[Live Report] YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz in LONDON 2011: SHOW UR SOUL

[shmilly_desu]

Sorry it's so late! I've been on holiday in rural Wales where the best internet access I had was two or three bars of signal on my BlackBerry xD Thanks also for the birthday wishes, again lack of proper internet had me very limited. It's good to be back, and finally my YFC report is here (I finished writing it up over a week ago during said holiday

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Whoa!

[breathlesstao]

Can't believe I'm actually first to comment here. :P Sorta doesn't really happen - EVER. x3

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[shmilly_desu]

Haha thanks for the comments! I think the setlist varied a little, I'm pretty sure it was at least different from the one in Paris based on Tenshin's report. How did you find out the new songs? After all I haven't had much internet as I said ^^;

Also they streamed the final again this year I think, so hopefully there's gonna be a recording up soon. So excited for new releases, I'm just pissed with G for only putting Mind Forest on the single with one new song out of all of these ones >.<

And no recording allowed, but I think the cameras from the crew were for another documentary DVD in the near future. I only just watched last year's one that I bought at the gig, which was hilarious. More of the same, please!

Re: Whoa!

[breathlesstao]

I think it was Tenshin who posted the titles...not sure. Either him or another girl here on LJ. I know I got the live MP3s from her. :3 (Lemme know if you want them :) not the best of quality, obviously, but great to listen to, for now.) And um o.o suh-weet, I didn't know they were gonna stream the live. o.o Hope someone has it recorded. ...then again, I haven't even seen that documentary from last year either yet. /sigh

And hey, if they released all new songs at once, it would be like a premature orgasm. xD Personally, don't mind a studio version of the English MF. (That's what it's gonna be, right? Or is my mind too boggled again?) I absolutely adore that song. As for the rest...with the speed they're going, I don't think we'll have to wait much for an album. *-*

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[shmilly_desu]

Oh awesome! Please share the audio, I'd love to hear it ^^ I'll do a proper rip to share when Tenshin ups the broadcast, naturally ;P

[utenatenju]

Wow~~ thanks!!

From your report and also from all the pix I been seeing
the "fanservice" was pretty heavy and hard core, I'm dying to see it of course(going to Japan YFCz) but I also don't want them to over do it, if you know what I mean....^^"

[shmilly_desu]

Glad you liked the report, hopefully Tenshin will share the tour final with us soon so you can see just what it was like! I saw a clip already where Jon puts on a bra o__o whether it was a joke prop or actually from the crowd idk...

[utenatenju]

IDK if it's the same bra but from the story I heard it's from a fan/crowd......

[shmilly_desu]

Woah, I mean there were a couple of topless fangirls at the London show but completely half-naked? Some bands get all the luck xD

[bitrswtsymphony]

You were really able to convey the energy from the concert here - thanks for sharing it!

That was pretty nice of the venue to move the balcony onto the floor - I don't think many places would really go through the trouble of doing so.

So question - Mind Forest was also in English for the last YFC concert tour - so then I suppose that means plans for a reformatted YFC have been in place since the ending of that last YFC - if Jon was the one that lended the translation.

But then, if Gackt was the one that translated and re-wrote the English lyrics for the newer English version of '12月のLove Song', why would he not do the same with 'Mind Forest'?

[shmilly_desu]

hm, well idk exactly what happened but gackt's known jon at least since the end of the last tour - as well as writing mind forest, he did all the english subtitles for the "I love you all" dvd. and in case you didn't know, the english version was last year's tour, and now with jon it's called the "yfc edition" and it's the b-side of the new single. presumably gackt wanted someone actually fluent in english and japanese to express the lyrics properly instead of a direct translation.

[bitrswtsymphony]

presumably gackt wanted someone actually fluent in english and japanese to express the lyrics properly instead of a direct translation.The 2004 version of 'December Love Song' wasn't a direct translation either - Gackt altered the English lyrics to better convey '12月のLove Song' in the English language using English nuisances and all that

[mktetsujin]

Well, Gackt lets the other band members have more influence on the music in general. Both he and Jon write lyrics while all of the composing is done by the band members. YFC is truly a collaborative effort...

I also read that part of why Gackt chose Jon is because he respects Jon's skill in writing quality lyrics.

[babydude48]

Thanks so much for the London concert report, sounds like you had a blast. So lucky to get see YOU up close and have a piece of his shirt.

[bitrswtsymphony]

If we love his music so much already, imagine what it must be like to also fully understand the lyrics.

I don't have to imagine that. I understand how Japanese works, and how he uses it to its fullest ranges well enough to really see the depth that he can get within his lyrics. And that's not even touching upon how the lyrics are laid against the music and other aspects of such.

haha, ah, i wonder if clips can be found on youtube - at least until I can buy it myself. Thanks for that bit of info :)