Blog - arcorhyme afternoon live at Grand Cru (vol.3): report
arcorhyme afternoon live at Grand Cru (vol.3): report
Today was a nice Sunday afternoon, and like the last two months I headed to Café Après-midi Grand Cru for Hase-san had been asked to accompany the band on piano!
For lunch I chose Ezo deer ragoût pennette..! I think it was maybe(?) the first time I ate deer, and I was afraid it might be a bit stiff, but it was well cooked and therefore quite tender, I thought it tasted sort of like beef. Very nice meal!
While eating, I enjoyed arcorhyme's two sets, which as usual included both original songs and covers. I was especially extremely happy to hear Yuming's "chūō Freeway", that was my request from last month! It was perfect, and they even played it twice, once in each set! They also played three more requests from other people, they just love to please.
Set #1 (from 13:00): arcorhyme's Don't you believe in magic? / arcorhyme's aoi neko / Yuming's chūo Freeway / Minami Saori's utsukushii gokai / Ishikawa Hitomi machibuse
Set #2 (from 14:00): John Sebastian's Do you believe in magic? / chūo Freeway / Sugarbabe itsumo dōri / machibuse / arcorhyme's amai hibi
Naoto-san who I met at Pure Pop Fes vol.1 the other day showed up for the 2nd set, after which we chatted about music for a while and then went to HMV while continuing to talk about music. That was a lot of fun! I'm sure we'll be going to more shows together soon.
arcorhyme's next afternoon live at Grand Cru is already planned on June 15. You know I'll be there!
Meanwhile, arcorhyme can be caught at Star Pine's Cafe on May 24 (details), and then at Go Slow (Ikejiri Institute of Design aka Setagaya monozukiri gakkō) on June 7.
I leave you with this video of Yuming's "chūo Freeway" from 1975. Awesome song!
A recent cover can also be heard on Kofta's "Balmacaan" 
mini-album, where I first heard it.
And here's arcorhyme's "amai hibi", which closed the 2nd set.
Posted on May 18, 2008 at 23:30 | Tweet
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