| Last things first |
[Apr. 1st, 2007|10:18 am] |
While it's still fresh in my memory, here's a bit abou the MUCC & BALZAC concert in Munich:
First of all, I died. Might as well say it right away, and be done with it. I fucking fainted. Well, not completely, but it's fucking emberrassing, and it sucks, as I couldn't stay in there for Ryuusei (one of my favourite songs) and I had to stay with the medics all through Libra(another of my favourite songs!)!
Anyway, first we went to the meet and greet, and it was great! Tatsurou and Yukke both said "hallo" when I came up to them, and they were very friendly and comfortable with the crowd, so was Satochi, but Miya seemed abit out of it, (though he laughed when he signed Cats photo, maybe cause it was a really old photo or soething) maybe he just had a lot on him mind. That's why I was too scared to reach m hand out to them, but I shook everyone elses, and two of the guys from BALZAC.
I think Balzac might not be used to this kind of events, because they seemed like they were a bit uncertain about how to react to this, but the vocalist and (I think) the drummer (can' remember clearly) were really friendly and shook my hand and all. The other two signed the poster at the same time, looking down at the table, like they wanted to get it over with real quick.
So after that we went to eat, and we shopped abit ('cause you can't get around that) and we got our stuff and went to the hall. Outside we met this girl, I think I wrote about her when writing about the last Kagerou show in Germany, she was the girl with the book that she got all the fans to sign, and then gave to the band. Her name is Lily, like the Kagerou song!
Anyway, she had apparrently had some sort of plan that had sort of failed, and now she was staying outside the hall, wearing next to nothing and a pvc-jacket, poor thing. So we lent her the clothes we could spare and snuggled up in the room outside the door for the night.
She was very nice. Like she told me about lots of bumping into j-rockers around, and about her going to Japan and seeing the very last Kagerou concert at ZEPP in Tokyo, and none of what she said sounded like bragging. It was abit like Haru, from the Kagerou line in France, she just talked to share the experience, not just to mention that she'd done this and that.
We actually did get some sleep eventually. In the morning there was this really beautiful cacophonia of birds singing, mixed with the sound from the road. And then my alarm clock went off, which told me that it was six o'clock, which was really releaving, 'cause that's when the gas station opened. There was a gas station right nearby, with a free toilet.
Later, this woman who worked in the building with the hall came and told us we could use the toilet in there if we wanted. And we did, and go freshened up abit.
It took alot of time before more people arrived, and when they did, we started to fear that we were actually by the wrong entrence. We realized it would be very hard to get to the other door fast enough to still be in front.
Some roadies came along, the guy with the very short blonde hair, from all the MUCC dvds. He was standing outside the gates, looking abit impatient, so we assumed the band woul be coming soon. We also caught some pictures of this guy, especially Julie really digs him. Unfortunately, he was pretty far away, and I was too scared to go over and ask to have my picture taken with him.
Well, finally the bands arrived in a bus. As a pointless note, Yukkes hair is dark brown now, so he mus have dyed it the same night.
Afterwards, the roadies were carrying the equipment inside. Balzac has this very yound roadie who is seriously one of the most beautiful goddamn creatueres I've ever seen. So I ws entertained X)
And after a bit I was even more entertained, because the bands came out and helped carrying equipment. Tatsurou looked like he was looking for the least heavy things to carry, haha. He weighed stuff in his hands, before he picked out what to carry. And I was happy to see Miya looking more genki today, he waved at people who screamed for him, when he came out and he looked happy that so many people were there (also, he was wearing really peculiar purple pants XD). Satochi was wearing the baggiest outfit ever, he looked so small and stubby, haha. And something fell down inside the triler and made a sudden loud sound and he jumped like someone had pinched him. He held his hand to his chest, like he was still in shock, for a long time. It was strange to see him like that.
We finally went to drop off our stuff, and ofcourse it turns out that all the lockers in the closest station, Ostbanhof, were takedn, so we had to go to Hauftbanhof instead. Lily let Cat use her ticket, and we went there. Luckily there's a shitload of lockers in this station so we found some unoccupid ones.
Unfortunately, I managed to put my cellphone in there, forgetting to send a message about work the next day. I therefor had to go back, to get my phone, and I had to take it with me to the concert. But Sakisan and I were wearing our LM.C.-jumpsuits, that turns out to be great concertwear, partly because they have lots of safe pockets.
When we got back, we got to know the people behind us, who were a bunch of great girls!
Claudia, Bibi, Tami, Marthina (who couldn't really speak much english, but she was so cute, and she kept calling us LM.C. girl one and LM.C. girl two), did I forget anyone?
