Here's a little preview of SONGS, the opening song for the tour.
01. SONGS
Great intro and lead-in to this song. You can tell
02. Naichau Kamo
Another fantastic lead-in, they played a different track for a few seconds right before it, and even though I knew this song was coming up it kind of surprised me because the lead-in music didn’t match it at all. I don’t think anyone can call Nai Chau Kamo a really exciting song, but they managed to get me a lot more excited then I would have thought with that kind of surprise beginning. I’m sorry to be talking on about the lead-in stuff but, I don’t know, you really don’t see that kind of stuff in Berryz concerts which is basically all I’ve watched up until now in live shows so seeing in her makes the tour really high quality. Umm, yeah, the song… good, I guess. Glad they did a half-version, I wasn’t really willing to sit through the whole thing since I don’t really like this song a whole lot… once again, though, no complaints on the performances. But the song did feel a little out of place as to where it is in the concert… I think they should have waited longer to play it. It just kind of kills the mood a little, it’s not that upbeat or genki. I think something like Mikan or (you guessed it) GuruGuru Jump! would have been better here. I’ll try not to suggest GuruGuru Jump! as a possible alternative track for every single song. ;)
VTR
Wow, this one took FOREVER. It had boring music coupled with the first 30 seconds being just a slow banner saying “Platinum 9 Disco Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Spring”. Like, why not just flash it in one screen and not drag it out forever, I’m pretty sure the audience can read a lot faster then they decided to scroll it for Christ’s sake. But after that I actually did like this VTR, I liked the pictures they used, they had one full body shot of the girl in those black outfits that were on the ticket (which are fabulous) and then a picture of them smiling crazily with a flower and their name appeared. Just to let you know I actually cheered in my chair for LinLin and JunJun. I love them!
03. Mikan
You know what this song should have been? GuruGuru Jump. I’m sorry, I really won’t do that again. Once again, nice lead in from the crappy VTR music into the Mikan intro. This concert has a really nice flow to it, and I think those transitions they obviously spent a little more time on then they do usually really help. The thing about this song is… I listen to it on the album and it does nothing for me but then I hear it live and I can’t help but dance and sing along. I guess MoMusu is just that good live, huh? I really like Ai’s long solo line during the last chorus (I think that’s where it is…), it really shows how mature sounding her voice is, and that she’s not afraid to not sound cute all the time. I loved the way Reina yelled “CHANCE!” during the last few lines of the song, I like when MM does things outside of how it sounds on the original recording. It proves how comfortable they are with this song. Which they should be since they do play it kind of all the time… Oh, and the outfits aren’t bad. They remind me of one of the Buono! Hybrid Punch costumes. I hoped for something a little more colorful.
MC
Uhhh… NO MEMBER INTROS? Has that ever happened before? I really like those! Boo. Not much beyond them saying hi to the second and first floor people (I think Ai called the second floor people “little people”, I guess because they’re far away) and saying things like “Let’s sing together” and whatnot. Oh, and what’s with having new outfits for only one song? They’re already in new outfits! But it’s okay since these are pretty cool too… they’re the blue and red barmaid-ish ones with the huge flowery headbands.
04. Shouganai Yume Oibito
Um, good, I guess. I don’t really have much to say about this song… not one of my favorites but they definitely performed it well, Ai’s solo line after the end of the instrumental break was very good, as usual. The harmony was also done well, but it’s not a difficult harmony to sing so I can’t give them too much credit for hitting it right on…
05. Jounetsu no Kiss o Hitotsu (Takhashi Ai, Niigaki Risa & Tanaka Reina)
Wow. I can think of one word to describe this and it’s probably “sex”. I think this trio is really the Trio of Sexiness in Morning Musume. Maybe it’s just those outfits, for some reason they seem really stripper-y to me. It’s not like they really are, they’re not that much more revealing than anything else they’ve had on during the show. I guess those girls just bring that quality out of the outfits… As far as the song goes, good performance, once again not one of my favorite songs so it’s hard for me to get into listening to it on the album so I’m kind of vaguely comparing this performance to the original. But the girls did a good job, as I guessed, so I really have no problems with this perf. Yay.
