Anyway, love the voice--kind of a Japanese Bowie. I like how his voice sort of fluctuates almost unexpectedly. Great drummer too. Handsome fellow.
Oh, and his recent with with Sketch Show is great.
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 10 September 2004 18:53 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Pinky Pompus, Saturday, 11 September 2004 08:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― salt water express, Sunday, 12 September 2004 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sharif don't like it, rock the CRASBO (corey), Sunday, 25 July 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Neuromantic
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 24 June 2011 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
I just dug up a solo record by Takahashi, from the back of my closet. From 1981, I think? I can't remember much about it, to be honest, but the first track is essentially YMO--the credits list Hosono and Sakamoto ('on Fairlight'!)
― geeta, Friday, 24 June 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
― jaxon, Friday, 24 June 2011 06:33 (twelve years ago) link
this is my all time takachan jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEXiosaWjsM
the synths in the chorus are so sick
― corpse pose (missingNO), Friday, 24 June 2011 07:40 (twelve years ago) link
Who wrote the lyrics for that? They don't seem like they were written by an English-speaker. Either way yeah thats one of his best
― frogbs, Friday, 24 June 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
ha! there's something very '80s Bowie about that video clip
― geeta, Friday, 24 June 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
wow! That's Bill Nelson playing guitar!
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 24 June 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
both Sakamoto and Takahashi seemed to imitate Bowie at some stage - look at "Left Handed Dream"
turns out Peter Barakan wrote the lyrics to that song which is weird b/c they're oddly clumsy. i love when Japanese bands write their own English lyrics, it results in things like "fall in love with elevator/see you later, re-frig-u-ra-ator"
― frogbs, Friday, 24 June 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
another great album to search out is the beatniks. Takahashi & Keiichi Suzuki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iLNQcTkETI
― jaxon, Friday, 24 June 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
has anyone heard YT's later stuff?
I have some of his 80's and 90's albums and they're usually decent with at least one awesome tune on each. His stuff with Hosono as "Sketch Show" is really great and I've heard his later solo albums all sound like that
― frogbs, Friday, 24 June 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
three days to SF YMO show
― Milton Parker, Friday, 24 June 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
damn it if I was within like 16 hours driving distance to that i'd be there
COME TO CHICAGO OR MINNESOTA OR SOMETHING
― frogbs, Friday, 24 June 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
im actually really bummed out about this. this might be the last chance americans get to see YMO
― frogbs, Friday, 24 June 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
I expect the US YMO shows will be close to what they've been doing live for the past few years: acoustic reinterpretations with some glitchy elements. Very stripped down. Light on synths. Therefore a big yawn IMHO.
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 24 June 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
Hate to be a party poop but - you know - I could be proven wrong. i hope so!
i like the sketch show albums and the HASYMO singles but I don't see them working live at all. the LONDONYMO disc didn't even feel live but it was a really good listen regardless
the World Happiness set they did last year was something different and probably closer to your liking
― frogbs, Friday, 24 June 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
saw some live clips from a few years ago and it sounded like bad lite jazz. and i like lite jazz.
oh, and some shitty beatles coverzzzz
― jaxon, Friday, 24 June 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
i dig that Beatniks record
when i saw YMO a few years ago it was like weird glitchy minimalist lounge music w/ epic visuals, though think it was technically HASYMO. def completely electronic. it was pretty good but not something i'd usually seek out. the version of "Ongaku" was completely amazing
― corpse pose (missingNO), Saturday, 25 June 2011 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
I regret not buying tickets and flying to LA from from NY for this. As frogbs said, they're moving away for the glitchy Sketch Show sound. I saw a photo of them rehearsing and there's a Prophet 5, so there ya go!
I can't believe I started this thread 7 years ago. I'm still as big a fan as ever.
― Patrick South, Saturday, 25 June 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Rehearsal Pics!
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 25 June 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
That's Bill Nelson playing guitar!
