TS: Gwen Stefani "Cool" vs Yaz "Only You"

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Conscious lift by the Stefani crew or just coincidence?

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

OH LET ME GUESS.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

hehehe

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

"Only You" is one of the loveliest '80s electro songs. I ::heart:: Alison Moyet.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

If "Only You" had been recorded on piano instead of synth, it'd be among my all-time-top. Still a marvelous record, and Moyet is a treasure. That said, I haven't heard the Stefani track: Is it that similar?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

i agree "Only You" is glorious. But I don't agree that it would be better on piano instead of synth. I love the sound of Vince Clarke's synth work from those years!

― Paul outta Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

I just heard the Yaz song for the first time last week thanks to "The Office" special; lovely song for a lovely scene, made a point of googling the lyrics and all that. yeah 'Cool does lift the structure of the chorus although it ends up having a different 'flavor' overall imo.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Death to Gwen.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

maybe it's gwen's tribute to yaz!

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

"Only You" by faaaaar. Unlike, say, "Don't Speak", I cannot hear "Cool" without thinking of its metatext, and imagining gwen singing those goofy words to tony kanal makes me bananas. b-a-na-na-s.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

Clarification: not because it's Tony Kanal, but just because the plainspokenness is excruciating. Swap in generic love song lyrics, and I'm down.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

I can't hear the opening of "Don't Speak" without thinking of "Dream On" by Aerosmith.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 June 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

she wanted to make something real

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 16 June 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

BARTON:
I tried to show you something beautiful. Something
about all of us --

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 16 June 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

She bought a synth and an arpeggiator? And she threw her computer out the window? xpost

― Ian Riese-Moraine: exposing ambitious careerists as charlatans since 1986. (East, Thursday, 16 June 2005 02:02 (twenty years ago)

"Only You" by Yazoo (was that just an American thing?)

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 16 June 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

TS: http://www.dccomics.com/media/products/3223_180x270.jpg vs. http://www.dccomics.com/media/products/3321_180x270.jpg

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 16 June 2005 03:26 (twenty years ago)

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