Went to the concert last night, and man, it was sweet.
The concert was at the oddly named
Osaka BIGCAT, which is super tiny, and holds around 700people.
(
maybe a little bigger than my apartment...it's also where I saw BONNIE PINK not long ago)
Thought it was strange that she's only doing 2 gigs, 1 show in Osaka and 1 in Tokyo in a few weeks, but as soon as we walked in, we knew why.. There was a film crew all set up to capture the show, and I have no doubt, these 2 gigs are being held for her to make a live DVD. (she hasn't released ANY DVDs yet)
The show starts, and she comes out looking like an 80s rocker. HUGE brown rockstar hair, blue denim jeans, a tight black top that exposed about an inch of her waist (her waist is so tiny....yummmy), and a short black leather jacket.
She didn't start off too well, and looked a bit fake/forced with her stage presence, which I'm sure was because of the film crew. Don't get me wrong, she sounded and looked great, it just didn't come over to me as "natural". Between songs, she would drink a bit of water, then check her face in a little mirror, which I thought was a tad odd, but again, that would be because of the cameras. Anyways, she didn't seem that happy with her performance, and at around the 6th or 7th song (Secret Code) she paused for a fraction of a second between lines at the start of the song, which annoyed her and she just completely Jekyll-'n-Hyded it, and went like "fuck it". From then on, she was like the most natural live artist I've ever seen. Now I've seen probably over 100 live acts, ranging from legends to jammers, and everyone of them has put on a stage persona of sorts, but Aya was like an off-stage person, on-stage. She just had this amazing glowing smile, was waving to individual people in the crowd, and just didn't have a care in the world. Kinda like she was hanging out with 700 odd of her best friends, and just 100% nailed everything.
So while the first 30mins or so were great, just a bit unnatural, the last 1hr was killer.
I'm definitely going to see her next time she playing, and eagerly waiting for this DVD to come out. (I'll be pissed if I'm wrong!!)
Tour Goods (I bought a towel)
Oh yeah, she threw her sweaty towel into the crowd.. Man, if I caught that, I'd have to kick my wife out of bed.
Topic: (Artist) Kamiki Aya (Read 16381 times)