[Utada Hikaru] The 49th Thread

[Earth_maiden]

Watching an ep of vs. Arashi and they have a "mimic performers" special guest act, and one of the players is Miracle Utada... just a random observation...

I've never actually seen any of Hikki's lives, ever. What would be a good one to get me started?

[emi♡]

^^Probably just a bunch of random society people.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

Watching an ep of vs. Arashi and they have a "mimic performers" special guest act, and one of the players is Miracle Utada... just a random observation...

I've never actually seen any of Hikki's lives, ever. What would be a good one to get me started?

Visual-wise, Utada United is her best concert... If you like Deep River, she sings almost the whole album at the Budokan... Wild Life is a mixed bag of a lot of her stronger tracks.

Her Music Lovers performance promoting Heart Station is pretty nice, and her internet gig singing Passion and Boulevard of Broken Dreams is REALLY beautiful. Her dvd singing Colors, Simple & Clean and Shounen Jidai is really nice too.

[amorphose]

@Earth_maiden-- Definitely UU06 (but disregard or skip over Be My Last-- instead watch the Bokura no Ongaku performance of it)

I feel like JEWEL @ FNS Music Festival is to Ayu as Be My Last @ Bokura no Ongaku is to Hikki.

[RikkuK]

At that fundraiser dinner--she is amazing at dodging any and all photographs loool

[CoriKaru]

lol

[kakumei]

http://www.utadahikaru.jp/

IN THE FLESH tour video has now been released on iTunes today

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also "First Love -15th Anniversary Edition-" will be out 2014.03.10, 2 editions:

First Love -15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition- (Limited, only 5,000 being produced)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TYCT-69015

Fifteenth anniversary edition of Hikaru Utada's "First Love" consists of 3CDs and a DVD. Disc 1 "First Love" contains the original tracks of the album featuring Platinum SHM-CD format and remastering in 2014 by Ted Jensen. Disc 2 "LUV LIVE" (DVD) features her legendary concert held in Tokyo in April 1999. Disc 3 "Original Back Tracks" contains karaoke tracks for all the 10 original songs included in the album, excluding instrumental tracks. Features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players). Disc 4 "Bonus Tracks" includes unreleased track(s) and B-side track(s) from her single(s). This set comes with a hard-cover booklet with unreleased photos & hand-written lyrics (printed), promotional item(s), a LUV LIVE ticket (replica), and a backstage pass (replica). Serial numbered deluxe packaging.

First Love -15th Anniversary Edition-
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TYCT-69016

CD

01. Automatic -Album Edit-
02. Movin' on without you
03. In My Room
04. First Love
05. 甘いワナ ～Paint It,Black～
06. time will tell
07. Never Let Go
08. B&C -Album Version-
09. Another Chance
10. Interlude
11. Give Me A Reason

DVD

01. 甘いワナ ～Paint It,Black～
02. time will tell
03. In My Room
04. Never Let Go
05. Another Chance
06. Give Me A Reason
07. Automatic
08. 今夜はブギー・バック feat. スチャダラパー
09. First Love
10. Movin' on without you

[Delicious n Bold]

What
In the flesh released? :O

Also, that cd price.... I was gonna buy it but 150$ and 1800g. May as well sell my house.

[Maemi]

Ok, so the last studio album was released 5 years and 9 months ago. The last physical single 5 years and 7 months ago. The last digital single a year ago. Ok, we also got four new songs 3 years ago.

Nuuu this is not enough.... oh god...

[chasethechance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKiRl5UulqQ

<3

[DeepRiver]

One of her best live PErfomances ...

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/e...u-passion-live

[visionfactory]

I'm only interesed in Disc 4

Is this considered a Best Album?

WTF at that price!!!!!!!!

[Polyrhythm]

Teruzane drops the ball again, of course. In The Flesh, a US/UK show is a iTunes Japan only release? The serious fuck?

Still getting that Deluxe First Love whatever the hell it's called. Selling my kidney for it, true story.

[Zahara]

Fuck I got my hopes up. I'm pissed now.

[tenshi no hane]

I'm glad In The Flesh is being released at all.

For those interested, you can buy Japanese iTunes cards here. I use it all the time.

edit: Bought it. It says the recording is compiled from Feb 8th 2010 at Irving Plaze NY and Feb 12th 2010 at Academy Islington London. She also sings Placebo's The Bitter End by the way.

edit 2: ugh iTunes won't let me rip the audio ;__;

[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.