21
Nov
07

SIAM SHADE - Heart of Rock Night!

My friend and I went to Nippon Budokan around 1:45PM. The queue for the SIAM SHADE merchandise during that time was terribly too long. We lined-up immediately hoping that we’ll reach the booth to buy some items before the concert starts.

Part of the SIAM SHADE Crowd

One good thing about that day was the weather. It was comfortably cool. So while waiting patiently, we chatted, took pictures of the crowd, and we played basketball (hehe... just kidding!). An hour and a-half later passed, we were able to arrive at our destination point. The merchandise booth:

SIAM SHADE Merchandise Booth

SIAM SHADE Merchandise Booth

From there, I was able to get mostly of the items as planned on the budget... (hmmm ok, I guess it was over budget, spent too much on few items thinking it would be the last night ^^;):

SIAM SHADE Goods

SIAM SHADE Goods

It was still around 3:30PM that time so we decided to have a break at Mc Donalds:

*Sorry no picture* Hahaha... ^_~

Around 4PM we rushed to Budokan and changed for the ultimate uniform “Heart of Rock” weehee ^_^, and then lined-up for the concert.

Heart of Rock

This time it was quick, the next thing I know was I am inside Budokan and staring at this:

SIAM SHADE Budokan Stage

There was also some sort of “pamphlet/catalogue” for each audience placed on there seats:

*SIAM SHADE Pamphlet (will be posted soon)*

And as usual while waiting for the event, rules while watching the concert such as taking pictures, recording video, mobile phones, etc. were announced.

*Would you like to hear the announcement?* Click here.

5PM, the crowd started to feel the intense heat of the concert, audience were shouting of their favorite band member. On my area most were shouting “DAITA” and “JUNJI” :) How about me? I shouted my name. (Just kidding!) :P . Oh and it was a coincidence that I met one SIAM SHADE fan from Australia, Danny, just a seat away from me. We chatted, and it really feels comfortable to meet and find some foreigners also watching the concert.

And then, few minutes later, I think around 5:10PM the concert already started. Things became blurred to me this time, why? I guess mix of excitement and also the crowd standing up blocking my view!!! >.< Hehehe... But nevertheless, since I was located at the last row, all of us on that area, was able to stepped and stood up on this rail giving us additional height. Taking pictures during this time wasn't allowed, so I never had the chance to get a shot while they were performing. The position of each member was the usual setup like DAITA on left, HIDEKI on center, KAZUMA on right, etc. Here's the list of the song they performed in the following order:

NO CONTROL
imagination
RAIN
CAN'T GET FOR YOU
why not?
LOVE SICK
Dear
PASSION
曇りのち晴れ (Kumori nochi hare)
大きな木の下で (Ooki na ki no shita de)
Solomon's seal
GET OUT
NEVER END
shout out
PRIDE
PRAYER
GETA LIFE
Life

Encore:
1/3の純情な感情 (Ok you should know this!)
Dreams

Double Encore:
D.Z.I
Don't Tell Lies

The night became memorable being able to see them perform live and able to hear my favorite songs such as 1/3, Dreams and Dear :) Before I was just listening 1/3 from Rurouni Kenshin anime *emote* but now I can't believe "THIS IS LIVE!" :D . I remembered myself singing on 1/3 every each part of it.

Although I was far away to see DAITA's gear, I had a good view of his performance on how he stepped on his pedals, etc. I thought he'll be using his new guitars such as PRS, Dean Guitars, etc. but he did not. Different effects such as explosives and fire blowing out from the stage were used. A big disco ball also gives a universe atmosphere inside Budokan. I felt like I was part of a galaxy star constellation, listening to the hymn of their live performance.

There were some surprisingly stunts made by KAZUMA by doing few backflips before exiting and entering the stage for an encore. JUNJI gave away lot of drum sticks and the same goes for DAITA, NATIN and KAZUMA for the picks. HIDEKI on the other hand, toyed the crowd near the arena (where I laughed) as he fakingly attempted to throw the towel and drum stick, either dropping it behind or using the stick to scratch his back.

The night ended with this picture I secretly took (bowing on the crowds):

A night to remember!

After SIAM SHADE’s exit off the stage, the Dear song was played before the audience completely leave their own memorable seats. SIAM SHADE’s performance was truly a night to remember!

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Quick notes:
1. Higher resolution photos will be uploaded later, uhmm maybe. ^^;
2. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to meet other international SIAM SHADE fans. It was really difficult and nearly impossible to meet at the clock tower due to the huge crowd.


16 Responses to “SIAM SHADE - Heart of Rock Night!”


  1. Gravatar Icon 1 Tutux Nov 21st, 2007 at 1:47 am

    Thanks, Thanks for all, for pictures, for report ! I don’t know what to say...

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 Anna Sagara Nov 21st, 2007 at 9:15 am

    OMG COOL!

