Feels weird to be writing a report again after 2 years of nothing... but here goes! I’m slightly changing up how I write my reports, and instead of going song by song I’ll group things section by section to lighten the writing load on myself a little bit (or so I thought, but since it's been so long since I got to go to a live, I ended up probably writing as much as usual xD) – let me know if you feel this style works or if you’d prefer something else!
Also, since I only attended Day 1 of LIVE RUNNER in person (and just watched Day 2 on the stream) I'll only be writing this one report.
Long time, no write folks. For once I have legit reasons for being so late instead of excuses, but I guess it doesn't really make a difference... since late is late. Anways, here I am with the first LIVE GATE report! The first.....of six. Ouch. I'm thinking of going for a bit of a different approach from normal for these reports as the format of LIVE GATE is pretty unique with its 7 days concept, so in all the later reports I am only going to write about the songs that were changed from previous rotations and any repeated songs during which something worth mentioning happened. Hope that's fine for everyone!
(For short format report on LIVE GATE 2017 Day 2, go [here]!)
(For short format report on LIVE GATE 2017 Day 4, go [here]!) (For short format report on LIVE GATE 2017 Day 5, go [here]!) (For short format report on LIVE GATE 2017 Day 6, go [here]!) (For short format report on Live Viewing of LIVE GATE 2017 Day 7, go [here]!)
Okay so, I just had to update some of the Top 10 lists I've done before, as them not being up to date really bugged me and gnawed my insides. The lists that got updated and the new additions are as follows:
Take a Shot, Love Hina, ミュステリオン and BRAVE PHOENIX / Don't be long were dropped.
And now to the song challenge!
Day 1 - Favorite Song Goodbye Happiness by Utada Hikaru
This song hasn't been with me for very long, as it was only released last November - but even so I've already sold my soul to it. Already the preview clip I listened to before the actual release date told me that this would be one of the most beautiful songs that I'll ever hear in my life. It creates a very balanced mix of happiness and sadness, and at the end of the day those two things are what life is about. The melody is very soulful and man, Hikki's singing brings across all the emotion so well that it really amazes me every time I listen to it. And this song, like quite many of Hikki's songs to be honest, really makes me think about my life and what is truly important. I know that this is probably at least the 4th time I'm talking about this song in my blog, but what can I do - it is so amazing. Hikki will always be my #1.
