Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Laaasst Rock do, old men and stuffed like a sauage... part two; dance dance dance oh and dance dance dance

So after the great Shonen Knife who should be watched by all and the not so good "The drawers" who should be watched by a trained helper and no one else. We headed over to our last Rock Do held at Club Rockets. Now as you may, or not, know I've been going to Rock Do for the last three years (thanks to Kev for introducing the place thank yooou), in fact its pretty much the only club I go to in Japan. I'm one of the few people never to have set foot in pure (is that a good boast to have?) home of many a club night out in Osaka which obviously I'm not knocking it mearly that its not really my kind of place. Anyway Rock do, well I go mainly because I like the music, I like the fact its not packed out so there's room to wander around and pass out, no one is angry and will always talk to you (expect those two who were passed out on the pavement the only person they will be speaking to is on the great white telephone) and I like the fact they wave the English flag around at completely the wrong songs (unless the hives have switched nationality?). Also The DJ Jin has named his two kids "Rocka" (after errr rock?) and "Ask" (after the smiths song) so how could you not be impressed at a man like that?
Anyway for the last three years I've enjoyed no okay fine loved almost every Rock do night out and the nights out that surround it like the other year a huge typhoon was supposed to hit Osaka in the evening, after an afternoon and evening humming and arhing on whether to go we decided to finish our booze and head on over non the less and had a fantastic night al round. Or the times where the place is rammed full of people who all suddenly break into spontaneous synchronised dance moves (a very popular thing here). The guy who was up till 6 dancing like a loon (and not a loot as that's very different) who told us the next day he was the safety inspector for our subway train, the guy called Barry we met last week who drank 8 shots of tequila, staggered around for an hour and then passed out only to have his photo taken by a crowd of party goers. I've loved watching the DJ's dance almost as much as the crowd, all those times they play a song that always gets me up and dancing and above all just dancing and having a great time with my friends. (see photo evidence here ) So it was nice just to have one more great night and even better to finish it by dancing with DJ Jin himself busting a move to The smiths and the La's our two mutual favourite songs (okay I know you actually can't bust a move to the smiths but you know flail our arms around? wave our elbows) . I know Jin won't read this but I want to say thanks anyway..
Rock Do we salute you and the happy times we have had.










2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That brought a little tear to my eye, that. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Sad to think that my last Rockdo was a year ago now, but it'll always be in my heart.

One day, we'll pogo to The Smiths surrounded by Japanese people again...

Stephan said...

What about the stuffed as a sausage? It's just what happens after 400 sticks of yaki niku...
ohhhh
Jin said that one day he's going to go to Manchester and dance to the Smiths they do dance in the streets to the Smiths there..don't they?