Casiopea - Black Joke (1980)

Casiopea
Issei Noro (guitar)
Minoru Mukaiya (keyboards)
Tetsuo Sakurai (bass)
Akira Jimbo (drums)
Live at Shiba ABC Hall
February 8-9, 1980

[@mantanbiduan6953]

if your girlfriend dumped you because you have no time for her because of learning how to play this song, you are absolutely in correct choice

[@hip-hoprapstorage4440]

That's your story

[@mantanbiduan6953]

@@hip-hoprapstorage4440 🤣🤣

[@JogohDLC]

@@hip-hoprapstorage4440 LOL 😂

[@hampeblixt2713]

@@hip-hoprapstorage4440 lolololololololol hahaha 🤣😂

[@briandixon992]

What

[@mm-pz3xe]

At this time, Akira Jimbo had been a member of Cassiopeia for less than a year and had drummed for less than five years. He is nothing short of a genius.

[@ThePilk160]

Holy… I never knew that, goes to show the hard work these guys put in

[@bleach___]

Hardly a year, at this point (Feb 1980) he was the probably just past his first month or into his second

[@RobinsMusic]

HUHH only 5 years?? Did he play an instrument before that or is he just that genius

[@joeyscotch2765]

@Cucumber Cat Yea he started drumming there at age 18

[@tyamamoto174]

Akira played the drum just for several months at age of 14 or 15 and quit. He started playing again at the age of 18 inspired by Steve Gadd.

[@brendanivey7814]

This is the best stroke ive ever had

[@alma6363]

noro issei's hair during early casiopea is so wild lol i love it

[@The_GreenHub]

it’s lowkey hot tho like if you look at him in the mint jams live recording he’s honestly looking fire

[@ieatpizza5375]

As a guy I could say it is hot.

[@JogohDLC]

tetsuo sakurai was a beast in the solo, he is unstoppable, incredible musicianship and skills, he is in another level

[@stkimpaul]

I like this earlier Casiopea style , 'Thunder live' performances. this is raw material of their 20's age. full of passion.

[@diegocorredor9298]

Totally, Minoru's playing in these early years is just so good

[@bullracing1]

Full power of youngsters.

[@Lisergishnu]

The moment when the bass solo ends and blends flawlessly into the main theme 👌🔥

[@layz_gaming_4275]

Man i wish casiopea still sounded like this 😢

[@semenshestakov2247]

Man this was FOURTY FOUR YEARS AGO

[@rolanalberto3064]

My favorite Casiopea song. That 79' debut album of theirs is constant in my playlist. Akira Jimbo's drumming really gives that fairly strong vibe in contrast to the studio version which had Takashi Sasaki on drums.

[@yosho2114]

Pretty sure it was Takashi Sasaki back then

[@jonasw3945]

@@yosho2114 No it is Akira Jimbo in the video, Sasaki was in the studio version

[@moririn4022]

ほんとうにすごい演奏ですね。今聴いてもビックリします。この頃のメンバーの演奏はサウンド・フレーズともにみんな本当にキレッキレですけど、特に神保さんと櫻井さんの演奏のエキサイティングさは感動すら覚えます。ただただすごいです。確かにこの頃のカシオペアの演奏が今でも世界中から高く評価される理由がわかります。

[@tonicacciapaglia5622]

Even at the early days they had such a huge, big, sound. Legendary

[@superniger4822]

This is literally addicting music to listen to.

[@Marci124]

I used to listen to like 7 distinct genres, now it's 80% Casiopea. In all honestly, it's starting to scare me.

[@The_GreenHub]

@@Marci124SAME OMG

[@SpeeDManRL]

Are you or a loved one addicted to good music like this? Call 1-800-FUNKY 😂😂😂

[@MCCDY175]

何が凄いって、この演奏が二十歳そこそこのデビューしたての若者だってこと。 演奏が上手い人は五万としますが、このセンス、グルーブ、とんでもないですよね。 今の若いミュージシャンと根本的に何かが違う気がします。

[@legozfordayz]

These musicians didn’t just master their instrument, they knew how to arrange and write a song. Young people today are more easily satisfied and want to sound cool, but don’t know the specifics. There are amazing lead and rhythm guitarists, but how many know how to write an amazing song?

[@Jive2Iwaki]

このBlack Joke、超最高傑作の名演ですね。 曲の後半、櫻井さんのソロなんて神がかってるようにも感じられます。 素晴らしい動画をアップロードくださり、ありがとうございます！

[@tantemili]

Wow this is the earliest live video I had encountered with this band. They are so young and more jazzy... LOVE them at any era!

