Alison Moyet

elson trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Fri, 02 May 1997 00:55:31 -0700

At 05.40 PM 5/1/1997 -0400, RONALD_JOHNSON@yr.com wrote:

> Now to the reason I wrote... Alison Moyet... Ive heard her Yazz
> hits... and recently her "Nearly God" contribution... How is her
> greatest hits CD?... On nearly God, her vocals were so soulful,
> and I think she would be great doing soul music, but a friend of
> mine loaned me "Alf" and it was so bland...

Well, maybe by today's standards, but in the 80s, it sounded real cool.
That's the one with "Divine Intervention"
on it, right? I liked that tune, and from what I remember, it was pretty
soulful.

Speaking of Moyet, does anyone agree with me that Yaz tunes are good enough
that they could be covered and funkified with today's beats? I mean picture
"Situation" with a funked-up bassline and clavinet line; picture
"Don't Go" with a horn section playing the lead synth line.

Man, that gives me an idea. Get all these early 80s new wave tunes and
cover them in an acid jazz, funk, trip-hop and jungle format. Hmmmm.... I
know Art of Noise has been remixed and junglized lately. I'd love to do a
funked-up AJ treatment of Haircut 100's "Boy Meets Girl" or Spandau
Ballet's "Chant No. 1" or any Jam or Style Council tune.
Has anyone else done AJ or Electronica-style covers of early 80s tunes?

Elson
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