well after i saw fooly cooly what i think was really interesting i started to listen to them, but indeed ther are many older songs that are better than newer ones
@SoftBank47 Maybe only in Japan. xD I'd like one with BEAT CRUSADERS, Maximum the Hormone, UVERworld, L'Arc-en-Ciel... And all those other awesome groups in a game. One can dream... While I await that day, I bust out in air guitar. :)
@JCAznDude Other people bust out in air guitar listening to The Pillows!? And here I thought I was the only one... I really wish I could rock out to "Last Dinosaur"...
the ironic thing about the pillows is they're like a japanese version of the beetles and japanese beetles get in your pillows and well you know the rest
I am so in love. Thank you for the diversion. Watch for me as the only middle-aged white woman dancing (oh, yeah, *really* dancing) at their next show in the states. Arigato!
Strange you should say that, because only today I was trying to think how I started listening to the pillows. It definately wasn't from FLCL because I've been listening to them since about 2001/2.
I really can't remember how I heard them (but then I'm from UK).
The original bassist is Kenji Ueda. He left, then Tatsuya Kashima came in, but he then left after Runners High. Jun Suzuki is the current bassist. He does a pretty good job. It seems like they don't let Jun go too crazy with the bass lines, but when he does get loose, he can make some really cool bass lines. Tokyo Bambi and Funny Bunny, for example.
I think they should finally consider Jun as their "official" bassist, since he's been with them the longest.
Yea, i know what you mean. I read that they haven't named another "official" bassist out of respect for Ueda, but it's been a while and i think Jun deserves his share of credit, too.
People need to learn that anyone who genuinely enjoys a band for their sound isn't a poser, no matter when or where they heard them first, because you can't control that. A poser is someone who claims to like them because they are recently popular or simply cuz they like their look and illegitimate junk like that :P
@whtdogears actually that's "jumping the band wagon." Posing is when someone acts like something else they are not, which by definition makes it a very vague term. the term pose means to be a certain way. who's to say you are not what you are showing yourself to be and just don't look the part? Poser is not a real word, just something teenagers came up with to divide into groups and to pretend they are different and superior from one another. all bullshi*.
Ouch, I wasn't trying to get on anyones badside here :/ I was only saying that it's stupid for people to call other people posers for starting to like them when FLCL came out.
As for the whole kool spice thing, it was the first album I heard, but not up until the 4th grade, my friends parents had it and we listened to it a lot, even though we never knew what they were saying.
Yeah, MonkeyDRickey's claim is really dubious considering "Kool Spice" was released in 1994 (in Japan) So if his profile age is correct,(20) he would have been in about second grade when the album came out. So unless you lived in Japan in second grade and somehow heard about and purchased the album, which I doubt since they're really obscure to the Japanese, even today, then that guy's full of shit. I doubt many second graders, especially Japanese, listen to grunge rock.
I LOVED the song 'ride on shooting star', found it on FlCL, so I looked them up and began to fall in love with the band.
I think its good and smart that they put their songs on FLCL, more fans and more album sales. How are you a poser to love a band that you found in a show?
Yeah yeah i started to listen to them because of FLCL, but i'm still a big fan.. I mean i didn't just go out and buy the soundtracks.. I bought all their CDs. And please if you're gonna make fun of an anime least try and use the name. But w/e
That's stupid. How does that make you a poser? that makes absolutely no sense and I sort of don't believe you discovered them in the 90's because you sound like a 14 year old. A, "Poser" is someone who pretends to be something they aren't, so it's irrelevant where someone discovered a band as long as they enjoy the music.
It's also a word I haven't really heard since I was... say... 14?
Or maybe I misunderstood what you were saying and you were criticizing the fact that people call other people posers for discovering them through FLCL. If that was the case then I apologize. If not then what I said stands.
wow...another pillows song i hadn't heard before...their older songs seem to be better than their midyear songs...and some of the recent ones used in FLCL are pretty good...
You know you got to take a shit!!! so tru!!! long live the pills!
illfaptothis 1 month ago
@illfaptothis thug life
MuscleDad420 3 weeks ago
so wheres the bassist at? noticed they only got two guitars in their vids
chocolateganesh 4 months ago
yes.
