The Pillows Thread

[kenshinbebop]

I can deffinately see them doing I'm Broken Piece live. I just listened to it hidden at the end of The Scar Whispers and its just like they are today.

[Tidusauron12]

I can deffinately see them doing I'm Broken Piece live. I just listened to it hidden at the end of The Scar Whispers and its just like they are today.

Yeah... Basically, we can only hope that we get what we want, xD. :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

I finally am getting around to making another poster with pics from the show in March. Also am making a poster of all the CD spines that come with imoports. Looks nice.

[Tidusauron12]

I finally am getting around to making another poster with pics from the show in March. Also am making a poster of all the CD spines that come with imoports. Looks nice.

Show in March!?

EDIT: Oh, from March. Coolio, man.

[Mank]

Hehe, I just got Penalty Life (the english version) in the mail. There are some great songs on there. And man, I didn't realize some of those songs had such awesome lyrics, either!

[kenshinbebop]

Penalty Life is a great CD. It's really underated. There are a lot of great tracks on it. What's your favorite cut?

[Tidusauron12]

Hehe, I just got Penalty Life (the english version) in the mail. There are some great songs on there. And man, I didn't realize some of those songs had such awesome lyrics, either!

Penalty Life is really good. Favorites of mine include "The Sun That Will Not Rise", "Moon Marguerite", "I Know You", "Moletown Prisoner", and "The Scar That Whispers 'No One is in Paradise'".

Also, Terminal Heaven's Rock, and Free-bee Honey...

Basically almost the entire album. It's really jamming. :lol:

[Mank]

Penalty Life is a great CD. It's really underated. There are a lot of great tracks on it. What's your favorite cut?

I'd probably have to give it to Terminal Heaven's Rock, if only because it's ludicrously catchy and one of the first songs to get me away from being a "FLCL soundtrack fan" and into being a pillows fan. But yeah, a LOT of runner ups. Lonesome Diamond is probably THE runner up right now for me (kinda get a bit of a Monster CC vibe from the way Sawao plays out the lyrics, and I LOVE Monster CC). But then of course you have amazing songs like Freebee Honey and Phantom Pain (man is that chorus awesome), Moon Marguerite, and of course, I know you. Man, the whole thing is awesome.

[kenshinbebop]

I've been enfatuated with Our Love and Peace lately. Really great song.

I wish I was half the songwriter the pillows are.

[flashersmurf]

and i thought my brother and i were the only ones....loved them since FLCLused to play the soundtracks in the store on graveyard shift. Way Cool have not heard the reg stuff. would love to learn to play it on guitar.
:)

[Tidusauron12]

and i thought my brother and i were the only ones....loved them since FLCLused to play the soundtracks in the store on graveyard shift. Way Cool have not heard the reg stuff. would love to learn to play it on guitar.
:)

No, we're out here. There are plenty of fans out there to share the love with!

And you should definately look into getting some non-FLCL music. You can really get into a lot of different styles with just this one band, xD.

[kenshinbebop]

Hey, new fan. :)

[Tidusauron12]

Nonfiction has a bad *** guitar solo! My Foot is such a great album... I'm currently revisiting it. ^_^

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah. Favorite solo off My Foot would have to be Might Lovers. Most epic though would be Sayonara Universe.

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah. Favorite solo off My Foot would have to be Might Lovers. Most epic though would be Sayonara Universe.

I like the My Foot solo... and the solos on The Third Eye are ace as well.

But yeah, Non Fiction and Mighty Lovers have really cool solos. I like to look at Sayonara Universe as a whole work... But yeah, the solo adds a lot to the chorus.

[Mank]

My Foot? I can't help loving Third Eye and Nonfiction the most off that album, they're just such great songs.

Also, has Sawao EVER muttered more difficult to understand English than the "it's penalty life" in Mole Town Prisoner? I just can't hear it properly, no matter how hard I try, heh.

[Tidusauron12]

My Foot? I can't help loving Third Eye and Nonfiction the most off that album, they're just such great songs.

Also, has Sawao EVER muttered more difficult to understand English than the "it's penalty life" in Mole Town Prisoner? I just can't hear it properly, no matter how hard I try, heh.

I can't understand it either... I just assumed it was in Japanese! XD

I've tried to understand it as well, but can't.

[kenshinbebop]

Does anyone have Wake Up! Stand Up! Go? I was going to buy it for xmas but it looks like I'm gonna have to choose between that and the AKFG DVD3 and a Snowkel CD. Maybe 2/3. Bandscores are really expensive!

[Gray]

Thought i'd share an amusing little Pillows related story.

Today I went out to pick up new strings for two of my Guitars, and the local Music Shop was closed, so I ended up having to drive a bit farther to Sam Ash. While I was there they had this classic black Gibson SG for sale, so I grabbed it and sat down infront of one of the amps back in the used guitar section where theres always some stools and a big rack of BOSS effect pedals for people to sit and play. I tuned it up, played a couple of other songs, then hit the Blues Driver and started playing some Hybrid Rainbow. So after I started playing the rythm section, this guy comes up to me and says he reconized the song I was playing and wondered if I was a Pillows fan! :lol: So he picked up a guitar and we played a bunch of songs for a good 20 minutes, My Foot, Bran-new Lovesong, and One Life among other things. We got a few people who would walk by and stand and watch us, but I doubt anyone else knew the source material.

[Tidusauron12]

That's awesome!

I love stories like yours! I myself have only come by a small few who know of the pillows, let alone can play their songs!

[Gray]

That's awesome!

I love stories like yours! I myself have only come by a small few who know of the pillows, let alone can play their songs!

I have one other friend who I play with on a regular basis, and he was already into Jrock before I introduced him to The Pillows, and he immediatly wanted me to constantly go over and jam with him on every song he could get a Tab for :lol: He also plays Bass guitar, so now we've got two lead guys (counting myself) and a bass player to really have some fun :cool:

[kenshinbebop]

Awesommee

I only have had one random encounter with a fan, a kid who was weraing a pillows shirt in town. Turns out he went to the concert at the Knitting Factory too. We talked for like 20 minutes about the pillows and the show. It was awesome.

I'm finally in a band and we're doing Runner's High and perhaps Advice. It should work out well, we have all the pieces finally. Every other jam I've been to I'm usually the only guitar.

[Gray]

Just thought i'd toss this up here if you haven't seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2AC9nqJ6U&feature=related

Currently playing this by ear since he did a wonderful job of combining the Rythm and Lead into a slower melody that sounds really great on Acoustic.

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah, I've seen it. That's the greatest cover (period) of Hybrid Rainbow on Youtube, I think. The fact that he put it all on the acoustic is awesome.

[kenshinbebop]

That was amazing.

Wierd tuning though...

[kenshinbebop]

So for christmas I'm getting the Wake Up!x3 and PP bandscores. I might be getting Wake Up Stand Up and Go, but I think I might wait for the Lostman goes to Yesterday tour. I'm anxiously awaiting a list of songs from this amazing dvd.

[Gray]

Bought a vintage 79' Takamine F-385(Martin Lawsuit Model) 12 String guitar today for my dad for christmas. :cool: Too bad The Pillows don't have more acoustic songs.

[kenshinbebop]

Thats awesome. How does it play?

Too bda the pillows dont have more 21 string songs. :D

[Gray]

Thats awesome. How does it play?

Too bda the pillows dont have more 21 string songs. :D

I don't think anyone has 21 string songs :O It sounded good when it got here, with the origional strings. But I took those off and ordered new Ebony bridge pins as well, which I am not going to put on. Gonna leave the strings off untill I give it to him.

[Tidusauron12]

^Sawao Yamanaka has performed acoustic versions of a lot of their songs... as a matter of fact, here's an acoustic set list he did a couple of months ago while in Crystal Palace for the RSR Festival in Ezo:

Subhuman
Our love and peace
Texan Daily Life
New Year's Eve
Across the metropolis
パトリシア
白い夏と緑の自転車　赤い髪と白いギター
屋上にのぼって
オーパーツ

I think the last song (in bold) is a new/unreleased song.

[kenshinbebop]

I don't think anyone has 21 string songs :O It sounded good when it got here, with the origional strings. But I took those off and ordered new Ebony bridge pins as well, which I am not going to put on. Gonna leave the strings off untill I give it to him.

