jumping music, slick DJs, fog machines and laser rays
Back from the Jin Akanishi concert (it ended early though, before 11). Chill night - I don't have to study for the life exam anymore, so I was simply enjoying a frosty 40 (Olde English; classy like none of these hoes fosho) and scrolling through my flist (that Nino The Unstoppable Sex Machine article is priceless). But then I realised I had to type up my concert review, as promised to cease11. So I'm just trying to put up my notes before the LJ maintenance starts. Full review to come later.
JIN AKANISHI CONCERT, YELLOW GOLD 3010 TOUR, WARFIELD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Intro: Jin walks onstage with no preamble. Takes place on upper stage.
Spotlight: doll-like movements, music box BGM. Jin then "transforms" into a robot.
Song 1: Christmas Morning
Song 2: Bass Go Boom
Song 3: Wonder (feat. Crystal Kay) - to solve the problem of Crystal Kay not being there, they showed the PV on the giant screens behind Jin.
Song 4: International Party
Song 5: A Page
Interlude: Jin texts from backstage. One of those number riddle-puzzles where you think of a number and then do hella calculations. The answer, of course, will be...
Song 6: One
Interlude: Brief messages, onstage, from Jin. His English is near fluent!
Song 7: Body Talk
Song 8: The 5th Season
Song 9: Lovejuice
DANCE BREAK: B-boy battle. Jin and Girls sit by and watch. Then paparazzi begin snapping pics of B-boys, Girls and Jin. Which, naturally, leads into...
Song 10: Paparats
Song 11: Hey Girl
DANCE BREAK: Introducing the dancers. Game of Ninja (LMAO). Jin comes out and dances a bit with them. All sorts of hip-hop: tricking, locking (courtesy of super-talented Japanese dancers Shin and Tamayuki), regular hip-hop choreography, etc. Jin throws fedora into audience, only to replace it with a new one from the side of the stage. SOMEONE PULLS OUT A MOTHERFUCKING KATANA. The dance sequence takes on a decidedly Japanese feel, with yukata, Noh masks, fans, Mortal Kombat-esque techno music, kanji scrolling by Matrix-style (stopping, of course, at 仁) and Jin wearing multiple namahage masks, which he passes out to his boys and they do a Japanese Jabbawockeez thing. lol.
Song 12: Yellow Gold
Song 13: MP3.
Song 14: Tipsy Love.
No encores.
GENERAL NOTES:
Overall, a well put together show. Decent songs, OK graphics, GREAT dancing. Jin can hold his own without all the JE sparkles. Seems fairly down-to-earth and speaks very good English, even if he didn't speak much of it (he had good hype men). I would probably like Jin as a solo artist and drinking partner. I wish I'd had a chance to grab drinks with him at the Nikko or Bourbon and Branch or Vesuvio or Festa (all of which are my favourite bars in SF!!!) or Top of the Mark or Tunnel Top or wherever, but I had to get my cousin back safely; BART wasn't running directly to his town anymore at that time of night, so I had to take him to our house. Side note: this was my birthday present to said cousin and even if he never got out of his seat or showed much enthusiasm (he's a snarky Nino type), he had a great time. Plus he found some girls he went to school with, so we sat with them and I'm proud to say my lil' cuzzo looked like a pimp in front of all them girls. haha. Although I must say, he'd showed quite a bit of enthusiasm when I proposed buying tickets to this concert lol.
But I'm still not a stan.
JIN AKANISHI CONCERT, YELLOW GOLD 3010 TOUR, WARFIELD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Intro: Jin walks onstage with no preamble. Takes place on upper stage.
Spotlight: doll-like movements, music box BGM. Jin then "transforms" into a robot.
Song 1: Christmas Morning
Song 2: Bass Go Boom
Song 3: Wonder (feat. Crystal Kay) - to solve the problem of Crystal Kay not being there, they showed the PV on the giant screens behind Jin.
Song 4: International Party
Song 5: A Page
Interlude: Jin texts from backstage. One of those number riddle-puzzles where you think of a number and then do hella calculations. The answer, of course, will be...
Song 6: One
Interlude: Brief messages, onstage, from Jin. His English is near fluent!
Song 7: Body Talk
Song 8: The 5th Season
Song 9: Lovejuice
DANCE BREAK: B-boy battle. Jin and Girls sit by and watch. Then paparazzi begin snapping pics of B-boys, Girls and Jin. Which, naturally, leads into...
Song 10: Paparats
Song 11: Hey Girl
DANCE BREAK: Introducing the dancers. Game of Ninja (LMAO). Jin comes out and dances a bit with them. All sorts of hip-hop: tricking, locking (courtesy of super-talented Japanese dancers Shin and Tamayuki), regular hip-hop choreography, etc. Jin throws fedora into audience, only to replace it with a new one from the side of the stage. SOMEONE PULLS OUT A MOTHERFUCKING KATANA. The dance sequence takes on a decidedly Japanese feel, with yukata, Noh masks, fans, Mortal Kombat-esque techno music, kanji scrolling by Matrix-style (stopping, of course, at 仁) and Jin wearing multiple namahage masks, which he passes out to his boys and they do a Japanese Jabbawockeez thing. lol.
Song 12: Yellow Gold
Song 13: MP3.
Song 14: Tipsy Love.
No encores.
GENERAL NOTES:
Overall, a well put together show. Decent songs, OK graphics, GREAT dancing. Jin can hold his own without all the JE sparkles. Seems fairly down-to-earth and speaks very good English, even if he didn't speak much of it (he had good hype men). I would probably like Jin as a solo artist and drinking partner. I wish I'd had a chance to grab drinks with him at the Nikko or Bourbon and Branch or Vesuvio or Festa (all of which are my favourite bars in SF!!!) or Top of the Mark or Tunnel Top or wherever, but I had to get my cousin back safely; BART wasn't running directly to his town anymore at that time of night, so I had to take him to our house. Side note: this was my birthday present to said cousin and even if he never got out of his seat or showed much enthusiasm (he's a snarky Nino type), he had a great time. Plus he found some girls he went to school with, so we sat with them and I'm proud to say my lil' cuzzo looked like a pimp in front of all them girls. haha. Although I must say, he'd showed quite a bit of enthusiasm when I proposed buying tickets to this concert lol.
But I'm still not a stan.