After Eden Special Live 2011 BD/DVD

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ninetales said:
I think they needed a metronome in their earpieces for that song :uh..:
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Well....the timing is what I really don't like in this song...but I don't know whether those unusually long pauses (and also, legatos) are their mistakes or they're planned.... but well...it may be not important that who made it....but for me, it really ruined the song... :blood: .

Have just finished those long list of YT videos (skipping all MC parts...XD...) I'll revise my very long comment and post it later....:XD:. Thanks Spirica Rose&the uploader...^ ^.

P.S. Already decided to order the DVD after I listened to Red Moon perf. in After Eden tour..lol.
 
:omg: :omg: MUST. RESIST. TEMPTATION. :blood:

When will mine commeee alreaddyyy??? :wai:

Also, watched snow falling and I have the same opinion as whoever said before that they liked the singing just not the rearranged tempo - I thought the vocals were nice, just the suuuuuuuper slow parts at the beginning and end and the faster middle part seemed to split the song and make it a bit disjointed...
And yeah, the way Wakana sang yu-KIIIII with super emphasis on the 'kiiii' part was weird :XD: and apart from where she slipped on a note at the beginning, the rest of the song was pretty good (btw, did anyone else apart from me think she looked a bit tired in this? :confu:)
Loved Hiichan's whole 'ritardando' line...the part where she sang 'faaaaalling *pause* snoooowwwww' was also a bit weird (and she was so loud! :XD: ) but it was okay.
And lol Keiko so cute in the middle there...but looked a bit out of place with Hikaru and Wakana being quiet and introspective-looking :XD:

Mmmmhhhh...nothing much else to say except the live version of this song felt quite bare? I didn't mind it in the beginning and ending but in the middle part where their parts layer over one another, I would have preferred a bit more accompaniment...and I did miss Yuriko's backup there :cry: Would have made it prettier~

Oh, and the piano was soooo pwetttyyy :shy: and when the 'snow' started falling on the stage I melted and started squealing and AWWWWing like a silly :ohoho:
 
Honestly, I've never watched Kalafina's perfs hurrily&continuously like this before....lol. (So excited during watching it...worrying when will Sony find and take them down..everytime that YT stream stopped I was like..Oh..Sony is coming..!?! :omg: ...sth. like that...lol. However, I ordered the DVD already.... Ok guys...I'll be poor for a while...To the beginning LE+After Eden Pamphlet+After Eden DVD cost more than $100.... :blood: )

Eden - Its live arrangement really sounds different. It's fresh and made the song sound less similar to 'Here we stand in the morning dew'. I love Wakana's Kajiurago and her high note chorus... After many quite-disappointed Wakana's live performances, I accept that her almost perfect performance in this song impressed me a lot... even it's an edited one, I believe that they can't fix the problem in her legato that happend in some recent lives. (If it really happened when they recorded this DVD..lol.) I've expected that Keiko would sounds more powerful at the ending but I think she tried to make it sound gentle..which is...ok...it's fit the mood of the song..(I just always hope for Keiko's powerful singing...XP...)

In your eyes - My first impression for In Your Eyes is the instrumental part... I like it more than a synthesized-like in the recorded version. Hikaru's "In your eyes" sounds less annoying for me...but the way she sang the first verse sounds so much different from the original..it's a bit weird at first, but finally, I think I like it. Still don't like Wakana's "In your eyes"....still too calm to fit the mood of the song....

Storia - sounds good for me....their voices blended so well....

Neverending - Konno's san violin......>________<. I really love Hikaru singing in the opening....so emotional...!!! :dote: Even it's a very plain song, but it grows on me a lot after listening so many times...and its live version is really pretty... Love it....:)

Kotonoha - Wakana-Keiko duet is really pretty....and it's more awesome when Hikaru came in.... But I don't like when Wakana sang the second hook... I think she did some mistake there... I feel like some mysterious feeling in the instrumental part is lack in the live version...but the light effect can compensate..just a bit.... Even the keyboard improvisation is really pretty..., it gives different feeling from the original one.

