第九弾: Okkervil River ライブ ＠ Northsix
It took some effort to see this gig. First off, I invited some friends to go see Okkervil River on the night of the 11th at the Knitting Factory (where I saw Velvet Teen live). I was pretty sure there was no need to buy tickets in advance online, so we decided to buy the tickets at the door. It turned out the tickets were sold out 3 hours before we got there. So we lingered around and sneaked inside the venue, and got kicked out. The guy at the door was pissed to see us coming out of the venue when he told us 30 min before that we weren't allowed in. Who cares, he was being a total jackass anyways. And then I found out Okk was playing the next day as well, just at Brooklyn. So I dragged my ass across the bridge into the heart of darkness to see the damn show. And it was worth it.
11日の夜に友達とOkkervil Riverを見に行った（ちなみに場所はvelvet teenのライブで行ったクラブKnitting Factory）のだが、その場でチケット買おうとしたらまさかの売り切れ。衛兵が注意を逸らしてる間に潜入ミッションを試みたけどあえなく発見され叩きだされてしまった。中から出てきた時のドアマンの 「 ! 」なリアクションは言うまでもない。「テメーら二度とチケット買いわすれんじゃねーぞkf＃％ｊはういお３３２あぎゃーふじこ」って叫んでたし。それで次の夜わざわざ橋を越えブルックリンでのライブを見にいきましたとさ。
Charles Bissel (of the Wrens) was the first of two opening act bands to play that night. Interesting guy, though I couldn't hear a single thing he said even through the mic because he spoke oh so softly. He does the real-time-layering technique where he layers guitar tracks right in front of the audience. It was pretty cool he covered Okkervil River's "It Ends With a Fall".
And then came MAN MAN. These obnoxious boys totally rocked the house. Call them wild boyz. Crazy dudes, danger high voltage material, funny as hell. The picture above is of them.
Charles Bisselのソロが最初の前座ショー。マイク通しても声が聞こえないほど静かに喋る人。生レイヤーテク：リアルタイムで次から次へと自分で演奏した音に更に音を重ねていくテク、を駆使したプレイ。Okkervil Riverの"It Ends With a Fall"をカバーしてたのが印象的。
そして今回のダークホース、Man Man登場。こいつらイ・カ・レ・テ・ル！！！いやホント、おもわぬ笑いっつーか狂バンドっつーか。鎮火気味だった会場の熱気も一気にハイボルテージに。
Horns and an accordion. Can't really see the horns.
CDの音を再現するためブラス系楽器やアコーディオンもしっかり配備。
The place was completely over-popluated, swamped with people. I understood instantly how they managed to sell out the tickets the night before.
文字通り寿司詰め状態。前の晩のチケットが完売したのもうなずける。
Number of injuries among the band members. The frontman just recovered from hurting his vocalchords and the drummer still has a fractured wrist bone. Yet they played an extensive setlist of 22 songs with hyper-energetic, intensive buoyancy.
ライブ中のMCでも説明してたけどフロントマンはつい最近まで喉を酷く痛めていたらしく、更にはドラマーまでも手首の骨にまだヒビが入っているというケガ人集団。それでも22曲もの長セットリストを最初から最後まで超ハイテンションで演奏しやがったよ、素晴らしい奴等め。
Apparently, the Brooklyn gig had one the best setlists, and was one of the best live performances by Okkervil. I could agree though, that was some awesome gig. They should play at larger venues to accomodate the large number of fans they have acquired.
どうやらブルックリンでのライブはオカビル史上最高のセットリストとパフォーマンスだったらしい。確かにとてもいいライブだった。かなりの曲数こなしてたし。これだけファンが増えたんだからこれからはもっと大きい会場で演奏して欲しいもんだ。
-Setlist-
01 - Velocity of Saul
02 - Down the River of Golden Dreams
03 - It Ends With a Fall
04 - Red
05 - A King and a Queen
06 - The War Criminal Rises and Speaks
07 - The Latest Toughs
08 - A Stone
09 - Song of Our So-Called Friend
10 - Seas Too Far To Reach
11 - Blanket and Crib
12 - Some Weird Sin
13 - Black
14 - No Key, No Plan
15 - For Real
16 - So Come Back, I'm Waiting
17 - Westfall
----------ENCORE-----------
18 - Missing Children
19 - Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas
20 - Lady Liberty
21 - A Favor
22 - Okkervil River Song