DaleTehWhale 9 months ago
you sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vlakamas12 11 months ago
two people were dropped on their heads as babies
tastyUdon 1 year ago 6
去年、彼女に振られて一人で帰ってる時に急にこの曲が頭の中で流れだしたwww
matamata0616 1 year ago
いつ聴いても本当に良い曲だ。本当にかっこいい3人。
kujila1gou 1 year ago
well after i saw fooly cooly what i think was really interesting i started to listen to them, but indeed ther are many older songs that are better than newer ones
OniMakige 1 year ago
the pillows are in my book as the japanese equivalent to the Beatles
pyrolee17 1 year ago 2
i'd go to a pillows concert in the desert.
thec4nt1 1 year ago 4
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thec4nt1 1 year ago
I love these guys, but have never watched FLCL. Man these guys are so awesome.
SuperMetalShadow64 1 year ago
genial the pillows es una muy buena banda u.u
ILDYL 1 year ago
This song is awesome. The Pillows is the definition of cool :D
ZetsubouKitten 1 year ago
Sounds like weezer, but better.
BeGrunge 1 year ago
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BeGrunge 1 year ago
love this song yo
the solo is fucking great
TheCHILDRENofTV 1 year ago
HI there! I'm 12 and I remember listening to this song while being hung upsidedown!
I love this band with a passsssiiiioooonnnn
xxkilledwithsorrowxx 1 year ago
I love this song, especially the solo. Astonishing.
HybridFujiRock 2 years ago
We want Rock Band: Pillows!
SoftBank47 2 years ago 78
@SoftBank47 oh good God I'd totally buy that
PervertedNova 1 year ago 2
@PervertedNova i'd buy that even if i suck at rock band i mean SUCK as in cannot keep up in easy
fanglyn 1 year ago
@SoftBank47 Best. Game. Ever.
SuperMetalShadow64 1 year ago 2
@SoftBank47 How would we sing a long to it?
XIIIthhero 10 months ago
@SoftBank47 Maybe only in Japan. xD I'd like one with BEAT CRUSADERS, Maximum the Hormone, UVERworld, L'Arc-en-Ciel... And all those other awesome groups in a game. One can dream... While I await that day, I bust out in air guitar. :)
JCAznDude 8 months ago
@JCAznDude Other people bust out in air guitar listening to The Pillows!? And here I thought I was the only one... I really wish I could rock out to "Last Dinosaur"...
KamenKicked 6 months ago
@SoftBank47 if that happens I will kill myself
yukigirlydoll 4 months ago
@yukigirlydoll I'll do it for you if you are against the pillows that much, that you think they deserve their own game any less than the beatles.
EbrithiI 3 months ago
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great song yo
TheCHILDRENofTV 2 years ago 2
the ironic thing about the pillows is they're like a japanese version of the beetles and japanese beetles get in your pillows and well you know the rest
sirkoala64 2 years ago 5
They do cite The Beatles as one of their inspirations. But I like the pillows more than The Beatles since the pillows' sound is heavier.
SoftBank47 2 years ago
Hahahahaha true but i think the pillows rock more.
PacificaViewer0 2 years ago
The Pillows sound much more like Pixies than The Beatles. In fact, Pixies are their main inspiration.
Thrillseeker8922 2 years ago 4
pacabell XDXD.
the first 8 notes of the song XDXD
ChaseRedelback 2 years ago
Which album is this from?
ExtensionEXE 2 years ago
smile
zorahk270 2 years ago
I wants it D:
kurokekochan 2 years ago
Can't. . .stop. . .listening!
I am so in love. Thank you for the diversion. Watch for me as the only middle-aged white woman dancing (oh, yeah, *really* dancing) at their next show in the states. Arigato!
annegold 2 years ago 3
if i remember correctly the pillows had a song that would always play in american commercials but i cant remember so meh fucking love these guys
helflasher71092 2 years ago
I think you're referring to "Moon is Mine"??? I'm not sure....
robotindigo 2 years ago
wtf is "meh"
2ilikeggs485 2 years ago
kinda like wt ever
helflasher71092 2 years ago
Tottori prefecture?
thaowly 2 years ago
Yeah hahaha where did they film this?? Deserts in Japan??
CharmFaceMusic 2 years ago
I think it's a beach.
Tidusauron12 2 years ago
Tottori sand dunes, the only dune in Japan.
You can ride camels there.
zorahk270 2 years ago
Such an amazing band. Their music makes me feel so nostalgic.
kennymilk 2 years ago 5
I just finished watching FLCL and i luv it! this is the first time I've seen the band, the singer's cute.
TheBall22 2 years ago 2
Most Americans find out about the pillows through FLCL. There older stuff is better than theyre newer stuff IMHO.
Neclord2000 2 years ago 4
Strange you should say that, because only today I was trying to think how I started listening to the pillows. It definately wasn't from FLCL because I've been listening to them since about 2001/2.
