「今でもマッチです！』

[talisa_ahn]

Tonight was my last concert of the summer.  Matchy's 30th Anniversary Tour.  And before anyone says anything about Matchy being old, SHH!  I KNOW.  At the moment he's twice my age, but I've liked him for years so I still think he's damned kakkoii.  I finally got to hear him sing Midnight Shuffle and Mezamero Yasei live, as well as Zambara, both versions.  Won't lie, I prefer Mitsu's version, but that's a totally biased opinion and I'm well aware of that. 

Just for the Osaka shows, guitar legend and former Johnny's Nomura Yoshio came to perform.  Back in the 80's, Matchy, Yocchan and one other person were grouped together.  From what I understand, they weren't an official Johnny's unit, but were in the first Kinpachi Sensei together.  Yocchan left Johnny's in 1990, but some of you might know one of the songs he's written and composed.  Kanjani8's 一秒KISS anyone?  Yep.  It's so entertaining to see someone with Matchy at his own level instead of a sempai/kouhai thing.  Yocchan made his own uchiwa that said マッチ on one side, and ぼくもよろしく on the other.  haha... He was using it to fan himself while Matchy talked.  But yeah.  Because Yocchan was there, I got to hear the best acoustic version of アンダルシアに憧れて ever!  Just Matchy, Yocchan on a slack key guitar, and a single violinist. 

Anyway.  Summer's coming to a close which is probably for the best.  This summer was expensive!  And not just because of the concerts and butai (12 of them), but just in general, I'm in the city more so I've been shopping. 

*yawn*  I guess I'm not updating my last post about the Kanju butai, nor am I writing fic tonight.  Off to bed.  G'night~!

Comments

[murasaki-anna.livejournal.com]

お疲れ！wow i love 一秒KISS i didn't know that guy wrote it. But cool!

Good to hear you had a nice summer! Lets hope JE gives you a bit of time to recover from all the money spending (although, depending on what goods the Ebikisu butai has, maybe your wallet won't get such a break?)

[flailinginlove.livejournal.com]

I want to see Matchy! Glad to hear you had fun. Would have gone to Nagoya but that was the same weekend as Tackey and well, he wins. Maybe I could still make one of the Budokan shows work... hmm.

I've still got 2 shows to go this weekend then I'm done for the summer too. But September isn't really looking to be much quieter. D: EbiKisu, News, and Ueda. You're not going to the News shows in Osaka, right?

What are you thinking for TakiTsuba? Kobe or Yokohama? Val and I are definitely doing Yokohama. :)

[laruku05.livejournal.com]

Oh he wrote 一秒KISS? I love that song XD Did you see Eito's performance on MS? Ugh so pretty~ <3 And why are the Arashi goods blue this year? They hate me don't they...I want to hear that acoustic version of that song, I love slack key guitar...

[kendoyuki.livejournal.com]

Oh my, that Andalucia performance sounds amazing. I'd give anything to see that song performed live (let alone by Matchy himself *_*)

[devilayu.livejournal.com]

OH, Yocchan went? I know him best as Ayu's guitarist, lol.

[devilayu.livejournal.com]

YOKOARI!!!! <3

[talisa-ahn.livejournal.com]

Johnny doesn't want to give my wallet any kind of rest... EbiKisu... New shop photos... nope. No recovery time. >.>

[talisa-ahn.livejournal.com]

YokoAri carries the possibility of EbiKisu and it's super tempting... but I might have to stick to Kobe. Might ballot for YokoAri and then depending on the seats... Too much to think about.

Kobe means possibility of Kanju. YokoAri has the possibility of EbiKisu. That alone means I'd be going to YokoAri, but I need to think about travel time and money... MONEY. STUPID, STUPID MONEY!

[talisa-ahn.livejournal.com]

Dude is SUPER funny too! He works as Hamasaki Ayumi's guitarist a lot, but at MS, he'll go into Matchy's dressing room to hang out and eat Matchy's food.

I'll upload the file over the weekend. PRETTY~!

[talisa-ahn.livejournal.com]

It was so beautiful. Matchy is certainly Matchy for a reason. Amazing.

[talisa-ahn.livejournal.com]

haha... you would! ;D

[flailinginlove.livejournal.com]

I totally understand. MONEY. >_< Right now Val and I are thinking about hitting up the Sat/Sun shows in Yokohama. Will depend on when I get my FC stuff back and when balloting is due and all that fun stuff. If you end up deciding to go to Yokohama, let us know. :)