[Concert] NewS Winter Party Diamond in Osaka (Jan. 11, 2009)
I went to the NewS concert in Kyocera Dome today.
(I will put my thoughts under the cut... I am going to write my own, honest thoughts and suggest you don't read it if you know you'll get offended if you read something that's not a really "positive" thing...)
Okay, so it was my first NewS concert... and probably my last, haha. I had always wanted to go to at least one show, but after going to one today... I thought that one was more than enough for me. I just didn't feel any excitement at all... I mean, I don't know most of their songs so that might be a big reason, but because I'm so used to K8 shows, the NewS show was just too different and it wasn't my kind of thing, I guess.
My seat was awesome, so it's not like I didn't enjoy it because I didn't "see" anything...
As you can see, I was in the arena and very close to the center stage. So I got to see them pretty well. But... I don't know, I guess I'm not that big of a fan enough to actually enjoy it. If you've been reading my LJ, I'm sure you know that I don't talk about NewS at all. I guess if you like NewS you would have enjoyed the show... maybe??? I don't know. I really don't know why but it was just all "blah" to me. It was at the dome and the show only lasted for 2 hours and 40 minutes. There was only one encore. I was like "...huh??"
The most confusing thing was how very little Ryo was actually on stage. It felt like every guy had a solo song plus another unit or whatever song, while Ryo only had his solo song with FiVe. Yes, FiVe......!! I got most excited when they performed "I&I" and when they were playing for Ryo. That was about the only highlight of the day for me... Maybe it was the lack of enthusiasm around my area????? It was just so quiet!!
I feel like K8 has fun songs, rock songs, quiet songs, band songs, etc. you know, different kind of music in different order. NewS however... I really don't know but it felt all the same to me. I'm used to seeing Ryo with K8, and it just felt like he wasn't having fun at all. Maybe he was just tired today or something, but... I just didn't feel any energy coming from him.
Maybe if I knew more of their songs or had more interest in them, things might have been different... However, I knew close to nothing about FiVe or Question before going to their lives and I turned out liking them a lot and wanting to go to more of their lives. NewS... I think this one was enough for me. At least I was able to see live Yamapi and his naked torso, lol.
Anyway... I'm sorry if you enjoy NewS and you felt annoyed reading this, but this is my honest feeling. They were no "K8" to me :-( I don't dislike them by any means; their concert just wasn't my kind of "thing."
So this concludes my crazy end-of-the-year-beginning-of-the-new-year live/concert schedule!! Phew!! Next up is Hina's show in late January and early February. Then the J-Rock live on Valentine's Day and then Kagotsurube in March and April!! Fun times ahead :-)