Lawl.

I don't think they have ANY 12 string songs actually....

[Tidusauron12]

Lawl.

I don't think they have ANY 12 string songs actually....

I don't think so either.

Sawao's been using the same formula since day one, even if their style has been changing.

[kenshinbebop]

The intro to Hello Girl sounds very pleasing. It's 12 tring esque but I don't think that it is a 12 string...

[Gray]

Well, he already has two 6-string acoustic guitars. You play a 12 string the same way you do a 6 string, except the sound is so much more rich and full. You can play pretty much any acoustic song on a 12 string.

[Tidusauron12]

Well, he already has two 6-string acoustic guitars. You play a 12 string the same way you do a 6 string, except the sound is so much more rich and full. You can play pretty much any acoustic song on a 12 string.

I thought he was using a 12-string on some of those acoustics I downloaded a while back, but then I saw the video that the recordings derived from... I guess that TV show just had really good acoustics. :lol:

[Gray]

Is there a Guitar Tab for Happy Bivouac?

[kenshinbebop]

There isn't for the full song, but there is a thread on pirouzu that has the intro at least I believe.

[Azure_Flame_God]

Wow, this thread blasted off since I posted about the councert in march haha.


HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLO everyone!

[Mank]

I'm about 99% sure I'll have a couple more albums before long (as in, like, an hour or two), but I just got Kool Spice and popped it in for the first time. I'm only partway through, but it's... amazing, I'm just loving it. It's got such a different feel to it. It's also amazing how old-school the album looks, heh. Well, back to focusing on listening through...

[Tidusauron12]

I'm about 99% sure I'll have a couple more albums before long (as in, like, an hour or two), but I just got Kool Spice and popped it in for the first time. I'm only partway through, but it's... amazing, I'm just loving it. It's got such a different feel to it. It's also amazing how old-school the album looks, heh. Well, back to focusing on listening through...

YES! I love Kool Spice. Make sure you give us your review when you finish processing!

[Mank]

Kool Spice was amazing! For whatever reason, Toy Doll was the song that really stuck out for me, even though I know the other tracks were probably "better", it just really hooked me.
I also got Good Dreams, Living Field, and White Incarnation. I just started Good Dreams, so it's going to be a little while before all of this sensory overload really settles in, heh. It's bliss, truly.

[Tidusauron12]

Kool Spice was amazing! For whatever reason, Toy Doll was the song that really stuck out for me, even though I know the other tracks were probably "better", it just really hooked me.
I also got Good Dreams, Living Field, and White Incarnation. I just started Good Dreams, so it's going to be a little while before all of this sensory overload really settles in, heh. It's bliss, truly.

I'm an extreme White Incarnation Fan, btw.

Really, that's a lot of pillow-ige at once! Don't die!

[Gray]

So i've pretty much figured out that Acoustic cover of Hybrid Rainbow after watching it a bazillion times, the tuning is quite odd, i've never had to tune to an F# before and im not sure if its 100% or not. However when you capo that on the 5th fret and play from that point on it sounds identical. Only hard part was the strumming pattern but I figured it out. I think I will just leave the guitar tuned and capo'd like that for awhile.

[Mank]

Hm, I'm trying to decide whether or not it's worth ordering items from Otaku.com... There shipping is absolutely ridiculous, but they seem to be the only reliable seller with Moon Gold... Hm, with the way there shipping is, it might actually be better to JUST order Moon Gold from them, and then use another site for the other 3 albums I need...

[Tidusauron12]

Hm, I'm trying to decide whether or not it's worth ordering items from Otaku.com... There shipping is absolutely ridiculous, but they seem to be the only reliable seller with Moon Gold... Hm, with the way there shipping is, it might actually be better to JUST order Moon Gold from them, and then use another site for the other 3 albums I need...

Get Moon Gold soon. It IS out of print, so it's best to grab it while you can.

[Tidusauron12]

Oh yeah, I'm listening to Good Dreams.

FRONTIERS, anyone? This is one of the pillow coolest songs, if you speak in literal terms. I just want to chill out whenever I hear this. :cool:

[kenshinbebop]

New Years Eve is my fave offs GD. Great underated stuff on that album.

YES. GET MOONGOLD.It's the best album! Better than WI, Tidus. ;)

I've seen MG on HMV japan if you haven't checked that yet.

[Tidusauron12]

YES. GET WHITE INCARNATION. It's the best album! Better than MG, Tidus. ;)


Wut!? So you finally agree with me!

[Mank]

New Years Eve is my fave offs GD. Great underated stuff on that album.

YES. GET MOONGOLD.It's the best album! Better than WI, Tidus. ;)

I've seen MG on HMV japan if you haven't checked that yet.
I checked HMV japan and CD japan, but they've disappeared of there. So I guess that really does mean I'd better hurry up and get it, heh.

[Tidusauron12]

I'm listening to the Living Field version of "Angel Fish".

It is a bit overproduced in my opinion, especially when you compare it to the subtle but powerful Special CD edition, but it has its own set of charms. Manabe's guitar speaks a bit more evocatively in this version, I believe. The extra instrumentation adds a bit more urgency. I like the original more, but this extraneous version is OK for a listen for contrast every once in a while, I think.

[Mank]

I'm listening to the Living Field version of "Angel Fish".

It is a bit overproduced in my opinion, especially when you compare it to the subtle but powerful Special CD edition, but it has its own set of charms. Manabe's guitar speaks a bit more evocatively in this version, I believe. The extra instrumentation adds a bit more urgency. I like the original more, but this extraneous version is OK for a listen for contrast every once in a while, I think.

Wait, the Special CD version of Angel Fish is different than the Living Field one? I didn't know that. Any other songs like that, outside of the B-sides that are obviously listed as remixes. There are two versions of White Summer, Green Bicycle, etc, right?

[Tidusauron12]

Wait, the Special CD version of Angel Fish is different than the Living Field one? I didn't know that. Any other songs like that, outside of the B-sides that are obviously listed as remixes. There are two versions of White Summer, Green Bicycle, etc, right?

Yes, there are two versions of White Summer. On the B-side version, the introduction and outroduction are cut off.

In Angel Fish however, the entire song is different. They cut out the introduction that was originally there, and add a bunch of instruments for the Living Field version.

[kenshinbebop]

My Girl has the two versions. I like the Fiction version best.

Advice has the instrumental version. I remember when I only knew that version and I heard the real song for the first time and was like....there are words!?

[Tidusauron12]

My Girl has the two versions. I like the Fiction version best.


Me too, the fiction version is a lot more touching than the album release.

[kenshinbebop]

I just rehashed my whole computer. I'm really happy to have all my music on my ipod now, been listening to the pillows a lot lately. We need a new release!

[Tidusauron12]

I just rehashed my whole computer. I'm really happy to have all my music on my ipod now, been listening to the pillows a lot lately. We need a new release!

Hopefully we'll get it soon. What with all of the future release DVDs being announced. I guess January's out though...

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, but that DVD will be epic.

I'm really considering buying that Predators DVD.

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah, but that DVD will be epic.

I'm really considering buying that Predators DVD.

Me too, I want to see C.R.S live. :lol:

[Gray]

You know this is the largest thread devoted to a single band in the whole music section.

[kenshinbebop]

Wow,88 pages. I can still remember when it was just me and you Haru!

I just learned Something Like a Romance. The solo is insanely fun to play.

[Mank]

Hm, wonder when the next single will pop up... It's been a while since we got Pied Piper, hasn't it?

Also, I'm really starting to become fond of Good Dreams, it's a really addictive album. Walkin' on the Spiral, Frontiers, Sono Mirai Wa Ima, Orange Film Garden, Lo-Fi Boy, Fighter Girl, Bad Dreams, Rosy Head... I love the whole thing, heh.

Oh, and on a side note, what are all the references in Monochrome Lovers are to, assuming they're references, which they seem to most likely be? A quick google search shows nothing and I honestly have no idea what they are personally...

[GreatNekoKoneko]

... and his name... is MANK.

awesome.

kbebop, when are they hitting the knitting factory again man? i need my LAST DINOSAUR fix...

[kenshinbebop]

SOON I HOPE.

