Besides Warlock they have been the first heavy metal band with a female singer in Germany. Their first album was top album of the month in the music magazine "Metal Hammer".
After their second album "Pilgrimage" Zed Yago disbanded in 1989 due to being unsuccessful.
Jutta Weinhold started the band "Velvet Viper" and later on had her own solo-album in 1993.
In 1997 Jimmy Dumand (guitars) revived the band together with his wife Yvonne Durand and Bubi Reinholdt (drums), so they could play on Wacken 1997.
The new formation put out their first album "The Invisible Guide" in 2005.
The Flying Dutchman
Zed Yago Lyrics
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beyond the water
where nothing is but what is not,
where she live.
Unreal creature
but her father was a man
wicked and cursed
formless form.
She has a ship and sails the sea
year in year out the Flying Dutchman's daughter
more than a ghost and less who will redeem her,
and those hopeless souls that cry about her
those twilight creatures in a tortured chaos.
Pink fog turns purple, in the slime
the daughter and the lords of chaos meet
Oh, give me form,
and I'll bring back sweet fantasy
She cries, give me a human body, heaven
give me a human body, hell.
And it is done a female body goes ashore
in search of fantasy, a mysterious,
beautiful woman leaves the sea.
The Flying Dutchman by Zed Yago is a haunting tale of a woman who is cursed to sail the seas for eternity. The opening lyrics describe a world beyond the water, where nothing is real but only exists in the realm of imagination. The singer of the song is described as an unreal creature, the daughter of a wicked and cursed man and a formless form that is the sea. The symbolism in these lyrics evokes the idea of a woman who is caught between two worlds, one of reality and one that only exists in the imagination.
The singer is described as having a ship and sailing the sea for years on end as the Flying Dutchman's daughter, a reference to the legendary ghost ship that is cursed to sail the world's oceans for all eternity. She is more than a ghost but less than a human, and she longs for redemption. The song portrays her as a tortured soul who is unable to shake off the curse of her father's sins, and she is constantly searching for a way to escape her fate.
In the final lines of the song, we see a glimmer of hope as the singer is given a human body and is able to leave the sea in search of a better life. The song ends on a hopeful note as the woman sets out to find her redemption and live a normal life.
Line by Line Meaning
There is a world not world, beyond the water
There exists a place that is beyond our world, across the waters, that can't be explained by our realm of existence.
where nothing is but what is not, where she live.
This place is a paradoxical realm where things that aren't, are. And in that realm of the unexplained lives the central character of the story.
Unreal creature, but her father was a man
The Flying Dutchman's daughter is an unreal creature born from the union of a man and a water spirit, her mother.
wicked and cursed, her mother was the water formless form.
Her father was wicked and cursed, and her mother was the endless, formless water itself.
She has a ship and sails the sea year in year out the Flying Dutchman's daughter
The daughter of the Flying Dutchman traverses the sea endlessly aboard her ship, never finding rest nor peace.
more than a ghost and less who will redeem her, and those hopeless souls that cry about her those twilight creatures in a tortured chaos.
She is more than a ghost yet less than a living being, her existence is burdened by an unredeemable curse. The individuals who see her, the twilight creatures, suffer from the chaotic torment of this cursed existence.
Pink fog turns purple, in the slime the daughter and the lords of chaos meet
In the midst of an eerie, pink fog that soon turns purple, the Flying Dutchman's daughter encounters the rulers of chaos within the murky waters.
Oh, give me form, and I'll bring back sweet fantasy
The daughter pleads for a physical form so that she can restore the lost sense of idealism and creativity within the world.
She cries, give me a human body, heaven give me a human body, hell.
Desperate, she beseeches the gods of heaven and hell for a human body, as only one with form can bring back the fantasy that has been lost.
And it is done a female body goes ashore in search of fantasy, a mysterious beautiful woman leaves the sea.
Her wishes are granted and a transformed version of the Flying Dutchman's daughter emerges from the sea in search of lost fantasy, embodied as a beautiful and captivating woman.
Contributed by Bella M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@finanz-werker473
wau ein genialer sound
vor 30 jahren entstanden ,meine Lieblingsängerin .
@Tull9469
Awesome 👍
@V3ntilator
Jutta: Are you playing concerts in 2020? We are thinking of going to Germany to see you live in 2020 if you still play. Greetings from Norway.
@DjDelchi
So glad to see you are still out there. I have some news about that project I started years ago. Can I shoot you an email?
@Lemmy667
Hey Jutta, tolles Intro! Warum machst Du nicht einmal was mit Doro Pesch zusammen... wäre das nicht was? Könnte mir vorstellen, daß das ziemlich rocken würde! ;-) Halford und Dickinson haben das vor Jahren auch mal gemacht mit "The one you love to hate"; vielleicht ja ein Projekt für die Corona- Zeit? Fänd ich cool. \m/