https://youtu.be/ywrUdtk1JY0
In terms of incongruousness, this is up there with the footage of PiL on America Bandstand we mentioned a few months ago. Same year, 1980, but this time it's Yellow Magic Orchestra wowing Soul Train's audience.
It's just sad it took the untimely passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto to bring it to our attention.
Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full...
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- GEMMA RAY - Come Oblivion
- ROSALÍA, RAUW ALEJANDRO - VAMPIROS
- BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT - Nobody
- ALAN BRAXE - Never Coming Back (featuring Annie)
- HEARTWORMS - 24 Hours
- felicita - Spalarkle (Alys) (featuring Caroline Polachek) *
- MANDY, INDIANA - Injury Detail
- NAKHANE - Tell Me Your Politik (featuring Moonchild Sanelly & Nile Rodgers)
- VANESSA WORM - Goodbye
- GEESE - 3D Country
- 100 GECS - The Most Wanted Person In The United States
- DJ GIRL - Get Down
- DROWNED MEMORIES - Anywhere Beyond The Ocean
- EL MICHELS AFFAIR & BLACK THOUGHT - I'm Still Somehow
- HANNAH JADAGU - Warning Sign
- RAJA KIRIK - Raja Eden
- FACS - Slogan
- TYLER THE CREATOR - SORRY NOT SORRY
- PIGLET - Building Site Outside
- AQRXVST - 29
- THE MARY ONETTES - Easy Hands
- TEENGENERATE - Six And Change
- WEDNESDAY - TV In The Gas Pump
- SPEAKERS CORNER QUARTET - fix (featuring Tirzah)
- STEFFLON DON - DemDead
- SONGER - 04:59 (featuring D Double E)
- COACH PARTY - Micro Aggression
- ROBERT FFRENCH, CLEMENT IRIE - Bun & Cheese
- ROGER ROBINSON - Summer
- THE LEMON TWIGS - Corner Of My Eye
- CORDAE - Two Tens (featuring Anderson .Paak)
- DROWNED MEMORIES - Caustique
- RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
* The inspiration for this week's lyrical heading.