It's a new year...they usually hit the US in the spring. Last year was March. THe year before that was June. Let's hope they don't skip a year like they did in '07.

[Tidusauron12]

Hm, wonder when the next single will pop up... It's been a while since we got Pied Piper, hasn't it?

Also, I'm really starting to become fond of Good Dreams, it's a really addictive album. Walkin' on the Spiral, Frontiers, Sono Mirai Wa Ima, Orange Film Garden, Lo-Fi Boy, Fighter Girl, Bad Dreams, Rosy Head... I love the whole thing, heh.

Oh, and on a side note, what are all the references in Monochrome Lovers are to, assuming they're references, which they seem to most likely be? A quick google search shows nothing and I honestly have no idea what they are personally...

I was hoping the new single would come late January with the DVD releases, but it doesn't look like it. The closest month I can guess would be for February... But with their 20th anniversary being this year and all, I think it's safe to say we'll be seeing a lot of releases this year... similar to what happened on their 15th anniversary (90s My Life RETURNS, Good Dreams, Synchronized Rockers all int he same year).

And yes! I used to loathe the Good Dreams album but it really has become important to me. No weak tracks there, except maybe that funky "Bad Dreams" instrumental... which is pretty cool to me. My favorites off of Good Dreams includes "Sono Mirai wa Ima", "Walkin' on the Spiral", "Tenshi Mitai Ni", and last but not least "Good Dreams". "FRONTIERS" gets the gold for being the coolest song on the album. I like the tone of the guitars and Sawao voice, and how the drums keep it going at a calm, mature walking pace. No one ever agrees with me, but I think Good Dreams is one of the pillows' most mature albums... not as far as every track being "AWESOME!", but in the awesome, laid back feel of the album, despite its obvious energy.

I'm not familiar with the "references" you speak of in Monochrome lovers...

You know this is the largest thread devoted to a single band in the whole music section.

Most of it is composed of two-user conversation, but I guess it is pretty awesome. We get some greater traffic here every once in a while, but... well, you know who the hardcore fans are. :lol:


I just learned Something Like a Romance. The solo is insanely fun to play.

"Something Like a Romance" is one of the pillows best songs, I think the lyrics rival that of "Strange Chameleon". Did you read Marekenshin's translations at Pirouzu? Everything in that song is perfect... instrumentals, the solo, Sawao's voice... even the production is just right. Not overproduced like it could've been. The solo is very expansive, one of the pillows' longer ones; I especially love the last half of it... you know, where Manabe ascends? And the ending of the solo leads right back to Sawao perfectly...

... and his name... is MANK.

MANK. Yeah, it's an awesome name. :lol:

SOON I HOPE.

It's a new year...they usually hit the US in the spring. Last year was March. THe year before that was June. Let's hope they don't skip a year like they did in '07.

If they care about their fans here, they'll come back. It seems like they've been getting decent turn outs whenever they come to America, and they even went (are going?) to South Korea to play. Also, let's not forget the talk about them going to Europe "very soon". It seems only logical that they'd return this year... or at least the year after. Hopefully they'll expand their venues next time... the Southeast never gets any love.

[kenshinbebop]

Here's to hoping for another tribute album. Synchronized Rockers was amazing.

[Tidusauron12]

Here's to hoping for another tribute album. Synchronized Rockers was amazing.

Yeah! Wouldn't it be awesome if Ajikan covered the pillows!? I was let down when I found they weren't on the tribute album.

[kenshinbebop]

Piano-jazz Sad Sad Kiddie made up for it though. ;)

Yeah, AKFG covering...Thank You My Twilight!

I've always pictured Number Girl covering Sayonara Universe too.

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah, AKFG covering...Thank You My Twilight!

Yes!

I can see AKFG covering, Liberty, Thank You, My Twilight, or my greatest hope... ROBOTMAN!

[Gray]

If you like playing acoustic guitar, try putting a capo on the 2nd fret and playing Hybrid Rainbow relative to the capo. (i.e, start on the 5th fret instead of the 3rd. I found that this makes a really great transition into an acoustic version.

[kenshinbebop]

I have a real beat up acoustic, so I never get to play acoustic as much as I should.

[Gray]

Looking at putting a Seymour Duncan APH-1 neck pickup into my SG along with a Seymour Duncan SH-11 Custom in the bridge. :D

[kenshinbebop]

Word. SDs are really nice. I've always been meaning to put one in the bridge of my Strat...

[Gray]

I am loving these pickups. 160$ for the pair but totally worth it. Sounds amazing with blues, jazz and rock, and great with anything in-between. Was playing The Real Folk Blues with it through a Big Muff Pi and it sounded awesome. I should get my SG signed by The Pillows.

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, the price tag is the main thing keeping me from putting them in my guitar. Some GFS maybe.

I want a new Single Coil for the neck of my strat.


OnTopic: SOOOOON THE DVD WILL BE RELEASED.

[Tidusauron12]

I know, I can't wait! "Tiny Boat" live! Also, that new song, "Melody". You think the new song's the next single, or maybe a future B-side?

[kenshinbebop]

Who knows. I can't wait to hear it though!

I've been digging Across the Metropolis a lot lately. Good stuff.

[Gray]

Stare in awe at my soon-to-be new guitar :devil:


http://www.guitarsandeffects.com/guitarimages2008/ric_620N/rickenbacker_620_mapleglo_005.jpg

[kenshinbebop]

Nice bro. My uncle had one of them, they're really nice. He still has one, but it's the 12 string a la the Beatles.

Great guitars though, a bit expensive. :D

I've beeen pondering a new guitar too, but I think I'm going to situate my pedalboard first. I'm seriously considering replacing my entire dirt section with a DM-4. There are more reasons than one, but Sawao uses it as his main source of dirt and I love all his tones.

[Tidusauron12]

"Twilight Park Waltz" for the win! I'm digging the jazz sound while chilling with Kool Spice tonight. Oh yaer. :cool:

[Gray]

Nice bro. My uncle had one of them, they're really nice. He still has one, but it's the 12 string a la the Beatles.

Great guitars though, a bit expensive. :D


I have played one of the 12 string models before and they sound great, but they're mostly for chord play, like rythm guitar. And yea it was a little more than I paid for my SG, but worthwhile.

[Tidusauron12]

So, have I stressed how brilliant of a lead guitarist I think Manabe is? He composes some of the most intricate lead guitar lines for a rock band I have ever heard. "My Foot" is just full of lovely embellishments, but his guitar has been adding panache to the pillows since the beginning. Especially after White Incarnation, when they started messing with jazz. :cool:

[kenshinbebop]

Oh yeah man. Songs like I Think I Can and My Foot. His lines really add depth to the whole song.
Thinking about it, there aren't a ton of lead guitarists today who do what he does by like soloing over the verses and stuff. But it's not a solo, they're well thought out (I would think) and intricate lead lines.

[Gray]

You should watch 'How to master Hybrid Rainbow in a week' subbed on YouTube.(even though we all know how to play it) Sawao talks about how he invented fancy ways to play the chords on his rythm guitar section because when his friends ask him to play Hybrid Rainbow, and he starts playing the rythm section they say "no no, thats not impressive at all!"

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah I've seen that. It's really interesting to check out settings (since I have a Twin Reverb too), and Manabe's pedal settings (which I have some of).

[Gray]

Unfortunatly the one thing I would care about knowing the setting for, the Blues Driver, has tape on the knobs. However I was able to see Manabe's Big Muff settings.

btw I had a chance to play Bran-new Lovesong on a Spanish Acoustic that a friend has (nylon strings) and it sounded awesome. Love those guitars but dont play enough songs that use those type of strings to warrant spending money on a good one.

[kenshinbebop]

I could see Manabe's settings in the Best of Bandscore I have.
I already had mine set more or less just like his. :lol:

I'm thinking of ditching my BD-2 though, for a new overdrive, or modding it.

[Gray]

I could see Manabe's settings in the Best of Bandscore I have.
I already had mine set more or less just like his. :lol:

I'm thinking of ditching my BD-2 though, for a new overdrive, or modding it.

Pictures plz :O

[Gray]

Hybrid Country Rainbow?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HvUERv8yfI&feature=related

[djunjun]

hey does anyone of you people have tabs for SAYONARA UNIVERSE, and if you i would like to have a copy, thanks!

