I have several windows of YouTube open now, acting as improvisory music station, enabling me to listen to all the Plastic Tree songs I didn’t know about until last Thursday. I have to buy all their CDs so I can listen to all their songs… It’s "only" twelve albums… Oh, where to start…
We were sitting in my room, me and my friend. We were trying to choose a CD to listen to, when my friend said he had a burnt CD with some J-Rock band he’d found on the ‘net. Maybe I’d like it,
4 years later, still, none of my Japanese friends have ever heard of Plastic Tree, at least until I mentioned them.
Last weekend I passed on my minimal collection of PT songs to a friend in the dormitory (Goji), in order to give him an alternative band to listen to other than just Asian Kung Fu Generation (which I also like, but… not *every* day…and not *only* AKFG).
Later the same evening, Goji, and another friend of mine (Nika), had a conversation along these lines:
Nika: I’m going to
Goji: Yes, I’ve heard of them
Nika: Yes, I gave you some of their song earlier on a mixed CD.
Goji: No, Cecily gave it to me today…
Nika: Whuh?!? Another Plastic Tree fan? Here in the dorms? Are you serious?!?
The evening after I met Nika by accident and Nika revealed that she too is a fan of PT, and during our conversation about the rarity of PT fans (or apparent PT fans), she mentioned that she was going to their concert in Osaka on the coming Thursday. I immediately decided that if there was concert tickets left I would go too –a decision I do not regret.
I got my ticket Monday, and took the night ferry from Beppu to
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4 comments:
Asian Kung Fu Generation. That name left me fairly flabbergasted.
...and after a quick search on the "tube" it turns out that it's the same AKFG as the ones in my Naruto soundtrack. A pleasant coincidence on a sunny Friday afternoon.
Yay! A comment! :D
Yep, it's the very same AFKG... And some people still listen to them. They're actually quite popular in some circles I believe. :)
Concert review is coming soooooon - I just have to catch up (enough) on my homework first...
Kult at du fikk sett PT! gleder meg til anmeldelsen:)
Selve anmeldelsen kommer straks, den er underveis. I mellomtiden får du nøye deg med del 1 / introduksjonen / innledningen / prologen / ...gikk tom for synonymer her...;)
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