Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol #9 DVD/BD announced!!!

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MichaelTomoe said:
^the middle when keiko join/hanae sing solo.
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I know where in the song it was, I'm just saying there was no high part there in the CD version.
 
thanks so much to aki!!!

-LSFD should be indeed extended.
-lotus is hanae...hanae is lotus..that's it!
-hanae...
-hanae...
-HANAE..!!!! :nosebleed: :nosebleed: :nosebleed:

i really loved best live cd's himeboshi (wakaxkei) so i really paid attention to this one.... cant help thinking kei-chan's vocals are meant for wakana in solos like this...guess hanae's too high...though this is my opinion...

so finally it happened.... mezame with hanae!!! :sohappy: :sohappy:

really nice arrangement including wakana's vocals and wakaxkei part (right after kore-chan's solo) which i always liked since best cd..

hanae's kanyees in mezame are out of this world! :touched: there's no possible comparison...liked the lights effects....hated the camera who got hanae's wtf in the intro as someone pointed out before..(though i guess i really hate the camera throughout the concert...missed so many utahimes while singing or so i remember because i got really irritated...like in maybe tomorrow i got scared to death and wanted to kill him after the camera missed kei's "come what may" luckily it got the second one.

one last thing: OMFG! hanae's last amosa/adosa in mezame!!!!!! :swt: :leaf: :psst: :nosebleed: :dote: :stars: :hero: man, caught me off guard! kawaii hanae not knowing to do random dances :plz: ...loved how keiko kinda pointed at her :shy: :hero: .....though the rest didnt imitate her... :uh..:

now i need a hanae's KnK medley! :sohappy:
 
^ Was it really a wtf moment? :confu: I thought she just run out of breath because she connected the "Yaeyaa" which Wakana usually sing "yaeya*breath*aaAA"

This mezame is nice in its own way, its mysterious and enchanting especially with Hanae's vocals. But I also like the exciting and energetic Mezame without Hanae. :psst:

And that "amosa" :stars: really powerful! I love it! :nosebleed:

Also lol at Wakana enjoying herself :psst: because she doesn't need to sing those gruesome notes

I wish fiction junction lives continue like this. Having lots and lots of amazing singers as guests . Its good for FJ too since they won't get too exhausted and we'll get variety of voices. :knife:
 
Am I the only one that prefer Mezame without Hanae? She is awesome, of course, but... Don't love her that much. She did a great job in all her songs, just don't like her in Mezame, just my opinion.

I love the live overall, can't wait for my copy <3
I Swear, everytime you kissed me, maybe tomorrow and sayonara solitaire are my favorites <3
 
Ugh it's so hard to resist listening to the mp3 rips but I want to have the complete experience when my Bluray gets here in a week :sohappy: I'm glad that everyone seems to love it so far! Can't wait for all the Keiko songs, she's my favorite FJ vocalist and I feel like she's been underutilized for a long time (which Kajiura admits to because she's not used to writing music in Keiko's range :desksweat: )
 
I like Mezame without Hanae by just a little bit. :sparkleguy: I dont know if I'm just used to it or because its a more energetic performance.

I wonder how Hanae felt having to overcome 4 powerful singers with her soprano singing :ayashii: She does sometimes sound/looks overwhelmed.
 
Thanks for the rips Aki! :sohappy:

General Thoughts:

Hanae was really good. Why isn't she part of the FJ group. :cry:

Keiko was awesome in I Swear, but I wish she could sing lower. Her voice sounds so much nicer when she sings lower, even though her higher voice sounds great too. Like when she sings low in I Reach for the Sun, that was great. :dote:

Studio magicks can really do a lot to make a so-so performance into a great one! Just look at Distance and Eternal Blue, they sound really awesome! Better than the original methinks. Or maybe the performance was already great to begin with. :ayashii:

I prefer Aug 31's version of Sayonara Solitaire. It sounds so much rawer and filled with more emotion. This one, Keiko generally sounds a lot more cutesy throughout the song, while in the older version she just sounds cutesy at the start, IMO.

Paradise Regained was really soothing to the ears.

Credens Justitiam was really good.

I don't like Hanae's version of Himeboshi. Wakana sounds so much better IMO!

Hanae certainly gives a new twist to Mezame... Not sure whether I like it better than the FJ original version though. And is that Keiko attempting a hip-thrust at Kaori right at the end? :omg:

This rendition of Stone Cold was the best one I've heard/seen! And that's not including the extra guitar riff! :nosebleed: Finally a live that's better than the original recording! (the rest were on-par IMO, but not way better) And I can see Keiko's really enjoying this song. :XD:

Love Parallel Hearts, the performance was so much more... dynamic compared to previous renditions!

Everlasting Song sounds sooo much nicer with Asuka! BTW, what's the history between FJ and Asuka? Did she leave or something last time? I was always kinda curious why she's the only odd one out in the Everlasting Songs album. Plus, what's the song being sung before Everlasting Song?

Zodiacal Sign is more subdued than usual IMO. And Kaori missed her cue. :uh..:

Maybe Tomorrow is a great song to end! It has a very fitting tone of finality to it, especially this rendition. :dote:
 
I don't like Hanae's version of Himeboshi. Wakana sounds so much better IMO!

Hanae certainly gives a new twist to Mezame... Not sure whether I like it better than the FJ original version though. And is that Keiko attempting a hip-thrust at Kaori right at the end?
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lol at this. Hanae is the original vocalist for both Himeboshi and Mezame, and not FJ.

Contradictory with almost everyone here, I found Hanae and Keiko's duet in Himeboshi really beautiful. Soothing, but not boring. So does Mezame.

