THE SUN, the first street performance in Inokashira Park, and the first song they sang was the band's version of "Close Your Eyes".

During the group practice a few days ago, the band THE SUN practiced six songs as performance tracks for this street performance.

"Flowers", "Nagasaki", the band version of "Close Your Eyes Lightly", and two lyrical rock songs composed by Shin Ogawa and lyrics by Masaki Chiba, namely "The Sunshine is Just Right", "You Who Can't Get It", and Kiyoshi Sakamoto's own real original song "Shimmer".

Among these songs, needless to say, the first three are the original of the band members, "Sunshine is Just Right", "You Who Can't Get It" are all lyrics and rock genre songs, and "Shimmer" is an original song written and composed by Kiyoshi Sakamoto himself, as a musical genius who writes more than 100 tunes a year, you can put any song on the album. And the style of this song is a little fresh love song style.

As the opening song, of course, it needs a more famous song to attract more people, so when the band version of "Close Your Eyes" was placed in the first song.

Originally, the prelude was "Close Your Eyes Lightly" on the piano, but the prelude turned into a guitar sound, and when Kiyoshi Sakamoto's fingers lifted, a beautiful guitar melody appeared around the stage, and then Kiyoshi Sakamoto's voice full of sunshine and warmth followed.

"Whenever you wake up in the morning, your shell will be with you"

The first sentence of the mouth, people under the stage, know that this is "Close Your Eyes Lightly".

After all, in the past few months, this song has been on fire, and it has been playing on the streets and alleys, and it is difficult to think about it.

I can't help but say that Sakamoto Kiyoshi's physical condition after rebirth is really good, especially his voice, I don't know if God saw that he was too ordinary in his previous life, so after this rebirth, he was given a handsome appearance, and a voice that can be said to be perfect, which also allows him to go further on the road of music.

When Kiyoshi Sakamoto was singing, more than 500 people gathered around the stage, and the number was still rising. Masato Ogawa and Masaki Chiba, who were playing the bass while beating the drum, saw tourists in the distance, and the big stones that Masaki Ogawa and Masaki Chiba had been pressing on their hearts were finally put down.

Originally, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto proposed this "gambling debut" plan, the two were opposed. Because there is no benefit to winning, on the one hand, and on the other hand, if you lose, the band will postpone their debut, and the two have nothing to lose, but Kiyoshi Sakamoto will come up with two songs.

The two who were already grateful to Kiyoshi Sakamoto for recommending themselves to Sony, of course they didn't want Kiyoshi Sakamoto to pay their own songs because of the two of them. Their idea is to postpone their debut and postpone their debut, it doesn't matter, anyway, it is very good for them to join a big company like Sony Records, and they don't have the idea of making their debut right away, but because of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's strong self-confidence, the two still agreed to support Sakamoto Kiyoshi's unreliable plan.

The two are still very optimistic that the band can hold a live performance with more than 5,000 people, but seeing the scene in front of the stage, both of them looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the center of the stage at the same time.

It's this boy, our senior, a miracle that Kiyoshi Sakamoto can do!

The two of them played more devotedly.

"It's your gift to me, it's your gift to me!"

With the end of the last sentence of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Eyes Closed", Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who had been closing his eyes, heard a burst of warm applause, a hot wind, blowing on his face, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who opened his eyes, saw that the entire stage was surrounded by layers of people, and the stage was densely packed with people clapping, including young couples, children, and even some elderly people.

At this time, there was just a ray of sunshine on the stage of Sakamoto Kiyoshi on the stage, Sakamoto Kiyoshi had to raise his hand to block the dazzling sunlight, and the audience under the stage saw a warm boy with a body glowing and smiling, on the stage, carrying a guitar on his back and raising his hand to block the beautiful picture of the sun. . .

At this moment, Kiyoshi Sakamoto seems to know, and Sunshine is also here to assist, so, the next song, "Sunshine is Just Right"!

This lyrical rock song starts with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's guitar sound, and after a crisp guitar solo, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's voice begins to add in.

"I can't see anything when my eyes are covered by the sun."

"The movement of raising your hand seems to be so clumsy"

The lyrics of this song, I heard that Chiba Masaki saw the sun shining on him during a trip to the suburbs, and thought of the words, when he was under the sun, he took out a small notebook and began to write the lyrics. When he finished writing, he found out that he had been sunburned as a dog...

This is the origin of this lyric, which is a very simple, very simple idea, which is to praise the beauty of sunshine.

The band joined in the performance as a whole, making the already light song even more joyful.

The audience, although they had not heard this song, all started to call, followed the rhythm, and began to clap.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was already singing on stage, played the guitar while gently twisting his body, making the atmosphere more enthusiastic.

