YMO - Tong Poo

[goldensolder44]

Yellow Magic Orchestra, japan's solution to Kraftwerk. Who agree's?

[faready]

Krafterk

[pashedmotatos]

This song makes me feel powerful.

[gtommg]

名曲です＾。＾/



[cazzogiapponese]

i love 8bit

[Babelfish112]

These bass lines seem to be what inspired Daft Punk's basslines, they sound similar, but YMO is even more groovy! Love this so much!

[crush12431]

最高ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー！­！！！！

[n64wilbert]

I love that FUNKY BASS!!!!!

[KrashFeb]

SUENA GENIAL!!!

[ronaldvanderkleij]

Lets go and eat some chinese or japanese. So you want me now or later? Me now 69 please.

[umakara55]

Hosono's basslines are so great

[Mdabney3]

Timeless!! Truly great music!!

[aheedratron]

beautiful bass lines.

[roadie2136]

落ち着く。聞いているだけで幸せ

[Skullkiller79]

Cool music! The closest thing I've heard to a "commodore 64 band", and I've been a fan of commodore 64 music since the mid-80's.

[Jagged85]

@Skullkiller79

This song "Tong Poo" is from YMO's album "Yellow Magic Orchestra", released in 1978, years before the chiptune music scene began. Many early video game and chiptune musicians were heavily inspired by YMO, including many Arcade, PC-88, Commodore 64, NES, Game Boy and SNES music composers. For example, the 1979 YMO song "Rydeen" was imitated in many video games in the 80s (including arcades and C64) to early 90s (SNES). This song "Tong Poo" even influenced the Tetris theme.

[EmperorAckbar]

@Jagged85 how did ymo influence the tetris theme? isn't that pretty much.. a russian song?

[Jagged85]

@EmperorAckbar

Yes, the Tetris theme is a cover version of the Russian folk song Korobeyniki. However, that doesn't mean it was the only influence on the song. I read an article that suggested that Tong Poo was an influence on the Tetris theme, and listening to both, the similarities seem quite obvious to me. The way I see it, the Tetris theme is like a Tong Poo style cover version of Korobeyniki. On a side note, Tong Poo was also influenced by folk music, specifically Chinese folk music.

[n64wilbert]

@Skullkiller79 Xerox Alto band in my mind cause there both ahead of their time!!!

[takuchanm]

懐かしい!!落ち着く、古くない!!

[2007spam]

今の方が機材がいいはずなのに、YMOを超える存在が現れないの­はいかがなものか。



[isley12]

y.m.o rock

[Robotman]

never knew something with "poo" in the title could be so awesome

[juanfehercan]

pioneers

[germanwii]

WOW

Isnt This Song from a ghibli Movie? Sounds like an Mononoke Song.

I Love this kind of electronic music. And i'm Rock and Metal Fan. But YMO and Kraftwerk have something Special like the old videogame Sounds.

[Kater2]

@germanwii

I fully agree with you, Kraftwerk and YMO are two of my all-time favorites <3

[killwize]

0:41 Funky!

[winxcat]

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO FOREVER!!

[Supperzimod]

Awesomee

[gogosurr]

if your going to call some

one a Genius

your going to have to spell

it correctly

[awageam81]

ベースライン気持ちいい

[carboncopy0]

This has to be one of the best songs I have ever heard.

[CodyRicheson]

8 people aren't cool enough to appreciate early Japanese techno.

[Blackbird2531]

今聴いても、今のJ-POPより新しく新鮮に聴こえます。すごい­！

[TheTokyo1969]

今と違って78年当時は日本と中国はもっと良好な関係だった。

[yourpalharvey]

east wind

[kazukago]

今、中学生だけど、ポッキーのＣＭ見て知って最近聞いてるけど

面白いね

[mnheri0923]

@kazukago さん

僕も中学生です。

同じようにポッキーのCMでYMOをしり、とてもかっこいい曲ば­かりだな～とおもいますた＾＾

[giax5296]

YMOは曲の中で自然な移調を繰り返しているようですが、そこも­YMOの魅力ですよね。

[monoporisecompany]

ありがとう。なつかしくて、泣いてしまいました。子供のころ一人­で聞いたいました。

[Rally77777]

It is Japanease caluture.

[moronism]

I wonder how they managed to wrangle 'Tong Poo' out of those Kanji/Hanzi.

