Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Jill Jones -%- You Do Me (1986)

Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Jill Jones -%- You Do Me (1986)

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• Ryuichi
• Sakamoto
• feat.
• Jill
• Jones
• -%-
• You
• Do
• Me
• (1986)

[parachuteclubbed]

November 1989 or so.  Sakamoto is a maestro. He could compose and perform the phone directory and it would be a masterpiece.

[GazamYT]

Uh, I think this was 1989 or 90. NOT 86.

[philosoma9]

I know this is not 90 because great music like this can be only from 80's

[Udui1o1]

This song does not have any Indian words but is mixed in with Uchinaguchi Okinawan language which is indigenous to the people of the Ryukyus. The Three Okinawan maidens singing with him are the Original Nene's group in traditional katachiki kimono who traveled with him during the 80's to 90's. Again Sakamoto is using Okinawan folk songs which Ryukyuans have sung for years.

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

Faaaabulous



[chucku00]

Forget all medics... this song is a real cure for everybody with something between and under the ears !

[Jagged85]

@Kabla21

Okay, I've figured out where those Indian-sounding chants come from. Sakamoto previously used those same chants in a song called "Laser Man" or "Calling From Tokyo" (used in the soundtrack to the Ridley Scott film "Black Rain"), which despite the name sounds like heavily Indian & Arabic influenced song. He used those same chants again for this song, though I'm not sure if he got them from Indian music or Japanese folk music (or both).

[Jagged85]

@Kabla21

Cool, I didn't know Cochin was an actual place. I'm not too sure about who the Yoshida brothers are though.

Another parallel I would make is between Ryuichi Sakamoto and A. R. Rahman. Sakamoto was one of the most experimental musicians of the 70s and 80s, and won Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe awards. And now, Rahman is one of the most experimental musicians of the 90s and 2000s, and has also won Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe awards.

[Kabla21]

@Jagged85 WOW..Thats really interesting information. :)) Its sad that some people reject a thought much before thinking over it. You information suggests that my intuition was right. :) I was hearing some Samisen music by Yoshida Brothers..they sound a lot like Carnatic music from south India. And the interesting fact is the word 'Cochin' from 'Cochin Moon' is actually a place in south India..if thats what it means( it maybe Japanese)..Links between oriental cultures are amazing..

[Jagged85]

@Kabla21

You might be interested to know that one of the first albums that Sakamoto ever worked on, "Cochin Moon" (1978) by Haruomi Hosono, was based on Indian music, including Indian classical as well as Bollywood music of that era. "Cochin Moon" was the first album to experiment with fusing Indian music with electronic music.

You might also be interested to know that Sakamoto and his band YMO were the pioneers of electro and techno music, which later had a big influence on Bollywood.

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not one of his best.