[kenshinbebop]

I've got em in the My Foot bandscore, but I'll see if I can find one online. Otherwise I'll try and scan it for you. :)

[djunjun]

omg thank you if you can do that ill be happy

[djunjun]

i have aim also so u can send it to me via aim

[Tidusauron12]

Hybrid Country Rainbow?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HvUERv8yfI&feature=related

Yeah, I saw this a while ago. It's a very bad quality video, but the performance is decent, albeit, a bit random (what with people talking blatantly in the background, etc.).

[Mank]

Along with a ton of anime and almost the entirety of the Cardcaptor Sakura manga (already had 1, got the rest of it), I just got Moon Gold and Runners High. Already listened to Runners High but as I had heard a good amount of it multiple times due to it being one of the "FLCL Albums", so I'm not really sure I can give a good opinion of it as an album yet, but it is a good listen. I only just started Moon Gold and I'm really, really liking it. Now I just need Happy Bivouac and Little Busters and I'll have a full set of albums :). Of course, I'll still need to track down Pantomime and 90s My Life Returns if I can, and maybe a few singles and whatnot...

[kenshinbebop]

YES. Moon Gold. The best of their early releases. ;)

[Tidusauron12]

YES. Moon Gold. The best of their early releases. ;)

:huh:

DON'T GET ME STARTED BOY

White Incarnation.

[kenshinbebop]

Lawl. CMON MAN.
You Are
HEllo Girl
Ame ni Utaeba
WANT TO SLEEP FOR


In other news, I recently wrote Fun Fun Fun OK. :lol:
I was working on this awesome song, and come to find out, its the exact same progression as Fun Fun Fun OK. :(
I listened to it, and intense rocking enused because THATS SUCH A GOOD SONG.
But I was sad.
I was also inspired becuase I wrote a pillows song, so maybe I can write something as good in the future!

[Mank]

Hey guys, any idea where would be a good place to find the Gazelle City and I Think I Can singles when I feel like actually going after them? Along with Ride on Shooting Star, they're the only ones that have "missing" tracks in Lostman Go To Yesterday (Well, Gazelle City's remixes aren't on there in general), and RoSS is fairly easy to find. Oh, and how worth owning are the remixes to Advice (the one I'm missing due to RoSS), the english "We have a theme song", and the Gazelle City/ Sayonara Universe remixes? I wouldn't be surprised if I do it eventually to shoot for a "complete" collection (of course, I still need Happy Bivouac, Little Busters, 90s My Life Returns, Pantomime, the singles AFTER Lostman, Kanojo wa Shisuta, and Electric Rays and whatever had 21 Fingers and No Substance...)...

[Tidusauron12]

Lawl. CMON MAN.
You Are
HEllo Girl
Ame ni Utaeba
WANT TO SLEEP FOR


EVERY TRACK ON WHITE INCARNATION


In other news, I recently wrote Fun Fun Fun OK. :lol:
I was working on this awesome song, and come to find out, its the exact same progression as Fun Fun Fun OK. :(
I listened to it, and intense rocking enused because THATS SUCH A GOOD SONG.
But I was sad.
I was also inspired becuase I wrote a pillows song, so maybe I can write something as good in the future!

I would be pissed if that happened to me... sorry man. :lol:

[Tidusauron12]

Hey guys, any idea where would be a good place to find the Gazelle City and I Think I Can singles when I feel like actually going after them? Along with Ride on Shooting Star, they're the only ones that have "missing" tracks in Lostman Go To Yesterday (Well, Gazelle City's remixes aren't on there in general), and RoSS is fairly easy to find. Oh, and how worth owning are the remixes to Advice (the one I'm missing due to RoSS), the english "We have a theme song", and the Gazelle City/ Sayonara Universe remixes? I wouldn't be surprised if I do it eventually to shoot for a "complete" collection (of course, I still need Happy Bivouac, Little Busters, 90s My Life Returns, Pantomime, the singles AFTER Lostman, Kanojo wa Shisuta, and Electric Rays and whatever had 21 Fingers and No Substance...)...

I've heard that the Gazelle City single was lackluster... and the only place it's available at doesn't ship to the USA. Also, you should be able to find "I Think I Can" on the net still, just google around.

[Gray]

Or just listen to it online :unsure:

[Tidusauron12]

Or just listen to it online :unsure:

Well, there's always that. :lol:

[Mank]

Or just listen to it online :unsure:

Haha, well, if I felt like doing that, I wouldn't have needed to ask. I want me a physical set, haha.

[Gray]

Haha, well, if I felt like doing that, I wouldn't have needed to ask. I want me a physical set, haha.

Burn it to a CD then. And if you want to be a stickler you can print out the inserts for the CD jewl case.

[Mank]

Burn it to a CD then. And if you want to be a stickler you can print out the inserts for the CD jewl case.

That's no fun! Gotta waste... er, spend... my money supporting the industry. That's just the kinda of guy I am, I guess. I like having the official releases of stuff I like. Hence why I blow over $100 on random anime dvds quite often when I'm quite aware I could just watch it off youtube or veoh or what have you with ease for free.

[kenshinbebop]

I got the I Think I can one, but the Gazelle City one was only available from the Buster Shop, not too many people that I know of got it.

[Gray]

So I had my father watch Sawao's "How to mast Hybrid Rainbow in a week" section and we did an acoustic cover with him playing rythm on a 12 string and I did Manabe's parts :lol:

[Tidusauron12]

So I had my father watch Sawao's "How to mast Hybrid Rainbow in a week" section and we did an acoustic cover with him playing rythm on a 12 string and I did Manabe's parts :lol:

That sounds like fun.

[Gray]

That sounds like fun.

He has playlists filled with music even stranger than what I listen to so it wasent that hard convincing him how awesome a band is even though he can't understand the lyrics.

[Tidusauron12]

He has playlists filled with music even stranger than what I listen to so it wasent that hard convincing him how awesome a band is even though he can't understand the lyrics.

That's cool. My parents are no where near open minded enough to accept the pillows. :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

Nice! I love jamming with my dad or brother, especially to the pillows. I remember when I first was picking up the guitar, my dad taught me Runners High and Little Busters when I showed them to him.

He went with me to see them in '06 and he, my mom, AND my brother came in '08. :lol:
He really likes I Think I Can and Little Busters.

[djunjun]

has anyone found a tab for sayonara universe its so hard trying to tab it out by ear :T thanks if someone has it :DDD

[kenshinbebop]

http://pirouzu.net/

Go to tabs, the album My Foot, and there it is. :)
Sorry, I kinda forgot. *facepalm*

[kenshinbebop]

So the pillows need to come back to Amurica NAO.

I know their busy in Japan with their 20th anniversary and all, but thats all the more reason to come.

[Tidusauron12]

So the pillows need to come back to Amurica NAO.

I know their busy in Japan with their 20th anniversary and all, but thats all the more reason to come.

I'm almost 100% sure they're coming back to the states again this year. I mean, it wouldn't make sense to neglect us... they need to come here and support their new single/album, which we all know is going to be announced sooner or later. I'm thinking probably sometime in the summer they'll come.

[Tidusauron12]

So anyways, I've been listening to the Strange Chameleon acoustic version that Sawao performed on that radio show... It's amazing! He has so much emotion in his voice.

[kenshinbebop]

Sawao's voice is a major reason the pillows are so amazing. It's that simple. It's certainly not perfect, but it really is, in a different way, if you know what I mean.

[Tidusauron12]

Sawao's voice is a major reason the pillows are so amazing. It's that simple. It's certainly not perfect, but it really is, in a different way, if you know what I mean.

I definately understand you, man. I completely agree.

[kenshinbebop]

I knew you would. :D
All one has to do is listen to say Thank You My Twilight or Shiroi Natsu... to understand. ;)
Even Century Creepers captures the dynamic perfection of Sawao Yamanaka.

[Mank]

Man, I've finally got around to appreciating Runners High.
Juliet and Wake Up Frenzy... I've fallen in love with them, haha.
For whatever reason, I really, really like the odd little way Sawao says "kokoro" in the one point in Juliet, it just really hits me. That's one of the things I really love about his singing, ya know? When he kinda twists around the words in a way, so to speak. It's just so different, and it really grabs me.