06. Kataomoi no Owari ni (Kamei Eri)
Well, I’m not an Eri fan or a fan of this song, so I’m just going to say that the performance was good (which it was), I’m sure it’s not easy to do a solo song so props to Eri. That’s all.
MC (Tanaka Reina)
Ahh, Reina. When I first encountered her in High-King, I didn’t have a good opinion of her, I thought she was a brat and her voice was too nasal-y, but she’s an idol I’ve grown to like. Her expressions are so funny! And she is quite cute. This was a solo MC where she told a story, all I got from it was that it might have been about Eri’s birthday, but it was fun to watch anyway.
07. Fine Emotion (Junjun & Linlin)
My two favorites… together!! I really do think LinLin and JunJun make a good team, and it’s not just because they’re both Chinese or were both in the same generation, but it’s because they both have this nice balance of being cute but not trying to hard to be cute. And they sound great on this song too! The outfits… I’m not a huge fan, but they’re better than the monstrosities we see them in later for my favorite song, so I’m not complaining. Yet.
08. Watashi no Miryoku ni Kizukanai Donkan na Hito (Mitsui Aika solo, Junjun & Linlin as backup dancers)
I never say this about live perfs usually, but I really like the chanting the wota have come up with for this one. And I love this song a lot too… Aika has definetly improved since the last time she did it live. Her only problem is in the beginning she gets off from the recording a bit much… but once she starts into it she snaps right into the beat. And JunJun and LinLin were adorable backup dancers! Aika’s outfit was… interesting. Army meets idol.
09. Yowamushi (Niigaki Risa)
Love this song. But why didn’t she do it with Sayumi, isn’t that how it is on the recording? Not that I’m really complaining… I think this was the song that got me to start noticing Risa’s singing, so it was fun to sing along with her. I wonder what genre this song would be… R&B, right? I can’t place it anywhere right now…
10. It's You (Michishige Sayumi solo, Takahashi Ai & Kamei Eri as backup dancers)
Uuh. Sayumi is my least favorite vocalist in MM for a reason. She just sounded breathy and weird during the whole thing. I guess that’s probably how the original sounds, I don’t really listen to it much, but I didn’t like it. And her silhouetted dance solo was… uninteresting. If you’re going to let anyone dance so everyone can see, why not but Eri and Ai up there, you already have them on stage! And for some reason those gloves bother me. Aren’t their hands really sweaty…?
MC (Reina & Junjun)
The first time I heard this MC I was distracted so I was just listening to the audio while I did something else, and Reina makes the funniest sounds during this! Just try it, I’m sure you’ll notice it when you least expect it. I don’t really get what this one was about… like, English and text books or something… but Reina’s noises were worth it. She sounded like Ricchan from K-ON! These outfits are okay, but they basically are the same color and cut (kind of) as the first dresses they wore, so I’m disappointed. I want more COLOR! I do like the sparkly makeup though.
~ Special Medley ~ YAY Let’s GO!
11. Love Machine
Once again, great transitions throughout this whole medley deal. (I’ll only say it once). Man, I never get tired of this song. I loved their expressions during the twangy “WAAAOO” voice at the beginning, JunJun’s face was so funny! Guys, it’s Love Machine. Enough said.
12. Renai Revolution 21
This song sounds so strange to me in Japanese… I’m used to the Chinese version since the first time I heard this song was on the Ice CreaMusume mini-album. This isn’t one of my favs of the MM hit singles but it’s still nice and fun!
13. SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
This song is so parapara, I start doing parapara during it…! I wish they would have moved around more while dancing, they just kind of stood there.
14. THE Manpower!!!
This song is great if only for the fact that Ai and Risa get their manly singing voices on and it’s awesome. But luckily it is also a great song too!
