disclaimer: this is not a con report, but merely what i can remember.
It was about 6.10pm. I was expecting them to start a bit later, but the lights went out, and I couldnt control myself and started screaming. I don't remember the sequence of the songs. From some other fans' con report it says Move Your Body. My first thought was: I CAN'T bloody SEEE! Btw my seat was not bad, it was behind the arena area, and whenever they performed on the small stage behind the arena area i could see them rather clearly :) Anyways I started shouting the lyrics too (that's the reason why i love going to concerts). I think? it was halfway thru the song then they had closeups of the boys on the screens in the middle of the stage, all 5 of them at the same time. Then I was like AHHHHHH this is greatt. They performed Happiness and some other songs.
Then there was a short interval and they came out on the carnival floats (the horse was rather scary). LOVE PARADE, LOVE SO SWEET, CARNIVAL NIGHT PART 2. During one of these songs, Aiba's float stopped in front of us, could see him really clearly. In fact during the whole show, Aiba was the one who stopped by our area the most. Not that I'm complaining, but I would prefer Ohnooo :D Was Aiba's solo the first one too? He performed on the small stage, wearing very cute short pants. very very cutee. Then he started blowing the harmonica at one time and i was rather surprised by it. it was fab and fans cheered him on. Hello Goodbye was just great, it suits him very much and he performs it with so much energy.
And i swear, carnival night part 2 is an AHBENG song. ついに出てきてしまった。That OUI OUI is sooo AHBENG!! I wonder whooo thought of itttt! Plus, the shoutings of C-A-R-N-I-V-A-L NIGHT is soooo AHBENG. But of course, I love the songgg :)
I'm not a very observant person. All I remember from Sho's solo was that the they showed pre recordings on the other members singing with him at a point of time, at the large screen in the middle of the stage. SCREAMM. it was soo cute. and i love Ohno's song; his dance was great of course, but he was sooo far :S Loved the pre recordings of his dance too. it was in a very cool way whereby they displayed in the first strip, then moving on to the next, from left to right, in a way that he seems to be moving from left to right.
シリウス, one of my favourite songs in the album, was greaaaat. If only they could perform on the small stage. 追いかけた季節戻れるなら！二度とそばを離れない。愛してる！melts.
Then there was MC, and as my Japanese sucks, I couldnt understand alot. But they discussed about Aiba making mistakes with the dance steps, but today thankfully he did it. Then about Ohno's Maou, Nino's in the first episode, and then did they do a little act of it? I dont know, but Nino was like a ruffian hehee. They talked about something else I think, but can't remember. Then Nino and Ohno disappears and the rest talks about Yatterman. Sho was talking about his Kendama wire action lol... then he proceeded to announce that they will be showing us some of Ohno's works from the exhibition. After a few pictures, they stopped at the Ohmiya SK figurines huge poster, andddddd the REAL OHMIYA SK APPEARED!!!!!! (in the video lar) Yuji put his face beside the fugurine and asked: Does this look like meee? Does the skin color (is it?) look like mine? Does the hair look like mine? Does the glasses look like mine? THIS PERSON WHO MADE THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY SENSE! I forgot what Taka's reply was.... then they came out and did they mention they have been out of action for 4 years? Hmm. They performed their Omikoshi little song/act, enjoyed it! Esp. the part whereby they showed Tegoshi's NEWS Pacific con uchiwa photo, but covered his eyes with a black strip as if he's a criminal. It's not Tegoshi, it's mikoshi! Yuji then said his mum came to watch them perform on sat, how about taka's mum? Then Taka said his mum didn't come.. haha. It was my first time watching a Ohmiya Sk performance (I havent even watched any sniplets on youtube), it was total crack. I especially loved how Yuji spoke!
I think after this they came down on that weird looking balloon, hanging on wires. And slowly they moved towards the small stage (happpyyyyy) and i could see them clearly again. SAKURA SAKE, FIGHT SONG :) Ohno communicated with unknown girls somewhere on my left and right. I'll try to catch his attention the next time (part of concert fun)! LOL.
Ahh NAKED's opening started on the small stage. Matsujun was soooo sexy can. I want his waistline. Ninooooo! If only you performed on the small stage too! It was just greeeeeeeeeeeeeat. At the end, 私の首筋, licked his hands/fingers! OMGGGGGG. SCREAM.
Did they announce that they are gonna have a photobook and the asia tour during the MC? Hmmm.
A Day in Our Life. Though it was the same as the previous concerts, being there, shouting out the rap with Sho was just the bestt. 全身ぜんれい目指してくWAY！自分取り戻すために上！新しいなんかを見つけるね！きっとまためぐり会うsomeday!
Everyone was very highhhhh during Oh Yea! Didnt really expect them to sing this. When he went on, I just went rather crazy :P 両手高く上げてこのほしを支えて歌った僕ら！
YOUR SONG. When everyone sang the LALALA together, 最高だった。The Arashi Love was just overwhelming.
Encores. They came out a number of times, and once was to sing Nino the birthday song. I loved how they teased us in the end, making us think that they're gonna sing A.RA.SHI but no, they sang HERO! Tsk tsk Matsujunnn. You guys better not sing it in Fukuoka or Hokkaido too!
