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Crazy Ken Band live report
Last night was the Crazy Ken Band show I had won tickets to! This was a completely free show, sponsored by the New Days conbini chain to celebrate their 5th anniversary. This year is also CKB's 10th anniversary, and it was their first show of 2007. It was the first time I saw CKB live, though I'm familiar with their 5 latest albums.
The 12-piece band (and then some) took the stage at Shibuya AX for a show of 1½ hour, performing at least a dozen songs including several of their hits and also several from their latest album "Galaxy". They even played two encores (3 songs and then one song), leaving the audience very satisfied. Between many of the songs they often played commercial-like little ditties that announced "Crazy Ken Band, ii ne!!!", getting them bonus applause.
Lead singer and MC Yokoyama Ken is a great entertainer, living up to his image. He really has a great powerful voice and a funny character, telling some stories and joking with other members.
The band was very dynamic, most members having some funny tricks of their own. I especially enjoyed a solo part by guitarist Onose Masao, later joined by keyboardist Takahashi Toshimitsu who played a fast phrase on a small keyboard which he then threw over his shoulder, haha! Also towards the end of the show, Yokoyama Ken and another guy took turns striking a pose while standing on some spinning disc that the other rotated the disc, a hilarious sight.
As for the set list, I can't recall everything, but here are some songs that I remember: tenyawanya desuyo, Shock Hawaiian Shock, Honolulu BBQ, Koro, ta-su-ke-te, Mappila Rock (Mappila Bossa), and my favorite, Tiger & Dragon.
Aside from the new single "tenyawanya desuyo" to be released later this month, the super-productive band announced that they're preparing a new album to be released this year.
ii ne!!!!
Posted on February 10, 2007 at 09:51 | Tweet
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Qu'es-ce que ça veut dire ii ne ! ?
Posted by Maxime Arsenault on February 10, 2007 at 13:15
Ça veut dire genre "nice, isn't it!!!"
Posted by Patrick on February 11, 2007 at 06:39
green envy here !!! sounds great ... i kept wondering from the live DVDs i have what it would be like to see them perform .. on that DVD is one number where they have like 10 girls age 12 or so run in and dance like crazy to some kitty chan spoof song ... sugoi ii ne ... maybe i should copy that for you sometime ... the videos i had uploaded to youtube were all deleted .. :(
Posted by Peter Nacken on February 12, 2007 at 01:42