X Japan
Well... okay, I guess I should say a few words about this. XD This will be brief for fear of ranting...
I went to see X three days in a row last weekend, it is now Friday of the next week, and my feet + voice STILL have not recovered. Oh well. XD
Friday 28th
Went up to Dome early and chilled with hideincarnate for most of the day, finally got in line just after 5, then it started raining... doors were supposed to open at 4:30, but they didn't open til 6:30; when we eventually got in, I fell asleep for half an hour.. XD;; Uhm... gig was good, Yoshiki randomly trashed his drumkit about 5 songs in, there was an incredible acoustic version of Say Anything... uhm, stuff happened, then Yoshiki died halfway through the encore. Only X would chose a HALF AN HOUR SONG for the encore. Anyway, yeah, so he passed out (and the moon is made of green cheese and I'm the queen of England.), and was carried away, then the rest of the gig was cancelled, I had to run throuh Kabukichou to catch my train home, wolfed down some scrambled eggs, fell onto the sofa and zonked. XD (They opened with Last Song, which was a good way to start things~)
Saturday 29th
MUCH much better, met up with hideincarnate, mtembo tamaofdeath roxy_chan and Damien, and generally twatted about all day. Developed a reputaton among the cosplayers that I was a bit ofa spastic, but I suppose that's true, so.... AAAAANYWAY, 4pm sharp, doors opened, everybody shuffled in, lights out at precisely 6pm, gig lasted a few hours and was generally made of far more win than the previous day. Went home via Yoshinoya and stopped to take LADIES PORTRAITS in Shinjuku before scurrying home.
Sunday 30th
Went to Harajuku in themorning, balked at the queue outside LEMONeD, much the same plan as yesterday, everything went like clockwork, gig started around 6:20, we had a full 4 hours of X madness including a period where the band left the stage leaving everybody singing Endless Rain for about half an hour. XD
Yeah, that's all you're getting. XD I simply don't have the time or energy to say more. Friday SUCKED, and I woke up so angry on Saturday morning, and the anger didn't really subside until Sunday night when the violins of Art of Life cut across the room and Yoshiki came back to the stage to finish what he'd started on Friday. I mean - I thought 29 minutes was pretty lengthy for a song, but no, this version of Art of Life was nearly FOURTY-EIGHT HOURS LONG. XD
Everybody's gone home now. :< I am loneleh. Damien left on Monday, Jess left on Tuesday and Roxy left today. Mouu~ ... # HITORI DEEE ARUKENAIIII.....# 8D
Yeah, they played Forever Love... I cackled. XD OH, and they finally played Without You with LYRICS and SINGINGS :'D I was very pleased, but the lyrics are so predictable, by the third night I could sing along XP Better luck next time, Yochan. I.V. was really good on Saturday, it sort of failed on Friday and fell a bit flat on Sunday. No, I said I wasn't going to say any more DX!! *runs screaming from LJ*
I went to see X three days in a row last weekend, it is now Friday of the next week, and my feet + voice STILL have not recovered. Oh well. XD
Friday 28th
Went up to Dome early and chilled with hideincarnate for most of the day, finally got in line just after 5, then it started raining... doors were supposed to open at 4:30, but they didn't open til 6:30; when we eventually got in, I fell asleep for half an hour.. XD;; Uhm... gig was good, Yoshiki randomly trashed his drumkit about 5 songs in, there was an incredible acoustic version of Say Anything... uhm, stuff happened, then Yoshiki died halfway through the encore. Only X would chose a HALF AN HOUR SONG for the encore. Anyway, yeah, so he passed out (and the moon is made of green cheese and I'm the queen of England.), and was carried away, then the rest of the gig was cancelled, I had to run throuh Kabukichou to catch my train home, wolfed down some scrambled eggs, fell onto the sofa and zonked. XD (They opened with Last Song, which was a good way to start things~)
Saturday 29th
MUCH much better, met up with hideincarnate, mtembo tamaofdeath roxy_chan and Damien, and generally twatted about all day. Developed a reputaton among the cosplayers that I was a bit ofa spastic, but I suppose that's true, so.... AAAAANYWAY, 4pm sharp, doors opened, everybody shuffled in, lights out at precisely 6pm, gig lasted a few hours and was generally made of far more win than the previous day. Went home via Yoshinoya and stopped to take LADIES PORTRAITS in Shinjuku before scurrying home.
Sunday 30th
Went to Harajuku in themorning, balked at the queue outside LEMONeD, much the same plan as yesterday, everything went like clockwork, gig started around 6:20, we had a full 4 hours of X madness including a period where the band left the stage leaving everybody singing Endless Rain for about half an hour. XD
Yeah, that's all you're getting. XD I simply don't have the time or energy to say more. Friday SUCKED, and I woke up so angry on Saturday morning, and the anger didn't really subside until Sunday night when the violins of Art of Life cut across the room and Yoshiki came back to the stage to finish what he'd started on Friday. I mean - I thought 29 minutes was pretty lengthy for a song, but no, this version of Art of Life was nearly FOURTY-EIGHT HOURS LONG. XD
Everybody's gone home now. :< I am loneleh. Damien left on Monday, Jess left on Tuesday and Roxy left today. Mouu~ ... # HITORI DEEE ARUKENAIIII.....# 8D
Yeah, they played Forever Love... I cackled. XD OH, and they finally played Without You with LYRICS and SINGINGS :'D I was very pleased, but the lyrics are so predictable, by the third night I could sing along XP Better luck next time, Yochan. I.V. was really good on Saturday, it sort of failed on Friday and fell a bit flat on Sunday. No, I said I wasn't going to say any more DX!! *runs screaming from LJ*