[kenshinbebop]

Juliet is a truly amazing song. But top song on Runner's High would have to be Let's See if THat's True or Not, IMO.

[Gray]

So I was checking out a concert video of The Pillows playing in 2000, and Sawao was playing a Semi-hollow body Telecaster. I didn't know Fender even made a Semi-hollow Tele. :blink: (But then again i'm not a big Fender person)

[Tidusauron12]

Juliet is a truly amazing song. But top song on Runner's High would have to be Let's See if THat's True or Not, IMO.

Yeah... It's hard for me... I'd say "Instant Music", "Juliet", "Borderline Case", and "Let's See if That's True or Not" are all my favorites off of that album. I can't choose one from those.

So I was checking out a concert video of The Pillows playing in 2000, and Sawao was playing a Semi-hollow body Telecaster. I didn't know Fender even made a Semi-hollow Tele. :blink: (But then again i'm not a big Fender person)

What performance was it?

[Gray]

I can't choose one from those.

I don't bother choosing I just listen to all of them :lol:

What performance was it?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiRd65hGQQI

[Tidusauron12]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiRd65hGQQI

I too, listen to them all, but I do have my favorites. :lol:

Yeah, that's one of the mainstay guitars he used between 1995-2001 for a lot of performances. It appears a lot.

[kenshinbebop]

His thinline tele? That's like my favorite guitar of his. I want one so bad.
He uses it a lot in the 90s, when they leave the jazz stage in their career. It's in the Rush, ROSS, I Think I Can, Hybrid Rainbow, and I think the Trip Dancer video too. The f-style sound hole makes it ever so sexy.

Judging by the dates of the songs, I'd say Tidus is right...Sawao probably obtained his Cyclone in 2000/2001, when TYMT came out, as proven by the White Summer PV.

It's clear that when he finds a guitar he likes, he sticks with it. :lol: 95-01 with the thinline, 01-08 with the cyclone...now he has that V, but he still uses the cyclone, just with a different paintjob.

[Tidusauron12]

So yeah. I was listening to "This is My Fashion" and I got to the part after the solo... Manabe is king. That killer rift he has after the solo? It's just sexy. :cool:

[kenshinbebop]

Oh, and what album is that on? MOON GOLD. Yup, thats what I thought. ;)

[Tidusauron12]

Oh, and what album is that on? MOON GOLD. Yup, thats what I thought. ;)

Bah! I set myself up for that one! :wacko:

But I'll admit that Moon Gold has some badass music. :cool:

[Gray]

Hey kenshin, in that book you have, does it have the tab/chords for Bran-new Lovesong? I have been playing it for ages but yesterday I had a friend tell me I was doing it wrong, so I wanted to know if you had the 'official' one thats in the chord book. (If its in there.)


EDIT: I wonder, is there any difference between the OST version and the album version that might account for two distinctly different ways to play it? From what i've heard its not just the chords that are different but the pacing is also changed. The way I play it has always been slow, after listening to the album version I have. But the other way i've heard it played is with a faster tempo, and I kinda like it. Its killing me because I MUST know the 'official' way its played :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

Ha, no, that's not inlcuded. They've only put out one bandscore that hasn't been strictly album songs. THey havea My Foot, Wake Up!x3, and Pied Piper one, and then the best collection which has:
01. Swanky Street
02. Strange Chameleon
03. Hybrid Rainbow
04. LITTLE BUSTERS
05. Instant Music
06. Funny Bunny
07. Carnival
08. Ride on shooting star
09. Kono yo no hate made
10. Babylon verses of angel
11. Terminal heaven's rock
12. Sono mirai wa ima
13. WALKIN' ON THE SPIRAL
14. The third eye
15. MY FOOT

I'm not sure what you mean though...
OST:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKdp0Ye6QS8&feature=related

Off Runner's High:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZiTD6bSgkU

I don't hear a difference besides one has lyrics?

[Gray]

Well, I was assuming thier might be a difference between the Album and OST(As there often is, Advice is a good example) because of the several differnet ways i've heard it played. Oh well. Shame its not in the book :(

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, they overlooked a lot of great songs for their best collection. I don't think they should have had the Third Eye and My Foot in there since the My Foot bandscore has both of them and came out soon thereafter.

They should have just did the whole FotP album for a best of since that is there best of too. Then there would have been some old songs on there, Midnight Down, and etc.

[Mank]

You know, I just listened to Blues Drive Monster for the first time in a while with a translation up, and... man, I really think that song has to be my favorite song ever, hands down. It's just too amazing...

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah, the lyrics are great... and make half the song. With what music you already have, you know BDM has to be a masterpiece.

[kenshinbebop]

BDM is still one of my top songs of all time. It's got that distant feeling to it, it gives me that feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Amazing.

I think Sawao's lyrics are often overlooked. He's an amazing writer. Not just translation wise, the wordplay he incorporates is awesome.

[Gray]

Hey, I saw you post that Skype thread Kenshin. I just installed it the other week cause a friend wanted me to try it.

[kenshinbebop]

What's your name?

[Gray]

What's your name?

My alias is SpikeA. Though if you wanted to get on Skype you'd have to tell me when in advance since I never have it running.

[kenshinbebop]

Just got around to watching Delicious Bump in USA. People've always told me that it's not the best DVD, so I got others instead. I DL'd it today though to check it out. It's more of a social commentary than a live DVD like later DVDs, but it was very enjoyable...(though they never stayed on a song through the whole thing...).

They really need some new releases. I've been on a big pillows kick lately. (Not that I ever get off of one). ;)

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah... the DVD will be nice, but I really want some new music. I hope they announce a new single soon.

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, probably Melody will be the next single, or at least a Bside...

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah, probably Melody will be the next single, or at least a Bside...

Yeah, and lets not forget about the other new songs they've been heard playing... "Chelsea Hotel" and some other song whose name I cannot remember.

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah. Every time I think that, I think of the White Stripes song "Hotel Yorba", or the Wilco album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot".

It's bound to be good whatever it is. I need to get money so I can get Pied Piper goes to Yesterday. Or it needs to get to the internetz. Whatever happens first, I need to see that DVD.

I spent the whole day listening to pillows today. I made a whole playlist and listened to it while on the computer, reading, and just watching TV. It really made me want to play guitar, and write music. Maybe I'll do some covers soon. I'm a bit better at guitar these days since my videos on YT are from like a year or 2 ago.

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah. Every time I think that, I think of the White Stripes song "Hotel Yorba", or the Wilco album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot".


Chelsea Hotel is a hotel in New York that a lot of celebrities (particularly, touring musicians) like to stay in. So I can see how it is an inspiration for Sawao, since they've been to New York like three times.

[kenshinbebop]

Oh it is about that. I didn't want to suggest that because I thought that'd be stupid.

[Jia]

One of the songs...track 18/19 of Addict reminded me a bit of Nirvana....it was awesome.

I love how this music is kind of timeless.

[kenshinbebop]

Hm, I don't think it was 18. But 19, Come Down...I could deffinately see where you hear some Nirvana in there. Sawao is a known fan of Nirvana.

[kenshinbebop]

So I've been playing Fool on the Planet a lot lately. I really like this song. Especially live.

[Tidusauron12]

So I've been playing Fool on the Planet a lot lately. I really like this song. Especially live.

Yeah, there are a bunch of lives of it from around the time it was released. Busters on the Planet... Kitpop Hill 2001... the Yokohoma Bay Live... it's a great song.

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah.
I love watching older lives. Not like really old, but just seeing them so young, it really inspires me.

[Gray]

Hey kenshin, I added you to my Skype list. I used the info you posted in the Prons Wants You thread, so if you got a different one let me know.

[Len]

Hi Haru. You seem to be less red lately.

[Tidusauron12]

Hi Haru. You seem to be less red lately.

Hey, I remember you. Can you feel?

[Len]

"the love tonight"? Yes. I can.

[Tidusauron12]

"the love tonight"? Yes. I can.

...

Correct answer was "That Hybrid Rainbow"

Wrong thread? :P

Anyways, after hearing "Melody", I'm sure that it is the next single. Long guitar solo, interesting outro... Lot's of flashy unpillows-like chord changes...

[Gray]

...Anyways, after hearing "Melody", I'm sure that it is the next single. Long guitar solo, interesting outro... Lot's of flashy unpillows-like chord changes...

