Donkeymon

School Festival - 文化祭

13 Oct 2009, 09:17:50AM - Comments [ ]

So I've been really busy up until recently. Since I got back from Texas, all of my time was spent preparing for the school festival. If you're really interested in reading about that, you can read the entries from previous years, because it's the same story every year. All the classes put on boring educational displays, recycled from previous years, and my band does a concert. Since we have like 30 or 40 members (I don't have enough fingers to count past 21 so I don't really know how many there are.) we played 10 songs, and we would have played more but that was all that would fit in the one hour we were allotted. And because the kids pick the songs themselves, they ranged from the really cool to the really crappy. I performed in two songs as well, which was fun. New this year was that Hana-chan came to watch the concert. She really seemed to like it! Of course the house was packed to fire hazard levels, so badly that even the principal couldn't get in, but I saved a seat for Hana in the front row. Anyway, for those of you interested in a brief primer on J-rock popular with 13-year-old girls, here is the program, brought to you by the magic of YouTube(Band names are first):

  • KOH+ - KISSして. This song is really lame. So much so that our version was better than the original.
  • MONGOL800 - 小さな恋のうた. One of those songs that everybody know. Big singalong time.
  • Bump of Chicken - アルエ. Somewhat obscure, but definitely a band with some ardent supporters.
  • ゆず - 夏色. These two are really annoying. If I ever met them I would try to kick them in the balls but then realize it was physically impossible. This song is okay, if sung by someone with a less annoying voice, and face, and demeanor. Such as anyone else in the world.
  • Dreams come true - 未来予想図Ⅱ. Long, sappy song but it came off well because the vocalist had a good voice.
  • Over the rain〜ひかりの橋. Okay, this is kindof a sappy song too, but not as bad as the last one.
  • TOKIO - 花唄. This song is pretty old, and pretty annoying, but it rolls along pretty fast and he kids get into it.
  • シド - 嘘. These "guys" really popular with the high school kids these days. Almost tolerable if you don't look at the lead singer's face. I played lead and solo guitar on this one. Definitely more fun to play than to watch.
  • FLOW - Answer. These guys are actually pretty cool. I played the ridiculous slap bass on this one, and also sang the backup vocals.
  • 平野綾 - God Knows.... An anime theme song, as performed by a witch, a bunny, and a school girl. Really big hit with the kids, because everyone watches this anime. And the song is actually challenging and fun to play.

    So that's the end of our set. I hope you enjoyed reading about it. I can't post any videos of the kids playing it though. Just watch the videos and imagine squeaky teenagers.




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