This is how humans are supposed to enjoy their life

This makes me pride of being both Japanese and Brazilian even though I’m French.

a japanese man that plays a weird surf guitar changed my life

The part where everyone takes turns throwing solos is what happiness is made of

The sheer joy on Takanaka's face when he appears with his freaking guitar embedded surf board makes me smile every time. Amazing stuff.

Brazilian samba and japanese musicality resulted on an amazing fusion

A Turko-Mongolic ruler erects a building in India, an Italian explorer explores a new land, Africans brought there by Portuguese, a Brazilian man who is one of descendant of these Africans makes a song about this building, a Japanese man who has a Chinese father makes a cover of this song. History and world is just crazy! Music truly brings us together.

I didn't know "Positivity" was a music genre, but here we are

this man is playing jorge ben jor in a fucking surfboard literally the coolest man to ever exist

This man single-handedly cured my depression He’s the coolest guy ever

The man shredding on his Cuíca is underrated. Such a fun instrument to hear and I love seeing that guy having an absolute blast with it. He even gets his own solo!

You have to appreciate a man who can put together a show where not a single musician on the stage isn't having the time of their lives. Nobody be havin' fun like older musicians making something like nothing you've ever heard before while simultaneously exactly like everything nostalgic from 50 years ago.

the literal coolest man to ever exist

now this is surf rock

As a brazilian, I have to admit that "Brasilian Skies" is an extraordinary album, and Takanaka-san surely knew what he was doing. He nailed it.

when the song started, I started crying immediately. That was my older cousin's fav and when I was a kid I live in his apartment during summer time I always hear this song. He played games with me and brought me to play basketball. He died 2007, cerebral hemorrhage caused by falling from stairs when he was 26 years old, and now Im 32. The rhythm of an endless loop

Came for the surfboard guitar, ended up watching the entire video. this is awesome.

No one trying to jump on stage, no one trying to grab the guitarist, just waving at him with hearty smiles. Vibing so hard no need to go overboard

This is what worldwide peace looks like

I'm in the psych ward rn. Watching this truly gives me hope that once I'm out of here I can hopefully feel better. Masayoshi Takanaka is one of my favorite artists and seeing the pure joy of everyone performing here makes me smile.

I wanna be as happy as him walking out with that surfboard guitar

I think I found the meaning of life

The day I've discovered Takanaka was such a milestone on my musical journey, unbelievable

I'm unsure what it is, but Takanaka has a unique ability to invoke joy through his playing. More than just a "yeah, this is cool", like a "yeah, life is great" kinda joy. Truly one of the greats

Masayoshi Takanaka!

Ever since I was a kid I knew a surfboard guitar was possible,glad to see this legend had the same vision.

I love how freaking happy everyone is. This is a dopamine grenade of a performance

so you’re telling me the squawking was just the inside of a drum

I did some research and I was able to find credits for some of the other musicians. Drums: Masahiro Miyazaki (8:37) Percussion: Nobu Saito (8:58) Bass: Hideki Matsubara (8:15) Keyboards: Hiroyuki Namba (9:21), Makoto Aoyagi (7:46) Some of them still perform with Takanaka, or at least they have in recent shows. Edit, thank you to the people who found the rest. Cuíca: Damião Gomes de Souza (9:44) Surdo: Kaká Nomura Pandeiros: Dario Sakumoto, Juninho Martins

that guitar is the most extra thing I've ever seen, just knowing that it exists brings me so much joy

am i the only one who feels extremely sad when i listen to the synth? like it exudes melancholy. it makes me want to cry. it is just a lot of feelings and thoughts rushing through my head at once when it plays. it's so terribly beautiful.

Lol he had to switch guitars for that second solo. As a guitarist, I feel him on that!

I'm so fucking happy I clicked on "all of me" randomly... Masayoshi is quickly becoming one of my favorite musicians I've ever heard. Man is just groovy. End of story.

This is like the song that you always hear in you head when you're living one of the best moments of your life... it has to end at any moment, but you enjoyed it.

I lost a friend today. This song reminds me of the beauty of life.

Now this is what pure “cool” is, I think it’s pretty hard to find exact embodiments or examples of “real cool” but this is damn well one of those examples. The whole stage is “real cool”, hell it seems like every single person there is “real cool”. Strive to be that cool , please.

I cant believe I saw a japanese with a surfboard guitar playing Jorge Ben Jor. Its awesome. The Olympics closing ceremony needs this.

I like to define Takanaka's work as joy in the form of music

みんなカッコいい、みんなカッコ良すぎる。是非全員紹介まで見て欲しい。

não existe depressão quando vc vê um gringo tocando com tanta alegria um ritmo brazuca.

