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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hello.
やまちゃんのツアーと訪問都市
So, you've been on a tour.
Yes.
How's everything so far?
What cities have you gone to?
I went to Kyoto, Osaka, and Nagoya.
Okay.
Hiroshima.
Okay.
Fukuoka.
Okay.
And so far, five cities.
Okay.
And I'm going to Sendai, Sapporo this weekend.
And then, Tokyo next weekend.
And then, Okinawa lastly.
Wow.
Yeah.
You're busy.
Yeah.
You're gonna go to Sendai and Sapporo on the same weekend?
Yes.
So, like a Sunday Sendai and then a Sunday...
Yeah.
Sorry, Saturday Sendai and then a Sunday Sapporo.
Exactly.
Wow.
But it's so fun.
Yeah.
It must be fun.
Yes.
ライブのハプニング
How are the shows so far?
It's like...
Like no accidents or nothing like that?
All good?
Accidents.
No big accidents.
That's good.
Yeah.
I guess that was Hiroshima, Fukuoka.
The bass guy.
Yeah.
Bass player guy.
He got excited.
Okay.
And, you know, usually we have like stage.
And bass guys are kind of backwards.
And I'm here, they're in front.
And we have like drums, keyboards, bass, guitar.
Yeah.
And he got excited.
Okay.
Just come front in his solo moment.
But nobody expected that.
Okay.
The cable from the bass guitar into the machine wasn't that long.
He just came in front and just...
It's like a rope kind of...
It jammed, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And for like a few seconds, there's no bass sound but he was playing like this.
And it was a solo or something?
Yeah.
Solo is like moment of shine?
Yeah.
Oh.
But it's the most important.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
He was laughing.
Well, that's funny.
Yeah, that's funny.
That's funny.
He's like very calm.
He looks good.
He's tall.
Is he the guy that played badminton?
No.
The tall guy?
Oh, not him?
Yeah, not him.
Okay.
But taller than him.
Oh, okay.
And more like with like a...
I'll show you the picture.
Yeah.
With the hige.
This is the guy.
Wow.
This guy.
He's very calm.
He's cool.
Playing bass like...
He looks chill.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chill guy.
And that makes it even more funnier.
More excited.
Just came in front and just like...
Kind of shows he's not used to those things.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, I think he's used to those like coming in front.
Oh, okay.
Those things.
But we're not ready for that.
Like...
I see.
We thought he wouldn't do that thing.
Ah.
So, you know.
全国ツアーの進行
It's like you're underestimating him.
Yes, yes.
Okay.
I thought he would just play in his position and like that.
I see.
I see.
We loved that.
So, from the next show, we changed the cable into like something longer.
Okay.
Yeah.
That was funny.
Does he step up after that?
Huh?
Does he go forward after that?
Yes, yes, yes.
Okay.
Every time.
That's good.
That's good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right.
That was, I guess, the biggest problem.
After that, we don't so far have any huge struggles.
Any memorable moments so far?
One, I guess that was in Hiroshima, Fukuoka.
Yeah.
We had the drummer guy had a birthday.
Okay.
On the next day, I guess that was.
So, we planned to celebrate him as a kind of surprise way, you know.
We do that like whole concert and we have like encore.
And then after the encore, we just like this and take pictures and just leave.
That's what we do.
And then after the encore, the keyboard guy suddenly like stopped playing the birthday
song and we whole house sing a birthday song for him.
And we prepare a little cake.
Okay.
And as he's the drummer, percussion guy, we bought a shaker.
That's the name of the instrument.
That's like a huge shaker, huge maracas.
Okay.
And we prepare for that.
And we planned very secretly because it's a surprise.
Yeah.
We planned secretly.
But ultimately, he sensed it.
Oh, okay.
He knew it.
Okay.
Actually.
Because the guitar guy that we played badminton together.
Yeah, the guitar guy.
Yeah.
He's very, I don't know how should I explain him, but he's very not intelligent guy.
Okay.
I don't know how should I.
And you chose your words for that, right?
But that's his character.
He's like, he can't lie.
Yeah.
He's lovable.
He's very lovable.
Yes.
That's the word I was trying to find.
And we needed to prepare the lighter for the cake.
And one staff told the guitar guy that do you have a lighter?
Because he smokes.
Okay.
So the staff thinks he has a lighter.
Okay.
But he hadn't a lighter with him at the moment.
Oh, okay.
And so, and then 10 minutes later at the Hikaeshitsu with the drummer in the room.
And the guitar guy said like,
I wasn't in the room.
I didn't know about that.
But drummer guy was like, lighter?
Because we don't need lighter for the live concert, obviously.
Right.
And so that's why he already like sensed that we were planning something.
心温まるサプライズ
And we didn't know that until the surprise moment.
And then he thanked to the birthday guy.
Thanks to all those present and everything.
Yeah.
And he talked a little bit and then said that.
And then he talked about that story.
Okay.
Punched to the guitar guy.
Yeah.
So it was like all of his fault.
Yes.
The secret.
Yeah.
Okay.
I can imagine how he would ruin the surprise.
Yeah.
He's kind of those kind of guy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
But it's kind of cute.
Yeah.
It's cute.
Lovable.
The funny thing is we, me and the keyboard, the banmasu.
Yeah.
Him.
Yeah.
We planned first.
Okay.
Yeah.
That guitar guy can slip his mouth and can happen.
So we need to be very careful about that.
And that's what we talked about.
Okay.
And actually.
But.
After all.
But y'all failed.
He did it.
Oh.
Should have kept it a secret from him as well.
Yeah.
True.
Yeah.
That was funny.
Yeah.
Heartful.
Yeah.
Heartful moment.
That's a funny whole heartwarming.
Yeah.
Yeah.
ツアーの日程
So what cities are you going to next?
Sendai and then Sapporo and then is it Tokyo?
Tokyo.
Yes.
And then that's it?
And then Okinawa.
Yes.
That's the final stage?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
But Okinawa is kind of like a bonus stage.
Bonus stage?
Yeah.
Okay.
Tokyo is the biggest and kind of final.
Okay.
Yeah.
Gotcha.
Which city of Okinawa?
Naha.
Naha.
Ah, I see.
It's very central.
Ah, I see.
I see.
I see.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah.
The tour begins from Kyoto.
And that's where I was living and started music.
And that day was, I guess, the same day as your surgery day.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Oh.
What were you thinking about while I was on the stage?
You know, I was, I've wanted to thank you for this, but I've gotten a message from somebody
that attended to your concert.
Oh, really?
Oh.
That person said that, hey, Yamachan was like, hey, my friend is in the hospital.
Yeah.
And then this song, I can think about him.
Yes.
And then I was like, fuck, Yamachan.
So thank you for that.
No, no, no.
Thank you for that.
Yeah.
Wow.
Thank you for that.
Yeah.
That audience.
Yeah.
Guy, thank you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right.
Yes, yes.
Right, right, right.
There is this one kind of friendship song.
It told me.
I see.
Yeah.
I see.
Yeah.
Well, thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah.
全国ツアーの思い
I was thinking, because I was touring and having my time of life, and he is like struggling
and fighting in the hospital room, and yeah, hope he will, you know, gets better and, you
know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I see.
I see.
I didn't know it was the surgery day.
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
Yeah, yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
Right.
That's great.
Well, good luck on the rest of your shows.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right.
Thank you so much.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
