The Pillows Rock New York
It’s funny how there are things you both want to remember to do and things you don’t want to forget having done. Last week Thursday I was lucky enough to catch The Pillows perform at the Knitting Factory and they were awesome. They had such an enormous amount of energy and just kept rocking throughout their entire set. (Although I did miss the first 30 minutes because I swore no band would actually start playing at exactly 7PM, I should remember to be on time to shows from now on.)
Anyway, they tore through some new songs off their My Foot album with such joyful grundgyness that I found myself wishing I had owned it already (and spoke Japanese) so I could sing along. Then when it seemed like they were going to leave the stage without playing what everyone had come to hear, they broke into the opening song from FLCL and the anime fanboys and rockers alike shoock the place with their cheers. Their set-ending performance of Hybrid Rainbow managed to get everyone signing along as best they could even with the language barrier.
Luckily the fans managed to get them out for two more encores of their FLCL tracks before being quickly booted out to make room for the next act. It’s really too bad more English speaking people don’t listen to music who’s lyrics are in another language. It takes a Buena Vista Social club like event to change that and it’s really just a shame.
Remember how The Pillows rocked playing Little Busters and Ride on Shooting Star! (Video from 2005)
Update: There’s a great edited video of the concert on YouTube now! What an awesome show!