[@user-dx7we2xd3u]

新型コロナウイルス変異種感染拡大が終わるまでの辛抱ですよな。

[@shinfonii3666]

there's a good handful of videos of casiopea performing in 1979! my favourite would have to be their performance of 'time limit' at the roppongi inn, check it out :)

[@animemaster513]

how does this not have over a mill views

[@njsynthesis]

The beginning of Casiopea's greatest lineup. To claim that any one member stands out would be doing him a disservice.

[@user-of4se6fz8r]

フュージョン専門雑誌アドリブ　　ブラインドフォールドテスト記事中で🇺🇸TOTO　スティーブルカサーが絶賛したライブ演奏 画像ありにKZbin三昧毎日に又感謝致します。初期頃のパワフルイケイケカシオペアファンです 近年バンドサウンドが無機的よりになり　曲がキャッチさ希薄になり　大変残念です。

[@user-tl7zh5pf3g]

Jazz rock , softly & cool , nice to hear it so again !!!

[@fatheroftwo852]

Pretty much once or twice a week I come back to this, so raw and powerful. Their sound here is so untamed, if I had to pick a favourite era for Casiopea, I'd pick from their debut to Thunder Live, it's just such a classic Funk Fusion sound that I adore too well. God would I love to cover this with a band or play it live :D

[@Ilham-mw7lc]

Really, the first year Akira Jimbo entered the band, that year he proof himself superior in drums

[@helgenx]

Fuck yeah man!

[@2010georgian1]

He is much better then the other dude they had with not rhythm and tempo

[@ootoot2152]

@Hampus Blix No its Akira Jimbo. His kit sounds much different than Sasaki's and his rendition of Black Joke is a bit rougher overall.

[@fatheroftwo852]

I wouldn't call it superior in terms of skill, but more fitting to Casiopea's digestible sound

[@legozfordayz]

@@fatheroftwo852 true but when you compare this live rendition of ‘Black Joke’ (not the Thunder Live one) and Time Limit live (with sasaki on drums) it gets difficult to choose the better drummer.

[@nbboiii]

Insane playing for their age, crafted by God, Surely

[@notarimasutaro]

この頃のグルーヴが一番好き！

[@morganokioki]

このころのが一番好きだな。

[@Yeagerade]

The intro to this song goes so hard!

[@ieatpizza5375]

Especially the outro. With this band, the outros are mostly a no holding back version of the intro which I find enjoyable.

[@claudiogonzalez9926]

As if the original wasn't fast enough already

[@TommyPKFire]

Loool Casiopea has no speed limit

[@cbr3220]

@Hampeblixt ha! Good one.

[@pulsar-_-4504]

Casiopea's members are a bunch of "Sprinter(s)" 😂

[@113mako]

しかし、今聞いても素晴らしい。がきんちょの頃から上手だったんだなあ。特にこの曲は、当時、入院したことがあって病院の屋上で大音量で聞いていたことを思い出す（笑）。

[@sweetegg]

10:14 those three hits are insanely in-sync

[@kaeruiwa1963]

この年の夏休みにびわ湖バレイ･オールナイト･ジャズ･フェスティバルで初めてカシオペアの生演奏を目撃しました。もしも「サンダー･ライヴ」の未発表音源がどこかに残ってるなら今からでもよいのでぜひ商品化して発売してほしい。

[@legozfordayz]

(This is SME you’re talking about)

[@Sasqadian]

The bassist sounds like Billy Sheehan and Stuart Hamm and Bernard Edwards got mixed together in some strange experiment. Awesome!

[@moka8267]

The final chord!!!!!! Listening to the Eyes of the Mind version it always bugs me off that they didn't play the final chord, but here it shines in all of its glory and then some :D

[@MitchellHang]

It's on the original studio version from their self-titled debut album back in 1979.

[@La_Win69]

EotM version kind of completely sucks compared to the ‘79 album first iteration

[@SpaceAudio]

Damn.. the rhythm of Akira's drums

[@LogMeInGoddamnit]

There's no way this is made by humans; this is a Funk Elemenal made manifest and imbued with the power of whirlwinds! This is unreal funk! How is Japanese Funk so many orders of magnitude better than Western Funk!? HOW!?

[@LOKJazz]

These guys are GREAT and brought a lot to the jazzfunkfusion table. However the West invented the table, ya dig.