They were such funny people, and made the cue much easier to stick out.
When e were pushed outside the fences we were really scared that people would sneak in between us, cause there was alot of pressure.
Bibi was complaining about this girl behind her, who was so stupid. I had though, when I saw that girl for the first time that I didn't like her, but I thought I shouldn't be so predjudice, but from now on I'll trust my gut feeling.
We were finally let in. And I grabbed the fence somewhere behind Yukke and Tatsurou. Right after us came two blonde girls and I was like "No, who the fuck are these people?" luckily, after them came the people who were supposed to be behind us, but Lily still wasn't there. I got really worried, 'cause she had actually been in the cue before us.
That stupid girl Bibi had complained about came next to me and she asked "you want to be in front of Yukke, right?"
And I said yes, she was like "Then go over there". What? What the fuck?! She said "Go stand there, and I can stand there, you want to be in front of Yukke right?".
I said "Well I like the whole band you know, I don't MIND if I actually get to see the others as well". And sh was like, "You stand there, 'cause I want to see Tatsurou," and she fucking pushed me to the right!
This Yukke cosplay girl(think her name was Anna) ended up in my original spot and she was like, "But I was there, I want to be there". And I told her to talk to that stupid bitch, 'cause she was the one who pushed me, and crist, the nerve on that fucking bitch! She tells me I have to move, because that had been Annas spot.
So I told her "You know what, I've been sleeping ot here, I'm going to decide where I want to stand, you can't fucking push people around like an idiot".
So she told Anna that it was okey, 'cause Id been sleeping outside. It was okey?! She knew pwrfectly weel that I'de been there before her. It doesn't fucking matter if I'd slept aoutside, I was in the hall when she came in, so she has to fucking respect that.
So I told her "No, it's not fucking okey. You can't do this, it's fucking stupid!"
And she got angry and asked why it was stupid. I told her it was none of her fucking business to direct people around, but I realized I didn't want to be fighting with her throughout the show, so I told her "But fucking forget it, allright? 'Cause I want to have a fun concert".
I do really wish I had ended up beside her though, 'cause I would have beaten her up. I would. But I like her friend, Anna, and she was between us.
If I do end up next to her though, or better yet, bahind her at some concert, I will grab her by the hair and pull her back, I'll have no problems with my concience if I do that. I'm sort of hoping I'll get the chance to beat her up now.
Anyway, I did get to be beside Tami, who was really cool, and we were right in front of Yukke, who is the favpurite member of both of us. We just had to keep pushing to the left now and then, to stay in that spot.
There were at least two too many people in the first row. I thought my shoulders would be squeezed into the position where my breast are supposed to be. Someone failed to say "Fuck off, there's no more room". So there was a LOT of preassure, but I don't think that's the reason why I nearly fainted really.
I stayed up through all of BALZAC. They were a fun live band, but I sort of wish that MUCC had been first, do I could stay in front and see them and then go in the back and dance and mosh for BLAZAC.
All of their songs sounds like the same song. They've got variations on the same guitar riff, basically the same drum roll and the band singing "Woooo-ooo-hoooo" along with the vocalist. It's like very danceable punk. It SHOULD be danced to, but when squished like a sardin, you can't move your hips much.
Anyway "wooo-oooo-hoooo" is very easy to sing along with, so we "knew every song", and the vocalist was leabing out on in the audience all the time, and was acting pretty cool. And if I as still a punk I would so want to grow my frill as long as his, though I'd be bored before it reached my chin :p
If anyone could be my favourite though, I guess it would be the drummer. He sort of reminded me of Seppo, even though Seppo is a much better drummer and is luckily better at using his imagination in creating musicXP
And cute roadie was there, he was making sure the band didn't trip on the cables, and he pulled the vocalist up from the crowd. He had to shorten and let out the lines, and he was watching the satge in such deep concentration.
We caled BALZAC out for an encore. I think they diserved that.
There wasn't too long a break between MUCC and BALZAC. It became clear that we wouldn't get any water, beause there was a bar in the back. Things like that make me so fucking angry. They're risking our health.
When somebody asked the guards for water, thwy just said "go in the back and buy some". This shows that the arrangers do not know tha audience in these concerts at all. If you're in the front, you stay there until they feel they jsut can't stand ontheir feet anyomer (in other words; until it's too late) before leaving their spot. And if someone gets seriously injured, or ven worse die in one of these concerts, it will not help to tell say in your defence that thre was a ba in the back, they could have just gone there and baught something to drink.
