O-matase shimaimashita, sorry to keep you waiting. It took longer than I thought since I was out of town for 2 days. Ok, here's the next part:
Part 2
Ken Opened up speech and everyone was shouting his name. While smoking his cigarettes, he went on to greet the audience in Osaka-ben and everyone was laughing. At the end of his speech he introduced the upcoming single, Drink it Down. At that time Ken asked if anyone knew what "Drink it Down" meant in japanese. From everywhere there were shouts suggesting translations. Someone beside me shouted "Nome..!!!" Ken let out a big grin and he said "Nomikomu!!" ahh yes..that'd a more fitting translation I thought.
Drink it Down was intense, green lasers shooting up throughout the arena and the lights lit rhythmically during the chorus. It was a performance loaded with energy that I felt my body was compelled to move to the beat. The live sounded so much better than radio rip -__-; I think I'm gonna like the new single.
After that Revelation followed. Gigantic hands (made from balloon) suddenly popped out from behind the curtain from each side of the stage and reached out to the audience. It was such a surprise. At the same time gigantic boots also appeared at the back of the stage. On the background, flash animation of the member's faces were displayed.
The next song was the ecchi-est and everyone's favorite, Pretty Girl The song was so catchy I danced, clapped and sang along until I gasped out of breath. Hyde did his dance routines and sported some naughty hips movement that I thought was very...suggestive , as predicted it drove all the fangirls completely insane...if some of you girls were there you would've had major nose bled hahhaha
After that a catchy poppy tune followed, it was Link. To be honest, I'm a bit tired of that song but the clapping was so much fun that I decided to take part
After Link was finished the members went into backstage but the fun was yet to be over when a set of drum slowly emerged from the bottom of the stage with a smaller backdrop that bore the name P'unk~en~Ciel on it. Soon the members came out again and all of them had changed their outfits. Tet-chan walked about playing with his banana water pistol while greeting the audience, "Minna genki?!!...Genki?!!!!...P'unk~en~Ciel desu..!!!!" and everyone cheered. That time they played Feeling Fine 2007. First I was kinda nervous whether Hyde could really pull out the guitar solo just like he did in the single. But when he finally did, I was relieved. It even sounded better than the single. "Hyde's guitar playing is really improving, isn't it?" my friend commented. I couldn't agree more. It was an exhilarating performance.
I couldn't remember what the next P'unk song they played on 1/12, but it was definitely I Wish 2007 and Honey 2007 on 1/13. Gomen ne..
After P'unk performance the members returned to their position to play another song from Kiss album, Black Rose. I never really liked the song but the live really changed my point of view. I used to skip it when I listened to the album but now I don't think I'll ever skip another song again. Some songs may need some time to grow on me so I'm just gonna give it another shot ^^
They took a short pause afterward, Hyde took a sip and began to walk around
"Osaka....!!!!"
"YEAAHHHH..."
"Osaka....are you ready...?!"
"YEAAHHHH....!!!"
"Are you f**kin' ready?!!!!"
"YEEAHHH......!!!" everyone shouted from the top of their lungs it was deafening.
And so Ready Steady Go began, yellow lights dominated the stage and the crowd went crazy. All the members moved alot during the performance and was greeted with frenetic fans sitting on the west and east wings. Hyde even rolled up on the floor while singing. On one side of the stage, a bunny and a crew dressed in a maid costume shooting balls from a plastic cannon to the audience. Hyde made a round of a crew in maid costume, grabbed his chest and swayed his hips behind him, it was so ecchi XD
The next song was Shout at the Devil. The atmosphere got more and more intense with pyro effect. Fire balls were shooting up from the stage and an image of a devil's face was displayed on the background. At the end of the performance the devil's image was broken like pieces of glass. I think it was supposed to give the impression that evil would finally be destroyed or something like that.
After the performance all the lights went off and the curtain was closed for encore. Two reflections from the spotlight fell upon the dark closed curtain. They took shape of two faces facing each other, approached one another closer and closer and finally shaped an impression of two people kissing. The stage went dark again but soon after two giant monitors went back on to reveal hyde singing behind the closed curtain. It was the beginning verse of Yuki no Ashiato. The curtain slowly rose to reveal a purple-ish stage set with piles of snow on the stage floor, sound system and everything, on the background images of pine trees and snowy landscape were displayed. At the end of the performance, white powder was poured down from above as if it was snowing. It was a beautiful performance.
When Hyde announced that the next song would be the last song for the concert everyone went "Heeeee...??!!!!" in disappointment. And so Hurry Xmas rounded up the concert that night. Gigantic hands and boots once again emerged from behind the curtain to the audience. When the song had finally ended and all the members bid their farewell to the audience, I still couldn't believe it was over. I stood there trying to convince myself that they'd once again appear to play another song but the all the lights went back on and everyone began to leave. My friend had to grab my hand "Kaeru.." to woke me up from dream XD
The next day, we were supposed head back to Toyohashi on the afternoon after making a visit to Osaka-jo Kouen (it's a 16th century castle built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi) but upon seeing the crowd lining up for the last day of the concert, we couldn't resist the urge to see it again. Even it was almost impossible to get a ticket on that day, but we lined up once more. We were lucky there were still some remaining tickets sold on that day, but most of them were the tachimis and very few with seats. But they were all sold with the same price, 10,000 yen (1000 yen more expensive than the day before). So if you got another tachimi, it was plain suck cause you had to pay more to get the same position you had been yesterday.
