killing boy / 曽我部恵一BAND / the telephones - Shibuya O-East - 04/14/11

HMMM... I bought this ticket on Yahoo Auctions... It sold out and I did NOT know that killing boy had a show... Kinoshita really should announce shows in advanced instead of having to suddenly stumbled upon the shows a little too late =_=

Anyway!

I got a nice ticket, though! So I was able to choose a nice spot. I chose to stay at the back, because I was going to leave early, as I do have to wake up at 5am everyday for work, you know!!!


killing boy

HUHU!!!!!!

Well killing boy only has a limited number of songs, so basically they played only the songs on the album ^_^

But they did have a new song today, which was a completely instrumental piece with the band jamming like made! Awesome, awesome!!

It's quite sad no one in the crowd knew killing boy :( Save for 1 or 2 of us... :(


曽我部恵一BAND

It turns out I've actually seen this band before!!!!!
Well not the band, but just the vocalist.
When he played with Sekaiichi at Shinjuku Jam last year.

I remembered he had some really nice songs but there were 4 bands playing that night and a 50 minute acoustic set of ONE GUY on a guitar was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much.

BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT I remembered this guy because that night, he played a really catchy song called "Telephone Love" and got the very bored crowd to actually sing along with him. And tonight with his band, he got the crowd to REALLY, REALLY rock out with the song "Telephone Love" as dedicated to The Telephones!! hahaha..

It's really uncanny and I can't believe that this guy is the same band!

Coz that night, it was really, really slow and mellow.

But it turns out that his band is actually like a PUNK ROCK band.. NOT melodic punk, mind you, but actually PUNK ROCK! And they had a bunch of fans in the pit that were just going crazy moshing.

WOAH!!!!!


the telephones.

what can I say but... "WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

It's the FIRSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT time I've seen, in Japan, the ENTIRE CROWD in the rocking out with a band!!!!

Usually only the front would be moving about but DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! I think all 1000 people in the pit were just dancing, jumping, moshing and going wild!!!!!

IN FACT!!! This was the FIRST SHOW EVER in Japan that I've actually seen... A CIRCLE PIT!!!

WTH!!!!!!!!

A CIRCLE PIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOAAAAAAOAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!


The Telephone's songs are like a mix of rock and disco.. Not hare-brained unity type but like rock rock rock and lots and lots and lots of disco beats!!!

They also sing in English.

Very very catchy and I really loved the song they sang to unite the kids in lights of earthquake...

But...

Hmm..

I doubt kids there think much about changing this world. And probably more about clothing and fashion or something...

Why do I always think that Japanese kids are so shallow?

sigh.

sorry.

ha!