Waterfall & Wings Version 1

Haa~~ Sorry for the looong wait. I get sooo mega distracted everytime i come online i can't do what i set out to!!! You fangirls should know what i mean right??? And it's like, Takki's FINALLY keeping a low key these couple of days so we should hurry up and finish whatever we need to do but noo!! There's tooooo much distractions!! XDDD There's Yoshitsune, Tsubasa IN Yoshitsune, Anego, Zubari... and Zubari SP was ONE HUGE KICK ASS distraction for example... hahhaha~~~ Loracyn calls it the next best thing we can have after a never-to-be-released DVD... Hell she's right!!! Cept that they only showed until MC Talk... Gaaaahhhh... What about Dakedo??? Diamond??? Epilogue???

But i shouldn't complain. i should be glad that they showed the opening!!! Mina-san!!! Go watch/rewatch it!!! And you will know wat i mean about the "ta-ta-ta-ta BOOM!" part..... SUGOI~~~~~
okok, must STOP digressing now... haha~ Jyaa, concert report wo tsuzukesasete itadakimasu!

★☆Sotsugyou☆★
After the Jr Corner, T&T appeared in white shirts (untucked and fluttering oh-so-prettily-in-the-wind) in front of Block A (again!!) and sang Sotsugyou as they got elevated on that platform.. MY GOODNESS! The way the spotlight was shining on them... they look ILLUMINATED from the inside!!! Then they kept silent at part of the chorus towards the end to let all of us sing... uwaaahh~~~ It was so surreal!!

The platform went slowly up and down and then they moved towards the main stage. When the song ended, they went to the back of the main stage and put on a jacket for the next song... ooh lala!!

★☆Diamond☆★
I get sooooo MOE everytime i hear the beginning of this song!!! Definitely a member of my "Spontaneous Combusti-able Song List"!!! As you can see from below, the costume for Diamond this year is not as "formal" as Harucon's... The colours have been reversed, Tsuba losed his hat and the shirts changed for oyaji tanktops but droolsome all the same!!! The glittering pinstripes may look a bit overdone on pictures but i think at the actual concert venue, it looks GOOD!!! Kinda reminded me of that pants Takki had on in the DB DVD... during eto.. Balance? (Yet another Spontaneous Combusti-able Song by the way... those hip swinging... oooohhhoahahha~ OMG!! Yvie!! Could this be another perfect example of SLUTTY TAKKI???? XDDDD Especially the Shokura performance!!!)

My favourite part of the dance has to be of course the guru guru leg sequence starting from the part where they stretched out their arms in front of them and slid backwards... heck, i can even REMEMBER what the background singers are singing at this part! This sequence is like on auto-repeat in my Takki Pte Ltd Blain...

i want, i want its love
Always think about love
The one and only way~
Hey (hey) Hey (hey)

Wakakkaka~ Does anyone actually know where and what the hell i am talking about??? And, am i bias or... i was rewatching Diamond from Harucon DVD a few days ago and T&T seemed to be the only ones who did the guru guru leg sequence "correctly" and "kakkoii-ly" cos the jrs in the background, they just kinda jumped up and down with their legs wide open... it looked so awkward.. LOL.

Anyway, Diamond wa ne, yappari must be heard with maximum BLAST at a concert hall with erm.. live dancing... All the footages of it doesn't do the song justice at all!!!

★☆Ai Check It!☆★
Aaaah, yabai!! My memory starts to fade here.. you really cannot take too long to write a report without any visual/audio aids!!! I believe Ai Check It! came here??? I don't rem what they wore either... thou i dun recall them changing, so maybe they wore the same thing as Diamond? I can't rem anything about this song except that i was doing the hand movements. LMAO~ ごめん、ごめん、ここはちょっと失敗...

★☆Mihatenu Yume☆★
This is Tsubasa's new song which is being used for the tuna-flavoured Tongari Corn CM. The song title means "Unfulfilled Dream". Tsuba performed this solo number at the main stage with just a mike stand. No dancing. He introduced the song and as he started singing, they showed still shots of him during filming in eto... was it Australia?? There was this one particular shot of him looking down i rem, which i kinda like. Made him look very innocent... ahahhaha~

Anyway, this song is very Tsuba-rashii. I realised Tsuba's solo tends to be on the country/soft-rock side... is that what you call them?? Along the same line as Deep into Blue kana... I quite like this song! I just need to hear it more... now i can't rem the tune.. I hope it will be in their next album!!! Tsubasa~~~! You MUST include this ok??

