Yazoo were formed in early 1982 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke (synthesizers) and English singer Alison Moyet (vocals) and signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom.
Their debut single "Only You" was released on 15 March 1982 and rose to number 2 on the UK charts. They also released two studio albums: Upstairs at Eric's in 1982 and You and Me Both in 1983.
Shortly after the release of the second album, Moyet and Clarke decided to break up. Moyet pursued a solo career while Clarke first founded (the short lived) The Assembly followed by the successful Erasure.
Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet briefly reunited in 2008 and toured Europe and the United States as Yazoo for the first time in twenty-five years. Also in 2008, their record company issued a 4-disc box set called In Your Room; containing remastered editions of both of their original albums, a disc of b-sides and remixes (imaginitively titled B-Sides and Remixes) and a DVD containing promotional videos, interviews etc.
Official website is at: www.yazooinfo.com
Goodbye Seventies
Yazoo Lyrics
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To your headache to the shape of the 1980's
I'm glad that we don't hear you any more
I'm tired of playing in your fashion war
To the lights to the trend setting in your head
Sunday nights tear from the youth cults already dead
I'm glad that we don't hear you and more
I'm tired of fighting in your fashion war
Goodbye seventies
To your credit to the thirty faces you created
To your subscription for the million copies of 1980
I'm glad that we don't hear you any more
I'm tired of losing in your fashion war
Goodbye seventies
The lyrics of Yazoo's "Goodbye Seventies" song's are quite intricate and full of meaning. The song is a critique of the fashion and pop culture of the 1970s. The lyrics mock the trendsetting nature and self-indulgence of the decade, and expresses the singer's relief at leaving that culture behind.
The opening lines exalt the individual's creativity with the creation of 30 faces, but then criticises the headache that the fashion trends of the 1980s will bring. The singer is glad that the voices of the trendsetters have been silenced, as they are tired of being part of the fashion war. The doomed nature of these trends is further emphasised with the "Sunday nights tear from the youth cults already dead" line, meaning that the youth cults have already come and gone.
The second verse reaffirms that the singer is tired of being a part of the fashion war. Then the phrase, "To your subscription for the million copies of 1980" means that people have subscribed to the trendsetters' ideals, purchasing their records en masse; however, the singer is relieved that those voices have been silenced. The song's chorus, "goodbye seventies," summarises the singer's closure to the trends and voices of the decade, and his desire to move on from it to something more purposeful.
Line by Line Meaning
To your credit to the thirty faces you created
Acknowledging the various personas created by the individual
To your headache to the shape of the 1980's
Feeling overwhelmed by the upcoming new decade and its cultural changes
I'm glad that we don't hear you any more
Relieved that the person's influence has faded away
I'm tired of playing in your fashion war
Exhausted from participating in the battle to be trendy and fashionable
To the lights to the trend setting in your head
Referring to the individual's obsession with being a trendsetter
Sunday nights tear from the youth cults already dead
Reflecting on the decline of youth subcultures and their impact on society
I'm tired of fighting in your fashion war
Exhausted from battling to be in-style and trendy
To your subscription for the million copies of 1980
Referencing the mass consumption of pop culture in the new decade
I'm tired of losing in your fashion war
Feeling defeated from constantly failing to be fashionable and trendy
Goodbye seventies
Saying farewell to the past decade and its cultural influences
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: ALISON MOYET
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To your credit to the thirty faces you created
To your headache to the shape of the 1980's
I'm glad that we don't hear you any more
I'm tired of playing in your fashion war
To the lights to the trend setting in your head
Sunday nights tear from the youth cults already dead
I'm glad that we don't hear you and more
I'm tired of fighting in your fashion war
Chorus
woah. woah
Goodbye seventies
To your credit to the thirty faces you created
To your subscription for the million copies of 1980
I'm glad that we don't hear you any more
I'm tired of losing in your fashion war.
@MultiMrMiles
1000% proof how awesome the 80s decade was- above ALL- it will never be soo good again, really
@ivorytower99
Moyet later described how her song "Goodbye 70's" had been inspired by her disillusionment with how the late 1970s punk scene had turned out, saying, "'Goodbye 70's' is about punk and not caring how you were dressed, and then I discovered that so many of my friends that I'd thought it all really meant something to just saw it as another trend... That's what 'Goodbye 70's' was all about, about how sour the whole thing became."
@m43_felix
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@sonicfoxxmusic4281
I was unemployed most of the 80's...haves/have not's period.
Music was about all we had to look forward to...other that seeing the snooty arse of the occasional Job Centre assistant end up being sacked and in the same position as us all.
@BillAnt
Legend has it that the little "Mute" guy is still walking round and round till this day at 0:22 ;D
Speaking of a record going round round > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU
@koreankpopslyrics6535
Yazoo's synthesizer would never get old .!!!!!!
@ingenious4t
Highly underrated Yazoo track, this mix really does it justice!
@100noga
the track is just rated right, this club mix underrated... as any other mixed track from the 80s
@ThStg
It has to be the GREATEST!!! mix of this iconic track from the .,...ALMIGHTY YAZOO
@iananderson4422
What a great piece of 80's music by 80's music legends 👍