I really can't remember how I heard them (but then I'm from UK).
carlosfarva 2 years ago
Mm.
I had heard them before FLCL but I didnt really get attached until then.
Neclord2000 2 years ago
I think I started on Happy Bivouac album.
I was about 15 at the time.
carlosfarva 2 years ago
i like them alot wow. like alot.
and the lead singer reminds me of jim carey.
lolzzz--- made it even better.
StringsxLights 2 years ago
yea! After watching ' pachelbel's rant' I noticed. I love pachelbel's canon, it makes every song great :D
Pockyable 2 years ago
The riff is Pachelbel's Canon in D : D
spiraldude 2 years ago 3
They can be playing in a field of sand and still kick so much ass.
kouinetsu 2 years ago 2
its called a desert
cbassizle 2 years ago
no shit, but if you look closely, you can see some vegetation, looks kind of like.....grass maybe?
kouinetsu 2 years ago
oh its a beach i think.
kouinetsu 2 years ago 3
lol a field of sand?
scar504 2 years ago
my favorite pillows song!!!
otakukun82 3 years ago
they remind me of a japanese Weezer/Pixies/toadies a lot
amusicalmexican 3 years ago
there is something about them that I cant put my finger on it. maybe its the way they express their music. They are free.
darkmousy1356 3 years ago 8
Where is the bass guitar .__.
iceteaguy 3 years ago
they dont have an official bassist.
they used to but he left and has never "officially" been replaced but i forgot the name of the guy whos taking his place at the moment
chris2021108 2 years ago 3
The original bassist is Kenji Ueda. He left, then Tatsuya Kashima came in, but he then left after Runners High. Jun Suzuki is the current bassist. He does a pretty good job. It seems like they don't let Jun go too crazy with the bass lines, but when he does get loose, he can make some really cool bass lines. Tokyo Bambi and Funny Bunny, for example.
I think they should finally consider Jun as their "official" bassist, since he's been with them the longest.
SimplexMu 2 years ago 4
Yea, i know what you mean. I read that they haven't named another "official" bassist out of respect for Ueda, but it's been a while and i think Jun deserves his share of credit, too.
chris2021108 2 years ago 5
oh man, these songs never get old.
Camio 3 years ago
wow it must feel so good to play music in a place like that :D
biginjapan2nite 3 years ago 4
People need to learn that anyone who genuinely enjoys a band for their sound isn't a poser, no matter when or where they heard them first, because you can't control that. A poser is someone who claims to like them because they are recently popular or simply cuz they like their look and illegitimate junk like that :P
OiVe
whtdogears 3 years ago 74
Nicely said.
Sieg670 2 years ago 3
@whtdogears I've listened to them for over 10 years and I agree.
THEGREATMAX 1 year ago
@whtdogears why would you call the majority "posers?" shouldn't there be a word for us?
FMAiscool 10 months ago
@whtdogears actually that's "jumping the band wagon." Posing is when someone acts like something else they are not, which by definition makes it a very vague term. the term pose means to be a certain way. who's to say you are not what you are showing yourself to be and just don't look the part? Poser is not a real word, just something teenagers came up with to divide into groups and to pretend they are different and superior from one another. all bullshi*.
BringerOfD 6 months ago
I love this band. Their sounds like freedom. Make me feel free and relieve. Amazing band.
vivoslibertos 3 years ago 8
The pillows Rules¡¡¡ =D
claussen666 3 years ago 2
ahhh i love this song
it makes me feel...happy^^
TrippyKitty08 3 years ago 3
Wow....Amazing song.... And just in case someone wants to call me a "poser" I defend myself! I discovered them through FLCL!!!!
For the incoherant and ignorant *cough* MonkeyDRicky *cough* that was sarcasim.
1110100110 3 years ago
best pillows song!!!
otakukun82 3 years ago
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i have lyrics if anyone wants^^
TrippyKitty08 3 years ago 3
still do
TrippyKitty08 3 years ago
Love this song, and the Pillows. RITTER BUSTAAAAS!
samadriel 3 years ago
Ouch, I wasn't trying to get on anyones badside here :/ I was only saying that it's stupid for people to call other people posers for starting to like them when FLCL came out.
As for the whole kool spice thing, it was the first album I heard, but not up until the 4th grade, my friends parents had it and we listened to it a lot, even though we never knew what they were saying.
My bad if I pissed off anyone.
CromartieHighSchool 3 years ago
Oh, and this was MonkeyDRicky by the way, hah.
