Berryz Koubou & °C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Berryz Kamen vs. Cutie Ranger~ Setlist
They Berryz Kamen vs. Cutie Ranger concert started yesterday in Japan, and thus the setlist is now out. I got this setlist from the JPH!P forums, care of jompuan. Here’s the setlist and some thoughts I’ve had from my first glance.
01. Darling I LOVE YOU (BK & C-ute)
02. Special Generation (BK & C-ute)
03. Ooki na Ai de Motenashite (BK & C-ute)
VTR (Warera! Berryz Kamen)
MC (BK & C-ute)
04. Namida no Iro (C-ute)
05. Munasawagi Scarlet (BK)
MC BK
06. Lalala Shiawase no Uta (C-ute -> BK & C-ute)
07. Dschinghis Khan (BK & C-ute -> BK)
08. Tokkaiko Junjou (C-ute)
09. Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi (BK)
10. VERY BEAUTY (Sugaya Risako & Suzuki Airi)
11. Bokura no Kagayaki (Kumai Yurina, Tokunaga Chinami, Sudou Maasa, Okai Chisato & Arihara Kanna)
12.Sayonara Hageshiki Koi (Natsuyako Miyabi, Shimizu Saki, Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai, Tsugunaga Momoko & Yajima Maimi)
13.That’s the POWER (BK & C-ute [excluding Umeda Erika])
14. Do Don Ga Don (Umeda Erika)
15. Honto no Jibun (Buono!)
16. Renai Rider (Buono!)
17. Natsu Doki Lipstick (Yajima Maimi, Nakajima Saki & Shimizu Saki)
18. Massara Blue Jeans (C-ute)
19. Jiriri Kiteru (BK & C-ute)
20. JUMP (BK & C-ute)
21. Yuujou Junjou oh Seishun (BK & C-ute)
＜ENCORE＞
22. Skit
23. Warera! Berryz Kamen (BK & C-ute)
MC
24. Sakura Chirari (BK & C-ute)
The concert is opening with the shared C/W of ‘Darling I LOVE YOU’. C-ute’s ‘Namida no Iro’ doesn’t come out until Tuesday, but it, along with the C/W is available for download. As I expected, but really hoped against, C-ute’s version sports the exact same arrangement as Berryz Koubou’s version. I’ve listened to both versions back-to-back, trying to figure out which version is better. Really, to get the answer to that, you need to answer the question: Which vocalists do you like more - Airi and Maimi, or Risako and Miyabi? I have no problems with either Airi or Maimi, so C-ute’s version worked for me. However, for Berryz, Risako got 2 solo lines. Why? Her voice has been grating on me more and more recently, even when recorded. If anything, Miya should have gotten the 2 lines and Risako only one.
‘Special Generation’ is probably going to be very similar to what they performed at the 2008 H!P Winter Wonderful Hearts concert.
I’m looking foward to seeing ‘Namida no Iro’, even though by the time this concert is released I would have already seen it live on tv appearances (hopefully they won’t lip sync of the tv performances, but I find that C-ute usually doesn’t).
The one thing that really made me cringe when I saw this setlist was song 10, VERY BEAUTY - Sugaya Risako & Suzuki Airi. Oh dear goodness, WHY? I love ‘VERY BEAUTY’. It’s one of my favourite BK songs (and now that I think about it ‘Kokuhaku’ isn’t on this setlist). Why in the world would you give this of all songs to Risako in a duet? Maybe an upbeat pop-ish song, but ballads really don’t agree with Risako live. Anything where she need to hold her notes can get pretty ugly live.
I’m excited to see ‘Natsu Doki Lipstick’ for Maimi and Captain dancing it out.
Overall, this looks like a good set list and I can’t wait to watch this concert. You can definitely expect a review from me when this is eventually released. Unfortunately that probably won’t be until July or August.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:08 am
I’m kind of disappointed they didn’t do the new Buono songs, “Kiss Kiss Kiss” or “Minna Daisuki.” Also, I wish they would have done at least one or two old school H!P reprises. The “Tampopo 4″ version of “Oujisama to Yuki no Yoru” at the Wonderful Hearts 08 this winter was awesome.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:45 am
OMFG! what the hell? I get it, but then I dont. You’re now my update and tutor on this thing…it sounds really neat though. Awww damn, my fave BK song, and one of my fave H!P songs of all time is not on the setlist.
I guess I’ll just sing it myself! god no.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:47 am
so that’s where my pics came from *dumbass*
April 21st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
@krln99: It is upsetting that Buono!’s not performing their new releases, but then again, ‘Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!’ isn’t releasing until May 14, so it would be kind of early to perform that song in concert.
Also, in regards to H!P songs, it’s a Berryz and C-ute concert, so I’m not all that surprised that only Berryz and C-ute songs are being performed. In C-ute’s concerts, they’ve been doing a bunch of other H!P songs, but that’s because their discography is still being built up. In all of Berryz recent solo concerts, it’s only been Berryz songs being performed. I think the H!P songs are only pulled out for H!P (as in the winter and summer) concerts.
@wu-san: LOL.. XD I will glady be your tutor on all things Berryz (and C-ute if you so wish). I mean, I just started getting into them in recently as well (Berryz in October, C-ute in November), but it looks like I’m your H!P Kids sempai.
Just out of curiosity, what’s your favourite BK song?
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:01 am
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April 23rd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Which month will this concert be performed? I really want to know! XD
April 24th, 2008 at 12:23 am
@Cecille: The first run of the concert was performed last weekend. There are 4 more dates for 7 more performances coming up in next 1.5 weeks. Here’s the concert schedule. ^_^
April 25th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Thank you very much! I’ll definately tjeck it out then ; ) By the way, nice blog, with good information!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 am
@Cecille: Thanks a lot! I’m glad you’re enjoying my blog. I do my darndest to be as informative and interesting as I can.
I’m glad that I seem to be succeeding somewhat. XD
May 7th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I agree with you about the whole Very Beauty duet thing. I cringed when I saw it too. Risako’s kinda screechy on that song but I’m hoping it will turn out fine. I’m sad Kiss Kiss Kiss won’t be performed but I figured it wouldn’t since they don’t put songs on the concert till after they’re fully released. Can’t wait until I can see this, though I gotta admit I don’t like C-ute. Maybe they’ll grow on me.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
@CrypticShadow8: I have listened to one of the audio recordings from the concert and I’m very sad to say that Risako was pretty horrible in ‘Very Beauty’. In the concert I was listening to, I just kept thinking, “When the heck is Airi gonna start singing?” In addition to that, Risako also screwed up the lyrics to the song. Now that’s just embarrasing.
As for ‘Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!’, I was just browsing the JPH!P forum and found that as of the April 26th show, the set list changed so instead of ‘Honto no Jibun’ and ‘Renai Rider’, they’re now performing ‘Renai Rider’ and ‘Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!’ I hope this means that the concert DVD will show the ‘Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!’ performances, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that the DVD will be a taping of one of the Yokohama Area concerts, which was the first weekend of shows. So I’m not sure how that will work out.