Funky music played on the street, Sunday afternoon.
Street music
TOKYO
Photos, September 2000.
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It used to be the part of Tokyo called Harajuku, hosting spontaneous rock concerts on the street and in the parks, but the police stopped that. I don't know why. Instead it seems to have moved to the shopping district Shinjuku, as far as from what I witnessed. Several nights, and in the weekends also the afternoons, bands put together their equipment, turned on their petrol driven electric generators, and struck their chords. Substantial crowds listened to them. All kinds of bands - country & western, glossy pop, different styles and eras of rock music. The performers always took their job very seriously, working hard to give their audience a good show, although no tickets were sold. I even got the impression that the free, moneyless form of it was an important part of the whole thing, to the musicians even more than to the audience. Nevertheless, they had CD's for sale and gladly accepted members to their fan clubs, sometimes I guess such members would be the founding ones. Here are pictures from two of those concerts - one in the daytime, and one at night, both with fitting genres of music. Stefan Stenudd
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Heavy metal at night.
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Funky music in the afternoon People gather around the funky band, and its skillful black band leader from the USA. Heavy metal at night Japanese teen boys making their own little Armageddon, in a polite way. Shinjuku Main entrance Instant reviewExpress your view, with grades and/or your own words.stenudd.com |