"You Who Can't Get It" !!

Nagasaki!!

The next two songs slowly ignited the enthusiasm of the audience.

The singing of "Flowers" brought the atmosphere of the whole performance to its peak.

The reason why "Flower" is sung in the fourth song is because it is in the middle and late stages of the six songs, so that it can just be after the end of the first few warm-up songs, at the time of "Flower", and "Flower" is a hip-hop rock, such a song can just let the audience's enthusiasm burst out.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's solo in front of him also joined in the middle of the drum set, and the stirring drum kit knocked into the hearts of every audience member one by one, making the young audience have the urge to do something in their hearts.

Then, in the chorus, the harmony of the three of them freed these impulsive minds, and they all raised their hands and waved vigorously to the rhythm.

The surrounding audience also raised their hands together, waved their hands together, and looked on the stage, just like the waves of arms that were constantly moving, so powerful, so passionate.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was on stage, sang with one hand holding the microphone when he wasn't playing the guitar, and while he also stretched out one hand, he swung up with the audience.

At this time, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was as if he was holding his own solo concert, so dazzling, and the eyes of the audience were focused on him.

The two of them, Makoto Ogawa and Masaki Chiba, looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto with admiration in their eyes.

is so handsome, so talented, and has a good personality, but he is a senior who likes to complain, and there may be no other branches.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi didn't know that the two juniors behind him had risen from respect to worship him.

At this time, he was singing on the stage, and at the same time he had not forgotten the gambling contract, and at the same time he scanned the audience with his eyes, and the current number of audiences filled half of the seats on the open-air stage, so that roughly calculated, the number of spectators present has reached as many as 4,000 people, and there are tourists who continue to come over after hearing the news.

It's just a little close, it's just a little bit, and the winner is the two songs below!

After the singing, the number of spectators reached 4,500!

When there was only the last song left, Sakamoto Kiyoshi first pressed down with both hands to signal the audience to be quiet, and with Sakamoto Kiyoshi's movements, the audience fell silent.

"Thank you all for coming today, and the next thing is the last song of our SUN band today, "Shimmer"" Kiyoshi Sakamoto began to play the guitar without waiting for the audience's reaction.

The final finale is a small fresh song, which also makes the regret after the performance a little lighter.

Soon, the last song, amid the enthusiastic call of the audience, ended.

This also means that this street show is coming to an end.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto held the microphone, first swept the crowd under the stage, and took a breath before he spoke, "Today's performance of our THE SUN band is over here, we... ”

Before Sakamoto could say the next sentence, the audience reluctantly sounded.

"Eh???" "Don't go!" "Let's sing again!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also didn't expect the audience to be so enthusiastic, so he signaled the audience to be quiet again, and said, "Arnold (that), you guys listen to me, tomorrow at the same time, our SUN band will come again, please remember to listen to us sing again!"

Originally, the limited time in the gambling contract was to complete a single LIVE of 5,000 people within a week before it was considered successful.

But looking at the crowd that is now almost half of the audience, it is certain that Sakamoto Kiyoshi won this bet.

THE SUN only took six songs to complete this feat, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has already won the battle, is no longer thinking about a bet, but wants to challenge the miracle of 7,000 people in a single LIVE of the Yuzu group!

So Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who could have returned to the company like this, decided to come back again tomorrow.

The audience learned that tomorrow, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the three would come, so they had to let Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the three leave.

Looking at the slowly dispersed audience in the car, Kiyoshi Sakamoto seemed to be talking to himself, and it was like saying a word to someone.

"This time, I won. ”

THE SUN, under the eyes of the audience, completed the first street LIVE.

As for the calculation of the number of people, it is natural that someone will calculate it on the spot and then report it to the hands of various people who care about this matter in Sony.

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Naoki Kitagawa, who was looking at the financial statements in the president's office, got a document report that had just been released. When I opened it, it was filled with photos of the SUN band performing in Inokashira Park two hours ago, and a report full of words, and the number of viewers at the end: 5,316 people!

Naoki Kitagawa, who saw the numbers in the report, was also surprised, with 5,000 people in a single show, it can be regarded as a small concert. But the concert usually takes an hour or two to be worthy of the audience's ticket price.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto only took six songs in the time, about thirty minutes!

Although it is not ruled out that it is a free effect, it is also a very powerful appeal. Within thirty minutes, 5,000 viewers were gathered, and among newcomers, only Kiyoshi Sakamoto may be able to do it.

Thinking of this, Naoki Kitagawa thought about it and made a phone call to Sony's music director Yuichi Yamada, just saying a word

"Tomoichi, let's start preparing for THE SUN's debut. ”