http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/ Email discussion and news about the Japanese electronic music group Yellow Magic Orchestra and its ex-members. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:29:49 GMT Derek Currie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2868 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2868 Ryuichi Sakamoto is about half way through his current European tour. Here are the remaining dates: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:02:11 GMT komatta.saru http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2867 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2867 Thanks for that quick reply Paul. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:43:14 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2866 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2866 Myrah & Penny were not The Frank Chickens! Penny is Hitomi Tohyama - check her out on YouTube, she was a solo artist in her own right (mostly jazz-funk Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:04:56 GMT komatta.saru http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2865 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2865 Can anyone confirm that the "Myrna & Penny" doing backing vocals are the Frank Chickens? I don't know how I believe this to be true- probably something I read Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:30:35 GMT Jonas Warstad / DiscogInfo http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2864 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2864 Kazuhiko Katô, ex-front man of Sadistic Mika Band (among others) has committed suicide. He was found hanging in a hotel bathroom in Nagano. He was 62 years Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:25:04 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2863 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2863 Sugababes new single "Get Sexy" is a bleepy electronic stomper, not that great TBH, but the intro samples "Loom". Paul Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:23:30 GMT davidmack@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2862 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2862 A little wikipedia reference refreshes my memory. Edwin Astley - Father - check Jon Astley - Brother - check Karen Astley - Sister - Married Pete Townsend - Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:12:54 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2861 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2861 Going from what I hear in the lyrics, the guy's name may have been Paul? Hard to make out "poor Paul they say as you hurt and abuse them". The Dorian referred Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:02:03 GMT nicholas_kent http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2860 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2860 re: Virginia Astley Off memory -- I would purely guess her ex-boyfirend's first name was Dorian given the song title on the album. Her late father, Edwin Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:50:45 GMT Derek G Currie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2859 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2859 ... I'm confused, obviously. Who dumped Virginia and inspired the album? I heard from at least two sources that it was 'Pete Townsend's brother'. For all I Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:49:47 GMT yipyipcoy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2858 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2858 I think Pete Townsend married Virginia's sister. As to the culprit of her pregnancy, I tried to coax that information out of her a long time ago on a message Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:30:23 GMT Derek Currie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2857 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2857 Today Sakamoto made an OMFG massive journal entry. Due to Google becoming 'evil' lately regarding their translation tool limitations, I can't post the entire Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:33:04 GMT Derek G Currie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2856 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2856 Wish I could have been there fellows. Love you guys! ... =================== Derek Currie derekcurrie@... =================== Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:29:33 GMT Paul Rymer http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2855 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2855 The Loom & Chance section was awesome - you can't believe how stunning that track is in a club. I used to use it in the very late 80s mixed in with S: Express! Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:01:54 GMT *MIRAI* http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2854 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo/message/2854 While I'm here... does anyone have all the lyrics to Naughty Boys (translated that is) I can only find Kimi ni Mune Kyun. ... MIRAI