Family Values Tour || Alpine Valley || Dir en grey || August 26th, 2006
OFMG…the concert fucking rocked!
[WARNING]: Fangirlism ahead.
Okay, so Allison, Becky, Alex and I, along with my mom went. We left my house around like, 10 or so and got to Alpine just a little early, but that was all right. We just had to pull off onto some random street and get in a line, where in that line, we rolled down the windows and fucking blasted Dir en grey. Some people driving by gave weird looks, others just kind of ignored it or heard it, but didn’t look over. Anyway, right at 11am we got in and parked in the yellow parking lot [we laughed at the irony of this, seeing that every time we think of yellow, we think of Kyo. ^^] and they got out and went to wait in line. The wait in line was like an hour and I saw a few Dir en grey fans, but didn’t talk to them or anything. I was nervous. ^^;; Then, some girl came out yelling about meeting the bands and everything and where you could [obviously, I knew along with the rest of my friends where and how to do it, but yeah] and stuff. She also gave out these small cards about Dir en grey, in which we kind of freaked out about. ^^;;
So, after we got through the lines and everything, we headed off to the FYE booth to buy CDs and Allison bought Vulgar and they weren’t going to give her a wristband. Her and I told the lady helping her that, that a different lady said you can buy any CD of Diru’s and get one. In the end, they finally gave her one and stuff. I bought Vulgar, Mom bought Macabre for me and then Becky bought Kisou and It Withers and Withers05 [which had their signatures on it] and then Alex bought Vulgar. After that, we headed off down to our seats, which were really fucking close to the stage. I mean, right by the speakers on Kaoru’s side and we got a perfect view of the stage. It was fucking awesome! We meet this awesome chick that had like, pink in her blonde colored hair, and had Dir en grey written on her chest. I don’t know her name or if she is on livejournal, but she was fucking awesome. XD! She also got Shinya’s drumstick, which I was able to touch and hold for like, two seconds. XD!
Anyway, the band Walls of Jericho [or something like that] started playing first and I didn’t like them very much because you couldn’t understand what the girl was saying or anything. But, as they were playing [or before they started, I can’t remember] Allison turned to me and was like, “Melissa, look over there.” And I was looking, but I wasn’t looking in the right direction so she pushed my head over to where she was looking and OMFG…DIE WAS RIGHT THERE! I was like, spazzing and we tried to get a picture of him, but we didn’t one right. After that spaz attack, Bullets and Octane came on and everything and right after they came on, we looked back over where we saw Die the first time [we all couldn’t stop looking over there. XD!] and we saw him! I was like, “Holy Shit! Picture!” So, we did take some pictures of him when he was standing there [those ones I’m sorry, we’ll not be able to be posted, seeing Die probably had no idea we took them], but then we tried to act like we were watching the band instead of him, but we kept looking over at him. I think he noticed because a little while later, when I looked over at him [we had a clear view of him, he had a clear view of us] he gave a smile and the rock sign [three fingers, not two fingers one] and I was just like, OMFG. I looked away, but I think I managed to do the rock sign too [though, I'm still not sure if he was doing it to me or not, but hey, he was looking in my direction, so I can still belive, right. ^^]. We also saw him smoking and drinking a beer, which just made me laugh and smile. ^____________________^ Anyway, after this band finished, then another band came on, Deadsy, who I didn’t like, then Bury Your Dead, they were good and then 10 Years, who was awesome. During that time, we all bought the Dir en grey skeleton t-shirts and went to the bathroom.
Finally, it was the big moment; Dir en grey was coming on.
They [hot Japanese roadies. XD] started setting up and like, everything they brought on [Shinya’s drums, Toshiya’s basses, Kaoru’s guitars, Die’s guitars and Kyo’s box thingy] people [along with us] started freaking out. A guy came on, I don’t know whom the fuck he was and was talking and said, “Damn, you guys are like just freaking out about the fucking drum set!” We all just screamed louder and then finally, the moment around and G.D.S started playing and we all started going nuts! I thought that they would come out one by one so I planned with mom to take every other guy, I take first, she takes second, but when I went to snap the picture of Shinya, Die came out, so he was in the picture and then I quick got one of Kaoru and Toshiya, didn’t have time to get Kyo because he came out so damn fast! XD!
