12012 wraps up 2008 with a bang at Osaka Big Cat.
The live house was located in Shinsaibashi, Osaka. The streets were decorated with beautiful Christmas illuminations and were crowded with young couples and families to enjoying their weekends. Simple back ground music was played in the spacious high ceiling venue, and people were talking pleasantly, waiting for the live to start. The band has been together for about 5 years now, their repertoire has grown as has their popularity and skills. This was the special live held on December 12th after the band made the name of 12012.
When the lights on the stage turned red, the audience started clapping, and members appeared. As the vocalist Miyawaki appeared on the stage, cheering from the audience became louder. The live started with a middle tune rock I BELIEVE..., then dashed into an upbeat song CYCLONE. Colorful laser beams shone from the stage, and members stood on the front stage and stirring the audience. The audience raised and waved their hands to the music, and head banged violently. "Shake! Osaka!" In DISPUTE, the audience jumped all at once, pumped their fists up and called "Hi! Hi!" together. "Raise your fists! Let me hear your voices!" In breaking the modern society, the audience raised their fists, jumped, head banged, and did call & response to the heavy rock music lead by the shouts of members. Kawauchi hit the drums powerfully, Enya’s bass roared low, Suga jumped and played guitar hard, and Sakai bended his body and wildly played the guitar.
"This is our last live of 2008. Let’s get pumped up!" Mippeisareta hi started with guitar sounds, and Miyawaki hit a tambourine and sang glamorous melodies about the pent-up feelings of a boy. In KALEIDOSCOPE, he sang realistically about bitter passionate love, featuring Japanese melodies and guitar rock sounds. In my room agony, people head banged to explosions and the red flashing light, which gave the feeling there was a storm in the venue. Miyawaki made good use of his rap style vocals and his death voice, and Sakai played guitar like it was sobbing miserably. "Can you hear me!? I want to listen to each of your voices. I want to see each of your faces. I’ll give you the power of all of us!", then Venom started with SE. Kawauchi played a drum solo, Sakai head banged and played guitar violently, Miyawaki laughed madly at times, and sang with a death voice and shouted.
The mood changed here. Miyawaki hummed mysteriously and female chorus was added on, then THE MOON started in a red light. Miyawaki sang a beautiful melody humming at times, stretching out his hands like he was trying to get the moon which he could never reach. Kawauchi gave a sigh with his drums and a middle tune Wana started, then the audience jumped all at once. Enya’s bass sounded low and mysterious, Miyawaki moved his hips sexily and sang about glamorous love as he murmuring in a low voice. Here, they dashed into the upbeat rock survival, and the audience raised their fists all together to the guitar sounds in the flashing light. The momentum didn’t decrease in the next song Hello, seventeen, and the audience high clapped all together enjoying the pace. This song was about the feelings of 17 year old boy. The bright upbeat song SHINE followed, while colorful leaser beams shone out from the dark stage.
In the middle of the live, low SE roared in the dark venue, then Aitaikara.... started quietly with beautiful piano intro. Enya played bass with his fingers, which made a warm mood, Suga made delicate sounds with his acoustic guitar, and Sakai played electric guitar which sounded sorrowful. Miyawaki sang under the spotlight, and his honest words sank into our hearts straightly. Next, Orion which was the ballad sung about sad feelings of the end of love, started with quiet strings, clear guitar sounds and dry cymbals. The song ran higher dramatically, then it continued to be the famous ballad LOVERS. Rainbow color leaser beams flew from the dark stage, and Miyawaki sang his heart out about his unforgettable memories of lost love. Suga’s guitar sounded sorrowful, and we basked in the deep sad emotions, until the guitar scratched and the next song Over... started. He sang the bright rock song about anxieties in society, and about inner thoughts of young people of his generation, which stroke chords with the audience, so when the song finished, the audience clapped their hands.
"Here we go! Be wild again!" The later half of the live started with lively rock SECRET FESTIVAL. Then Shigure followed, in which Japanese words and rock sounds mix well, Suga showed a funky guitar solo. The live became hot quickly again. In Shinshoku, powerful drums by Kawauchi burst, and Enya’s bass roared low. Members moved around on the stage, and the audience raised their fists and called "Hi!Hi!" Heart followed, and fans raised their fist, head banged and jumped all together, while leaser beams flew around from the stage. Miyawaki said "We’ll release the single As in January and Hallelujah in February. Give me your best smiles." In the catchy bright MERRY GO WORLD, silver tapes fired into the air, which shone brilliantly twinkling in the colorful light, and the audience sang all together.
In the encore, members changed from their costumes to black T-shirts, appeared on the stage, and talked a little about their aspirations for next year. In the bright catchy song Taiyou, fans sang to the melody together smiling happily. In hard rock numbers of newspaper and vomit, the venue was taken over by a storm of head banging. Enya’s bass roared low and heavy, and distorted warping guitar sounds by Suga and Sakai created a mysterious mood. Miyawaki showed various expressions through his vocals, with falsetto, death voices, and shouting. "Last! Stretch yourselves out with all your might! Throw away 2008!" Bass drums rang, then middle tune [6]party started. The audience high clapped, bumped to each other in the mosh pit, and seemed to be having a great time.
"Come on, everyone! Let’s get smashed tonight! Give me everything!" The members answered the second encore and played the last song Boku no Kara kara. This heavy rock was sung about the feelings of an unstable boy who wants to be loved by others. Members stirred the audience at the front stage, and fans sang together loudly with the band members. It was an impressive scene after such a long live of almost three hours.
Realistic lyrics on rock guitar and Japanese melodies, reached the hearts of listeners directly, sympathized with them and had the power to make their bodies move naturally. They will start the domestic tour from March, 2009, and we believe that 12012 will create a refreshing sensation in all over Japan, and hopefully overseas again.
Set list
I BELIEVE
CYCLONE
DISPUTE
breaking the modern society
Mippeisareta hi
KALEIDOSCOPE
my room agony
-venom SE-
Venom
THE MOON
Wana
survival
Hello, seventeen
SHINE
Aitaikara....
Orion
LOVERS
Over
SECRET FESTIVAL
Shigure
Shinshoku
Heart
MERRY GO WORLD
Encore 1:
Taiyou
newspaper
vomit
[6]party
Encore 2:
Boku no Kara kara
