These aren't in any order - except order of merit, sort of. The transcriptions are also somewhat approximate...
I Will Sing - Rain In Summer - I Run My Car - Time Passing - Over All - Freshing Air - Everytime I (Think of You) - Hot In The Airport - You Dance - Dalmar
I Will Sing (4:06)
and I will do anything for love and I will do everything for love and I will dance on the night with you and so my music, on the night alone but I will sing another song for love [repeated 3 times]
[this melody is reused in "over all". I absolutely love this song; it is a work of twisted genius, and quite frankly shits all over d. suzuki et al. and isn't it a beautiful rationale for the whole y. project? I wonder who or what he's in love with.
In an excellent post, Phil compares this song to Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".]
Rain In Summer (4:12)
when the rain is coming I don't mind it I'm protected by the sky and all walking in the rain does not affect me my umbrella covers me and all rain in summer is not healthy no umbrella for the rain no protection from the rain walking fast on the roof maybe running in the rain, rain is the rain* rain in time don't affect me rain is the rain, rain is the rain [repeated 5 times]
[*this could almost be "playing in the rain". or even "running is the best, rain is the best". y.'s accent is particularly clear in this song - notebooks out linguists.]
I Run My Car (3:39)
Run... speed 45, I run my car key to the right, I run my car, I run my car no snow today, no snow no snow to pin, no snow hold to the right, I run my car, I run my car speed 45, I run my car no snow today, no snow no snow to pin, no snow speed 45, I run my car I run my car, I run my car, I run my car, I run my car [repeated 3 times]
[you can hear the musicians preparing to play at the start of the song: y. (or h.) plays the bass notes once, and h. (or y.) tries out a guitar chord. y. also says "run..." - whether this is supposed to be part of the song is not at all clear. if that's his regular speaking voice, it seems quite a lot deeper than his lilting singing voice. at a guess, this is an attempt at a faster-paced, rockinger song, but in the absence of any conventional rhythm section or musical competence, it just sounds weird.
someone (irwin chusid?) claimed that it's "go slow", instead of "no snow". in reply, i would say: I disagree.
also, if it's 1986 and y. is european, he would almost certainly be used to using metric measures, but 45 kph is quite a slow speed to run one's car at - if it's 45 mph, that seems to make more sense. I guess he's just pandering to the american masses. the playing in this song is also especially bad.
also, y. appears to be driving round in circles. most of us turn left sometimes!]
[furthermore, this is kind of a rebuttal to Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55" - the glorification of sensible driving being an idea also explored in the title of the Minutemen's (frankly far better than HITA) Double Nickels on the Dime.]
Time Passing (3:20)
looking down, the time is passing living is time to live the memories come to my mind memories of the past life is still at hand, life and the time time live in a line, line, line in this life counting days, counting months counting years, time is gone living in the past alone time live in a line, line, line in this life time live in a line, line, line in this life [repeated 3 times]
[this seems to be one of the more conventional songs - it almost has a tune! it sounds like a more prepared song, apart from the bizarre and long pauses between each repeat. JHDG also copyrighted a song "Passing", which may be this one. the same melody was used in "you dance".]
Over All (3:33)
oh my darling, come, let's go to dance in the wintertime, we stay at home we stay at home, nowhere to roam all the summertime, we go, we go all the rain and storm, we stay somewhere let's go, let's go, let's go somewhere let's go to dance, we go, we go we go far away, let's go to dance we go very far, we go, we go we go, we go, let's go to dance in the wintertime, we stay at home we go tonight, let's go tonight let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go dancing all the skies, all over the cloud we call to find, all over the town we go far away, we go, we go let's go, let's go, we go, we go let's go to dance oh my darling, come, let's go to dance in the wintertime, we stay at home we stay at home, nowhere to roam all the summertime, we go, we go all the rain and storm, we stay somewhere let's go, let's go, let's go somewhere let's go to dance, we go, we go we go far away, let's go to dance we go very far, we go, we go let's go to dance in the wintertime, we stay at home we go tonight, let's go tonight let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go dancing all the skies, all over the cloud we call to find, all over the town we go far away, we go, we go let's go, let's go, we go, we go let's go to dance
[note the very slight difference between the first and second iterations. the music here is especially dodgy. it sounds like a reuse of the "I Will Sing" tune, except played less confidently and with a few random stutters, as if trying to make it not sound like "I Will Sing". of course this could be the original song, but I like "I Will Sing" better, so I claim it came first. I also don't think y.'s singing is as "good" in this song. he sounds less confident, drunk, tired, or something... this is also the only song whose title isn't mentioned in the lyrics.]
Freshing Air (2:23)
get down tensions, get down tensions, get down tensions now no more tensions, nobody marching, living the life free free of the war life, having a good time, joining very nice life feeling the air life, freshing the water, having freedom get down tensions, calling the peace life, stopping the fires no more detentions, finish the fight, walking on freedom no more detentions now [repeated once]
[this is Y.'s shortest song (just over 2 mins). If you're looking for information about whether there are two players or just one, Y. moves very quickly into the repeat of the verse; this seems to faze the "other musician" slightly, and there's a brief but noticeable stutter in the playing. this is a really nice song. aren't the lyrics great?]
