Have I Really Got The Chance To Choose?

2026 already seems to be a solid year for septugenarians and octogenarians in music, the latest addition being the welcome return of Yello with Around The Sun.

A pleasing electronic skank, Dieter Meier's unmistakable vocals, guitar skitters and squelches and lovely melodic flourishes from Boris Blank, all the classic elements are there, sounding like it could have been made last week, last decade or last century. Timeless, in other words.

The video is an entrancing melange of footage from 1985 and 1978, all blank and whire, Dieter and Boris in more youthful times yet even then transcending the time that they were living in.

There's no indication that there's more to come, single- or album-wise, but I hope that there is. The world is more colourful with a splash of Yello in it.

Meier And Higher

A very happy birthday to Dieter Meier, born 4th March 1945. 

 

Unless you've spent the best part of five decades in suspended animation, then you'll be aware of Dieter as the unmistakable voice of Yello. 

 

Rather than go down the obvious route of sharing The Race, Bostich, Oh Yeah and the like, here's a selection of 21st Century music by other artists, guest starring Dieter.

I Want You Back: X-Press 2 (2002)

Gimme: Headman (2009)

Burn This City Down: Anna Rossinelli (2013)

Magic (Anarchy Version): Dubinator (2021)

Dieter released a couple of singles in 1978 before joining Yello, with his debut solo album, Out Of Chaos, eventually emerging in 2014. For today's selection, I've chosen the single, Buffoon.

And, as I can't get away without posting any Yello videos, here's one of my favourites from eighth album Zebra. Incredibly, both Zebra and the single How How will be thirty years old in the autumn.

Have a great day, Dieter!