Which reminds me, Takki's "Kimi no na wo yobitai" which is (was?) used as ending song for Zubari... is it ever going to be released??? Actually i have never heard the song properly before because there's always people talking during the credits and the song just plays in the background! Alamak~ *slaps forehead* ok, digressed again. But just want to say that, somehow i feel Tsuba always gets nicer solos in singles... I mean, i don't really like Kaze, Arugamama and It's only Dream... But hey! Think the AVEX pple are finally getting it right.. ahha, cos the previous 2 singles Serenade and Kamen have no solos. Duets all the way... Yeaaah~~~

Takki's self-compositions thou, is a total different issue altogether... Hahahahha~~~ Yappari, he knows himself best.

★☆Da.Ke.Do.☆★
And this song is sooo TAKKI-RASHII!!!!!!!!!!! LOL~ He performed this number (melody by himself, lyrics by his drinking buddy) on the elevated platform right in front of Block A (again!) and OH MY GAWD~~~~~

hot!
Hot!!
HOT!!!

Indeed this is like Futari no Yoru Part 2!! Takki's own compositions always tend to be bursting with erotic energy!!! Full of OMPH and very masculine indeed. I think he was wearing this camouflage jacket??? Gaaah, i can't remember... but he was definitely wearing this pair of black Top Gun kinda sunglasses!!! Then wind was like blowing up from under the elevated platform and OH MY GOD!!! The way his hair flew up as he sang this HOT number, WE ALL NEED A JUMBO HIDEAKI UCHIWA!!!!! *fans frantically*

Takki is an erojiji alright... the way he always incorporates sexy undertones to his songs!! I mean, Futari no Yoru... gaaah, from the title itself it is already *beep*.... Then the GROWL at the end... which is supposed to have a meaning but Takki neva followed up on it in his Takiren... or did he?? Then now Da.ke.do... THAT WHISPERING!!! My goodness!!! And it is JUST 3 syllables (Thanks to Yvie who brought it to my attention)... Wakakkakakkakkakakkak~~~!!!!!

I THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!
Please please perform it again at your solo!!!
And please PUH-LESE release the whole version in your next album!!!

Zettai ni, a Spontaneous Combusti-able Song

★☆Yume Monogatari☆★
The previous song knocked me out so much i was always retarded in getting out my boa for Yumemo!!! *whacks* Can't rem any major costume change either so i tink Takki just shed his camouflage jacket?? Don't rem which boa combi they used either... was it the gold/silver one?? i know it wasn't pink/blue?? Mooouuuuu~~~ wasurechatta!

★☆One Day One Dream☆★
This i remember (i tink)... they took off their boas and switched to their scarves. They sang most of the song on the main stage i think and Takki always went a bit mad here... He will ALWAYS scream (instead of sing) the part that goes "Saa, yuke to!!!" He must be really high and tired... ahahhah~

★☆Ikiteru Akashi☆★
ODOD ended and cross-faded into Ikiteru Akashi. Everytime this song comes up, it gives me a feeling that the concert is ending soon. I dunno why... and actually i dun really like this song. It just sounds too noisy and tuneless on CD... it only sounds right during concerts... ahhahah~ Am i making sense here??

Anyway I think it is during this song that T&T left the main stage and went into the centre block (Takki to the left, Tsuba to the right) on their wobbly black carts. I mean seriously, the centre fans are already LUCKY enuff to be sitting there, i wish they would service the arena and stand people more. The centre pple already get to see you guys up close (and TOUCH!!!) for what?? 90% during the concert!! You don't have to go nearer!!! Gaaah!!

But anyway, this was the song where Tsuba played with his dekai dry ice gun and Takki with his chibi watergun. LOL~ Not with each other of course, cos they were on opposite sides, but with the fans. Takki's watergun was really *CHIBI*... but, did i rem wrongly or did he switch to a much bigger watergun (ala Super Soaker) on the later shows??? I guess he probably needed to because by the last show, everyone sitting on Takki's side of the centre block already ANTICIPATED his watergun attacks and brought waterguns themselves!!!! LMAO!!! I think there were like 4-5 of them shooting at him and he's like having GREAT FUN shooting back! Ahahhaha, i could see his MEGA-WATT grinning face all the way from my Arena F Block seat!!! Muahahhahah~

KAWAIIIIIII~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!! *pinch*pinch*pinch*

★☆Kamira Tamara☆★
The atmosphere inside the concert hall by this time had gone up to a HIGH!!! EVERYONE WAS JUST SCREAMING THEIR HEADS OFF AT WHATEVER.. MAJOR COMMOTION. LMAO~~ T&T finally left their carts and switched sides with each other. And my goodness, the lyrics to this song was SOO FAST i could never catch what it was about.. let alone sing along. Hahaha.

