For further evidence that my life has come full circle, Yaz is now a birth control pill.
No No NO! So wrong.
Yaz is a mid-eighties dance sort of synth group that I used to dance to. Don't Go, Situation, Only You. How many times did I dance to those songs? And yes, I might have needed birth control a couple times while dancing to those but really? I had that Upstairs At Eric cassette in rotation in my car stereo for at least a couple years.
Naming a birth control pill after an 80s band?
So wrong. So very wrong. The saddest part is that all the young 20 somethings who are taking it won't have a clue that Yaz was a pretty good band to dance to and not just a non baby pill that also might help your zits go away.
In the meantime, here is a link to Yaz and you can listen to Situation, which sort of can relate to birth control.
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Yaz/dp/B00000K3GI#moreAboutThisProduct
Note: I already know I have a kind of twisted sense of humor so really, you don't need to email me and tell me that. Really.
i tried out for cheerleading to yaz! love them!!
Posted by: nursenicole | March 18, 2007 at 07:45 PM
As always, I have to comment on the mere mention of one of my favorite 80's bands! Alison Moyet had (and still has) one of the most soulful female voices ever to grace a piece of vinyl. I say vinyl, because I had Upstairs At Eric's in the 12" flat, black and circular form. Still have it and still love. State Farm is truly brilliant!
"...puts the liquor in your pocket and the powder up your nose."
-T
Posted by: T | March 19, 2007 at 04:02 AM
Yeah Allison Moyet..wow..blast from the past! She was cool...very unique.
Thanks for the trip in the wayback machine!
(we'd have rocked out well together back in the day!)
Posted by: Holly | March 19, 2007 at 10:12 PM
yea...i have a basement full of lps i won't give up, and just for good measure, i have a player with a good needle and a spare, and hooked up to speakers! you just can't get the good ones anymore... had been trying for years to find out who did "the clown died in marvin gardens" lost that one in a divorce... FINALLY after years of checking with those who "should know" and all the web sites galore...FOUND IT... (cuz you know I could picture the jacket cover)... Beacon Street Union...and Lisa... you were barely born.......but... right there with teegarden and vanwinkle... richie havens...all the ones from the early/late 60's...they just take you back don't they? I freaked when I saw YAZ as a pill too! like you said...20 somethings will never know...
Posted by: sandi | March 20, 2007 at 04:03 PM
It used to be SO cool to listen to Yaz. I mean, you were SOMEBODY if you got into Yaz. Can't believe they're calling the pill that. That's as wrong as Wendy's using a Violent Femmes song as theme music for one of their commercials...
P.S. Lisa, you really have a twisted sense of humor. Really.
Posted by: Michelle | March 21, 2007 at 01:57 PM
Yaz? I'm on it, too. I had linked it up in my head to the band and then thought to myself - friggin' kids will just think Yasmin Bleeth had a pill named after her. ~laughs~
Posted by: Kristi | March 22, 2007 at 06:34 PM
Okay, let's try this again. Everything freezes up when I try to comment on your blog lately. Hmm, trying to tell me something Broad?
Anyway, just all kinds of wrong naming birth control Yaz. Strange. I once wrote a short story where the main characters had a code phrase for if ever they needed to warn the other that they were in deep trouble. The phrase? Upstairs at Eric's. I always thought it was a great album title. Yeah, I said it. Album.
Adding to Michelle's comment about Wendy's using the Femmes, I still can't believe a cruise line is using Lust For Life. Did nobody in the marketing department take a look at the actual lyrics? And they actually use the line "Here come's Johnny Yen again." He ain't talking about a yen for a cruise vacation. But hey, it's a kicky beat, it must be happy!
Posted by: Darr | March 22, 2007 at 10:29 PM