Watching an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati and there was a poster of the first YMO album up in the DJ booth.
― timellison, Monday, 24 December 2012 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
in heaven, YMO plays every night with pfunk and Steve reich
― Todd Terragh - "It's the Harps" (m bison), Monday, 24 December 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://neojaponisme.com/2008/11/21/multiplies-skit-translation/
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
"kagekina shukujyo" might be my favorite of their later period pop singles. insanely catchy and bittersweet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqe2hxtbHc
― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 28 January 2016 09:53 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ZLjrySQQA
found a vinyl copy of the Yellow Magic Orchestra album. i really love it! it is very classic sounding. some of the synths have this nice brass sound to them or something, maybe sort of reminiscent of an old 78 or pre war pop. kind of similar to Kraftwerk in that way. but definitely doing their own thing. my favorite bit is the end of side 2, the noisey electronic Bridge Over Troubled Music on into Mad Pierrot. this whole album rules. i also have the Martin Denny original of Firecracker. YMO really makes it sound like it was made for this band.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 21:38 (six years ago) link
so I just found out that the original Japanese version of the debut has a totally different mix than every version since? I knew about "Acrobat" but damn, it's like a different album. Hosono's bass is so much thicker.
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:54 (three years ago) link
oh Alex you're spoiling us now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l79HgXvxP8
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:36 (one month ago) link