| Person | Date | City | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Mihashi | Nov. 16, 17, 19, 20, 2002 | 18:30 |
My seats were all in the first 20 rows, so I had a good view. The ultimate was on Nov 19, where we were in row 1, dead center. Didn't take too many notes and most of the scribbles I've written are no longer legible, so I'm working off my memory, so other folks who went to the concerts, help me out! ;-)
They came onto the stage from left, they take the instruments, and Koji strums a chord or two to check the tuning, and starts the count, "One, two, three!"
1. Start line
Since the lyrics contain phrases such as "we can become new
again", from the lyrics, a lot of my friends guessed that this
song will be played first, and they were right. This song was the
first song played during this tour. A lot of people are already
standing. Koji is at the center, flanked by Wataru Yahagi
to the left playing Les Paul style guitar, behind him is
Satoko Andoh playing keyboards. In the back is Yuji Tanaka
on drums. To the right is Haruyoshi Rokudo playing bass,
behind him is Carlos Kanno on percussions. Same layout as
Stuart reports.
At any rate, I would say this song definitely was a perfect fit for the beginning of "new Anzenchitai".
2. Do-dai
Immediately after "Start line", they move onto this song.
This was a surprise. I didn't expect to be able to listen to
Anzenchitai V songs (except really famous ones like
"Sukisa" and "Natsu no Owari no Harmony", so being
able to hear this live was a thrill. I see a lot of people
raising their arms in unison with "do-dai"....similar to
what you see in "Anzenchitai LiVe" video.
3. We're Alive
Koji starts out the strumming and Satoko and Haruyoshi
join in. He yells, "Ore no koe wa todoite iruka----?!"
(Can you all hear me?) and everybody responds.
Between verses, Haruyoshi plays bass phrase that
stands out. This concert was especially neat because
I was able to notice quite a lot of notes Haruyoshi was playing.
Satoko plays the organ-type of sounds.
"Good evening, we're Anzenchitai," Koji says. Crowd responds.
"We're really happy that after 10 years we can perform again as Anzenchitai."
"We're all excited as well, so please enjoy the show."
4. Tooi Mukashi
Wataru plays the guitar part, and he seems to be playing
a really clean sound...maybe just compressor and that's about
it -- maybe a little delay. Maybe other guitar freaks like
Anthony can give us more pointers. :-)
"Sore de ii hazu sa"....and I think on the 3rd day (Nov 19),
some people started to clap.... Ooh.....we still have Coda
section to go! It was like clapping between movements in
classical music. ;-) Anzenchitai continued playing and
people stopped clapping.
5. Nanimo Nai Umi E
Koji starts out by playing the intro. I think this is the
song where we finally sat down. ;-) In the refrain,
Yuji plays the drums, and to be honest, I didn't notice
his drums that much until I heard him play the drums part
in the refrain. He seems to be using rods instead of sticks.
This song is the first song I started to notice that they
are not singing the chorus that much (first four songs are OK).
The lighting was awesome this tour. During this song, it's
fairly dark, but light blue lights shining down. Really good
work by the lighting crew.
6. Nininshou
I wasn't particularly keen on this song until then, but
after seeing Yuji play the drums on this song, I'm more
interested in it. I went home and tried it out, and it's really
interesting drum part. The ending was rather abrupt (in a good
way), with piano and electric guitar playing the phrase in unison.
7. Hansei
Koji plays D9 chord several times in an arpeggio and starts out.
I heard a lot of people whisper "stew, stew". Yup, this song is
now on Japanese TV, being used in a commercial for House Foods
corporation's stew, appropriately named as "Hokkaido Stew".
If any of you have access to Japanese foods store, look for it! :-)
The first full day in Japan, I got to see the commercial. It was great to hear Anzenchitai music on TV.
Wataru is playing the acoustic guitar as well, sitting down. This song was just cut into a single CD recently. The song sounded a little quick, but maybe it was just me. On Nov 16, the first four songs were really really fast! For solo, Wataru plays the pianica...which is like a simple keyboard instrument, but there is a tube you blow into it and that produces the sound. It was kinda funny to see him play, because I often would see pianicas in elementary schools...not really in a professional musicians' performance.
8. Yume no Miyako
First, Koji is the only person playing. Then, Wataru joins in.
Pretty close to the original version.
9. Koi no Yokan
I was totally focusing on Haruyoshi's bass for most of the
time. It looked like he was playing some triplets along the way,
and that sounded really good. At the ending, Wataru was
using the pedal effectively to have the sound volume
come and go. Then he immediately pressed on another
pedal and played the intro phrase, to end the song.
10. Deai
Satoko starts out by playing a beautiful piano phrase.
Kinda reminded me of how she used to introduce "To me".
Too bad I don't have enough brain cells to remember exactly
how she played it....it was so good that I would love to
put that into music sheet and play it....please, Mr. Sony,
come out with a video for this tour, pleeeeeeeeeeeeze.
This song is rather special to me, because since living in the US,
I never thought I would be able to listen to Anzenchitai live, and
guess what, there I was. This was the first "Anzenchitai X" song
I listened to (when I acquired "Deai" single CD). Yuji softly plays the cymbals with rods and Carols joins in by helping him out, playing the reverse cymbal.
I really like the expression I saw on Yuji's face.
11. Natsu no Owari no Harmony
Wataru starts out the guitar phrase and Satoko joins in.
Satoko starts out by playing the piano, but then I think
I heard some strings in the refrain part....I wonder how
she managed to do that. Maybe left hand played the chords
on strings, and the right hand played the pianos...or maybe
she just moved back and forth....dunno.
Written by Terry Mihashi
Organized by Kelvin Tsang
Last update: January 14, 2003
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