Plastic Tree 2010 Winter Tour [Re:chord]
A rainy day in Tokyo marked the end of a nation-wide, 13-stop tour. Rain is perhaps a persistent ghoul haunting Plastic Tree. With the opening of the venue pushed back ever so slightly, a sea of umbrellas quivered anxiously like flowers blooming, concealing countless fans waiting impatiently before the doors of C.C. Lemon Hall.
6:45pm, bathed in blue light, the band began the live with “1999.”
“Subarashii mirai nante naitte, nannimo nai jibunga iyade shinjiteta dake”
(I loathe myself for not having anything, so I had to believe there’s no grand future for me)
What could be a more fitting opening for Plastic Tree than these words, set to such a heartrending melody?
On this last day of torrential rain, vocalist Ryutaro gave a brief introduction. “Thank you and welcome. We are Plastic Tree,” followed, of course, by the band’s “super leader,” the so-called “Rain-god,” Tadashi.
“Somewhere in my heart, I’d been hoping [for rain]…” On this last day of those spring showers, Tadashi spoke rather shyly, his voice gentle and soft.
Caught in a whirlpool of words, swirling around and bubbling up within a tremendously moving groove, Ryutaro somehow evoked, at once, feelings of both misery and pleasure.
The fans, as if grasping at the ethereal atmosphere, stretched out their hands and raised their voices in unison for Ryutaro, who danced back and forth across the stage, occasionally swaying limply, as if a puppet held by strings.
Wrapping up the initial set, “DONADONA” phased smoothly into the appropriately-themed instrumental “Anten” (“Blackout”).
Silhouetted against a crimson screen stood four shadows, facing each other.
After such a powerful performance, despite the gloomy meaning of “Anten,” it felt like, somewhere, a bright light was shining.
1.1999
2.Rikashitsu
3.Fukuro
4.Sanatorium
5.E to Se to Ra
6.Seiza-zukuri
7.Melt
8.Makka na Ito
9.sunset bloody sunset
10.Gagaji
11.Kaibutsu-kun
12.Puppet talk
13.Dona Dona
14.Anten
Encore
1.Tsumetai Hikari
2.Melancholic
3.Hate Red, Dip It
4.GHOST
English | 日本語
Plastic Tree2010年冬ツアー【Re:chord】-レコード-
全国１３ヶ所のツアーの千秋楽は、雨の東京。
Plastic Treeに雨は憑き物。
開場時間を少し押した、C.C.レモンホールの扉の前には
開くのを待ち侘びた無数の傘の花が咲いていた。
18:45、青い光の中
スタートしたのは『1999』。
“素晴らしい未来なんてないって
なんにもない自分が嫌で信じてただけ”
この悲痛のメロディに言葉、
なんともPlastic Treeらしい幕開けとなった。
雨の最終日、
「どうもーPlastic Treeです。」の竜太朗の声の後、
勿論ＭＣを取るのはもはや“雨神”と呼ばれる
スーパーリーダー正。
「(雨を)心のどこかで願っていた自分も居て・・・」
春雨の最終日、穏やかな口調の正はそう照れ臭そうに語った。
沸沸と沸き起こり胸の中を掻き乱すグルーブに
竜太朗の言葉の渦がなんとも苦しく心地良く。
ゆらゆらとステージの上を舞い、
時にパペットの様に踊る竜太朗に
観客達は空気を掴むように、
手を伸ばし声援を上げた。
本編ラストは
『ドナドナ』から繋がる
インスト曲『暗転』。
真っ赤なスクリーンに、
４人が向かい合う姿。
その力強い演奏に
“暗転”の言葉の中とは裏腹、
どこか光が見えたような気がした。
1.1999
2.理科室
3.梟
4.サナトリウム
5.エとセとラ
6.星座づくり
7.メルト
8.真っ赤な糸
9.sunset bloody sunset
10.ガガジ
11.怪物くん
12.Puppet talk
13.ドナドナ
14.暗転
en
1.ツメタイヒカリ
2.メランコリック
3.ヘイト・レッド、ディップ・イット
4.GHOST
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