The Pillows - Sono Mirai wa Ima (LIVE)

[11912960]

vocal(sawao) steps like paul weller when he was in the jam!!

[29mysticwarrior]

who cares if he screwed up or not these guys are still hella sweet live

[FLCLimax7]

Wow one of my favorite songs from them.. Awesome to see a Live video. Thanks for uploading!!

[kazira41]

す、すごすぎる・・

鳥肌がたちました。

[jonestheinsomniac]

GTFO, troll! this is a pretty good song...not sure if its 'better' than the last dinosaur...but...just as good maybe

[poopsquish]

This song is right up there with Last Dinosaur. And NO he DID NOT mess up the guitar solo, perhaps you are a noob to music or have never seen a band live, or perhaps you are not a musician yourself, but bands (I.E. Incubus) like to "mix it up" while on stage, in order to keep things fresh. There weren't any sour notes and any that may have been off were bent into key as expected. If you want to hear the song note for note every single time with no variations then stick to the studio CD.

[Tidusauron12]

I agree here. This performance is simply what it means to love the pillows; Sawao's energy. Manabe's playing. The rocking out between Jun and Sawao during the rad solo. The unclear, bent awesomeness of Manabe during the solo. I came the first time I saw this, seriously.

[zeroicecubes737]

this song rocks so freakin hard

[Tidusauron12]

Oh shit, this is awesome!

I thank you pillows for the awesome music we've seen from you.

[lonerurouni187]

Found another jewel in The Pillows' awesome songs

[54spiritedwill54]

the pillows rock!!

[soundpitchblack]

wow first time I hear them!!! really love the sound!

[jinged]

this is one of their best performances live imo

[masamune413]

seconded

[Tidusauron12]

Thirded. The energy in this performance is amazing.

[lumnite7]

whoa !!!

another great song by them !!

[ThankYouMyTwilight]

Damn straight.

[CARM1NE]

ergndfus

this is my favorite song by them

PILLOWS FOREVER!

ftw

hahha

[smashbradda]

His voice reminds me of Morrissey from The Smiths. Some of their early stuff sounds like The Smiths too.

But there is nooooooooooooo way in hell that The Smiths are better than The Pillows!!!

OH YEAH!!! XD

[Tidusauron12]

I don't know... This is one of my favorite lives by the pillows I think I've ever seen. It's just so awesome...

[StarkN]

the pillows rock!! it sounds great even if he did screw it up abit.. which i didnt notice at all

[fpoik]

映像見てるだけでも興奮してくるｗ

[VainDog]

It sounded fine. pillows ftw, haters ftl.

[jacobvich]

I didn't really see anything wrong with the solo. And I've been playing guitar for 7 years...

[STEREOMAN91]

still one of my favorite videos on youtube (or of all time)

[Verence]

I thought the solo still sounded awesome.

I mean, if a live performance sounds exactly the same as the CD I'm disappointed. I WANT unique stuff done at live shows. Maybe it doesn't sound as clean or in-tune as the studio version, but that's part of the charm.

[KewlSkewl]

I love Yamanaka's head bop thing. Everytime he does it, it looks like his hair's about to fall off.

[JJLipton]

I don't how people can say manabe screwed up big time on his guitar solo when i've heard FAR sloppier jimmy page solo attempts.

[Zeppelin211]

Yeah, Jimmy Page did have some pretty sloppy solos, but hey, hes still a good player nonetheless.

[Hobo789]

The Pillows are the sickest 3 piece band PERIOD.

[Itamae]

I think you need to count again

[Hobo789]

well if you count bassist, then 4. (But really, you can't hear him)

[Itamae]

You can hear him quite clearly, I think. Don't ever just count out a member of a band...

[CureMusic]

No, 3 is correct. Suzuki is considered a support member, and is not technically part of the band.

[sys2021]

Even the camera hates Jun lol

Jun is hated by all... I don't know why

[mugentakahani]

i love them there my favorite band out of all music runners high is my favorite

[Tronos32]

Sounds fine to me.

[dizzany]

heres an idea genius

whats if hes just alterating how he plays it

when they played Swanky Street at the liquid room in 1997

(not on youtube i think)

the solo was whacked out so..

[Joyeuse]

Your theory would work except that he's basically playing the same solo he does on the album, but off-pitch. And it sounds bad.

Usually when they switch up how they play a song it still sounds decent, not like this.

He screwed up. Deal with it.

[Messerkampf]

You're kind of avoiding a pretty major difference between this performance and most of their live performances; Yamanaka's voice doesn't sound like shit. This is extremely rare for their live performances, which makes this one of their best live recordings I've heard.

[MysteriousClubProxy]

he really sucks at singing...but somehow they are amazing. Go figure.

[Ericrsteele]

I don't think he sucks at singing at all. His voice is certainly unique, but I really like it.

[GGnowGTFO]

I think he did pretty well in this video.

[Riyu21]

You think so? I've only heard people say that recently, but I've heard it a lot...

