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"Sounds and Acoustics" report
On Friday evening was a party for the 70th anniversary of headwear brand Kangol, presented by trendy web magazine honeyee.com. Held at Rolling Stone Cafe in Roppongi, it was only open to people who had won a contest at Honeyee. Being that there would be only 40 winners, I had participated with no expectations, but a few days later came a happy email!!
So after work I headed to the event, titled "Sounds and Acoustics", where was to be held a special show with the Maezono Naoki Group, Ino Hidefumi, Fujiwara Hiroshi and Sokabe Keiichi.
My friend Kanae-chan and I got there around opening time, still a bit early. At the entrance everyone was given a free Kangol cap! We were lucky to get seats in the first row, and we soon found out that all drinks were free, and there was also a free buffet. Now that's a party! We hurried to finish our plate as we were sure that the show was going to begin very soon. We rushed back to our seats.
First on stage was Maezono Naoki Group. They always start the show by tuning their instruments, Konishi-san giving the notes on piano. The set seemed pretty much the same as when I saw them just 2 weeks ago, and this time again I thought that the highlights were Sugar Babe's "Show" and P5's "To Our Children's Children's Children". It was really great to see them so close! I also really like Maezono-kun's voice. A photo of the stage can be seen on Hiroshi Fujiwara's blog.
I really hope they'll release an album soon, even if it's just covers, but meanwhile they have a kind of "magazine" coming next week on the 19th, featuring writings by people who can also be read on the columbia*readymade. I hope this will contain some tips on what's to come!
Next to walk up on stage was Sokabe Keiichi. I had seen him for the first time last August at World Happiness, but this time he performed on his own with his guitar. I thought he's a great entertainer. He played his song "Telephone Love" and also a version with different lyrics about "what I want for Christmas".
After a few songs, he called up Fujiwara Hiroshi (aka HF), a famous fashion icon from the 90's who still has quite a following. He's a good guitarist. The two played a few songs together including Madonna's "Like A Virgin".
Then they were joined by Ino Hidefumi who sat behind his Fender Rhodes. They played a great cover of the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" and a few others, and then Sokabe-san left the stage to HF and Ino-san who played more covers that HF sang. They closed the show with "Just The Two Of Us" as heard on I.D.F "Live @ FIL". That was the perfect closer!
Well that was a great evening, and I was amazed that I spent ¥0. :) Big thanks to Kangol, and honeyee.com!
Posted on December 14, 2008 at 02:06 | Tweet
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