Blog - Revue: 2015 week #52+α (December 19 to 28)
Revue: 2015 week #52+α (December 19 to 28)
Happy Holidays & Happy New Year 2016!
Some Christmas presents: QP and ESSU pouches, a colorful potholder bird, and a nice turquoise plate!
Food: - Deer curry at Tapir, Shin-Okubo
- Sushi & more at Sushi Marufuku, Nishi-Ogikubo
- Christmas day chicken at Bespoque, Higashi-Nakano
- Butamen #2 at Ramen Bakatare, Sengawa w/ Peter N. & family :)
- & much partying with wonderful friends & delicious food! :)
Music events: - On Christmas Eve, I went to see a mini-live of Nomiya Maki at Hachiko, Shibuya. At exactly 7 p.m. she sang "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji", followed by P5 Christmas classic "24 décembre" (the perfect choice for that day!). The show also ended up being the perfect meet-up with international P5ML friends who happened to be in town: Peter N., Peter V. and Jens J.
- On December 28 was the last show I see in 2015, and one just perfect for that, Pizzicato One (Konishi Yasuharu) and Sunny Day Service at Liquidroom!
Konishi-san appeared wearing large Mickey Mouse hands, and first sang a cover of traditional new year song "oshōgatsu", instantly putting the audience in party mode. Unlike the September Billboard show, there were no guest vocalists, making this the first time ever that Konishi-san sang a whole show from start til end!
An especially nice surprise was a cover of Negicco's "Idol bakari kikanai de" ("Don't listen just to idols"), a song he said he wrote thinking of himself. He changed the lyrics removing the punctuating "zannen!" ("too bad!") calls, and pointed at the audience singing instead "look more at yourself". He also sang several P5 great songs not on the P1 album: "The Great Invitations", "Love Again", "Message Song" and "To Our Children's Children's Children". He closed his set with a cover about drinking, an upbeat samba that made the audience dance. What a great show! (Full set list below.)
Sunny Day Service played next. It was my first time seeing them since they got back together a few years ago, though I had seen singer Sokabe Keiichi before. They gave a rocking good show full of catchy pop songs. I was impressed how they're truly good musicians and entertainers, and also have great vocal harmonies.
I also had the chance to buy an autographed copy of Konishi-san's latest book, "bokura no Hit Parade" (a collaboration with Kataoka Yoshio), which was missing from my collection.
Pizzicato One set list: oshōgatsu (Taki Rentarō cover) / Tokyo no machi ni yuki ga furu hi, futari no koi wa owatta. / nichiyōbi / Y.O.U. / Idol bakari kikanai de (original: Negicco) / kanashii uwasa (original: The Scooters) / The Great Invitations / Love Again / Stars / Message Song / To Our Children's Children's Children / tōmei na hitotoki o (Hasegawa Kiyoshi cover)
- Not exactly an event, but I went to the theater to see "Denki Groove The Movie"! A full-length documentary film about the whole 25-year history of Denki Groove to this day. The movie is full of rare footage and also has many songs from last year's Fuji Rock filmed in a cinematic way. Difficult to watch while having to remain calmly seated!
Exhibitions: - Checked out the "Shibuya Style vol.9 - pop&street exhibition" at Shibuya Seibu, with works by HITOTZUKI, Invader, KAWS, Aruta Soup, D*FACE and many more. The large HITOTZUKI painting is quite a masterpiece.
- Dropped by Beams T in Harajuku for a Screaming Hand exhibition, with works by many artists including QP and Toshikazu Nozaka.
Music release news: Takanami Keitarō, Learners, Baku Baku Dokin
This week's videos:
Baku Baku Dokin "swingin'"
Learners "I Want You To Be My Baby"
Posted on December 29, 2015 at 19:39 | Tweet
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