YMO - CUE

Strange to see sakamoto-san on drums, but then again i'm sure the 'roles reversed' was all part of this video :)

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[khall1967]

Can't stop playing this track.SUPERB

[Pardessus]

at 2:00 mark... Sakamoto looks like he's about to kill someone D: scary

[TheAmusingHeckler]

This song touches me every time i hear it.

[originallove911]

it's probably called saw, not support to be meant, have met in person.

[originallove911]

yukihiro speaks, just too shy. Harumisan understands well.

[meursault48]

Riu always plays drums on Cue. Met them in London a couple of years ago. Only Riu speaks English. YT speaks as much English as I do Japanese...amazing.

[kulamakoto]

テクノのみならずシューゲイザーとか最近のフレンドリーファイア­ーズとかも　この流れで出来てるんだなーって思います

当時の日本の最先端に居た人達なんだよなぁ

[chrisbold56]

I bought a bootleg chinese YMO tape of this back in the dark ages, and it's been a good companion. Btw, Sakamoto Ryuichi FLOORED me when i heard him compose beyond this. he's a big hero of mine. He's so cute as a drummer, scary as an actor (he plays villains sort of, and very well), but for music, he is a shining japanese star. look into the rest of his stuff. he's a real treasure.

[TheAmusingHeckler]

I wish more people who listen to this group, they are the most talented group i have ever listened too.

[dubmanity]

@Artstar

I read it in Chinese version. No idea for any other translations available by now. Anyway, the reason is what 'hagichannel' mentioned above. In addition, the context was the reason of competition between them : 'B-2 Unit' is something like 'Anti-YMO' stuffs and done by him alone, so Takahashi San and Haruomi San co-written "CUE" as revenge.

Anyway, happy that they cooperate again for HASYMO. Reconcilation makes this song more meaningful.

[Artstar]

@dubmanity

Do you know if there are any translations of the autobiography? as far as I know, it's only in Japanese, I'm dying to read it.

[Artstar]

@ymo1965

On Wikipedia it states (without citation) that Sakamoto was often absent from the "BGM" recording sessions. I read somewhere else that for this particular song, Hosono and Takahashi had finished it before Sakamoto could add anything to it (I think this might have come from a Sakamoto interview actually), and resulted in him playing drums whenever this song was played live (as seen in the Winter live '81 tour and in more recent performances.)

Nonetheless, excellent track!