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

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

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!


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.