Kagayaku - KonnoSan's violin catched my attention since the first note... the bridge is awesome...(and I really want the real flute...TwT...) esp. Keiko's part and Wakana's bridge ending. I like Hikaru solo in the second half. It's more emotional and smooth than the recorded one....also gloomier... may be my favourite Kagayaku's live so far....^ ^. (I'll give the credit for their stage planner as well....the choreographer...? lol.)

Red Moon - I guess no one lip-synched Yuriko's part in this live, right...? (even they still used Yuriko's voices somewhere..) I like how they came into the stage and the lighting... Love all of their singing.... better than in the Red Moon DVD..^ ^. Hikaru in the hook sounds so fierce&aggressive...(I love it...XD.) And the bridge is really awesome.....>________<...Keiko's part is as awesome as always.... Really love it...!!!

Adore - Wakana's&Keiko's start sounds so powerful... it sounds far better than the recorded one...but the lighting is.....Orz.. However..., Konno's san violin is so yummy....and also KoichiSan's guitar solo....OMG....it's awesome...!!!! Wakana's bridge sounds a bit too stressed... I guess that she's so weary at that point.

Kugatsu - Umm....Hikaru's sharp voice sounds a bit weird at the start.... It's better in Neverending....- -"... (the effect from sudden mood-change after singing Adore...? lol.) But her 'yasashiku' sounds ok....(and Konno's San violin drew my attention from the girls again....lol.) Wakana's still sounds weary in Kajiurago bridge....

Sandpiper - Besides many pre-recorded instrumental voices, they should bring REAL YURIKO to the stage....- -".... Hikaru sounds ok here....even it isn't as moved as in Neverending. I don't know whether I like Wakana's chorus during Hikaru's verse or not....it sounds a bit out of place... it should sound softer&smoothier like in the recorded version.... (but I surely hate their choreography.....) I think Wakana is already very tired at this point... She doesn't sound as powerful as usual..... (the best part for me in this song is Konno's San violin.....)

Magia - Hope for clearer&better instrumental record.....and I didn't disappoint...TwT.. guitar&violin are awesome...!!!...>_____< .. Did they have the pre-recorded voice of the Yeahaehaehae....part?....O_O.. I felt like I heard the third one higher than what Wakana&Keiko sang in the live...(but I can't hear it in the same part at the end) Hikaru sounds fierce and powerful... Wakana's chorus sounds acceptable for me..(they might adjust the volume of her voice or sth. like that..., but it sounds really good..!!) Keiko's bridge is epic...!!!! (and yes....her smile during that part is...creepy....lol...I may be a fan of creepy&dark witch-like Keiko...lol.) Best Magia's live for me..!! (their choreography didn't annoy me at all...lol...just get used to it already for Magia...lol.)

Magnolia - Keiko sounds a bit weird at the start....sounds like she sang quite delay or something.... Wakana sounds better than in Sandpiper but still not her best.. But Hikaru's "Iruyo" sound too sharp at the end of the hooks...beside this part, Hikaru's solo sounds the best among three of them.. and Koichi-San's solo again.....>______<...(OK guys...I really hate their choreography in this song...no matter it affected their singing or not....Orz...)

Destination Unknown - KoichiSan....!!! Sounded like Hikaru's power dropped a bit..but it's still fine for me.... Isn't it only me who felt that Wakana's chorus sounds out of place...? Keiko's solo is awesome...!!! I love it..!!! It's really her best range..!!! (I secretly wish to watch the perf. with Keiko's pre-recorded low-note chorus and let her do the main vocal instead of Hikaru, it must be more than epic..!!! Even there is some part that it sounds like she shouted it out instead of singing.) I love how Hikaru changed the ending of the hook before the bridge..hehe.. (Guitar&drum&keyboard are extremely awesome..!!!! esp. Koichi's part...it's the highlight of the instrumental part of the song..!!!) Love Hikaru's pose during Wakana&Keiko Kajiurago...lol. The last hook after the bridge sounds quite messy....I think it's because of the canon-style chorus that Keiko sang..(I mean singing the same verse as Hikaru's but start at the different point of time after Hikaru sang..)..does we have it in the original...? I listen to the recorded version again and I don't think I heard it. But overall, it's epic..!!

