The L'Arc 30-Day Challenge -- Day 11
Eeep, finals are next week! I'm pretty nervous right now, there's so much I hafta do still D:
Day 11...yeah...
Click << here>> for the entries for Day 1 to Day 7
Day 8 - Something funny (pic, quote, video, etc.)
Well this shouldn't be too hard, considering a band as lulzy and adorkable as Laruku has a BUTT-TON of hilarious things to look at, read, watch, or listen to. One of the great many reasons why I freaking adore this band :D
Now, I promised myself I'd only pick one thing for this, as much as I'd love to go ahead and spam everyone with the funniest things I can find.
So! Since this whole month I've been in a very marshmallowy mood, I think I'm gonna go ahead and post this vid:
This is where it all started, my friends.
...Okay I lied, I can't just post ONE. I have to post another one of his MC vids...so I'm gonna post the one he did over at MSG, not only because it's funny, but because ken is sooo damn ador(k)able when he speaks English. Or should I say Kengrish XD
...okay, I'm done ^-^
Day 9 - Your favorite lyric
Oh, but there a lot of lyrics that are my favorite...man, I hate having to pick just one of them...
...what does it mean when it says for "your favorite lyric" anyway? Does it have to be only one line? Or can it like be a whole chorus? They really need to be more specific with their questions. Or are they doing this on purpose, so that we're allowed to interpret it however we want? :o
Well then, if so I would like to go with the latter, so I'm going to post this as the answer:
Furi sosogu komorebi no youni kimi wo tsutsumu
Sore wa boku no tsuyoku kawaranu chikai
Yume nara yume no mamade kamawanai
Aisuru kagayaki ni afure asue mukau yorokobi wa
Shinjitsu dakara
English translation (normally I would translate this in my own words, but I'm too tired right now :P):
I will hold you like the rain of sunbeams streaming through the leaves
That is my vow to you, it will never change.
If this is just a dream, then let it be a dream. I don't care.
I will face the loving radiance of tomorrow
Because I believe in happiness
But if it's supposed to be the former, then I'll go with the last part, the sentence "I will face the loving radiance of tomorrow because I believe in happiness". This sentence describes my way of life exactly--always having hope for a better tomorrow. This whole song really is lovely, one of my top favorites for sure. Sigh, it's just so beautiful...
Ya know, I sang this song to my English professor the other day (who coincidentally is Japanese --but doesn't even know who L'Arc even is! Can you believe that? 80) and she thought this song was absolutely amazing and touching and beautiful. She also commented that I sing in Japanese really well, which makes me feel relieved because I was worried that I sounded horrible to her. You always feel more self-conscious about singing in a different language when it's the audience's first language. So yay for ego boost! :D
I just hope it'll be good enough for L'Arc...
Day 10 - Your favorite concert
Aw, seriously? My favorite concert? Can't it be favorite concerts? So I don't have to choose just one? One of the biggest factors for a band becoming my favorite is how well they perform live to an audience. And because L'Arc was born to be a live band, the majority of their concerts are absolutely fantastic because they're amazing live. So asking me to choose just one favorite concert is absolutely ridiculous in my mind. Not to mention extremely difficult! >.<
...But of course, I gotta try anyway. Okay so, let's see...Well, I really liked the Grand Cross Tour. I think this was probably the first concert I ever watched (or was it Rock Odyssey...?). And I really loved their 15th L'Anniversary Concert -- especially all of their different outfits, they all looked so lovely! Theater of Kiss was also pretty amazing, with all the special effects and hyde's adorkableness. Plus, it was Alice in Wonderland themed, which made me love the concert even more! OH, and I really really REALLY liked the concerts from L'7 Trans Asia via Paris, because I loved the whole pirate ship thing and the fact that they actually played Eien again. And how hyde kept getting all teary-eyed and emotional when he was singing. I swear he cried A TON during that one particular concert--during Loreley and My Dear you could see a few tears gathering at the corners of his eyes and you could see a lot of wetness around them during Eien and Forbidden Lover, and then you could actually see a lone tear running down his cheek at the end of Hoshizora. Ahhh~, it was so impossibly beautiful... I swear I cried so much watching it...I just love it when hyde gets all emotional like that. Hyde tears are good for your soul...