[DARYL8FOXTROT]

懐かしいｗミュージックテープ擦り切れる位聴いた！

[Rockyface]

if any of you were wondering how the effects like at :45 and 3:25 were done, its just ordinary highlighter marker on the emulsion side of 35 mm film :]

[NoOtherNamesWereLeft]

Very interesting with the information in the info-bar! I like the version without the voice better, though.

[haxorseidis]

Poetry in motion ! Truely amazing !

[chirorin875]

「東風」は美しいですね。私は、女性のささやきの無いバージョン­の方が良いと思っていました。この転調と言うのか、流れが絶妙で­すよね。終わり方がまた良いですよね！

[CodyRicheson]

It's so interesting how the 16 and initial 32-bit era of gaming took quite a bit of influence from this music. Listen to the early Sonic the Hedgehog games' music, and tell me that doesn't sound like YMO.

[joenotsocool]

So that's what happened to Data from the Goonies.

[firestationtoronto]

this was sooo ahead of it's time! I bought it for behind the mask but this was far superior, watched Sakamoto go on to greater things, I like to think he had a great part in my life

[mrbennbenn]

this is so smooth. love it.

[jorcyd]

These guys are really genious, true pioneers of synth-pop/electro-pop .... Btw : Does anyone knows the name of the games at 0:10 and 1:11, remembers me something in the PONG era ....

[ymo1965]

@jorcyd

this question was asked before...

the game at 1:10 is Gypsy Juggler' [1978]

Hope this helps...a bit!

[zorglub20770]

@jorcyd

pacman ?

[jorcyd]

@zorglub20770

probably not ..... Pacman is from 1980 ...

and the graphics are way different

[AkirIkasu]

@jorcyd The one at 0:10 is Blasto!, a game by Sega/Gremlin. It's supposed to be pretty common in japan, but the US version is pretty rare. The game is remarkably addictive even though it is so simple.

[jorcyd]

@AkirIkasu ..

THX for the info .... i'm gonna look for it in MAME ....

[havin34]

@jorcyd Pioneers?...Ummmm. Kraftwerk first...Then these guys...AND I LOVE these guys...

[Jagged85]

@havin34

Kraftwerk were not the first electronic pop musicians either. Nevertheless, both Kraftwerk and YMO were definitely pioneers of electropop music.

If we're talking about the synth-pop genre, however, then Kraftwerk's music is not really synth-pop, which more often refers to the distinct style of electronic pop music introduced by YMO in the late 70s and popularized by UK acts (like Gary Numan, Japan, Duran Duran, Human League, etc.) in the early 80s.

[n64wilbert]

@Jagged85 Jazz also was key part of the synth develop.Search {Return To Forever- Dayride} {Return To Forever- Sofistifunk} {Chameleon Pt. 1} {Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan: Sonik Re-entry} you'll be shocked to death!!

[StabbyMcButterPants]

You have no idea how much these guys influenced Japanese pop culture in the early 80's. Even to this day you can still hear their influence in most 80's,90's video games. Art imitates life imitates art.

[unmedication]

A seriously nice vintage.

[unmedication]

A seriously nice vintage...

[hamanka25]

that is good!

[vinto34]

cool ...makes me wanna drag out my old sega games....

[Narashava]

when I got a record player 3 years ago for my birthday, I looked through all 1500 of my dads records to find a cool one to play, this is the one that caught my eye and it has been a favourite ever since.

[rainbowblood413]

I seem to have some strange intermediate mix of the album, it has the American Cover, Yellow Clear Vinyl, but the Mix is much closer to the Japanese version, without the extra reverb or vocals over Tong Poo.

[crisprapper]

It's pretty amazing there are artists out there today making dance music that's very similar to this in style. I was completely unaware of YMO until mere minutes ago, I must now go and buy lots of albums!

[rb1a1ba]

I'm in exactly the same situation. :D YMO are fantastic, and I'm disappointed at life for not letting me know sooner!

[StatuesBleedingGreen]

YMO has serious faces on in every video

[Narashava]

these are some funky ass base riffs

[thobbus]

A classic!

One of my favorites :)

[korgsmyth]

just herad of these guys today fucken legend's

[StatuesBleedingGreen]

this is good

[HuggumsMcgehee]

I heard the name Yellow Magic Orchestra and that they'd been on Soul Train and I had to check out a video. I'm very glad I did even though the first video I saw was Ryuichi Sakamoto with his acoustic trio playing Thousand Knives. It's one of my favorites.