So Takki came to the left side (which is, MY side on the second day!! XDDD) and started doing what I believed was the MOE MOE DANCE?? The crazy hand movements.... right-left-right-right left-right-left-left... hahahha, he did it like soooo fast we had a crazy time trying to follow him!! i thought the star on my penlight was gonna fly off!!! Hahahahahha~~~~

And I think it was during this song when they started to give out their autographed boards???? i think they kinda did it over 2 songs. Gaah, i will talk about this here anyway. I noticed, Tsubasa tended to give his to pple just next to the walkways at the centre blocks... Not just his autograph, but like towels and lots of his attention too. Like anoooo... Mou~~ helloooo???? Please give the arena and stand people more love!! (gets whacked by all the Tsuba fans) I mean like, he doesn't even give it to the people at the centre of the centre block, but to those right at the edge! And he seemed to like this particular spot next to Centre Block 8 a lot, cos he kept going back there (for all 4 shows), giving his autographs to people right by the walkway and playing with the dry ice smoke machines. So many times until me and Syl would claw at each other and go like "again!??" whenever we see him giving stuff to fans at that spot. What can i say? Lucky centre people. Fine.... if Princess Tsubasa is unwilling to throw things, Arena and Stand People!!! Bring fishing lines next time!!! XDDD

So while Tsuba handed out (literally) his autographed boards to fans, Takki usually flung his out. I guess he likes to display his strength. LOL~ I think it was during the last show, Takki came and stood in front of my block (Arena F Block) and held on to his board. Everyone was of course waving at him to catch his attention... but i think he wanted to give it to the stand people. And he flung it. And oh my god! This man... he's too strong. LOL~ Everyone's eyes followed the board as it flew over our heads and ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP AND HIT THE ROOF OF YOKOHAMA ARENA! LMAAAOOO~~~~~~ It went like "Piak!" and dropped all the way down (beyond the reach of the stand people) back to the aisle between the arena and stand. LOL~ And then a little mad scramble for those people at the very last row of the arena. Sorry stand people, Hercules cannot really control his strength.

And oh my god... this is deja vu!! Now i suddenly remembered... The same thing happened at Thai Con 2004!!! I was just 5 rows away from him and i recall him throwing his autographed board high up into the air... SOOO HIGH it hit the roof of Impact Arena!!! Carolyn! March! Bee! Nere!! Remember?? Remember??? Ahahah...mou~ natsukashii...

★☆Mirai Koukai☆★
One moment the entire Yoko Arena was vibrating with super high tension and suddenly everything was quiet as this song began. Ahaha.. They sure know how to calm us down... T&T somehow found time to change into this creamy white/gold ensemble which supposedly had their names written on it but BLIND ME, i just couldn't catch it at all four shows. Maybe i was distracted and could not tear my eyes away from staring at Takki's face, knowing that it was the last song. And hmmm, althou i didn't think so at first, this song does sound alright as a ending song for a concert. I think it's because of the lyrics.

きっと行けるさ　あの場所へ
Kito yukeru sa　Ano basho e
(We will definitely get there one day)

Anyway after the song, they went up to the top deck of the main stage and thanked the audience. And Tsuba would always apologise to the fans just next to the sides of the main stage for the less-than-perfect view. And then they would bow and leave the stage.

But we ALL know that's not the end... hahah~ There was no hurry to scream for them either. Kinda anti-climax huh? Everyone would just seat down, arrange their stuff a bit (which has gotten kicked around during the high finale just a while earlier), drink some water and THEN, the Takitsuba chant would start again. Muahahhaha.... I rem during the all-last, my voice was croaking like a FROG, but i was yelling the Takitsuba chant anyway... The japanese obaasans in front turned back to stare at me... LOL~

※Encore 1: Kamen and Romantic※
The main screen on the stage opened up again and T&T would appear. Takki in white baseball jersey, Tsuba in blue. Then they will make a dramatic turn to let us see the back of their jerseys. Takki's jersey shows "合コン 05" and Tsuba's one shows "Yashiki 31", i think one of his favourite baseball players? Then they will sing Kamen.

It was kinda refreshing to see them sing Kamen without their suits... They didn't dance to the song but ran up and down the walkways to wave to the audience. And i can't rem was it during this song or the next (cos they are wearing the same costumes) but Takki would always do this VERY SWEET thing... ahaha, gomen, im always looking out for Takki, can't blame me!

