To me, the lead singers of Yaz and Erasure sound remarkably similar, if not dead ringers for one another, yet they’re different people - it’s writer/musician (Vince Clarke) who is the common denominator between the two bands. Even more interesting since one of the singers is a woman (Allison Moyet of Yaz) and the other is a man (Andy Bell of Erasure). If Clarke was so happy with that voice, why/how did he let Moyet get away? Or was she singing
Move out, don’t mess around
Move out, you bring me down
Move out, how you get about
Don’t make a sound just move out
to him?!? (i.e., she decided she was better off going solo) If it was her decision, then was Clarke blatantly searching for an identical replacement? If so, then why not continue to use the name Yazoo/Yaz (well, maybe the hyphen is a clue [;)])?
Am I the only one that thinks the voices sound the same? Anybody know the story? Me confused.
BTW Yaz’s “Upstairs at Eric’s” should be required listening for any fan of new wave, IMHO