[acegangbffs4evax]

Hello, this is cheshire county council automated voice police service

[cakeyx]

ガキの頃から30年近く聴いてるのだが、聞き飽きないのは何故な­んだ？

[tukacchi1000]

飽きないねえ

[valcarni1]

@cakeyx totally agree even though i don't understand a word you're saying

[vivadeisaso101]

my mom loves their songs she introduced me to them they are the best

[MissStranded]

I think this song saved my sanity a couple of months ago. YMO are one of the best ever groups!

[lechuk]

I just begin discovering YMo... and I love them... great and huge music to enjoy!

[tennenb0ke]

This song is pure coolness, 10 stars.

[VOYAGERnissie]

cooool slappin' bassss

[somnambulance]

Divine.

[theulv]

This song is damn funky, especially the part from 1:55! The version I have is different though, without the singing and the drums in the start.

[theulv]

Just read the video info, it appears I have the original Japanese version. I must say the Japanese one sounds a lot better!

[FragMan69]

They were waaaay ahead of their time. I can barely believe this is from the late 70's.

[ghareses]

OMG!!! I HEARD SOME POCKY AND ROCKY!!!! that must be one of my fav snes game

[johnnyraybosko]

It'd sound right at home in it, and I've only somewhat played it recently (aye I never had a S.Famicon when growing up 'kay xD). Good good call.

[agfagaevart]

Are they still alive and making music?

[ymo1965]

They sure are! apart from there continued solo career's, hosono and takahashi-san formed 'sketch show' in early 2000's. Then ryuichi sakamoto joined them to form 'HAS/YMO'. Takahashi also formed a new project 'Pupa' and i have to say the album is terrific. YMO played live in '08 in london (i met them and have photo's and video) although it was more hasymo material that was played. There still going strong!

[agfagaevart]

Good!

[Yawaya12]

Ah, you met them? Lucky.

[QwoPhasaArius]

@ymo1965 Wow, you met them? How did you pull that one off?!?

[sctaber56]

@agfagaevart This coming June YMO will be perfoming together at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles - first time in LA since 1979, I think. If possible, I hope to be in the audience. It's one of my dreams to hear them perform live and in person. Spectacular talent and amazing sounds.

[agfagaevart]

@sctaber56

Shit! Wish I could go.

Have fun...

[kiyka]

I love YMO.

[ymo1965]

And so say all of us! :)

[Garcian]

@ymo1965 and so says Mr Stewart...

[n64wilbert]

@ymo1965 Was this video from 1978?

[ymo1965]

@n64wilbert Cannot say for sure as i have no data to say for sure. The dvd's my clips come from do not say. I would hazard a guess and say '79.

[impracticalmusic]

@n64wilbert their first alubum including this song came out in november 1978 (not 1979!). but i think the video was produced in 1979 coz it contains US '79 mix.

[akaside]

まさに,ｸﾗﾌﾄﾜｰｸの日本版!!

かっこいい♪

[ymo1965]

Just to make people aware. I am getting rather tired of ludicrous, childish and in some cases racist remarks on my channel. This is a page for fans and new (sensible) fans. Worst case scenerio would be this page 'goes totally'. Mentality these days leaves a lot to be desired :/

[mrjwins]

Absolutely joyous.

[DazedSheep]

I think I might be addicted to this song.....!

[n8dogg87]

I freaking love that bassline. SO FUNKY.

[DazedSheep]

Feel the funk! I am loving this

[Theirishnintendonerd]

YMO FTW!

[oooooooohmygod]

いい曲ですね。

[MaSQuEdePuSTA]

Thank you for this incredible video.

Long live Y.M.O.!

[TXF9a]

One Roland MC-4 analog sequencer and that's it. All the rest was recorded straight to tape in realtime. That's how it was done in those days.

[Bix12]

Lol! That's right--I know cuz' "those days" were My Days! /;-)

[quyenthenghiem]

Suave motherfuckers.

[jefferyklassen]

THis video is super fucking cool!

[thenewrapstyle]

YMO are simply brilliant. the drumming is so tight, sounds like a drum machine with just a tiny hint of human swing. electronic music in the late 70s was really a turning point for humanity in that music being made in different corners of the earth sounded pretty much the same, based on a new set of universal ideas. special credit must go to Japan for giving us Korg, Roland, Yamaha etc -the instruments needed for all this great music. i'd love to know who invented the tr-808, he deserve a nobel.