I can only think that maybe I've never noticed because, even though I distinctly listen to the vocalist's voice (since I have a nice voice fetish), I got into the pillows before I actually listened that closely to what the singer actually sounded like. I dunno, his voice has a really familiar tone to me since I've been listening to the pillows for quite a while =]

[Tidusauron12]

One title: Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo DVD. Sawao was actually young in the 90s. He's 40 fucking years old now.

[azujw15]

he definately don't look like it lol

[Pandurrr]

shit sux Joyeuse for admin peace out

[PoppinDingy]

lol anyone notice HOW FREAKIN SWEATY AND TIRED THEY ARE IN THIS SONG I think that is a huge reason why manabe might of messed up a bit but i love the pillows either way!!!

[Someone00]

they're in their mid 40's sawao isn't as great anymore but he still pwns

[i2aventhegod]

no way he ain't in his 40s. 30s i'll believe but 40s thats crazy. maybe the drummer is 40

[SupraCelica98]

yeah they are, sawao is 1968 and he is the youngest

every one else is 42 and 44 manabe is oldest

suzuki jun is a little younger than sawao

[i2aventhegod]

i'll take ur word for it. thats crazy how they're rockin out at there age. very cool

[SupraCelica98]

they used to have thier ages on the pillows official website. im not sure now though 'cause they redid the site, but if you look under profile you get lucky or s'th.

[XxXFoolehCoolehXxX]

Sure is, its awesome how him and my mom were bron on the same day and same year as my mom xD

[dizzany]

who cares if he did its under immence pressure man

it hard to play live

[emergencyexitmud]

Jun is like a "guest" bassist to the group.

Out of respect to the past bassists, he isn't actually included with the band.

[EarthBoundNess]

i kinda feel bad for the bassist jun. he gets about 3 seconds of screen time in their live stuff and no screen time during their videos:( poor guy

[NEDM77]

Jun is a "support" member. Check Wikipeadia.

[EarthBoundNess]

at least he still just went with it... It looked like Sawao and Jun had to rock out extra hard to balance out his bad solo though :)

[lordkyosohma]

the pillows are still my heros *crys a lil*

[Klijhn]

This Sawao´s Shirt is from Nine Miles, no?

Good Song, Sono Mirai Wa ima (That future is now)

[lmd2131]

he did mess up a little, like he was off a fret or something. i like sawao's voice and shirt in this one

[SwimmingBird941]

also, any good sites to find pillows music and videos?

[SwimmingBird941]

what happened to the tons of great pillows videos that were on here?

[michellesavestheday]

<3333333333333333

[GabuGP]

You can find the song in the album "GOOD DREAMS"

Nice video, thanks for share it

[Tootos]

Does anyone know what album this song is off of?

[pillows18024]

Dont know about the pees, but pillows are gods for me.

[greob]

He didn't screw anything. YOU LIE!

Manabe is a genius, Sawao is the coolest, Jun is strong and Shinichirou is the best drummer ever.

The Pillows are the best band on this planet. Followed by the Pees of course. ;)

[Joyeuse]

Mmkay.

[Itamae]

Well, most of the time. He's mostly used as just a standard only-play-the-eighths bassist. Biscuit Hammer comes to mind as an exception. :D

[Joyeuse]

Yeah, that's a good one. He gets a pretty nice riff in Terminal Heaven's Rock, too. Thing is, Jun is a solid bassist. His playing is just a lot simpler than some of the pillows' previous bassist, and from that comes the harsh criticism.

[Itamae]

Yeah. Frankly, I like his playing, solid would be the word to describe it, I don't know where dingy got the idea he's known for messing up. If anything, the stuff he plays makes him just the opposite.

[dingy]

atleast manabe isnt known for messing up sadly there bass player is

[Itamae]

show me.

[PoppinDingy]

lol im not saying hes bad just a lot of people at shows said he messed up

[Joyeuse]

Jun doesn't really mess up all that often; his bass lines are just kind of unimaginative. Especially if you compare him to Kashima.

[Camio]

I respect a guitarist who makes solos that he messes up when live. Shows that he's really trying.

[FireballKid]

Yeaa who cares the pillows are still good, Yoshiaki's solo is watever. People mess up here and there..... still pretty funny tho hahh.

[phisaki]

The solo was botched... but it was funny though!

[TheInfamousS]

Hahaha @ the solo. It definitely wasn't that bad but pretty hilarious regardless.

[AAbatterie]

The solo wasn't that bad. It could have been worse.

[dingy]

atleast he didnt mess up so badly it didnt jack up the song that bad.

[FOOLYCOOLY]

this is the best Live concert ive ever heard the pillows do :D

[mooooooooooop]

awesome

[Savvao]

any other songs in this performance

[Joyeuse]

There might have been, but the original stream just had this one. If there's others, maybe they'll surface.

[Joyeuse]

It was ripped from a RealMedia stream. Which means that most likely, the audio IS a bit messed up. And low-quality. Because RealPlayer sucks.

[Elc1247]

Hahaha... the solo killed the mood...

overall its pretty good, the audio seems a bit messed up though...

[pirouzu]

his vocals sound great this time, it's a shame about the solo

[Savvao]

"his vocals sound great this time"

very true

[lastdinousar]

word.

[trexneus]

the pillows rock!!