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While I appreciate reading about K-pop in non-K-pop related news sources, I am a little tired of the under-researched and condescending tones so often used in them. Every time I hear people talk about BIGBANG being like One Direction, I pretty much want to scream. Especially when the references make it seem like somehow BIGBANG is following in the footsteps of One Direction, come again?!
Another reference made in another article also said that Fantastic Baby sounded like Gangnam Style. Please excuse me while I blow a gasket. People - do your research - Fantastic Baby was first!!! It's as if they read a Wikipedia article and thought that somehow this would suffice. And another claimed that BIGBANG are virtually indistinguishable from One Direction and Justin Bieber...REALLY?!?!?! I will say that this one with just GD was pretty decent though.
Another thing that drives me completely batty is that these reviewers can't restrain themselves from making comments about the "weirdness" of BIGBANG (weirder than Nicky Minaj?) and eternally comparing them to American artists as if American artists are the only ones worthy of accolades. It's probably one of the reasons that K-pop tries so hard to pander to the U.S. music scene because apparently only when music is like everything in the U.S. is it good. Really?! Is this world so bent that we have to all conform to one form of music from one culture/country in the world?
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You're probably thinking - dewaani, um, the Anaheim concert was so last month ago - but really I have been super busy! Let's just say that trying to graduate from graduate school while blogging about K-drama and K-pop doesn't always work. Yeah. Sorry. I am trying to be better. And the playlist part - beware of the fangirling!
In the days leading up to the concert I would have moments of - I AM GOING TO THE BIGBANG CONCERT!!!! *hyperventilating with excitement*. And that just increased as lizabr3ff, another friend, and I got closer and closer on our epic roadtrip of awesomeness. On the day of the concert we even went to Garden Grove and had some Korean food (the ajhussi's were tickled pink at a bunch of white girls coming into their neck of the woods). After dinner we headed to the concert venue and joined the throngs of fans waiting for the concert to start. It's hard to describe the energy of the crowd. I've been to some other concerts, but it was nothing like this - it really felt like it was a dream. Anyways, I'm not quite going to give a step-by-step rundown of the concert, but rather a mix of playlist, tweets (with lizabr3ff's permission of course), and fangirl commentary. Thanks to the YGFamily tumblr for the complete set list. [If you click on the bolded song names, you'll find a link to the songs with MVs].
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3. Hands Up
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5. How Gee
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7. One of a Kind + Crayon
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Um!!! 대박!!! Their performance was just awesome!!! They came in on this tank/float thing...? And then later on on the segways - yes! At one point TOP had on this jacket - I want, I want!!!
9. High High [GD & TOP]
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Let me just say that Seungri is sooooooooo much hotter in real life. I am not sure what it is, but man, he must not be photogenic or something because he was sooooooo much hotter. Wow! He is also a pretty good dancer. I was impressed.
11. What Can I Do [Seungri]
12. Gara Gara Go
13. Number 1
14. Cafe
15. Talk
16. Blue
This is probably one of my favourite K-pop songs for 2012, so it was a little sad that it started out kind of pitchy live (it was probably the only one). Ah, I am so glad I got to hear it live though.
17. Love Song
Ah! Such a good song!!!
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20. Feeling
22. Wedding Dress [Taeyang]
Ah!!!!! Sooooooooo gooooood!!!!!! I was keeping my fingers crossed that he would sing this live, and he didn't fail to deliver. Wow! Taeyang is a fabulous performer! He had so much energy and wanted to reach out to the fans so much! He was also a little like a hyperactive puppy. Oh Taeyang! I ❤ you!
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Wow! There are no words. Daesung definitely has one of the most beautiful voices! Just wow! I LOVED his single from the album, and there really is nothing like watching him fly across the stage with his wings. Just wow!
24. Haru Haru
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The boys in their suits *faints again* *swoonssomemore* - not only did they sound AMAZING, but they looked so sizzling hotte! Seriously! And TOP!!! Omo! He is seriously so swoonworthy! There was a part towards the end of the concert where he took a towel a fan gave him, wiped his face, and then gave it back. I am sure they will probably never wash that towel again. So much lovely fanservice! Actually, all the BIGBANG members were all about fanservice. I ❤ them!
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25. TOP's birthday song
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26. Lies
27. Last Farewell
28. My Heaven [Encore]
29. Bad Boy [Encore]
30. Fantastic Baby [Encore] - It was even better the second time. I think that during the encore they relaxed a little and that naturalness just enhanced their performance.
31. Feeling [Encore]
32. Hands Up [Encore] - GD was sooooo tired at the end though - he just lay in the stage for part of it. Taeyang and TOP seemed like they didn't want to leave. Man, I didn't want to leave either! I was high on happiness for hours and hours afterwards. They were just phenomenal!!!
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I agree that Big Bang gave one amazing concert. The one in Newark was also fabulous, so much so that the New York Times listed it as one of the best concerts of 2012. I'm not surprised - I thought it was the most fun I've ever had at a concert! Thanks for your detailed report!
ReplyDeleteAlways my pleasure! It was certainly the best concert I've ever been to! They really are fantastic, so I am proud to fangirl over them!
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