[Artsee]

Wow. I love YMO. They were/are so freaking brilliant. Sometimes I wish I would have been there in '79 to see them play live when it first came out. I have to admit that I like the non-US version better (without the lyrics).

Question. What video game is that with the little Juggler? Thanks for putting this up.

Hontou ni, arigatou gozaimasu.

[ymo1965]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I was at school when i first got my first 12" single (firecracker/technopolis) and never looked back. Now i'm 43 and still love them just as much. The fact i met them this year and got there autographs was the icing on the cake for me!

[ymo1965]

Kraftwerk were also a firm favourite but there lack of regular albums and there seemingly 'happy to play in the studio while fans craved albums for years' annoyed me. Even Karl bartos got bored and formed 'Elektric Music' in the 90s tho that was short lived as well. Think i'll stick with ymo tyvm :)

[ymo1965]

As for the video game you asked about, i thought it was 'actrobat' at first but can confirm that it was called 'Gypsy Juggler' [1978]. Type gypsy juggler into youtube as there is a clip showing the game in action. The roms are also available if you use M.A.M.E :] take care!

[Artsee]

Thanks a mil! I checked out the Gypsy Juggler vid. Where/how did you meet them? I met my favorite contemporary Jazz pianist recently (Hiromi) and spoke to her for about 10 minutes. i had so much to say, but I didn't want to hinder her from interacting with other fans ha!

[AncientSpiritOfEvil]

Autographs? You totally lucky bastard! Congrats! Thanks for the upload, too.

[akafunky]

hell yes YMO 'number one dance band'!!!

[rockmetalero]

que gran banda, saludos desde Perú!!

[MowgliX]

This is wonderful. Brings back memories...

[aristen2007]

この曲は１９７９年あたりでしょうか？

どなたか知っている方いましたら教えてください。

遠い昔、子供の頃聞いたことがあるような気がします。

[ithasymo]

この曲はＹＭＯのファーストアルバム「イエローマジックオーケス­トラ」に収録されていて、坂本龍一の作曲です。イギリスではシン­グル版も発売されました。この曲の中間にある歌を歌っている人は­吉田美奈子さんです。

[Artsee]

ありがとう！新しい事覚えました。でも、吉田美奈子を歌っている­ヴァージョンはアメリカのヴァージョンだそうです。本当ですか？­

[ithasymo]

はい、本当です。アルバム「イエローマジックオーケストラ米国版­」は全世界33カ国で販売されました。

[nxsrn]

いたずらに電子音を使うのではなくポイントになる箇所でうまく使­い、なおかつメロディーが素晴らしい。

[newproject555]

קול הכבוד!

[Grade1961]

謎めいた、このヒ－リング・ミュ－ジックのサウンド、矢野さんの­Voiceも神秘的！

[zzzing]

この間奏の女性ボーカルは吉田美奈子ですよ

[deko4269]

ただのＢＧＭではすまない。かと言って主題曲にもならない。それ­でいて、ただならぬ存在感。こんな楽曲ほかには無い。

[yudaimeru]

やはりこの曲ですよ。

[mazii84]

zajebiaszczo chillowy kawałek

[mazii84]

kazdy powinien czuc sie dzieckiem. jesli tak nie jest to zacznij słuchać YMO! znajdziesz sie w bajce

[Narbleh]

omg there's something so satisfying about this. Excellent.

[muwenoproject]

HI-TECH NO CRIME!!

[WolfgangAmadeusF]

Yeah,it's cool

[peloextenso]

hi-lighter pens?

explicame como se hace pleaseeee

¿?????

[ymo1965]

I was joking. I was referring to the coloured 'glowing' parts on the video. Looks very similar to how those large pens write, the thick marker pens to highlight text ;) nvm!

[peloextenso]

ok ok sorry, i'm stupid jajaja (my english is very bad)

chao

[plateofshrimps]

lets dance wits me

[ymo1965]

LOL very good

[ywa740]

Ultra kooooool!!

[earthacademy]

subarashiiiiiiiii!! :-)

[zzXXsimoXXzz]

普通の東風とは違いますね。

最初からドラム入ってるし。

どこが違うんですかね？

[tukacchi1000]

シングルバージョンだっけ？12インチだっけ？

[zzXXsimoXXzz]

え？シングルで出てたんですか？

[tukacchi1000]

イギリス版だったと思います。

[ymo1965]

Sorry but it is tongpoo!

[cool0131]

やっぱりYMOはいいね！！

RYDEENよりTong Pooの方が好きだな