Tsubaki Friends - Earthquake Acoustic Charity Show - Shimokitazawa Club Que 03/19/11

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many bands played this day, I have no idea who was in which band. srsly.

Here's the people:

つばきフレンズ
［小川博永＆岡本奈穂子（つばき）+ 秦千香子＆坂本昌也（FREENOTE）+
小高芳太朗＆山下壮（LUNKHEAD）+渡會将士（FoZZtone）+大迫章弘（e-sound speaker）+
高森ゆうき+上野啓示＆成瀬篤志（カミナリグモ）+青木拓磨＆岸部大輔（パウンチホイール）+
岩崎慧＆中内正之（セカイイチ）+ナガオタツキ（nano sound museum）+
関谷謙太郎（UNDER THE COUNTER）+グローバー義和（Jackson vibe）+
大平伸正（ghostnote）+菊地佑介（plane）+山岸賢介＆ピストン大橋（ウラニーノ）］

But actually, Tsubaki did not play at all. Since it WAS an acoustic show, Ogawa-san could not play his bass, so there was actually no actual Tsubaki set.
It's sad, I'd love to have heard Iwasaki-san sing a Tsubaki song... I think I am secretly in love with him, ahahaha!

Anyway, everyone played one song. Most didn't know what to play... haha.. but I think a lot of the defaulted back to their own song...

Except one guy, I have no idea who he was but he's not in any band, apparently... So, in his set, he came out with Mr. Angel... We were like "eh? Dis not Sekaiichi" ahaha.. Anyway, he was really cool coz he jumped into the pit and sang there instead... and the song he chose to perform, actually, was a cover of Sekaiichi's Step On... I swear, so confusing... Sekaiichi's guitarist playing Sekaiichi's song but, no this is not Sekaiichi's set, it's another guy's set.. hmm.. wha?

Anyway, Sekaiichi played next... Well not much of "Sekaiichi" played next, it's just that Iwasaki-san came out instead. He's funny, I like him.. hmmm ehehe.

They did Time Machine.

The other set that was VERY VERY incredibly notable was FREENOTE, whom, I think decided to just go with the set they've been practising, which is Tsubaki's Haru no Arashi.
I tell you, it is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT easy to take Isshiki's song and do the song better than Isshiki but DAMN, sorry Isshiki but FREENOTE wins HANDS DOWN. I mean Isshiki watching the DVD MUST think so too!!

She was just AWESOMELY FANTASTIC in her cover and rendition of Haru no Arashi. She turned it into a Jazz/Rap version which I must say, is just frigging AWESOME!!!!! C'mon, seriously, Isshiki watchign the DVD must feel like "DAMN! She got me beat!!!" seriously. I was in awe!!!

Anyway, for Lunkhead's set, since it was an acoustic set, I was wondering which song they may play... Few choices maybe... I was hoping for Tsuki to Tenohira, of course... But I thought, more, most likely it would be Sangatsu because it's a really encouraging slow song, and I think Yoshitaro being Yoshitaro would probably choose a song with more meaning and REALLY! I was right!!! They played Sangatsu!!! They played it with a much quicker tempo, though, but just 1 guitar and Yoshitaro singing, so that was great!

After that, Yoshitaro launched into a longgggggggggggggggg depressive monologue about the earthquake but ah, it's him after all.
Then the Lunkhead duo did one more Tsubaki song, Kuru Asa Moeru Mirai.


For the final song....... ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the bands came on stage.
Even those that didn't get to perform (since it was cut into an acoustic set) and friends from other visiting bands (D.W. Nicols)... So they all came up on stage and sang Tsubaki's Taiyou, which has, since the Nagoya show, been dubbed the Tsubaki Friend's theme song, hahaha.. Coz everyone has their parts...

They did the song a little different this time. Yoshitaro sang all the verse parts and EVERYONE ELSE joined in for the chorus.

But seriously, there were at least 20 people on stage, singing... Like 4 people to a mic!!!

Iwasaki-san was reallllllllllyyyy funny.. a frontman will always be a frontman :)
He and Yoshitaro was standing side by side, reallyyyyy awkward.... AND THEN SUDDENLY Iwasaki-san just grabbed Yoshitaro and hugged him, like buddy-buddy... HOW CUTE!!!!! Yoshitaro said Iwasaki-san looked like Choppa of One Piece.. hahahaha.. Yeah okay, with his hat and stuff, kinda! But Iwasaki-san is Iwasaki-san and that's him... hehe... ^_^