[@nataliatorres8916]

because they Japanese and they are the best

[@ajp77]

as usual superb casiopea 👌 since 1979 i love

[@SuperZonox]

このライブからThunderLiveが作成されたんですよね。アルバム版とは明らかにアレンジが違うから、二日間のライブだったんだろうなあ。確か芝ABCホール

[@51Vector]

サンダーライブの映像、初めて見ました！ 映像の処理も時代を感じます。 今となっては、LP･サンダーライブ極初期のジャケットデザインの方が似合っていたとも思いますね。

[@FutureFunkMonthly]

This drum solo and bass solo RIPS!

[@electricbumblebee]

yesssss! its back! we've been waiting sooooo long for this to return #%^&@^*&@ YEEEEYUH!! BASS SOLO!!!

[@doomsdaymachiene91]

daammm fine bass

[@amplexoespecular]

Was that video suposed to make us have a seizure? Because with all these pokémon color changes I almost had one.

[@MasahikoIwata]

いまや世界的ドラマーとなった神保彰さんのデビューライブ。

[@ZINCOVIX8754]

fantastic stuff

[@MCCDY175]

コンテストの景品のSGとオレンジスクィーザー。 これは貴重ですね。

[@sweetegg]

9:39 the way they come back in !!!!

[@rockmiyazaki]

このブラジョが一番グルーヴ感あって好きです

[@yumismily4843]

野呂さん、向谷さん、櫻井さん、神保さん。 　　　　　　　　　神！

[@ffdoumo]

今から40年前の演奏ですね！みんな21才か22才ですね！ドラムは、神保さん、櫻井さんが大学の同級生？か、一つ下の友達を連れてきたんだよね！まあ、偏差値の高い大学だったので、神保さんは、サポートドラムでしたよね。

[@nigelmikaele]

Was almost blinded by the lights

[@user-lj1qn3yl2l]

oh my eyes

[@hussyneo]

最高

[@EDBOMINATION]

The lighting guy and the camera guy definitely hate each other.

[@user-tm1ed9ou1s]

すごい演奏ですね🎵プレないぷれないですね‼️驚きです🎵あきら神保

[@bestgood374]

この頃って、バッキングにまわったときはもの凄いけどソロパートの引き出しをあんまり持ってなかった頃だよね。ただいま修行中、って感じで。 でもめちゃくちゃ凄かった。よくこんなメンバーが揃ったものだ。

[@kwmoonccmoon]

ドラム変わって、物凄くタイトになった違いが出てますね。

[@user-hz5kv9tj3d]

これエフェクトじゃなくて、昔のレーザーディスクとかにかけられていたコピーガードやね。目がチカチカする。大阪のバーボンハウスでライブ観た時、感動したな。あの頃、櫻井さんはこのJAZZBASS使ってた。懐かしい。

[@user-iy9je2of8v]

素晴らしい。

[@FH-ww8fr]

8:12 ここの桜井さんがノっているところがカッコ良いです。

[@jun1217xb4]

3rdと比較にならないほど格好いい・こんな4人、後にも先にも日本にいない。

[@modelomyk]

Do you think at different points in the performance they fuck with the mix a little bit? Like at certain points they turn the bass up or the lead guitar when it needs to be more prominent?

[@dxmirr]

lol it’s called dynamics bro

[@modelomyk]

Darius Johnson thanks. that means I am right tho? I don’t know shit about live performances

[@dxmirr]

MIKE-E | i mean technically you’re right, but it’s not really a mix thing. it’s just the musicians themselves choosing to play louder/softer

[@modelomyk]

Darius Johnson oh okay that’s not what I meant

[@modelomyk]

Darius Johnson I’m dumb tho my bad

[@user-dw3uf7im9e]

ブラックジョークか～うん～気持ちいいですね～🐸💖

[@GabrielOliveiraTube]

Why there is no Casiopea on Spotify? Such a shame!!

[@justinarchinihu1396]

Gabriel Oliveira there is

[@mayonnaisical]

there is, there's not a ton tho, also look for casiopea 3rd for their newer stuff

[@GabrielOliveiraTube]

@@mayonnaisical True! I found some! I'd love to have the first ones tho

[@kdovy-pb4db]

i think most of their disc is only available in Japan :( Spotify tends to be pretty regional

[@KermitTheFud]

Aaron Hernandez may I slip in some NordVPN?

[@legozfordayz]

10:24

[@MrKennyWilliams]

Seizures should not sound this good.