MonkeyDRicky 3 years ago
In other words, the dude has no right to call out anyone since he's lying.
cmack3333 3 years ago
Yeah, MonkeyDRickey's claim is really dubious considering "Kool Spice" was released in 1994 (in Japan) So if his profile age is correct,(20) he would have been in about second grade when the album came out. So unless you lived in Japan in second grade and somehow heard about and purchased the album, which I doubt since they're really obscure to the Japanese, even today, then that guy's full of shit. I doubt many second graders, especially Japanese, listen to grunge rock.
cmack3333 3 years ago
i love this song its soooo pretty^^
TrippyKitty08 3 years ago
I LOVED the song 'ride on shooting star', found it on FlCL, so I looked them up and began to fall in love with the band.
I think its good and smart that they put their songs on FLCL, more fans and more album sales. How are you a poser to love a band that you found in a show?
xDefinexxNormalx 3 years ago 2
he's got a point .. if it was only the songs on the show then yeah... that's poserness
ricochet3212 3 years ago
Buutt :(
What if you like know teh pillows fer eva and you happen to like all teh like only zhee songs on the show?
And what is this poser thing? Honestly though, thats how songs and bands are spread you know, TV, radio, exc.
No poser in that!
xDefinexxNormalx 3 years ago
Yeah yeah i started to listen to them because of FLCL, but i'm still a big fan.. I mean i didn't just go out and buy the soundtracks.. I bought all their CDs. And please if you're gonna make fun of an anime least try and use the name. But w/e
The Pillows FTW!
OniMkiru 3 years ago
most of these songs were out before FLCL, so it's only natural for the pillows fan to only reconcile songs in the show.
eeeediot14 3 years ago
yea i agree not like the posers who started listing to them cuz of that anime show
axlrose051 3 years ago
That came off as a bit pretentious.
Sieg670 3 years ago
Just because some people started listening to them after FLCL doesn't make them posers, good music is good music man.
MonkeyDRicky 3 years ago 7
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*sigh* i take u started lisenting to them cuz of that faggot anime show 2 ?
cuz u wouldn't have been so defensive about it
axlrose051 3 years ago
I would ask if you've ever seen the show but I remember you saying that you're not an anime fan.
Sieg670 3 years ago
My Gf watchs it here and there sumtimes but shes not a fan of the pillowsi try and get her in to them but she rather watch the show
axlrose051 3 years ago
Nope, I first heard them back in the 90's when Kool Spice came out, and listened to them ever since. Even in the anime, the music was great.
But the fact that it makes you a poser just because you started listening to them because of FLCL, is just funny.
MonkeyDRicky 3 years ago
A fan from the 90s!?
There aren't many. I wish I would've discovered their music that long ago... sadly, I didn't experience their awesomeness until FLCL.
Man... Kool Spice is such a great album...
Tidusauron12 3 years ago
That's stupid. How does that make you a poser? that makes absolutely no sense and I sort of don't believe you discovered them in the 90's because you sound like a 14 year old. A, "Poser" is someone who pretends to be something they aren't, so it's irrelevant where someone discovered a band as long as they enjoy the music.
It's also a word I haven't really heard since I was... say... 14?
TheScientist213 3 years ago
Or maybe I misunderstood what you were saying and you were criticizing the fact that people call other people posers for discovering them through FLCL. If that was the case then I apologize. If not then what I said stands.
TheScientist213 3 years ago
Funny thing, this song was on Smile, which was released after FLCL was already out.
Tidusauron12 3 years ago
Yay. I've been looking for this everywhere! Thanks so much :)
KurlyCheeso 3 years ago
Sawao uses such a rare guitar, a cyclone 2 i believe.
Kiteazureofflame 3 years ago
nah the first cyclone. and manabe is a mustang
p8ntballdude355 3 years ago
I thought he found a cyclone2 at one point guess not whatev
Kiteazureofflame 3 years ago
OMG, usually shin (the drummer) is the one wearing shades, but in this vid its the guitarists.
assassassin14 4 years ago
wow...another pillows song i hadn't heard before...their older songs seem to be better than their midyear songs...and some of the recent ones used in FLCL are pretty good...
xmxmal 4 years ago
very cool The pillows are awesome
bloodtabasco 4 years ago 3
kick ass song
eastamazonantidote 4 years ago 5
esta en japonés...
bien ya la traducire
kuchikikeiser 4 years ago
Ke importa hahaha mirate la letra en ingles y traducela ;)
KaLenJi14 4 years ago
sabes k dicen?
chiriguildo 4 years ago