Unpillows-like? Hard to believe after hearing Sawao talk about how he invents difficult flashy ways to play otherwise simple chords.

[Tidusauron12]

Unpillows-like? Hard to believe after hearing Sawao talk about how he invents difficult flashy ways to play otherwise simple chords.

Well, Melody sounded... cool. The chords were really quirky like Voice, and Bite Me... but it had more depth. Manabe's lead guitar lines were really nice, and there were some interesting riffs as well.

[Mank]

...

Correct answer was "That Hybrid Rainbow"

Wrong thread? :P

Anyways, after hearing "Melody", I'm sure that it is the next single. Long guitar solo, interesting outro... Lot's of flashy unpillows-like chord changes...

Wait, where did you hear it? Link if on internet, please?

[Gray]

Well, Melody sounded... cool. The chords were really quirky like Voice, and Bite Me... but it had more depth. Manabe's lead guitar lines were really nice, and there were some interesting riffs as well.

Well, get to tabbing it.

[kenshinbebop]

I really liked Melody...

[Tidusauron12]

Wait, where did you hear it? Link if on internet, please?

Go to Pirouzu... the ISOs for the DVDs have been uploaded to megaupload. BETTER START THAT DOWNLOADING BOY


@Kenshin:

Yeah, it was really good. I'm looking forward for the studio cut.


Regarding the DVDs, I wasn't too impressed with some of the vocals we got in the Pied Piper Tour. Sometimes Sawao was just too far off. :lol:

I think he's starting to loose some voice now... which is strange because Manabe and Jun sound good as ever.

[Mank]

...Darn my ineptitude with movie file types. What plays MP4s other than Realplayer that's actually worth using? Realplayer is awful and can't play without skipping... Help please?
Edit: Nvm, VLC is getting it to run. Watching it now.

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, VLC is my favorite player.

Regarding your comments Tidus...

Eh I don't know...I mean, no doubt he was pretty off at parts, but I still like to pitch it up to his stage show. I mean, songs where he wasn't moving around as much, like Last Holiday and Across the Metropolis were a lot better.

I've come to love Manabe and Jun's back up vox...it's a new direction they're taking a lot lately and I'm a big fan.

Undoubtedly, 20 years of singing and screaming has taken a toll on Sawao's voice, but I still don't find it any major detraction.
Not to mention, there is deffinately studio work done on the CD cuts. His voice is doubled in nearly every song, a very popular technique.

[Mank]

Just hit Melody. Very nice, stronger than a LOT of the Pied Piper tracks, IMO. I like how it had "pied piper" in the lyrics, though, unless my ears were playing tricks on me. Very smooth, a nice balance to it and whatnot. I'm really looking forward to whatever we get next now.

[Tidusauron12]

Just hit Melody. Very nice, stronger than a LOT of the Pied Piper tracks, IMO. I like how it had "pied piper" in the lyrics, though, unless my ears were playing tricks on me. Very smooth, a nice balance to it and whatnot. I'm really looking forward to whatever we get next now.

Yeah, I heard "PIED PIPER" in their somewhere as well. :lol:

Also, to Kenshin, I like Sawao live too, but some of those performances weren't so good. I didn't like the Last Holiday live. I know Sawao's old and musty now, but it's cool... it was a great performance.

Also, I can't wait for the new stuff. Melody is definately a step up from most of the material we got with PIED PIPER, I think.

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, I heard "PIED PIPER" in their somewhere as well. :lol:

Also, to Kenshin, I like Sawao live too, but some of those performances weren't so good. I didn't like the Last Holiday live. I know Sawao's old and musty now, but it's cool... it was a great performance.

Also, I can't wait for the new stuff. Melody is definately a step up from most of the material we got with PIED PIPER, I think.

Say whaaaaat?

[Gray]

old and musty


Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

[Tidusauron12]

Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Come now, let's be honest. Sawao isn't what he used to be. And I only mean that in terms of vocal quality. Nothing more, nothing less. He was much better in 2007/2008 than he has been in late 2008/2009... a notable change. Just watch the Lost Man Go to Yesterday DVD and Wake UP Stand Up and Go (both of 2007) against the PIED PIPER Tour (2008-2009).

[Gray]

I wish Kim Deal had a better tab :unsure:

[kenshinbebop]

Come now, let's be honest. Sawao isn't what he used to be. And I only mean that in terms of vocal quality.

Everyone knows in terms of sexual prowess, Sawao is a god.

Kim Deal sounds like it'd be easy to tab out.

Why don't you bang that out for the pillows community? ;)

[Gray]

I can figure stuff out no problem if I can see someone playing it. But i'm not good enough yet to pick up on a song just from listening to it. My father has been playing for 3x as long as me so he's pretty good at it, but i'd need to see a video to figure it out.

I wish The Pillows did more features like the 'master hybrid rainbow in a week' thing. It dosent have to be a lesson, just a video of them sitting around in the studio playing. No doubt, I could figure a song out from that. But concert videos are usually really fast with alot of cut editing showing the different members, whide angle shots, etc. Nothing thats really any good to get a sense of what they're actaully playing. (Though I am glad they chose Hybrid Rainbow to do that little thing for, since its one of my all time fav songs and its great to know _exactly_ how manabe plays it.)

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, that video is a gem. All the equipment shown and everything...

I'll take a look at Kim Deal for you.

[Gray]

Yeah, that video is a gem. All the equipment shown and everything...

I'll take a look at Kim Deal for you.

Yea, I added stickers to my Russian Big Muff to indicate what Manabe's settings are :lol: I would love to know more info about his particular pedal since it looks like he's done some mods to it.

I have been on a Pillows kick lately. I've always listened to them, but I havent kept up with new stuff like you guys have. They're in my Playlist, but my Playlist is huge. Its kind of weird, I always love playing the songs I know but my list is really outdated. I just started listning to stuff like Thank You My Twilight, Go Go Jupiter!, Juliet, a whole slew of music. I think its time I added a Pillows-specific Playlist to my list. I need to go through and organise the albums I have and download the ones I dont.

[kenshinbebop]

He doesn't even use a Russian Muff anymore actually!
I was very saddened when I saw his latest rig...TONS of distortion pedals, but it looks like he switched his Russian Muff with a Metal Muff!

I used to have a pilllows specific playlist, but there was so much in it, it was just easier to go "Artists" and then "the pillows" and put it on shuffle.

[Gray]

Woo hoo I learned Thank You My Twilight :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

Awesomely fun solo.

[Mank]

You know what's a fun song? Heart is There. I just hit it on the Lostman Tour lives, and man, I had completely forgotten how much I like this song (it had been out of my cycle for a bit, as I've been mostly just listening to the albums recently...)

[Tidusauron12]

You know what's a fun song? Heart is There. I just hit it on the Lostman Tour lives, and man, I had completely forgotten how much I like this song (it had been out of my cycle for a bit, as I've been mostly just listening to the albums recently...)

Actually, Heart is There is one of the songs I listen to often. :lol:

Also, I'm in love with Moon Gold right now. If You Sing in the Rain... LET'S GO! :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

Oh, hey, what album? :lol:

Heart is There is pretty good. I think I perfer the Nine Miles version though...
I've been listening to Slow Down a lot lately since Busterseee recorded that video. Such a fun song.

[Tidusauron12]

I like the guitar solo that "Slow Down" is sporting.

[kenshinbebop]

My current favorite song though is Backseat Dog. Crazy good everything. Great on the Lostman DVD too.

[Tidusauron12]

My current favorite song though is Backseat Dog. Crazy good everything. Great on the Lostman DVD too.

I was fun to actually see Sawao playing a solo for once. I like the break down on Back Seat Dog's solo. It's a good example of the pillows doing quirky the right way. :cool:

[Gray]

Does anybody know if the Busters shop ships internationaly? I want some of those shirts :'( (And I still want that awesome poster too which I have never been able to find)

Also, I just picked up an origional The Pillows Best Collection Band Score book! YAY! (even though it will take forever to get here.) I don't see them pop up very often so I wasent going to risk missing the opportunity. If anyone is interested, there is 1 copy of the My Foot Band Score, and 1 copy of the Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Band Score still available.


