A report of L'arc En Ciel concert in Baltimore (if I'm not mistaken..)

Bell (bellpickle) wrote, @ 2004-08-05 22:20:00

L'Arc concert report!
I'm like... two days too late, but I told nyagcpinkuneko that I would tell what happened, so here it is.

Truthfully, the concert is mostly one big blur of Hyde prancing around and Ken making odd facial expressions. I've only read one other concert report, so expect the order of events to be way off.

Warning: Swearing and unusual, extreme fangirlism ahead.

Enjoy. :3

I'd like to start off with a huge THANK YOU to the girl who held my camera and didn't steal it. You seriously don't know how much that meant to me. THANK YOU!

So, I was about a half a block away from the start of the line and somehow grabbed a seat in the sixth row which wasn't too far off to the side. And so, I was feeling fine.

I tried to get comfy and waited impatiently for the concert to begin. Full Metal Alchemist began playing a few minutes later. Even though it was dubbed and some of the voices were odd, it still looked pretty cool. (I've never watched the Japanese version.)

We waited some more after it ended and the first floor was filled around 5:00. When the concert was supposed to begin, they played Full Metal Alchemist again! They probably did that because the stadium was still filling up with people, but I still thought it was annoying.

Anyway, around 5:30 the concert finally began! L'Arc started walking onto the stage and everyone rushed towards it, including me. I ran and stepped on seats in a mad frenzy to the aisle, all the while thinking, "Don't worry, Hyde! I'm coming closer!" I remember standing on a seat and just staring at the stage for about 10 seconds because I could see their silhouettes.

I squeezed myself into the growing crowd and realized I was only about 10 FUCKING FEET AWAY FROM my dearest love Hyde! Ken was not too far away, Yukihiro was in the back and Tetsu was all the way on the other side. (Okay, I'll stop that.)

So, Kuchizuke started playing and there was Hyde looking like the hottest shizz ever. Other reports have already described what they were wearing, but I just have to mention Tetsu's white Mukimpo shirt during the encore. LONG LIVE MUKIMPO!

Oh! And during the chorus of Kuchizuke, Tetsu did the face! You know, after he plays a certain note, he lifts his arm and lets it hang in the air and raises his head, closes his eyes and the light illuminates him... the TETSU FACE! It was magical.

Lover Boy played after that, then Heaven's Drive. I think there was a small MC. I thought Hyde asked if we ate crap and I said, "DORK Eh?!" Others say that Hyde asked if we ate crab, so I'll go with that. He said something about Evangelion, because he's a fanboy. Then, I thought he said something about the Berserk anime, which made me confused. I think he actually said, "America going berserk"?

They played Spirit Dreams Inside after the MC. Apparently, I wasn't paying very good attention to the music, because I didn't realize it was the English version, until the chorus.

Jiyuu e no Shotai was after that and Yuki was all HIGH POWER. I tried to keep in time with the beat, but my arm got tired. I think Ken got really close to the audience at some point and I yelled, "Look at me, Ken! Look at the stumbling little Asian girl with a shiny bracelet! Look at meeeeee!" and I think for one second he did, but I'm not sure.

Before Eien played, the people around me were chanting Ken's name, which is good, since Ken doesn't get enough lurve. I've never been too fond of this song, but the performance was nice.

Kasou was next and I completely freaked out! Kasou is one of my most favorite L'Arc songs, so you wouldn't believe how happy I was to finally hear and see it live! I tried to wave my arm in a snake-like manner, but I don't think I was wiggly enough.

Afterwards was Hitomi no Jyuunin, then Driver's High. At the beginning of this song, there were sparks shooting out of the stage and I said, "It hurts to see! *hisss* Oo! Pretty!" I think it was around this time when the unthinkable happened!

There were around two times when Tetsu went to my side of the stage. During the second time, Hyde snuck up from behind and molested not so innocent, unsuspecting Tetsu! But, he laughed. Yes, Tetsu laughed and the fangirl in my fluttered with joy. And all this happened right in front of my very eyes! I really did not think there would be fanservice, but there was! Thank you so goddamn much, Laruku!

