(03-19-2010, 12:57 AM)VAMPS + American Street Team + Wrote: 1. The video focused a lot on fans acting stupid. For example, the fans running up to Hyde's van on the east coast and grabbing him through the open window of his car. The ignorant fans on the west coast (after the Hawthorne live) pounding and banging on the windows of the van. I didn't appreciate how this video made us look stupid and borderline...crazy.

I haven't seen the documentary footage, but it does sound awful. Maybe I should be -glad- that the cameraman quite literally swerved COMPLETELY around me in Baltimore.

Quote:I felt they should have included more footage of the fans at the autograph sessions. What about all the other fans that acted normal? The other fans that gave VAMPS stuff and were respectful to them? What of that? So, if people aren't fighting or acting stupid....it's not interesting? The concert was clipped as it is, but I felt they cut a lot of things that should have stayed. The L.A. show was a disaster on so many levels, especially on a personal level for me. I didn't get to enjoy the show I waited 22 + hours in line for because of the shitty sound at the Wiltern. And it's evidenced by the sound in the DVD.

I didn't think the DVD itself had bad sound. I understand that the Wiltern definitely did. Watching fan-made clips of it on YouTube was evidence enough, but I think they did a decent job editing it on the DVD. Granted, not as good as its predecessors, but at least you could hear the song in its entirety, where as in FAITH LIVE, HYDE's vocals was about the only thing that you could hear clearly. (Don't get me wrong, you could still hear K.A.Z and the rest of the band, but they were all muffled).

Quote:I have a lot of mixed feelings about the DVD because it made me re-live the horrible experience I had. I had hoped when I bought the DVD, that it would be different. But, I was wrong. Of course, I may very well be biased. But, I hope that those of you who did buy the DVD, that you enjoyed it. I mean, the concert WAS good, right? Judging from the performances....VAMPS were amazing. However, by the time the L.A. footage was shown, it's clear that Hyde didn't have the energy he had at the beginning of the tour. He definitely wanted to go home. Of course, they were exhausted, tired, and definitely partied waaayy too much.

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience at the concert. I hope you have more fun on this tour ^^ - I know what it's like to have a bad concert experience. My first concert was in 2008 and, apparently, there was a problem translating the sound requirements from Japanese to English, and as a result they got the wrong equipment. Needless to say, there were many many many many many many many many many delays in the concert and even when the concert finally started the sound was so awful I couldn't recognize a single song. Of course, the difference being that for you it was fucking VAMPS.

And I also see what you mean about HYDE. One thing about HYDE and myself is that we have very similar facial expressions (not facial FEATURES mind you, but facial expressions), so for that reason among others I've found it a lot easier to relate to him than I do most celebrities (and most people in general). When I was looking at some of the performances of the LA show on YouTube, I could feel something was wrong. He looked very fatigued, out-of-it, and simply did not want to be there. At the end of IT'S SAD, HYDE had a sort of face of "Oh boy, here comes the part where I have to scream, right?" I dunno, maybe I'm over-analyzing, but I definitely agree that he looked and sounded a lot less energetic than he usually is.

The funny thing is that K.A.Z and the rest of the band looked pumped. They were really putting out their best. I'm not saying HYDE -wasn't- trying his best, but I'm saying that K.A.Z and Ju-Ken seemed very happy and energetic to be performing. But I'm sure they were just as homesick as HYDE was.

(03-19-2010, 01:43 AM)Tokio Wrote: But I do remember in Baltimore, after the show they drove past us fans standing outside. Several people did go chasing after them, and the van got stuck at a red light, I think. Didn't seem too bad to me. A little crazy, but adds to my memories. (And it helped me find someone to walk back to a hotel with!)

Oh, that was VAMPS' van? I was wondering what all that commotion was! Lawl, but seriously, I vaguely remember seeing something of that in Baltimore. But I had to be on the road and leaving as soon as the show ended. I had no time to stop and see.

(03-19-2010, 01:51 AM)polarwhiteseal Wrote: ONE GIRL WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HYDE! OMG I WAS AND STILL AM SO JEALOUS

I would probably be jealous too if I knew that it was through a more willing way. I would rather HYDE -want- to take a picture with me than to get it by pestering him for one. HYDE, from what I understand, is an incredibly nice and gentle person (contrary to his hard rock and roll on-stage persona), but there is only so much the poor guy can take. It's not right, in my opinion, to force him, or anyone, to do favors for them like having photos taken with them. It's not only annoying, but also pressure-forming. Do such a favor for one, other fans will feel like that he should have to do one for all of them, and when he uses his own free will to say no, they get really upset and thus he'll feel morally obligated to do something to compensate (both because he truly does care about his fans and because it keeps him with a good profile in the public eyes).