Oct 24 2007
2bonkyubomb
I must see this concert! In fact, I’m 90% sure I will be buying the concert DVD. Just from the sound of things, this concert seems so much more energetic than the last one. I felt that the Sexy8Beat set was a bit lacking in that department. The songs are all either agressive or joyful. In fact, looking at the setlist, there isn’t really anything that could be considered a ballad to be found. My favorites from the recording are “How do you like Japan?”(so much awesomeness in live performances), “Hello to You” (makes me happy to listen to, and in my opinion, blows the Hello Morning theme out of the water), and “Shabondama” (the crowd LOVED it, and as always, it’s one of my favorite H!P songs).
I was Happy to hear Jun and Lin’s version of Suki na Sempai, and I thought they sounded great! It was a bit short, but how many lyrics in a foreign language can they be expected to memorize and be ready to perform in such a short amount of time? I don’t think the pair of them have a whole lot of lines, but considering how difficult it must be to memorize and pronounce everything for them, it’s understandable. I’m amazed they can do as much as they do, and as they get more MM songs “under their belt” so to speak, I think we’ll be hearing more and more from them.
Aika sounded really good on her song, and I was glad to hear that VUDen is mostly doing backup vocals on that one. I complained a bit about how much VUDen there is in the thread about this concert. Risa got a lot more lines (some of Miki’s and Yossie’s), and since she’s my favorite, of course I’m pleased with that.
Overall, there was almost exclusively newer material (6th gen plus), which may dissapoint some fans of the older stuff, but to me, I think this concert proves how great the newer material can be, and is in keeping with the idea that we are seeing “the new morning musume”.I can’t believe I have so much to say about this, and I haven’t so much as seen any actual concert footage yet. I’m really really looking forward to seeing this with the dancing and whatnot! It’s going to be such a long wait!