...Oh. Well, looking back at what I just typed, I think that the winner of today's challenge might be L'7, the concert they had over at the Osaka Dome. Well then, there ya have it!
Day 11 - A song you want (or had) to listen (listened) [to] in a concert (lol, I edited it a bit)
The wording of this question confused me at first because of the wording >< But I think I understand what it's asking --I would have phrased it better, but oh well. It was only missing the word "to".
Oh, well this is easy. Because I've never been to a concert of theirs before, I really, really want to hear them play My Dear L'Acoustic in one of their concerts, like the same way they played a different version of Ibara no Namida or how hyde sings the first part of Jojoushi a capella.
This song is my favorite of their L'Acoustic series. I know they often played the original in the past, but to my knowledge they have never played it L'Acoustically. And hasn't it been a while since they've played it at all? I can't recall them playing it at all this year. Or am I just forgetting? I'm probably forgetting. I've been studying too much and my brain hurts XP
I remember making my sister listen to this song when I first got it. She hates it when I make her listen to my j-rock stuff, but for once she actually didn't complain when I forced her to stay in the room. She said nothing the entire time the song was playing (which is very odd). When the song had ended, she said "well, that was depressing...Please excuse me while I go cry in the bathroom now." I'd take that as a positive reaction XD
Still to come:
Day 12 - A song you don’t like from them
Day 13 - Your favorite PV
Day 14 - Your favorite Album
Day 15 - Your favorite song from Dune
Day 16 - Your favorite song from Tierra
Day 17 - Your favorite song from Heavenly
Day 18 - Your favorite song from True
Day 19 - Your favorite song from Heart
Day 20 - Your favorite song from Ark
Day 21 - Your favorite song from Ray
Day 22 - Your favorite song from Real
Day 23 - Your favorite song from Smile
Day 24 - Your favorite song from Awake
Day 25 - Your favorite song from Kiss
Day 26 - Your favorite B-side
Day 27 - Your favorite P’Unk~en~Ciel’s song
Day 28 - Some goods you own
Day 29 - A cover by yourself
Day 30 - Your “all time” favorite song
Day 11...yeah...
Click << here>> for the entries for Day 1 to Day 7
Day 8 - Something funny (pic, quote, video, etc.)
Well this shouldn't be too hard, considering a band as lulzy and adorkable as Laruku has a BUTT-TON of hilarious things to look at, read, watch, or listen to. One of the great many reasons why I freaking adore this band :D
Now, I promised myself I'd only pick one thing for this, as much as I'd love to go ahead and spam everyone with the funniest things I can find.
So! Since this whole month I've been in a very marshmallowy mood, I think I'm gonna go ahead and post this vid:
Click to viewThis is where it all started, my friends.
...Okay I lied, I can't just post ONE. I have to post another one of his MC vids...so I'm gonna post the one he did over at MSG, not only because it's funny, but because ken is sooo damn ador(k)able when he speaks English. Or should I say Kengrish XD
...okay, I'm done ^-^
Day 9 - Your favorite lyric
Oh, but there a lot of lyrics that are my favorite...man, I hate having to pick just one of them...
...what does it mean when it says for "your favorite lyric" anyway? Does it have to be only one line? Or can it like be a whole chorus? They really need to be more specific with their questions. Or are they doing this on purpose, so that we're allowed to interpret it however we want? :o
Well then, if so I would like to go with the latter, so I'm going to post this as the answer:
Furi sosogu komorebi no youni kimi wo tsutsumu
Sore wa boku no tsuyoku kawaranu chikai
Yume nara yume no mamade kamawanai
Aisuru kagayaki ni afure asue mukau yorokobi wa
Shinjitsu dakara
English translation (normally I would translate this in my own words, but I'm too tired right now :P):
I will hold you like the rain of sunbeams streaming through the leaves
That is my vow to you, it will never change.
If this is just a dream, then let it be a dream. I don't care.
I will face the loving radiance of tomorrow
Because I believe in happiness
But if it's supposed to be the former, then I'll go with the last part, the sentence "I will face the loving radiance of tomorrow because I believe in happiness". This sentence describes my way of life exactly--always having hope for a better tomorrow. This whole song really is lovely, one of my top favorites for sure. Sigh, it's just so beautiful...
