[Utada Hikaru] The 49th Thread

[KremlinChaos]

I just pre-ordered First Love -15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. My poor wallet!

[NintendoHTF1242]

This is the first time I've seen an Utada release being released in such a manner. Kind of fun, actually. LOL at In The Flesh being in iTunes JP only LMAO!

[amorphose]

What the shit...? In The Flesh is finally out and I can't buy it or even watch the Youtube videos from it?! Seriously?! It's the show I attended and everything

& did I read that about the First Love Limited Edition that it will contain UNRELEASED tracks..? :O

[tenshi no hane]

^ You can buy it. Just use a Japanese iTunes card to get around the can-only-buy-if-you-live-in-japan business.


Anyhow. I watched it last night and I really liked it. Her voice was good; a bit straining sometimes but that's just her style I guess. Her chatter between songs was really cute and she looked great <3

Now I just gotta figure out how to rip the audio

[amorphose]

^On that site you listed they're asking $50 for a $30 card... Can you say rip off? I'll pirate it as soon as someone posts it and then I'll buy it when her piss poor manager for a father gets it released in the country the event took place in.

[hayasaki]

OMG! So unreleased tracks will be included too? Is it just for the First LOVE era?! Gosh! I don't even care for that! Gimme some unreleased ULTRA BLUE to HEART STATION era songs puuuurrreeeaaassseee!

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

OMG! So unreleased tracks will be included too? Is it just for the First LOVE era?! Gosh! I don't even care for that! Gimme some unreleased ULTRA BLUE to HEART STATION era songs puuuurrreeeaaassseee!

It would be really nice if the unreleased songs are from all eras. (esp from ULTRA BLUE )..I really wasn't expecting a re-release of FIRST LOVE but it kinda makes sense since its her 15th year in the industry. I'm still hoping for some great ayu unreleased songs..2CD version...maybe for her 20th anniversary !!!

[amorphose]

I've been so salty all day. lol All I wanna do is watch In The Flesh w/o buying an overpriced secondhand Japanese iTunes card.

[rossbarney2003]

Originally Posted by amorphose

I've been so salty all day. lol All I wanna do is watch In The Flesh w/o buying an overpriced secondhand Japanese iTunes card.

I've been checking the UK iTunes all day hoping it'll just randomly appear...

[Delicious n Bold]

Put on wild life
Mom says she loves utada's voice
We were watching wild life and she started humming along

[CoriKaru]

I don't even care about In Da Flesh.

@Delicious n Bold I like your MOMS.....

[CoriKaru]

*PERMADEATH*

[NintendoHTF1242]

Originally Posted by CoriKaru

*PERMADEATH*

was this supposed to be funny because it wasn't

[amorphose]

^Ghheeyyyyy

[CoriKaru]

Originally Posted by amorphose

^Ghheeyyyyy

I thought Hilary Duff said, "No."

[emi♡]

people have nothing to do.

[Minttulatte]

Oh, I couldn't even listen to that shit through, it was so horrible. -.-

[rossbarney2003]

I finally got hold of the In The Flesh tour iTunes release. It brings back so many memories. I honestly never thought I'd get to see it again so I'm extremely happy. Of course it would have been nice to get a physical release, and it would have been even better in HD but beggars can't be choosers.

[amorphose]

Yeah, I just finished watching it too! It's on JPS if anyone else is interested. The editing was a little cheap at parts, but I didn't think the video quality was that bad and the audio quality was definitely good. I wish they would've use the NYC performance for Kremlin Dusk & YMMWTBAM because I recall it sounding a lot better than the London version they used, but overall it was nice and balanced with its use of footage from both shows.

The highlight performances were the same as when I attended-- FYI, Passion, SAKURA Drops, Devil Inside, Kremlin Dusk, YMMWTBAM & Simple and Clean. I forgot how long the show was! It's also definitely her most diverse setlist, her only concert with songs from every album. Totally worth watching.

Screenshots from JPS:

Spoiler:

[rossbarney2003]

Originally Posted by amorphose

Yeah, I just finished watching it too! It's on JPS if anyone else is interested. The editing was a little cheap at parts, but I didn't think the video quality was that bad and the audio quality was definitely good. I wish they would've use the NYC performance for Kremlin Dusk & YMMWTBAM because I recall it sounding a lot better than the London version they used, but overall it was nice and balanced with its use of footage from both shows.

The highlight performances were the same as when I attended-- FYI, Passion, SAKURA Drops, Devil Inside, Kremlin Dusk, YMMWTBAM & Simple and Clean. I forgot how long the show was! It's also definitely her most diverse setlist, her only concert with songs from every album. Totally worth watching.

Screenshots from JPS:

Spoiler:

I'm glad you enjoyed it too. I can't help noticing that people are being very ungrateful towards the release. Most others artists/management would have probably just given up on the release by now and locked it away in a vault somewhere never to see the light of day.

I was at the London show that was recorded and I feel lucky with the parts that they used in this footage since they were some of my fave moments. I was actually worried from the youtube vid that was put up that it was gonna be mostly the NY show and maybe spliced in parts of the London show when they did close-ups to get the best angles of her face lol. I kept stopping the vid during the crowd shots to see if I could see myself. I'm convinced that I saw the back of my head =P