YMO - Riot in Lagos (Budokan 1980)

[ScoSmoovRawClassTV]

Ryuichi had swag

[ScoSmoovRawClassTV]

Swag

[Jagged85]

@youlupukki

I'm referring specifically to the "electro" genre (also known as "electro-funk"), not electronic music in general. The first true electro-funk track was "Riot in Lagos" (1980) by Sakamoto/YMO, which pre-dated Kraftwerk's first electro-funk track "Numbers" (1981).

[jounzun44]

@Jagged85 I agree it does pre date Kraftwerk's numbers but don't forget about Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk in 1977, It's a slower tempo but is originally the creation of Electro-Funk music

[Jagged85]

@jounzun44

I would describe "Trans-Europe Express" (1977) as one of the first proto-electro tracks, while "Riot in Lagos" (1980) is one of the first true electro-funk tracks.

One way of putting it is that "Riot in Lagos" was like the final destination of the direction that "Trans-Europe Express" was heading towards.

[jounzun44]

@Jagged85 ...I agree.

[soundofnoyze]

シンセ複数にギターとドラム　まさにオーケストラ

[purejam]

いまだにこの時の演奏を超えるRIOT IN LAGOSは聴いたことない。

手弾きをするしかない状況がこの緊張感溢れる演奏を生んだ。

[MelvinWren]

lol these guys. i wonder what devo thought.

[nomusician]

And Ryuichi rides in an Alfa Romeo !! 

[nor627]

当時のYMOの音、どこか尖ってて今聴くとまた新鮮ですね。

松武秀樹さんも矢野顕子さんも居て、今見ると不思議ですね。

こんなライブ、生で観たかったな。

[Jagged85]

This song sounds similar to the later electronic songs, Kraftwerk's "Numbers" (1981) and Afrika Bombaataa's "Planet Rock" (1982).

"Riot in Lagos" was responsible for pioneering the beats and sounds of electro music, but instead it's often "Planet Rock" or "Numbers" that get the credit, even though "Riot in Lagos" came before them.

[Jagged85]

On a side note, this was also the first live performance to use the Roland TR-808, one of the first and the most widely used programmable drum machine of all time.

[MrSonic883]

矢野さんが使ってるヘッドホンってゼンハイザーのHD414かな­？

[Brunozaire]

I really want to play in Budokan.

[doragontattoo]

これ当時見に行きました懐かしい

[reeonelb]

僕はこれをテレビで観てＹＭＯに狂った。

未だに刺激的なのは今の音楽家に先陣切ってくパワーを感じないか­らでしょうね。

[shudaxxx]

突然発生的なイントロ、ベース音、ドラムス…

ウン十年前から、既にヘビロテです！

[sonic813ao]

いろんなアーチストのライブを見たけど、これがライブのオープン­ニングとしては最高の曲です！



[yasusikun1]

二回目のワールドツアーの武道館の演奏は全部違う！

音色、グルーヴ感、全部違う！

丸々CDにしてもらいたい。

[ovvvvvvvvrz]

ヒップホップの黎明期の神曲。ポール・マッカートニーがこれを聞­いて自分達の時代が終わった事を実感したとか。ｗ

[pariofiat]

細野さん良い車のってるね～

[TheNogtube]

Riot in Lagos　こそ至高ですね。

コード厨に聞かせてやりたい。

[SHIGEHIME1130WAFURU]

ゲスト陣も凄いです・・・！！

「YMO ONE MORE」にこの曲が入ってないので、他のアルバムでないのかな­って思いますね。

（出来たら、コンピレーションアルバムで・・・（苦笑）

私の中ではTechnopolisよりも好きかと思います。☆

[dreamstone14]

god music

[TheWeedBrothers]

fuck art, lets play with synthesizers!

[2009doglife]

０：３５　坂本さんと歩いてきた女性、

アッコちゃんじゃないですよね。マネージャーかな？

大村さんと来た女性も綺麗だけど誰なのだろう？

しかし・・・松武さん、おしゃれで驚いた（笑）(ﾟmﾟ*)

[xxxKINGFROGxxx]

Budokan.

