[CONCERT] Yossha ~Ikuzo~! in Seibu DOME - 7/22~7/24

so this entire concert event sucked and i'm not happy about it. To quote myself from twitter:

"Worst concert ever. They performed what, 50 songs in 3 days? ~10 stage songs, no units, no shuffles and no announcements."

 

Eguchi Aimi looks really different in real life!!
Also, I think the setlist was good but it repeated a lot of songs in differnt days

 

I have no problem with you being negative about the concert because it's your own opinion, but somehow, people just need to stop taking it seriously. I would like to know what you thought about the setlist for day 3, even though it doesn't look like it's any better than the last 2 days.

 

At one point a group must dispose of the early adopters to enjoy the mass market. I believe AKB48 has reached that inflection point where a number of old fans will leave, and a fresh, healthier set of fans will replace them. It is not that their concert "was bad", it is just that the concert "wasn't directed" towards the early adopters who boast deep knowledge about stage songs, shuffles, units, etc.

I understand the feeling, I used to love Metallica until they did Black Album, when they left all their fans of old behind to start pleasing the mass market. And Nightwish until they kicked Tarja Turunen and went definitively pop. And so many others. [boom]

SKE and NMB haven't reached that point yet, so those still not accepting this can follow those two groups. Or can jump to other groups that are starting to get some attention, like Momoiro Clover Z, Passpo, etc, but are still true to their fans. [notme]

 

^We all knew janken lineup was going to be drawn though. We were expecting a surprise like, say, HKT48 debut or graduations or team 4 completed or new stages or something like that. Just having the girls draw numbers is the same as last year.

 

This definitely.

Concert setlist are ultimately planned for people who attend them. Especially for their first time in such a huge venue, naturally they will have to stick to more generic choices, tie-up songs/unit songs (for the sponsors/jimusho who fund them), and performing the album tracks because they are the newest (considering that not everyone attends all 3 days) I think that the best setlist was definitely day 2. The show itself had a really good tempo where everyone was constantly pumped up and cheering without a dull moment.

My friend who attended the show with me saw AKB48 for the very first time but she enjoyed herself on all 3 days very much too and she went home, logged onto amazon and purchased all of SKE, NMB and AKB's new song I think this was partially what the management were planning when they planned the setlist. Getting AKB fans to listen to SKE, NMB's songs and support them and vice versa.

Plus it is a poor excuse, but we all know the girls probably didn't have enough time to rehearse a lot. AKB48 still needs time to catch up with their popularity. It is obvious that they still have a long way to go before getting accustomed to performing in such a huge venue, and utilizing such huge venue to its fullest.

My only complain is the lack of Hikoukigumo D:
Why sell the scarf if you're not going to perform them ):

 

It would have been so awesome, the whole dome playing it. Plus it is the trademark goodbye song, just like Aitakatta is their trademark song for presenting themselves.

 

Exactly. People want surprises, but they're alose afraid of those surprises incase it'll negatively affect their fandom and whatnot.

I reckon that if you're not some diehard wota expecting shuffles, or you only listen to non-theater songs, then the concert would actually be pretty okay. The rest would probably expect better from it, but given Aki-P's increasing focus on appealing to the mainstream…

 

^ This

and this

 

I need to see this...

 

Ha, for once I agree with you. I'm glad that there wasn't a surprise graduation or something. Tournament bracket is enough news for me, and while the setlist could've used less singles it probably was a blast to watch, and will be a blast when they put the DVD boxset up for sale. Especially with the Eguchi Aimi part and the Majisuka skits. EDIT: Forgot to mention, and hearing DivA and Acchan sing live are definitely, big, big pluses in my book. Always have been and will be a fan of live singing

And the award of worst concert setlist still goes to the AX 2010 concert.

 

lol i know right? it's better without suprise

 

The red Flying Get outfits look really pretty ~ :3

I think the concert was good. I mean. The all 3 setlist were good (or wait.. the 3rd day's setlist was not so good ;w. But the only thing I don't like is the stage. xD I don't like the school- themed stage at all. ;_;
And the good thing to me is that there wasn't any big surprises. Like graduation announcements or team shuffles or anything.

@Cristafari: Yeah. Lol. I think too it's better that there's no surprises at all.

 

^ I think not having a big announce, is the surprise

 

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Yeah! XD
Totally! xD

 

The surprise of no surprise is a disappointing, lazy/cheap surprise.

I usually hate the whole school theme (Yeah, I know that has always been AKB's gimmick. No I've never liked it.), but since the only super school-ish parts are the pool and the basketball court, I'm hoping it still looks good.

 

@Micchipyon: the fans has gotten used to the big announcements after concerts, then suddenly no big announcements, it was kinda disappointing

 

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Yeah, but I'm still relieved that there wasn't any big announcements, because I hate graduations really much. :/ And I don't like team shuffles either.
But I kinda understand the fans who wanted to hear some big announcements. They wanted to hear something really surprising I guess.