Ayu desu =)

Cherie asked me if I would consider writing a review on Jiro's unplugged concert and, at the same time, I wanted to do it, also!!

Umm.. but before the review, let's find out more about this concert!


Date:
13-12-1999     Place:  Budokan
 

Set list:
"About a girl "- Nirvana (Jiro solo)
"May fair"
"Savile row"
"Doku Rock"
"Come on!!"
"Deatte Shimatta Futari"
"However"
"Canaria"
"Happiness"
"Noreshiasohiru nouede - Red Warriors"
"Biri Biri Crush man"
"Fried Chicken and Beer"
"Miyako Wasure""
"a Boy~ Zutto wasurenai"
"Will be King"

Encore:
 "Shutter Speed no teema"

 

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Clothes:  All in black suit (so cool~~)

Teru, Takuro & Jiro has black shirt while Hisashi has white shirt with black tie.

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~ JIRO IS INTERVIEWED! ~

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Translated from What's in? Glay Issue DX. 2000 Spring
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(A = Akira Saeki  / J = Jiro)
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A: X Is your aim of having an unplugged because you want to let people compare each note following by each note while you are plying the song?
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J: 'It's because we want to give ourselves pressure.  No matter if the place for the concert is large or small, it's alright.  When the place is larger, we will have greater pressure.  In this case, if we fail, we will fail; but if we success, we will feel prosperous.  In the beginning, when we planned the unplugged, we asked "Where should we have our concert?"  The answer was "BUDOKAN!"
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A: Is the pressure greater than what you have estimated?
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J: It's getting bigger and bigger after we started the rehearsal.  I only felt very interesting when I was arranging the song!  Someone said to me, "It must make people crazy!"  Then, when we went into the process of ordering the song, we found a lot of tiny problems.  We fixed those problems and, in the meantime, we found we didn't have much time left. (laugh)
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A: Jiro, is response to choosing the song - in doing that, do you already have a basic idea of what song you will choose?
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J: No.  I just choose what I like.  Although people may prefer the songs in the singles, I think it will be a bit boring this time because they can be heard in concert frequently.  I chose these songs after  "balancing."  "Friedchicken & Beer" is the last song I had chosen.  I wanted to choose "Love Slave" at first; however, we had played it in acoustic before, and "Friedchicken & Beer" added some "artistic element."  Therefore, it's better to try some new thing.  Also, "However" was added only a few days before the "FM 802" live in Osaka.  We simply use an acoustic version to finish the "medium type"song - "Beloved" - but, in the opposite, there are a lot of changes in the "up type"songs - "Come On!" and "Shutter Speed no teema."  I don't have the image of acoustic in my brain, I only follow the direction.  In "Friedchicken & Beer," I wanted to feel that "Rock-a-Billy" type of Rock 'n' Roll, so Nagai made the rhythm for me and I followed.  Then, all the other members followed.  This is how we do our arranging of the songs.
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A:     There was a  Blues section added before "Come On!"  Is this decided by all of you?
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J: Yes.  Takuro played the chord rhythm & blues, it feels good.  I added a lot of Blues in the fake; the effect was much better , so I added it today, but I added more this time.  (laugh)
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A: Do you design the pattern when you are choosing the song or when you are in rehearsal?
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J: I decided what songs to be chosen.  I chose "About a girl" because I like Kurt Cobain.  This song was the opening song of the album, "Unplugged in New York."
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A: Do you have a period of playing the guitar and singing on your own?
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J: I have tried this in the beginning, I felt afraid now when I thought of this.  (laugh) In Osaka, I felt very anxious.  It's much luckier now!
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A: So, you choose "About a girl,"and you produced it by yourself so that you can bring in it's own mood?
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J: Yes.  And this song rises to "random" very quickly.  I handed the others to the stage director.  For lighting, P.A etcetera, they are very essential in making the live smooth; if I don't hand these to the professionals, it's not right.  "Shutter Speed no teema" is the last song.  I have drawn how I want the stage to look, and I handed the picture to the stage director.
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A: You always draw pictures like the audience sitting there?
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J: Yes.  I started this 2 years ago in Daidaik; however, when I asked the audience in MC:  "Is there anyone who doesn't understand the meaning of "unplugged?" Actually, people are just copying from others; no one stands - therefore, they don't dare to stand.  (plus:  he told those who understand to stand) For those who understand unplugged... those who come with this attitude, no doubt they should stand!  So, I said at the end:  "Stand if you want to, sit if you want to continue to sit"  Then, everyone stood up, one after another.  I believed that they had waited to stand for a long time.
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(to be continued..)

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OK!  Let's stop here (review hasn't started yet... =P)  

I promise I will continue this next time!
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Ayu =^.^=

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NEXT TIME, IN PART TWO:

Completion of Interview, bass used, review , plus the original version of "About a girl"...


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