Love Pizzicato Five. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am a little sad that they played in 2001 and I didn't know it! I went to their shows in 95 and 97. Do you think Konishi was joking about his comment about the last album being their Sgt Peppers?
I think he was joking, but he was obviously proud of their last record. It's not my favorite, but maybe I should give it another listen. Thanks for reading!
Ca et la du Japón is no “Sgt. Pepper’s” and not even “Let It Be”. Rather, it’s the B side of the Yellow Submarine album plus Yohn & Yoko’s “Life with the lions “
Thank you for the interview but I gathered that the questions (which were very good, by the way) were far longer than the answers. Konishi was trying to evade answering anything seriously like an adult. Frankly, when Maki decided to retire to raise her child, that was the final curtain for Konishi. Maki could never be replaced and let’s face it, the quality of his songs were in deep decline by the end. Ça et La du Japón is a mediocre album, not “a masterpiece” but a masterpiece of shit. The freshness was gone. Maki was tired and I don’t blame her. Other singers took her place on that last album but despite their skills there is little they could do with crap songs. Maki has released a few albums since the breakup. None are memorable. Konishi hasn’t created anything worth bothering to find out about. But this sort of thing happens to all bands. All good things come to an end. Konishi is like 64 now. I’m sure he no longer wears dresses or poses for photos taking a shit on the toilet as scat topics are big in Japan but nowhere else.
Love Pizzicato Five. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am a little sad that they played in 2001 and I didn't know it! I went to their shows in 95 and 97. Do you think Konishi was joking about his comment about the last album being their Sgt Peppers?
I think he was joking, but he was obviously proud of their last record. It's not my favorite, but maybe I should give it another listen. Thanks for reading!
Ca et la du Japón is no “Sgt. Pepper’s” and not even “Let It Be”. Rather, it’s the B side of the Yellow Submarine album plus Yohn & Yoko’s “Life with the lions “
Thank you for the interview but I gathered that the questions (which were very good, by the way) were far longer than the answers. Konishi was trying to evade answering anything seriously like an adult. Frankly, when Maki decided to retire to raise her child, that was the final curtain for Konishi. Maki could never be replaced and let’s face it, the quality of his songs were in deep decline by the end. Ça et La du Japón is a mediocre album, not “a masterpiece” but a masterpiece of shit. The freshness was gone. Maki was tired and I don’t blame her. Other singers took her place on that last album but despite their skills there is little they could do with crap songs. Maki has released a few albums since the breakup. None are memorable. Konishi hasn’t created anything worth bothering to find out about. But this sort of thing happens to all bands. All good things come to an end. Konishi is like 64 now. I’m sure he no longer wears dresses or poses for photos taking a shit on the toilet as scat topics are big in Japan but nowhere else.