Z is for Zaz Turned Blue

This obscure little number is found at the end of Side 1 of Was (Not Was)' 1983 album Born to Laugh at Tornadoes. I'd never heard of the song until I heard PJ Harvey's version from the 1997 Lounge-a-Palooza compilation, but it's one of my favorite covers. It's a damn spooky song and it makes sense that Was (Not Was) got the Velvet Fog himself, Mel Torme, to sing it, as it sounds like one of those mood pieces he and Sinatra did so well back in the day. I do like how PJ Harvey was able to keep the torch sound in her version and also give it a trip-hop spin a la Portishead.