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Naughty Boys (Music)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Naughty Boys, released in 1983, is the sixth studio album by Japanese Synth-Pop supergroup Yellow Magic Orchestra. Following the release of Technodelic in the fall of 1981, the group intended to dissolve, only to find themselves still bound by contract to deliver two more studio albums to their label, Alfa Records. Consequently, the band simply went on hiatus during this time, with Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi all focusing on their solo careers (Hosono placed particular weight on his, having withheld from releasing any solo material during YMO's three years of continuous activity).By this point, the lack of crossover success past 1980 (and their consequent abandonment by their American label, A&M Records) had gotten to the band members, and upon regrouping, decided to reorient themselves in a more explicitly commercial direction. However, rather than trying to reclaim their standing with western audiences, they turned towards the Japanese listeners that had already given them their biggest successes. Thus, Naughty Boys saw YMO transform themselves into a mock-idol group, riffing on the idea of an act as old as them attempting to stay "hip" with newer trends in Japanese music. Consequently, the album presented a tongue-in-cheek take on the en vogue City Pop genre, alternating between sincerity and irony and consolidating the musique concrete elements of BGM and Technodelic with the new breed of J-pop that they had previously influenced. Fitting their focus on their home market, the band's lyrics on the album are almost exclusively in Japanese, with only two songs written entirely in English.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The result provided YMO with renewed commercial success after the diminishing (though not drastically declining) returns of BGM and Technodelic, becoming the band's last album to top the Oricon LP Chart; no other synth-pop band would top the charts in Japan until Perfume in 2008. Two months later, the band released Naughty Boys Instrumental, a Remix Album that, true to the name, reconfigured Naughty Boys as an entirely-instrumental album in the vein of YMO's typical fare. The instrumental version had previously been teased on the original Naughty Boys with a "preview" edit of "You've Got to Help Yourself", included in full on Naughty Boys Instrumental before being reworked as a vocal song on Service later that year. While Naughty Boys Instrumental wasn't included in Restless Records' CD reissues of the band's catalog in the US and Europe, the instrumental versions of "Chaos Panic", "Lotus Love", and "Kai-Koh" would be included as bonus tracks on ×∞Multiplies (alongside the non-album single "Kageki Na Shukujo"). Reissues since the 2000s have generally packaged the vocal and instrumental versions of Naughty Boys together as a result of their intertwined relationship.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })Naughty Boys was supported by one single: "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun".Tracklists:Naughty Boys:Side One "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" (4:07) "Expected Way" (4:34) "Focus" (3:41) "Ongaku" (3:25) "Opened My Eyes" (3:40)Side Two "You've Got To Help Yourself (Preview)" (0:30) "Lotus Love" (4:05) "Kai-Koh" (4:27) "Expecting Rivers" (4:37) "Wild Ambitions" (5:10)Naughty Boys Instrumental:Side One "Chaos Panic" (4:12) "Expected Way" (4:34) "Focus" (3:41) "Kai-Koh" (4:27) "Expecting Rivers" (4:37)Side Two "You've Got to Help Yourself" (4:21) "Lotus Love" (4:05) "Ongaku" (3:25) "Opened My Eyes" (3:40) "Wild Ambitions" (5:10) | |
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Say My Name: Played in a romantic effect on "Wild Ambitions": | |
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Face on the Cover | |
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Face on the Cover: The vocal version features a headshot of the band members against a solid teal backdrop. | |
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New Sound Album: Radio-friendly City Pop with post-disco trimmings. | |
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Special Guest: Be-Bop Deluxe frontman Bill Nelson plays electric guitar on the album. Yukihiro Takahashi would return the favor by playing drums on Nelson's solo album Chimera that same year. Takashi Matsumoto wrote the lyrics of "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun". He was previously part of the bands Apryl Fools and Happy End, along with Haruomi Hosono. | |
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Gratuitous English | |
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Gratuitous English: On "Focus" and "Lotus Love". | |
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Miniscule Rocking: "You've Got to Help Yourself (Preview)" clocks in at just 30 seconds. | |
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Gratuitous Foreign Language: "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" has a spoken-word section where a woman speaks the following passage in Italian: | |
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Stylistic Suck | |
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Stylistic Suck: YMO intentionally half-ass their miming in the music video for "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun", and spend more time goofing off than actually trying to perform the song, all for the sake of poking fun at the idea of three grown men pretending to be teen idols. | |
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Compilation Re-release | |
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Compilation Rerelease: Most reissues since 2013 (barring the LP and digital releases of the 2019 remaster) package both the vocal and instrumental versions of the album together in one package. | |
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Dedication | |
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Dedication: "Ongaku" is written by Ryuichi Sakamoto and is dedicated to his daughter Miu (who was 3 at the time). The lyrics of the song could depict a scene where her daughter plays the piano and they sing together. | |
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The Power of Love | |
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The Power of Love: "Opened My Eyes" | |
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Remix Album | |
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Remix Album: Naughty Boys Instrumental radically reconfigures the original Naughty Boys into an all-instrumental format. | |
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Instrumentals | |
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Instrumentals: "You've Got To Help Yourself" on Naughty Boys, and every song on the aptly-titled Naughty Boys Instrumental. "You've Got to Help Yourself" would later be reworked as a vocal track on Service. Naughty Boys was also released as an instrumental album. Major differences are a longer cut of "You've Got To Help Yourself" and "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" being replaced with the instrumental cut of the non-album Single "Chaos Panic". | |
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Break Up Song: "Focus" is about reminiscing over a past romance through pictures. | |
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Spoken Word in Music | |
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Spoken Word in Music: The Italian section of "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun". | |
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Silly Love Songs | |
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Silly Love Songs: "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" (English translation: "I've got a crush on you") | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Naughty Boys and Naughty Boys Instrumental differentiate each side with different oceanic photographs: a shot of seagulls in the sky on side one and a shot of waves on a beach on side two. | |
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Distinct Double Album | |
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Distinct Double Album: For the band's 2003 remastering campaign, the two different versions of each album were collected as double-CD packages, one disc for each rendition. | |
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Rearrange the Song: The "preview" version of "You've Got To Help Yourself" is a 30-second edit of the version that appears on Naughty Boys Instrumental. | |
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Speak in Unison: A sung variant. On the last the verse of "Ongaku", all three YMO members singing the same last lyric. | |
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Self-Deprecation: The "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" video makes fun of how completely unlike a boy band YMO are and how unsuited they are to singing (what sounds like) a Silly Love Song. | |
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One-Word Title | |
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One-Word Title: "Focus" and "Ongaku" | |
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Intimate Healing | |
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Intimate Healing: "Opened My Eyes" | |
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Lyrical Dissonance: "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" — at face value, it's an upbeat love song, but it's actually about starting an affair with someone. | |
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Intercourse with You | |
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Intercourse with You: The Italian spoken-word lyrics of "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" imply an invitation to bed from a woman to a man who has a crush on her. | |
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Throwing Off the Disability | |
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Throwing Off the Disability: "Opened My Eyes" uses this trope as a metaphor for the feeling of personal renewal that comes from love: | |
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Vocal Tag Team: The last verse of "Ongaku" features each YMO member singing his own lyric before the three of them sing in unison on the last line. | |
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Break-Up Bonfire: "Focus": | |
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