A friend picked up the tour program for me. Supposed to be lovely. I anticipate!
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Milton - did they break out the old gear?
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Gaw'd bless D.A.D.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=362959
― solfege made me schizophrenic (MaresNest), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
LA:
FirecrackerBehind The MaskRiot in LagosCity of LightTokyo Town PagesSeoul MusicTaisoTibetan Dance1000 KnivesCosmic Surfin'Tong PooRydeenIt's Been Very Hard (Yoko)Hello Goodbye
Incredible to see. Bit of a lag in the middle with some of the mellower material which didn't lend very well to a big crowd (many of whom I think were not terribly familiar w/YMO...Cibo Matto probably got the biggest response). But the run of 100 Knives thru Rydeen was just unreal, so satisfying. Hosono plays bass like a motherfucker.
― Deverly (Bangelo), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
Also Yoko went 100% Full On Yoko which was truly amazing to see in an outdoor stadium setting
― Deverly (Bangelo), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't look like they were using real synths. Looked like Buffalo Daughter had a Minimoog tho.
― Deverly (Bangelo), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
footage from the SF show last night is showing up on youtube! here's 'firecracker'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeB5pH2rO58
― geeta, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbV5HYj6G40
― geeta, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UquSsGx0nI
― geeta, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
man, that's all i can find--someone just posted "cue" but it's sideways!!
― geeta, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
yes!
Sakamoto had a battery of synths including I think a Prophet 5, which would be an impressive thing to tour with (though I'm not sure he played it that much)
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
i should have just changed my flight so i could've made this gig
dig the spaced-out disco vibe for "behind the mask" in LA a couple of days ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSCO6rNDVxk
― geeta, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
more clips surfacing from the show in SF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpflqAnd2dc
― geeta, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
yoko clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcM8i8zQcF0
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
It's got to be just a matter of time before they announce a London date, surely.
― solfege made me schizophrenic (MaresNest), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
That "Behind The Mask" posted above is great. Sounds almost like the album except a bit slower. Good to see they put away the minimal/glitch tendencies for this string of shows and went all-out lush.
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea there was a DVD of the 2008 London shows ('POSTYMO')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDcJvUi_2I
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Though I think for fun these CA shows are an improvement over 2008
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Not from any of the recent shows but still a gorgeous live version of one of their best newer compositions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FTQk9qWv6g&feature=related
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
There are two of those HASYMO DVDs, can't quite recall where the other gig was filmed
― solfege made me schizophrenic (MaresNest), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
In Spain I think? Gijonymo or something.
― scotstvo, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
When City of Light came out I thought it was really slight, but now I think it's fantastic
My favorite Behind the Mask, from 93
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFdC7A69rDQ
― Brakhage, Thursday, 7 July 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
From the Warfield SF show, Seoul Music in great sound quality - begins at 1:12. I don't know if this was broadcast in Japan from rehearsal, or if somebody recorded soundboard for later FM broadcast or what.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8QFEEHH6kU
― Brakhage, Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
keith emerson (?!) with sakamoto backstage at the warfield:
http://twitpic.com/5j8zs5
― geeta, Friday, 8 July 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
huh, that didn't work--damn you, nu-ilx: http://twitpic.com/5j8zs5
― geeta, Friday, 8 July 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
YMO in the studio, early 1980s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgkj7-VCmEw
― geeta, Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
I wish so hard for an "official" release of the SF show. I remember hearing a boot of Sketch Show playing "Gradated Gray" and it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Such an underrated tune.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
YMO as covered by... KEANE??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A59Yps4pQq8
― sweetántangó (clouds), Thursday, 6 December 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Not the weirdest cover when you consider Clapton did "Behind the Mask."
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 8 December 2012 05:33 (eleven years ago) link
idd
― sweetántangó (clouds), Saturday, 8 December 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
weirdest thing to me has gotta be that "behind the mask" almost made it onto thriller
― original bgm, Saturday, 8 December 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
...which got re-recorded by Phil Collins and sung by Eric Clapton. Point: Clapton's version.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 9 December 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
anyone seen the ridiculous "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" video? really cheaply made but it's hilarious. i've never seen such miserable dancers!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HTyPPELmY0&feature=player_embedded
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 January 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
ha! that is really endearing.
― original bgm, Thursday, 17 January 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I saw that a while ago, one of those clips that sums up exactly why I love a band so much.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 18 January 2013 05:58 (eleven years ago) link
i love how they apparently didn't even bother to do a second take on any of it, it's just so terribly made (then again, what videos in 1983 weren't?)
― frogbs, Friday, 18 January 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
The Taiso video is pretty funny too.
― MaresNest, Friday, 18 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
hahhaa, forgot about this video. even the camera angle is terrible. kind of 3 feet above them, so it feels like you're watching your children doing the worst dance ever
― Z S, Friday, 18 January 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
i guess they were trying to play up the image of being "fun boys"
they should've change their name to fun boy 3
― hypnotiQ tanqueray (clouds), Friday, 18 January 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
possibly a stupid question, but what is the "fun boy" image?
― Z S, Friday, 18 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
you know — they are boys, they like to have fun
― hypnotiQ tanqueray (clouds), Friday, 18 January 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
it looks like they are being forced to have fun at gunpoint
― frogbs, Friday, 18 January 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
I prefer YMO as waxy aliens meself.
― MaresNest, Friday, 18 January 2013 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
its really kind of amazing how many radical changes in style these guys went through in the span of only 5 years
― frogbs, Friday, 18 January 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha, sorry, i didn't know if "fun boys" was a japanese thing in the 80s or something
― Z S, Friday, 18 January 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
mei fun boys
― hypnotiQ tanqueray (clouds), Friday, 18 January 2013 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3JulFmtvgM
― original bgm, Friday, 18 January 2013 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
the 'wild ambitions' video from the YMO movie is really awesome. just hosono and a kid, hangin, learnin thangs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeMVSNTogG8
love the archery part!
cool alt. mix of the song too.
― original bgm, Friday, 18 January 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
awesome - that's definitely my favorite tune on Naughty Boys, an album that I think gets underrated in general.
― frogbs, Friday, 18 January 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, agreed on naughty boys and "wild ambitions". but the album does get a little soggy in the middle imo!
― original bgm, Friday, 18 January 2013 22:51 (eleven years ago) link