Anyway, skipping to the good parts and giving set list in the best order I can, seeing I don’t remember it that well. ^^;;
G.D.S
New Song [I believe, seeing that we and two other girls who came by us couldn’t figure it out. ^^;;]
朔-saku-
THE FINAL
孤独に死す、故に孤独 [Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku]
Ryojoku no Ame
dead tree
Merciless Cult
the IIID empire
I wanted to hear CLEVER SLEAZOID, but they didn’t play it, which kind of makes me sad. *tear* But, they played THE FINAL, which fucking rocked! I swear, everyone that knew Dir en grey, came for them [and there was a lot for Wisconsin, let me tell you] was singing/screaming that song. All my friends were and I was and it was just fucking awesome. Then, at the end, he sang most of the last line, but then, at the word ‘sakase’ he stopped and held out the word for like, thirty fucking seconds! It was just pure fucking amazing! I should say, by this time, he had his shirt off, seeing that he took it off during -saku-. *nods*
Anyway, I’ll give just some more little details that I remember. Um, during one of the songs [don’t remember when] Kyo did the mouth thing, but he didn’t spit up much blood, which was interesting, seeing that in other shows he had spit up more than this one, but it was cool. He also at one song pointed over at us, seeing that really couldn’t miss us because we were the only Dir en grey fans in the fucking row, except for the two girls who came down by us and then another girl. During the show, Kaoru was getting the crowd revved up by doing a slight [not the full] macho man poses and was pointing to himself and looking completely sexy doing so. Toshiya, at the end, glanced over at us and gave us a little smirk/smile. But then, at the end, the best thing in my fucking life happened; KAORU STARTED AT US!! OMFG...IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!! He liked, looked right down at our row and looked at every one of us in that row for a few seconds and looked at the whole fucking row. I was completely spazzing out; jumping up and down, doing the rock sign and everything. It was fucking great! He looked so fucking sexy when he was up there; hell, everyone of them look fucking sexy! XD!
I couldn’t have asked for anything more. They were just awesome and rock the fucking house down, seeing that no one ‘booed’ them or anything. It was great.
After the concert [they sped off the stage in like, a minute], we all headed up toward the FYE tent and when we got there, there was a huge fucking line! So we got in line, stood there for a while, then I decided to go look for Devan and Allison [a different one] and found them way up in the front! I was like, “Damn!” I told her we were way back there and she was like, “Hey, come up by us!” So, we did [seeing that almost everyone who was coming in the lines were skipping and going in front of everyone, so I didn't see a big ass problem with it. ^^;;] and then, a few moments later, everyone started screaming so we looked and walking toward the tent was Kyo! I WAS LIKD...OMFG...KYO!! I was shocked, seeing that he hadn’t done any of the ones previous to this show and so it was an honor to go up there and shake his head. Quick note: Mom tried to get a picture, but a girl roadie stopped her by telling her and lifting up her hands, “No Picture!” So yeah, mom didn’t get one. *frowns* But anyway, I went up there and was like, freaking out inside and I looked up at him, shook his hand [he had such soft hands and a light grip that it was like gripping air. *sigh*] and said, “Thank you for coming. You guys were great.” He said "Thank you" very quietly and I gave him the gifts I made them and then he put them off to the side. I swear, I was so nervous that I only looked at him like, for a split second before looking at his hands. My mom shook his hand two, which I thought was pretty good because she doesn’t really like him. ^^! I was proud of her! ^^! Which reminds me; she thinks Kaoru is the best looking! XD! ^______________________________^
After that, we left, seeing that it was about to rain. >.>
So, that was my concert report. Sorry if it bored you. Pictures of the concert will be up by the end of this week if not earlier.
I don't think I will ever forget this day for as long as I live. Dir en grey is my life, my soul; they have helped me when I needed it and seeing them live, I just couldn't ask for anything more. They gave me everything I needed on that stage, even though they probably don't know. In some way, I don't think my life is ever going to be the same after this.