Yeah, Takahashi featured on Bill's excellent "Chimera" EP along with Mick Karn.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 25 June 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw this Pocky ad with YMO (×∞ Multiplies-inspired design--I dig it)
http://pocky.jp/index.html
― geeta, Saturday, 25 June 2011 09:17 (twelve years ago) link
are you in the J, geeta?
lol at hosono napping in those rehearsal pix
― corpse pose (missingNO), Saturday, 25 June 2011 09:44 (twelve years ago) link
i really like his 2009 album 'Page By Page', has collaborations with Cornelius, Steve Jansen, Lali Puna
― zappi, Saturday, 25 June 2011 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i wish--I've never been to Japan (will hopefully remedy that sometime soon)
you lucky sods who are going to the LA or SF shows over the next couple of days, report back
― geeta, Saturday, 25 June 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
ha ha the Pocky ad is still blowing my mind!!
make sure your speakers are on, 'Rydeen' is the soundtrack
― geeta, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
new Beatniks album coming soon, that's unexpectedapparently Towa Tei did a track with him on his new album. awesome how Towa keeps paying respects to YMO, I think all three members have guested on an album at some point. you can clearly hear Hosono doing backing vocals on "G.B.I." but he's uncredited
as for as the albums go - his late 80's/early 90's work seems a little weak, but the 'new' version of "Betsu-ni" from A Day in the Next Life is so incredibly beautiful
― frogbs, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'd be interested in giving that Beatniks album a listen. There was a few weeks earlier this year when all I listened to were the four albums he did from Murdered By The Music to Tomorrow's Just Another Day. It was amazing finding basically a bunch of other brilliant YMO albums, especially as Naughty Boys is my favourite and they're quite similar.
This is one of my favourite songs from those albums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbAoCw1gSgU&feature=related
So many great tracks though, School Of Though, Drip Dry Eyes, Blue Colour Woker, My Bright Tomorrow and Kagerou especially.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
The great thing about What, Me Worry? is all the guest vocalists that kinda take the pressure off Takahashi. His voice is decent but I don't know if I like it to carry a whole album. That said I think it did improve a little as he went on.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
That is a great album but I've never really had a problem with his vocals. My favourite YMO song is Opened My Eyes which is made by his vocal, especially the way he sings " I couldn't sleep in my bed at night, I didn't have any appetite for anything"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSUEJgM47Q
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
The new Beatniks album came as a surprise to me as well (Amazon Japan is good at notifying me). I pre-ordered it this morning!
― Patrick South, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
IMO his best vocal is that garbled up thing he does in "Camoflauge"I dunno, I did get annoyed by the way he seems to add an extra syllable to some of his words. That said the vocals in "It's Gonna Work Out" are pretty ace. As long as he stays within his limitations he does fine.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
kitchen you've heard "Exitenialism" haven't you?
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 November 2012 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
Neuromantic is a masterpiece
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
p much
― clouds, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Yukihiro-Takahashi-Live-1998-Run-After-You/release/782065
Been geeking out over this one lately. I like YT's work in general but I have tended to notice that many of his albums are a little uneven, and almost all of them feature at least one or two totally knockout tracks. Here's a 1998 live release that focuses a lot on his mid-to-late 90's work, but with some great callbacks to his early solo albums ("Something in the Air" and "Kid-Nap the Dreamer"). His work certainly took a turn for the more mature crowd (in other words: kinda boring) but the songs on here are almost universally gorgeous, alternating between big, powerful ballads and really pleasant pop songs. Production is great and Yuki himself sounds about as good as he ever has. Check it out!!
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
finally listening to What Me Worry? after being obsessed with Neuromantic for several months. It's great! "This Strange Obsession" seriously should have been a massive global hit.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 25 April 2014 01:44 (nine years ago) link
"flashback" is the bomb
― massaman gai, Friday, 25 April 2014 05:06 (nine years ago) link
try "murdered by the music" next!
― clouds, Friday, 25 April 2014 11:58 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVWwb8LQCpM
― clouds, Friday, 25 April 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
yeah "murdered by the music" is great - kind of like a more fleshed out companion album to Xoo Multiplies
― frogbs, Friday, 25 April 2014 13:29 (nine years ago) link
"school of thought" is so good, the main synth riff kinda reminds me of sparks for some reason.
― brimstead, Friday, 25 April 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
Takahashi, Towa Tei, Yoshinori Sunahara (ex-Denki Groove), Cornelius, Tomohiko Gondo, and Leo Imai to form a supergroup, good God:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/15/music/ymos-yukihiro-takahashi-recruits-towa-tei-cornelius-yoshinori-sunahara-tomohiko-gondo-and-leo-imai-for-an-impressive-supergroup/#.U8XjdCj23QU
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:03 (nine years ago) link
Towa Tei ft. Yukihiro Takahashi and Kiko Mizuhara - "The Burning Plain"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=769QwzmW22Q
Great song. Amusingly enough the song is about the act of watching the movie rather than the movie itself.