    I NEED TO X-POST THIS TO SHAMU LOVE PROJECT SITE LATER! XD

    and...oh noes...means I can’t get merchandise XDDD oh well

    I wait for photos =)

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 KR Nov 21st, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    nice pics!
    congrats dude! you’re the man!!

    i almost cry T__T wahaha

    i really want to see them perform Dreams live....that is my all time favorite jrock song

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 sansan Nov 21st, 2007 at 6:43 pm

    great!!!
    more picture please...

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 KIM Nov 21st, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    Thank you soooooo much for lovely pictures and report!
    It’s like I stop breathing while reading your report >_

  6. Gravatar Icon 6 wandayuro Nov 22nd, 2007 at 10:47 am

    tsk! thanks for adding to the frustration im feeling right now! haha!

    nice work ith the heart of rock blog! we’ll wait for the pics!

    more power!

  7. Gravatar Icon 7 aya Nov 22nd, 2007 at 6:59 pm

    Sam and I didn’t managed to see you AT ALL O_O; We were waiting near the clock area XD;;;

  8. Gravatar Icon 8 Rubí Nov 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 pm

    Hi!!
    Hey, hey, hey I was there too!!
    I’m an international fan xDDD
    It’s just nice to find more non-japanese-fans =D

    I didn’t want to break the rules by taking pics,
    Besides, from my place (up stairs, behind the stage)
    I wasn’t able to see too much T_T
    With my own eyes I just could see
    Hideki’s a… I mean… Back xDD
    So the most of the time I was looking at the screen

    I’m still in Tokyo; tomorrow (friday) is basically my last day here
    I’ve not made my report about the live
    (In Spanish obviously), yet.
    But I will, I promise ^——–^
    I still can’t believe I was there *O*
    It was so exciting, so perfect!!
    God! I have no words to explain what I felt…

    Neh~ Can I use some of your photos??
    I will give you the credits, don’t worry about that =D
    I will be waiting your answer! (e-mail me if you want)

    See you around n_n

  9. Gravatar Icon 9 yoeru Nov 23rd, 2007 at 12:09 am

    @aya, yeah too bad we weren’t able to see each other... we went there but its too crowded... oh well, I guess next Siam Shade concert again? Hahaha..

    @Rubi, thank you for dropping by and sure no problem, go ahead please use it. :)

  10. Gravatar Icon 10 Glenn Nov 26th, 2007 at 5:11 pm

    Can’t believe you met a fellow Australian there i would’ve went but couldn’t work out how to get tickets...Siam Shade are my favorite band ever!

  11. Gravatar Icon 11 Rei Nov 28th, 2007 at 3:55 am

    Hi!!
    I’m an international fan too... I’m from Italy and I couldn’t go to see the live...
    Thank you,really really thank you for the report!!! >.

  12. Gravatar Icon 12 Rei Nov 28th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    Don’t you know if there is the possibility to have the live on DVD? (Like start & stand up or Legend of sanctuary)
    Thank you! ^_^

  13. Gravatar Icon 13 yoeru Nov 28th, 2007 at 8:41 pm

    Hi Rei, thank you for dropping by... regarding your question on DVD, I think that they would release this concert on DVD... Although this is a personal opinion, I firmly believe it will be.

    I’ll also make an effort to update and report here the DVD whenever they have announce some plans to release it.

    Cheers!

  14. Gravatar Icon 14 Rei Nov 29th, 2007 at 2:44 am

    Yay!!!!
    I’m so happy (at least there is hope!!)!!!
    Thanks a lot!!!!!!! ^_^

  15. Gravatar Icon 15 Rei Nov 30th, 2007 at 1:18 am

    Yoeru-san, Yoeru-san!!!
    Look at this!!!
    http://www.amuse.co.jp/ambra/

    I can’t understand a single word of Japanese (niether of English of course! ^^’), but this is the live’s DVD, isn’t it???
    And is also possible to buy all the live’s goods!!! *__*
    I’m not mistaken, am I???
    Maybe only people who live in Japan can buy from this site... ç___ç
    I want them all... é___è

  16. Gravatar Icon 16 Joey Dec 5th, 2007 at 4:46 pm

    Hi!!! Thank You for sharing this amazing event...
    I’m an Indonesian fan. love SIAM SHADE so much.
    wanna ask something...
    I’m planning to buy some of the memorial goods that amuse sell on their website through my friend @ japan (She plans to go home to Indonesia this december).
    for some reason she cant register or make a purchase on www.amuse.co.jp/ambra. is the website have some error? do you have some friends that have the same problem? (I know I’m supposed to contact amuse, but I can’t find amuse’s e-mail and I don’t understand japanesse (^^’)v and don’t know where to ask, realy wanna get my hands on those things... ).

    Thanx so much!

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