OK, before I start talking like an airhead (which I do when I spazz), this performance of DBSK's O Jung.Ban.Hap. was in Japan (therefore it's Sei.Han.Go) as a part of their Tokyo Dome concert last year. I will now begin fangirling in 5... 4... 3... 2...
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OH MY EFFIN' GAWD I'M LIKE, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
I liked O to start with, I really did, but my copy of the entire TSC Tokyo Dome is the TBS broadcast, which, BECAUSE OF SOME STUPID EDITOR, did not include this performance of the said song. I'd seen the TSC Tokyo Dome stuff from the DVD on YT, but I kinda overlooked O since it was the Japanese version and I liked the Korean one, but ZOMG I WAS SO WRONG.
First, the song was sang live. YESSSS. Second, the middle 8 Jaejoong and Junsu did was BRILLIANT BEYOND BELIEF and third, DAMN DID YOU HEAR THAT ARRANGEMENT?!?!?!?!?!??!?! I was screaming my head off when I heard it and my parents were looking at me like o.O - I don't usually do that.
When the song was starting and Yunho was doing his dance solo I was like "Ok, the same standard dance beat," but then the live band came in and I was like DAMN ARE MY EARS FAILING ME OR IS THIS RE-ARRANGEMENT JUST SO FREAKING BRILLIANT?!? So throughout the song my jaw was wide open but then this arrangement just HAD to almost give me a heart attack again with the dance break. OH MY GOD THAT DANCE BREAK IS THE BEST DANCE BREAK I'VE HEARD IN AGES. Did you hear that drum part?!?!? *faints*
And then the middle 8. My favorite middle 8 of all middle 8s ever created in this world to make me fall to my feet. OH MY GOD JAEJOONG. OH MY GOD JUNSU. YOU TWO ARE GOING TO KILL ME BEFORE I EVER SEE YOU LIVE IF YOU KEEP IT UP. SO KEEP IT UP.
That dance break. Oh dear God that dance break. ZOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. None of that fake drum crap, this is the real thing. I LIVE FOR THE REAL THING.
I'M LIKE, DANCING AROUND MY ROOM LIKE NOW LIKE A MADWOMAN BECAUSE WHOEVER ARRANGED THIS IS SO DAMN BRILLIANT.
You know, this is what I never, EVER get in Korea - you don't have this level of creativity when it comes to Korean concerts, everyone just uses the studio version. I mean yeah, sure the studio version is great and it gives the audience the single they bought/constantly hear on TV and the radio so they're familiar with the songs, but the point of a live performance is to give the audience something they CAN'T hear on the record. Live performances are when performers are supposed to show what the crap they're made of and how creative they are - they're when these acts are supposed to let loose and literally 'give all they've got'. If all you're giving them are the stuff on the record, exactly as is, they're better off buying the record for a heck of a lot less and staying at home to listen to it, after all, what's the difference?
Live music is live music no matter how you look at it - people spend that much time and effort to make it and it costs that much for a damn good reason. If Korea can't give that to me, then I'm afraid I'll have to side with Japan on this one.
I am so agree with you. That's why I really love Tohoshinki's live performance. Seriously, the new arrangement in each concert kills me. I end up listen to Rising Sun from T Concert and "O" from Tokyo Dome more than Korean original version.
ReplyDeleteSome said you don't know how good these boys are until you only listen to their live without watching the performance. Heck, I do totally understand that now. I end up ripped the entire concert to listen in my car. Seriously, is there any group can sing Rising Sun, O, Mirotic, Purple Line, Bolero, Love in the Ice, etc... in live performance better than the studio version?
This is why I am a major fangirl here! (I didn't mean they sound 100% perfect too but they are so closed to the word perfection!)
Hum... I was kinda disappointed with their Korean concerts because SM artists often lipsynched in Korea but since they have performed a lot in Japan... HELL YEAH this one was SO GOOD !!!I have almost forgot how good they are o(è_é). Have to admit that normally, I'd prefer BB perf (for other reasons) but THIS ONE!
ReplyDeleteErf, I don't really agree with the lack of creativity of the performers in Korea... Idols simply perform weekly their songs on music shows but when it comes to their own concerts they do change their songs (in the end, there isn't a lot of them who perform a real concert). Big Bang do it... =)
Moreover you should not restrict yourself to Idols...
PS: Hope that TVXQ's activities are only "suspended"...
Hum... I was kinda disappointed with their Korean concerts because SM artists often lipsynched in Korea but since they have performed a lot in Japan... HELL YEAH this one was SO GOOD !!!I have almost forgot how good they are o(è_é). Have to admit that normally, I'd prefer BB perf (for other reasons) but THIS ONE!
ReplyDeleteErf, I don't really agree with the lack of creativity of the performers in Korea... Idols simply perform weekly their songs on music shows but when it comes to their own concerts they do change their songs (in the end, there isn't a lot of them who perform a real concert). Big Bang do it... =)
Moreover you should not restrict yourself to Idols...
PS: Hope that TVXQ's activities are only "suspended"...
Su - I know, right?
ReplyDeletebulleusekat - I don't see why I can't restrict myself to idols. This is a DBSK performance and DBSK are idols - it wouldn't be a fair comparison if I don't limit my opinions to idols because other types of performers have different 'cultures' when it comes to the stage.
Hm sorry I didn't mean to say it this way... It's just that you pointed out that Korea lacks creativity when it comes to concerts. You are making a generalization out of idols' concerts... or maybe I didn't understand. Anyway, I don't know if it's a bug but my previous post is appearing twice.
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