It's just my analysis, but from live vol.8 to vol.10 May later, Kajiura always bring guest vocalists to perform in Yuki Kajiura live, Kasahara, Eri Itou and Hanae Tomaru. Personally I think it's because Wakana can't perform/replace Eri and Hanae in those Eri Itou and Hanae songs like she used to be.
 
Hey, thanx Aki-chan, you are a queen! :bow:

I will comment on later cos I dont have really much time now to watch but Im eternally grateful!
 
Glare said:
Hanae certainly gives a new twist to Mezame... Not sure whether I like it better than the FJ original version though.
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I dont know what you mean by original version (maybe you mean live original) but the real original version is the one that has only Hanae from the OST, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Y9-V6oyAw, so imo like I said in my review, I would prefer if the performance in this live didnt had Kaori and Wakana in since I wanted Hanae to sing more lines in the song :cry:

Glare said:
Everlasting Song sounds sooo much nicer with Asuka! BTW, what's the history between FJ and Asuka? Did she leave or something last time? I was always kinda curious why she's the only odd one out in the Everlasting Songs album. Plus, what's the song being sung before Everlasting Song?
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There's no real history behind Asuka, as you can read here http://canta-per-me.net/yukis-vocalists ... on%20ASUKA there was released a single in 2005 with everlasting song in various versions (its the theme melody of Elemental Gerad OST) and then she never again worked together with Yuki, but there was no quit announcement like in Maya's case, so we can now hope Yuki might write some more songs for her, since she seems to have suddenly remembered her :plot:

However Asuka had done solo work since then, releasing some jazzy singles (which sound really nice) http://www.myspace.com/1001196811
http://www.ak-music.net/ and she has done a duo unit with Yuuka too (under Yuuki Aira nickname) called Fairystory I think, where they basically cover other Jpop songs http://www.marine-e.net/sp/fairystory/index.html

Also check this thread viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1929&hilit=Yuuki+Aira

@rita: lol I dont think that the case, since she's bringing guests since vol #2 live (Eri), so its mostly to excite the fans and make them want to go see these vocalists perform and diverse the concerts, so that not all of them are the same. After all she brings more musicians too (flute, accordeon), that doesnt mean that the FBM cant perform these songs. Besides, if it was the case you're talking about, she could use Yuriko more instead on these songs (since we know she's more skilled than W-chan *thinks of Meterialise*)
 
Yeah I know Hanae's the original singer for those songs, which is why I said FJ original (ie. the first time I heard FJ sing it... Vol #2 I think). I still think Wakana does it better, she sounds... fuller than Hanae. Stronger.

I don't remember Hanae singing high right at the end of the original Mezame though! (the part where she should've sang low) That's the twist I was talking about.
 
^ That twist just makes the song more awesome, its just like with when Korenaga decides to perform different guitar solo than the one that's in the studio version (look at ' the battle is to the strong live')
 
^ oh yes, that note at the end of mezame just blew me right off my seat :nosebleed:

I like both versions of mezame in their own ways, but I agree with tabi in that the FJ-only version is a lot more energetic (although it is 'messier') whilst Hanae's live version is more polished, fluid and cleaner (but less energetic)...which is why I think wakachan was kept for the ensei/himeboshi reprise in the middle rather than hanae/keiko - because the song was really driving and forceful at that point straight after kore's awesome guitar solo, and hanae singing there may or may not have lost some of the momentum since her voice is so smooth and cool.

With himeboshi/ensei, though I must say I do prefer waa/kei's version just that tiiiny little bit more (even though I love them both) since (as someone said earlier I think) it sounds like there's a bigger 'gap' between hanae's and keiko's voices, whereas wacchan's voice sounds closer to and blends more fully with keiko's. That's why I wonder how hanae/yuriko might have sounded there instead...

Hanae's himeboshi/ensei sounds like a lullaby to me; more peaceful/soothing whilst wakachan's sounds sadder and more tragic (no surprise)

I think both hanae and fj-only versions of these songs have things about them to love, it just depends on what you value or look for more in a 'better performance'.

Also, I forgot before but Hanae looked sooooo classy in her black dress at the beginning...I mean, I liked her blue dress too, but the black one was just... :hearts: :love:

And yeah, I noticed wakana seemed to be smiling and enjoying herself a lot more than previous lives I remember...maybe because she didn't have to work so hard this time XD

P.S. Asuka seemed so hyperactive :XD: very cute :ohoho: but I prefer wakana and keiko's voices whose lines got cut out, even though Asuka's the original singer...I mean, her performance was perfectly fine, I just personally like waa and kei's voices more
 
Wah thank you so much! :sohappy:



comments:
1. Hanae looks kind of bored/sad :(
2. lol Asuka reading the lyrics from the paper :psst:
3. The guy with the red T-shirt should be the scene director or something (havent seens a japanese guy with mustache for ages XD)
4. So they indeed use prerecorded string to back up the violin :ayashii:
 
No prob. :V:

Yuriko forgetting her Kajiurago is so cute!!! And I see some not so subtle marketing of Distance there :knife:
 
^ lol at marketing of Distance.

Hanae! :nosebleed:

I love Mezame and Ensei (Himeboshi) but hmm, Hanae at Himeboshi was a bit too high...like someone mentioned.

Credens Justitiam! :dote:

Oh and I love, love, love Distance and Eternal Blue, I swear, and IMLFCS's part where Wakana and Keiko were singing. Perhaps it's because they have been working so long and so closely together, but they really understand each other.
 
Thanks Kith! :dote:

They're so professional. They're so focused on their tasks. :knife: Too bad there is no goofing around. I would love to see that. :XD:

That "meguri" on the very beginning is my favorite part. I love Wakana's bare voice. No mics, no editing, just her :knife:
 
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