Even though they won't read this; Thank you Dir en grey, for putting on a show that I will never forget.
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[WARNING]: Fangirlism ahead.
Okay, so Allison, Becky, Alex and I, along with my mom went. We left my house around like, 10 or so and got to Alpine just a little early, but that was all right. We just had to pull off onto some random street and get in a line, where in that line, we rolled down the windows and fucking blasted Dir en grey. Some people driving by gave weird looks, others just kind of ignored it or heard it, but didn’t look over. Anyway, right at 11am we got in and parked in the yellow parking lot [we laughed at the irony of this, seeing that every time we think of yellow, we think of Kyo. ^^] and they got out and went to wait in line. The wait in line was like an hour and I saw a few Dir en grey fans, but didn’t talk to them or anything. I was nervous. ^^;; Then, some girl came out yelling about meeting the bands and everything and where you could [obviously, I knew along with the rest of my friends where and how to do it, but yeah] and stuff. She also gave out these small cards about Dir en grey, in which we kind of freaked out about. ^^;;
So, after we got through the lines and everything, we headed off to the FYE booth to buy CDs and Allison bought Vulgar and they weren’t going to give her a wristband. Her and I told the lady helping her that, that a different lady said you can buy any CD of Diru’s and get one. In the end, they finally gave her one and stuff. I bought Vulgar, Mom bought Macabre for me and then Becky bought Kisou and It Withers and Withers05 [which had their signatures on it] and then Alex bought Vulgar. After that, we headed off down to our seats, which were really fucking close to the stage. I mean, right by the speakers on Kaoru’s side and we got a perfect view of the stage. It was fucking awesome! We meet this awesome chick that had like, pink in her blonde colored hair, and had Dir en grey written on her chest. I don’t know her name or if she is on livejournal, but she was fucking awesome. XD! She also got Shinya’s drumstick, which I was able to touch and hold for like, two seconds. XD!
Anyway, the band Walls of Jericho [or something like that] started playing first and I didn’t like them very much because you couldn’t understand what the girl was saying or anything. But, as they were playing [or before they started, I can’t remember] Allison turned to me and was like, “Melissa, look over there.” And I was looking, but I wasn’t looking in the right direction so she pushed my head over to where she was looking and OMFG…DIE WAS RIGHT THERE! I was like, spazzing and we tried to get a picture of him, but we didn’t one right. After that spaz attack, Bullets and Octane came on and everything and right after they came on, we looked back over where we saw Die the first time [we all couldn’t stop looking over there. XD!] and we saw him! I was like, “Holy Shit! Picture!” So, we did take some pictures of him when he was standing there [those ones I’m sorry, we’ll not be able to be posted, seeing Die probably had no idea we took them], but then we tried to act like we were watching the band instead of him, but we kept looking over at him. I think he noticed because a little while later, when I looked over at him [we had a clear view of him, he had a clear view of us] he gave a smile and the rock sign [three fingers, not two fingers one] and I was just like, OMFG. I looked away, but I think I managed to do the rock sign too [though, I'm still not sure if he was doing it to me or not, but hey, he was looking in my direction, so I can still belive, right. ^^]. We also saw him smoking and drinking a beer, which just made me laugh and smile. ^____________________^ Anyway, after this band finished, then another band came on, Deadsy, who I didn’t like, then Bury Your Dead, they were good and then 10 Years, who was awesome. During that time, we all bought the Dir en grey skeleton t-shirts and went to the bathroom.
Finally, it was the big moment; Dir en grey was coming on.
They [hot Japanese roadies. XD] started setting up and like, everything they brought on [Shinya’s drums, Toshiya’s basses, Kaoru’s guitars, Die’s guitars and Kyo’s box thingy] people [along with us] started freaking out. A guy came on, I don’t know whom the fuck he was and was talking and said, “Damn, you guys are like just freaking out about the fucking drum set!” We all just screamed louder and then finally, the moment around and G.D.S started playing and we all started going nuts! I thought that they would come out one by one so I planned with mom to take every other guy, I take first, she takes second, but when I went to snap the picture of Shinya, Die came out, so he was in the picture and then I quick got one of Kaoru and Toshiya, didn’t have time to get Kyo because he came out so damn fast! XD!