He would ALWAYS go up to the oyako seats (the front rows of Arena Block A) and shake hands with a few of the kids!! LUCKY KIDZ~~~

Which reminds me, during one of the MC Talks, Takki was asking after the kids. He was like "Chibikko wa genki??" and they kids will yell back in their high but kawaii voices "genkiiiiii~~~"... Ahahaha~ he will make such a good PAPA!!! Then i tink Tsuba was like saying he heard a very low voice too. "Chotto kowai". LMAO~~~
あの・・・　お父様達、ちょっと落ち着いて！XDDD

Anyway, the spacey opening music to Romantic would start as Kamen ended and T&T would run back up to the top deck of the main stage and get into this double loop thingy suspended on a wire, one on each loop. Then they would do this flapping action like they are gonna fly and amuse the audience. Then the main music of Romantic would start and they would take off into the air!! And you would see them go round and round in the air!!! Aahhaha, 2 baka kids who are thoroughly enjoying themselves! Yappari, boys will be boys. XDDD Although sometimes i got a little shinpai... I hope they dun slam into each other and injure themselves.

Anyway when Romantic ended, T&T started to introduce the band members one by one. They will like ask the guitarist to step out, and Takki will introduce his name. He and Tsubasa and the whole troop of juniors would then kneel around the guitarist and let him have his "moment of fame". Aahahah, so you have Takki and Tsubasa leading this big group of juniors from one end of the stage to another as they introduced every member of the band. It was quite a funny sight... ahha.

So after they were done with the band, they would introduce the junior groups too and finally themselves before exiting again.

But noone is going home. LOL~

※Encore 2: Epilogue※
(All the other shows had only one singing encore if i'm not wrong. So all the entries that follow this are talking about the all-last.)
The second encore is not a giveaway like the first so we gotta work harder for it. Ahahah, no time to drink water here cos if we lapsed too long, the staff are gonna chase us out of the stadium! So the Takitsuba chant started as soon as the music stopped. They started playing the announcement about how to leave the stadium in an orderly fashion and whatever not but everyone was ignoring it!! Hahahah~~~

Takki! *clap clap* Tsubasa! *clap clap* Takki! *clap clap* Tsubasa! *clap clap*

And then i saw the band members getting back to their instruments. KYAAAHHHH!!!! And T&T appeared again!!! Muahahhahahhaha... it was SO FUN!!! And my GAWD, I WAS FEELING SO TENSED UP COS I DUNNO IF THEY WERE GONNA SING IT OR NOT!!! Althou deep down in me, i know they will. I know they want to. T&T talked a lot here... it's on purpose!!! They're out to torture us!!! I dunno what they were talking about anymore... i wasn't listening!! Hahah, all i wanted to know was ARE THEY GONNA SING IT OR NOT???

And then the piano part of Epilogue played.

KYAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*cries happy tears*
Kill the Thai Jrs already...

Takki started singing first and mamamia~~~ I just MELTED INTO A PUDDLE OF BLISS . I was seriously spacing out... and then came Tsuba's turn... after last year's blooper, i think EVERYONE was watching out for him... see if he gonna cry, see if he gonna forget his lyrics... EVERYONE WAS STARING AT HIM, even Takki!! Ahhahah~ and yappari...

HE FORGOT HIS LYRICS AGAIN!!!

The whole stadium exploded into laughter.. Tsuba-chan, you are too cute!!! Hahahahha... I think he got his first 2 lines right?? Then he choked on the third line because I think he realised that's Takki's line he's singing instead... Ahahahah... He was like so nervous he kept turning back to look at Takki, who was grinning away... Mou, kono futari... LOL~

Anyway, the whole stadium was singing along to the chorus of Epilogue... and it felt sooo emotional!!! Waaaahhhhh~~~ TRULY GOOD TO BE A T&T FAN!!!

When the song ended and the lights came up, Syl was like looking over to Carolyn on my other side and we realised, that silly girl was really crying!!! Hahahahha~~~ Look what Harucon 2004 had done to this girl... LMAO~ (Being a sadist here)

T&T did another round of waving and goodbyes before exiting the stage again but oh no, we were not giving up yet!

