Akko>all other Japanese people >=| Hell, Akko>Almost all of humanity. Ugh D: I would probably scare her though. I don't speak any Japanese besides the shit people say to make fun of Waps, and I'd be jumping up and down with excitement.. and I'm sure a 230 pound, 6'0 American teenager jumping up and down at you screaming in a language you don't understand would be scary for any Asian woman.

Her English was actually better than expected, but she had some trouble understanding Luis. I managed to sort of translate what he was saying enough to where she understood. It was just a few short minutes, but it was amazing.

Damn you... ugh. They better come again >_>; I will be able to go the next time most likely. Damn..

[quote="Marekenshin"]Late response, and I'm too lazy to rewrite things, so here's the note from my facebook (written after I got back from the concert):
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------So I spent the day in NYC today, mostly waiting for this concert. Six bands played, only one of which I knew beforehand. We arrived about four hours early, and proceeded to chill. Luis and I were number 3 and 4 in line, and we got to see all of the bands arrive. I got up to go to the bathroom and MISSED SEEING GO!GO!7188 walk by. D: (that's the band I was mainly there to see). However! The bassist, Akko, came out ot smoke a cigarette, and I somehow managed to ask her if we could get pictures with her. I stuttered my Japanese horribly and had troulbe thinking of words, I was so excited and nervous. After that initial request though, I was able to successfully request a song. She said that the set hadn't been decided yet, but maybe.

We waited and watched the remaining bands arrived. Ran into a fellow fan I knew from the pillows fan community, and after it finally opened up a few hours later, the three of us went in and secured merchandise. I bought two GO!GO!7188 CDs and a Tshirt. We went into the pit and got in position for the first band.

The first act was a group called Asakusa Jinta, a group I had never heard of before. However, they blew me away totally. The band consists of a bassist, trumpeter, some other horn type, an ACCORDIAN, a soprano saxaphone , a drummer, and a guitarist. The by the saxaphone will become apparent.

So their music was lively, amazing, and just ROCKED. During the show, the rather cute saxophonist kept looking over in my direction, probably becasue I'm rather tall and was totally participating with all the stuff. So that was really cool, and after them Luis pointed out the accordian player at the bar drinking water. I went over and expressed how amazed I was with their music and promised that I was going to buy there CD. My Japanese somehow impressed her, and I ended up getting the CD and signatures from all the members. I couldn't find the guitarist and the drummer, but the saxophonist, when she saw me, and I asked her for a signature, recalled me from the audience, and she was kind enough to get the last two members for me, and then we got photos with them.

The other acts that were good were 50 Kaitenz and HY. I spent all of the time that Pistol Valve was playing collecting signatures for my Azakusa Jinta album. After getting these signatures, I saw Akko again, and asked her if she would sign the CDs I bought after the show, and she said that she would love to, that if I waited at the entrance, I could do that. (This didn't happen though...Luis's parents wanted to leave, so I never got to get my GO!GO! merchandise signed D': )

Since I don't like the style that The Emeralds are, I spent that time period walking around outside the main stage area and talking to and praising various members of the other bands that I really enjoyed. I saw and ended up chatting with Miho, the saxophonist, for like twenty minutes, which was totally awesome. She knew of the pillows (my favorite band). XD

Just before talking to her, the guitarist of Azakusa came up to me with a little camcorder and said "say something! ready?" and I said (in Japanese lol) that Asakusa was awesome and the show was tons of fun. There were tons of cameras around all night, I'm thinking they will probably make a DVD, and if they do, I'll likely be on it.

So, I went in to watch HY, and was shocked that they too were really good. However, as I had already purchased three CDs and a T-shirt, I couldn't afford to buy their CD. There was one part where the singer was getting the crowd to wave their arms. I didn't do it at first, but he sort of gave me this "whaaaaaaaat?" look and so I started to. As soon as I did, he grinned and gave me a huge thumbs up, which was really cool.

So at this point, I got to talk to all the members of Asakusa and 50 Kaitenz, had talked to a few members of HY, talked to Akko, and briefly greeted Yuu and Turkey from GO!GO! to tell them I was looking forward to thier concert.

At last, after HY, GO!GO! played. IT WAS AMAZING. They put on a flawless live, and it sounds even better than the studio work. Yuu's voice is superb, and she nailed every note with her perfect tone. The fourth song, Akko got up to the mike and said "the next song is..." LOOKED AT ME!!! "kinkyouri ren'ai!" They played the song I requested! I think they probably would have anyway, as it's the first track and most well-known one off their knew album, but the fact that she recognized that I had requested it was freaking awesome. After GO!GO! finished their set, the whole audience started chanting GO!GO! and so they came back out for an encore with one of my favorite songs.

This was GO!GO!7188's first American concert, and I WAS THE FIRST FAN TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH AKKO! DDDDDD

Also, I plan to try to see Asakusa as well as the pillows this summer now. XD
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The banjo quote was pretty funny, to be honest. I see them pull out a round, small stringed instrument, and the first thing out of my mouth was "Oh sweet, is that a banjo?" Followed by an embarrassed "Oops, nevermind, it's a samishen or a sanshin or whatever you call it."

Good times.[/quote]

[quote]The funniest moment of the night was when the guy brought out the sanshin and the kid next to me went "Oh sweet, a banjo!" or something like that.


Oh man, do you remember anything else he said? There was at least one more thing that was just great.

He was bragging to a friend (but kind of loudly so that we all could hear) for a while about how he talked to Akko for a bit, and then even said something to Yuu! AND IN JAPANESE!!!! Well, at least his one night out of the house was exciting.[/quote]

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Yeah, I've seen that before.

It's kind of sad that people can't see why somebody would be genuinely excited to meet, however briefly, a member of a band they like. And the reason I was freaked out about talking in Japanese is that I was so starstruck I almost forgot how to speak at all.

Also, the post after the one you quoted is a little off, I talked to Asakusa Jinta's saxophone player extensively, Akko for only a few minutes. And Knifin' needs to stop making things up.

the other's who were there who heard ar ealso huge fans. the one i quoted is definitely the biggest fan of go go i know. when someone who owns pretty much everything by the band and is going shopping with them and interviews them criticizes how you reacted to the band, then you might want to wonder the same thing.

Gee, I'm sorry that not all of us get to meet rock stars all the time. It's pretty safe to say that 90% of fans of a band would freak out when meeting them. I'd say gauging by how most people here reacted when seeing the pillows face to face, being way flustered at first and then totally excited about it afterwards is totally normal.

man you are such a fanboy

Mare reacted better than I would have. I would've shit my pants. Literally. I would've shit my pants. It happens all the time when I get excited They call it shitapantsitis. It's a serious condition that afflicts teens everywhere.

[quote="clouds"]man you are such a fanboy[/quote]

This is pretty true. I did manage to talk okay after the first three things I said to Akko, but I was freaking out like crazy at first, totally stuttering and forgetting words.

Let's just be glad I wasn't there to make awkward jokes about my penis.

[quote="Marekenshin"]
This was GO!GO!7188's first American concert, and I WAS THE FIRST FAN TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH AKKO! DDDDDD
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Wrong. They played SXSW. I'm sure someone there got a picture before you. Sorry. I just crushed your ego among other things.

Actually, you're incorrect. Their Texas show is listed as March 16th, and Akko specifically said during their set that it was their first concert in New York, and their first concert in America.

It was a nice attempt at being a complete asshole, though, Tats.

It's like he was gloating about something as the first person to do it, when in fact he was not. Like someone bragging about how they invented a way to distribute electric power to homes.... in 2007. Talking loudly, saying things about banjos... generally just being a stupid head.