15. Aozora ga Itsumade mo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are! (Linlin solo, then the rest of the members join)
LinLin solo… the way it was MEANT to be! She sounded freaking fantastic, no one can convince me otherwise. Wow, what a voice. I really hope LinLin gets more popularity from all the nice solo stuff H!P is letting her do. Everyone should know how great LinLin is!! So this is the end of the medley. I was skeptical going into it, but it was pulled off really well and it’s impressive that the girls can sing like that non-stop for the 10 minutes or so the medley lasted for.
~ End of Special Medley ~ That was fun.
MC (Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi & Linlin)
Well, LinLin had them say something in Chinese, I don’t know what it means… but she sounded really cute saying it! That’s it…
17. The Bigaku (Tanaka Reina)
I’ve never heard this song before (is it a Melon Kinebi song?) but I really loved it. Reina is really talented, I think! And her outfit was super cute as well, those thigh-high sparkle red boots were quite amazing. I don’t ever really give her enough credit for her singing, she is really good.
MC GAKI (Niigaki Risa)
Risa shows us her nails, which are really quite something. Seriously, how can you do ANYTHING with those claws on your fingers? But they were pretty cool I guess…
18. Yume Kara Samete (Takahashi Ai)
Another one I’ve never heard before, but Ai did a nice job. Her dress is quite ugly though, reminds me of those things Berryz wore as the last outfit during their Berikore! Tour. And I wish they’d change her hair, it’s awful. But as far as the song and performance goes I have no complaints.
19. Take off is now! (Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa & Tanaka Reina)
If Momusu ever puts out an American single, it should be this song. It really sounds like a lot of stuff I hear on the radio here. And with the MM Sexy Trio doing it, I can promise it will sell! And these girl do it live perfectly too (much more than I can say for most American pop stars, and for that matter, a lot of Japanese singers as well.) I like how they sing “sexy” as SEKUSI and not SEKUSHII… it’s just one step towards better English pronunciation in Morning Musume songs.
20. Guru Guru JUMP (Kusumi Koharu, Junjun & Linlin)
Finally! It’s just not the same without all of the H!P members but it still is full of win like nothing else. Those outfits though… awful. Just pure crap. Seriously, just put them in jeans and a cute t-shirt and they would not just look cute but way better than in these trippy clown dresses. They all were really high energy except for Koha who seemed a bit off today… You can tell the crowd likes this one a lot though! And I am one of them…
21. HOW DO YOU LIKE
This is another song that lets Gaki and Ai use their man voices which is awesome! This song is really cool too, I love the bass lines in it, and the perf was really high energy. I could have heard more of the not Ai-Reina-Gaki trio though. These outfits I’m not a fan of. I don’t really like leopard print though… and Reina’s tail is really strange.
22. Resonant Blue
Good perf, nothing out of the ordinary. I kind of wish they’d give this song a break for a bit (along with Mikan). Sayumi’s HELP ME!! was kind of boring today too. It’s a good song I’ve just heard it at ever MM tour and H!P tour for a while. I wanna hear Koi no Dance Site instead!!
23. Love & Peace! Hero ga Yattekita
I love when Reina yelled “LOVE AND PIISU”, it was the cutest thing I’ve heard all night. I’ll just say this: the Sayumi Kiss Attack was pretty awesome. I really like how MM is close enough to each other that they can mess around like that and still have fun.
ENCORE Never saw it coming…
24. Sono Bamen de Bibiccha Ikenai jan!
WHOA THOSE OUTFITS SUCK. There, I said it. Sayumi actually sounded pretty good here. And LinLin sounded great as usual, I love her little speaking part.
25. Ame no Furanai Hoshi de wa Aisenai Darou?
Kind of wish they’d stop doing this as a final song, but this is one of my favorite H!P ballads so I can’t really complain. LinLin and JunJun’s solos are perfect. The Chinese is so cool. Okay, I guess this is a pretty good ending song, I take it back.
So that’s it. All in all a great show, good lighting, much better than other H!P lives that I’ve seen. The outfits could have been a bit better, but what do you expect. I give this live an 8 out of 10. Yay!
I'll see you guys later when I get the C-ute tour ABC... see ya then! Bye Bye! (pω・。)
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