Love come down - Sorry...I still don't like Hikaru's expression for this kind of song...(even it looks more ok than in In your eyes) and her sharp voice.... Well...at least, they looked so fun with it...(and if you saw KonnoSan around 1.46...lol. His violin in this song is awesome as well.) Ok...I don't like the way that Keiko tried to sang 'cutely' in this song.... I guess that Hikaru was already worn out in this song..consider from her voice.... (Oh..KoichiSan's guitar solo..!!! so yummy..!!!)

Fantasia - The lighteffect in this song also hurt my eyes....=.=... Keiko's solo is awesome..!! Hikaru's voice sounded so thin and weary now... When is the last MC before Love come down&Fantasia...? I felt like Hikaru's voice had gone with D.U.... seems like the girls' perf. after D.U. is a bit disastrous for me.. no need to mention that they also moved&danced A LOT during these songs.....only Keiko sounds fine for me.... (Koichi's guitar is still extremely awesome.)

Kyrie - KoichiSan...^ ^... Ok.. Hikaru sounds better in this song. Wakana also did a good job... esp. during the bridge.... Well...just love this perf..

Ongaku - Keiko....>____<. This time Keiko's part in the hook wasn't dominated by Hikaru's chorus as much as in Red Moon dvd...(I guess they adjust the volume of Hikaru's voice.) Koichi's solo is epic......>_______<...!!!! as well as KonnoSan's violin...!!!!! (even I felt like all other voices were faded a bit to let us hear his violin clearly...I think that in fact, the audiences barely heard his violin in that perf.) and also Wakana's bridge....not the best but it's still awesome...!!!! OMG....it's really the real epic of the live....!!!!!

Good news...before watching this live....I'm quite like a Wakana&Hikaru biased fan for Kalafina members and KonnoSan is clearly my bias among all front band members...:XD:, but now...you can tell that I also fell for Keiko's deep&powerful voice&KoichiSan's awesome guitar as well....Orz....

I won't rank my favourite perfs until watching all perf...^ ^. (but I think you can easily guess my #1 at this time from my comments...lol.)
 
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Thanks Kagaribi~ :bow:

Kagaribi no Hanabira said:
(So excited during watching it...worrying when will Sony find and take them down..everytime that YT stream stopped I was like..Oh..Sony is coming..!?! :omg: ...sth. like that...lol.
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lol :XD:

I'm not going to watch anything until I get my bluray...but it sounds like Wakana needs to work on her stamina :XD: I noticed that she tired faster than the other two in the Red Moon concert as well...

Sandpiper - Besides many pre-recorded instrumental voices, they should bring REAL YURIKO to the stage....- -".... Hikaru sounds ok here....even it isn't as moved as in Neverending. I don't know whether I like Wakana's chorus during Hikaru's verse or not....it sounds a bit out of place... it should sound softer&smoothier like in the recorded version.... (but I surely hate their choreography.....) I think Wakana is already very tired at this point... She doesn't sound as powerful as usual..... (the best part for me in this song is Konno's San violin.....)
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:omg: nooooo tired Wakana :omg: I was looking forward to Wacchan's powerful singing in this one so much :cry:

Agree that they should have Yuriko sing with them as guest backup vocalist or something for once...(snow falling, for one, would have been nicer with her singing as well in the layered part like she does in the recorded version)
 
I shouldn't have...but I couldn't wait...Adore...live... :touched: I am tempted to say I could die happy now but that would mean missing future Kalafina releases...
 
Thanks alot spirica rose! So 5 tracks remain to get uploaded

MC 3
Mune no Yukue
Oblivious
Snow falling
Symphonia
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Oh yessssssss *W* I have watched the first part and I'm so so happy!! It's EPIC , WONDERFUL!! :dote: :dote: Really three goddesses!!!!!! Totally fall in love with second deshou of Hicchan and Kyrie's kajiurago!!! Adore also is perfect as Ongaku!!!
 
