Track of the week 3/6/18
I’ve been watching the brilliant “The Americans” over on Amazon Prime, a period drama set in the early ’80’s following a couple of Russian KGB agents, or illegals, living as ordinary american citizens. It is gripping, yet empathetic, stuff, certainly amongst the best TV I’ve watched in a while.
I’m well into series three now, and my enjoyment was ever so slightly dented by a little niggle, that said more about me than the show: I am clearly morphing into outraged of Tunbridged Wells.
In one scene we see a 15 year old girl listening to her Walkman. Asked what she was listening to, she said “Yazz.” Later, we see Philip buy Yazz’s album for his daughter. Now, I’m now expert (although I pretend to be) but Yazz came to fame in the late eighties, and this series is currently in circa 1982, plus Yazz was a bit of a one hit wonder (albeit a fantastic hit) and not many people would have bought her album.
And then, later in the same episode, we heard the above playing: “Only You” by Yazoo. It was clear they had mistaken Yazoo for Yazz. I was disporotionally disappointed by this – they had got the period pretty spot on, this was a basic mistake to make. It rankled.
But then I discovered that in America Yazoo were/are known as Yaz. It all made sense, all is forgiven.
Time to sign off, and settle down for another episode or two.