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U-KISS = Super Manliness! (and sparkles)
Jul. 18th, 2010 12:36 amHow hot was it today? Hot enough that when I put a second coat of nail polish on my toenails, then wore strappy sandles an hour later, the polish was totally ruined -- including the first layer which I put on three days ago. But that's not important right now!
U-KISS!!! *____*
[I'm sure Eda will write up a better review, since she actually knows these guys, and she's way funnier than I am!]
The show started at 6, but they were supposed to start selling the goods at 4... Maybe somewhere else, because I was there before 4, got in line, and waited... and waited... Eda arrived, and we waited... It was 5 o'clock and still we waited... Finally, they opened the doors and we got our penlights on the way in. While we waited for the show to begin, we tried -- and failed -- to take pictures of the stage, which had sparkly stuff going on. We were very excited about the prospect of even more shiny things occurring, then wondered what would happen if U-KISS and ON/OFF were put in a room together. "Like... a spontaneous ejaculation of sparkles!"
U-KISS were awesome! So funny! So much fun! :D Unfortunately, it wasn't so much a concert as a promotional tour (actually the event was "Seoul Train", so an event to promote Korean groups, and this was... the 4th one, maybe?). There was an opening act, Sponge Band -- and maybe it's because I work with young children, but as soon as I hear "sponge" my brain supplies "-bob Squarepants" -- whose bass player was adorable (except I didn't like her shoes), who played three songs and got a little talk session. Then U-KISS came out, sang a song, talked a bit, sang a couple more songs, were seated for a long talk portion, sang their "last song", then came out for an encore for their real last song.
Their first was "Binggeul Binggeul", and omg, I'd laughed when Eda showed me the video, but in person, the dance is kinda hot! And also, tight black jeans FTW! 8D Then they sang "End of the Road". Yeah, the Boyz II Men one. Seriously, WHY?!?!? They didn't do it too badly, but who cares if they don't have any ballads of their own, obviously we didn't come to see them sing ballads! We want more trashy dance music!!! They also sang "Mworago" and... what was the next one? The encore was "Man man ha ni", which was kind of obvious, since they'd given a dance lesson about it during the talk segment. (Alexander: "No, no, you can't do it with a big grin!" *does little x of ダメ*)
I'm forgetting a song, aren't I? I listend to the album on the way home, and now I'm all confused. ;___;
Damn, now I feel I need to learn their names. Googling doesn't help as much as it should, because they keep changing their hair! So I can't go around thinking of them as "the blond elf" or "super bleach boy", because who knows what their hair will look like next week?
It was a shame Eda and I weren't seated together, though we each had good seats, me in row 6 and she in row 8. But I think we both had more than enough fun each on our own side of the hall; for my part, I couldn't stop laughing during the talk portion of the show!
First of all, they made one guy (was it Soohyun?) do an impression of himself slipping during a song and flopping around on the stage like a fish (their exact words). Then we learned which one of them is dumb enough to eat dog food. And soap. ("It looked like little candies.") Then there was gratuitous ab flashing!
They were also asked if there was any place in particular they wanted to go in Japan. "Disneyland!" "The top of the Oricon chart!" "Into everybody's heart!" XDDD
Alexander stole the show, what with his finger wagging and his little x of ダメ, and as much eyeliner as the whole of the audience combined. His hair was kind of lame, though. Did the hair people spend so much time sculpting the other guys' coiffs that they had no time left for him?
Kevin (he was the blond elf with all the pearls hanging from his shoulder, right?) was the one I liked looking at the best, though Super Bleach Kiseop is also really pretty; I was just distracted by his majestic sweep of hair. 8D Eli spends way too much time at the gym, and Dongho has huge ears and looks like he's in elementary school (his lip synching to the interpreter was hilarious!), but overall, I think I have to add U-KISS members to the category of Guys Who Do It For Me (formerly comprised mainly of tall Chinese guys, i.e. the cast of Chinese Prince of Tennis XD).
So I was wondering how guys who wear that much make-up could still come across as manly (mostly... XD), but then I remembered that I live in Japan, which is answer enough. XD;
Apart from the disappointment of them only singing a few songs, I really, really regret not having my camera with me. If only I'd know they'd do a... what did they call it again, a "Photogenic Corner" or something? Anyway, we were encouraged to take pictures while the guys posed for a couple of minutes. Oh, if only I'd had my baby and its zoom lens... DX
Now, they need to come back to Japan and do a proper concert! Their songs are exactly what would happen if someone had tapped into my brain and wrote music guaranteed to make me want to dance.