※Encore 3: Hito Natsu No...※
This time the Takitsuba chant started IMMEDIATELY after they left the stage... and goodness, it was even longer than the previous one!!! Hahahah.... I was TOTALLY losing my voice here. But hey, we have to unite and fight for the encores ok?? So me, with my absolutely croaking voice, refused to stop chanting... ahhahah.... Syl was like staring at me. I wonder if the japanese obaasans in front of me are gonna sue me for noise pollution... XDDD But i din think they cared. They were chanting themselves!! They played the announcement to leave the stadium again but nyaaa... who the heck was listening?? Haa~

And so, T&T came back again!!! And oh my goodness~~~
It's towel-head Takki!!!!!!!

Look at his smile!!!!!
Look at those kireteru abs!!!!
(You can even see this very distinct "cross" in the middle of his stomach!!!)
Look at his curves!!!
and his Calvin Klein underwear.. lol

Notice this ONE IMPORTANT photo and my scanner decided to cooperate and give me a clear scan... Muahahaha~

He knows exactly what we want!!! He really reads fan's blogs doesn't he??? That must be one of the reasons why he needs SEVEN computers at home desho!!! Hahahha... I think was it also during this part that KATTUN and all the rest joined them on the stage again? It was like the Junior days kana... XDDD And Takki really went MAD here... he came over to our side and did this kawaii leap into the air with his limbs all spread out like in a running position!! It's like...

Wanna be free *leap*
Wanna be cool *leap*

HE LOOKED SOOOO CUTE!!! Like a little boy... ahhahahah~~ *pinch pinch pinch*

When the song ended, the 2 of them quickly thanked the audience again and made a *really* haste exit. The 3 of us were a bit like... ehh??? o_O

And they played the announcement again.

And we started the Takitsuba chant again. LOL~

※Encore 4: Talk※
And this Takitsuba chant went as long as the previous one... I was getting so breathless... and by now, you really wonder if they will come out again. But after a minute plus of chanting, they did!!!! Wakakakkakkaa, you gotta love these 2 for their fan service!!! But they didn't sing this time round... just came out to coax the fans to go home... hahahhahah... and we were like going "yadaaa, yadaaa". Spoilt brats we were, yes. LOL~

And they made their final exit.

So a total of 4 encores, just like last year's Nagoya Harucon. XDDDD
And that wasn't even the all-last.

And oh, one funny thing, after T&T exited the stage, this male announcer RUSHED out and thanked the audience and announced that the concert is OVER! And i really mean RUSHED onto the stage... LOL~ It was so funny... ahhahah... I bet if he din move fast enough, we were all gonna start chanting again... Hahahhahah~~~

So that was it!
Takki and Tsubasa's "Go!" Con.

Aftertots.

This is my first time at Yokohama Arena. Arriving at Shin-Yokohama, it was T&T mode all around!!!! The convenience stores were playing Kamen and the bookshops put out all T&T/Johnny-related stuff for sale... Ahahah...　T&T天国だ～

I had imagined Yokohama Arena to be a much larger venue but it was ok. But better not be too big or T&T will look like a speck. Thou there was REALLY a LOT of people!!! The looooooong queue for the concert goods... it was ridiculous!

Concert atmosphere-wise, i tot last year's Nagoya was better. But maybe because I only attended ONE (Thai Con is a total different matter) and it was the last one for Nagoya, so everyone was really high. The HIGH atmosphere sustained throughout the concert then. Even when there were so many new songs that not everyone knew how to sing yet. I remember jumping and singing throughout the concert. My butt hardly touched the chair. Small venue but the atmosphere and energy was SUGOI. Whereas in Yokohama, especially during the afternoon shows, i felt the audience tend to be a bit too sedated during certain parts, especially after the long MC Talks.

Content-wise, it was SUGOI!! Ahahah... I mean come on, I got to see T&T, Zubari and Yoshitsune all at one time... it's Takki 101. Ahahhah... And all those wedding announcements, T&T Family Song, Circle (!!!), Dakedo (!!!!), Kamen (!!!!!)... and the HIDEAKI UCHIWA!!!! Ahahhahahha....

And thou im not in that darn fanclub, I REALLY FEEL LIKE PART OF THE TAKITSUBA FAMILY!!! Dancing in unison to their songs, every person in the audience knows exactly WHERE to do WHAT, WHEN to call WHO... it's amazing. Everyone should get their butts down to a T&T concert... and you will understand why it has become an addictive pilgrimage for so many of us. XDDD

I've been to so many concerts and the focus is usually like on the ones performing on the stage. But T&T's concert is always about us. T&T and the fans. We are watching them and they are watching us. There's sooo much interactions, it's really SUGOI!!!

タッキー＆翼へ

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何回も、何回も、素敵な思いを作ってくれて、ありがとう。
滝翼ファミリー、最高！！！
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