You can dye a song in your own color just by singing a few lines. I guess I was moved by that.
I remember that Mogi-san, before you met Sato-san, was going to be a drum vocalist, right?
Mogi:I had thought about it, but that's a blue story! (laughs). When I joined a club at the university, I was amazed to see how many amazing people there were. When I met Mr. Sato, in particular, I was very impressed. I knew the moment I met him that his talent was out of the ordinary, no matter what I thought. I thought, "I'm definitely going to form a band with this person.
. Even then, you had a different vibe from the others, didn't you?
Mogi:It was totally different. Even though we were playing a cover song, when you started singing, the song took on a life of its own. The tension is so strong that it doesn't seem like a cover song.
. I would like to ask if you have any episodes from your student days with Mr. Sato.
Mogi:I was watching someone practicing a song called "Nonono" by the Blue Hearts, and there was a time when I couldn't understand the beginning of the vocal. Just then, Sato-kun came into the room. Sato-kun likes the Blue Hearts very much, so he knew the whole thing. He said, "Wait a minute! He said, "This is how the song starts," and started singing, "Somewhere Someone is Crying.
I would like to listen to Mr. Sato's Blue Hearts ......!
Mogi:Rather than just teaching, I was already imbued with Sato's color, and I thought, "Cool, this guy! I was like, "This guy is so cool! He was able to dye the song in his own color with just a little bit of singing. I guess that's what swayed me. After we started working together, we wrote about four original songs together, and I felt I had no choice but to go along with them.
What was Fishmans like at that time?
Mogi:At first there were three of us, so Sato was doing bass vocals, Kojima-san was on guitar, and I was on drums. . These rehearsals were also amazing! We practiced at a studio in Tokyo Metropolitan University, and when we first started, we were playing fast eight-beat songs like the early days of the Clash. Sato was jumping all the time while playing the bass and singing (laughs).
All:(Laughter)
Mogi:Kojima-san was bouncing all over the place, and I was overwhelmed! . I had never seen such a scene in a rehearsal studio before. Moreover, the song we were practicing was a brand new song, right? I was surprised at how confident he was, jumping up and down as if it were a new song. In that sense, I wonder if he was confident even back then. He was like, "Hey, this song is good, isn't it? . I was really into it from that time.
MIU:It's lovely , it's instinctive.
Mogi:. it really is. That instinctive feeling didn't change from the first rehearsal when we met until "Farewell to the Men". Once the sound started playing, I was just absorbed in my music. There was a sense that you were sharpening various aspects of the music in Sato's mind and improving the quality of the music as you went along.