Come back soon, U-KISS, come baaaaaaaaaaack! <3
U-KISS!!! *____*
[I'm sure Eda will write up a better review, since she actually knows these guys, and she's way funnier than I am!]
The show started at 6, but they were supposed to start selling the goods at 4... Maybe somewhere else, because I was there before 4, got in line, and waited... and waited... Eda arrived, and we waited... It was 5 o'clock and still we waited... Finally, they opened the doors and we got our penlights on the way in. While we waited for the show to begin, we tried -- and failed -- to take pictures of the stage, which had sparkly stuff going on. We were very excited about the prospect of even more shiny things occurring, then wondered what would happen if U-KISS and ON/OFF were put in a room together. "Like... a spontaneous ejaculation of sparkles!"
U-KISS were awesome! So funny! So much fun! :D Unfortunately, it wasn't so much a concert as a promotional tour (actually the event was "Seoul Train", so an event to promote Korean groups, and this was... the 4th one, maybe?). There was an opening act, Sponge Band -- and maybe it's because I work with young children, but as soon as I hear "sponge" my brain supplies "-bob Squarepants" -- whose bass player was adorable (except I didn't like her shoes), who played three songs and got a little talk session. Then U-KISS came out, sang a song, talked a bit, sang a couple more songs, were seated for a long talk portion, sang their "last song", then came out for an encore for their real last song.
Their first was "Binggeul Binggeul", and omg, I'd laughed when Eda showed me the video, but in person, the dance is kinda hot! And also, tight black jeans FTW! 8D Then they sang "End of the Road". Yeah, the Boyz II Men one. Seriously, WHY?!?!? They didn't do it too badly, but who cares if they don't have any ballads of their own, obviously we didn't come to see them sing ballads! We want more trashy dance music!!! They also sang "Mworago" and... what was the next one? The encore was "Man man ha ni", which was kind of obvious, since they'd given a dance lesson about it during the talk segment. (Alexander: "No, no, you can't do it with a big grin!" *does little x of ダメ*)
I'm forgetting a song, aren't I? I listend to the album on the way home, and now I'm all confused. ;___;
Damn, now I feel I need to learn their names. Googling doesn't help as much as it should, because they keep changing their hair! So I can't go around thinking of them as "the blond elf" or "super bleach boy", because who knows what their hair will look like next week?
It was a shame Eda and I weren't seated together, though we each had good seats, me in row 6 and she in row 8. But I think we both had more than enough fun each on our own side of the hall; for my part, I couldn't stop laughing during the talk portion of the show!
First of all, they made one guy (was it Soohyun?) do an impression of himself slipping during a song and flopping around on the stage like a fish (their exact words). Then we learned which one of them is dumb enough to eat dog food. And soap. ("It looked like little candies.") Then there was gratuitous ab flashing!
They were also asked if there was any place in particular they wanted to go in Japan. "Disneyland!" "The top of the Oricon chart!" "Into everybody's heart!" XDDD
Alexander stole the show, what with his finger wagging and his little x of ダメ, and as much eyeliner as the whole of the audience combined. His hair was kind of lame, though. Did the hair people spend so much time sculpting the other guys' coiffs that they had no time left for him?
Kevin (he was the blond elf with all the pearls hanging from his shoulder, right?) was the one I liked looking at the best, though Super Bleach Kiseop is also really pretty; I was just distracted by his majestic sweep of hair. 8D Eli spends way too much time at the gym, and Dongho has huge ears and looks like he's in elementary school (his lip synching to the interpreter was hilarious!), but overall, I think I have to add U-KISS members to the category of Guys Who Do It For Me (formerly comprised mainly of tall Chinese guys, i.e. the cast of Chinese Prince of Tennis XD).
So I was wondering how guys who wear that much make-up could still come across as manly (mostly... XD), but then I remembered that I live in Japan, which is answer enough. XD;
Apart from the disappointment of them only singing a few songs, I really, really regret not having my camera with me. If only I'd know they'd do a... what did they call it again, a "Photogenic Corner" or something? Anyway, we were encouraged to take pictures while the guys posed for a couple of minutes. Oh, if only I'd had my baby and its zoom lens... DX
Now, they need to come back to Japan and do a proper concert! Their songs are exactly what would happen if someone had tapped into my brain and wrote music guaranteed to make me want to dance.
Come back soon, U-KISS, come baaaaaaaaaaack! <3