EDIT: KJASLDKFHLAJK BUSTER PLUSHIE

http://img08.shop-pro.jp/PA01037/433/product/10194017.jpg

[kenshinbebop]

Lawl, I've always wanted one of those plushes.

I have the best Collection and My Foot. I would love the Wake Up!, but would love the Pied Piper even moar.

The buster shop has been known to ship internationall if you do money order and ask really nicely. ;)
It takes forever though, so you have to REALLY want it.

[Gray]

FRIGGEN JACKPOT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Us_Fq1BSLE&feature=related

Happy Bivouac LIVE! If that wasent enough, they even center the camera on Manabe while he plays the intro! I am totally figuring this **** out now.

Oh hell yea. There are parts where its zoomed out, however they focous right on his fretboard alot, AND the video is great quality. I am going to OWN this song now. I bet I can figure out Sawao's too.

[kenshinbebop]

Hey, I have that on DVD. :D

[Tidusauron12]

^Yeah, I've got that DVD as well. It's a great one.

[kenshinbebop]

I need to get more DVDs. I'd hate to have to DL them, I love just looking at them and holding them. :D

[Gray]

I need to get more DVDs. I'd hate to have to DL them, I love just looking at them and holding them. :D

Well you can get a whole bunch from here.

http://www.otaku.com/cgi-bin/productlist.asp?catsearch=&sdsearch=PILLOWS&x=0&y=0

[Mank]

Ok, how did I never notice how awesome the single mix of Patricia is?!

[Tidusauron12]

Ok, how did I never notice how awesome the single mix of Patricia is?!

I like it a lot! Sometimes more than the LB mix.

Seriously, it's almost a whole separate song when compared to its Little Busters counterpart. :lol:

[Gray]

YAY! My Band Score book arrived today, and considering I ordered it on Monday thats pretty fast shipping from Japan! (And it was only 10$ for shipping, I didn't pay extra for air mail or anything like that)

Knowing that these are the 'official' tabs is really cool, like I never played Little Busters with an F, but in the book the intro riff is C G F. The book also has a complete Discography of everything up untill the book was published, so thats also REALLY awesome. I am sure its online somewhere but its neat to have a list of all the albums in chronological order with pictures of the CD covers. The pictures are also really cool. Everything you could want in a bandscore book. Definatly worth buying. It even has a 'Basic Theory of Band Score' section in the back, and although I cant read alot of it the chord charts are really cool. I will have to get the others now just to have them all and stack them proudly together :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

How did you play LB without an F?

Yeah the bandscores are great. My biggest shock when I first got one was the equipment section.
It's like porn. ;D

Monday to Thursday...3 days, that's sick. When I order from JP it takes between 3 and 5 days.

[Tidusauron12]

How did you play LB without an F?

That's what I was wondering! :lol:

[Gray]

How did you play LB without an F?

Very slyly :shifty:

[kenshinbebop]

Lawlsky...

[Gray]

I caved and ordered the My Foot Bandscore :ph34r:

[kenshinbebop]

It's a good one.

[Gray]

You know, why is this thread in the Anime/Game Music Section? I mean even when this thread started we we're talking about The Pillows as a band, not the FLCL OST's. Maybe we should ask to have to moved to the Music Section?

I think the Music section is a grey area, because they put (Non-anime) in the title. Well its true The Pillows did the music for FLCL the anime, but thats hardly what we're talking about here.

[Tidusauron12]

You know, why is this thread in the Anime/Game Music Section? I mean even when this thread started we we're talking about The Pillows as a band, not the FLCL OST's. Maybe we should ask to have to moved to the Music Section?

I think the Music section is a grey area, because they put (Non-anime) in the title. Well its true The Pillows did the music for FLCL the anime, but thats hardly what we're talking about here.

Yeah, not to mention that FLCL only uses part of 2 out of the pillows' 16 albums. I mean seriously, 1999. the pillows formed in 1989, and are still putting out an album a year now.

[kenshinbebop]

There was no off topic music section when I originally made the thread. :lol:

[Tidusauron12]

There was no off topic music section when I originally made the thread. :lol:

Yeah, I remember that. :lol:

[Gray]

So remember waaaaaaaaaaay back when I posted about wanting this poster?

http://www.pillows.jp/image/goods/03_10_poster.jpg


Well I still havent ****ing found it! AND I WANT IT! :crybaby:

[Tidusauron12]

LOL! I remember.

Dude, you aren't going to find that poster.

[Gray]

LOL! I remember.

Dude, you aren't going to find that poster.

I am going to find that poster if it means flying to Japan, breaking into The Pillows recording studio and stealing it!

[Tidusauron12]

I am going to find that poster if it means flying to Japan, breaking into The Pillows recording studio and stealing it!

Well, if you're prepared to go that far, go right ahead! :lol:













Be sure to swipe extra copies for Kenshin and I while you're at it. :ph34r:

[Gray]

So I figured out how to order stuff from The Busters Shop. You've heard of those websites that help you bid on Yahoo! Japan auctions right? Well there's a company called Celga which provides that service. However, in addidtion, they also let you purchase from Webshops. They are a real professional company, I called thier office phone number to verify, and they are very good about it. Not like alot of those gimmicky sites with a billion ads.

EDIT: Woohoo just ordered a couple shirts

[kenshinbebop]

Nice. I'm familiar with Celga and a few other sites like it, but didn't know they did webshops too. Awesome.

[Gray]

I grabbed One Life, March Of The God, New Animal, and an Little Busters shirt.

[Tidusauron12]

I grabbed One Life, March Of The God, New Animal, and an Little Busters shirt.

How exactly does it workout? I wanna order from the buster shop as well. Do you have to pay them? How much?

[Gray]

How exactly does it workout? I wanna order from the buster shop as well. Do you have to pay them? How much?

You can find all of that out on thier website.

[Tidusauron12]

You can find all of that out on thier website.

Fine. I'm just a lazy ***. :lol:

[Gray]

Ok, so if anyone still has any reservations about Celga, I can 100% verify that they will purchase items from the Busters Shop for you. My shirts just got shipped. I thought it was going to cost and arm and leg, but it was only 24$ for shipping.

[Gray]

Double post. Is there a tab for Secret Slogan?

EDIT1: Ok, I haven't figured out the intro but I think the first verse is like this:



C----------D-----------F-
I'm always, so happy when

--C--------G--------F-----
I talk, with you, Ohhh Yeah.

C-------------D-----------F------C----G----F--
Did you have, a good time yesterday? Ohhh Yeah.

[Tidusauron12]

Ok, so if anyone still has any reservations about Celga, I can 100% verify that they will purchase items from the Busters Shop for you. My shirts just got shipped. I thought it was going to cost and arm and leg, but it was only 24$ for shipping.

Yeah. I wan't the New Animal shirt and the Purple Apple shirt.

Surprising, I dislike a lot of the pillows' shirts. :lol:

I wish some of their older shirts (like the Skeleton Liar shirt) were still around!

[kenshinbebop]

I might have to undergo an order for one of those towels. :D Or anything. :lol:

I've figured out Secret Slogan in the past on piano and guitar. I'll revisit it tonight and type it up.

[Gray]

I might have to undergo an order for one of those towels. :D Or anything. :lol:

I've figured out Secret Slogan in the past on piano and guitar. I'll revisit it tonight and type it up.

RARARARARARARARA


You know I wouldnt mind having the Live rock version either
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8r9QWpobs&feature=related


EDIT: Arrrrrrrrgh no Terminal Heaven's Rock tab either!

[kenshinbebop]

ONE TWO SHREE FOWA FIBE SHISH SHEVEN EIGHT

Terminal Heavens Rock is in the bandscore.
There is also a GP of it (along with the rest of the bandscore), floating around the forums at pirouzu.

[Gray]

ONE TWO SHREE FOWA FIBE SHISH SHEVEN EIGHT

Terminal Heavens Rock is in the bandscore.
There is also a GP of it (along with the rest of the bandscore), floating around the forums at pirouzu.

Oh where is my facepalm .gif when I need it. Didn't even think to look at my book.

[Gray]

So I finnaly got around to doing something I should have done ages ago, properly arranging my Pillows Collection in WMP. I now have the complete Discography (as of right now anyway, more pillows woo!) including the Synchronized Rockers Cover Album. It's actaully longer than my Nujabes Collection which is quite a shock :lol:

Totally digging the cover album, Synchronized Rockers. Gonna have to learn Bump of Chicken's version of Hybrid Rainbow.