All in all, I am very satisfied with this Dream"A"live concert. The visuals on the screens were always very loud and colourful. Ahh I have to mention that during the encore one of the screens went kukooo! hehee. If Johnnys are not going to release this on DVD, we fans will not let them offfffffffff.
Haha, had so much fun watching that episode last night. Rather than a himitsu special, it felt more like a shukudai special ! And Jun really looked pretty :)
Ooshima-san had this file full of arashi mag cut outs. In fact, I have one too! Not yet full though, dont have the time to cut tear them out nicely. I hope someone can let her know that Johnny's shop sells the folder to keep the fanclub phamplets! Or better still, give it to her Jun!! (Oh check out what Aiba's wearing, natsukashii!)
Another week to see them live :)))
As compared to my previous pre orders, several items have been priced down. In my opinion they're at an affordable price.
My recommended items are the group poster, mobile straps and eco bag (yes, bring it when you go for grocery shopping!).
http://queencoc.livejournal.com/11049.html YOROSHIKU!
*I will remove this post if it's not allowed, thanks.
あ！この新連載、いいぞ！
昔の取材を見ながら、彼らが嵐のあらすじを語ってる。
写真が彼らの後ろに取材を丁寧に飾ったんだ。「懐かしい！」きっとそう思ってた。笑顔たっぷりの最後一枚によって判断したわ。
松潤、彼女いるんじゃん？！
In「学校へ行こう！」today, the "interviewer" asked him if he's going out with anybody, and the members who were watching him in another room got so worked up if that was okay or not (most probably violation of company policy). But then again, why so worked up if he has no girlfriend?! :)
結婚発表、待ってるよ。
Read some raring good reviews on vox about it, but... ok I merely roughly watched it twice only, but I still prefer AAA in Dome, alot more... :( I've watch AAA in Dome several times already, but am still not sick of it... :) But 時代's opening was really GOOD! With the 4 guys came popping out after one another, すげえ かっこいいよ。
One thing I really didn't like: 相葉's messy hair. Makes him look so old :(
今年のコンサートは彼らがどのような形に現すかな。。
I'm finally gonna see Arashi LIVE for the first time on 15th June 08 :))
Introduction: A Small Tribute
ARASHI 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002-2004. Hits compilation album with 16 tracks.
Bought this album about a month ago (I'm a very slow-paced Arashi fan XD), and am highly recommending it. It got me accquainted with older Arashi songs, like 途中下車、眠らないカラダ and どまどいながら. The awesome lyrics booklet, featuring the members with very manly expressions, provided me with the lyrics for the rest of the hits, especially the singles (i know it's easily obtainable online, but i'm lazy XD)
At the end of the lyrics, comments are written (by whom i do not know). I'm gonna do a little tribute to this album, by translating them.
Track No. 1: Hero
First heard it on 24hourTV, sang after 相葉 read out his tear-jerking letter. The song wasn't an instant hit for me, as i was too affected by the letter and the members' love. As time passes, somewhere at the back of my head, I know that they have a song titled "hero" and how the tune goes. But it wasn't until, on my journey back to SG from JP, that I read the lyrics properly. It is an easy song, without any difficult verbs or nouns, thus I understood. (I actually hate it when I sing the song without understanding the meaning, esp. Arashi's songs. By understanding it, you can sing it out loud with lotsa gusto!) It was really suited to be the song for the event.
The tshirt which 大ちゃん designed for the event, the idea for the slogan "Your dream is Our dream" probably came from the lyrics of this song, "あなたの夢は みんなの夢さ". I wish to get my hands on it someday hehee.
Ughhh to be continued, 3am :/ Dad's grumbling.
So, I have been back in my dear country for about 2 weeks plus already. The first few days after I was back, something happened...
My sister brought me to Downtown East to eat ex-Chatterbox's chef's chatterbox chicken rice as promised. I was about to join my bro-in-law in the rather long queue when! なんと！I spotted a Arashi Around Asia tshirt! January 2007. Worn by a plump indian boy! Who appears to be about pri 5 (11 yrs old). WTH?!?!?! I exclaimed (and complained) to my bro-in-law in a hushed voice. Why does he owe a Arashi con tshirt, and meeeeee, don't possess even one!??! My BIL said that maybe he went to the con. I was thinking, how can it be!??! An indian boyyy liking Arashi and even went to their con?! I havent even been to their con! Tempted to ask but, as expected, super timid me did not. I was still staring at him, even after he returned to his table, devouring his chicken rice, with green eyes.
Aiba Masaki . Matsumoto Jun. Ninomiya Kazunari . Ohno Satoshi . Sakurai Sho ! How I wish I can don that shirt and sashay down the long street of Orchard Road!
Then. A few days ago. Shortly after I crossed the road, I heard: 静かな。。What?! I turned my head backwards. It was a male malay teenager, blasting his music away while zooming off on his bike. But this is most probably my wrong deduction? How can it be... male malay teenager blasting SUNRISE ニッポン away.
What will be next ?!
Was going thru my files in the comp (which is in serious need of a reformat), when I came across a word file titled "Arashi". It contains only one sentence.
Aiba loves the “M字開脚 （Mじかいきゃく）” pose!
Whahaha! So so random~
