Jul 12, 2018
2:14:00pm
2:14:00pm
This one may prove to be as big a landslide as Howard Jones was (although, in my opinion, more justifiably), but the Eurythmics/Yaz comparison has to be made--Eurythmics and Yazoo (aka Yaz in America for legal reasons) were both synthpop duos with a male on keys and a powerful, low register female on vocals. And for whatever reason it feels right to me to throw Propaganda into the mix. Such a short-lived and somewhat obscure german synthpop band hardly has a puncher's chance, so I'll even double up Propaganda with Act, which was Claudia Brücken's project after leaving Propaganda.
Round 1:
Eurythmics are an example of a band that had a superhit ("Sweet Dreams") but didn't drown in their overnight success. Instead, they rereleased the excellent "Love Is A Stranger" and their success snowballed, including victory in the first round of today's 80s Deathmatch. Propaganda's biggest hit, "Duel", can't quite compete, and the sweetness of Yaz's "Only You" lacks punch.
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Round 2:
Eurythmics keeps the heat on with "Missionary Man", which has got to be a CB favorite, and Yaz doubles down on emotion in "Nobody's Diary", but Propaganda's "p:Machinery" is a song I just can't get out of my head.
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Round 3:
"Here Comes the Rain Again" from Eurythmics and "Absolutely Immune" from Claudia Brücken's Act are both haunting, but Yaz owns the dance floor with "Don't Go".
Watch this video on YouTube
Extra Innings
• Eurythmics: "Sweet Dreams" has endured radio overplay and countless trashy covers but still holds up, as do numerous other hits like "Would I Lie to You?" and "Who's That Girl?".
• Propaganda/Act: Claudia Brücken's willingness to stray from the mainstream is more fully on display in Propaganda's "Dr. Mabuse" (the video reminds me of tearing out my bathtub--and of the fact that Propaganda was founded by Ralf Dörper from Die Krupps) and Act's "Bloodrush".
• Yaz: Alison Moyet is looking good lately singing "Situation", although I'd be scared to visit her "In My Room". But that voice ("Walk Away From Love", "Midnight")!
Round 1:
Eurythmics are an example of a band that had a superhit ("Sweet Dreams") but didn't drown in their overnight success. Instead, they rereleased the excellent "Love Is A Stranger" and their success snowballed, including victory in the first round of today's 80s Deathmatch. Propaganda's biggest hit, "Duel", can't quite compete, and the sweetness of Yaz's "Only You" lacks punch.
Watch this video on YouTube
Round 2:
Eurythmics keeps the heat on with "Missionary Man", which has got to be a CB favorite, and Yaz doubles down on emotion in "Nobody's Diary", but Propaganda's "p:Machinery" is a song I just can't get out of my head.
Watch this video on YouTube
Round 3:
"Here Comes the Rain Again" from Eurythmics and "Absolutely Immune" from Claudia Brücken's Act are both haunting, but Yaz owns the dance floor with "Don't Go".
Watch this video on YouTube
Extra Innings
• Eurythmics: "Sweet Dreams" has endured radio overplay and countless trashy covers but still holds up, as do numerous other hits like "Would I Lie to You?" and "Who's That Girl?".
• Propaganda/Act: Claudia Brücken's willingness to stray from the mainstream is more fully on display in Propaganda's "Dr. Mabuse" (the video reminds me of tearing out my bathtub--and of the fact that Propaganda was founded by Ralf Dörper from Die Krupps) and Act's "Bloodrush".
• Yaz: Alison Moyet is looking good lately singing "Situation", although I'd be scared to visit her "In My Room". But that voice ("Walk Away From Love", "Midnight")!
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