[piyolinnamihei]

音もファッションも早いなあ

[xkorox]

元祖２ステップｗ

[ajipura]

何これ　かっこよすぎ・・・・

[zarcon85]

this is straight killer! absolutely love it...and i have never seen so many extremely cool synths in one place!

[CULAVE]

Am I naive? I thought this was about a riot in Lagos, Nigeria.

[nxsrn]

living national treasures！！！

人間国宝

[ztrooo]

Hosono once said that he was not impressed by Sakamoto when he composed "popular" pieces like Behind The Mask but was overwhelmed when he first listened to this piece. He felt he almost "prostrated" himself before Sakamoto for his versatility.

[bundle110]

this is definetly a classic !!! I first heard this jam back in the 80's when Dj Larry Levan played this at the Paradise Garage !!!

[energyflowkk]

I believe this performance is their most important legacy. Ryuichi is playing his one-chord but elaborate piece of music and the other two guys are giving it sophisticated polyrhythm.

It could be called a masterpiece by the three Japanese talented artists.

[atomtomtoma]

Don't forget the prerecorded track in the background there. I bet that would make a good ambient track all on its own.

Takahashi's drum parts are really intelligent in both this and the End of Asia (which is the next track in the set). He's really worked it to develop the dace and feel of both of those tracks, I think. It's a contrast to the 1978 Kinokuni-ya hall recordings, where he made some of the tracks feel clumsy by playing in a disco style that didn't fit rhythmically with the songs (IMO)

[tukacchi1000]

electro classic

[hanumizzle]

Yellow Magic Orchestra reminds me of the times when I used to play Playstation SimCity in middle school ... they must have had an influence on video game music. :)

[sputnikpanicpuppet]

They did, but Playstation games don't really have "videogame music" for the most part. YMO sounds more like old Sega games, pre-Saturn era.

[WolfgangAmadeusF]

Thankxxx.Good,very good electronica music-i like this kind of stuff ya know

[sha1om]

That's got to set the record for the most keyboards ever seen on one stage...

I remember hearing the original version of this on the radio in NYC back when it first came out. Carlos DeJesus played it on his show, and never identified it, just saying afterward "WKTU, just a little ahead of our time..." I happened to have a tape rolling, and finally got it identified 25 years later.

[brownonions89]

I love this song!

[zzXXsimoXXzz]

テンポが微妙に速くてかっこいい。

[strangegames]

Legend!!! Bad man track by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Makes Faithless look like Take That!!

Brings back memories from the 80s.

[HemlockDKiller]

RIOT IN LAGOS最高

[chinkogakusaizo]

This seriously cool techno tune was performed in 1980.I remember there were still full of crap disposable happy and cheerful disco music in the chart and most people still hated the sounds of synthesizers but these guys didn't seem to care at all as they knew what they were doing and what everyone would be listening in years to come.This is one of thier KraftWerk killer tune,brill live version and absolute classic!.

[CodyRicheson]

@chinkogakusaizo, it's a shame that so much modern techno is so minimal and braindead. YMO was highly disciplined, sophisticated electronica and one of my favorite groups.

[YMOfan1994]

Riot in Lagosの動画がどんどん消されて行っているから、残っている­のはこれくらいだね・・・。

[Suchiibenchan]

Fantastic performances of this song.

[boojiboy]

fantastic video! thanks so much for uploading

[harrylime22]

wicked stuff !!

[MagikMe]

If ever you wanted proof that these guys were badasses....!!!

[MagikMe]

YES.YES AND FURTHER MORE...YES....

[michinco]

Great music!

This inspired lots of bands in the UK and USA!

Bill Laswell got big influence by this song!

[ebonyguy69]

wow bad ass trechno/electro sounds of the early 80 tha good old days when it all started out brilliant

[kncdarock]

Classic shit!