[kenshinbebop]

So here's secret slogan, standard version. I'll look at the live version tomorrow...

SECRET SLOGAN:

opening;;;
C D F F repeat

Riff for guitar:
on high e:
e----12-12-12-17-15-14~-12-10-8~--13-13-13-17-15-13~-12-10-8

e---8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-10~--7-8-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-8-8-5~~~

C D F
I am always
C D
So happy when I talk with you
F
Oh yeah...
C D
Ooooh...
F CDF
Did you have a good time yesterday?

Am F
'let's get lost' is our special slogan
secret slogan
Am F
He can sing well, singing all day
C G
Oh yeah-eh-eh-eh-eh...
Am Em F
I was all ears so as not to miss
G D F (Or C D F)
single word,

guitar thingy:
b---4-3-1~~

C D F
I am always
C D
So happy when I talk with you
F
Oh yeah....
C D F
and so I'll be looking forward to
C D F
hearing from you

Breakdown :lol: :
C~ D~ F~
Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-rahhh
F~ C~
Ra-ra-ra-ra-raaaah
D~ F~ F~
Ra-raaaaah Oh yeaaaaahh-eh-eh

Guitar thing here.................^
b-----1-5~-6~--

Repeat opening...and again....

End on two hearty Fs and then:
G----9~-8~-7~-
Two C chords...
Then strum the C fast and energetically to end it on a high note...then the best part:

ONE TWO SHREE FOWA FIBE SHISH SHEVEN EIGHT

Intro in double time!
Verse in double time!
ACCENTS ON CERTAIN CHORDS!!
END GRANDEURLY ON A C!!!
TRIPLET STRUMSS!!!

Thank you Thank you very much!!!
Thank you king records!!!!

Great stufff. Sorry, got a bit excited there. :lol:
Tried to line up the chord changes...

Tell me what you think.

EDIT: Looking back at it, it seeems to have become unalligned. Ah well, I tried...

[Gray]

Yea, AN dosen't seem to like the multiple spaces, thats why I used - marks. Thanks for the tab! I can just listen to the song to figure out where the chages are. Atleast I had the chords right.

[Tidusauron12]

I uploaded the performance of "MELODY" on to Youtube if any one hasn't already seen the footage:

Melody! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JlGEXN_Y4o)

Fresh and still processing!

[Gray]

You know what song i'm really digging right now? Come On, Ghost. I espically like the chorus.

[Gray]

Why are there so many good songs that don't have tabs? :crybaby:

I want New Animal and Trip Dancer tabs! There arn't any that are accurate on pirouzu. I only saw one good video of a guy who did an acoustic cover of Trip Dancer, but it was too low quality and too far away to pick up more than a couple of the chords.

[kenshinbebop]

Busterseee has a perfect tab on his video he made of New Animal.

[Gray]

Busterseee has a perfect tab on his video he made of New Animal.

His video is set to private :(

[Tidusauron12]

His video is set to private :(

It is? Hm... wonder when he made that switch. Glad we're friends!

You could send an invite...

[kenshinbebop]

Do it. Every one of his vids is a 5 star watch. Great, great stuff.

[Tidusauron12]

Do it. Every one of his vids is a 5 star watch. Great, great stuff.

That guy needs to join a band and start rocking out! :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

I talk to him outside of youtube because he helped me when I was learning japanese.

Really nice guy. He's in college right now to be an architect. :D

[Tidusauron12]

I talk to him outside of youtube because he helped me when I was learning japanese.

Really nice guy. He's in college right now to be an architect. :D

Architect? He should have a band called The Architects or Dinosaur Bones. :lol:

[Mank]

Architect? He should have a band called The Architects or Dinosaur Bones. :lol:

Uh, are you mistaking architect for archeologist on purpose or not?

[Gray]

Is there a tab for 'ano koro ni modotte' from the Turn Back album?

[Tidusauron12]

Uh, are you mistaking architect for archeologist on purpose or not?

Ouch... that's just major fail on my part. :lol:

Correction: The Archeologists

@Haru: I don't think anyone has tabbed it out.

[Gray]

@Haru: I don't think anyone has tabbed it out.


Sad Faec. :(

EDIT: I found it! Yay!

EDIT2: Someone at Pirouzu most not like me :( I registered a month ago, sent two emails to the admin and my account still hasent been activated. This is why that 'admin activation' crap is ********. I already verified my email so why is that not enough? Why do I have to way for the admin to get off his *** and verify me? What is he going to verify anyway!?!?! I am unhappy.

[Tidusauron12]

Sad Faec. :(

EDIT: I found it! Yay!

EDIT2: Someone at Pirouzu most not like me :( I registered a month ago, sent two emails to the admin and my account still hasent been activated. This is why that 'admin activation' crap is ********. I already verified my email so why is that not enough? Why do I have to way for the admin to get off his *** and verify me? What is he going to verify anyway!?!?! I am unhappy.

Try again, I'll bring it up with them. We need someone like you to spice things up over there! :lol:

Also, guys... OH ****:

This is amazing! (http://pillows.jp/20th/)

[Gray]

Try again, I'll bring it up with them. We need someone like you to spice things up over there! :lol:

Also, guys... OH ****:

This is amazing! (http://pillows.jp/20th/)


Haha, good choice of an album title. I love that movie.

[Tidusauron12]

Haha, good choice of an album title. I love that movie.

They're releasing a lot of things that I want (basically everything at this point)! I'm going to be broke because of them... :lol:

[kenshinbebop]

It's a big year for za pirouzu. :D :D

[Tidusauron12]

It's a big year for za pirouzu. :D :D

Yeah, I'm happy with what we're getting this year.

But I hope this doesn't mean that the pillows are going to get lazy in terms of giving us newer music. Despite their recent success in terms of popularity, they need to keep focused on producing new and good music as well. A lot of this 20th Anniversary is rehash. I like it, but as my favorite band, I'm hoping they still have a few surprises left for me.

[kenshinbebop]

Most importantly, they need to come to America.

[Tidusauron12]

Most importantly, they need to come to America.

YAER!

Even more important, they need to come to the Southeast. We get NO love. :crybaby:

[Mank]

Mmm, kinda unrelated but I just picked up a DSi and plopped Walkin on the Spiral in to test out the little music player, and... that thing is AWESOME. Haha, dunno why they focus so much on the pitch/speed alteration when it has all the cool stuff like the various "instruments" you can play along with with L/R, the various filters (I REALLY like the "radio" one, but the instrumental didn't seem to work too well), and the interactive backgrounds like the Mario one... Needless to say, I'm impressed :) This thing is gonna see a lot of pillows love, even if I need to convert a ton to get it in there...

[Gray]

So I am thinking about setting up a website for a comprehensive list of Pillows Tabs. (Not just Guitar, but Bass and any other special instruments they use occasionaly.)

Pirouzu has a ton of support in the forums, but they are extremely lazy with thier 'Tabs' section, as they dont even update it when people post tabs on the forums.

[kenshinbebop]

That sounds great. I'll help in whatever way I can. I normally learn songs by ear, so I can tab out any that you need that you can't find on pirouzu.

[Tidusauron12]

the pillows are BACK IN BUSINESS PEOPLE:

New Song!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXkULA7oJQ&fmt=18)

This is an excerpt taken from Blue Poppies! I think we have a winner!!!

[Gray]

That sounds great. I'll help in whatever way I can. I normally learn songs by ear, so I can tab out any that you need that you can't find on pirouzu.


It might take awhile, its been a very long time since i've last used Dreamweaver and hosted a webpage.

[Mank]

the pillows are BACK IN BUSINESS PEOPLE:

New Song!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXkULA7oJQ&fmt=18)

This is an excerpt taken from Blue Poppies! I think we have a winner!!!
Holy hell, that's... that's like FLCL era pillows. This is great! Officially hyped. For those who are illiterate to all Japanese characters but hiragana... is that a title or not?
Also, hehe, nobody has updated the wiki with Rock Stock and whatnot. I'd do it, but again, I'm not even sure on the whole track listing on those as I can only read hiragana...