[@_callum__wallum_3642]

Dammit this is one of my favourite songs and its not on spotify

[@LoneHydra]

Oh, but it is on Spotify in multiple renditions, studio and live

[@fatheroftwo852]

A very, very similar version to this on Spotify (it might just be this video with bit of mixing and overdubbing it's that close), it's off their live album "Thunder Live" if you're looking to add it to your playlist :D

[@mcbcy8420]

@@fatheroftwo852 This performance is actually Thunder Live. Its been tweaked in studio, with the bass , guitar and drum solos being the most notable changes.

[@fatheroftwo852]

@@mcbcy8420 Yeah, I thought it might've been, the same thing happened with the Domino Line video for Mint Jams, the most notable cut that made the album being during the bass solo.

[@bluehabs]

I'm searching black joke expecting to get racist jokes but got this smooth fusion instead. not complaining tho...

[@user-dx7we2xd3u]

新型コロナウイルス変異種感染拡大が終わるまでの辛抱ですよな。

[@daniloalves1139]

you should stop being a racist, that's not jazz at all

[@superniger4822]

@@daniloalves1139 actually bruh 😎

[@diegocorredor9298]

It's a signal, don't be racist, be classy 😎

[@legozfordayz]

What’s smooth about this song?

[@fibboobbif]

WOW

[@SaNa-xl5db]

テッシーさんのベースソロを見ると、この頃はスラップするだけで珍しがられた時代だってことが分かる。この数年前、70年代前半に日本で初めてスラップ奏法をやったのは田中章弘である（これは本人がそう言っていて、いかりや長介説は近田春夫が広めたデマである）が、長時間スラップソロエンタテインメントを始めたのはテッシーだろう。そしてMintJamsのドミノラインソロで多くのフォロワーを生み出していくわけである。歴史だなぁｗ

[@eagle9903]

S N 様 櫻井さんのニックネームはテッシーさんというのですか？

[@SaNa-xl5db]

@@eagle9903 さぁどうなんでしょう？　知らないうちに私はそう呼んでましたので誰かに影響されたのだと思いますが。

[@capt_howdy]

Oh fuck yes

[@squaredec2273]

神保さんの、今のハイハットの１音１音をぞんざいに叩く奏法より、こっちのハイハット音が洗練されてる方がよっぽど好き。

[@avzarathustra6164]

Nice

[@fernandoi2567]

Muy intenso

[@unomasjp66]

BJ、3rdでぜひ演奏してほしい曲の筆頭です。 大高さんのダイナミックなオルガンと良く合うことでしょう。

[@fenderjazzbass64]

サクチンのJazzBass、初めて見ました。

[@cyclone6640]

6:06

[@ThePilk160]

6:10

[@shiba2sun]

…わ、若いな～。 しかし、この目がチカチカする映像加工、今造ったらやばいのでは…？

[@Left-Earth]

C🖤A♣️S♠️I🃏O⚫P◼️E🏴A🧤 What's the joke? I didn't get it...😅

[@gingerpt5714]

xD

[@bowenkang9019]

这咋还看不太清楚呢

[@kessorvind891]

daddy sakurai 💦

[@tsuyoshitomita6792]

だいぶ彰さんの事は理会してきました‼️

[@mrJimCharles]

He's bad ass!!!

[@bestgood374]

昔のPVってこういうエフェクトやたらとかけるよな。洋楽でも邦楽でもさ。 普通にそのまま演奏の様子を見たいのに。

[@samarththapa]

WTF is that drums bro ?!

[@longlifetometal1995]

1:38 :)

[@andreaskurniawanwinata3961]

cmonBruh

[@legozfordayz]

cmonBruh

[@manaub100shiki]

ゴイス

[@tommmy21]

当時は動画のエフェクト加工の草創期だったからか、色々やり過ぎてただただ観にくい。普通に手元とか映してよwww

[@bluehabs]

this song really good but from 1:30-3:35 is full of dopamine injection

[@fernandoperdomomusic]

So .. why is this called "Black Joke" .. that may be the most interesting song title ever in Jazz Fusion .. possibly controversial!!! .

[@legozfordayz]

It is probably a mistranslation or the Japanese way of saying ‘Dark Humor’

[@asdadaedasasf]

この変な映像効果は要らんよなぁ・・・、当時はカッコ良かったのかもしれんが今はただただ見辛いだけ。

[@7372diego]

Ah, that's a nice joke.

[@kwmoonccmoon]

ソロでも、マーカスのような歌心欲しいですね。

[@gontantan]

グレート義太夫

[@ROBYRH4]

Sound Guitar style hiram bullog