But first: I changed my layout!
I loved the previous one, but I needed to change >.<
What do you think?
Then, Beautiful World, last Arashi concert.
My copy will arrive in about 2-3 weeks, but I've watched it already (as always XD but I haven't watched Waku Waku yet)
Premise: I loved AAA2008 and 5x10, they're my favourite Arashi concerts, but I prefer stadium concerts than Kokoritsu ones. I'm happy that Arashi can perform at the national stadium, but I don't understand why they put Kokoritsu dates on DVD (even when there's a damn thyphoon O_O)
Kokoritsu is so big that, for the sake of reaching all the fans, the boys have to spen most of the time going around the stadium. So, there's less interaction between them. So, there are less of those funny/cute/moments we love so much. And it's really dispersive: the 5 of them going around, screens so that people seated far away can see them, screens with random videos (sometimes terrible, like the one for Jun's solo o.o), and every 3 seconds we have an image of the sky/that strange cloud/Kokoritsu from far above/audience (which, let's said it, isn't so interesting: a sea of uchiwas + bored people + middle aged people cosplaying Kaibutsu-kun. I only approve the child with binoculars)
Honestly, I don't care of how dark the sky was/how big Kokoritsu is. really, I don't give a fuck.
Yes, from an artistic/videographic/Idon't know point of you it may be good, but not from mine, because DVD is the only way I can watch those boys perform.
So, for the future: less landscape and more Arashi, please
And this is one of my 2 main critiques (I'll talk about the other one later)
But the first song was Believe, and who knows me can understand my happiness *_* (Believe is my fav. Arashi song) It's not even their best performance of it, btu who cares. Also, it was LIVE! Totally live!! Like most of the concert!!! *tears of joy*
I still curse when I re-think about how much playback there was in Scene concert.
I can understand (but not approve) the use of playback douring music shows and some parts of the concert, but... not for the most of it O_O
I want to hear their 'real' voices! I want to hear how awesome Ohno's voice is (do we want to talk about his final 'for' of A.RA.SHI? I was on the verge of tears), I like to hear everyone's voices peculiarities... fuck, I even like hearing the duck which lives in Matsujun's throat!
So I'm happy that this tima, especially douring the first half, there was less playback.
The songs choice was particular...
I was happy to find songs like Everybody Zenshin, Natsu no Namae (♥), Boku ga Boku no Subete (♥♥♥♥), but then they sang songs that they've already performed like 100 times while... Negai? Joy?
The tour has the same name of the album, so at least there should be all its songs O:O
About solo performances.
-Shake it!: I don't understand if I didn't like it or if it left me totally unimpressed... Maybe it's because I'm not so sensitive when it come sto shirtless-Jun. He's thin (well, now he has some muscles, but in that period he was really slim o.o) and he has lady-like hips O_O So, I didn't find him sexy or sensual... being sexy doesn't mean moving your hips all the time. Also, I find Jun sexy when he does other things. So, meh
-Kono Mama Motto: .......... I hate this song. Plus, Sho was awfully dressed and at the end he did a... kind of... dance... which was... like... NO. Just no
-Janakute: I'm sad. Because the song is nice, Aiba was wonderful and the coreography was super cute and... it was in playback. Why?? T___T Anyway, after Ohno, Aiba is the best dancer among Arashi, and he proved it once again u_u
-Hung up on: do I really have to comment it? This man is awesome. He's the perfection personified
-A song you can find anywhere (aka Doko ni Demo Aru Uta): I liked it a lot. The song is my favourite solo of the album, and the performance was fantastic: it was super intense! With Konseki's one, this is without a doubt Nino's best performance *_*
Random things I wrote while watching the concert
-Aiba is a wonderful creature (yeah, this is my first and most relevant impression U_U)
-Wind is Sho's worst enemy
-Someone please cover Sho's forehead
-Sho's forehead is ROUND and BIG
-There are 5 Teletubbies in Niji no Kakera O_O
-Jun, button your shirt
-Ohno's hair are waterproof
-Nino seriously needed and haircut (while now he has a polenta on his head... oh, Neen T_T)
-Lotus gave me goosebumps
-Hey, wait a minute... WHERE'S THE MC?
-Aiba is REALLY handsome
-...and the MC?
And we arrive to my second critique.
I don't even know how to say it... it's not that it was boring... but... it hasn't been funny.
The fact is. Do you know what's the great thing about Arashi? Not their singing/dancing abilities, nor the fact that they host funny shows (also because Himitsu has been for months boring as hell, and Shiyagare is not always good). Their good point is the way they interact with each other. And, in this concert, they didn't interact at all.
There weren't funny scenes, fanservice, there wasn't even the MC.... WTH
So.
There were things that I liked, but overall this wasn't their best concert D: