Yello ~ Touch, Behind The Scenes -- English Subtitles

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It makes perfect sense that Yello have lasted longer and aged better than any other synth pop outfit. When the Swiss group started out in 1979, the band members were already older and wiser than most of their peers --

Singer Dieter Meier was already in his mid-thirties back then, and Touch Yello finds him a sultry, smoky-voiced sexagenarian. He has effectively become the Leonard Cohen of European electro-pop, with a touch of Paolo Conte's Continental class and maybe a dash of Serge Gainsbourg's genteel sleaze, and the comely female guest vocals that pop up throughout the album make for a perfect Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin kind of contrast.

On what is only Yello's second album of the last ten years, the duo of Meier and synth wizard Boris Blank has taken a somewhat schizophrenic route; roughly half of Touch Yello is based around the kind of pulsating, electronic dance-pop grooves that have been the group's strength for three decades. On the other half, they venture too far into moody, downtempo pieces full of chillout atmospheres and bathtub jazz. By the end, one wishes the contributions of German trumpeter Till Bronner would have been left in trash can of Blank's laptop, as his parts take things entirely too close to smooth jazz territory.

Thankfully, the funkier, more dance-oriented cuts where Meier's deep, dusky voice is right up front pretty much save the day. Listening to tracks like the disco-drenched "Part Love," where Meier comes across like some fever-dream combination of Barry White and the guy from Trio, it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to mess with such a winning formula. Still, when you've been around as long as Yello have, you should be allowed to take a few detours, even if some of them wind up leading you down the occasional blind alley.
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I love them with all my heart!
There’s nothing quite like Yello.
They are the great surrealists of electronic music.

anton
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The joy of making music just radiates from these two.

Phil-
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I am alway blown away by the clear, differeced mix of Blank. He is a master of mixing.

markushavers
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Fantastic testimonies of the contemporany músic. 50 years of memories. Boris, efant terrible, Dieter, young soul and mind. Hi energy.

brizrolas
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Absolute genius and style masters second to none. Love losing myself in their music - brilliant and timeless.

benschlacher
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Деды рулят. Живите ещё 100 лет. Отличное видео. Спасибо.

Drakon
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such awesome friendship you guys have. love your music :)

AudialDreams
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Peace Dudes...The Amazing Yello....Love Them....

keith
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Ich kriege pipi in die augen, wie geil ist denn das, dass solche legenden noch kreativen output generieren ❤ hoffentlich seh ich die beiden mal live hier in DE 🕺😂

agent
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I love dedication for good sound, production and dinamic in sound....Yello always sounds fantastic

PedjoGT
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Watching these two masters that have influenced my life with their unique sound, working together, jiving to the wonderful noise that is Yello. .makes me so happy and honored to have had that 'gift' in my life. Who's Gone
....just visiting your planet for a few thousand days!! Gorgeous ❤️

claywilson
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Good video. These guys do what they meant to do in this life.

stanislav
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Dieter Meyer and Boris Blank. These two know my soul... How they do it... Must be divine... I Love these guys. Be listening to them in the next life...

aaronjennings
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They still appear so refreshing after so many years wow!
I`m into their music since the early 80s and the older material still sonds so good today - They were far ahead.

Clrendon
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They seem to have Evolved their music, but they seem to have kept their Explorative nature as artists, and I can Respect that. Yello is an interesting band, And I hope them continued success in the future.

gregd
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The Good Fathers of Technosounds! Für mich seid Ihr die größten Komponisten des 21 Jahrhunderts! Eure Stücke sind so individuell, einzigartig, mit einem surrealistischem Wiedererkennungswert der einfach gigantisch ist. Ihr habt mich mein ganzes Leben begleitet und geprägt!
Ich danke Euch vielmals, dass ich an Eurer Philosophie und Eurer Kunst teil haben darf.

Ragnald-Buderson
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Ich liebe Yello, seit dem es Yello gibt. Aber esrt heute habe ich erfahren, dass Yello aus der Schweiz ist. Ich freue mich :-)

karolyszabo
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How the fk does this have so few views. It's a treasure.

leooostveen
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I'd love to meet Dieter and Boris in person, their music is my total mindset, excellent!!

Salvo
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Eifach genial. Yello. Always listened to them and always will...

danielthommen