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
have you heard his metafive supergroup album? towa tei is in that one too. and cornelius.
http://coolestsound.jp/Takahashi_Yukihiro_Metafive_Techno_Recital_Takahas/2014.07.20/010395/
― original bgm, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
Had no idea they actually released something - will try to grab as soon as I can find a cheaper copy ;) The trailer sounds good. The In Phase release seems interesting too, I dig the more mature stuff too so long as the songwriting is there. I've posted about his "Run After You" live release which is maybe my favorite YT album overall but I don't think anyone knows those songs.
Lately I've been obsessed with a song called "'00" from his 1999 album The Dearest Fool. Can't find it on Youtube but it's really neat, has a really similar groove to "Jumbo" by Underworld
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
oh, if you haven't watched any other obayashi movies... well, you're in for a treat!
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 23 January 2023 23:25 (one year ago) link
with subtitles here
― visiting, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 00:51 (one year ago) link
Interested to see this. Thanks, visiting!
Sites like that drive me up a wall. Tried a few different things to download the video and only something called "Internet Download Manager" worked. Can upload in 720p to whatever sharing site if anyone wants.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 02:10 (one year ago) link
(really doesn't seem to be any way to get it legitimately with subtitles)
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link
visiting, thanks for that link! that bottle of wine they're thinking of opening near the beginning, 300K yen...that's 367K yen today, or $2800 US dollars :-o
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
Can upload in 720p to whatever sharing site if anyone wants
Don't think anyone here will say no.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 03:13 (one year ago) link
Absolutely, I found a pretty good rip of it but with no .srt, so I'd love to watch it in any format
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 11:09 (one year ago) link
what's a good site to send a file that big these days? that's not blocked for many. can do in 9hrs or so.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 11:32 (one year ago) link
I like Fromsmash, it has the same 7 day limit but I find it's less flakey than Wetransfer
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 11:34 (one year ago) link
ok will do thanksfwiw i think only "server 2" on the pirate site had it in the higher res. Looks nice.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 12:38 (one year ago) link
ok here's download link, good til Jan 31 evening
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:09 (one year ago) link
FUCK YEAH
*chants* M-V-P! M-V-P!
*pounding of fists on the table, bedlam rising*
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
can do in 9hrs or so.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5:32 AM (nine hours ago)
*multiple people begin writing wikipedia entry*
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:15 (one year ago) link
the file works well for me, playback via VLC. thanks maffew12!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
Roxor. Will grab it later! Deeply appreciated.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:24 (one year ago) link
amazing! many thanks
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 22:09 (one year ago) link
According to japanese wikipedia, YT did this movie in response to RS having starred in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:47 (one year ago) link
haha yep c'mon if I were him I'd also be offended if RS was considered the movie star in YMO. no offense obv
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 January 2023 04:35 (one year ago) link
anyway wanted to post this track, one of the last things he's on. god I love his "make some noise" sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j95nu5jSHo
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 January 2023 04:36 (one year ago) link
Thanks so much, maffew!
― MaresNest, Thursday, 26 January 2023 14:13 (one year ago) link
Yukihiro tribute for the next hour on NTS channel 1, starting right now!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
oh damn whatever's playing now is excellent, anyone know what it is?? do they release tracklists after?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:19 (one year ago) link
It's fantastic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedrxUW8exo
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:21 (one year ago) link
The guy's channel is great btw, well worth checking out.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
oh wow a live "Nice Age", never heard this before. Akiko's on it
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:26 (one year ago) link
awww man this is great
I actually know who this DJ is! Towa Tei did a song with them and the video is mesmerizing. YT appears...as the robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lgUz4t9fJw
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:29 (one year ago) link
Thanks listening now!
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
Right now it's "River in the Ocean" by The Beatniks. idk how many ILXors know this record but it's really great, this song in particular is great. and to think it wasn't even on the original version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-Rvgtgfjk
(also worth mentioning: this album came out the same year as BGM, Technodelic, and Neuromantic...what an insane year that was for him)
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:39 (one year ago) link
Really enjoyed that! Tracklist normally gets added when the show is archived, will post a link when it goes up
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link
could someone please re-up the poisson d'avril movie?i always enjoyed the soundtrack and came too late for the link posted a few posts up...
