It's cold!
my sis' whole family's sick so that with lining up for 9hrs in chilly shade, i got myself a cold >____<;;;
I think ryota probably does the most fanservice
The danforth needs to light the side edges of the front of the stage better
I have now uselessly reccommended 7 numbers restaurant to Taka cause the auld spot would've been too hard to explain (not like they had time to go anyway, since they went to nyc right away ._. )
The sound at the edge of the danforth is amazing though, could hear everything distinctly, toru's guitar during decision is so good
Surprised they didn't play the new american song
but they rocked out the ending with paper planes
Taka likes doing hengao to the hardcore fans waiting till the bus leaves (he did silly faces in a grotesque clown mask then kept doing others from sitting XD)
Getting there early was the best. Got to go buy goods ahead of time,and 1st 100 or so ppl buying the cd (the wb release obvs) got to have it signed! Not just vip!
So i now own an oor album! Autographed! And have directly spoken to them in japanese (even if didn't say much beyond arigatou/otsukare)
almost lost the booklet right after though cause was trying to take a photo outside but the wind was so strong it blew it into the street...i'm really lucky i caught it before cars came (つд⊂);;;;;;;;;
Taka's accoustic singing was so on par
Also noticed he's gotten rid of the red cabled mic in favour of a wireless one....good since he was jumping all over by the end XDD (still remember being slightly ^^;;; over how he kept getting tangled in it when watching last year)
Oh, and every time he mc'd a bit he was like 'i f***cking love you guys!'
Memories was like the 2nd? 1st? Song...good way to start it off...clock strikes sounded amazing, and of course ppl sang along....ahh, forget which song but one of them taka kept having us repeat random rythmn noises, it was great XD he looked so silly, was running back and forth during that
Ah, also! His instagram! Took a vid of us at the end of the show....also took one of the line, so i'm totally in both of those ^^;; (he didn't put the line one on insta tho, aw) actually in general they kept just going past us in/out of the theatre a lot XD
https://instagram.com/p/8UcBV-PmZI/?taken-by=10969taka when he pans left i am somewhere right on the edge not realising he's taking a video instead of a picture XD;
and not in this one from ryota's insta, but:
https://instagram.com/p/8VH4XqJZjE/?taken-by=ryota_0809 OH but the first time they went in it was just after 1pm. Totally planned XD they left around midnight tho (thankfully not later, i have work!)
Um, what else...oh well i was on the far side this time cause couldn't find the lineup ppl i met who had vip, but had an amazing view and wasn't squished at all, right against the barrier
Everyone totally went crazy for beginning and mighty long fall, a couple others too, oh, like cry out. Wow that sounds amazing live. but they were pretty quiet for the slow/ballad (well i say quiet, but i just mean no random chatter cause we were all singing along instead)
I was a bit distracted at the start trying to get close up shots when they'd come to my side, but quickly gave up in favour of rockin' out so most of my photos are crap but i do have a few i'll post later ^_^ got work tmr, trying not to be crazy late since i already took today off. we'll see what my throat decides though XDD it might take more time (i think it half hurts more from staff/crew that kept smoking downwind of us than screaming during the show...
what else...Set list!
(grabbing from online, looks about the same as chicago but i'm pretty sure this was right? totally came out remembering no scared before paper planes but maybe just cause taka's hyperness over PP was so intense XDD he obviously loves that song!)
3xxxv5
Take Me To The Top
Memories
Deeper Deeper
Stuck in the Middle
Clock Strikes
Cry Out
Heartache
Decision
Suddenly
The Beginning
Mighty Long Fall
Encore:
Wherever you are
Paper Planes
NO SCARED
Live was about 1h40? From looking at my photo date-stamps...still too short! But if i remember right that's longer than last yr? Also, no opener! All OOR, all the time :DDD
Also totally didn't register at first it's their 10th anniv yr....which means i've been a fan about 7?8? ...timeeee. so muchhh.
Oh, and tomoya's drumming! Man that sounded so good, especially felt it right at the start going into 35xxxv, and for the intros. and i had a decent view to watch occasionally.
oh, other fun things: japanese girl i met in line, when we exchanged fb she commented on my display, saying tsuka-chan's really getting popular in japan! most popular of ebi at least ^^ knew the 'kinpatsu! kinniku! tsukachan desu~!' ^__^ also thought fukka was senga at first (my icon is the derpy kawai/fukka pic fukka shared on sc a month or two ago) but lol, i can see it with the hengao he was doing XD
and since we were allowed cameras, i did get some ok pictures! mostly toru since was on his side. and a couple short vids too~ only song i recorded all of was heartbreak cause my camera mic can't handle loud sounds (even there it starts sounding awful about 1-1.5mins before the end when the drums pick up intensity)
pics are on fb for now, will put some here when i up the vids
EDIT
since i put this one on yt, here's heartache:
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