Because there were so many of us and so few tickets they had to set up a lucky draw for all of us. My friend was very lucky since she got a seat only 14th rows away from the stage while I got another tachimi. Later on she said to me that we should switch place cause she knew how I wanted to see the concert so much. I almost broke out crying when she said that. She said that chances were I'd only stay in japan for 2 years while Laruku didn't always held tour every year. But since she stays in japan and able to see as many concerts as she wants, she'd put me first saying that that kind of opportunity didn't come everyday and I'd better use it. I just stood there speechless when she grabbed my hand to show me a place where we should meet again after the concert. The tachimis and people with seats came to the building from separate entrance. With so many people and so many doors it'd be hard to find each other since once you entered the building you were not allowed to use a cellphone, we'd better meet each other in time since we got a train to catch. If we missed the train, we wouldn't be able to go back home.
I still couldn't believe myself when I accepted her offer. I felt really bad because she sacrificed herself for me standing hundreds and hundreds of meters away from the stage, the place where I supposed to be. While there I was sitting in her place, so close to the stage. I felt so terrible. I was able to deliver this detailed story upon what I was seeing from the 2nd day of the concert. They only switched the song order and replaced some with another but basically used the same set and effect. I was very emotional that day I choked and cried during some performances. It felt too good to be true yet so hard to know that someone had sacrificed herself in order to give me that experience. I will treasure the memory of that day for the rest of my life.
..And that's a wrap people... _________________
*eats hyde pictures* man...even these taste sexy
Go to my place
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hi teskogawa, my first time chatting with u!
ano...u see, i'm a fan of yuki too so.....i hope u know how it feels if somebody says the same about hyde/tetsu *although most likely it wont happen*
peace!
hellow. i believe we haven't chatted before, yes.
Oh, you were thinking about yukihiro. I was refering to that yukihiro
Nevertheless, Okay, to make it balanced:
Ken's ugly. Hyde's ugly. Tetsu's ugly.
the worst one is that bloke.
hitokiri_roxy wrote:
it was sometime last year, around the first quarter of 2007, if i remember correctly.
body piercing thing? I read it for the first time somewhere in this thread. About a report (or was it translation) on a blog entry.
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Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 2416 Location: Toma's heart <3
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject:
OH THANKS ryuusei!! your friend is so nice!! you should definitely thank her.. hope kami-sama will bless her.. and also thank you for sharing you expirience with us..
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 603 Location: Neo Universe Country:
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:00 am Post subject:
Damn, I'm getting really busy these days, I don't even have time to come check up on my dear laruku <_<;; ~
Welcome back Teskogawa, haven't got the chance to greet you eh ^^ ?
@ryuusei: Thanks a lot for part II , seemed much more energetic than part one, I'd love to see them perform Shout at the Devil, I just love it !! ~
Don't really know what to say about your friend, she's really nice! That's a true friend now xD! Thank you for sharing =)
@PHR: Hyde's shirt seems like the one he wore during the Korean Rock festival! and what a pose!
@ryuusei: Otsukaresamadeshita. A totally detailed report. Luv it! I'm speechless. Glad to have you here in this thread. (^_^)/
Your friend is absolutely a wonderful friend. Say hi to her for me. Coz of her, you are able to write in such a detailed report.
reading the report is a good way to end the week. I won't be around for sometime. Have a blast time, everybody.
Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 2416 Location: Toma's heart <3
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:34 am Post subject:
Lifo wrote:
Damn, I'm getting really busy these days, I don't even have time to come check up on my dear laruku <_<;; ~
Welcome back Teskogawa, haven't got the chance to greet you eh ^^ ?
@ryuusei: Thanks a lot for part II , seemed much more energetic than part one, I'd love to see them perform Shout at the Devil, I just love it !! ~
Don't really know what to say about your friend, she's really nice! That's a true friend now xD! Thank you for sharing =)
@PHR: Hyde's shirt seems like the one he wore during the Korean Rock festival! and what a pose!
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i was about to say the same thing!! yeah i think that shirt is what he used in korea.. o well.. the t-shirt is nice anyway
AH, Kisarazu, I must warn you, I have only one cookie left, I'm saving it, coz I'm desprate for that pic and If it's lost in your pic folder like a sock, I'm gonna curse your pic folder
Hey I want to share this pic, Tetsu's empression of Michiel Jackson, this pic cracked me up
Ah yes, that's hyde's new haircut I was talking about. Makes him looks even prettier
I notice that amongst all members, Ken's the one that doesn't seem to age at all. I was looking at his pictures from the early 90's and compared them with recent ones. He doesn't change at all. Tetsu has gotten the worn-off look, Hyde has gotten more and more mature and the boyish features that had been his trademark for a long time had slowly disappeared, and Yuki has gotten old as well. But Ken-chan...I wonder what he does to stay young _________________
*eats hyde pictures* man...even these taste sexy
Go to my place
I disagree, I think Ken looks the oldiest, Tetsu looks worn, Yuki has aged really well and though Hyde has lost his boyish look's they have been replaced by him getting over welmingly handsome and sexy, LOL Hyde gets it good both ways, Hey Amy i just found that pic along with some others on another site, I love Hyde's hair, I would,'t want it to stay like that but its good for a stage look
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The song was so catchy I danced, clapped and sang along until I gasped out of breath. Hyde did his dance routines and sported some naughty hips movement that I thought was very...suggestive , as predicted it drove all the fangirls completely insane...if some of you girls were there you would've had major nose bled hahhaha
