Hyding beside Me

It was only few hours ago that I caught the first glimpse of L'arc-en-Ciel 15th Anniversary Concert and I can't wait to just write something about it >.< *that was 2 days ago* haha was too tied up in work to write something about it.

About the first impression....

The package is gorgeous! Especially that ribbon thingie. Not to mention the postcards!!! Each postcard symbolises the album released and the era Laruku had gone through. It was a total 'Capture in Time'. The designs were intricate that each piece has a customised illustration at the 'Affix Stamp' area! However, I'm still puzzled why the theme of 'Ants and Stawberry' was chosen >.< 

 

the hard cover book like shell ^^ so classy...did Hyde give this idea? 
i love the ribbon!



the contents! love the fact that it comes with a protective slip in cover ^^ the fonts are most appropriate too!



So much to anticipate!...the slick black and red strawberry and the wonderful illustrations round it ...so my liking!



ahhhhhh.............*just melted*



some more to share ^^ but not all



back of the postcard ^^ look at the deer logo at the position to affix stamp ^^ each piece has a different illustration ^^ just like i say, who the hell would want to affix anything there ?! ^^



the commendations to those who had made the 15th anniversary dvd possible ^^ even this is wonderful

WAH! It's a worthy investment of $100 plus! >.<


About the substance....

The opening was superd! I did not become a fan because of 'the Fourth Avenue Cafe' but I was totally shaken after hearing it here! Hyde was really giving his all!

In fact the first 4 songs were ones that i seldom listen to but dawned on me thereafter that those were exactly what made laruku laruku. Very signature tunes that even today are never boring. Forgive me but i was inducted into l'arc with Pieces ^^ so i was not an indie-laruku fan ^^ I thought Lies and Truth was the best  performed out of the first 4 tracks.

Up till this point, the song that shaken me most was White Feathers. I have been in love with this song for as long as i remember. The way Hyde intonate the ranges, it was 神ような. Here, the surreal feeling was elevated with the fanfare of visuals at the perfect timing...you have to watch it to be touched yourself...

Something to note, they slowed down the rhythm for White Feathers and あなた and there was the Stay Away dance display. Huh! this was hilarious!

Trick being the last track on disc 1 ends the first 81 mins with an element of surprise. Tetsu, Ken and Yukihiro each got to sing a line or two for this song before Hyde took over the rest. I'm not trying to belittle anyone here, but just can they just let Hyde do the singing? Hee ^^" Seriously I thought it sounded like whining...especially yuki haha!

I like disc 1 better than 2 as I thought the mood in disc 2 was so high by then that Hyde forgot to switch off his 'hard-rocking' mode in 叙情詩, Pieces, 瞳の住人 .... did not sound as good as i anticipated for these tracks. Though i still love them after hearing a few times ^^

There is something I definitely need to mention. The first track in disc 2 is a song made up of snippets of 8 laruku songs. The hilarious thing was Hyde had Sadako conjuring behind him after the song finale! >.< the audience was appalled by the sight! haha!

Ok now to Dune. It was jaw-dropping. Hyde was wearing that indie long blouse. The one that he appear like a girl with long pony tail. The image was so strong that i could still recall. He does not seem to have outlive those days. I thought somehow he still reminisces that period of time...well whose without a past. He was hovering around Yukihiro quite some many times...was he thinking of Sakura?..opps

The way they introduce Bye Bye here was @%&%*# ^^" ....a blur vision L'arc-turn instead of Youtube...was the message..stop piracy? 

In conclusion, this darling definitely deserved my 2 thumbs up ^^

oh ya, they talked in between intervals ^^ I really like ken's speech which he said he was experiencing time slip then. 'Shinjitenai? Then go outside. The time outside is half of that inside.' haha so hilarious ^^