Two versions of MABUDACHI live have been released, revsfan98... MARIA released their You Go! We Are MARIA tour on DVD, and the second version was included on the bonus DVD that came with their last single, Sayonara Daisuki na Hito.
It's always great to see more of Maiko!
One thing worth mentioning though, I think, is that when MARIA performs live, they could probably benefit from a better sound engineer than the one they've been using. Compared to ZONE, their live mixes sound kind of unbalanced to me. For example, here's the studio version of MABUDACHI on imeem. I think it's a great mix:
http://www.imeem.com/maria-6/music/PeyesjvI/maria-mabudachi/Much better sounding than the live version, isn't it?
Here are a couple of other favorites from the You Go! Album.
Watch Me:
http://www.imeem.com/maria-6/music/GMAN9oX-/maria-watch-me/H@tchake:
http://www.imeem.com/maria-6/music/9zNNl-WW/maria-htchake/Anata Ni:
http://www.imeem.com/maria-6/music/ubmC4CTv/maria-anata-ni/Ichiban Boshi:
http://www.imeem.com/maria-6/music/smOlbC9P/maria-ichiban-boshi/These are my very favorite songs on the You Go! album... and also note that not one of them was released as a single. The live performance of Anata Ni is riveting... The camera stays on Maiko an awful lot of the time, and you can see how much feeling she puts into singing the song. Also, since it's more of a ballad, the less than perfect live mixing doesn't pose too much of a problem.
Don't get me wrong... MARIA is a great band, and definitely worth following and supporting... they're just needing to fine tune the precision of their sound, is all. They have that kind of control in the studio... they just need some further assistance when playing live, in my opinion.
But then again, who am I to say? Like many others, I'm a MARIA fan pretty much because of my love for Maiko. Of course I'm going to be picky and critical... because I want her to be treated the best.
PS.
While checking MARIA's blog today, I discovered that our gal has just gotten a new haircut for spring:
She's wondering if it's too dark of a color. It isn't. She seems to joke that the short length makes her look like a boy. It doesn't. She looks absolutely great, as a matter of fact... just about perfect to these eyes...
And if there isn't a better reason to love MARIA than that sweet face we've been missing so much, it's the hopes that their anniversary tour goes really well, and that they'll soon be getting a new album in the works. I sure hope they do...
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