Tuesday, 20 December 2011
'Driving in the Silence' lyrics in progress
Frecklegirl has uploaded all the romaji lyrics (and soon to be translated) lyrics to Maaya's latest concept album 'Driving in the Silence' on her site. So keep an eye on Nostalgic Lavender for all your lyrical needs.
Maaya Sakamoto 'In the Silence' 20111 Concert Report
So. It's been a while. I hope you've all been well. I've finally got a spare moment to post! Time has been lacking since we entered December and luckily there hasn't been any major Maaya news to post. Until now! Yes, thanks to roxfan and Jerome from Maayas.net I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Friday concert of Maaya's 'in the silence' 2011 tour.
Click here for a more official report but I shall post the setlist first:
The concert was all three concept albums back to back, and the venue was 700 seats - so pretty small! Everyone who attended the concert recieved a cute black and red stocking and a postcard which could be slotted into the pamphlet. 100 of the postcards each day were signed by Maaya herself, unfortunately I didn't get a signed one but the photo was really sweet and it had the date of the concert performance we attended printed on so it was a nice souvenir.
On to the performance! The stage was quite simple but each album performance began with a short, simple black and white animation introducing the concept and title of the album. Then Maaya and the band appeared behind a thin screen, Maaya herself dressed in an outfit reminiscent of the album covers themselves.
The music was just fantastic, and hearing the albums played in order was an amazing experience. Everything sounded fresh and the band were really tight. Not to mention Maaya's singing. 'easy listening' in particular sounded gorgeous after ten years, and Maaya's English for 'afternoon repose' and 'another grey day in the big blue world' was spot on.
I was shocked at how short she is in real life. When I went to the fanclub live in 2009 we were quite far back so she looked tall but on Friday I was but three (!!) rows back and when I saw her heels I was bowled over. She's so tiny! 150 cm sounds so big on the internet but in real life she was very petite. So, so pretty and cute. I like to think I didn't embarrass myself but I'm afraid I was very uncool when she came close to us...let's hope that it is not clearly shown on any DVD release T_T
The photo on the link above is from the 'Kyokuya' performance. Stunning!
But what was really special was 'Rule - iro asenai hibi-', this is one of my favourite Maaya songs ever, and I'm not ashamed to say I was crying when it started. What an amazing track. Although I wouldn't have minded hearing any of the other four tracks played on the different days either. I hope they are all included on the DVD!
In addition, I also took the chance to go and see the planetarium show...the aromatherapy? Well, it was quite nice in the end! I learnt my lesson, don't knock it till you've tried it. The show was an introduction to the European night sky and Maaya narrates different legends about where the constellation names comes from. 'Melt the Snow in Me' and 'everywhere' are both played in full as well. I hope she gets some new fans from the couples that were in attendance.
A nice couple of days! I'll try and get some pictures up from my iPhone once I'm back in Japan (home for Christmas right now)
Happy holidays!
Click here for a more official report but I shall post the setlist first:
1. inori
2. blind summer fish
3. doreddo 39
4. afternoon repose
5. bitter sweet
6. another grey day in the big blue world
7. birds
8. 30minutes night flight
9. Dreaming
10.Kioku -there’s no end
11.Bokutachi ga koi wo suru riyuu
12.Setsuna
13.Universe
14.30minutes night flight～sound of a new day
15.Driving in the silence
16.Sayonara Santa
17.Melt the snow in me
18.homemade christmas
19.Kotoshi Ichiban
20.Tatoeba ringo ga te ni ochiru you ni
21.Kyokuya
22.Chikai
23.Driving in the silence –reprise-
EncoreI suppose what I should tell everyone first off is that they filmed Friday's concert. Yes, this does mean it is highly likely that this tour will be out on DVD sometime within the next twelve months. Hopefully before spring comes so that 'Driving in the Silence' will still get to be a winter concept album! Maaya has been saying that she wants everyone to put it away once spring comes until winter next year.
01.Buddy
02.Okaerinasai
03.
13th December: Mahiru ga Yuki
14th December: Fuyu desu ka
16th December: Rule - iro asenai hibi
17th December: Kinobori to Akai Skirt
18th December: Pocket wo kara ni shite
The concert was all three concept albums back to back, and the venue was 700 seats - so pretty small! Everyone who attended the concert recieved a cute black and red stocking and a postcard which could be slotted into the pamphlet. 100 of the postcards each day were signed by Maaya herself, unfortunately I didn't get a signed one but the photo was really sweet and it had the date of the concert performance we attended printed on so it was a nice souvenir.
On to the performance! The stage was quite simple but each album performance began with a short, simple black and white animation introducing the concept and title of the album. Then Maaya and the band appeared behind a thin screen, Maaya herself dressed in an outfit reminiscent of the album covers themselves.
The music was just fantastic, and hearing the albums played in order was an amazing experience. Everything sounded fresh and the band were really tight. Not to mention Maaya's singing. 'easy listening' in particular sounded gorgeous after ten years, and Maaya's English for 'afternoon repose' and 'another grey day in the big blue world' was spot on.
I was shocked at how short she is in real life. When I went to the fanclub live in 2009 we were quite far back so she looked tall but on Friday I was but three (!!) rows back and when I saw her heels I was bowled over. She's so tiny! 150 cm sounds so big on the internet but in real life she was very petite. So, so pretty and cute. I like to think I didn't embarrass myself but I'm afraid I was very uncool when she came close to us...let's hope that it is not clearly shown on any DVD release T_T
The photo on the link above is from the 'Kyokuya' performance. Stunning!
But what was really special was 'Rule - iro asenai hibi-', this is one of my favourite Maaya songs ever, and I'm not ashamed to say I was crying when it started. What an amazing track. Although I wouldn't have minded hearing any of the other four tracks played on the different days either. I hope they are all included on the DVD!
In addition, I also took the chance to go and see the planetarium show...the aromatherapy? Well, it was quite nice in the end! I learnt my lesson, don't knock it till you've tried it. The show was an introduction to the European night sky and Maaya narrates different legends about where the constellation names comes from. 'Melt the Snow in Me' and 'everywhere' are both played in full as well. I hope she gets some new fans from the couples that were in attendance.
A nice couple of days! I'll try and get some pictures up from my iPhone once I'm back in Japan (home for Christmas right now)
Happy holidays!
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