2012.01.20 Tower Hachi @ Tower Records Shibuya
So, I literally spent about half a day watching Idoling!!! live today, starting with the recording of the upcoming Valentine Day special. It was pretty fun so look forward to it!
After the recording most if not all fans headed to Shibuya for the collaboration live between Idoling!!! and Tower Records Shibuya which has a live stage at the basement. I had tickets #61 and #94 for the first and second show respectively which are technically good numbers, but the stage is flat so people lacking height will most likely miss out on the experience if you're unlucky. Anyway, live number one!
Setlist:
MAMORE!!!
Haruiro no Sora
Bakkyuun!
Don't think. Feel!!!
Approximately 30 minutes for all songs including the MCs inbetween which is a rip-off on paper, but it was actually a very enjoyable live. If I had to praise the Shibuya stage for something it has to be the distance from the audience to the performers; kind of like 'so close, yet so far away'. You know you've been to too many events when the girls actually recognize you. lol.
Everyone present today was on stage for the MC, but since the stage is super tiny they had to split into smaller units for the songs. I never noted anything down so I have no idea who was there and who wasn't during MAMORE and DTF...

Anyway, when they mentioned that "it's still a little early for spring, but..." most of the crowd, including myself, went nuts when we realized what was coming up - Haruiro no Sora. It's only my second time hearing this live, but I have a feeling it just gets cuter every time they do perform it...
When we wound up back in cold Tokyo again we were greeted by three 19-year-olds, so it was time for the new coupling track "Bakkyuun!". Like I mentioned before at Venus Fort, this song is
really really good live. Choreography is fairly easy, lyrics are catchy, but personally I just love seeing Suu-chan and Hii-chan's energy level at its max.

After Bakkyuun! and DTF came the handshake event, which thankfully was longer than yesterday's. Only by a second, but 3-4 seconds is just enough time to talk at normal speed. lol
Live number two!
Setlist:
MAMORE!!!
Bakkyuun!
Ichikoi
Don't think. Feel!!!
Skipping right to Ichikoi. lol. After the first chorus the instrumental track skipped a whole verse and everyone including Asahi and Kaorun were like "lol wat", but it only took them a few seconds to adapt to the situation which was very well fought. After Ichikoi, Team Gakuran were split into two and Asahi had to perform DTF in her gakuran costume.

: Wait you're performing like that?
Umeko: Who are you anyway? Are you a boy or a girl?
Sakacchi: At least tell us your gender.
Aasahi: Uh.. I'm a girl.
Sakacchi: Ok, we're good to go!
(Sound of crowd booing. lol)
Asahi: Hold up, if I were to say I'm a boy looking like this nothing would make sense!
That's all for today.

My recording of this sounds perfect, by the way, so I'll get it up tomorrow or something.