― Pagoda, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 09:15 (one year ago) link
best ymo members with a better solo output: takahashi and hosono
― CerebralCaustic, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
XP - Here y'go - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/eg69fi25suep02a100xmn/h?dl=0&rlkey=8613qupgg3bl7btlitu8qmzzq
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
whoa!1000 Dank!!!(̶◉͛‿◉̶)
― Pagoda, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
Cheese & wine party w/Yuki (and eng subs) count me in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll86KLqZFTg
― MaresNest, Friday, 24 February 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
A master of French cuisine!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 24 February 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
its recently occurred to me how many of his lyrics I absolutely love. I know they're translated by Modell and Barakan but they kinda try to keep the structure of the original which results in a lot of cool and odd phrases. "Feel like I've been through a washing machine", "It doesn't take a genius to know", "I think I'm out on a winning streak", "This must be the ugliest piece of bread I've ever eaten", pretty much everything on "It's All Gonna Work Out", etc.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 04:23 (one year ago) link
the strangest of the strangers...secondhand teenagers
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:58 (one year ago) link
Finally watched the movie. it is insane! highly recommended.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 19 March 2023 01:36 (one year ago) link
The link from poster visiting is fine if you've got an ad blocker
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 19 March 2023 01:37 (one year ago) link
oh yeah, I forgot to report back but watched that basically immediately after grabbing it. a total blast! the kind of thing I'd picture grabbing at the video store and seeing a quote like "a truly delightful romp!" on the cover.
re: movie + the wine and cheese vid - was mr. yt known for being a francophile or something? or maybe everyone was in the 80s...
also recently watched obayashi's the island closest to heaven, he's in that one too, tho briefly. loved it, in any case.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 19 March 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
back cover of his first albumhttps://i.discogs.com/YG39ydbuIyKovYS8vw5CTfGfyolRrPKJeY7YgTv5QcI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc3NjMx/MC0xMzk0MDY5MjM4/LTIzMzguanBlZw.jpeg
― visiting, Sunday, 19 March 2023 22:11 (one year ago) link
was mr. yt known for being a francophile or something?
well Keiichi Suzuki (the other half of Beatniks and one of his best friends) for sure was. plus there's the whole first album thing.
― frogbs, Monday, 20 March 2023 02:12 (one year ago) link
well, here's where I admit I've never listened to the first YT record...
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 20 March 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASxctAzCKkE
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:24 (ten months ago) link
Also 71 today!
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:27 (ten months ago) link
lol he calls Steve Jansen "Steve-O"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:31 (ten months ago) link
The Alfa YT channel is v underrated, so much great stuff in there.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:32 (ten months ago) link
Here's a translation of Sayonara, one of the two Japanese songs on What, Me Worry?
...
(spoken)It's really such good, bright weather...The sun's glare casts a shadow behind the two of us.
(sung)You swing your hand so broadly it seems it's about to fall off.I close my dazzled eyes.Such nice weatherand I'm going to say goodbye...
A bright goodbyeA bright goodbye
(spoken)In such good, quiet weather,the cicadas are singing a little too loud...
(sung)You swing your hand so broadly it seems it's about to fall off.I'll be alright -- for sure I'll be alright.I'm going to say goodbye sadly to you, bathed as you are in the bright light.
This song could bring me to tears before I even attended to the lyrics; how much more so, now? I love you forever, YT.
― TheNuNuNu, Saturday, 3 February 2024 06:54 (two months ago) link
And the other, Flashback (Sakamoto's music, Takahashi's words). Didn't quite cry while translating this one, but a couple times I had to stop and say, "Holy fuck." There are elegant elements of the Japanese that I couldn't get across in English -- places where Takahashi's text is poignantly succinct, or beautifully vague, or drifts off in just the right way.
A phantasm drifts at the edge of the water,rustling faintly and sadly in the weeds.Back then every day was like a dream.That fragrance always flooding everything.
In the full light of a lovely morning,my heart cracked. Come, let's find somewhere to throw it away.
And honestly, I didn't understand any of it,any of the absurd falsehoods spoken over and over and over again.To this day, I try and summon the faded images of what I witnessed -- though, where...? I can't remember.
Deep in the tender twilight,my heart cracked. Come, let's find somewhere to throw it away.
[instrumental verse]
To this day, I try and summon the faded images of what I witnessed -- though, where...? I can't remember.
To this day, I try and rememberthe fading colors, the timeworn tale, the customary scene.
A phantasm drifts at the edge of the water,rustling faintly and sadly in the weeds.Back then every day was like a dream.Always that faint fragrance in the shadow of the flowers.
― TheNuNuNu, Sunday, 4 February 2024 03:32 (two months ago) link
Love this. Hosono looks so happy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzIpofcS3e0
― TheNuNuNu, Saturday, 17 February 2024 03:00 (two months ago) link