I liked all the performances so far, the ones I enjoyed the most were

1.kagayaku (loved the live action part with Hikaru and her triple candle :love: also is it me or the bridge had more keiko that the original does ?)
2.red moon
3.adore (really good, too bad the second part of the song wasnt played but it gone towards to the bridge, which had pretty nice guitar btw.)
4.fantasia (really liked the fact that Keiko sung the first part of the song (the one between the intro and the chorus).
5snow is falling which had leaked some days ago, (because imo its much better than the studio version.)
waiting for the ones that are not uploaded yet :dote:
 
Only watched Magnolia and I could tell that I'm obviously in love with Keiko in here. Her lines is still the best lines in Magnolia for me, and her expression during this song, really fits the song itself. Because Magnolia is kind of a "cruel" song, her 'arrogant' expression during this song just really fits the song well.
 
Honestly, I'd never expected much from this live but I suddenly liked it! Not everything, of course. The things I disliked are choreography (lol), Hikaru and the candles, Hikaru's annoying voice in In your eyes, Keiko's beginning of Magnolia, slooooow Snow falling. But the rest is ok :ayashii:
 
Now I can safely say that what I enjoyed the least is Destination Unknown. The best thing about it is the awesome performance of the band member. Hikaru's lines on "jibun no kizu naraba" is so hectic, and because she is obviously too tired. Keiko's lines is awesome, but the "subete" in subete tadashiku narisou de is not too enjoyable. Hikaru's voice during the chorus is also miserable, she's sometimes out of notes, and most of it is too shaky for me.I don't know why Hikaru sings in her "Magia" voice while this song could be perfectly sung in her "mata kaze ga tsuyoku natta" voice, and only in the final chorus her voice is finally become enjoyable. And they cut the epic "esti mia" in the end. I don't know why in the final chorus Wakana seems to sing "yume wo katarisugite..." with Keiko while I cannot hear her voice there..

Red Moon is awesome. Keiko's kajiuran part is much more better in this one than in Red Moon Live DVD.

adore --- is simply epic. Korenaga-san guitar between the kajiuran and the "aritaa" is simply awesome. Hikaru sounds extremely well here. Wakana is also awesome. Keiko did a great powerful harmonizing.
 
The editing and visuals are nicer for this DVD than Red Moon's, definitely. :goodjob:
 
so folks, which one is your favorite performance in this After Eden Live and why :ayashii:



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maybe my question in the first sentence should be answered in this thread instead viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3280
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Edit 2:

Wait ! its still related to the thread (After Eden Live)

so its Okay :XD:
 
There are the others video on youtube!! I have seen special contents and I also want to be interviewed by Wacchan *WWWWWW* ♥♥♥♥
They're really cute!!!!!!!!! :shy: :shy:
 
I watched some videos. They were pretty nice overall (although I believe in studio magixxxxxxxx). The one I liked the least was Hikaru, pretty unstable. Keiko and Wakana were okay.

And I hate this keyboardist, agh.
 
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ritardando said:
Now I can safely say that what I enjoyed the least is Destination Unknown.
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I enjoyed it the most :XD:

KP-X said:
And I hate this keyboardist, agh.
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His Kotonoha improv was one of my favorite parts...I gained a lot of respect for him after watching this, actually :uh..:

Going to watch the DVD again and write down my impressions~
 
Well, I skipped Kotonoha ;X It's just that I don't really like how he tries to blend in in every single song, even if its sounds odd or if he just does the same before every chorus (there must be a name for this or something like that, when a pianist/keyboardist goes through many/or all of the keys with his hand very fast? I hate it when he does this).
 
^ Oh yes, I know what you mean. (Although I don't know what it's called.) I don't mind it myself, but I can understand why it'd be annoying after a while.

Honestly, I think you should listen to Kotonoha, even just the end after the song's done. He improvises in a bit of a jazz-like style as a bridge between Kotonoha and Kagayaku, and it's really very nice~ :shy:
 
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