Everytime I (Think Of You) (7:03)
every time I think of you, la la la la la la la la la la la la la la, every time, every time every time I see your face, la la la la la la la la la la la la la la, every time, every time every time I think of you, I design you as you are every time I think of you, every time, every time every time I see your face, I look your eyes, I look at you every time, every time every time I see your face, you look at me all you want you walk at me, you come to me close to me, close to me [repeated three times]
[this is terrifyingly long, and about the most irritating song ever written, although the spastic instrumental break between the second and third iterations is sort of cool. to me, this, "over all", and "you dance" have a very strong improvised flavour, musically and lyrically: I mean "Every time I see your face, I look your eyes, I look at you"??? please. come on, Y., you can do better!
I used to claim that this was the only y. song where the verse was repeated only three times, and that it ended by fading out. turns out that wfmu had just faded it out early! while this was clearly an excellent humanitarian act, i'm sure that y. geeks worldwide will now be cursing irwin and michelle.]
Hot In The Airport (v5) (5:04)
hot in the airport, hot in the airport, hot in the airport tonight, tonight, tonight El amor volvio Que contento que me siento oh, oh, oh, oh hot in the airport, hot in the airport, hot in the airport tonight, tonight, tonight you are looking for a friend for a friend, for a friend and you sing, and you sing El amor volvio Que contento que me siento oh, oh, oh, oh hot in the airport, hot in the airport, hot in the airport tonight, tonight, tonight ??? from the left to the right love come back, how happy i am feeling oh, oh, oh, oh hot in the airport, hot in the airport, hot in the airport tonight, tonight, tonight El amor volvio Que contento que me siento oh, oh, oh, oh hot in the airport, hot in the airport, hot in the airport tonight, tonight, tonight you are looking for a friend for a friend, for a friend and you sing, and you sing El amor volvio Que contento que me siento oh, oh, oh, oh hot in the airport, hot in the airport, hot in the airport tonight, tonight, tonight ??? from the left to the right love come back, how happy i am feeling oh, oh, oh, oh hot in the airport, hot in the airport, hot in the airport tonight, tonight, tonight you are looking for a friend for a friend, for a friend and you sing, and you sing El amor volvio Que contento que me siento
[is there a hint of synth in this, or is it just some sort of guitar effects? this is by far the most professional Y. song; it is reasonably tuneful although still very odd. it is distinguished especially by its non-abstract drumming, and by its slight differences from the normal Y. structure - the repetitive pattern is not completely adhered to, and there is a very sudden-sounding break in the middle. Y.'s singing is mixed down somewhat and is hence rather indistinguishable. The bit which sounds like it starts with "along comes" is basically unintelligible for me. The bit in Spanish (italicised) means: "Love came back/ How happy I feel". (Thanks to "axolotl" for pointing this out and correcting the previous lyrics.
Phil notes that there's a weird edit 2:20 into the song, where the track jumps back to the start of the song and repeats the first 2:20 of the song, then continues to the end.
JHDG copyrighted "versions 1, 2, and 3" of this song, which probably explains "V5". Was this song rerecorded when it was re-released in the 1990s, or did it always sound like this?
Fofo commented on the Spanish grammar (an observation which led him/her to suspect Y.'s origins: "But... judging from the Spanish lines in 'Hot in the Airport' the man was/is a Latin American for he had not only a perfect Latin American Spanish pronunciation, accent and tonality but he also twisted the grammar to suit his own needs in a way ONLY a Latin American or someone with profound knowledge of the way people speak in Latin America would talk. "El amor volvio // Que contento QUE me siento" is grammatically incorrect (it should be "El amor volvio // Que contento me siento") but it can be accepted in an informal way, especially in the context of a song or a poem. In any case this informality is so subtle that most of us Latin Americans wouldn't even notice it!"]
You Dance (3:49)
when you dance, you dance, you dance dance, dance, never stop this dance if you like, listen to this music take a moment, moment to think moment for music, moment to dance when you dance, you always sing this song and you dance, you dance, you dance never stop, never stop this dance don't stop this dance don't stop this dance, don't stop this music feeling happy, feeling good don't stop listening, listen to this music find yourself, dance, dance [repeated three times]
[This song uses the same melody from "Time Passing", just pitched a bit higher. The drumming is uncharacteristically regular - could it be a drum machine?]
Dalmar (5:24)
[instrumental]
[This song is really, really cool. It's in the same style as most of the other songs, but seems to be played with much more confidence - the drums and bass are played much more firmly. there's something a bit post-rock about this song, but fortunately there are plenty of little hiccups in the rhythm to keep you interested. I have no plausible explanation for who or what "Dalmar" is, but JHDG copyrighted a song called "Almar 1" in 1991...
Fofo: "'Dalmar' perhaps is a contraction form of the phrase "De el Mar" (from the sea)."]