HEKIRU SHIINA TOUR 2005
Song List
M1 Love Jet Coaster
M2 Jumping Slash
[MC]
M3 Reverence
M4 Nemureru Mori
M5 SNOW fall
M6 Always
M7 Aoi ningyo
M8 Kimi no tsuyosa
[Costume change]
M9 Color
M10 Love Tomorrow
M11 Stand By
M12 Motto Sweets
[MC, Band Intro]
M13 Believe
[Costume change]
M14 ROCK STAR
M15 Fantasia
M16 Sadistic Pink
M17 Dengeki Jap
M18 Reset
[Encore 1]
E19 Rock n Roll Love Letter
E20 Tabi tachi no uta
[Encore 2]
E21 One
E22 Jungle Life
E23 Dakishimete
Costumes
Black boots, a knee length dark coat. Short skirt underneath? I vaguely remember a pink blouse with long trailing ribbons that came loose, and Hekiru turning away to tie them up. Last encore was white tour T-shirt and frilly pleated skirt.
Anyway, this isn’t gonna be a normal concert report. Hell, it’s not gonna be a report. It’s just gonna be a rush of feelings, stream of consciousness of falling in love again with the Live.
A most amazing, incredible live. Happiness and sheer pleasure, as song after song followed on, Hekiru standing in front of me and singing, singing with all her feeling, and I drown in the sound of her voice and the crashing of drums and guitars, songs I love, songs I fall in love with again, songs I learn to love again, Hekiru giving it all to the crowd… Unbelievable joy. How could I feel so strongly in this little piece of time and space? Grinning like mad when I realize the song is ROCK STAR, headbanging to SNOW fall, relishing Always like a long-lost lover, closing my eyes and living the essence of Hekiru for believe…
The live is amazing, Hekiru is amazing, the sheer wellspring of emotion and energy, like I could burst. This is sheer happiness. There is nothing else that could compare. No words could describe.
And when it’s dark, and she stands and sings with eyes lowered, and the light catches a little, you can imagine she is looking just at you, and suddenly you forget to breathe.
And when it’s bright, and she holds the mike up, looks high and sings as hard as she can, putting in all her soul to send as far and deep as she can those feelings inside, emotion springs up and overwhelms you.
Hekiru is not gorgeous. She’s not a beauty, not in the traditional sense. You could say she is pretty, although others would say she is but ordinary. But, during that live, in front of me, she was the most radiant, beautiful person in the world.
Hekiru is beautiful because when she sings on stage, she is alive. And so, if I dare to think of a time when she may no longer sing, I can feel the heartbreak of a miracle gone forever.
Please, I wish I could see you, always. Do you also feel this way?
