nr1980
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Post by nr1980 on May 15, 2021 5:10:30 GMT
During the guitar solo, Brian played "Teru Teru Bozu" (a traditional Japanese nursery rhyme that some of the audience actually noticed and cheered). This song is only played a handful of times in Japan, and is replaced by "Sakura Sakura".
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 18, 2021 23:15:55 GMT
Nice catch.
What other nights was it played ? Haven't got the time to check all the available tapes at the moment.
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Post by nr1980 on May 19, 2021 1:22:58 GMT
Nice catch. What other nights was it played ? Haven't got the time to check all the available tapes at the moment.
I think they also performed at the Nagoya and Okayama concerts, but I'm not sure. Even I, a Japanese, don't understand it because it's been arranged!
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Post by deathtoming on May 19, 2021 3:08:18 GMT
Nice catch. What other nights was it played ? Haven't got the time to check all the available tapes at the moment.
I think they also performed at the Nagoya and Okayama concerts, but I'm not sure. Even I, a Japanese, don't understand it because it's been arranged!
Yeah, he played it in Nagoya on April 22 before he did in Kobe on April 23. It's a song for rainy days (I know you know this), and it rained a lot on their day off on April 21, so I can imagine a Japanese person bringing up this song (and the custom of hanging up the "dolls" on rainy days) to Brian when chatting about the weather and Japanese culture. To me, you can hear Teru Teru Bozu clearly here, for about 20 seconds (Nagoya, 1975): I can also hear it in Kobe (April 23, 1975), Okayama (April 28), and Tokyo (May 1). I also think Teru Teru Bozu is mistakenly labelled Sakura (or Sakura Sakura) for the 1975 shows on YouTube playlists and such, because I just don't hear Sakura. Maybe someone can point it out? Here's Sakura from a 1979 show for reference: |
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 20, 2021 1:50:44 GMT
I think they also performed at the Nagoya and Okayama concerts, but I'm not sure. Even I, a Japanese, don't understand it because it's been arranged!
Yeah, he played it in Nagoya on April 22 before he did in Kobe on April 23. It's a song for rainy days (I know you know this), and it rained a lot on their day off on April 21, so I can imagine a Japanese person bringing up this song (and the custom of hanging up the "dolls" on rainy days) to Brian when chatting about the weather and Japanese culture. To me, you can hear Teru Teru Bozu clearly here, for about 20 seconds (Nagoya, 1975): I can also hear it in Kobe (April 23, 1975), Okayama (April 28), and Tokyo (May 1). I also think Teru Teru Bozu is mistakenly labelled Sakura (or Sakura Sakura) for the 1975 shows on YouTube playlists and such, because I just don't hear Sakura. Maybe someone can point it out? Here's Sakura from a 1979 show for reference: Great post. Thanks for clearing all that up.
No doubt that first Japanese tour led to Brian's lifelong affinity for playing a piece of music from the culture relevant to the gig.
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Post by deathtoming on May 21, 2021 3:26:44 GMT
I also think Teru Teru Bozu is mistakenly labelled Sakura (or Sakura Sakura) for the 1975 shows on YouTube playlists and such, because I just don't hear Sakura. Maybe someone can point it out? Here's Sakura from a 1979 show for reference: Great post. Thanks for clearing all that up. No doubt that first Japanese tour led to Brian's lifelong affinity for playing a piece of music from the culture relevant to the gig.
Seeing how it doesn't look like Sakura was played in the 1975 tour, that might make the first known performance of it the time Brian played the song on the toy koto for the Japanese fan club staff member who visited during the A Night at the Opera recording sessions (as seen in my post a while back in the interview translation thread). But for the first performance on stage, I checked all guitar solos from the 1976 tour in Japan, and I'd say it's the evening show in Osaka on March 29, their 7th show in Japan that tour, although we don't have a recording of the early show in Fukuoka on March 26. The audience in Nagoya on March 23 applauds spontaneously but I don't hear anything. He performed it for the next three shows after Osaka but not for the final show. Here's the Osaka evening performance: |
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