that is the best i've ever seen a 'pop video' look, on a backdrop at a gig. coincidentally we were bellyaching on some thread or other, about how bad promos of the 80s and 90s look now on YouTube and how they never seem to come out in HD or Blu-Ray but somehow theirs look amazing up there.
― piscesx, Thursday, 24 November 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
i suspect thats down to boris.he is all about the visual representation these days with his love of movie scores etc.even in the early days, these guys had access to serious tech toys.
― mark e, Thursday, 24 November 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
Boris? Dieter was a visual artist before he became a vocalist and he's directed all of Yello's videos (and famously worked for years on a stage musical based on their music that was never properly finished), so presumably he's the one who puts more effort into the stage visuals too?
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 12:37 (seven years ago) link
The Dieter-directed "Virtual Concert" DVD that came with Touch Yello is pretty great too, if you don't mind the cheap looking CGI effects. (Which I'm willing to forgive because the budget must've been fairly small.) The bit where they place those white cutout instruments seen in the album art is fab!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTJmYEhn8PU
― Tuomas, Monday, 28 November 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link
normally when i listen to 'stella' i skip 'oh yeah' cos, well, you know.but tonight i let it play out.it really is a mad weird track to have ever become a signature track.
one of the weirdest pop hits ever ?
― mark e, Friday, 18 August 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
13 minutes of 'the race'.still brilliant.
― mark e, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
always!
i went to the Berlin gig mentioned above (4 years ago). Some of it was excellent but overall it was a bit underwhelming sadly.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
did anyone bother with the album they put out last year?
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:56 (three years ago) link
joe muggs said it was one of the best sounding albums of the year.just a shame re the crap cover art.and yes, i am that shallow.
― mark e, Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2F0rg8LE_c
― xzanfar, Friday, 5 February 2021 00:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YybmWiEzrs
― xzanfar, Friday, 5 February 2021 00:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rECR4wVCMQ
― xzanfar, Friday, 5 February 2021 00:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRo1cHlgIqk
― xzanfar, Friday, 5 February 2021 01:00 (three years ago) link