Ofcourse, the most brainless person in the whole hall (that stupid bitch with the queen complex) had to argue for this, so I guess the speach didn't turn out too impressive.
Finally MUCC came on. And they were great ofcourse. The start of the set was the same as in London: Gokusai, and then the song who comes after on the album (don't emember name). After that I don't know the order completely. They had Zetsubouuuuuuuuu! Gawd, I'm glad I was still in the crowd for that. PANORAMA. I think I finally found out the deal with this song, see, I never really liked it all that much, but still it made me cry in London, and it di now too. It's the chorus, it's just amazingly beautiful! The verse and especially the start I don't really care so much for, but the chorus is one of the most beautiful peices of music in existance. At least when it's played live.
I also got Saishuu Ressha, one of my favourites! And it's so danceable! And everyone sings along to it, always.
I also got RISKY DRIVE. Just barely. Then I realized I was thinking only of water. And then I realized I couldn't really see anythink but stars and I was only hanging on the fence because the people around me were holding me in place. So I tried to reach out to the guard, but I was nearly gone before he got there.
They tried asking me what was wrong, I tried to say water, but they didn't understand, probably because I was so angry, at the same time as being really out of it. "I was like nothing's fucking wrong, I just need fucking water!"
'Cause I don't think water should be medical supply.
It turns out however, that wasn't all that was wrong with me. As I was taken to the medical room, well, backstage area, I heard that the song was Ryuusei.
I almost cry when I think about it now 'cause it's my favourite songs. I know I say that about all the songs, but I think maybe this is the one that awakens the most feelings in me, except maybe for Bouzenjinshitsu, but those are entirely different feelings.
Luckily, one of the medic guys were swedish, so I could talk to him. He meassured my blood pressure and asked what I'd eaten and drunk that day. I realized I really hadn't eaten alot, but then I hadn't been very hungry. I still wasn't.
He also checked my blood sugar (pricked my finger, the fucker, it still hurts), and he told me it was too low. He said I had to drink all the water they'd given me and go buy a coke or something. I said okey, but sat downfor a bit while finishing the water. I was missing Libra!
The swedish dude asked if I'd sat down 'cause I was dizzy. I had to admit I had, and he checked my blood preassure again, and said it was close to dangeous. So he made me stay abit longer, gave me a huge bottle of water that taste like apple and sugar.
BALZAC vocalist came out while my blood preassure was checked, I as like "Hi," 'cause I really didn't know how to react. He jsut smiled, he seems to always do that.
At least, while I was there, I got to have that beatiful roadie walking in and out right past me. And someone was walking around their underwaer! Could have been one of the MUCC roadies I don't know the name of, or the BALZAC bass player, I'm not sure.
I cam back out in time for Bouzenjinshitsu. I thought "I have to dance. I won't forgive mysef if I don't". So I did, in the back.
But afterwards I was so sick I had to sit down for a bit. I got up to see Daikirai, Tatsu was running on the shelves on the side of the room, like the last time they were there. I think I managed to stay up for the entire song.
Now that Daikirai was not the encore, we didn't know what to expect, but we had asked people to sing the lalalala-part of Yasashii uta in the encore, like we did in London. The basic difference was that in London, I had the set-list right in front o me and had actually read the whole thing before the band came on. Alas, I knew that they had planned Yasashii uta for the last encore. But this was a different show.
So in any case, MUCC finally did emerge again, and played Yasashii uta.
Like in London, it was great! And possably, we had just maybe managed to change the set-list this time. You see, after the show, the roadies wouldn't give any setlists out to the fans. So noone knows what it really read!
I' dissappointed that I had to watch half of MUCCs show from the back. Lots of people say that "Well, from the back you can actually see". I've tried that now, and I must say I really do prefer the front, and the pit!
But in any case they played great! They were very happy and energic. I did get to see all of BALZAC, and I did meet lot of great people (I also met some people I now just want to see again and punch in the fucking faces of), and afterwards I wathced as MUCC and BALZAC packed their things with the roadies, and the cute roadie dropped a drum case on his head and had his ass kicked (literally) by BALZACs guitarist.
That boy is in for so much sexual harrasment in his future roadie carreer. And if I ever learn hypnosis, I am so making Masa bleach his hair and grow it a bit longer, 'cause then he would sort of look like that roadie :P
Woohh, don't expect alot of people will read this to the end, but now I've written about it anyway. And I will post about the Londodn show when I'me home (I'm at my moms place), I'm thinking mabe tomorrow or the day after. I just need to do some corrections to it and put in some things I'd forgotten.
Right, and sorry for fucked up spelling, this keyboard has issues. |
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