Bo Gumbos

About two years ago, I went to this live show with T and Esan in Shibuya. I didn't know anything about it except it was a tribute show and our friend Nobu, who sings for this band called The Privates, would be performing. Nobu is super fun, and has a great idea about how cicadas are really aliens, so I thought it might be fun. I had no idea, I was going to a tribute concert for Donto, the singer for a band called the Bo Gumbos, who in my opinion revolutionized Japanese rock music. I had never heard any of these songs before, and I was dancing, and sometimes even crying along with them. I think I fell in love with these songs not just because the music was fun and danceable, but because they were simple and I could understand them. I was listening to them again last night, because it's about time for another Soul of Donto concert, and I heard this lyric that I had always liked, "Hoshii mono wa itsudemo, tooii kumo no ue," or "the things you want are always on top of a far off cloud." I love that. And it's also great juxtaposed with the song begging a girl not to turn around because her face ruins her perfect ass.