Feeling Fine was a lot more fun live than I thought it would be and so was STAY AWAY, even though I've sort of "grown out" of that song. I find it amazing that I got into REVELATION, considering that I don't like that song. At all. The wonders of L'Arc... Though, I was completely screwed, since I had only listened to the song about 3 times; I usually skip it.

I think there was another small MC, but I don't exactly remember what was said. All I can recall is that Hyde told us to shout and I thought, "Shout at the Devil!" But, the ended up playing READY STEADY GO! Ah well. In the middle of the song, Hyde FELL TO HIS KNEES and the whole audience surged forward. I didn't care if I lost my place on that tiny aisle or if I tripped or even if I had to tackle people to get closer, because the only think going through my mind was, "TOUCHTOUCHTOUCH". Seriously, I went insane. Hyde wasn't actually in touching distance, but it was worth a shot.

Because Hydee Hyde is such a tease, everyone had moved about 3 feet forward, so now Hyde was only about 7 FUCKING FEET AWAY! It was heavenly, it really was. I was close enough to see Hyde's angel wings tattoo clearly. I was also close enough to see that neither Hyde nor Ken had shaved.

So, everything was fun and good, but suddenly, everyone just walked offstage. Some people got worried, but I knew they would come back. About 5 minutes passed and even I got a bit anxious. They couldn't leave! It wasn't even 7:00! Eventually, Ken popped out with a dolphin mask and whistle and he made silly dolphin sounds. I could see Hyde and Tetsu sitting at a table near the back, drinking water. I eyed the water veeery suspiciously, foreseeing that things would happen with that water later on.

Hyde walked to the front and said some things before they played HONEY. After that was Blurry Eyes! Oh, I knew fun things would happen during this song! I waited with bated breath for the part they always stop at.

As I had hoped, Tetsu threw bananas! There were only a few and they landed nowhere near me, but still! I prayed for Mukimpo and hoped he landed into safe hands. Then, I had the fangasm of my life. Hyde took his water bottle and spilled it onto the audience! I didn't get hit by just a few drops! No! Hyde SPLASHED water on me! HOLY SHIT! No capitalized expletive can show you how shocked and happy I was!

Then, there was another small MC. Hyde said he loved us and I almost cried. Yeah, I'm a nerd. They played the last song, Pieces. For those last few minutes, I stopped waving my arms insanely, stopped hopping like a crazed bunny and just watched. I moved around, until I managed to get a view of all four of them. Lights flooded the arena and it was truly beautiful.

At the time, I wasn't sad. I couldn't help but think that they will definitely hold another concert in America and hopefully in many other places. Even if the entire arena wasn't completely filled, look at how much fun the audience and the band were having. In the end, that's what matters most, isn't it?

Right before the end, Tetsu threw a couple of his guitar picks into the audience. One fell RIGHT NEXT TO ME, but the guy beside me was the one who caught it. And so, L'Arc left the stage one last time. That music, that sort of sounds like it came from Titanic, started playing and I knew the concert was truly over. I was a bit disappointed that they didn't play fate or Ibara no Namida, but I certainly was in no position to complain. Hyde could've sung Mary Had A Little Lamb in horrible Engrish and I still would have been in Happy Happy Joy Joy Land.

When I got out of the arena, one of the lucky people who caught a banana was nice enough to let people hold and take pictures with Mukimpo! I held the same banana Tetsu held just minutes ago and my life was complete. Just as a note, Mukimpo was a bit squishy. Maybe the poor thing was ill.

My overall opinion of the concert is... YAY I ROVED IT <333333333333

And with this I post a warning:

Tetsuya Ogawa is not a girl.

I repeat; Tetsuya Ogawa is not a girl.

The girlishly OOC character that frequents fanfiction is in fact Tetsukina, Tetsu's evil female counter part.

Tetsukina: Ohayoooooooooox100!!!! *giggles*

Beware t3h Tetsukina.