Ya know, I sang this song to my English professor the other day (who coincidentally is Japanese --but doesn't even know who L'Arc even is! Can you believe that? 80) and she thought this song was absolutely amazing and touching and beautiful. She also commented that I sing in Japanese really well, which makes me feel relieved because I was worried that I sounded horrible to her. You always feel more self-conscious about singing in a different language when it's the audience's first language. So yay for ego boost! :D
I just hope it'll be good enough for L'Arc...
Day 10 - Your favorite concert
Aw, seriously? My favorite concert? Can't it be favorite concerts? So I don't have to choose just one? One of the biggest factors for a band becoming my favorite is how well they perform live to an audience. And because L'Arc was born to be a live band, the majority of their concerts are absolutely fantastic because they're amazing live. So asking me to choose just one favorite concert is absolutely ridiculous in my mind. Not to mention extremely difficult! >.<
...But of course, I gotta try anyway. Okay so, let's see...Well, I really liked the Grand Cross Tour. I think this was probably the first concert I ever watched (or was it Rock Odyssey...?). And I really loved their 15th L'Anniversary Concert -- especially all of their different outfits, they all looked so lovely! Theater of Kiss was also pretty amazing, with all the special effects and hyde's adorkableness. Plus, it was Alice in Wonderland themed, which made me love the concert even more! OH, and I really really REALLY liked the concerts from L'7 Trans Asia via Paris, because I loved the whole pirate ship thing and the fact that they actually played Eien again. And how hyde kept getting all teary-eyed and emotional when he was singing. I swear he cried A TON during that one particular concert--during Loreley and My Dear you could see a few tears gathering at the corners of his eyes and you could see a lot of wetness around them during Eien and Forbidden Lover, and then you could actually see a lone tear running down his cheek at the end of Hoshizora. Ahhh~, it was so impossibly beautiful... I swear I cried so much watching it...I just love it when hyde gets all emotional like that. Hyde tears are good for your soul...
...Oh. Well, looking back at what I just typed, I think that the winner of today's challenge might be L'7, the concert they had over at the Osaka Dome. Well then, there ya have it!
Day 11 - A song you want (or had) to listen (listened) [to] in a concert (lol, I edited it a bit)
The wording of this question confused me at first because of the wording >< But I think I understand what it's asking --I would have phrased it better, but oh well. It was only missing the word "to".
Oh, well this is easy. Because I've never been to a concert of theirs before, I really, really want to hear them play My Dear L'Acoustic in one of their concerts, like the same way they played a different version of Ibara no Namida or how hyde sings the first part of Jojoushi a capella.
This song is my favorite of their L'Acoustic series. I know they often played the original in the past, but to my knowledge they have never played it L'Acoustically. And hasn't it been a while since they've played it at all? I can't recall them playing it at all this year. Or am I just forgetting? I'm probably forgetting. I've been studying too much and my brain hurts XP
I remember making my sister listen to this song when I first got it. She hates it when I make her listen to my j-rock stuff, but for once she actually didn't complain when I forced her to stay in the room. She said nothing the entire time the song was playing (which is very odd). When the song had ended, she said "well, that was depressing...Please excuse me while I go cry in the bathroom now." I'd take that as a positive reaction XD
Still to come:
Day 12 - A song you don’t like from them
Day 13 - Your favorite PV
Day 14 - Your favorite Album
Day 15 - Your favorite song from Dune
Day 16 - Your favorite song from Tierra
Day 17 - Your favorite song from Heavenly
Day 18 - Your favorite song from True
Day 19 - Your favorite song from Heart
Day 20 - Your favorite song from Ark
Day 21 - Your favorite song from Ray
Day 22 - Your favorite song from Real
Day 23 - Your favorite song from Smile
Day 24 - Your favorite song from Awake
Day 25 - Your favorite song from Kiss
Day 26 - Your favorite B-side
Day 27 - Your favorite P’Unk~en~Ciel’s song
Day 28 - Some goods you own
Day 29 - A cover by yourself
Day 30 - Your “all time” favorite song