This whole thing looks like a side quest from a new Yakuza game... The style The vibes The drip I love it with every single atom of my body

Takanaka trying to act mortal with his goddamn surf board guitar. You ain't fooling me fusion god!

oh he knows he's cool

Hands down the coolest guy on the entire planet

The depth to the percussion in this type of music is so amazing

海なし県に住む俺の部屋に、潮風を運んでくれる稀有なギタリスト。

2:28 the joy in this man's face is indescribable

1:41 i didn't know this existed but it's so cool wtf Also Takanaka is currently 69 years old, and was already 55 on this video. Damn i wish we could all look this good & be this cool at 55

I just can"t stop smiling at this video

Japanese performing brazilian samba in a song about the indian Taj Mahal. THIS is the best side of globalization. F frontiers. I, we, the world needs more of this please

Ah, so this is what happiness feels like

Bro is the most brazilian japanese ever

I really appreciate the dozen or so middle aged guys jamming like middle school girls in the front without shame

Surfboard guitar and a smile

I like how they know to fan his guitar to cool it down

The best video on the internet

This guy is the physical form of what happiness looks like

This song felt like sitting at the beach at night under the full moon besides a bonfire while enjoying the cool breeze.

The only true definition of multicultarilism

my only regret is that i wasn’t there

I love how everyone gets their moment to solo. Fun and wholesome.

Everyone is talking about Masayoshi Takanaka's ridiculous guitar skills, and rightfully so, but can we also take a moment to appreciate the guy playing what looks like two pianos at once?

Everyone's smile throughout the song really adds to how special this whole thing is

What always gets me is the absolute glee he has on his face when he walks on stage. Dude is living the fucking dreaaaaam

When the camera panned up to the moon early, I was expecting Takanaka to be parachuting down...

this man rly pulled up wit a surf board, wut a legend

from about 3:49 to 4:20 ish is the sound for my alarm clock every morning. i’ve heard people say “don’t put your favourite song as an alarm because you’ll ruin it for yourself” but even when i’m waking up hungover, knowing that only my morning shit, 1 mcdonalds breakfast stop and a 10 minute drive stand in between me in my cozy hotel bed and me climbing a shitty cold cell tower 300ft up i still get up so happy every day because of this song. it still remains my favourite so everyone else was just buggin

they look so happy😭❤

Everybody got there solo, man this guy is such a vibe!!!!

The man The myth The legend really just came out playing a surfboard. Mans out here really living life.

been having a hard week, coming back and seeing that smile helps me alot

2008 is the day i was born, and i like this masterpiece the most❤

Everybody taking about the surfboard guitar, but nobody mention the guy playing an entire tree of tambourines.

Probably the only dude that could rock a surfboard guitar

i was born too late to discover new lands, and too early to travel among the stars. but i got to this planet just in time to discover this man. and thats enough

Haha, people complain playing a Les Paul is bad for your back, and here's this cool dude playing a freakin' surfboard!!!

I love when black guy makes smile while he plays his instrument. His pure smile makes me so happy

Japanese playing brazilian music is like morphing a circle into a square.

i'm stoned as shit right now and listening to the live version is sending me to a new place

he is a legend for a damn reason

Something about Japanese keyboard music is pure magic

Tanaka's the homie from the iconic parachuting album art right? I've gotten a couple other albums recommended it's awesome to see him still kicking and killing it! 🤙

I wanna fall asleep and wake up in a Masayoshi Takanaka song

Wanderer, If you found this, I'm proud of you. Witness the beauty of ancestors or strangers. Find the joy in the things that is or isn't. We love you all. Steal your joy back and dominate your story.

9:48 you can tell he keeps his wife happy..

That is officially the craziest guitar I've ever seen, lmao.

This music is the definition of living

When a Japanese Ojii-san came up to the stage playing surf-guitar and 4:02 his hair went blown away by his own coolness, you know it's mood.

Um bando de japonês estiloso tocando um sambinha foda e um cara tocando uma guitarra esculpida dentro de uma prancha de surf. É. Era disso que eu tava precisando. Obrigado Takanaka.

This song is 43 years old. Timeless.

I have never vibed to something so hard in my life.

Takanaka might be the raddest dude to have ever lived, that surfboard guitar is amazing. Shoutout to his whole band too, excellent performances all around.

I don’t think people realise how heavy that shit must be lol my back hurts watching it

This was the single greatest experience I had watching anything. Made me cry.

alright youtube, it took me a few years to click on the video with the guy playing a surf-tar but i finally did it, and it's beautiful. And you know what? I did it at precisely the right time what a heavenly set.

I've never seen an ensemble have that much fun while playing! Everyone looks like they're having the time of their lives!

The ending arc where they just go around showcasing solos was so fantastic oh my god

This guy is still performing, I am going to Japan next year and my goal is to go to one of his amazing performaces!

i wish im there man.... i wish im him... wish,,.... wish.....wishing

Considering this is live the sound production is amazing