YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA & Snakeman Show
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA & Snakeman Show
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
In 1980, YMO performed this song on Soul Train, making the band the first and only Asian musicians on the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Ytic5OMfg
Hi, everybody!
We are YMO
From Tokyo, Japan
We don't sight see, we dance!
You understand?
We are the number one dance band in Tokyo. (aha!)
Now, 'Tighten Up' was very popular in Houston, Texas with Archie Bell & the Drells
Now, we are the number one! I think so, ha ha. (yeah!)
Tighten up, Takahashi!
酒飲め, Sakamoto!
Hurry up with the bass, papa-san!
Oh yeah, uh huh, here we go!
Come on, everybody
You and me
Sock it to me, Sakamoto
Oi! Oi!
[Refrain]
Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
Do the tighten up
Tighten up
Oh, tighten up
[Bridge (Spoken)]
Here we go again!
[Refrain]
Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
Do the tighten up
Tighten up
Oh, tighten up
タイトゥン・アップ [TIGHTEN UP (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)] was written by Billy Buttier & Archie Bell.
タイトゥン・アップ [TIGHTEN UP (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)] was produced by 細野晴臣 (Haruomi Hosono).
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA released タイトゥン・アップ [TIGHTEN UP (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)] on Thu Jun 05 1980.