Who remembers this jam? It was a disco type jam with an asian feel to it. It started out with a long intro in an arcade that kept adding more and more computer games until the drums kicked in and then the music.

It was a definate ass shaker in the skating rinks back in the day.

I swear this track is also known as "Firecracker" but they each have a slightly different intro of colliding arcade noises (and things that sound like old cell phones even though that couldn't be).

Good ear! A lot of the noises at the beginning and ending of "Computer Games" sound very similar to the firecrackers in Mass Production's "Firecracker". I always like to play "Firecracker" directly after "Computer Games".

no no no.. I have a song called "Firecracker" by Yellow Magic Orchestra.. and it's the same as "Computer Games".

haha anyway, that's off-topic and annoying of me.

GOOD SONG!

awwwww shit.... Yellow magic orchestra... A & M records thats the cut right there.. there's a small drum break in there that we used torip the fuck out of

TheRealFiness said:

i used to mix that with "Reasons to be cheerful part3 by Ian drury and the blockheads"

where's the drum break??

CinisterCee said:

3/4 through the 12''

TheRealFiness said:

Is that where the music drops out and there is just drum programmin? I reckon there are still some percussive synth bits in it.

CinisterCee said:

si

That's about where you could segue in another song but it's only like 4 bars long.

CinisterCee said:

i know

TheRealFiness said:

vainandy said:

This was indeed, the jam!!!!

here's a site where you can hear a bunch of yellow magic orchestra clips:

http://www.juno.co.uk/pro...824-01.htm

CinisterCee said:

Yeah, It seems that it had the two different names, depending on whether or not your copy is from Japan, or the US....Incidentally, YMO was:

Ryuichi Sakamoto (of " The Last Emperor" and "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence": Piano, Keyboards, Computers, vocals

Yukihiro Takahashi: Drums, keyboards, vocals

Harumi Hosono: Bass, keyboards, background vocals





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The SOS Band's "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" mixes OK with it but the break in "Computer Games" is just so damn short. Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" does pretty good too. That short break just gets on my nerves so I usually wait till the end and blend in the ending sound effects with the opening firecrackers of Mass Production's "Firecracker".

vainandy said:

Lazy ass