Susumu Hirasawa - Virtual Rabbit 2 - Live Phonon 2551

[baddayland]

ギターどうなってんだｗｗｗｗｗ

[frogbs]

i can see why he took the guitar out of the Solar Ray verison, that looks really fucking hard to play!

[RioEllington]

THE LIGHTS! I'm BLIND!!

[BaggysAnime]

Japanese listen to some crazy music. Buts it's awsome!

[otoutoryuusei]

ああもうかっこいいーーーくそおおおおおおおおお！！！

[im324okksn]

カッコ良すぎる

[KingOfUm]

Only man on the planet who can make a good reason for using pre-recorded material and samples on stage. Usually this practice is arrogant and cheap sounding, but Hirasawa does it perfectly. Hell, he does everything perfectly.

[GraveBlashyrkh]

@KingOfUm

Besides, he activates the samples himself (some of them) so if he misses timing it sounds bad but he is perfect in making music

[KingOfUm]

Another aspect to point out is that his theatrical vision on stage doesn't overload the sense in ways to distract the listener; his imagery and sound mingle in just the right amount. And to think that Brian Eno is more famous (paw!)

[tuedor4ever]

@KingOfUm If it makes you feel better none of my friends (or I for that matter) have heard of this Brian Eno but we all love Mr. Hirasawa :D

[KingOfUm]

@tuedor4ever Ha ha, it does.

[andrewpolidori]

@GraveBlashyrkh Couldn't agree more totally! He also sings live and plays instruments. Not comparable to similar artists who use samples only.

[G00st432]

One of the things I love about hirasawa is that he's able to pull off energetic songs with such a monotonous expression, though that's not as evident here.

It was still a great listen though.

[GraveBlashyrkh]

@G00st432

Monotonous expession, I would say he is just serrious about making it a good live performance

[MilkOfSuccess]

@GraveBlashyrkh

I linked this to my friend and he was like "He looks bored..."

[MissLoveTantei91]

@G00st432 Honestly, you know what I think? I think he's nervous... xD He might not be though.

[G00st432]

@MissLoveTantei91 It'd be difficult to believe he's nervous after he's been doing it for 30 years. I think he's mastered live performance.

[MissLoveTantei91]

@G00st432 Valid point. Though there are a lot of famous singers with terrible stage fright too, even ones who have done it for a long time. Not that I'm trying to argue or prove you wrong. No one (except his close friends) really knows what goes on in that head of his anyways. It's just one of my many guesses.

[JuCyb3rc4t]

This song's awesome O.o Susumu Hirasawa's awesome *-* I'm gonna faint!! xD

[soaringdragon0312]

wow thanks i've been looking for another version of Virtual Rabbit 2 for aages!! :D

[Axel777]

Well that was quick! thanks for uploading it,ive wanted to see this one for a while now.

[GraveBlashyrkh]

As I said, no problem, also good to be able to see those when not at home, so one reason to upload some of the performences.