Anyway, skipping to the good parts and giving set list in the best order I can, seeing I don’t remember it that well. ^^;;
G.D.S
New Song [I believe, seeing that we and two other girls who came by us couldn’t figure it out. ^^;;]
朔-saku-
THE FINAL
孤独に死す、故に孤独 [Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku]
Ryojoku no Ame
dead tree
Merciless Cult
the IIID empire
I wanted to hear CLEVER SLEAZOID, but they didn’t play it, which kind of makes me sad. *tear* But, they played THE FINAL, which fucking rocked! I swear, everyone that knew Dir en grey, came for them [and there was a lot for Wisconsin, let me tell you] was singing/screaming that song. All my friends were and I was and it was just fucking awesome. Then, at the end, he sang most of the last line, but then, at the word ‘sakase’ he stopped and held out the word for like, thirty fucking seconds! It was just pure fucking amazing! I should say, by this time, he had his shirt off, seeing that he took it off during -saku-. *nods*
Anyway, I’ll give just some more little details that I remember. Um, during one of the songs [don’t remember when] Kyo did the mouth thing, but he didn’t spit up much blood, which was interesting, seeing that in other shows he had spit up more than this one, but it was cool. He also at one song pointed over at us, seeing that really couldn’t miss us because we were the only Dir en grey fans in the fucking row, except for the two girls who came down by us and then another girl. During the show, Kaoru was getting the crowd revved up by doing a slight [not the full] macho man poses and was pointing to himself and looking completely sexy doing so. Toshiya, at the end, glanced over at us and gave us a little smirk/smile. But then, at the end, the best thing in my fucking life happened; KAORU STARTED AT US!! OMFG...IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!! He liked, looked right down at our row and looked at every one of us in that row for a few seconds and looked at the whole fucking row. I was completely spazzing out; jumping up and down, doing the rock sign and everything. It was fucking great! He looked so fucking sexy when he was up there; hell, everyone of them look fucking sexy! XD!
I couldn’t have asked for anything more. They were just awesome and rock the fucking house down, seeing that no one ‘booed’ them or anything. It was great.
After the concert [they sped off the stage in like, a minute], we all headed up toward the FYE tent and when we got there, there was a huge fucking line! So we got in line, stood there for a while, then I decided to go look for Devan and Allison [a different one] and found them way up in the front! I was like, “Damn!” I told her we were way back there and she was like, “Hey, come up by us!” So, we did [seeing that almost everyone who was coming in the lines were skipping and going in front of everyone, so I didn't see a big ass problem with it. ^^;;] and then, a few moments later, everyone started screaming so we looked and walking toward the tent was Kyo! I WAS LIKD...OMFG...KYO!! I was shocked, seeing that he hadn’t done any of the ones previous to this show and so it was an honor to go up there and shake his head. Quick note: Mom tried to get a picture, but a girl roadie stopped her by telling her and lifting up her hands, “No Picture!” So yeah, mom didn’t get one. *frowns* But anyway, I went up there and was like, freaking out inside and I looked up at him, shook his hand [he had such soft hands and a light grip that it was like gripping air. *sigh*] and said, “Thank you for coming. You guys were great.” He said "Thank you" very quietly and I gave him the gifts I made them and then he put them off to the side. I swear, I was so nervous that I only looked at him like, for a split second before looking at his hands. My mom shook his hand two, which I thought was pretty good because she doesn’t really like him. ^^! I was proud of her! ^^! Which reminds me; she thinks Kaoru is the best looking! XD! ^______________________________^
After that, we left, seeing that it was about to rain. >.>
So, that was my concert report. Sorry if it bored you. Pictures of the concert will be up by the end of this week if not earlier.
I don't think I will ever forget this day for as long as I live. Dir en grey is my life, my soul; they have helped me when I needed it and seeing them live, I just couldn't ask for anything more. They gave me everything I needed on that stage, even though they probably don't know. In some way, I don't think my life is ever going to be the same after this.
Even though they won't read this; Thank you Dir en grey, for putting on a show that I will never forget.
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