10/20 DaisyBar Autumn Fes 2011～RAW LIVE 2011～@下北沢Daisy Bar

のび太 (Nobita): WHITE ASH is a band that I’m familiar with in name only, but now I might have to check them out. Nobita was good, he has a great sense of humor and a clear voice that works just as well for rock songs as it does for ballads. After telling the crowd that he was nervous (this being his 2nd solo performance ever), he explained that he was opening because no one was confident that his songs could be rearranged for this kind of thing. Then he covered Perfume’s マカロニ, doing his best to maintain some of the original choreography despite having to play the guitar at the same time.

入江良介 (Irie Ryosuke): Before his set Ryosuke came out for an extended sound check, chatting with the audience and messing around with a few covers. He was on stage for so long that the sound booth thought that he was ready to start, dimming the lights and cutting the BGM. He assured them that he wasn’t and came back in 5 minutes, officially kicking things off with a bit of karaoke (for both Sun Valley and OK master he ignored his guitar, choosing to sing along to the masters of unreleased Veni Vidi Vicious demos instead). When he finally sat down to play, he surprised the audience with two covers, an oddly sentimental rendition of 踊ってばかりの国’s 悪魔の子供 and a ballsy, but sincere performance of QUATTRO’s Time Time Time (Iwamoto also played it, declaring ‘本物!’). 恋する囚人 has been available as a MySpace demo for quite some time and Ryosuke mentioned that if anyone wanted the recording they could send an e-mail to the band’s official address and he would give it to them before continuing with the songbook classics プカプカ and お嫁においで. He broke into a few bars of KARA’s Mister before declaring ‘分からないっす’ and after checking the time continued with a slightly melancholy cover of BLANKEY JET CITY’s SWEET DAYS. His next song, which he introduced as ギター弾き, would have made for a wonderful closer, but Iwamoto was running late so he expanded his set to include 森 and Free Way 3.

Setlist:
1. Sun Valley
2. OK
3. 悪魔の子供 (踊ってばかりの国 cover)
4. Time Time Time (QUATTRO cover)
5. 恋する囚人
6. プカプカ (Nishioka Kyozo cover)
7. お嫁においで (Kayama Yuzo cover)
8. SWEET DAYS (BLANKEY JET CITY cover)
9. ギター弾き (New Song)
10. 森
11. Free Way 3

岩本岳士 (Iwamoto Takeshi): I saw Iwamoto perform without QUATTRO for the first time at 下北沢commune a few months back and it was amazing, he and Matsuzaka Yusuke (QUATTRO) played for nearly 3 hours in a space designed to hold no more than 30 people. Although the setting wasn’t nearly as intimate this time around, he managed to create the same laid-back atmosphere and in addition to some great acoustic versions of QUATTRO songs, he treated the audience to some excellent covers. My personal favorite was My Eyes, but The Gardener and There’s Nothing I Can Do (an audience request that took him quite a while to decipher) were also pretty high on the list. Flamingo was a standout, as was the solo piece beginning ‘It’s 9 o’clock in the morning…’ that he played after Time Time Time. He was definitely worth the wait.

Setlist:
1. Oh Susanna
2. Flamingo
3. 新曲 (New Song)
4. My Eyes (Travis cover)
5. Time Time Time
6. 新曲 (New Song)
7. The Gardener (The Tallest Man On Earth cover)
8. He Doesn’t Know Why (Fleet Foxes cover)
9. There’s Nothing I can Do (Jesse Harris cover)
10. Along The Sands
11. Question#7

佐々木亮介 (Sasaki Ryosuke): Sasaki Ryosuke is unbelievable live, even the best recordings in a flood of circle’s discography don’t do him justice (particularly when it comes to acoustic). He ripped into his set with Human License and 泥水のメロディー, followed by a really strong performance of ガラパゴス. Between songs he reminisced about the good old days and told stories about his experiences before forming a band. He included his impressions of the other performers, commenting jokingly on Irie Ryosuke ‘なんか最終すげえ感じ悪くて’. Ryosuke cried ‘ひどい!’, and Sasaki began his next song with a quiet intro, that shifted abruptly when he shouted ‘さあ、準備しよう!’ and burst into a fast-paced, rockabilly number. SWIMMING SONG was stunning and emotional, but the mood lightened again quickly when he announced a SISTER JET cover and a somewhat drunk Wataru.S decided to join him onstage. YU-REI Song is a quick, but soft song with a Halloween motif, which he followed with a performance of I LOVE YOU that was good enough to be a closer. Luckily though, he stuck around for an incredible acoustic ballad, during which he went completely off-mic, shouting into the crowd with everything he had left. He exited to no shortage of well-deserved applause. After about 10 minutes of hurried setup, rearranging the stage for two more guitars and a drum set, Ryosuke, Wataru, and Kensuke. A (Dr., SISTER JET) joined him for a somewhat touch-and-go but generally recognizable cover of Veni Vidi Vicious’ Cosmo.

Setlist:
1. Human License
2. 泥水のメロディー
3. ガラパゴス
4. 賭け (Bet! Bet! Bet!) (New Song)
5. SWIMMING SONG
6. to you (w/ Wataru S., SISTER JET cover)
7. YU-REI Song (New Song)
8. I LOVE YOU
10. 新曲 (New Song)
Encore (w/ Irie Ryosuke (Veni Vidi Vicious), Wataru.S and Kensuke. A (SISTER JET))
11. COSMO (Veni Vidi Vicious cover)