)
this boot is the best sounding ive heard analogue synths never sounded so good

jandaman said:

great disc.

Pagey said:

She continued to be really big as a solo artist over the mid eighties, in fact she had two no. 1 solo albums. Check out Alf or Raindancing, both brilliant albums that really showcase her voice.

She then disappeared for a while, had a brief comeback in '94 and then vanished again, before returning as star of the stage show of Chicago in London (she played the part that Queen Latifah played in the film). She then returned with what some critics regard as her finest solo album in 2002, which got her nominated for a Brit award (UK version of the grammies) for best female artist.

"Stop" is the shit..."we'll be together again...Ive been waiting such a long time"

Moonbeam said:

what baout "heart of stone"??

1987, I was 15 & my first exposure to Erasure
-you'll love this Violett was seeing them
open for Duran Duran. I thought they were
great and rushed out to get their stuff. At
the time I liked that Vince pretty much did
all of the music himself and it was all
tech-sounding synth everything and catchy.
To me at the time -I know easy on me now
I thought that Erasure was real funky
I made a fat Erasure tape for my best friend
who was a few years older than me. We listed
to Prince together all of the time & I figured
this Erasure stuff would be right up his ally.
Gave him the tape, told him to dig the funky mix.
He came over 2 days later with JB & Parlament/Funkadelic
records he borrowed from his older brother & his
parents, gave me back my tape, told me it sucked,
and then played me the Hot Pants album for the
first time!
This is funky. He said.